Tribbie is the pairing of Trina Vega and Robbie Shapiro (Tri/na and Ro/bbie). It can also be known as Trobbie (Tr/ina and R/obbie) or Rina (R/obbie and Tr/ina) but it's rarely called so. They have also had major scenes in the series, most notably two kisses. Robbie may have feelings for Trina. It is questionable though, if the feeling is mutual, as Trina makes it clear that she's not interested in him on many occasions. Since the episode Stage Fighting, there had been no noticeable signs showing his attraction to Trina. However in Season 3's A Christmas Tori, he once again shows possible attraction to Trina. Trina still denies feelings for Robbie and doesn't consider him a friend, as revealed in The Blonde Squad.
The two share a kiss (although it was during an audition for a play).
Robbie is very infatuated with Trina, despite her constant rejections.
Trina demands Robbie leave Rex behind during the audition, and he does.
Robbie is so happy with the kiss that he forgets his lines.
Robbie and Trina are both considered to be bad actors by their peers.
Even when Robbie kisses her, Trina doesn't push him away.
Robbie considers a serious relationship with Trina because he asks her if she would convert to Judaism.
Robbie pushes the girl Trina was sitting by away so he could sit next to her.
Trina does not walk away from sitting with Robbie at lunch even when her A-Lister "friends" leave.
Robbie leaves Rex behind when he wants to sit beside her perhaps trying to look cooler for her or wanting privacy.
Robbie kisses Trina during lunch, in which she responds to by spitting milk in his face.
Robbie asks Trina to go out with him, and she says that she already has plans kind of implying she would go out with him if she didn't already have plans.
Robbie and Trina were already sitting with next to each other until Trina got up and left.
Robbie believes throughout the episode that the kiss's passion was real, until Cat disproves his theory.
Robbie goes to the Vega home to share his dinner with Trina (she responds by slamming the door in his face).
Trina takes Robbie's stuffed cabbage before she slams the door on him, showing that she trusts his cooking.
Robbie promises to review Trina's one woman show (which is terrible) but he is unsure of how to write a truthful synopsis without upsetting Trina, hence her hurting him.
Robbie asks if Trina is wearing a new shirt, implying that he notices what she wears.
Trina threatens Robbie multiple times throughout the episode, and he seems scared, and obeys her or gives her what she wants.
Trina knows where Robbie lived before he moved, and where he lives now.
Trina could have chosen someone else to review her show, but she chose Robbie.
Robbie does not spread any mean rumors about Trina (but this is most likely due to Daniella Monet's absence in this episode, or possibly because he was afraid of her or didn't want to hurt her).
They keep glancing at each other when Jade and Beck put their feet in the fish water.
When André gets his feet smoothed, Trina has her arm slung over Robbie's leg. Neither seem to mind this at all, and both look very comfortable with each other.
Trina and Robbie are sitting next to each other and are always glancing in the others' direction.
Robbie helps take care of Trina, even though he doesn't want to.
When untying Trina, she clutches Robbie's shirt to her and pulls him closer.
When she grabs his shirt and he's trying to get away, he doesn't hit her or anything in order to make her let go; he only grabs the table edge and asks for help from André and Beck.
After Robbie massaged Trina's gums, it left gum blood on his hands. He wiped the blood on her hair.
Robbie asks Tori what Trina is doing, showing that he is focusing on her instead of the poker game.
After she mentions her avocado mask, he proudly announces that he uses male makeup, maybe as a way to impress her or to show her that they have something in common.
There is a subplot where Trina and Robbie are responsible for Festus getting injured, and then get a job at The Grub Truck.
Robbie and Trina get into a fight over a tamale.
Trina and Robbie argue with each other in the guidance counselor's office.
They are both sprayed with lotion.
Robbie tries to tell Trina that she should do the job.
Robbie and Trina both had forty dollar manicures. Robbie shows Trina his manicure and Trina holds it and stares at it while running her fingers on it.
Trina looked impressed with Robbie's manicure.
Robbie might have showed off his manicure to Trina because he wanted to impress her.
The cardigan Robbie wears when they meet with Lane is the same one he wore during his and Trina's stage kiss, the first time they ever interacted. It's possible he wore it again to impress Trina.
Trina stabs Robbie with a fork.
Trina and Robbie get into a second fight while working at the Grub Truck.
Trina and Robbie work together.
Robbie agrees with Trina about throwing food at their customers.
Trina fries Rex's foot.
They are both seen together in Lane's office.
When Festus falls out of the van, Robbie holds Trina's arm.
When they're fighting after Beck made the call, you can see Robbie is holding onto Trina with his arm around her back.
When they are caught throwing food at students, they reach for each others' arms and run together.
When they are fighting at the beginning, Robbie puts his arm around her and wraps his leg around her body.
Trina (along with Tori) is "attacked" by his Astro Craft.
Robbie apologizes for both him and Trina.
They sit close together on the couch in Lane's office.
When the bellman starts dragging Robbie away, Trina yells his name and grabs onto the front of his shirt to keep him from being dragged off.
Trina continues to hold onto Robbie when the bellman grabs onto him and they fall to the floor together; neither makes a move to get up and get away.
Trina and Robbie looked at their room together with no one else present.
They both complain about their room; Trina found a foreign man in her closet, and Robbie had a grenade in his toilet.
Trina and Robbie are next to each other in the hotel bed.
When the escaped prisoner jumps through the hotel window, Robbie puts his arm in front of Trina as if protecting her, but he also did this for Cat, so this might be a love triangle.
Trina gets mad at Robbie when he was in the bed.
Robbie introduced Trina.
When the woman in prison confronts Jade, Trina grabs onto Robbie's shoulder and hides behind him.
When Robbie (Rex) said, "I don't like this place at all," Robbie walked over to where Trina was standing.
Also, after when the police came to arrest the man, Robbie and Trina were next to each other on the floor.
When Robbie repeated "I'm staying on the girls' side," he was staring in Trina's direction.
Trina tells Tori that she should take Sikowitz out to see a really good play, and Tori says it's a really good idea. André, Robbie, and Rex all agree.
Trina is happy that they think it's a good idea, and says, "See? I'm not just gorgeous." Then Rex, who is probably controlled by Robbie, tells her she's a "grunch," and Trina looks visibly hurt by that comment.
When Trina says, "See? I'm not just gorgeous," she is looking at Robbie the whole time.
Robbie goes with Cat to Trina's house to tell her that her date cancelled on her.
Robbie sings his song to Trina instead of just telling her the bad news because people said singing made them feel better about the bad news, showing that he didn't want to hurt her feelings.
Robbie sings Trina's name several times.
Trina gets upset and takes Robbie's guitar, breaking it before giving it back to him.
Robbie smiles at Trina when she opens the door, maybe because he's glad she got stood up on her date.
Trina breaks Robbie's guitar instead of hurting him.
It is shown that Robbie might not have feelings for Trina anymore, however Trina believes he does.
Trina doesn't consider Robbie a friend.
Trina said she "hated" Robbie. But she might have just said that because Tori was around.
Fan Representation
Official Food: Tamale, because Robbie and Trina fought over it which caused them to work together in the Grub Truck.
Official Mascot: Monkey, because Robbie sang a song about monkeys to Trina and Trina acted as a monkey.
Official Song: Monkey Woman, because Robbie wrote the song about his first love, who is Trina.
Official Animal: Fishes, as Robbie and Trina both got their feet softened by fish water.
Episodes with a Tribbie Plot/Subplot
Stage Fighting - When Trina and Robbie do a kiss for a play audition, Robbie believes Trina likes him. Trina, however, does not. Robbie continues to think she does. Later, Robbie seems to be over Trina when Cat kisses him, although it was just acting. Subplot
Jade Dumps Beck - Trina pressures Robbie to write a good review for her one-woman show. Trina is shown being mean to him. Robbie choses to write the review as a comedy, to make it not sound bad and not lie. Trina gets mad. Later, when everyone is laughing at her show, Trina seems happy and has apparently forgotten about the review. Subplot
The Wood - Due to the fact that they caused Festus to get injured, Trina and Robbie have to fill in for him and work in the Grub Truck together. Subplot
A Christmas Tori - Trina seemed to act more friendly towards Robbie in this episode. Robbie helps decorate the Vega's Christmas tree with Trina in exchanged for a hug from her. Subplot
Robbie commented saying that he would be coming to see Trina at her Miss Hollywood Arts Pageant. Trina replied "Ew!"
Robbie once called Trina sweet. She replied by asking if they make digital restraining orders.
Robbie once said that Trina looked pretty. He then asked if they were boyfriend/girlfriend yet. Trina replied by asking him to stop writing on her posts. She also said that the A-Listers read her board all the time and she doesn't want them to think that she knows him.
Robbie once asked Trina when were they going to kiss again. Trina replied by saying never--unless someone paid her or she got famous because of it.
Trina once said 'Happy Valentine's Day. Who loves me?' and Robbie commented saying, 'I love you!' This may mean that Robbie loves her.
Robbie posted on Trina's board asking, 'What time is dinner?" Trina replied by saying that she wasn't going to have dinner with him but it was at seven.
Jade posted three pictures of Robbie and Trina working together in the Grub Truck. In one picture, Robbie has his arm around Trina's shoulders. Jade also posted a picture of Robbie playing the banjo and Trina is sitting next to him. Robbie is looking over at Trina in this photo. Jade also says that they are the two most annoying people in school and that they are both morons. (She could possibly be a Tribbie shipper.)
Trina posts saying that she was sent home from school because her heels were too high. Rex comments saying he likes it when girls take their shoes off because it makes them closer to his height. Trina asks him why he's always hitting on her. Rex says that if he didn't hit on her, no one would. This could be Robbie trying to hit on Trina but using Rex as an outlet.
Robbie posts a blog about things that are and aren't true about him. In the post, he mentions how his first kiss was with a girl named Katie who tripped and her lips grazed his cheek. He then mentioned that he kissed Trina during play auditions, but he did not mention kissing Cat, so this may mean he likes Trina and might not like Cat.
In a video posted on TheSlap, Robbie sang a song called "Monkey Woman" about his first love. Trina ended up playing the role of the Monkey Woman.
Trina posted a picture of her grabbing Robbie's head for the play in Who Did It to Trina? and said the only reason she touched Robbie was because the script called for it.
Trina posted a picture of Robbie in Rex from Who Did It to Trina?, and she said that she doesn't think they did it because they are in love with her and that it's sad because she'll never love them back.
Tori posts a Tori Takes Requests with Robbie. Someone tells Tori to play tennis in a bikini, and Robbie really wants her to do it, but instead she makes him do it and they play tennis together and Trina films it (even though she does not have to and usually refuses to help Tori with anything). This implies that Trina may have been helping so that she would have an excuse to see Robbie in very little clothing. When she gets hit with a tennis ball, Robbie runs over to see if she's okay and even says "Trina-rina?"
Robbie seemed to care when Trina got hit by the tennis ball.
In a picture on the slap, Robbie is playing the banjo to Trina and she looks like she is blushing.
Robbie's update on the slap was how Trina broke his guitar.
Trina posted on The Slap how she and Beck are a perfect couple and Robbie says he thinks Trina and him make the perfect couple.