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Sam saying the last line of the series

#GettinWiggy
Season 1, Episode 36
GettinWiggy Screenshot 3
General information
Air date

July 17, 2014[1]

Prod. code

136[2]

Writer(s)

Teleplay by Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
Story by Andrew Thomas

Director(s)

Russ Reinsel

Viewership

3.396 million[3]

Episode guide
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#GettinWiggy [4] is the 36th and series finale of Sam & Cat

Plot[]

The episode opens with Cat talking to her stuffed duck while trying to decide which stuffed animals to pack. Sam gets annoyed and asks why she is packing. Cat explains that she is going to Phoenix (which she pronounces as Pho-ee-nix), Arizona with Dice because Dice has a hair modeling gig there and his mom and Aunt Fergene got coyote fever. Nona then calls from the door. Sam and Cat go into the living room to let her in. Nona asks the girls if she can crash on the couch because Elderly Acres has "funk mites". Cat says no, because Nona can sleep in the bedroom since she will be in Arizona. Sam doesn't want Nona to stay and faints. But Nona says they are only two bedrooms and Cat says she is going to Phoenix. Nona gets excited to have Sam as a roommate and wants to bump butts. Sam asks Cat to go to Arizona to with her in order to not live with Nona and Cat reminds Sam she has a warrant there for her arrest. Cat invents a song for Sam to memorize the states Sam's not allowed in. Sam then sings that she also has been barred from entering Europe.

At the hair modeling studio, Dice and Cat walk in and greet one of Dice's friends. They also meet Yonce, the photographer and he makes an announcement saying he will choose who will be on the cover. Dice gets mad because he thought he was going to get the cover. Cat assures him he will win because of his awesome hair. Then a guy with long blonde hair walks in named Jett Zander, who is the world's greatest hair modeler. The photographer is impressed by him and takes pictures of him. Cat also takes a selfie with him. At the apartment, Sam walks in to find a ton of food on the counter and Nona says she cooked it all. She made ribs, fried chicken, Macaroni and cheese with four different cheeses, which she calls, "Mac and Cheese and Cheese and Cheese and Cheese." And Nona says for dessert, they have a make your own sundae. Sam tearfully says this is a dream she doesn't want to wake up from. At the hair modeling studio, the photographer takes pictures of all the hair modelers there. After that, Dice is sure Jett will win, but Cat says his hair is a wig and Dice is surprised and says if he is wearing a wig, he will get disqualified and Dice will win.

At home, Nona walks into Sam and Cat's bedroom while Sam is in there and says Cat sent a text that says to remind Sam that she has to babysit twins tomorrow. Sam doesn't want to do it because Cat says the twins are coming in the morning and Sam doesn't wake up in the morning and also she hates one of the twins, but doesn't remember which one. Nona offers to take care of the twins because she gets up at 6 AM and says that Sam can sleep in as long as she needs. Sam wants Nona to do her laundry and Nona refuses because she already did it. Sam is amazed and she even got an odor out. Sam is now enjoying having Nona as a roommate and says to Nona to not die tomorrow. At the hair modeling studio, Cat devises a plan to get Jett's hair to fly off where she pretends to lose a contact and gets Jett to bend down and try to find while Cat turns on a giant fan and tries to blow the wig away. The plan fails as Jett's hair doesn't fall off.

At the apartment, Nona has the twins asleep and the building manager Mr. Bombay knocks on the door and Sam is afraid because she hasn't paid her half of the rent in two months. Nona gets Sam to hide in the closet while she opens the door. Mr. Bombay says Cat pays her share of the rent while Sam just pays with fake money from Monopoly Junior. Mr. Bombay asks where Sam is and Nona lies and says Sam moved out of the country. Mr. Bombay says to have Sam pay her share of the rent and leaves. Sam comes out and says Nona is the best roommate ever and not to tell Cat that. At the hair modeling place, the photographer is ready to decide who will be on the cover on the magazine and picks Jett. Cat gets mad and tells Jett to admit he is wearing a wig. Jett denies it and Cat jumps on him and furiously tears his wig and tears his pieces of hair as everyone watches in horror. Cat discovers that it's his natural hair and smiles innocently, as everyone else is speechless.

At the apartment, Nona is ready to go back to Elderly Acres as the mites are gone. Sam is disappointed and wants Nona to stay there longer and make dinner as she starts crying. Then Sam's phone rings and Dice reveals he got the cover. He also reveals that Jett is going for scalp surgery and Cat is being arrested. Dice states that if Nona doesn't come to Arizona and bail her out, Cat is going to be at the police station for two weeks. Sam hangs up and lies to Nona saying Cat and Dice decided to stay in Arizona for two more weeks to get Nona to stay there. Nona decides to stay and make dinner, and Sam is happy, while Cat sits in jail during that time.

Quotes[]

CatWhat are the states where Sam can't go
Arizona, Utah, and Ohio.
Nona Oh, my!
CatThere's 3 more states where Sam can't be
Texas, New Hampshire, and Tennessee.
Sam:I'm also not welcome in Europe.


Sam: [on her Pear Phone] Nah, I don't have money to go after lunch, but I found half a bag of chips on the ground. [notices a bunch of food on the counter] I'll call you later. [hangs up]
Nona: Hello, temporary roomie! Who's hungry?!
Sam: Wha- What did you do?
Nona: I made us lunch. [Sam tosses chips aside] We've got ribs, and fried chicken, ooh, and Macaroni with four kinds of cheeses, which I call, "Mac and Cheese and Cheese and Cheese and Cheese". [chuckles] And we've got cornbread, potato doodles. Ooh! And for dessert, we have make-your-own ice cream sundaes with my very special strawberry gravy!
Sam: [tearing up] Just...just give me a minute.
Nona: Aren't you hungry?
Sam: [crying] Mm-hmm. I'm just afraid of dreaming and, I don't wanna wake up! [Nona laughs]


Sam: Why are you packing? Why are you talking to your stuffed animals? And why do I keep getting the same pimple in the middle of my back?
Nona: I need to stay here for a couple of days, is that all right?
Cat: Sure!
Sam: NOOOO!


[last lines of the series]
Sam: Hey, Nona. What goes…? Hey, what are you doing?
Nona: Well, I'm getting ready to go back to Elderly Acres.
Sam: What? No! What? No. You can't leave! Well, come on! What's for dinner? I mean, let's go, right? Mac and cheese and cheese and cheese and cheese, huh?
Nona: I got a phone call. I can go back now. The funk mites are gone.
Sam: Well, that's great, but—
Nona: And Cat's coming home tonight, and she's going to need her bed back.
Sam: But… but I don't want you to leave!
Nona: Oh, honey. You'll be all right.
Sam: [sobs] No, I won't!
Nona: Sam. [Sam's Pear Phone rings] I think that's your phone ringing.
: Sam: [answers her Pear Phone] Who is it?
Dice: Sam?
Sam: What do you want?
Dice: I got good news and bad news.
Sam: What?
Dice: Well, the good news is I got the cover of the magazine.
Sam: Wow. Yeah, great. What's the bad news?
Dice: One of the other boys is being taken to a scalp hospital.
Sam: That's it?
Dice: No, Cat's being arrested.
Cat: [getting handcuffed] I mean, it really looks like a wig. [gets taken to jail]
Sam: Wait, Cat was really arrested?
Dice: Yes. You got to get Nona to come to Arizona and bail her out, or else Cat's going to be in jail for 2 weeks.
Sam: Really? Okay, I'll try to tell Nona if I can. Bye.
Dice: Bye.
Nona: Who was that?
Sam: Oh, that was Dice and Cat.
Nona: Oh, are they coming back here?
Sam: Um, no.
Nona: What's going on?
Sam: [lying] They decide to stay in Phoenix for 2 more weeks, so Cat says you should stay here and take care of me until she gets back.
Nona: Really?
Sam: I promise.
Nona: Well, I guess I better start dinner then. [laughs]
Sam: Yep. Yes, you should. [starts lying on the couch]


Trivia[]

  • This episode was not planned as the series finale, however, following the cancellation of the show four days prior to the original airing, this episode is being considered a series finale by Nick, similar to how Victorious had ended without a finale, with the regular episode, "Victori-Yes".
    • This is ironic as the events of #FavoriteShow revolved around That's a Drag! being cancelled and not having a final episode (mocking the ending of Victorious), which is exactly what happened to Sam & Cat.
    • There were 4 more episodes planned following this episode, but were never written nor produced as a result of a production hiatus that occurred 3 months prior, and the cancellation 4 days prior to the original airing of this episode.
    • Although it was said what happened to Sam in the 2021 revival of iCarly, it is unknown of what happens to Cat after this episode. As a result, this episode caused the series to end on a cliffhanger.
  • This episode aired as a lead-in to the first annual Kids' Choice Sports ceremony.
  • This episode is the only to air on a Thursday, and the second to not premiere on a Saturday, after #YayDay. This is also the second to not premiere at 8 PM, after #SuperPsycho.
  • This is the third time a location other than Los Angeles or Seattle appears, the first being Vermont in #Twinfection, and the second being Oxnard in #Lumpatious.
  • The name of the building manager from #DroneBabyDrone is revealed to be Mr. Bombay.
  • It's unknown to who Sam was talking on the phone when she comes back with a pack of chips.
  • This episode implies that Dice's father doesn't live with his son, because Dice asked Cat to go with him to Phoenix since his mom and aunt got sick. It can also imply that Dice doesn't know him.
    • Dice is the 5th seen or mentioned character from the Sam & Cat universe to have a missing parent. The other four being Sam, Carly, Freddie and Gibby.
  • This episode uses the same credits scene from #SecretSafe.
  • This episode marks the last of the following:
    • The final appearances of Sam Puckett, Cat Valentine, Dice Corleone, and Nona Valentine.
    • The final appearances of the pear shaped PearPhones are featured in one of Dan Schneider's shows.
  • Jett is the name of another Nickelodeon character in Big Time Rush.
  • For unknown reasons, this episode was originally absent on Paramount Plus, along with #KnockOut and #WeStealARockStar. However, on January 2022, #KnockOut and #WeStealARockStar were added, and sometime around late July of the same year, #GettinWiggy was finally added.

Goofs[]

  • Dice blames Cat for "fixing" Jett's hair with the fan, but he is the one who turned it on.
  • Even though Dice said Cat would be in jail for two weeks, in reality she would have stayed in jail for up to a year on charges of felony assault and battery pre trial and during trial.
  • Sam would have had to commit a serious felony to not be allowed to travel to certain countries. Typically a visa would be denied as most felons can still apply for passports. If anything, European countries would be much more lenient in granting Sam entry than most other countries.
  • When Sam is on the phone with Dice and he tells her that Cat was arrested, Sam loudly says, "Cat was really arrested?" while standing right next to Nona. However, when she hangs up, Nona asks if Cat and Dice are coming back, even though she had to have heard Sam's question.
    • It is possible that she wasn't paying attention.

Allusions[]

Character revelations[]

  • Dice has been modeling since he was 4.
  • Sam and Cat each pay half of the rent.
  • Sam has arrest warrants in Arizona, Utah, Ohio, Texas, New Hampshire, and Tennessee; and she also states that she's "Not welcome in Europe".
    • Cat also wrote a song about it to help her remember in which states.

Running gags[]

  • Cat mispronouncing "Phoenix", as "Pho-ee-nix"

Series continuity[]

  • Dice's hair modeling job.
  • This is the second time Cat gets arrested in this show after #MagicATM, and the third time overall if counting the time she got arrested in Yerba in Victorious.
  • This is the first and only time that Nona appears in the bedroom of the apartment.
    • However she has been there several times, while she was living there, before Sam and Cat changed the bedroom design.
  • Sam still loves fried chicken.
  • Yonce is seen drinking Jet Brew coffee, previously featured in Victorious.
  • One of the hair-modeling competitors bares a striking resemblance to one of the Victorious, Beck Oliver. He has the same black hair and the same jacket.

Reception[]

 International premieres[]

  • November 28, 2014 (UK & Ireland)

References[]

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