The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
The main cast of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
Genre	Children's television series Situation comedy
Creator(s)	Danny Kallis Jim Geoghan
Starring	Cole Sprouse Dylan Sprouse Brenda Song Ashley Tisdale Phill Lewis Kim Rhodes
Opening theme	Here I Am
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	65 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Danny Kallis Irene Dreayer
Running time	22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Disney Channel
Original run	March 18, 2005 – present
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody is an American children's television series that airs on the Disney Channel. This Disney Channel Original Series premiered on March 18, 2005, and was one of the first five shows available on the iTunes Store.^[1]

The series stars Dylan and Cole Sprouse. They play Cody and Zack Martin, identical twins, whose single mother, Carey, has a gig as headlining singer at the Tipton Hotel. Now they live in the swankiest hotel in Boston as a provision of her contract.

The popularity of the series has spawned two video games: one for the Nintendo DS entitled The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: Tipton Trouble^[2] and a titular release for the Game Boy Advance.^[3] The show was originally called The Suite Life, which is co-created by Danny Kallis, who was a writer, producer, and director for the TV series, Smart Guy; and Jim Geoghan, who was a writer and producer for the TV series, Family Matters. ^[4]

The series is the third Disney Channel Original to have gone over the 65 episode limit, the first was That's So Raven going to 100 episodes and the second was Kim Possible.

Contents 1 Main characters 2 Settings 3 Trivia 4 Theme song 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Main characters

Zackary "Zack" Martin (Dylan Sprouse) is always getting into trouble. Zack is usually dressed in skater clothes. He often sets out to get exactly what he wants. He has a preoccupation with girls, and a crush on Maddie. However, he is Agnes's crush, as seen in the episode Crushed. He occasionally sticks up for his brother, as seen in the episodes Election and Kept Man . He wants to be like his dad. Other than in wood shop, he is known for not doing very well in school.

Cody Martin (Cole Sprouse) is the intellectual, mature, and sensitive twin. But he often plays along with his brother's schemes. He shows less interest in girls than his brother. He has shown a passion for baking and cooking, as well as mime and dance. Cody is portrayed as easily frightened, but has a meaner side, portrayed in the episode "French 101".

Madeline "Maddie" Margaret Genevieve Miranda Catherine Fitzpatrick (Ashley Tisdale) is the candy counter girl at the Tipton and manages the Camp Tipton Daycare Center. It appears she comes from a lower class family. Maddie is very hard-working (she aspires to attend law school), outspoken, and intelligent. She attends a private school at Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow. Maddie is London's closest friend, though London often treats her like a servant, as in Footloser, usually bribing her with money. Maddie also babysits Zack and Cody. Zack had a huge crush on her in season one, but seemed to have moved on in most season two episodes.

London Leah Tipton, (Brenda Song) is a parody of Paris Hilton. She is the daughter of Wilfred Tipton, the owner of the Tipton Hotel. London is a vapid, air headed, spoiled rich teenager with her own private suite at the Tipton complete with a large closet (with its own talking mirror) and a kitchen which takes up most of the floor. Moreover, she claims that everything that she has worn, including her diapers, were made by famous designers. London's best friend is Maddie. She transferred to the same private school as Maddie in the episode Forever Plaid, due to poor attendance at her old school. She hates her step-moms and talks to Mr. Moseby and Maddie about her problems. When happy she usually claps her hands repeatedly while saying her catchphrase "Yay me!" She can be very ignorant about simple things such as thinking her father's first name was "Adamant" when Mr. Moseby said that her father was acting adamant about a situation. London has also often mentions her frenemy Portia Tenbaum.

Marion Eduardo Moseby (Phill Lewis) is the uptight manager of the Tipton. Mr. Moseby is often annoyed by the twin's schemes. Though he acts as if he doesn't care about the boys, he has a great deal of affection for them and is a father figure to London, Cody, and Zack. In the episode The Ghost of 613, it is revealed that he started out at the Tipton as a bellhop back in the 1970s.

Carey Marie Martin (Kim Rhodes) is a headlining singer at the Tipton as well as the mother of Zack and Cody. She is a divorced mother, wise, kind, but somewhat aggressive towards the twins when they misbehave. She seems to love the twins a lot. Arwin Quentin Hawkhauser has a crush on her, revealed in the episode The Prince & The Plunger, and she has a younger sister, as mentioned in Moseby's Big Brother. She often dreams about George Clooney. Carey found her talent for singing by mistake when she was at a talent show doing stand-up comedy, stated in the episode Footloser. She tries to keep the boys away from trouble, but she never prevails. In many episodes, she shares a story about a past boyfriend and how he dumped her to try and teach the boys a lesson.

[edit] Settings

Tipton Hotel

The Tipton Hotel is where Zack, Cody, Carey, and London all live, and where the majority of the other major characters in the series work. It is the main setting for the series, particularly the basement, the Tipton's 5-star restaurant, the lobby, the game room, the Martins' suite on the 23rd floor, and London Tipton's penthouse.

Buckner Middle School

During the second season, the series has started using the younger characters' schools as locations. Zack and Cody attend Bauckner Middle School and their school team is the Badgers as revealed in the episode "Election".

Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow Catholic School

Maddie, London, Corrie, and Mary Margaret attend the Catholic School - Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow.

Other Places in Boston

Scenes also take place in several other places in Boston, including Fenway Park, Maddie's Home, the local shopping mall, a bowling alley, a miniature golf course, and Liberty Park, the park across the street from the Tipton.

[edit] Trivia

• In the first season Zack has a huge crush on Maddie, but this has not been mentioned in later seasons. A similar situation occured in another Disney Channel series, That's So Raven, when Cory had a crush on Chelsea in the first season, but then wasn't mentioned again.
• The Martins' suite is complete with a kitchen and a bedroom, but so far no other suites with a kitchen have been shown (apart from London's, who's ridiculously large closet has been mentioned several times; however, the kitchen in her room has never been seen).
• Zack and Cody have a bedroom to themselves, while Carey sleeps in the "living room" on the couch that unfolds and becomes her bed.
• Almost all members of the primary cast of High School Musical have appeared on the show, except for Corbin Bleu and Lucas Grabeel.

[edit] 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, who also wrote the theme song for Phil of the Future. It was sung by Loren Ellis and The Drew Davis Band. The original theme song was going to be "Grow Up" by Simple Plan. However, it was changed to "Here I Am" at the last minute.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• List of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodes
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody recurring characters

[edit] References

1. ^ Apple Announces iTunes 6 With 2,000 Music Videos, Pixar Short Films & Hit TV Shows. Apple Computer, Inc. (2005-10-12). Retrieved on September 7, 2006.
2. ^ Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The: Tipton Trouble. Nintendo.com Games. Retrieved on September 7, 2006.
3. ^ Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The. Nintendo.com Games. Retrieved on September 7, 2006.
4. ^ http://www.tv.com/show/28842/summary.html

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Characters
Zack Martin | Cody Martin | Madeline Fitzpatrick | London Tipton | Ivana Tipton | Marion Moseby | Carey Martin | Esteban Ramírez | Arwin Hawkhauser | Minor characters
Episodes
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Settings
The Tipton Hotel
Media
Tipton Trouble
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