"Not So Sweet 16" is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

Plot

Maddie announces to Esteban & Mr. Moseby that she is having her Sweet 16 party on Saturday. London comes in and announces her party is at the Tipton on Saturday as well. Maddie tells London her birthday was six months ago, but she doesn't care. Cody tells Zack that he got a teaset for Maddie. Zack tries to buy it off Cody, but he doesn't sell. Cody offers to help Zack pick out a gift. Maddie and London try to lure everyone to their party. London offers gift bags with a flat screen tv.

Zack and Cody go to a jewelry store, but Zack can't afford anything. Maddie's younger brother, Liam, shows up and announces that he needs braces so she won't be able to have her party at the place she wanted. The twins go to a clothes store where Cody knocks down a display and they get thrown out. Corrie and Mary Margaret choose London's party over Maddie's which angers her.

The night of the parties, London's party is taken over by party crashers. Carey is hired to sing at London's party (in the bathroom). London's dad arrives under heavy security. At Maddie's party no one is there until Zack and some bingo players show up and start playing a game. London's parents can't stand to be in the same room so London is forced to run back and forth. London confesses to Carey that she is upset because her parents can't get along and half the guests are people she never met. Maddie opens Zack's present and it is Cody's teaset. Maddie discovers the card from Cody, but forgives Zack because he was the only one to show up. London tries to get back inside the hotel, but the doorman thinks she doesn't belong. London decides to attend Maddie's party and all her guests follow her.

Quotes

• Maddie: But your birthday was six months ago.
  London: So? I can have my party whenever I want.
  Maddie: I seem to remember on your real birthday you took a cruise around the Mediterranean. What do you call that?
  London: Tuesday.

• Maddie(after showing her invitations): I drew the gondalas myself.
  Esteban: Your gondalas look like bananas.
  (London walks in and sees the invitations)
  London: Why are there people standing in bananas?
  Maddie: They're gondalas.

• Zack: So your not mad I took your present?
  Cody: No. As long as you don't get mad that I gave your gift bag to the cute maid on the 7th floor.
  "Maddie pulls Zack away to dance"
  Zack: And oddly I'm ok with that.

Trivia

• Although he speaks and his legs are shown, Mr. Tipton's face isn't seen.
• The music when London is going between her parents is the same music used in "Cookin' With Romeo and Juliet" when Maddie was going between London and Todd.
• Mr. Tipton's face not being shown may have been a reference to the Proud Family where Wizard Kelly talks and most of his body is shown but not his face (however in The Proud Family Movie, we see Wizard Kelly's face)
• When Zack says "Oddly I'm ok with that", he was copying Cody. Cody said that in "Election"
• This episode was filmed on January 17,2006.

References

• "Not So Sweet 16" TV.com's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody Episode Guide, February 24, 2006.

Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodes