Editing That's So Raven (section)

==Premise==
[[File:Raven-SymonéDec10.jpg|left|thumb|170px|alt=A mid shot of a woman with mid-length brown hair, wearing a black, translucent dress. She is posing at a press event and smiling, looking away from the camera. Behind her is the corner of a brick wall.|[[Raven-Symoné]], pictured in 2010, serves as the program's central focus during its four-season run.]]

Raven Baxter is a high-school student who has a secret psychic ability that allows her to experience short [[vision (spirituality)|visions]] of future events. Often, she finds herself misinterpreting the events she sees, resulting in trouble for herself, her friends and family.<ref name="seriesorder"/> Raven keeps her supernatural ability a secret; only her close friends and family are aware of it. Raven attends school alongside her best friends Chelsea, who is described as "ditzy", and is an environmentalist and an artist; and Eddie, who is an aspiring [[rapper]], is athletic and plays on the school basketball team. Raven lives with her younger brother Cory, an aspiring businessperson, and her parents Victor and Tanya. Victor initially works in a restaurant as a chef, and in the second season he opens his own restaurant called "The Chill Grill". Tanya halted her studies to raise her family but decided to continue studying law once her children were older; after the third season, she leaves the family to study in England. Raven is an aspiring fashion designer who frequently creates costumes to disguise her identity; she often implements schemes to rectify a situation or her own mistakes.<ref name="avclub100"/> In the fourth season, the show's format is slightly revised; Raven works as an intern for the famous fashion designer Donna Cabonna.<ref name="donnacabonna"/><ref name="dvdmakeover">{{cite news|last=Wallace|first=Aaron|url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/thatssoraven-makeover.html|title=''That's So Raven'': Makeover Madness DVD Review|work=DVDizzy.com|date=July 30, 2006|access-date=January 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104084914/https://www.dvdizzy.com/thatssoraven-makeover.html|archive-date=January 4, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

The series explores the [[Fantasy (psychology)|fantasy]] of wanting a supernatural power children may experience.<ref name="scripttoscreen"/> It shares similarities with series such as ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' and other [[fantasy television]] programs in which adolescents experience and learn to deal with miraculous abilities.<ref name="avclub100"/> Disney Channel president [[Rich Ross]] stated Raven's powers are not "dark" but rather a metaphorical representation of the unpredictability of future events.<ref name="keeneye"/> The series does not explore the origin or discovery of Raven's powers; however, her grandmother Vivian also has psychic powers.<ref name="vivian">{{Cite episode|title=[[That's So Raven (season 1)#ep21|To See or Not to See]]|series=That's So Raven|network=[[Disney Channel]]|date=March 5, 2004|season=1|number=21|credits=Writer: Carla Banks Waddles}}</ref> Raven often intervenes in situations to prevent a vision from coming true but she does not regularly try to control her ability or take advantage of it. Her visions sometimes represent a [[self-fulfilling prophecy]]. Many of the program's stories take place in the high-school setting.<ref name="avclub100"/>