| “ | We are not a real hotel! I'm just in this for the money. | ” |
| — Booker to Neil. | ||
"The Grand Booker-Pest Hotel" is the sixteenth episode in Season 5 of Raven's Home and the ninety-fifth overall. It first aired on July 15, 2022 to 0.13 million viewers.[1]
Plot[]
Booker and Neil turn the Baxter house into a Hotel to make money to fix Booker’s car. Raven hosts a pop-up and pretends to be someone else to help Ivy impress female entrepreneurs.
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
- Rondell Sheridan as Victor Baxter
Recurring Cast[]
Guest Cast[]
Trivia[]
- This episode filmed on April 13-14 2022, a day early to observe Passover.
- The title is a play on the 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel.
- Ivy's surname of Chen was revealed.
- Ivy's mother, Dr. Chen, was revealed to be a podiatrist.
- Neil mentions his Abuelita for the second time, demonstrating her Mole recipe, and revealing that she moved to Reno.
- Neil's dad manages a West Bestern hotel, a spoonerism of Best Western.
- Victor wears his train engineer outfit from A Streetcar Named Conspire.
- This was the fourth episode with no visions with the others being Sleevemore Part Three: Future, Lost at Chel-Sea, and Date Expectations.
- This episode is reminiscent of the That's So Raven episode, Checkin' Out, particularly when both Raven and Donna Cabonna dress up as, and then encounter Pistache, while staying at the Tipton Hotel in Boston, and Raven and Nikki do the same with Ariana Venti at The Chill Grill.
- The plot is also similar to the That's So Raven episode, Hizzouse Party, as while Victor takes a long-convoluted car trip out of town, the younger characters seek to profit from an empty Baxter household.
- Ariana Venti is a parody of real-life pop star Ariana Grande, as a "venti" is the next-largest cup size after "grande" at Starbucks Coffee locations.
- According to Nikki, Ariana Venti's real last name is Murphy, and she has had a nose job.
- When Raven says, "Don't look at me," while disguised as Ariana Venti, it is very similar to how she says it when disguised as, Liz Anya during the That's So Raven episode If I Only Had a Job, as well as the Season 1 Finale Vest in Show .
- Singer Post Malone was mentioned.
- Nikki claims to know J.J. from Boyz 'N Motion, an acquaintance of Raven from That's So Raven. They have apparently lost contact with each other, as she wants Nikki to contact him immediately.
- Raven mentions Newt Slackley.
- Kyle More previously played the recurring role of "Dwayne Ruckus" on Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything, which starred Felix Avitia as "Franklin Delgado."
- Raquel Justice previously portrayed "Kira" on the Disney Channel series, Andi Mack
- In the original script:
- When Nikki asks for an office peacock, Raven claims to be allergic to them.
- When Raven leaves thinking the Jorgensons are Victor and Alice, Neil wonders if she should be driving.
- The entire Jorgenson family were originally envisioned as full Norwegian tourists, directly from Norway.
- Mrs. Jorgenson was named "Bjork Jorgenson."
- Ivy was an official She.E.O., the first underclassman member.
- The She.E.O.s only had more three additional members.
- Avery tells Ivy that the week before, club member "Lindsey" took the girls to meet a female professional race car driver.
- Dr. Chen was scheduled for a bunion extraction.
- Avery tells Ivy she has to have "something better than bunions,"
- Raven agrees to have the club members follow her to inspire them because "Somebody's going to have to hire Booker ."
- When Nikki arrives to the loft, she asks if Raven knows what Nikki missed by being there, Raven asks what, Nikki replies she doesn't know because she missed it.
- Nikki claims to have worn boot leggings before Ariana Venti.
- Nikki tells the She.E.O. Club that she and Ariana Venti were once trapped in a Sultan's limo with an angry tiger, and Ariana declared she would sing the giant feline to sleep, which to Nikki's annoyance is exactly what happened.
- The Jorgenson activities occurred in a different order:
- Workout (500 burpees)
- Neil leaves the class to Booker, to warm up the biscuits for tea.
- High Tea
- Mexican Cooking Lesson
- Neal sings "That's a molé" in the style of Dean Martin's "That's Amore."
- Lisbeth asks if Booker is all right, as he tears up while Neil chops onions.
- Snorkeling Lesson
- Lisbeth states that Booker is not a shark, but "the crybaby with a fin on his head."
- Lisbeth gets on Booker's back. saying "Shark rides! Giddy-up, sharkie!"
- Booker glares at Neil, who slowly sinks behind the coral reef couch.
- Workout (500 burpees)
- Avery begs Nikki to finish the story of how she and Ariana Venti still got to the Met Gala if they only had one parachute between them.
- Nikki tells Raven that she made a "terrible mistake" by being "too fascinating" to the She.E.O. club, calling them "paparazzi without cameras," and flees to the storage closet to elude them.
- Avery states that the club had fun for like a minute, but that it is now time to go.
- Avery rejects Raven's attempt to involve the club in a DIY fashion tie-dying project.
- Avery claims on her last birthday party, her aunt also tried to get her to tie-dye. She continues on to speculate that her aunt loves old people stuff because she was born in the 90's.
- After Ivy promises Ariana Venti, Avery says if Ivy delivers, she could become club president--after Avery leaves. Avery then tells the other girls how fortunate they are, as because she decided to let an underclassman join the club, they get to meet Ariana Venti.
- After the She.E.O.s have left, Raven asks Ivy how will they get Ariana Venti to show up, and as if on cue, Nikki pops her head out of the storage closet.
- When Victor asks Booker who he was talking to in the kitchen, he replies "Housekeeping. Been ignoring the Do Not Disturb' signs again. The guests are not happy."
- After Alice asks, "What was that?" Neils suggests a ghost, and Booker adds they have been pretending to run a haunted hotel.
- After getting her doll back, Alice claims that Tasha makes her promise never to leave her alone with Booker and Neil again.
- Neil tries to get Victor and Alice to use the back door, stating the lobby is reserved for a private event.
- At the Pop-up, Ivy tries to stall the club by stating that "late is the new on-time," and offers them more watercress sandwiches.
- Raven's Ariana Venti disguise was described as "BOB-WIG, WIDE-BRIMED HAT, CAT-EYED SUNGLASSES, THINK SIA MEETS LADY GAGA."
- Avery claims to be Ariana Venti' s biggest fan and asks for the inspiration behind the hit song. "I Like You a Latte."
- Ivy silent mouths, "My Paris romance," but Raven misreads her lips and answers in malaprop phrases:
- "My parrot's pants."
- Avery states she thought Ariana was afraid of birds.
- Raven passes it off as an inside joke Avery wouldn't understand.
- "My parents' houseplants."
- Avery can only answer, "Huh?"
- "My parrot's pants."
- Ivy finally sighs, "Her Paris Romance,"
- Avery asks why Ariana just didn't say that before.
- Raven counters that a real fan would already know the answer.
- Ivy silent mouths, "My Paris romance," but Raven misreads her lips and answers in malaprop phrases:
- Claiming to hear a helicopter, Raven hurries towards the door, but bumps into Nikki, also dressed as Ariana Venti.
- After declaring that real She.E.O.s deliver, Avery and the other club members start to leave.
- Ivy extols Raven's virtues and suggests that if Avery can't appreciate a real businesswoman, she is not worthy to be She.E.O. Club President,
- Avery orders the She.E.O. club members to leave, but they all refuse to follow her, causing Avery to stomp off completely alone.
- Bjorn notes that the air of San Francisco is "fishy " like Norway.
- Neil and Booker explain Lisbeth "lost" a game of Hide & Seek.
- After returning to the house with Victor and Alice, Neil overly calls Lisbeth a "loser," for losing the game of Hide & Seek.
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Videos[]
The Grand Booker-Pest Hotel - Raven's Home - @Disney Channel