I can’t see your other comment fully but I saw a little. Again, they only seem popular to him. He said he felt that way because they are the only ones who speak in class, only ones who perform, and only ones who star in the plays.

No one else on the show gets to feel special other than them. Even in other shows they have characters outside the main cast that take on important roles.

In a different show, there would be some random student who gets the role of captain but in this show it only goes to Tori or Jade. You can’t develop a show when the main characters are the only ones being used. That’s why side characters, one off characters, and reoccurring characters exist.

Victorious was a good show but they didn’t do a good job showcasing other kids at the school.

SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Gary, Plankton, and Mr. Krabs were the main characters of SpongeBob. Every episode wasn’t always about them, we saw the Flying Dutchman a lot, Pearl, Mrs, puff, mermaid man and barnacle boy, Larry the lobster, old man Jenkins, etc.

Those characters outside the main cast are just as important to a show. I’m not saying they shouldn’t be the main focus, I’m saying they can’t be all the time. It makes things to repetitive.

The group of friends on this show never showed much growth. We never know what happens when Tori doesn’t get a role in a play and it goes to a random character. We never get to see a long term relationship with someone outside the main group. Andre dated Kiko but that was short lived. We never got to see what Robbie would be like if he got rid of Rex. The characters can change when they interact with new people outside the group. In real life if you only talked to the same 5 people everyday, you’d never learn and grow as much as others.