| “ | The Fierce. It's the savage energy that flows through all models and gives them their fabulousciouness. | ” |
| — Neil defining 'The Fierce' to Ivy | ||
"The Fierce Awakens" is the fifteenth episode in Season 5 of Raven's Home and the ninety-fourth overall. It first aired on July 8, 2022 to 0.18 million viewers.[1]
Plot[]
Raven wants an influencer to promote her new design studio. So, Neil and Alice train Ivy to model in the way of "The Fierce."[2]
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Raven-Symoné as Raven Baxter
- Issac Ryan Brown as Booker Baxter
- Mykal-Michelle Harris as Alice Baxter
- Felix Avitia as Neil Flores
- Emmy Liu-Wang as Ivy Chen
Recurring Cast[]
- Marissa Reyes as Cami Rivera
- David Parks as Dave (uncredited)
Guest Cast[]
- Juliana Joel as Nikki
- Lincoln Bonilla as Young Neil
Absent Cast[]
Trivia[]
- This episode filmed on April 7-8, 2022.
- This is the first episode of the season to air out of production order, as the two previously filmed shows were holiday themed.
- The title is a play on the 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.
- When Neil mentions "The Fierce" (a parody of "The Force" from the Star Wars saga), he makes the same hand motion Jedi Knights use when employing the Jedi Mind Trick.
- Victor is absent for a fourth episode.
- This is Cami's final appearance in Season 5, although she is mentioned a few times later in the season.
- Alana is mentioned, and Raven wants to see a video of Cami telling her mom that she and Booker are still dating.
- Raven references her brother Cory, but not by name, as when she muses that the puppet, Jeff, was the best candidate she saw, she asks "What's up with that?" thus, quoting the catchphrase of Monty, Cory's ventriloquist dummy from the That's So Raven episode Out of Control.
- Raven name-drops The Cheetah Girls.
- Cami states it has been a month since the events of Munch Ado About Lunching.
- The episode's plot is almost similar to the That's So Raven episode, That's So Not Raven.
- A second character named "Nikki" (as opposed to "Nicki") is introduced to the franchise. The first was "Nikki Logan", an actress that took advantage of Raven's psychic abilities, in the That's So Raven episode Unhappy Medium.
- This episode introduces Nikki, portrayed by Juliana Joel, the first openly trans actress on Disney Channel. Juliana has hopes on Instagram that this character will be the first openly trans Disney character.[3]
- In the original script:
- The character of "Nikki" was called "Drew."
- Nikki takes a bottle of water off of Raven's desk.
- Nikki makes a barf noise when describing the food of the restaurant (The Chill Grill) below them to Raven.
- Raven named her new clothing line "Raediant."
- Neil was in the living room before Alice shows him her tablet.
- Some of his sandwich falls to the carpet, but Neil shrugs after picking it up, and eats it anyway.
- Neil receives a call from Booker about Ivy and Cami in a split screen shot, which ends when Raven calls for Booker off screen.
- Young Neil refuses to hand over the crown to the actual winner, a 5-year old character named "Henry," and the pair get into a tug-o-war over the crown with Neil screaming "Never! Mine, mine, mine!"
- Young Neil knocked over more than one table.
- Young Neil had to be dragged off stage by a parent.
- After watching the video, Neil runs out the front door.
- As Alice counts down from three, Neil returns to take her with him.
Gallery[]
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Videos[]
The Fierce Awakens - Raven's Home - @Disney Channel