The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
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Article ImagesThe Suite Life of Zack & Cody is an American children's television series that airs on the Disney Channel. The Disney Channel Original Series premiered on March 18, 2005, and was one of the first five shows available on the iTunes Store.[1]
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | |
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The main cast of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. | |
Created by | Danny Kallis Jim Geoghan |
Starring | Cole Sprouse as Cody Martin Dylan Sprouse as Zack Martin Brenda Song as London Tipton Ashley Tisdale as Maddie Fitzpatrick Phill Lewis as Mr. Marion Moseby Kim Rhodes as Carey Martin |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 65+ |
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Executive producers | Danny Kallis Irene Dreayer |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Disney Channel |
Release | March 18, 2005 – Present |
Cody and Zack Martin are 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 in suite 2330 on the 23rd floor 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]
Main characters
Zack Martin, played by Dylan Sprouse, is always trying to get in trouble. Zack always sets out to get exactly what he wants. He has a preoccupation with girls, and had a crush on Maddie (in season one). However, he is Agnes's crush, as seen in the episode Crushed. He often sticks up for his brother, as seen in the episodes Election and Kept Man . He wants to be like his dad.
Cody Martin, played by Cole Sprouse — Cody is the nicer and smarter twin, but often plays along with his brother's schemes. He shows less interest in girls than his brother and is more mature. He has shown a passion for baking and cooking, as well as mime and dance. Cody is portrayed as a pushover and easily frightened, but has a meaner side, portrayed in the episode French 101.
Madeline "Maddie" Margaret Genevieve Miranda Catherine Fitzpatrick, played by Ashley Tisdale — Maddie is the candy counter girl at the Tipton and manages the Camp Tipton Daycare Center. Maddie is very hard-working (she aspires to attend law school), intelligent, and pretty. She attends a private school at Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow. Maddie is one of London's closer friends, though London often treats her like a servant, as in Footloser, usually bribing her with money. Zack has a huge crush on her in season 1 and at first in season 2. After the show comes back from hiatus, Corrie (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) will play Maddie's assistant at the candy counter and will become a main character on the show.
London Leah Tipton, played by Brenda Song, is the daughter of Wilfred Tipton, the owner of the Tipton Hotel. London is a vapid, 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. London's best friend is Maddie. She transferred to the same private school as Maddie in the episode Forever Plaid, since the teacher treated her better there. She hates her step-moms and relies on Mr. Moseby and Maddie for most of her problems.
Mr. Marion Moseby, played by Phill Lewis is the manager of the Tipton. Mr. Moseby is often annoyed by the twins'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. 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, played by Kim Rhodes is a headlining singer at the Tipton as well as the mother of Zack and Cody. She is a divorced mother, intelligent, kind, and she loves the twins very much. Arwin Quentin Hawkhauser has a crush for her, revealed in the episode The Prince & The Plunger, and she has an estranged younger sister, 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.
Recurring characters
Episodes
Settings
- Tipton Hotel
- See The Tipton Hotel
- School
More recently, the series has started taking place in school. The name of the school where Zack and Cody attend 8th grade is called Buckner Middle School(School Team--The Badgers) as revealed in the episode "Nurse Zack". Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow is the Catholic school that Maddie, London, Corrie, and Mary Margaret attend.
Scenes have also taken place at the following locations:
- In Boston
- A bowling alley
- Maddie's apartment
- Fenway Park
- New Malden Mall
- St. Mark Hotel, the rival hotel to the Tipton.
- Liberty Park
- Theo's House
- A game show
- A museum
- A miniature golf course[citation needed]
- The Goose Lodge
- A movie theater
- A jewelry store
- Mr. Moseby's apartment
- Logan Airport[citation needed]
- A Modern art gallery
- Outside of Boston
- Camp Knock-A-Number
- Kurt Martin's tour bus
- Deck of the SS Tipton (To Catch A Thief)
Music
- 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.[citation needed]
- The original theme song for The Suite Life of Zack and Cody was going to be "Grow Up" by Simple Plan. However, it was changed to "Here I Am" at the last minute.
References
- ^ "Apple Announces iTunes 6 With 2,000 Music Videos, Pixar Short Films & Hit TV Shows". Apple Computer, Inc. 2005-10-12. Retrieved 2006-09-07.
- ^ "Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The: Tipton Trouble". Nintendo.com Games. Retrieved 2006-09-07.
- ^ "Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The". Nintendo.com Games. Retrieved 2006-09-07.