The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody also known as The Suite Life is an American television series airing on the Disney Channel since Friday, March 18, 2005.

This series' original title was simply The Suite Life. The show's logo references this, as it has a gold sign reading "The Suite Life", with a paper sign reading "of Zack & Cody" taped on to it. The adjective suite has the same pronunciation of "sweet" in English, a clear reference to the twins' "sweet life" in a hotel, or "suite" as in a hotel room.

Zack and Cody Martin (Dylan and Cole Sprouse) are identical twins whose single mother, Carey, (Kim Rhodes) has a gig as headlining singer at the Tipton Hotel. They used to live on the road, but now they live in the swankiest hotel in Boston, as part of her contract, an upper floor suite in the hotel is where they all live. The Martin twins were 12-years-old (mentioned in numerous episodes in the first season) at the beginning of the series and they are now 13 (mentioned in Moseby's Big Brother).

The sitcom is the second highest rated show on the Disney Channel, right behind That's So Raven. As of December 2005, the show was rated #336 on the Nielsen TV Ratings Best Shows of 2005.

Main Characters

Zack Martin (played by Dylan Sprouse) — Ever willing to get in trouble, Zack always sets out to get exactly what he wants. He is a big Red Sox fan and he hates the Yankees. He loves to skateboard, play basketball, soccer, and get in trouble. He doesn't stop with only getting himself into trouble, he drags his brother into it with him almost all the time. He has also shown skill with dancing and he is really good in woodshop as said in Books & Birdhouses. He generally dresses casually (while his brother dresses more conservatively) and is very sloppy (while his brother is neat). He has a huge crush on Maddie (the Tipton candy counter girl and his babysitter), but it seems to disappear in the second season. Zack is only 15 minutes older than Cody. He is a great bowler as illustrated in "Bowling" with an average of 225. Cody Martin (played by Cole Sprouse) — Cody is the nicer and smarter twin, but he often plays along with his brother's schemes. He shows less interest in girls than his brother, and is more mature. Like Zack, he is a big Red Sox fan and hates the New York Yankees . He has shown passion for magic tricks, baking, and cooking as well as mime and dance. In "French 101" it was shown that he has a Nintendo DS. He is a superb math student. Cody loves to bring his blanky with him as seen in several episodes, but quits taken it in "Cody Goes to Camp". He says that he wants to "quit cold turkey" He gets woozy reading in moving vehicles mentioned in "Dad's Back". He has expressed the desire to become a math professor or a Supreme Court Justice. He wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Cody is occasionally predicting that Zack will end up in jail.

Madeline "Maddie" Margaret Genevieve Miranda Catherine Fitzpatrick (played by Ashley Tisdale) — Maddie works the candy counter at the Tipton. She also manages the Camp Tipton Daycare center. Maddie is very hard-working and caring of other people. She is also very smart, and often must find ways to avoid being blamed for the boys' handywork while she babysits them. Maddie is one of London's closer friends, although London often treats her more like a servant, usually bribing her with 100 or 1,000 dollars. They often have little fights, but in the end they always make up. Maddie lives across the street from Fenway Park. In her apartment, she watches the Red Sox games from her window. She has an older, married sister who has moved out of the family apartment, giving Maddie their shared bedroom all to herself, as revealed in "Poor Little Rich Girl", which also describes her grandmother living with the family, and Maddie's parents having very loud arguments regularly. She has asthma as revealed in "Kisses & Basketball". Her hair tends to frizz up in humid weather. She is a strong supporter of environmental causes. She has a dog named Scamp as seen in "Crushed". She also has a brother named Liam, whom she describes as a "booger" in Not So Suite 16. She goes to the school Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow, where we primarily see Sister Dominick as her teacher. Maddie is also part Irish and believes in evil Leprechauns as revealed in Books & Birdhouses.

London Tipton (played by Brenda Song) — London Tipton is a spoiled rich teenager, who at times seems very air-headed. London Tipton's character is inspired by Paris Hilton. London is the name of the capital of England. Paris is the capital of France. At times, although not very often, London expresses some form of instant intelligence, usually without even noticing it. Her father Mr. Tipton is the owner of the Tipton Hotels. Her parents are divorced. London has a dog named Ivana who is seen in a several episodes. London's best friend (at times)is Maddie. She is good at chess, kung-fu and yoga. London is a really bad singer as seen in Band in Boston. She transferred to the same private school as Maddie in Forever Plaid and is often treated better than Maddie by teachers.

Carey Martin (played by Kim Rhodes) — The boys' mom is the headline singer at the Tipton. She is a divorced single mother, intelligent, kind, and she loves the twins very much. In "The Prince & The Plunger" it was shown that her secret admirer is Arwin Quentin Hawkhauser. We learn that Carey found her talent for singing by mistake when she was at a talent show doing stand-up comedy. In "Moseby's Big Brother", she reveals she has a younger sister whom she no longer talks to. In "Free Tippy" and "The Suite Smell of Excess", we see that she is very fond of George Clooney.

Marion Moseby (played by Phill Lewis) — The manager of the Tipton, Mr. Moseby is often exasperated by the twins' antics. He often acts as though he does not care about the boys, though he secretly does, as shown in the episode "Big Hair & Baseball". In "The Ghost of 613", it is revealed that he started out at the Tipton as a bellhop back in the 1970's and during this time he had an afro. He has been a surrogate father to London. He can speak French fluently. Mr. Moseby also has an older brother named Spencer (played by Dana Michael Woods), as seen in Moseby's Big Brother, but got treated unfairly because he wasn't "lactose intolerant. Moseby has his own running gag in which he says or does something that causes guests to think he's crazy or mean.

Recurring Characters

Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya De La Rosa Ramírez (played by Adrian R'Mante) — The earnest bellboy of the Tipton of hispanic descent. He has a good heart and likes the Martin boys. Esteban dreams of becoming the manager of the Tipton Hotel as shown in episodes "Pilot Your Own Life". He originally came to United States to be a baseball player, but he isn't very good at it. So he settled for a bellhop. He has appeared in many episodes in both the first and second seasons, including "Hotel Hangout", "Footloser", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Hotel", "Moseby's Big Brother", and "Bowling". He once affected a Southern accent after being taught by a Texan diction coach but unlearned it eventually due to his dislike of the accent. Estaban was made an American citizen in the episode "Boston Tea Party". Esteban also had to take care of Harry, a con-artist in the episode Have A Nice Trip. He has a pet chicken named Dudley. He refers to Zack, Cody, and Maddie as "little blonde peoples".

Arwin Quentin Hawkhauser (played by Brian Stepanek) — The inventor who works as an engineer for the Tipton. He has a crush on Carey, as shown in "The Prince & The Plunger". Arwin once coached Zack and Cody's basketball team. He hates carrots and is allergic to horses as shown in Free Tippy. He has a picture of Carey in his office that lights up when he claps his hands. He has appeared in many episodes in both the first and second seasons, including "The Prince & The Plunger", "Rock Star in the House", "Kisses & Basketball", "The Ghost of 613", and "French 101". Arwin was a professional bowler as illustrated by "Bowling". He stopped bowling when he was in a competition, and his mother's obsessive cheering made him nervous. Arwin wants to ask out Carey but is to afraid to ask her.

Corrie (played by Vanessa Anne Hudgens) - Corrie is a girl that goes to school with Maddie & London. She is obsessed with London as shown in "Forever Plaid". She even asks London if she can name her cat after her, as shown in "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee". Corrie has appeared in four episodes: "Forever Plaid", "Not So Sweet 16", "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee", and "Kept Man". She is scheduled to join the cast for season 3, as Maddie's "assistant".

Mary Margaret (played by Monique Coleman) - Mary Margaret is Maddie's friend from school. Not much is known about her, except she's smart and only likes London for her money and stuff. You can usually see her with Corrie. She has appeared in "A Prom Story", "Forever Plaid", "Not So Sweet 16", "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee", and "Kept Man".

Max (played by Alyson Stoner) — One of Zack and Cody's best friends. A girl who wears a baseball cap and is sometimes mistaken for a boy (a running gag throughout the series). She is a great bass guitarist (as shown in "Band in Boston"), a great hip-hop dancer (as shown in "Footloser"), and she is an excellent basketball player. She has appeared in five episodes: "Hotel Hangout", "Footloser", "Band in Boston", "Kisses & Basketball", and "Election".

Tapeworm (played by Dennis Bendersky) — One of Zack and Cody's best friends. He is strange and also a math genius. He is called Tapeworm because he ate 20 hotdogs in two minutes. Tapeworm has appeared in four episodes: "Hotel Hangout", "Cody Goes to Camp", "Band in Boston", and "Kisses & Basketball". He was the drummer for Rock Squared (shown on "Band in Boston").

Patrick (played by Patrick Bristow) — The maître d' for the Tipton Hotel's restaurant. One of the most sarcastic characters on the show, he treats Zack and Cody, and pretty much everyone, with disdain. He likes coconut flavored gum and doesn't like Maddie because she doesn't stock it (as shown in "Big Hair & Baseball"). He has a girlish shriek. Due to London's generous tips, Patrick has been able to afford a foreign sports car as indicated in "Twins at the Tipton", however Mr. Moseby claims that Patrick wrecked his foreign sports car, his condition is unknown. Patrick has appeared in five episodes: "Commercial Breaks", "Crushed", "Kisses & Basketball", "Big Hair & Baseball", and "Heck's Kitchen".

Bob (played by Charlie Stewart) - One of the boys' best friends. Bob is dyslexic. Zack meets him in school one day when he was moved into a regular class from a Special Education class because he was doing so well in it. He likes to play Total World Conquest with the boys and Warren and Jeremy, though they almost never finish their games because Zack and Cody usually end up fighting. Bob, as shown in "Smart & Smarterer" and "Odd Couples" is somewhat impatient. It was shown in "French 101" that he speaks fluent French and that he has a crush on the French ambassador's daughter, Jolie. According to Forever Plaid his favorite subject is science. He has a sister as shown in Election. He also has a younger brother that's mentioned in "Twins At The Tipton". He likes visiting Zack and Cody just because the doorman calls him "sir". Bob first appeared in "Smart & Smarterer" in season 1, but all of his other appearances have been in season 2, including "Books & Birdhouses", "Odd Couples", "French 101", "Twins At The Tipton", and others. He joined the swim team in Ask Zack.

Sister Dominick (played by Marianne Muellerleile) - London and Maddie's teacher who is a nun and works at Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow. She seems to favor London over Maddie. She has appeared in the episodes "Forever Plaid", "Books & Birdhouses", "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee", and "Kept Man".

Ilsa Shickelgrubermeiger-Von Helsing del Keppelugerhofer (played by Caroline Rhea) – Ilsa is the mean-spirited hotel inspector-turned-manager of the rival hotel, the Saint Mark Hotel across the street. She is rude, has a huge mole on her face, and hates Mr. Moseby for making her lose her job in "Hotel Inspector". After "Hotel Inspector" she got married so her new full name was revealed in "Cookin' With Romeo and Juliet". Ilsa has appeared in the episodes "Hotel Inspector", "Cookin' With Romeo and Juliet", and "Bowling" now having her own Hotel Staff; St Marks. She is expected to return again soon, due to what she said last in Bowling.

Muriel (played by Estelle Harris) — The hotel housekeeper who is nice, but lazy. She is usually seen sitting down with her feet up (when she isn't stealing money from guests). She once dated mobster Alphonse "Hot Peppers" DeLeo. Muriel has been working at the hotel since the 1930s as shown in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Hotel. She has appeared in many episodes in solely the first season, including "Cookin' With Romeo and Juliet", "Cody Goes to Camp", "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Hotel", "The Prince & The Plunger", and "Big Hair & Baseball" She has yet to be seen in Season 2, and is probablly cut out of the rest of the series. This may have something to do with a policy that anyone over 65 can't work at the Tipton, which may have been new in "Free Tippy", when this policy was adressed.

Minor Characters

Jessica and Janice (played by Rebecca Rosso and Camilla Rosso) - are two English twins. They appear in "Twins At The Tipton", where they go on a date with Zack and Cody while staying at the Tipton for a twin convention, "Ask Zack, where they are workers for the school newspaper, and "Lost in Translation".

Kurt Martin (played by Robert Torti)- The boy's dad is a leader of a rock band, The Annexes. He is divorced from Carey. Kurt is clever, funny, and loves the twins very much, but is also a bit irresponsible. He is much like Zack and Cody and lives on the road with his band. He has appeared in the episodes "Dad's Back", "Christmas at the Tipton", and Volley Dad. He was also in Poor Little Rich Girl , but only as a voice.

Warren (played by Gus Hoffman)- A friend of Zack and Cody from school.Warren attends Camp Knock-a-Number along with Cody and Tapeworm. He has appeared in: "Cody Goes to Camp", "Odd Couples" and "Forever Plaid"

Agnes (played by Allie Grant) - Agnes is a girl who goes to school with Zack and Cody who has a crush on both of them (seemingly whichever one suits her at the time). She has appeared in "Crushed", "Election" and "A Midsummer's Nightmare".

Lance (played by Aaron Musicant)- is a lifeguard who London set Maddie up with a blind date with. He only talks about water, and for that Maddie dumped him. They are stil friends, however. Lance showed Maddie how to do CPR. He has appeared in "Hotel Hangout", "Band in Boston", and "Rumors".

Liam Fitzpatrick (played by Cody Arens) is Maddie's little brother and qualifies as "booger" from his sister. He is irresponsible and rude. Although talked frequently by Maddie, he has only appeared in one episode "Not So Sweet 16". He had to get braces.

Wilfred Tipton is the owner of the Tipton and father of London. Frequently talked about by mostly Mr. Moseby, his guards surround him and he has only appeared face unseen in "Not So Suite 16". He has many ex-wifes.

Barbara Brownstein (played by Sophie Tamiko Oda) is a girl occasionally seen. She entered a science contest in "Rock Star in the House" while her volcano was dormant, entered a spelling bee in "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee" where she misspelled fracas and was elimanated, and also appeared in "Ask Zack" as a worker for the school newspaper. After her appearences in academic events, it is safe to say she is smart and similar to Cody.

Theme song

The theme song for The Suite Life of Zack and Cody is called "Here I Am" and was written by John Adair and Steve Hampton. It was sung by Loren Ellis and The Drew Davis Band ^*, who are also the singers for the theme song of Phil of the Future. However, the original choice for a theme song was "Grow Up" by Simple Plan.

Continuity Errors

In Free Tippy, it was announced that Mr. Tipton has a strict policy of employees retiring at the age of 65. Muriel is over 65, as she was working at the Tipton in 1938 as mentioned in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Hotel (maybe Mr. Tipton added the policy during the 2nd season of the show somewhere in time, and yet Muriel doesn't appear in the 2nd season so far, so maybe she had to leave the Tipton, because of the policy).
In Forever Plaid, before the girls soccer team poked the boys eyes, in Bob's place when he was peeping you saw an eye looking back (although may be intentional, to show the girls saw the boys).
In Odd Couples, when Zack rings the doorbell on Cody's closet there is a mailbox but when Zack comes out the mailbox is no longer there.
In Commercial Breaks, when Zack, Cody, and Carey got out of the elevator and wait in the line, you can see that Esteban and Maddie are way before them since they went to the back of the line later. But during the auditon, Maddie was just behind them.
In Commercial Breaks, when Esteban pointed to the end of the line, you can see that Maddie is still in her work outfit, but later during the audition she's no longer in it anymore{she could have changed}.
In Boston Holiday, in Mr. Moseby's attempt to plug the Tipton, he starts to state the number 1-800-555- (he doesn't get to finish it). However in Commercial Breaks, we see the number as 1-800-654-2192 (although they could have changed it).
In Pilot Your Own Life, Zack falls asleep on a chair and has his feet on the floor, they switch to Cody and back to Zack and his feet are on the other chair were Cody was sitting on.
In Grounded on the 23rd Floor, when Maddie requested her candies back in exchange for the cameras, we see the whole pile of candies on the counter. The view changed to Maddie passing the camera to Zack, and the next scene, the counter is empty except for some papers and a pen.
In Ask Zack, English twins Jessica and Janice are shown working on the school paper at Zack and Cody's school, but in Twins At The Tipton, it was intended that they were visiting America for the Twins Convention at the Tipton.

Trivia

On the Family Channel (Canada), instead of airing "Odd Couples" as the premier of Season 2, they aired the episode "French 101". They also did that with Season 1. They go by the date it was filmed instead of episode order.
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody was one of the first five television shows available for purchase in the iTunes Music Store.
The episode "Kisses & Basketball" was voted the First New Episode of 2006 on Disney Channel's "Totally Suite New Year's Eve".
Dylan and Cole starred in the 2003 film Just for Kicks, where their surnames were "Martin". In The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, their last names are also "Martin".
In "Twins At The Tipton, "Bob explains to Zack how he heard about Cody's girlfriend breaking up with him, says: "Kim told Phil, who told Ashley, who told Brenda, who told Dylan, who told Cole, who told me — (deep breath) — it's over". These are the real names of the shows stars.
Ilsa was the subject of a pun by Mr. Moseby stating "who's the biggest loser now" hinting Caroline Rhea as a the host of the NBC reality series The Biggest Loser.
In "Going for the Gold," Irv Wheldon exchanges Arwin's Cunningham 200 on/off switch with a Fonzarelli 22. Richie Cunningham and Arthur "The Fonz/Fonzie" Fonzarelli were characters on Happy Days.
Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow is the school that Maddie goes to and is also the school that Donna Pinciotti goes to on That 70's Show.
Ashley Tisdale tried out for the roles of both London and Maddie.
Although The Tipton Hotel is supposed to be in Boston, Massachusets, the hotel exteriors shown in the series are actually the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia.
In the episode Free Tippy, it states that employees at the Tipton have to retire once they reach the age of 65, which may be hinting at the fact that Disney Channel shows usually only go up to 65 episodes before ending.

Title References

Footloser: Footloose.
Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee: Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be.
Heck's Kitchen: Hell's Kitchen.
Lost in Translation: The movie Lost in Translation.
The Prince & The Plunger: The Prince and the Pauper.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Hotel: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Smart & Smarterer: Dumb and Dumberer.
Kisses & Basketball: Love and Basketball.
Boston Holiday: Roman Holiday.
Odd Couples: The Odd Couple.
Free Tippy: Free Willy.
The Suite Smell of Excess: The Sweet Smell of Success.
Have A Nice Trip: Have a nice trip, see you next Fall.
Forever Plaid: The musical Forever Plaid
That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana (Crossover Episode): That's So Raven/The Suite Life of Zack and Cody/Hannah Montana
A Midsummer's Nightmare: A Midsummer Night's Dream

News

A Suite Life DVD will be released on on July 18th entitled The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: Taking Over the Tipton.
A crossover episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Hannah Montana, and That's So Raven has been announced and will air July 28th. It's called "That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana".
A video game has been announced for the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance entitled The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: Tipton Trouble.

Housebroken

Disney Channel has announced that a Spin-off show from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody is currently in development. The show entitled Housebroken will revolve around the Suite Life character Arwin Q. Hawkhauser (played by Brian Stepanek) when he decides to move in with his sister-in-law (who is a single mom) to help take care of her children. The show is co-created by Suite Life co-creator Danny Kallis along with TSL producers Irene Dreayer and Pamela Eells O'Connell.^*

External links

Zack y Cody: Gemelos en Acción | La Vie de palace de Zack et Cody | 小查與寇弟的頂級生活

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