Line #17 Trivia/ThatsSoRaven


1	* ActingForTwo:
2	** More like "Acting for ''Four''" in the two-parter "Country Cousins", with Creator/RavenSymone donning heavy makeup to play [[CrossCastRole Cousin Delroy]], Auntie Faye, and Baby G, all of whom are relatives of her character.
3	** In "True Colors", Rondell Sheridan (Victor), T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (Tanya), and Creator/OrlandoBrown (Eddie) play UsefulNotes/FrederickDouglass, Bessie Coleman, and Music/ScottJoplin in Cory's ImagineSpot.
4	* ActorSharedBackground: Both Raven Symone and Raven Baxter are terrified of snakes.
5	* AdoredByTheNetwork: It was the first show to break past 65 episodes, make it to 100 hundred episodes and get a spin-off.
6	** It was the longest-running show to air on the ABC Kids block, lasting from 2003 all the way until the block's end in 2011 (although from 2006-2011 it was the same few episodes on autopilot like the rest of the ABC Kids block at that point)
7	* TheDanza: Raven Baxter is played by Creator/RavenSymone.
8	* DawsonCasting: Raven, Chelsea, and Eddie are supposed to be 8th graders at the start of the show. This is even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "Driven to Insanity" where Raven goes out on a date with a 17-year-old boy: ''I forgot to tell you, I'm 14.'' gestures towards her body ''I know, it's hard to believe!''
9	* DirectedByCastMember:
10	** "Numb and Numb-er", "Cake Fear", and "Teacher's Pet" were directed by Rondell Sheridan, Victor's actor.
11	** "Double Vision" was directed by T'keyah Crystal Keymáh, Tanya's actor.
12	* FakeAmerican: Anneliese Van der Pol, the actress who portrays Chelsea in both the original series and the spin-off, was born in the Netherlands, however she and her family moved to the United States when she was three, so she's spent almost her entire life in the United States (and has since become a legal citizen).
13	* FollowTheLeader:
14	** The show was created following the runaway success of another Disney Channel series with a female protagonist, ''Series/LizzieMcGuire''.
15	** The success of ''That's So Raven'''s MusicalEpisode inspired Disney Channel to produce ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''.
16	* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: While the young actors weren't usually allowed to deviate from the script, Raven herself was often allowed to improvise comic bits.
17	* HeyItsThatPlace: Raven and her friends go to the school used in ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.
18	* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Creator/GeoffreyOwens plays Eddie's father, reuniting him with Raven Symone from ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.
19	* OutOfOrder:
20	** The clip show episode 'Vision Impossible' contains the happy ending moment from episode 'The Four Aces', which was the very next episode broadcasted.
21	** Most of the series actually suffered from this. [[SeriesContinuityError Continuity Errors]] such as Mr. Lawler being promoted to principal, Raven developing a crush on Devon, and the main characters' shifting ages wouldn't have existed if Disney Channel had aired the episodes in production order. As if that wasn't enough, three episodes from the first season went unaired until Season 2 had already premiered.
22	* RealLifeRelative: Kyle Massey's brother Christopher Massey plays one of the kids who convinced Cory to shoplift in "Five Finger Discount".
23	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Tanya is PutOnABus in Season 4 because T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh needed to care for her grandmother (who had Alzheimer's) and chose not to renew her contract.
24	* RecycledScript: [[Series/PhilOfTheFuture Ricky Ullman]] played Chelsea's [[GirlOfTheWeek love interest]] in one episode; the turns out to be a cheater and somewhat of a JerkAss. [[{{Irony}} The same plot was also used]] in the very first episode of ''Series/PhilOfTheFuture.''
25	* ReferencedBy: ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'' referenced the show during their song about reboots.
26	* StarMakingRole: Kyle Massey looked for work in Hollywood for a while. He and his family were in the airport and about to return to their home in Atlanta when he got his big break.
27	* ThoseTwoActors: Kirsten Storms and Adrienne Bailon have individually shared this with Raven, each playing a friend of hers in a DCOM, and an enemy of hers in this show:
28	** Kirsten Storms as Film/{{Zenon}} and Nicki.
29	** Adrienne Bailon as [[Film/TheCheetahGirls Chanel]] and Alana.
30	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
31	** Raven's name was constantly changing during production. Early drafts had it as Dawn, and Rose was another popular contender. They changed it to Raven when they cast the lead actress. According to Anneliese van der Pol, Chelsea's name was originally supposed to be "Emma."
32	** Raven-Symone actually auditioned to play Chelsea. Additionally Anneliese van der Pol was turned down for the part of Chelsea. When shooting the pilot, Raven said she preferred Anneliese for the part and she was subsequently cast.
33	** There was supposed to be a {{spinoff}} called ''Better Dayz'' starring Alyson Stoner. The show would later be developed into ''Series/HannahMontana'', ''Series/CoryInTheHouse'' became the spin-off instead.

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