| “ | Ew. Are those my tights? | ” |
| — Nia asking Tess O'Malley what Booker is wearing. | ||
"Friday Night Tights" is the twelfth episode in Season 3 of Raven's Home and the forty-sixth overall. It first aired on October 25, 2019 to 0.52 million viewers.[1]
Plot[]
Booker joins the ballet club to win over Danni but has second thoughts when the coolest kid in school starts to make fun of him.[2]
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Raven-Symoné as Raven Baxter
- Anneliese van der Pol as Chelsea Grayson
- Navia Robinson as Nia Baxter
- Issac Ryan Brown as Booker Baxter
- Jason Maybaum as Levi Grayson
- Sky Katz as Tess O'Malley
Recurring Cast[]
- Teshi Thomas as Danni
Guest Cast[]
- Tyler Poelle as Jax Jackson
- Amarr M. Wooten as Logan
Continuity[]
- This episode mentioned events of Cali Dreams and continues plotlines from Girls Just Wanna Have Phones.
Trivia[]
- This episode was filmed on February 20, 2019.
- The title is a play on the 2006 TV series Friday Night Lights.
- Eternally 16 is a pun from Forever 21.
- Tyler Poelle has appeared on several Disney Channel series such as Dog With A Blog, KC Undercover, Andi Mack and Coop & Cami Ask the World.
- Amarr Wooten has appeared on Bunk'd and played the recurring role of "Finch" in Liv and Maddie: Cali-Style.
- Garrett is mentioned.
- Chelsea carrying a large stick during ballet club, is a common trope in fictional depictions of dance classes, and was even used in the That's So Raven episode, "Too Much Pressure."
- Chelsea mentions performing in Bats, which is a play on the Broadway musical Cats.
- Chelsea and Levi write a hip-hop-inspired ballet titled Fawn Lake, starring Booker as the Stag Prince, and Danni as the Fawn Maiden, which is a play on the classic ballet Swan Lake,
- Fork-Knife, a spoof of the online video game Fortnite, is mentioned once again; it was also mentioned in Twister, Sister and School House Trap.
- Booker and Danni become officially a couple.
- When Booker is playing on his computer, you can see the name of Navia on his contacts. This could be wrong or Nia's real name is Navia.
- Or this could be a small reference to Nia’s portrayer, Navia Robinson.
- In the original script:
- Chelsea was present at the beginning of Jax's first visit with Raven.
- The name of the Spanish teacher was Señorita Cosgrove.
- Logan was depicted as much more devious, determined to become the "King" (later "Kahuna") of the school.
- When Logan was given a Hawaiian backstory, he was supposed to give off a "surfer" vibe.
- When Logan left with Danni, Booker muttered "Ballet burn," to himself.
- Chelsea states she won the lead of Bats in a dance-off against her rival, Michaela Higgenbottom.
- The Dance-Off was longer and more elaborate, and Booker won because he showed more "heart" than Logan.
- There was a running sub-plot centering on Raven's Sugar Cookies.
- Booker offers Danni some to apologize for quitting ballet.
- Raven offers "Celebratory Sugar Cookies" after the business meeting.
Gallery[]
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