Cade

Cade is the femslash ship between Cat Valentine and Jade West from the Victorious and Sam & Cat fandoms.

Canon
Cat and Jade are close friends who go to the same school. Although when and how they met each other it's never specified in the show, since in the pilot they are shown to be close. Cat is Jade's first pick for a partner in the Improv Class, for example. Cat also shows how much she knows her friend when she is assigned as Jade's Secret Santa. Her gift to Jade is a pair of scissors from Jade's favorite movie, The Scissoring.

They keep showing their support for one another throughout the series when Jade breaks up with Beck and Cat invites her to hang out with her to dog-sit. Jade is too embarrassed to admit she has no plans after her breakup, so she acts like she doesn't need Cat's plans. However, she ends up accepting, telling Cat "you owe me, baby girl." This isn't the only time Jade goes out of her way to help Cat, since she also drives Cat and Tori to see Cat's favorite actress during the weekend. And Cat supports her as well while Jade prepares for the Platinum Music Awards.

The two of them also have their rocky moments where they fight aggressively, mostly Jade. Like when Cat accidentally waxes all of Jade's eyebrows when she wanted to give her a makeover. Jade is so mad at Cat that she has to be handcuffed to the table to not attack Cat. Cat, in return, ends up making up for her mistake by drastically shaving her entire head. However, their conflicts don't last long and Jade and Cat continue to have a wonderful, supportive friendship, with Jade even helping Cat contact her nanna when Cat thinks she moved to Italy.

Fanon
Cade is a popular ship within the Victorious fandom. Shippers are typically fans of the two's opposite aesthetics. With Cat being more bright and upbeat, and Jade being more dark and edgy. This is a draw, given how often shippers enjoy opposite's attract. Fans of the ship typically also like the relationship between the actresses and how it affects the chemistry that the characters have.

On AO3, Cade is the third most written ship for Jade and the most written for Cat. It is also the fifth most written ship in the Sam & Cat (TV) tag and the third most written in the Victorious (TV) tag.

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Variations

 * Catorade refer to the ship between Tori Vega, Cat and Jade
 * Eliana refers to the ship between Elizabeth Gillies and Ariana Grande