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| Season: | 2 | ||
| Episode: | 9 (season) 35 (series) | ||
| Production Code: | 214 | ||
| Originally Aired: | March 23, 2006 | ||
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"Books & Birdhouses" is the 9th episode of the second season of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. After Zack enrolls in woodshop, Cody claims it is easy; he joins the class, only to discover that it's harder than it seems. Meanwhile, London steals Maddie's short story idea and ends up getting book deals and fame after Maddie promised to keep silent.
Story[]
The episode starts off as Cody and Zack getting new classes. Cody is excited by a new advance Math class, but it turns out that no one went to that class—not even the teacher. He decides to take Zack's wood-shop class, thinking that it will be easy, but he struggles. In comparison, Zack is excellent at the class and is the star pupil. Zack is even left in charge when the teacher has to take care of something else. He gives Cody a demerit for not correctly abiding by the rules. When they get home, the boys bicker and Cody stresses out, having a nightmare that he's being rejected from college for having gotten a B in middle school wood shop. Later on, it's the boys final grade for woodshop which counts for a third of their grade. The assignment is to simply make something out of wood. Cody struggles on his project to create a birdhouse while Zack has crafted an excellent clock. Seeing how upset his brother is at the prospect of getting an F, Zack sacrifices his grade to get Cody an A, and swaps their projects. Zack tells Cody that he doesn't mind getting another F and he can see how a high grade means to him. The teacher rates Cody's assignment high but is disappointed when he sees Zack's, saying that he was going to recommend Zack for advance placement wood shop but not anymore. Cody can't go through with it and admits that the clock isn't his, but the birdhouse is. The teacher says that if it's a birdhouse it's a F but if it's a wheelbarrow it's a C. Cody says it's a wheelbarrow and gladly accepts the C. Zack gets an A and Cody realizes that even if he got a low grade, it wasn't the end of the world.
Meanwhile, London and Maddie have to write a short story for school. London writes one and shows it to Maddie, but it doesn't make sense. Maddie tells her a story for inspiration, and without Maddie knowing, London writes it down. Maddie gets a B on her story while London gets an A and even begins gaining recognition for her story. It seems that London wrote down everything that Maddie told her. Maddie reluctantly agrees to keep silent. At the end, when London is getting a book deal and showing the kids the story that she supposedly wrote, she ends up getting sued for plagiarism. Maddie realizes that she based the story on one that her mother used to tell her when she was little, but which she had forgotten about years later. London still has to pay the fine to the original author, with Mr. Moseby disappointed in her. Sister Dominique still punishes Maddie for, in her eyes, wrongly influencing London.
Quotes[]
- London: Remember kids, reading makes you smartererer!
- Maddie: (while reading London's story) "My name is Ivana. I live at the Tipton. It's a very special hotel." Wait a minute, I wrote this!
- London: No, you spoke it, I wrote it.
- Maddie: Writing it down doesn't make you the author.
- London: But it gets me an A. (chants) A! A!
- Carey: Cody, how was your new math class?
- Cody: You mean advanced calculus, covering functions, limits, conversions, sequences and multi-variables?
- Carey: (confused) Yeah, that one.
- Cody: They cancelled it. I was the only who showed up.
- Zack: I heard about that. Even the teacher didn't show up.
- Zack: (to Cody) You just wasted a perfectly good piece of wood. Do you think wood grows on trees?
- Carey: (to Cody) Oh, honey. It must be hard for you to get a C.
- Cody: You know, Mom. I think I'll be okay!
- Carey: You are?
- Cody: Yeah. I mean the sky didn't fall, the world didn't stop spinning, and I learned that I could take Wood Shop pass/fail.
- Carey: Hey, guys.
- Cody: Mom, Zack gave me a demerit in Wood Shop because he's jealous of my perfect 4.0 grade average.
- Zack: Did not! He's just jealous because there's something at school I'm better at!
- Cody: Not true!
- Zack: So true!
- Cody: Not true!
- Zack: So true!
- Carey: Nice to see you guys, too. My day was fine, thanks. A foot rub? I'd love one.
Trivia[]
- From this episode onward, the closing credits are shown during the episode's final scene, rather than being shown over still shots of the show with the theme music playing in the background.
- Starting with this episode, Bob now has a deeper voice due to Charlie Stewart going through puberty.
- This episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody seems to teach plenty of sitcom fans everywhere that plagiarism is wrong.
- Morals:
- Don't plagiarize someone else's work as it is stealing.
- It's very easy to plagiarize works without any intention.
- Nobody is perfect. There are people who may be better than you in some fields.
Goofs[]
- Cody barely passes woodshop in this episode; however, in "Smart & Smarterer", he gets an A in the course.
- On the first day of woodshop, Zack and Cody are wearing different clothes in-class and when they arrive home.
- When Cody is talking to his mom about how poorly he's doing in woodshop, he is holding a piece of wood as he talks. After a quick shot of Zack, the wood is back on the table. After another shot of Zack, Cody is holding the wood again.
- After Sister Dominick tells Maddie that envy is one of the seven deadly sins, Maddie goes on to tell London that stealing is as well. It is not. The seven deadly sins are: lust, envy, wrath, glutton, greed, pride and sloth.
- When London is reading the book to the little kids, the girl to the right of her mouths out London's lines, "My name is Ivana, I live in the Tipton, it's a very special hotel." And also her line, "'Excuse me, London's talking!"
- When Cody has Zack's clock during the final, it has the eagle piece on top. While Mr. Woodard is talking to Zack, it disappears. Afterward, it's back again.