Cody creates a web of lies when he tries to cover up his failure to do his homework. Meanwhile, Zack and Mr. Moseby are handcuffed together by Mr. Blanket in order for them to learn to get along.
Tropes:
- Aesop Amnesia: In earlier episodes Cody learnt that grades aren't everything and he should have fun more often yet in this episode he worries about how one bad homework assignment will doom his future.
- Bookends: The episode starts and ends with Cody forgetting to do his homework.
- Chained Heat: Zack and Moseby are handcuffed together by Mr Blanket in order to make them get along.
- "Fawlty Towers" Plot: Cody misses a homework assignment due having spent a romantic evening with Bailey the night before. Unable to bear the shame of receiving a single bad grade, he fabricates the excuse that he was caring for Bailey, who'd injured her ankle. This leads to Bailey reluctantly faking an injury, and eventually the entire student body of Seven Seas Highs being drawn into a web of lies that is increasingly complex and ridiculous. It all comes crashing down the next day when Cody misses yet another assignment, having been too busy maintaining the farce.
- Swallow the Key: Mr Blanket does this after handcuffing Zack and Moseby together.
