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.[1]
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.
Main characters
Zachary "Zack" Martin , played by Dylan Sprouse, is always trying to get in trouble. Zack is usually dressed in skater clothes. Zack always sets out to get exactly what he wants. He has a preoccupation with girls, and had a crush on Maddie (in all seasons). 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. Other than in wood shop, he is known for not doing very well in school.
Cody Martin, played by Cole Sprouse — Cody is the nicer, more sensitive, 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), 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, played by 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 "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.
Marion Eduardo Moseby, played by 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. 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, wise, kind, but somewhat aggressive towards the twins when they mis-behave,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 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 always has a story about how she had a boyfriend and how he dumped her.