Jori

Jori is the femslash ship between Jade West and Tori Vega from the Victorious fandom.

Canon
Jade and Tori both go to the same school and are part of the same group of friends. Their relationship starts rocky at the beginning, since Jade was jealous of Tori. Later, that jealousy fades away, almost turning into an obsession Jade starts having over Tori. They start hanging out together more often, although Jade tries to deny she likes Tori any chance she gets. However, Tori always shows how she genuinely wants them to start being amicable with one another.

Overtime, their relationship dynamic changes to that of a typical "enemies to lovers" trope. Because both of them start getting the best of one another, pushing each other to do stuff that they feel afraid of, like when Jade helps Tori overcome her fear of doing a stunt jump. They also support each other a lot, especially in their hardest times. Like when Jade broke up with Beck and the very first person she went to was Tori. This was especially significant since at that time, they were still not considering each other in amicable terms (at least not Jade). So although she could've gone to someone else like Cat, who was considered by many as her best friend, Jade goes first and foremost with Tori for support. Or when Tori has a breakdown at the Quickie Mart, and Jade looks very concerned for her.

They also support each other in their dreams, always being each other's biggest fans, usually front row in performances, cheering loudly. Like in Tori Goes Platinum when Tori had her performance and by the end of it, she reached out to her friends, who were in the front row, and only hugged Jade, while she gave all the others a handshake. This is also significant since they share a lot of hugs throughout the series, something that Jade only lets Tori do, since she's very against people touching her or invading her personal space. Also, in the Platinum Music Awards, Tori goes to support Jade, but Jade ends up giving up her once-in-a-lifetime chance of fame for Tori to make her dream come true. Which shows just how much they support each other.

The both of them have played as a married couple, not once, but twice already. One in Season 2, and the other in Season 3. In Season 2, during a lesson about "subtext", their professor Sikowitz asks Jade and Tori to play as the married couple with a child, who is played by Cat. Jade plays as the husband and Tori as the wife. In Season 3, Sikowitz once again asks them to play as husband and wife in a play. At first, both of them are totally against this idea, and it shows when they have to rehearse a part of the play where they have to say "I love you to one another." But when Sikowitz realizes that they have to have chemistry for this scene to work, he tells them to go on a date together.

So they go on a date and there's already a lot of tension between them, so Tori asks Jade to say something nice about her, so Jade reluctantly says that Tori is pretty. Tori returns the compliment, but that leaves them even more flustered. At that moment, two guys approach them out of nowhere and start harassing the two of them. Despite the fact that the both of them tell the boys that they want to be alone, just the two of them, they keep harassing them. So, fed up, the both of them start singing a song dedicated to the two boys, "Take a Hint". During the whole song, Jade looks and smiles at Tori a lot, and even walks suggestively towards Tori at one point in the song. This experience ends up uniting the two of them, who perform an amazing romantic scene in the play the next day. In the end, when they see the two boys from the date in the audience, they escape together from the stage, holding hands.

Behind the Scenes
Actresses Victoria Justice and Liz Gillies, who played Tori and Jade respectively, have expressed how much they like the ship. Victoria kept mentioning it, while Liz kept tweeting about how much she likes the ship.

The show's official Instagram account also made a post with a picture of Tori and Jade, with the caption "Love <3"

Fanon
Jori is by far one of the most popular, if not the most popular ship within the Victorious fandom. On AO3, Jori is the most written ship for both Jade and Tori. It is also the most written ship in the Victorious (TV) tag.

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Trivia

 * The episode when Tori and Jade played a married couple was the most viewed episode of Season 3.
 * Tori posted a picture on the Slap of her and Jade dressed as their married couple characters, and Jade's lips were puckered and close to Tori's face, as if she is going to kiss her. The caption was "Walter and Nancy: The Happy Couple."
 * To coincide with Pride Month, on June 25th 2021 the YouTube Channel NickRewind posted a video titled "Should Tori Vega Date Jade West_ _ Bae or Nay 🖤💔", meaning that Nickelodeon is aware of the popularity of the pairing within the fandom.

Variations

 * Borade refer to the ship between Beck Oliver, Jade and Tori
 * Catorade refer to the ship between Cat Valentine, Tori and Jade
 * Elitora refer to the ship between Elizabeth Gillies and Victoria Justice
 * Torinade refer to the ship between Trina Vega, Tori and Jade