The Failure of Victorious (first 2 hours)

i keep coming back to watch this, it actually got me to rewatch all of victorious, can't wait for the final video!

how are you so quick with these? lovin it though

please sing more, I love this

i am so sick rn and i needed this sm

fffawnspots

Yik yak is actually back!! I also think it's super similar to The Slap

god I forget how much I loved kat's character as a kid

Nowhere Girl

I love the story about you and your dad on similar rewatch projects

Ajax

The video is looking awesome! Just noticed audio is off on the camcorder section at 1hr 7min section though!

I am obsessed with these. Thank you so much for doing them! When did you start the victorious project?

Emily Rose

quentin i am now convinced i need to make a garfield custom plush of my favourite franchise and i need to know how you work your powers like, if i can make a mash 1970 or a young ones garfield i Need to

lucien

I am loving it so far. I rewatched Icarly and Victorious about a year ago now and it's great watching you go through exactly what I did. I am so glad you made the comparison to Always Sunny, that is something I have been thinking forever now and finally someone was brave enough to say it. Love ya Quinton

i'll rescue u from those creepy dolls when you're done with them 👀

i'm in my first semester of art school and this series has been getting me through long ass animation sessions my man. i obsessed with fred and icarly growing up and have a similar experience of fond nostalgia when looking at the backlog. however, victorious came out when i was 13 and it was decidedly the show to make fun of, so i was hoping you would do a deep dive on it!! so excited for the rest of the series dude, sending you much positivity in all future nightmare editing sessions

jude rossotto

I enjoyed this video so much, just this whole saga is amazing and I'm excited for when the rest of the video is finished!

Jules

This is great so far! Can't wait to see the rest, especially your take on the Arab Spring episode (it's so weird and it lives in my head rent free).

I spent a lot of time watching wondering why you where so ambivalent about beck as a character until it hit me that I watched this as an adolescent girl and never removed that frame in my mind. Pretty eye opening to see that at least HALF of his character jokes are about adult women hitting on him. Just one aspect of a miriad of bad writing…

I think he just meant that the scene plays out like it's a writer's fetish. I do wish the improv in the show felt more... natural? Like the characters got something out of it. I can think of a couple times where characters use improv as an excuse to assault other characters and if you can't deny that bit, you can at least play along with it in a way that gets you some payback. Basically I'm saying Tori should have bitten Jade's leg. Which doesn't help the fetish problem.

Izzy

Gibby is legal in Washington. There is NOTHING creepy about Spibby.

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how funny, when /I/ was little, people used to think I was a boy! ...... 🌝

Willow

Thanks for all of these videos. Just hit play on this one so no comment on the quality, but this seems like a lot for one person to do, even with hired editors and such. We don't mind if the videos are late, make sure you sleep sometimes.

Was going to wait for the full release but glad I caved and watched. Excellent. There was a caption in the iParty recap section that was in the little blurred space, might be better larger on the bottom. Love your work xo

Finally joined your Patreon for this video, and I'm enjoying it so far. But thought it was worth brining up that at 23min, you criticize Tori being told by her teacher to act as a dog in an improv scene as an unnatural situation. As an improv performer myself, that's actually one of the first things I was taught: no negation. If someone in a scene introduces you as a dog, you're a dog now. Negating that derails the scene. You can be a talking dog ("Yes, and..."), but you have to work with what you're given. The teacher is just enforcing that very important lesson. Of course, Jade is absolutely using this as an excuse to bully Tori, and the teacher should intervene before it "gets real," and DEFINITELY should have stopped these children from making out in class, but hey, sitcom.

Josh Carias

I’m really enjoying these videos despite being a bit too old to be into iC or V. Regardless, your analysis technique is so charming and enjoyable to watch, my interest is still constantly piqued. I happily sat through all 6+ hours of iCarly and Victorious breakdowns despite never haven seen a single episode of either of these shows because you are damn good at breaking down story technique and theory while simultaneously making jokes at the dumb stuff. I know you have a whole lineup of new projects after this is done, so consider this a completely hypothetical question. I don’t really expect you to do this, but do you think you would be able to make a detailed and deep analytical critique of a show or shows that you DIDN’T grow up with? What came to my mind was the old Norman Lear shows from the 70s and 80s. He had a similar run of incredibly popular spin off shows one after another. All in the Family spun off to Maude, which spun off to Good Times. I know you don’t have time to dive into old boomer shows, but I’m just wondering, if I enjoy your analysis despite not watching iCarly, do you think your audience would enjoy your reviews even if they never watched the original source material? I’m thinking sometime next year, Quinton Reviews the entire run of… Alf!

I think why I like every main character in Victorious except Tori (and Rex for, eh, other reasons), is because they're trying to frame her as a good person when she's clearly not. That's why I do love Jade, because yes she's mean, but she's also framed as "the baddie". Julia Cudney makes a similar point about Blair Waldorf in her Gossip Girl video. Like, I like flawed characters if the writers are actually aware of their flaws. But the writers seem to be under the impression that Tori is the most likeable person ever? (Also, nice Twin Peaks reference)

florence dee

This is awesome

that was great Quinton, looking forward to the next part. I recently binged through both neds declassified school survival guide and drake and josh, not inspired by you of course. Alot of the f'd up statutory shit from victorious can be found in drake and josh and the show as a whole really didnt age well. Neds declassified aged far better and i would honestly like to see your opinion on it in a future video maybe

Thank you for feeding my ADHD brain new things to obsess over. Also I find it hard to like any of these characters except for Cat because she is just so innocently dumb.

1:16:00 is just bliss

I am so upset I watched this right now, because I am trying to space out watching your videos, but I just can't help myself. It's too good. I will (un)patiently be waiting for the rest. Such a good job mate!

I can’t wait for the rest of the video!!! I’ve watched all these multi-hour deep dives several times because they’re so long and detailed they keep my ADHD brain engaged.

Lily Sage

I had no idea exhaustive TeenNick sitcom deep dives were the content I needed in my life but here we are. Good gravy this is fascinating.

Goat Carter

I tend to think of iParty with Victorious as a bad iCarly episode paired with a good Victorious episode. Like you said, nothing about the way iCarly and Seattle are portrayed in the episode feels right, but the Victorious characters get into all these wacky scenarios in this giant home that has a very Victorious-LA vibe. Maybe Victorious, having a bigger recurring cast and having all these inappropriate jokes and stuff, attracts more of a desire for fanfiction and transformation. So an iCarly episode that feels like a fanfic feels boring and low effort, while a Victorious one just feels like what the fans want.

Izzy

I absolutely love how the keyboard cat plush dances around while he sings 16 minutes in, these little details are really worth paying for

Paolo Spica

Idk if you knew but Matt Bennett the actor that plays Robbie has a YouTube channel where he’s reacted to some Victorious episodes and given some insights into them.

Muffinman98

i loved this and i'll be the first to say i subscribed to ur patreon and started watching ur videos bc of this epic long saga--the quintonreviews icarly universe reviews universe if u will---but i really hope that u truly hating the process of making these is mostly like a bit and u are enjoying urself somewhat LOL just because otherwise i'll feel bad if u feel obligated to do them forever so i hope the garfield and homestuck projects are more... palatable lol? (honestly i read homestuck and thats not gonna be a brighter moment for u when it comes to general creepiness tbh) but regardless, i'll continue to support you and the bit is funny and i love watching these, and i can't give u enough positive vibes for ur hilarious writing and the great editing and ur incredibly comfortable atmosphere and absolutely true commentary on girls toys vs boys toys LOL. also i just want to say having your ad for this series be for a vpn is super funny and also so smart and such a fuck you to the copyright strikes giving you so much hell! thanks again for making such great content i love so much and that makes my mental health a little easier to deal with. u have no idea how much it makes me smile and laugh and i'm so glad u did this even if u hate it now bc i wouldn't have found ur content otherwise!

YESSS I've been waiting for this. Time to look for mistakes. I can't tell if you're calling Sinjin "Shinjin" on purpose or not.

Izzy

BTW Quinton your hair looks fantastic in this episode.

Alexandra Burwood

this really proves the “victorious makes everything sound like an innuendo” point

i have to say, near the end where u start talking about how victorious really weighs down icarly rly put my finger on why i dislike that show so much- but love icarly. i think The Shows Creator really realized the extent of his power at nickelodeon with that show because when people discuss His Actions- it’s usually a clip of victorious yfm?

Watching you review these shows kinda makes me want to revisit Drake & Josh and see if its still as good as I remember or if it still has those trademark issues that iCarly and Victorious have. Either way great episode, I love the amount of research and dedication you put into your projects!

Ya think the 100th day kiss is an innuendo for sex?

Logan Knox

That shirt is fantastic

Just finished watching that and I’m really looking forward to the rest. Me and my family would always get together to watch iCarly because we all loved it. But not about Victorious, I watched it growing up here and there, but not to the extent of iCarly, do I barely remember anything from it it it was interesting seeing that. I also basically only watched season one so everything after this will be new territory for me. Can’t wait!

jp

I'm thinking this will easily surpass iCarly part 1. I mean, we have three seasons left, 13 episodes a season. I think with the intermissions, I at least have three more hours of material in front of me.

Kyle

How long are we thinking the finished product will be?

Trevor McVickar

HELL yeah

Sara

V stoked on this

lets go more quinton

Yert Dertsons

So excited for this!!

LETS GOOOOO; So soon after the iCarly video? My man is on that grind!!

Nuan Sonar

I need this tshirt. Edit: All of the tshirts you're wearing.

Alexandra Burwood

Aw yeah

Rhyme Wilder

Excited for some juicy Quinton

Josh Rohloff

Literally just finished my 2nd watch of iCarly Part 2 and was wondering when you'd get this up. You're fantastic, Quinton!

Casey 💖

Yes!!!!!

I was JUST looking for a new long form video to watch while I work. Perfect timing. Update: I finished watching this and FYI, YikYak just recently came back. it relaunched.

Rachel Chabot

thank you so much I didnt want to do my uni readings anyways

Thank ya Quinton! You're the best

Thank you Garfield Jesus!

Omg!! Thank you so much for sharing!! Can’t wait to watch :)

You posted this just as I was wishing I had another multiple hour long video to watch! Thank you!

I’m so excited 😩😩😩

AHHH