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Raising Dion

***Raising Dion*** is an American science fiction Netflix Original series based on the comic book of the same name.

## Premise

A widowed mom sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her young son's emerging superpowers while keeping his extraordinary gifts under wraps.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Alisha Wainwright as Nicole Warren
* Ja'Siah Young as Dion Warren
* Jazmyn Simon as Kat Neese
* Sammi Haney as Esperanza Jimenez
* Jason Ritter as Pat Rollins

### Recurring Cast

* TJ Wright as Chris
* Michael B. Jordan as Mark Warren
* Gavin Munn as Jonathan King
* Ali Ahn as Suzanne Wu
* Deirdre Lovejoy as Charlotte Tuck
* Donald Paul as Anthony Fry
* Dana Gourrier as Tessa

## Development

On October 5, 2017, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a straight-to-series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series is based on the comic book of the same name written by Dennis Liu and illustrated by Jason Piperberg. Liu then directed a short film based on his comic. Carol Barbee adapted a screenplay from the short film and comic and is the showrunner for the series. Executive producers for the series were set to include Liu, Barbee, Michael B. Jordan, Charles D. King, Kim Roth, Poppy Hanks, Kenny Goodman, and Michael Green. Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of Outlier Society Productions and MACRO. The series premiered on October 4, 2019.

On January 02, 2020, the show was officially renewed for a second season. It premiered on February 1, 2022.

On April 26 2022 however, it was announced the show had been cancelled following Season 2. As per one of the cast Sammi Haney who plays the role of Esperanza the Season 3 of the show has been canceled.

## Multimedia

### Trailers

Raising Dion Official Trailer NetflixRaising Dion Season 2 - Official Trailer - Netflix
## Awards

* In 2019, the show earned the *Ruderman Family Foundation Seal of Authentic Representation* for casting Sammi Haney in the role of Esperanza Jimenez.

## References

1. ↑ ‘Raising Dion’ Superhero Drama Renewed For Season 2 By Netflix, Deadline, January 2, 2020 10:00am
2. ↑ ‘Raising Dion’ Canceled After Two Seasons By Netflix
3. ↑ Is Raising Dion Season 3 really Canceled After Season 2?

## External Links

* Follow Raising Dion (@RaisingDion) on Twitter

* Follow Raising Dion (@RaisingDion) on Instagram
Afemo Omilami

**Afemo Omilami** is an American actor. In the Netflix series *Raising Dion*, he plays the role of George Lewis.

Omilami is active as an actor since 1979, having played in films as *Trading Places* (1983), *Glory* (1989), *The Firm* (1993), *Forrest Gump* (1994), *Gordy* (1995), *Remember the Titans* (2000), *Ray* (2004), *Hounddog* (2007), *The Blind Side* (2009), and *Terminator Genisys* (2015). On TV he had a recurring role as the character Jimmy in *In the Heat of the Night*.

He was nominated for "Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special" in the 2013 NAACP Image Awards for his performance in Lifetime's Steel Magnolias as Drum Eatenton.

He is married with Elisabeth Omilami, and has two children.
Jennifer Ventimilia

**Jennifer Ventimilia**, also known as *J.R. Ventimilia*, is an American television writer and producer. For the Netflix series *Raising Dion*, she wrote the scripts for "ISSUE #102: Fortress of Solitude" and "ISSUE #108: You Won't Like Him When He's Angry".

She was also writer for *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2012), *The Real O'Neals*, *Robot and Monster*, *Overkill* and *That '70s Show*
Raising Dion (short film)

**Raising Dion** is a short film, 2 minutes and 39 seconds in length. It was written and directed by Dennis Liu, and released on 26 August 2015 as a tie in to the comic book.

## Summary

The movie plays out as a trailer for the comic book. It shows Dion slowly developing his powers, and his mothers’ attempts to handle her sons new abilities.

Dion is shown to use telekinesis (such as levitating his cereal), teleporting away while his mom is drying him off after a bath, creating energy balls (which he uses to roast marshmallows), and turning invisible. Nicole does her best to power-proof the house, gets her late husband’s best friend Pat to help her with Dion, and takes it upon herself to create a set of children’s books to learn Dion about using his powers responsibly. At the same time, an agency named Biona has its agents spy on Dion for who knows what purpose.

## Cast

* Nyri Haywood as Dion
* Upenda Morton as Dion’s mother
* James Clark as Pat
* George Schroeder as Biona Agent #1
* Aldous Davidson as Biona Agent #2.
P-DNA

**P-DNA** is a name given by Pat Rollins to the DNA that gives superpowered people their abilities.

In "ISSUE 205: You vs. Me", while Pat is searching for a cure for Nicole Warren and all the other people that are about to turn/have turned into Plant Monsters, he discovers that the people who received powers from the Aurora Event have a special DNA consisting of 3 strands instead of the regular 2. He dubs this third strand P-DNA, and hopes to isolate it to make a cure. His own attempts are unsuccesful, but Janelle Carr is able to do it using her own powers of breaking items down to their core elements.

With the P-DNA, Pat comes up with a serum for the plant monsters, though it's as lethal to the host as it is to the parasite that caused the infection. His research however also shows that, theoretically, it is possible to treat non-superpowerd people with the isolated P-DNA to give them superpowers. David Marsh immediately seizes this news to try and convince the board of Biona to start a P-DNA gene therapy for whoever is willing to pay for superpowers, but they turn him down.

In "ISSUE 207: World Without Mom", when Suzanne Wu threatens to have Pat taken off the cure research and put back in his cell, he injects himself with all the P-DNA Biona has. It makes him fall into a deep coma and he barely survives, but upon waking up he learns his theory was true and he now has powers of his own.
Anya Chalotra

The ABC Murders

**Anya Chalotra** is a British-Indian actor known for Wanderlust, The Witcher and the ABC Murders. She voices Robin Loxley in Sherwood.

## Appearances

1. The Future Robin Hood
2. Robin Gives to the Poor
3. Robin Dives Deep
4. Robin Picks a Fight
5. Robin Breaks the Code
6. Robin Lost at Sea
7. Robin Under Siege
8. Robin Meets Her Maker
9. Robin Rebuilds
10. Robin Rises

## Role in Sherwood

Anya Chalotra on Robin Loxley:

"I'd love to be friends with Robin. I think I was a very shy 14 year old, and I know I would've looked up to Robin a lot. And she has this, incredible fighting spirit."

## References

1. ↑ Anya Chalotra at IMDb
2. ↑ TOYBOX NZ Official Website
Mrs. Bonnie

**Mrs. Bonnie** is a character appearing in Season 2 of *Raising Dion*. She is played by Sharon Blackwood.

Mrs. Bonnie is an elderly lady who works at McKoy Park Elementary. She can play the piano.

She is first seen in "ISSUE 203: Monster Problem" helping Kwame with the auditions for the school musical. In "ISSUE 205: You vs. Me", when Esperanza Jimenez wants to send Gary Stafford an invitation for the musical but has no idea how to reach him now that the school is closed, Mrs. Bonnie offers to drop off the invitation at his house, admitting that she and Gary used to carpool to salsa lessons every wednesday.
Raising Dion (disambiguation)

This is a disambiguation page for *Raising Dion*.The following is a list of links to pages that might share the same title.Please follow one of the disambiguation links below or search to find the page you were looking for if it is not listed. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
***Raising Dion*** may refer to:

* Raising Dion, the Netflix Original series.
* Raising Dion (comic book), the comic book.
* Raising Dion (short film), the short film
Dennis Liu

**Dennis Liu** is a director, producer and comic book writer. He executive produces *Raising Dion* and was the writer of the comic book. He also directed the episode "ISSUE #106: Super Friends".

## Biography

### Early life

He grew up in Watertown, Connecticut.

Dennis Liu graduated from The Taft School and New York University with a major in film.

### Personal life

As a speaker, he has given film lectures at Stanford University, University of Connecticut, New York University, and School of Visual Arts.

On April 14, 2014, he married a woman named Marie.

### Career

His breakout piece, “Apple Mac Music Video,” became viral and landed him a spot on the @radical.media director roster when he was 23. It was the video that started his professional directing career.

As a music video director, he has directed videos for many famous artists, including David Guetta,  B.o.B., Justin Timberlake, and Michael Jackson. In China, he has directed music videos and commercials for stars like Jolin Tsai, Li Yi Feng, Guo Cai Jie, and Show Luo.

He has been an active member of the Directors Guild of America’s Eastern Diversity Steering Committee since 2009.

His sci-fi short film Plurality was featured on *Deadline*’s 2012 Director’s Viewfinder’s list for best short film of the year.

Currently, he is in various stages of development on several narrative projects.

## Awards

* The People’s Choice Award for the Cannes New Director’s Showcase 2008

## Trivia

* His favorite director is Peter Berg.
* He loves the movie *Finding Nemo*. At one point, he called it his favorite movie. It is unknown if it is still his favorite movie.
* He is Taiwanese Canadian-American.
* In 2008, The Bird and the Bee contacted him and gave him two tickets to a New York concert due to his video “Apple Mac Music Video.”

## External links

### Official

* Official website
* Twitter page
* Instagram page
* YouTube channel

## References

1. ↑ "Watertown, CT. Pop 20,000. The small town where I grew up!". *Instagram*. December 28, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "About". *DENNIS LIU - WRITER/DIRECTOR*. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Dennis Liu". *SHOOT*. 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "TUAW Interview: Filmmaker Dennis Liu". *Engadget*. May 15, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Coming to Netflix". *The Taft School*. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
6. ↑ "It’s our 5 year wedding anniversary! So fast!!! :D (although this is NYU graduation in 2006)". *Instagram*. April 14, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
7. ↑ "My beautiful and brilliant wife Marie slaying it for Kondo on Colbert!". *Instagram*. February 4, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
8. ↑ "This is the video that started my professional directing career.". *YouTube*. May 9, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
9. ↑ "2012 Viewfinder List: Shorts ‘True Skin,’ ‘Archetype’ On Top". *Deadline*. December 13, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
10. ↑ "@dennisaliu Instagram bio". *Instagram*. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
Jill Noonan

**Jill Noonan** is a friend of Kerry Phillips, and one of the people who was exposed to the Aurora Event. She is portrayed by Diana Chiritescu.

## Summary

Jill Noonan is one of the people who watched the Aurora Event. She was killed off screen by The Crooked Man, but is seen a few times in flashbacks.

## Biography

Not much is known about Jill, other than that she was good friends with Kerry Phillips, and that she owned a cabin at the same lake where Mark Warren had his cabin. In 2010, she went to Iceland with Kerry to watch the Aurora Event. There, Kerry met and fell in love with Pat Rollins, but Jill didn't like him.

Since she was the Aurora Event, Jill may have developed superpowers, but this was never revealed. Early in “ISSUE #102: Fortress of Solitude,” police deputy Wayne Miller showed up at Mark's cabin to ask Nicole Warren if she had seen Jill, claiming the woman had gone missing during the storm the night before. In “ISSUE #104: Welcome to BIONA. Hope You Survive the Experience,” Pat saw her on one of the monitors in Biona laboratory L5, with the screen stating that her current location was unknown. Since that storm was caused by The Crooked Man, it can be assumed he killed and absorbed her.

Her name was also on a list that Mark made as part of his research. When Nicole saw the name, she recalled her encounter with the deputy at the lake. She was mentioned again when Charlotte made a map of all the places The Crooked Man had been seen, and the people he killed there.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ISSUE #105: Days of Mark's Future Past". *Raising Dion*. Season 1. Episode 5.
2. ↑ "ISSUE #106: Days of Mark's Future Past". *Raising Dion*. Season 1. Episode 6.
3. ↑ "ISSUE #108: You Won't Like Him When He's Angry". *Raising Dion*. Season 1. Episode 8.
Skyler Elyse Philpot

**Skyler Elyse Philpot** is an American childactress. In the Netflix series *Raising Dion*, she plays the character Steffi.

Skyler began acting at the age of 4. She has since then been in numerous commercials, industrial videos, short films, TV shows, including *Rings* (6 episodes), *MacGyver* (1 episode), and *Ozark* (1 episode).
Clairemont Avenue 9821

**Clairemont Avenue 9821** is an apartment building in Atlanta.

Nicole Warren and her son Dion moved here just before the events of Season 1. They live in apartment 9. Other known tenants are Tessa and her son Malik, who live in the apartment across the hall from Nicole and Dion.

The building is managed by George Lewis, who strictly enforces the rules.

Despite being on the second or third floor as indicated by the use of stairs or elevator in various episodes, Issue 109 shows a separate entrance/exit to the apartment on the first floor leading directly outside.

## Gallery

Apartment 9, interiorExteriorThe basementNicole's apartment
Pharmacist

The **Pharmacist** is a guest character, appearing in ISSUE #102: Fortress of Solitude. He is played by Don Stallings.

The Pharmacist works at the Washington Road Farmacy, where Nicole Warren and Dion stop on their way from their lake cabin to Atlanta to buy new asthma medicin for Dion. The pharmacist informs Nicole that, due to her losing her job, she also lost the healthcare that came with the job and thus has to pay full price for the medicine. When Dion accidently uses his powers to grab some Twix candybars, the pharmacist mistakes him and Nicole for shoplifters, and they quickly flee his store.

## References

1. ↑ Real name unknown; he is listed as "Pharmacist" in the end credits for "ISSUE #102: Fortress of Solitude"
Steffi

**Steffi** is a girl attending the same school as Dion Warren. She is portrayed by Skyler Elyse Philpot.

## Summary

Steffi is a friend of Chris and Jonathan, but like Chris she just as often makes fun of Jonathan as that she supports him. She likes to skateboard.

## Biography

Not much is known about Steffi since she is mostly a background character. In "ISSUE #101: How Do You Raise a Superhero?", Dion tries to impress her, Chris and Jonathan at the skatepark, and almost succeeds when he uses his powers to pull off a perfect trick, but Nicole Warren interrupts them.

In "ISSUE #103: Watch Man", she was present when Jonathan stole Dion's watch while supposedly using it for a magic trick, but didn't interfere. In "ISSUE #105: Days of Mark's Future Past", Dion tried to invite her, Chris and Jonathan to his and Andre's birthday party in order to impress André, but she declined.

## References

1. ↑ “ISSUE 108”. *Raising Dion*. Season #1. Episode #8
Josh Ventura

**Josh Ventura** is an actor who plays David Marsh in the series, *Raising Dion*.

## Biography

Josh Ventura is a young American actor whos interest in the acting career began when he was very young by watching many movies and series. He has a massive fanbase from the movies he has acted on like “P-Valley” (2020), “Queen Sugar” (2016), and “The Highwaymen” (2019).
Gavin Munn

**Gavin Munn** is an actor. He plays the character Jonathan King in *Raising Dion*.

## Biography

Gavin Munn is a young, up and coming Sag Aftra actor who began his acting career at the age of 4. He landed his first professional Sag TV series and Feature Film roles at age 5, with co-stars such as Zac Efron, Robert De Niro and Aden Young. He continues his acting career in film, television, commercial and internet platforms. His strong attributes are improvisation and his unique Meisner style of acting. He continues his advanced acting training with annual classes and workshops. His Hobbies include swimming, Moto X, biking, dancing, skateboarding and other sports.
Ms. Burnett

**Ms. Burnette'** is a character in Season 2 of *Raising Dion*. She is portrayed by Suehyla El-Attar.

Ms. Burnette is a teacher at McKoy Park Elementary. In Season 2, Dion Warren and his friends are in her class. She is first seen in "ISSUE 201: A Hero Returns", where she warns her class once again about the Sinkhole outside the school, and that they should stay away from it. She does show them however some artifacts that were recovered from the hole.
Tessa

**Tessa** is a character in *Raising Dion*.

In the Netflix Original series, she is portrayed by Dana Gourrier.

## Summary

Tessa is the neighbor of Nicole and Dion. She and her son Malik live in the apartment opposite of the hallway.

Tessa is first seen in "ISSUE 102: Fortress of Solitude", when she and Malik stop George from entering Nicole's apartment, reminding him that the has to give a 48-hour notice before inspections. She then invited herself over for coffee at Nicole's to get acquainted.

In "ISSUE 105: Days of Mark's Future Past", Nicole had to work on Dion's birthday, so she asked Tessa to take Dion and Esperanza to the house of Dion's friend Andre Patel, where the birthday party would be held. Tessa was not amused when Andre's mother Tasha mistook her for Dion's nanny.

In "ISSUE #107: Why So Vomity?", Nicole went to Tessa for advice about her and Pat's relationship, since Pat was obviously having feelings for her, but Nicole felt unsure about how to respond to them. Tessa advised her to give Pat a chance.

### Releationships

* **Malik**: Malik is Tessa's son, who still lives with her.

## References

1. ↑ “ISSUE 105”. *Raising Dion*. Season #1. Episode #5
Rachel Goldberg

**Rachel Goldberg** is an award-winning film- and television director, writer, and producer. For the Netflix series *Raising Dion*, she directed the episodes "ISSUE #103: Watch Man" and "ISSUE #104: Welcome to BIONA. Hope You Survive the Experience".

## Biography

Rachel Goldberg Graduated from Haverford High School, Havertown, PA. She directed "Muted," which sold to HBO. She has been supported by programs such as the Sony Pictures Television Directors Program, We for She's Direct Her program, AFI's Directing Workshop for Women, Film Independent's Project: Involve, Film Independent's Screenwriting Lab and the FOX Global Directing Initiative.

Rachel has directed close to 30 productions for stage and screen and her work has been described as "poetry in motion" by the LA Weekly and "stunning" by the LA Stage Scene. She has won over 20 awards for her work in film and theater. Through Film Independent's Project: Involve, where Rachel was a Directing/Writing Fellow, Rachel wrote and directed "Rosita Lopez for President" starring Daniela Bobadilla.

As one of 8 women selected to participate in AFI's Directing Workshop for Women, Rachel directed and co-wrote the award-winning film, "Neighbors," starring Kelli Garner ("Pan Am," "Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe") and Edi Gathegi ("The Blacklist," "X-Men"). This was developed into the feature screenplay "Transformation Awaits"
Andre Patel

**Andre Patel** was one of Dion's friends prior to him and Nicole moving into their new appartment. He is portrayed by Manny Magnus.

## Biography

He and Dion share the same birthday, so in order to let Dion see all his old friends again, Nicole Warren arranged for both boys to have a collective birthday party at Andre's house.

He is first seen in "ISSUE 104: Welcome to BIONA. Hope You Survive the Experience" when he videochats with Dion on Dion's new Ipad to discuss their upcomming birthday party. He is next seen at this party in "ISSUE 105: Days of Mark's Future Past". Here, it becomes clear that he and Dion have drifted apart since the move. He now considers Reptile Repo a stupid game while Dion still loves it, and is disappointed when Dion only brings Esperanza Jimenez as a guest, rather than Jonathan, Chris and Steffi, like he promised. He doesn't hesitate to join the other kids in mocking Dion when it's revealed Dion has a Reptile Repo-themed cake for his birthday.

## References

1. ↑ “ISSUE 105”. *Raising Dion*. Season #1. Episode #5
Danielle

**Danielle** is a surgeon, and Kat Neese's former girlfriend. She is portrayed by Erica Tazel.

## Biography

Danielle works at the same hospital where Kat used to work up until the episode "ISSUE #107: Why So Vomity?". In her first scene, she and Kat can be seen snuggling together on an empty hospital bed while taking a break.

When Kat takes Dion to the hospital for a checkup after he got sick at school, Danielle helps to try and diagnose what is wrong with him. Kat eventually learns that Dion has superpowers, and to keep this a secret she deletes his medial records. Danielle catches her in the act, and Kat tries to urge her to keep this between them, but Danielle feels betrayed by Kat and reports her to their boss.

## Personality

From what is seen in the only episode she appears in, Danielle genuinely loved Kat, and was visibly hurt when she found out Kat had deleted Dion's medical records and wouldn't tell her why.
Vene Ansbach

**Vene Ansbach** - one of the two main protagonists in *Seraphic Blue*.

## Description

A female seraph, who appeared during the Lake's battle against Ende and the first Gaia Cancer, Irmgard. Vene saving Lake from imminent death by using the Seraphic Trance, that kills Irmgard and injures Ende. However, she loses her memories right afterwards, and collapses immediately. Lake carries her to the Langer's clinic, and then he decides to help her in quest for regaining her memories, and so the main storyline begins.

Not many known about her past besides she has been abandoned by her birth parents in the childhood and then taken and adopted by Siegbert Ansbach for the Seraphic Blue Project.

Vene has gloomy, half-passive personality and ambivalent behaviour due to abusive Siegbert's education. Born as an instrument of the world's salvation, she was raised to be an emotionless being, dedicated only to her main objective: to become Seraphic Blue aka the key to Gaia's Rebirth.

However, while losing her memories, Vene also forgets about her destiny and about her way of life. Their journey with Lake leads to a strong emotional connection between them, but Vene starting to suppress these feelings right after regaining her memories and remembering that she has to get rid of all the emotions that can become an obstacle to her main objective. She realize the importance of these feelings one last time after Lake sacrifice himself in order to save her.

## Trivia

* Vene is a clone of true Vene Ansbach (Ofa) which has been affected by the DSHIS and started to become a Lucifer.
* Vene's character was inspired by Aya from Parasite Eve (PS1) and Ereheim Van Horten (Xenogears).
* Ansbach is a Rococo style town in Germany. There is a house where the philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach spent his youth.
Fernando Diaz

**Fernando Diaz** is a character introduced in Season 2 of *Raising Dion*.

Fernando is the teenage son of Alonso Diaz, an employee at Biona. He occasionally helps his dad out at work with minor chores.
He plays in a band. When first seen in "ISSUE 201: A Hero Returns", he confesses to Nicole Warren and Dion that they've got a gig that saturday, but asks them not to tell his dad about this.

Janelle Carr has feelings for him, which unfortunately result in her losing control over her powers when he is near. In "ISSUE 204: With Friends Like These", she almost injures him with one of her explosions, angering Alonso.

In "ISSUE 207: World Without Mom", Janelle finally dares to speak to him, and the two quickly get along.
Malik

**Malik** is one of Nicole Warren's neighbors. He is portrayed by Kylen Davis.

## Summary

Malik lives with his mother Tessa in the appartment opposite of the hallway to Nicole and Dion Warren. He is first seen in “ISSUE #102: Fortress of Solitude,” when he stops George from entering Nicole's apartment, reminding him that he has to give a 48-hour notice before inspections.

In "ISSUE 103: Watch Man", he invites Pat and Dion to join him and his friends for basketball, during which Dion impressed them all with his throwing skills (secretly helped by his telepathic powers).

In "ISSUE 104: Welcome to BIONA. Hope You Survive the Experience", Nicole asks him to help her track down the original poster of a photograph of The Crooked Man. In return, she offers to give him dance lessons so he won't make a fool of himself on the dance party he had planned.

## Trivia

* Malik has 100.000 followers on Twitter.

## References

1. ↑ “ISSUE 104”. *Raising Dion*. Season #1. Episode #4
Thomas

**Thomas** is a coworker of Nicole at The Lewis Company. He is portrayed by Bruno Rose.

When first seen in "ISSUE 105: Days of Mark's Future Past", he was supposed to come to work at 14:30 to take over the ticket sales from Nicole, but he arrived much later, causing Nicole to be late for Dion's birthday party.
McKoy Park Elementary

**McKoy Park Elementary** is an elementary school located in Atlanta. It is the school that Dion Warren attends.

## Students

* Dion Warren
* Esperanza Jimenez
* Jonathan King
* Chris
* Steffi
* Brayden Mills (Season 2)

## Staff

* Mr. Campbell (principal)
* Anthony Fry (science teacher)
* Herman Beavers
* Ms. Burnett (teacher)
* Gary Stafford (security guard)
* Mrs. Bonnie

## Gallery

CafeteriaScience className and logo of the school
## References

1. ↑ “ISSUE #103: Watch Man”. *Raising Dion*. Season 1. Episode 3, name is visible on a computer screen.
Mr. Campbell

**Mr. Campbell** is the principal of McKoy Park Elementary, the school that Dion Warren attends. He is portrayed by Matt Lewis.

## Summary

Mr. Campbell is a strict man, and a racist.

## Biography

In "ISSUE #103: Watch Man", when he saw the aftermath of Dion accidently using his powers against Jonathan because the latter stole Dion's watch, he immediately assumed Dion was to blame. He also refused to believe the watch was Dion's untill Nicole Warren interfered and confirmed Dion's story. Despite having no proof that Dion attacked Jonathan on purpose, he gave Dion 1 hour detention while letting Jonathan off the hook.

In "ISSUE #108: You Won't Like Him When He's Angry", when Charlotte Tuck secretly accompanied Dion to school to keep an eye on him, Dion told her about Mr. Campbell. Charlotte used her invisibility to trip Campbell, humiliating him in front of the students of his school.

He is not seen in season 2, though Dion mentions him in "ISSUE 204: With Friends Like These" when Brayden Mills tries to convince Dion to use his powers to take revenge on people that mistreated him.
Season 1

**Season 1** of *Raising Dion* was announced by Deadline and Variety on October 5, 2017. It premiered on October 4, 2019.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Alisha Wainwright as Nicole Warren (9/9)
* Ja'Siah Young as Dion Warren (9/9)
* Jazmyn Simon as Kat Neese (7/9) (eps. 1-4, 7-9)
* Sammi Haney as Esperanza Jimenez (8/9) (eps. 1-3, 5-9)
* Jason Ritter as Pat Rollins (9/9)

### Recurring Cast

* Michael B. Jordan as Mark Warren (3/9) (eps. 1, 5, 9)
* Gavin Munn as Jonathan King (8/9) (eps. 1-4, 6-9)
* Ali Ahn as Suzanne Wu (8/9) (eps. 2-9)
* Deirdre Lovejoy as Charlotte Tuck (7/9) (eps. 1, 3, 5-9)
* Donald Paul as Anthony Fry (6/9) (eps. 1, 3, 5-8)
* Dana Gourrier as Tessa (5/9) (eps. 2-3, 5-7)

## Episodes

1. “ISSUE #101: How Do You Raise a Superhero?”
2. “ISSUE #102: Fortress of Solitude”
3. “ISSUE #103: Watch Man”
4. “ISSUE #104: Welcome to BIONA. Hope You Survive the Experience”
5. “ISSUE #105: Days of Mark's Future Past”
6. “ISSUE #106: Super Friends”
7. “ISSUE #107: Why So Vomity?”
8. “ISSUE #108: You Won't Like Him When He's Angry”
9. “ISSUE #109: Storm Killer”

## References

1. ↑ "‘Raising Dion’: Netflix Sets Premiere Date & Unveils First Images Of Sci-Fi Family Drama". *Deadline*. August 16, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
2. ↑ "October 4th #RaisingDion 😊😊😊". *Twitter*. August 16, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
Turkia

**Turkia** (Turkish: *Türkiye* [ˈtyɾcije]), officially the **Sultanate of Turkia**, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. East Thrace, located in Europe, is separated from Anatolia by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorous strait and the Dardanelles (collectively called the Turkish Straits).
Walter Mills

**Walter Mills** was one of the people who was exposed to the Aurora Event, and subsequently developed superpowers. He is portrayed by Marc Menchaca.

## Biography

Not much is known about Walter's life from prior to his journey to Iceland. In Iceland, he met Mark Warren, whom he mistook for a government agent.

The exposure to the Aurora Event gave Walter the power to make all plants rapidly grow. Being a farmer, Walter made great use of this power to boost his crops, causing his farm to thrive. He also created a small forest around his farm to block the view from the nearby road.

After his trip to Iceland, he and his wife had a son named Brayden, to whom Walter passed on his powers. Around the time of Season 1, his wife had passed away. Despite his best efforts to stay under the radar, Walter was found and spied upon by agents of Biona.

Walter met his end when The Crooked Man discovered where he lived, and came to the farm to kill him. Walter used his powers to entangle the entire farm in plants to keep his son safe, but was unable to escape the Crooked Man himself.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Chlorokinesis**: Walter can cause all kinds of plant life to grow rapidly, to the point that he can create a fully grown tree within seconds, or a small forest in 10 minutes. He can also bring already dead plants back to life.

Walter using his powers to rapidly grow vines
## Relationships

* **Brayden Mills**: Brayden is Walter's son. Since the death of his wife, the two run the farm together.
* **Joan**: Joan is Walter's sister.

## References

1. ↑ "ISSUE #105: Days of Mark's Future Past". *Raising Dion*. Season 1. Episode 5.
2. ↑ "ISSUE #107: Why So Vomity?". *Raising Dion*. Season 1. Episode 7.
The Lewis Company

**The Lewis Company** is a dance studio in Atlanta, owned by Kwame.

Before she had Dion, Nicole Warren used to be a professional dancer at this studio, giving various performances. As of "ISSUE #104: Welcome to BIONA. Hope You Survive the Experience", she works here at the front office.

## Known employees

* Kwame
* Nicole Warren
* Willa
* Rashad
* Thomas

Lewis Company, dance studio
Reptile Repo

**Reptile Repo** is an online game. In Season 1, it is the favorite game of Dion Warren, who loves to play it against Pat Rollins (whom he always manages to beat).

The goal of the game is to control a dinosaur-like creature and collect diamonds. The game can be played between two players over the internet, through an app that can be installed on both mobile phones and tablets. It has a built-in chat function that allows players to talk to each other while playing, or leave a message. Players have to create a username to play the game. Dion wanted to change his username when Esperanza Jimenez tried to contact him through the game's chat.

For his eighth birthday, Dion had Nicole order a Reptile Repo-themed cake, but he came to regret this when he learned that his friend Andre Patel no longer liked the game.

In "Issue #109: Storm Killer", Pat used the game to contact Dion after Nicole refused to answer his phone calls, and thus found out the two were hiding at the lake.

The game is not seen or mentioned in Season 2, suggesting Dion gave up on it.

## References

1. ↑ “ISSUE #102: Fortress of Solitude”. *Raising Dion*. Season 1. Episode 2.
2. ↑ “ISSUE #104: Welcome to BIONA. Hope You Survive the Experience”. *Raising Dion*. Season 1. Episode 4.
3. ↑ “ISSUE #105: Days of Mark's Future Past”. *Raising Dion*. Season 1. Episode 5.
Gary Stafford

**Gary Stafford** is a character in Season 2 of *Raising Dion*. He is played by Michael Anthony.

## Biography

Gary is a security guard at McKoy Park Elementary. He is first seen in "ISSUE 201: A Hero Returns", where Esperanza Jimenez shows him a picture of the snowdrops she planted, since they both share a love for plants. Gary in turn complains he has been working nightshifts now that a mysterious Sinkhole appeared behind the school.

That night, he finds himself attracted to the sinkhole by an eerie glow, which comes from the glowing flowers that the Crooked Energy created there. Gary descends into the sinkhole to take a closer look, and becomes infected by the plant's parasitic spores, turning him into the first of the Crooked Man's plant monsters. He attacks Nicole Warren, and infects her with the spores as well.

He is not seen again until the end of "ISSUE 207: World Without Mom", when Brayden calls him and all the other plant monsters to the school to fight Dion and his friends. After Dion destroys the plant with Biona's serum, Gary and all other infected people are restored to normal.

## Trivia

* He and Mrs. Bonnie used to go to salsa lessons every wednesday.
Fox Theater

The **Fox Theater** is a theater in Atlanta.

The dancers of The Lewis Company are known to perform here, including Nicole Warren before she had Dion. In "ISSUE 105: Days of Mark's Future Past", Mark surprised her backstage after a show, and she told him she was pregnant. In "ISSUE 106: Super Friends", after dropping off playbill inserts at the theater, Nicole visite the stage and ran into Rashad, who convinced her to practice dancing with him again.
Simone Carr

**Simone Carr** is a character introduced in Season 2 of *Raising Dion*. She is played by Tracey Bonner.

## Biography

Simone is the mother of Janelle Carr. Unlike her father, who is a navy engineer and high school chemistry teacher, and her daughter, she never expressed any interest in science. When Janelle was six, Nicole allowed her father to take her to a research facility in Iceland. Janelle thus got exposed to the Aurora Event and eventually developped superpowers. After accidentally causing an explosion at the lab at school, Janelle got detained by the police, and Simone had to fight the system to get her released.

When firs seen, Simone has taken Janelle to Biona to help control her powers. It is here that she meets Nicole Warren, and the two quickly become friends as they bond over the difficulties of raising a superpowered child. Especially after Nicole stands up for Janelle when Alonso Diaz wants to detain her in her room because of her lack of control over her powers, and actually helps to train Janelle instead. After Nicole is infeced by the parasetic spores, and knows the serum Biona gave her will only keep her alive for 36 hours, she asks Simone to help Kat Neese keep Dion safe after she is gone. Simone initially agrees, but after Nicole tells her about the Crooked Man and how it hunts powered people, she gets second thoughts. Not wanting Janelle to be in danger, she tries to take her daughter back to Chicago, stating it's for her own safety. Janelle however disagrees, calls Simone out for basically abandoning Nicole and Dion in their hour of need, and for taking her from the one place where she felt people understood her. The heated argument triggers another one of Janelle's powers, and she vanishes from the car in a flash of light, leaving Simone startled.

After Dion and friends have defeated Brayden and turned all the Plant Monsters back to normal, Simone arrives at the school, where she and Janelle reconcile.
Stem Stars Competition

The **Stem Stars Competition** is an annual science fair for elementary school children. The students of McKoy Park Elementary are invited ever year to participate.

The 2019 edition of the fair was sponsored by Biona, but that was mostly a cover for the company to keep a close eye on Dion Warren, whom they suspected to have superpowers.

Dion, Esperanza Jimenez and Jonathan King created the Storm Killer for their entry.
Alonso Diaz

**Alonso Diaz** is a character introduced in "Season 2" of *Raising Dion*. He is played by Reinaldo Faberlle.

Alonso is a trainer at Biona, where at the start of season 2 he has been assigned to Janelle Carr to help her control her powers. He is not making much progress though. When in "ISSUE 204: With Friends Like These" another accidental explosion by Janelle nearly injures his son, Fernando, Alonso finally loses it and orders guards to restrain Janelle. It is only thanks to interference from Nicole Warren and Tevin Wakefield that the situation is diffused, with Tevin warning Alonso not to call in guards again.
David Marsh

**David Marsh** is a supporting antagonist in Season 2 of *Raising Dion*. He is played by Josh Ventura .

## Biography

David is a member of Biona. He used to work with Suzanne Wu in the past. When first seen, he has just been transfered from international to Biona's training facility as VP of operations. He is impressed by the amount of superpowered people Suzanne is keeping track of, and states his desire to use them to help the world (like ending world hunger with the powers of Walter Mills). Suzanne stops him however, stating that Biona is trying to help these people.

David thus goes behind Suzanne's back. When Pat Rollins appears at Biona, alive and well, David has him tested for any leftover superpowers, but lies to Suzanne that Pat has none. In reality, he knows Pat still has some energy of the Crooked Man left in him, and secretly wants Pat to use this power to investigate the sinkhole near McKoy Park Elementary. They are caught in the act by Suzanne, who suspends David for his part in releasing Pat. David however reveals that the higher ups at Biona, in particular chairman Ben Cutler, are planning to have Suzanne replaced since in the past two years she hasn't delivered anything that can help Biona make a profit. By "ISSUE 206: 36 Good Hours", he is already promoted to a higher positions so Suzanne has no more authority over him.

When Pat's research shows that P-DNA from superpowerd people can potentially be used to give regular humans superpowers, David seizes this opportunity to summon the board of Biona, and ask them to fund a project where they can finetune this new gene therapy and sell it for profit. To his dismay however, the board turns him down, and Cora even hints that he will be fired for this. As he angrily leaves the meeting, he comes across the medbay where Pat is now being treated after injectin himself with all of Biona's P-DNA strands. David follows the treatment of Pat with great interest, hoping to see what the P-DNA can do, but clearly doesn't care if Pat survives or not. He even flat out tells Kat Neese that if Pat dies, they can simply harvest everything they need for further research from his body, which disgusts Kat.

When Pat survives the ordeal and wakes up with powers of his own, David offers him a partnership, stating that Pat could use his help if he, for example, wants to raise an army. Pat agrees and they leave Biona together.

## Personality

David presents himself as a charismatic man and Suzanne's friend, but while Suzanne genuinely wants to help powered people and contain the chaos caused by the Crooked Energy, David is a businessman who is only interested in the potential monetary gain from everything that Biona investigates. He also has little value for human life, considering it acceptable if test subjects die in the search for a P-DNA gen therapy.
Lars

**Lars** is an employee of BIONA. He is portrayed by Justice Leak.

## Biography

Lars is first seen in "ISSUE #104: Welcome to BIONA. Hope You Survive the Experience" while Suzanne Wu is giving Dion Warren a tour of the facility.

His next appearances is in "ISSUE #106: Super Friends", where he is present when Suzanne gives Pat Rollins access to lab L5 and promotes him to scientist. Later, he goes to Nicole Warren's apartment, and uses a drone to spy on Dion. He thus manages to get footage of Dion and Charlotte Tuck turning themselves invisible to avoid George, and sends this to Suzanne.

In "ISSUE #107: Why So Vomity?", he alerts Suzanne to the fact that Dion has been hospitalized, and suggests that they should extract him before anyone finds out about Dion's powers. Suzanne agrees and has Dion taken by a group of agents posing as CDC.
University of Absolon

The University of Absolon is a secluded mage university in the Absolon forests. "Established initially as a work site for Rockford, the university soon became the focal point of interaction with the Absolon druids. The university is dedicated to the study of natural magic, and their researchers often interact with the druids from Torpoint in the hopes of discovering more of this type of magic.

## History

### Origin

The site was first established as a work camp for Rockford. Although the settling party were mostly workers, researchers were sent along and tasked with finding a way to cut down the magically protected redwood trees. The settling party found the clearing about 3 days of exploration, and set abut setting up a makeshift camp. They eventually came in contact with druids, who were hostile to the workers, and began attacking the group. Eventually, the Rockfins negotiated with the chief druid and agreed there would be no expansion into the forest.

### Establishment of the Campus

The shelter that the initial party was not long enough for any type of long term stay, and eventually, another deal was struck with the druids where they would provide assistance with living with the forest. Small homes were built using the small spruce trees, and the druids helped the Rockfins manipulate the massive redwoods to become more permanent shelters.
Hamid

**Hamid** is a character in *Raising Dion*. He is played by Mayer Stern.

## Summary

Hamid works at Biona, in the same office where Pat Rollins used to work prior to his promotion in "ISSUE #106: Super Friends".

## Biography

In "ISSUE #102: Fortress of Solitude", he can be seen sitting at his desk behind Pat. First, he notices Pat is using his work computer to search for information about Charlotte Tuck, and jokingly remarks that Pat would have more luck on Tinder. Later in the same episode, he criticizes Pat for playing Reptile Repo with Dion Warren during work hours, to which Pat reminds him that Hamid is not his boss.
Willa Stokes

Rashad

**Willa Stokes** is a friend of Nicole Warren and Liz Roberts. She is protrayed by Moriah Brown

Willa is a dancer at The Lewis Company. She is first seen in episode 1, where she meets up with Nicole and Liz in *Le Petit Marché* after Nicole has been fired. She offers Nicole to ask Kwame for a job, but Nicole turns the offer down. In episode 3, after learning how Dion got in trouble with his principal and Anthony Fry helped Nicole defend him, she jokingly suggested Anthony and Nicole could get together.

In episode 4, Nicole takes Willa up on her offer, and she gets Kwame to give Nicole a job at The Lewis Company at the front office.
Tasha Patel

**Tasha Patel** is the mother of Andre Patel. She is portrayed by Rachel Hendrix.

## Biography

She is first seen in "ISSUE 105: Days of Mark's Future Past", when Dion Warren and her son Andre both celebrate their birthday at her house. When she saw Dion being brought to the party by Tessa, she mistook Tessa for Dion's nanny. Later, she was briefly seen chatting with Pat Rollins.

## Trivia

* Since Suzanne Wu was also invited to the birthday party at her house, and Tasha clearly knows Pat, it is strongly implied she works for Biona.

## References

1. ↑ “ISSUE 105”. *Raising Dion*. Season #1. Episode #5
Leigh Dana Jackson

**Leigh Dana Jackson** is a script writer and television producer.

For the Netflix series *Raising Dion*, she wrote the scripts for the episode "ISSUE #103: Watch Man" and "ISSUE #109: Storm Killer" (the latter along with Carol Barbee). She also served as co-executive producer for the series.

She is also known for her work on *24: Legacy* (2016), *Foundation*, *Scream: The TV Series* and *Sleepy Hollow* (2013).

She twice won the Jury Award - Honorable Mention for Best Student Film during the Hollywood Black Film Festival: in in 2001 for *The Big Headache* , and in 2003 for *In the Game* (2003).
Bissau

Bissau is a country located in the central-northern part of West Africa. It's capitals are Samanberá and the City of Bissau, and it's official language is Portuguese.

## History

TBA

Bissau had been independent from the Portuguese Empire in 1954, proclaiming itself a theocracy.

Bissau has adopted communism in 1972 due to the victory of the Revolutionary Forces of the Country of Bissau, on the Bissauan Civil War, which was held on the city of Bissau, and killed 2,000 people residing on it. The rebuilding of the city was completed in 1975, and the chances of living were expanded to a thousand.

Protests from black people in 1996 were held due to a statue in the Instituto Joao Diaz of the city of Samaberá, which contains a white educator called Amarista Gomes.

Bissau had a crisis in 2006, which led to an United States invasion. Since then, Bissau has been an overseas territory of it, but it was not until 2010 when the president Geraldo Umurbariga dos Aracechis, made a stalemate within the American government, and then restored it's democracy

The country is willing to have a plan of biological studies, and the exportation of animals by 2021.

## Culture

TBA

Bissau's national religion is the Hetalcan Christian, and is considered the cradle of that religion. It's most biggest religious temple is O Temple da Virgem Lacuchamba dos Ambichucos, located in the city of Bissau.

## Economy

Bissau's economy is $3,284,213, and most of the economy is restored because of an United States invasion.

## Subdivisions

Bissau is divided into 14 provinces and 2 autonomous cities.

* 1. Balanta
* 2. Quiochoa
* 3. Mamberatim
* 4. Randanhes
* 5. Pastoria
* 6. Grao Verde
* 7. Uchusiga
* 8. Conhotra
* 9. Ambetrina
* 10. Bumparachim
* 11. Leoa
* 12. Coberteiras
* 13. Michechém
* 14. Burga-Acurcuro
* City of Bissau
* Samaberá

## Symbols

Bissau's flag has been adopted in 1974. It has been confected by international artist Goncenhas Macatria, and it contains a tricolored flag of yellow, which has a star and leaves, black, which has an Balanta sword, and blue.

Bissau's anthem is Defende a sua Bandeira Poderosa.
Rob Michaels

**Rob Michaels** is the head of the HR department of the hospital where Kat Neese works. He is portrayed by James Devoti.

## Biography

Rob is first seen in "ISSUE #102: Fortress of Solitude" when Nicole, at Kat's request, comes to apply for a job in the communication department. He showed up to take Nicole to his office just when Kat was about to send Nicole home again, fearing she wasn't ready for the job interview. Rob was impressed by Nicole's resume, but she had to quit the interview when Dion began to accidently use his powers at the hospital.
Havilaap Films (Pakistan)

1st Logo

(1994)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: The revelation of the logo by the lights.

Cheesy Factor: TBA

Music/Soiunds:A Urdu announcer saying a poetic Hinduist phrase, followed by a fanfare.

Availability: Seen on Shai Mariq Al Matar.

Scare Factor: Low to medium, because of the loudness of the logo and the overuse of brightness.

2nd Logo

(2010)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A couple of sitars playing a solo.

Availability: Seen on Ali Baba Aur Hajaar Chor.

Scare Factor: Low.
Kimberly Ndombe

**Kimberly Ndombe** is a television writer and producer. For the Netflix series *Raising Dion*, she wrote the script for the episode "ISSUE #107: Why So Vomity?".

As a script writer, she worked on shows like *The Fosters*, *Good Trouble* and *Sorry for Your Loss*. She was co-producer for *XYXX*, and worked as assistant on *Girls*, *Betas* and *Next Stop Hollywood*.