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— Raven's catchphrase.

Raven Lydia Baxter (previously: Raven Lydia Carter) is the iconic protagonist and titular character of Raven's Home and the protagonist of That's So Raven. Raven has custody of her two children that she had with her ex-husband, Devon Carter, fraternal twins named Nia and Booker. Raven has decided to allow her best friend, the recently divorced Chelsea Grayson and her son, Levi, move in with her family. Raven used to work as a canine fashion designer, but she quit. Raven has achieved her dream of becoming a fashion designer with Ravenous Fashions, runs Your Best Dressed Life with best friend Chelsea Grayson, yet still accepts assignments, as a Scüt Driver.

She is portrayed by Raven-Symoné.

Personality[]

Raven's very sassy and loves to disguise as other individuals. She is a prankster and loves to laugh hysterically. Raven's very clumsy[2] and sometimes too stressed. Personality. Raven is strong confident, loud, and strict. She loves to have fun but struggles with the burden of keeping her psychic abilities secret whilst at the same time trying to fit in with everybody else. AND Andie

Physical Appearance[]

That's So Raven[]

Raven is of African-American descent. Her eyes are brown and her hair color is usually jet black, although she experimented with it dyed light brown for a year.

Raven's Home[]

Raven has strong jet-black/dark brown hair (just like in the original series) and often wears funky clothing to suit her style. She now wears sleek-style clothing, to match her maturity, and wears sneakers, to fit in as the "trend". Her hair was shorter in the earlier episodes of Season 1, but it starts to get longer as the season progresses. In the middle of Season 4, her hair is in braids with an undercut. In the middle of Season 5, her hair starts being styled in either natural curls, braided, or in an occasional high ponytail. As of Season 6, her hair is either worn naturally curly or straightened.

Abilities[]

Clairvoyance[]

Raven is clairvoyant and frequently has "visions", which allow her to see into the future and see what may happen next. However, most visions are vague and she unable to "see" everything that might happen in the near future. This causes her to wonder on what her visions really mean, in which case her attempts to change these upcoming events end up either making it happen or making it worse, depending on what the situation is. Just like she did with Ben in "Double Vision" in the original series, hugging another psychic (in this case, Booker) can sometimes trigger both of them to simultaneously have a vision.

During her "premonitions," Raven tends to stare blankly into space in a trance-like state for the duration of the vision. In "Double Vision," Raven and fellow psychic Ben could amplify their powers by making tactical contact (e.g. by hugging or kissing).

Relationships[]

Main article: Raven Baxter/Relationships

Trivia[]

  • Raven Baxter has appeared in the Disney Channel series That's So Raven, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Cory in the House, Bunk'd, and Raven's Home.
  • So far, Raven Baxter and Booker Baxter are currently the only two characters to appear in every episode.
  • In the time between her visit to the White House and Raven's Home, Raven married and divorced Devon Carter, and became parents of twins with him.
  • Outside of her closest friends, children, parents, brother, grandmothers, ex-husband, Devon, and Great-Aunt Maureen, it appears the only person that knows about Raven's psychic ability is former POTUS Richard Martinez.
  • She lied to her boss Paisley, by saying Booker and Nia were her puppies. She knew that her boss loved puppies, so she told her that to get her fashion designing job.
  • She was briefly suspended from George Washington Carver Community School, as seen in the episode, Baxter's Back!
  • Revealed in Dancing Tween, Raven is capable of sleepwalking, sleep baking and sleep sewing.
  • Revealed in Fears of a Clown, Raven has a phobia of clowns and that she faints and freaks out around them.
  • Raven's power of clairvoyance was passed on to Booker instead of Nia. This situation is similar to how Raven inherited the ability from her grandmother while it skipped her mother and Cory.
  • Several times it was stated how much Raven hated Garrett and how she tried to convince Chelsea not to marry him. It appeared from when Raven impersonated Garrett in Vending the Rules that the feeling was mutual, and that Garrett didn't like Raven because she talked too much.
  • Her son, Booker Baxter is similar to her and sometimes they will be estranged when he gets in trouble like her and his uncle Cory Baxter.
  • It is unknown what happened to her brother Cory or her mother, Tanya. Victor, her father, visited in Just Call Me Vic and mentioned Tanya was encouraging him to develop new hobbies.
    • It would later be revealed in Season 5 that Tanya is still in England.
  • Raven is scared of Chelsea when she's angry.
  • As revealed in the That's So Raven episodes Chef-Man and Raven and Vision Impossible, Raven is allergic to mushrooms.
  • Raven, like her brother Cory, is afraid of clowns.
  • Revealed in The Falcon and The Raven - Part Two, Raven wears a wig.
  • Revealed in The Falcon and The Raven - Part Two, Raven hates dirt, due to Chelsea making her eat a dirt pie.
  • Raven thought she named the twins, when it was actually Chelsea and Devon, as Raven was kind of out of it during the delivery of her kids.
  • She and her father Victor are the only two characters from the original show to appear in both sequels.
  • Raven dislikes when people call her by her government name "Raven Lydia Baxter".
  • Mykal-Michelle Harris played Young Raven in Keeping It 100.
  • Lydia is the name of Raven-Symoné's actual mother.
  • Starting in Mad About Yuletide she now has braids.
  • As of The Big Sammich she states she no longer says her famous catchphrase "Ya Nasty", however she still uses the word "Nasty" by itself.
  • During the development of the show, the producers asked Raven-Symoné, if she would prefer Raven Baxter to be a lesbian to reflect her own life, but Raven declined:
And the reason I said no wasn’t because I wasn’t proud of who I was, or I didn’t want to represent the LGBTQ+ community in any way. It was because Raven Baxter is Raven Baxter is Raven Baxter.
Raven-Symoné [1]

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References[]

  1. The Wrong Victor
  2. Raven Baxter page at the That's So Raven Wiki
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