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BACKFLESH

Backflesh is a fictional American rock group that appeared on iCarly in ‘iAm Your Biggest Fan,’ portrayed by real-life band Backhouse Mike whose music is heard in many of Dan Schneider’s shows.

Fun Facts:

  • Backflesh also appeared on "Chasing Zoey," the series finale of Zoey 101, and on the soundtrack of Victorious.
  • Composer Michael Corcoran's actual band and stage name is Backhouse Mike.

 

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CUDDLEFISH

Cuddlefish is a fictional American rock band. They were first mentioned in 'iPilot' after Carly had to cancel going to a Cuddlefish concert (on a Saturday) because Ms. Briggs made her judge the talent show auditions instead. Cuddlefish was also mentioned in 'iSpy a Mean Teacher,'  'iDon't Want to Fight,'" iLike Jake" and 'iKiss'.

FUN FACT:

Cuddlefish is a parody of the band, Rumble Fish.

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DEL DEVILLE

Del DeVille is the singer in Sam and Cat 's favorite band of the same name. He appeared in #DollSitting and  We Steal a Rockstar.  Del DeVille is played by Mykos Oliver (Menendez: Blood Brothers) .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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FIVE FINGAZ TO THE FACE
SONGS IN THE KEY OF TRINA

"Songs in the Key of Trina" is a collection of music by Trina Vega. In the Victorious episode "Robbie Sells Rex," Vega was in the middle of presenting it to music producer Mason Thornesmith before being thwarted by an attack from the Flour Bomber.

Fun Fact: Parody of Stevie Wonder's  "The Songs in the Keys of Life"

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THE DIDDLY BOPS

The Victorious gang is offered $1000 to perform at a fourth birthday party to replace the popular kiddie band, The Waggafuffles, which had a unfortunate collision. Andre writes a song called "Favorite Foods" for which they all dress up as — what else? Food. And call themselves The Diddly Bops.

Fun Facts:

  • The Diddly Bops is a parody of The Doodle Bops. The Waggafuffles is a parody of The Wiggles.
  • Leon Thomas and Victoria Justice perform a duet  — "Song2You" — which Leon wrote when he was 14.

 

 

 

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THE FLAMING TEETH

The Flaming Teeth is a band in iCarly, mentioned in the episode "iDon't Want to Fight."

Fun Fact: Parody of The Flaming Lips

THE FLOORS

In the iCarly episode  'iGot Banned,' The Floors is the fictional band Freddie and Gibby claim to be in—in order to impress two girls. But when Sam gets them a gig at the Groovy Smoothie, they realize their musical talent is not up to the task, so In order to keep themselves from being publicly humiliated, Freddie comesup with the plan to start a fake fight to break up the band before they play. Gibby, however, takes the plan literally and knocks Freddie out. 

Fun Fact:

The Floors is a riff on The Doors

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THE FOUR SCHNEIDERS

The Four Schneiders is a parody of the musical group, The Four Seasons.

THE HALLSTONES

When Drake gets fake I.D.’s so they can go see Josh’s favorite band The Hallstones play in a San Diego club, little did he know the trouble they’d get into including getting arrested, running around with a criminal named Blaze and threatening to kidnap the governor of California (who at the time was Arnold Schwarzengger). Needless to say they end up following the law

Fun Facts:

*References to other ‘DanVentions’ in this episode (called ‘Steered Straight’) include going to dinner at BF Wangs and the documentary ‘Scared Straight.’

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THE MACALENA

Zoey becomes the victim of a blackmailer when her ‘secret’ is uncovered in “Zoey’s Balloon.” Among the blackmailer’s demands is for Zoey to stand on a table in the cafeteria and do a ‘90’s dance’ called The Macalena (which is, according to Quinn, a big zit on the face of the 90's).

Fun Facts:

*The Macalena is a parody of The Macarena.

*Another parody is revealed in this Zoey 101 episode—Golden Tone sunscreen is a parody of a Coppertone.

 

 

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WAGGA FUFFLES

The Waggla Fuffles are a famous fictional kid's musical group, beloved by Cat, and mentioned in the Victorious episode, The Diddly-Bops. 

Fun Fact: They are a parody of The Wiggles.  

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YELLOW DAY

Yellow Day is a parody band of "Green Day" mentioned in iCarly ‘iDon't Want to Fight’ whereby 'Rip-off Rodney' tries to sell tickets at very high prices to the Yellow Day concert.

ZERO GRAVITY

Zero Gravity is one of Drake's favorite bands which he gets to perfom with after a series of calamities involving Josh, and gets a new cherry red Fender guitar, courtesy of Josh's mistakes.

FUN FACTS: 

  • Guitar World is this episode is a parody of Guitar Center
  • Dan Schneider is the 'voice' on the radio show that Drake wins concert tickets.
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