| “ | What, are those those cool peeps you told me about the first time you lied to me? I told you, watch the company you keep. I am so disappointed in you, Booker. | ” |
| — Raven to Booker. | ||
"What About Your Friends?" is the eighteenth episode in Season 3 of Raven's Home and the fifty-second overall. It first aired on March 1, 2020 to 0.48 million viewers.[1]
Plot[]
Booker’s new friends pressure him to try vaping, but he turns them down and warns them about the dangers. They don’t listen and when Coach Spitz finds a vape pen, the boys all claim it belongs to Booker and he is suspended. While a disappointed Raven seeks to understand what’s going on with her son, Booker sets out to clear his name.[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[]
- Anthony Alabi as Coach Spitz
- Donovan Whitfield as Curtis
- Andy Bustillos as Mr. Clark
Guest Cast[]
- Joachim Powell as William
- Hunter Payton as Jordan
- Aloma Wright as Ms. Pearl Saunders
Goofs[]
- Due to this episode being aired out of production order, Booker mentions working at a barber shop, the establishment in question, Radio E-Clips, will be introduced in Close Shave.
- Right before Booker had a vision, Raven had her cast on but after the vision, Raven opened the fridge and her cast was gone.
Trivia[]
- This episode filmed on July 12, 2019, the seventeenth episode shot before a live audience for the season.
- This episode filmed on Issac Ryan Brown's 14th birthday.
- The episode is reminiscent of the That's So Raven episode Where There's Smoke.
- Following the episode, a special message from the cast was released on Disney Channel and Disney Channel YouTube. The episode and message were developed under the consultancy of Hollywood, Health & Society, who brought in experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and USC, among others.[3]
- Anneliese van der Pol debuts a new blonde hairstyle in that special video message, which Chelsea will be depicted adopting beginning in Season 4.
- Raven is seen wearing a cast in this episode, IRL Raven-Symoné broke her wrist while riding a hoverboard on the set of Raven's Home which she explained in the second season of The Masked Singer after being unmasked. The sling would also be depicted in In-Shoe-encer and Level Up. In the show, Raven mentions that she broke her wrist as a result of a slip-and-fall due to a neighbor being “too lazy” to clean up their spill.
- A second character named Jordan is introduced, the previous one, appeared in In-Vision of Privacy, and was played by Philip Soloman.
- A second character named William is introduced in the Raven franchise; the first "William" (played by Frankie Ryan Manriquez) was one of Cory's best friends in That's So Raven.
- Tess states that Sienna has a younger sister.
- The title of this episode is based on the 1992 hip hop song, "What About Your Friends"' by TLC.
- Chelsea's performance in "Bats: The Musical'" is mentioned.
- This marks the first appearance of Curtis in Season 3.
- Danisha, the Carver Student Body President and Nia's rival, returns in Level Up.
- The characters express their internal monologues for the first time since Just Call Me Vic.
- Joachim Powell previously appeared as "LJ Webb" in the Sydney to the Max episode As Bad as She Gets
- Aloma Wright previously appeared as "Mother Wexler" in the Dirty Work episode of Even Stevens, and also as a "Nurse" in Zeke and Luther.
- She also plays Viola, a main character on the Nickelodeon series, Tyler Perry's Young Dylan.
- Ironically, that series premiered the day before this episode aired. (February 29, 2020)
- She also plays Viola, a main character on the Nickelodeon series, Tyler Perry's Young Dylan.
- With this episode focusing on such an important topic, like vaping, this is arguably the most serious episode of all the Raven's Home episodes. Stylin' & Profilin' from Season 5 is considered the second most serious episode of Raven's Home, with the episode having to do with Racism.
- In the original script:
- The boys were skipping class when Booker finds them about to vape.
- Levi was at the Building Watch meeting
- Ms. Pearl was named Ms. Alma.
- Ms. Alma swiped sandwiches instead of forks.
- Ms. Alma claimed Raven's lemonade was giving her "the Sugar."
- Raven was supposed to be beaten up while demonstrating defensive moves to Ms. Alma, but that scene was scrapped due to Raven Symoné's real life injury.
- Mr. Clark was to remark "I would have paid money to see this," as Ms. Alma tosses Raven around.
Gallery[]
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The image gallery for What About Your Friends? may be viewed here.
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Videos[]
Raven's Home Anti-Vaping Pro-Social Message Disney Channel
Booker Takes a Stand 😀 Raven's Home Disney Channel