History YMMV / Raven

** Raven of Old himself in the spin-off shows. He has to deal with the AdultFear of losing his warriors (who have been trained by him in-universe before each quest) and either not being able to bring them back (in ''Raven: The Island'') or only being able to do so once during the first three weeks of each quest (in ''Raven: The Secret Temple'' and ''Raven: The Dragon's Eye''). Not to mention being exiled, having his homeland put in danger via an eternal winter, being betrayed by Ervan, and nearly being corrupted by the Dragon's Eye. Then it gets worse in the main show: as revealed in the Series 11 intro, the spell Raven of Old casts to banish Nevar also causes the former to get banished to the same desolate realm. Fortunately, a former champion recovers Raven of Old's Staff of Power and becomes the new Raven. Unfortunately, Raven of Old can't do a lot for the current Raven except be temporarily summoned to give her advice, fight off demons and, as of Series 12, use a talisman to watch the current warriors do each challenge. Yet he [[StoicWoobie keeps moving forward and doesn't complain]] despite it all.

** Some fans had this opinion as early as series 8 when Raven switched filming locations to the Cairnigorms National Park and other areas near Aviemore after having been filmed around Castle Toward for the first seven series. Other changes fans disliked were showing CGI scoring in place of the live scoring scenes and the warriors responding to being asked if they were ready to start a challenge by shouting "Ready" when before, they would nod their heads.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Lymel trying to go for a jewel bag that was too far away to reach during the challenge Stepping Stones in episode 14 of ''Raven: The Secret Temple'', despite Desot telling her not to go for it as neither one of them could be brought back if they were eliminated (both of them had already been brought back once). Predictably, she was eliminated after falling.
** Mygar and Beron's attempt at Riddle Bridge began with the former's reasonable guess of "Fire", which was very close to the correct answer, "Flame"...except the answer was five letters, not four. Not only did Beron not notice this, he also tried to spell fire "F-E" and promptly failed the challenge. Beron looked genuinely upset that he'd made such a stupid error and let down Mygar, who was in last place and ultimately eliminated that day. Beron himself finished a respectable fifth in the final week.
** In the first season of the show, failing the Way of the Warrior twice would result in instant elimination. On Day 2 of the First Week, Lydav found himself in the middle of the pack, being a comfortable two lives ahead of last-place warrior Daala- he could have been a contender for first place had he not lost a life volunteering for the Way of the Warrior the previous day. You'd expect him to simply allow Daala to volunteer for the Way of the Warrior; even in the unlikely situation of her succeeding, he still wouldn't have been in danger of elimination. Instead, he inexplicably volunteered for the challenge alongside Daala, "won" the black feather draw, and promptly earned the dubious distinction of being the first ever warrior eliminated on the show. Even worse, he failed WOTW on the shields, an obstacle he managed to survive on his first attempt.
** Both Miran and Nardel in ''The Dragon's Eye''. During the 3 remaining Bears' attempt at Cursed Earth, Miran first bungles things by accidentally placing a bale outside the boundary, resulting in her being eliminated and the bale disappearing which leaves Larim completely stranded. Despite him being the leader and obviously needing her help (especially given that this is a time-based challenge and he is incapable of moving ''at all''), Nardel instead decided to continue focusing on gathering stones by herself rather than helping her leader, even snapping at Larim that she "couldn't" help him because she was too busy going after the stones. Mere seconds later, Nardel ended up forfeiting the second of her own bales, trapping both herself and Larim and getting the two of them eliminated as well.

* ArchivePanic: There are 10 series of the original show (20 episodes each), the three spinoffs (also 20 episodes each), series 11 and 12 (15 episodes each), and the 6 episodes of the Gaelic version. It would take 131 and a half hours or nearly 5 and a half days for you to watch all 296 of the episodes nonstop.

* MagnificentBastard: Raven during his ECW run was (And still is) considered to be one of the most [[GeniusBruiser intelligent]], [[DarkMessiah manipulative]] and [[LoveToHate charismatic]] wrestlers in the business. He's also one of the few wrestlers to completely subvert the DumbMuscle stereotype, having an [=IQ=] of 160.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: A few of the things Raven has said on the show e.g. telling the warriors who failed Way of the Warrior or other challenges that they should not be ashamed of it. Another example is in Series 1 when he tells the viewers "it is not our fears that shape us; it is how we confront those fears that is important."

* ArchivePanic: If you get your hands on all 10 series of the original show (20 episodes each) and the three spinoffs (also 20 episodes each) plus series 11 and 12 (15 episodes each) and the 6 episodes of the Gaelic version, it would take 131 and a half hours or nearly 5 and a half days to watch all 296 of them nonstop.

** One challenge in series 7 involved pushing a boulder through an obstacle course; while the set looked fairly convincing for the most part, there was a cluster of obviously rubber bats that looked like they'd been purchased from a crappy Halloween shop.

** Conundrum from series 9 and 10 was a difficult mental challenge due to the fact that one warrior had to put a puzzle together, describe what the image was and the other warrior had to find the square with the matching image then do it again to find a ring; they had to find three rings total before time ran out or they would each lose a life. Most teams failed this one as they couldn't do it fast enough (2 teams won in series 9). This challenge was made much easier in series 11 in the sense of what images needed to be completed and described.

* James Mackenzie would go on to star in other shows, some for adults (''River City'') and others for kids (''Series/DanisHouse'' and ''Molly and Mack'') after the original run of ''Raven''.
* As mentioned on the main page, Melka aka Aimee Kelly was a warrior in series 6 before starring as the protagonist of ''Series/WolfBlood''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: James Mackenzie would go on to star in other shows, some for adults (''River City'') and others for kids (''Series/DanisHouse'' and ''Molly and Mack'') after the original run of ''Raven''.

** In early 1998, Bruce Mitchell, a columnist for the wrestling newsletter ''The Pro Wrestling Torch'' held nothing back in his analysis of what he saw as the gay elements of Raven's Flock, saying that the group should be called "Raven's Rough Trade." He referenced what he saw as Raven and Wrestling/StevieRichards' "butch/fem abusive relationship," Wrestling/PerrySaturn's ''Biker Boyz Magazine'' look, Van Hammer's "peep shows" look and fishnet, Wrestling/{{Lodi}}'s "college gay bar" look, Wrestling/BillyKidman's "bus station runaway" look, and Raven's wanting to "recruit" Wrestling/ScottyRiggs (which Raven did, after giving Riggs an eye-injury with his trademark drop-toehold into a steel chair on the October 27 Nitro. Interestingly, after Raven had hit the move, Kidman came in and told Raven to lay off of Riggs. Raven defeated Riggs in a rematch at the ''World War 3 1997'' PPV on November 23, followed by Van Hammer carrying Riggs to the back. The next night on Nitro, Riggs, now wearing an eyepatch, climbed the guardrail to join Raven's Flock.)
** In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O_-fOC2RD4 bizarre promo,]] Wrestling/{{Kanyon}} (an openly gay pro wrestler - although he didn't come out until years after this promo was shot) visits Raven at his swanky mansion. He and Raven go out for a night on the town, which mostly consists of shopping for Versace. They return to Raven's home dressed to the nines, but the scene cuts, and the next thing we see is Kanyon running down stairs to greet Raven's mom, while frantically trying to pull his pants back on (!). Raven follows after him, also dressed in his old grungy clothes. The surely unintentional subtext is that Raven took Kanyon out on a date, and they were getting hot and heavy upstairs before Raven's mom rudely interrupted them.

* TearJerker: Moments before Trigon's first reign of terror begins, Zatanna spills the beans on what Raven did do get ComicBook/KidFlash to join the Titans, causing them all to distrust her and disband. Leaving her to tearfully beg them to come back for it is mere seconds until he arrives. What makes it a moment of heartwarming though is of all the Titans, Robin and Starfire are the ones that still believe her.

!! For the ComicBook Character.

* LesYay: Her and Starfire in many versions of the characters, notabably in ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne.''
* MemeticMolester: Especially with her demonic tentacles
* TheWoobie: Her past and what she goes through could make you feel sorry for her.
** IronWoobie: She's the most hopeful of the team and tries her hardest to protect her friends no matter the situation.
** JerkassWoobie: Her witty remarks and sarcasm can make her this.
** StoicWoobie: Due to her keeping her emotions in check.
* TearJerker: Moments before Trigon's first reign of Terror begins Zatanna spills the beans on what Raven did do get ComicBook/KidFlash to join the titans. Causing them all to distrust her and disband. Leaving her to tearfully beg them to come back for it is mere seconds until he arrives. What makes it a moment of heartwarming though is of all the Titans, Robin and Starfire are the ones that still believe her.

* ArchivePanic: If you get your hands on all 10 series of the original show (20 episodes each) and the three spinoffs (also 20 episodes each) plus the 2 most recent series (15 episodes each) and the 6 episodes of the Gaelic version, it would take 131 and a half hours or nearly 5 and a half days to watch all 296 of them nonstop.

** Mygar and Beron's attempt at Riddle Bridge began with the former's reasonable guess of "Fire", which was very close to the correct answer, "Flame"...except the answer was five letters, not four. Not only did Beron not notice this, he also tried to spell fire "F-E" and promptly failed the challenge. Then PlayedForDrama, as Beron looked genuinely upset that he'd made such a stupid error and let down Mygar, who was in last place and ultimately eliminated that day. Beron himself finished a respectable fifth in the final week.

** Meta example: the deaths of Gareth Thomas and Gayanne Potter, who voiced the Wisdom Tree and the Riddle Book respectively, between series 10 and series 11.

** Some had this opinion as early as series 8 when Raven switched changed filming locations to the Cairnigorms National Park and other areas near Aviemore after having been filmed around Castle Toward for the first seven series. Other changes fans disliked were showing CGI scoring in place of the live scoring scenes and the warriors responding to being asked if they were ready to start a challenge by shouting "Ready" when before, they would nod their heads.

** Some had this opinion as early as series 8 when Raven switched to it's current filiming location after having been filmed around Castle Toward for the first seven series. Other changes fans disliked were showing CGI scoring in place of the live scoring scenes and the warriors responding to being asked if they were ready to start a challenge by shouting "Ready" when before, they would nod their heads.

** The Wolves' performance in Cursed Earth in episode 15 of ''The Dragon's Eye''. Both Hareb and Arros were eliminated and Lemec only had enough stones to bring one of them back. [[spoiler: She ultimately decided to bring back Hareb.]] It doesn't help that the 3 remaining Bears team members had been eliminated in that same challenge in the previous episode.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans had this reaction to the changes made for Series 11 and 12 though some think the latter series did improve in terms of editing.

* TheWoobie: Ardhu from Series 7 counts. She was a good warrior but was unlucky enough to be on losing teams for all three team challenges, causing her to be the first week 2 warrior to be eliminated.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yupQkO6x9hM The Opening Theme]].

* ThatOneLevel: The infuriatingly difficult ''Way of the Warrior'' challenge. Just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7qc2zsmi6s look at it!]] (Granted, this challenge is ''designed'' to be difficult, as it serves as an Elimination Stage at the end of each episode, giving the contestant with the fewest remaining lives one last chance to stay on the quest). Only four contestants have completed the Way of the Warrior to date (and it will remain that way due to the format of Series 11 and 12 not using the challenge).

* ArchivePanic: If you get your hands on all 10 series of the original show (20 episodes each) and the spinoffs (also 20 episodes each) plus the 2 most recent series (15 episodes each) and the 6 episodes of the Gaelic version, it would take 131 and a half hours or nearly 5 and a half days to watch all 296 of them nonstop.

** An unstated but still obvious one when one thinks about is that those with disabilities are just as human and capable of great things as anyone else is and should be treated with respect as shown by Raven doing this.

** The events of ''The Island'' spinoff if you think of it from Raven's POV. Imagine having to leave the place you grew up and then having to send 12 of your trainees there to retrieve something that might help defeat your worst enemy, not knowing if they will be able to do it, hoping that your childhood friend's limited assistance and the training you gave them is enough to increase their chances of success.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: His WCW theme was one of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Come As You Are"
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxkiRYV0Tzk "Short but Thick"]] by Wrestling/JimmyHart.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON_BqmOCXQY "Raven"]] by Jimmy Hart.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWkYzOSmbTk "What About Me"]] by Jim Johnston.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9N_1DPKP_Y "Offspring"]] by Dale Oliver.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XCJYw_9v8U "Scream"]] by Dale Oliver. It's pretty much sampled from his WCW theme, but some people prefer TNA's version.

** Series 7 is often considered the best series of all; not only nailing the aesthetic and challenges, but also having some of the most memorable moments in the series: Lenat and Anmah's incredibly close last stand, Danil's amazing attempt at the Way of the Warrior, and Hanso's heartbreaking fall from grace on the last day of the quest.

** ''Wizard's Tower'' also, with the particular challenge of [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything one contestant guiding]] [[Series/{{Knightmare}} the other (blindfolded)]] through a web of string with bells on it. Touch a string lightly and whoosh! there goes a life.

** In the first season of the show, failing the Way of the Warrior twice would result in instant elimination. On Day 2 of the First Week, Lydav found himself in the middle of the pack, being a comfortable two lives ahead of last-place warrior Daala- he could have been a contender for first place had he not lost a life volunteering for the Way of the Warrior the previous day. You'd expect him to simply allow Daala to volunteer for the Way of the Warrior; even in the unlikely situation of her succeeding, he still wouldn't have been in danger of elimination. Instead, he inexplicably volunteered for the challenge alongside Daala, "won" the black feather draw, and promptly earned the dubious distinction of being the first ever warrior eliminated on the show. Even worse, he failed TWOT on the shields, an obstacle he managed to survive on his first attempt.