History Series / TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody

* DawsonCasting: Not so noticeable in the beginning when 17-year old Brenda Song was playing 15-year old London Tipton, but by the end of Suite Life On Deck in 2011, London was a high school senior and Brenda was 23. Ashley Tisdale played 15-year old Maddie in 2005 when she was 20, but it's unclear if Maddie aged as slowly as London or if it just took London a few tries to make it through high school. In any case, Ashley was 23 when Suite Life of Zack and Cody ended. It was worse for minor character Mary Margaret, who was the same age as London and Maddie but played by Monique Coleman, who is five years older than Ashley.
** It's pretty clear that London has been held back. In "On Deck" Tutweiller mentions that London had been voted Prom Queen her last 3 senior years confirming she had been held back. Plus the twins who are three years younger graduate with her. So In the final Season of Zach and Cody, London and Maddie are seniors and Zach and Cody are freshman At the start of "On Deck" London is still a senior and Zach and Cody are sophomores. So London Doesn't really fit this Trope too much. So London was 21 while Brenda was 23.

* {{Four Temperament Ensemble}}
** Carey (Phlegmatic), Cody ('''mostly''' Melancholic), Arwin (Melancholic with a touch of Sanguine), Zack (Sanguine), London (Sanguine and Choleric blend), Esteban (Sanguine and Phlegmatic blend), Madi and Mr. Moseby (both Choleric, though not the typical sitcom character, not even the more cranky Mr. Moseby sometimes).

* FeatheredFiend: In "Mean Chicks", Cody denies a seagull a french fry that Zack attempted to feed him, and spends the rest of the episode try to escape the bird's wrath.

* {{Four Temperament Ensemble}}: Carey (Phlegmatic), Bailey, Cody, and Kirby (Melancholics, the first two a couple), Woody, Emma Tutweiler, and Maya (Phlegmatics), Zack (Sanguine), London and Marcus (both blended of Choleric and Sanguine), and Mr. Moseby (Choleric, still not exactly a caricature).

* {{Retcon}}: Over the entire series, it was clear that Mr. Tipton loved his daughter, London. It was mentioned a few times that she is the sole heir to the Tipton company. Along comes the first episode that Mr. Tipton finally shows himself in (Episode 68), and what happens? Before eh makes his appearance, he has to ask London who she is when she calls, ask which daughter she is, and barely remembered her. Nice continuity ya got there.

-->'''Ms. Tutweiller:''' And that's Napoleon Bonaparte. Just give yourself an F right now if you wrote about NapoleonDynamite.

After that the show ended in 2008, it continued with a SpinOff called ''[[RecycledINSPACE The Suite Life on Deck]]'', putting two-thirds of the cast on a luxury liner with Zack, Cody and London attending the onboard Seven Seas High School. It also added Bailey (who [[{{Expy}} basically replaced Maddie]]), a girl from a small Kansas farm often made fun of by London (and serves as Cody's LoveInterest); [[FakeGuestStar Woody]], a clumsy but well-meaning ([[NauseaFuel and disgusting]]) classmate made fun of by [[ButtMonkey everyone]] and Mrs. Emma Tutweiler, one of the teachers at Seven Seas High made fun of by her own students (and eventually Mr. Moseby's LoveInterest). Meanwhile, reruns of the original show have popped up on DisneyXD. A ''Suite Life'' movie has aired, set in Season 3 of ''On Deck'', focusing on the twins entering a "Gemini Project", a study on the interaction of twins. Both series also participated in massive CrossOver events with other shows on the channel: ''Suite Life of Zack and Cody'' had ''[[ThatsSoRaven That's So]] Suite Life of HannahMontana'' and ''On Deck'' had ''[[WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Wizards]] On Deck with Hannah Montana''. ImInTheBand also has a crossover episode with ''On Deck'' (unlike the others, this consisted of only a single episode that officially exists only in the ''I'm In The Band'' canon).

After that the show ended in 2008, it continued with a SpinOff called ''[[RecycledINSPACE The Suite Life on Deck]]'', putting two-thirds of the cast on a luxury liner with Zack, Cody and London attending the onboard Seven Seas High School. It also added Bailey (who [[{{Expy}} basically replaced Maddie]]), a girl from a small Kansas farm often made fun of by London (and serves as Cody's LoveInterest); [[FakeGuestStar Woody]], a clumsy but well-meaning ([[NauseaFuel and disgusting]]) classmate made fun of by [[ButtMonkey everyone]] and Mrs. Emma Tutweiler, one of the teachers at Seven Seas High made fun of by her own students (and eventually Mr. Moseby's LoveInterest). Meanwhile, reruns of the original show have popped up on DisneyXD. A ''Suite Life'' movie has aired, set in Season 3 of ''On Deck'', focusing on the twins entering a "Gemini Project", a study on the interaction of twins. Both series also participated in massive CrossOver events with other shows on the channel: ''Suite Life of Zack and Cody'' had ''[[ThatsSoRaven That's So]] Suite Life of HannahMontana'' and ''On Deck'' had ''[[WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Wizards]] On Deck with Hannah Montana''.

After that the show ended in 2008, it continued with a SpinOff called ''[[RecycledINSPACE The Suite Life on Deck]]'', putting two-thirds of the cast on a luxury liner with Zack, Cody and London attending the onboard Seven Seas High School. It also added Bailey (who [[{{Expy}} basically replaced Maddie]]), a girl from a small Kansas farm often made fun of by London (and serves as Cody's LoveInterest); [[FakeGuestStar Woody]], a clumsy but well-meaning ([[NauseaFuel and disgusting]]) classmate made fun of by [[ButtMonkey everyone]] and Mrs. Emma Tutweiler, one of the teachers at Seven Seas High made fun of by her own students (and eventually Mr. Moseby's LoveInterest). Meanwhile, reruns of the original show have popped up on DisneyXD. A ''Suite Life'' movie has aired, set in Season 3 of ''On Deck'', focusing on the twins entering a "Gemini Project", a study on the interaction of twins. Both series also participated in massive CrossOver events with other shows on the channel: ''Suite Life of Zack and Cody'' had ''[[ThatsSoRaven That's So]] Suite Life of Hannah Montana'' and ''On Deck'' had ''[[WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Wizards]] On Deck with Hannah Montana''.

After that the show ended in 2008, it continued with a SpinOff called ''[[RecycledINSPACE The Suite Life on Deck]]'', putting two-thirds of the cast on a luxury liner with Zack, Cody and London attending the onboard Seven Seas High School. It also added Bailey (who [[{{Expy}} basically replaced Maddie]]), a girl from a small Kansas farm often made fun of by London (and serves as Cody's LoveInterest); [[FakeGuestStar Woody]], a clumsy but well-meaning ([[NauseaFuel and disgusting]]) classmate made fun of by [[ButtMonkey everyone]] and Mrs. Emma Tutweiler, one of the teachers at Seven Seas High made fun of by her own students (and eventually Mr. Moseby's LoveInterest). Meanwhile, reruns of the original show have popped up on DisneyXD. A ''Suite Life'' movie has aired, set in Season 3 of ''On Deck'', focusing on the twins entering a "Gemini Project", a study on the interaction of twins.

* ActingForTwo: Brenda Song regarding London her body-double

** Catchphrase: Woody yells "Daaang it" several times during the series.

After 3 seasons, ''On Deck'' ended in 2011 with the twins celebrating their graduation. If the original series and the ReTool are counted as a single series, it's had the longest original run of any series on the DisneyChannel, at six seasons and 162 episodes total.

After that the show ended in 2008, it continued with a SpinOff called ''[[RecycledINSPACE The Suite Life on Deck]]'', putting two-thirds of the cast on a luxury liner. Meanwhile, reruns of the original show have popped up on DisneyXD. A ''Suite Life'' movie has aired, set in Season 3 of ''On Deck'', focusing on the twins entering a "Gemini Project", a study on the interaction of twins.

* MotherPenguin: Sister Dominick.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally the twins were supposed be named Dylan and Cole

* TwinTelepathy: Subverted at least twice. Once Zack claimed that Cody broke his arm and he sensed it, until Carey points out that he was the one who fell on Cody and broke it. Another time, they believe a dream about finding an AlternateUniverse was caused by this, but it is revealed to the audience to have been RealAllAlong when Carey finds a coin from the alternate reality in their jeans pocket.

** In the Twister special, Woody calls [[ItMakesSenseInContext the leader of the troop]] "[[TheBeatles Sgt. Pepper]]".

* TheCastShowoff: Maddie, Carey.

** Also, if you break her purse, she will beat you up.
* DawsonCasting: Not so noticeable in the beginning when 17-year old Brenda Song was playing 15-year old London Tipton, but by the end of Suite Life On Deck in 2011, London was a high school senior and Brenda was 23. Ashley Tisdale played 15-year old Maddie in 2005 when she was 20 but it's unclear if Maddie aged as slowly as London or if it just took London a few tries to make it through high school. In any case, Ashley was 23 when Suite Life of Zack and Cody ended. It was worse for minor character Mary Margaret, who was the same age as London and Maddie but played by Monique Coleman, who is five years older than Ashley.

* DeadpanSnarker: This ''is'' a Disney Sitcom. ''Everyone'' fits this trope. Maddie and Carey being the most prolific snarkers.

* ArtifactTitle: The pun of ''Suite Life'' in the first series referred to the hotel the show was set in. The PunnyTitle continued in the second series, but it took place on a cruise liner.

* ArtifactTitle: The pun of ''Suite Life'' in the first series referred to the hotel the show was set in. The PunTitle continued in the second series, but it took place on a cruise liner.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Hmm, so Bailey gets possessed by something related to ancient artifacts whose dialog is [[LargeHam over-the-top]], supremely condescending, and delivered in a voice that's lower in pitch with reverb, casually threatens to kill or torture people, and dons flamboyant period dress. [[Series/{{Stargate SG-1}} Geez whiz, I can't imagine what]]!

** A very subtle one in "Starship Tipton": Even though the episode is a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' parody, the transporter effect looks more like an [[Series/{{Stargate SG-1}} Asgard beam]].

* ButtMonkey: Moseby. Also, Cody, thanks to Zack.