Mulch Ado About Nothing

Mulch Ado About Nothing
Cody and Moose in the Wrestling Match
Season:	1
Episode:	19th (season)
Production Code:	116
Guest Stars:	Cole & Dylan Sprouse Debby Ryan Brenda Song Phil Lewis
Special Guest:	Hutch Dano as Moose
Writer:	Pamela Eells O'Connell
Director:	Danny Kallis
Originally Aired:	May 1, 2009
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Summary

Mulch Ado About Nothing is the 19th episode of The Suite Life on Deck, and the 16th that was produced. The episode starts out with Bailey gets homesick, and Cody tries to cheer her up by recreating the Kettlecorn Mulch Festival, but things go wrong (at least for Cody) when Bailey’s ex-boyfriend, Moose, shows up.

Plot

This episode starts off with the Suite Life crew getting packages from home. Bailey ends up getting a package from full of mulch from back on the farm in her hometown Kettlecorn, Kansas. Reminding her of home, the package makes her homesick. This causes her to try to get rid of her by watching home videos of a farmer pig calling.

In the mean time, Cody feels guilty about Bailey being homesick, and London is going crazy listening to Bailey’s crying and home videos. Cody then forms a plan to cheer Bailey up by recreating the Kettlecorn Mulch Festival right on the S.S. Tipton. He plans to make her dream of becoming Corn Queen true and to make himself Corn King, upping his chances with Bailey.

Cody and the rest of the crew work hard to recreate the Mulch Festival. Cody is panicked making sure everything perfect. He even lets Mr. Moseby be the caller so that he could use the Sky Deck for the party. When Bailey arrives at the party, she is surprised and grateful to Cody for everything he had done. Just as they are about to hug, London pulls Bailey aside showing her own little surprise for her, her ex-boyfriend Moose. Bailey, in her excitement, forgets all about Cody’s effort and embraces Moose. Even though Bailey is happy, Cody is mad because this was his big chance to impress her, but he was overshadowed by Moose.

He tries to get London to get rid of Moose, but she ends up getting him to stay for the whole weekend. So throughout the whole festival, Cody ends up trying to beat Moose in anything he can. Cody makes several attempts to beat him which includes him bobbing for corn (which he almost drowns in and makes Moose look even better, for he saves Cody), arm wrestling (he gets slammed off the table by Moose), and in chess (Cody also loses to Moose, even in an area of his forte). And all the while, Moose has been winning Bailey prizes and impressing her even more.

After all the competition is over, Moose comforts Bailey about being homesick (which he found out from Cody earlier on in the episode). He tells her that he knows what’s best for her and says that she should go back to Kettlecorn with him.

Now Mr. Moseby announces the Corn Queen and King which Bailey and, much to Cody’s disappointment, Moose win. After the crowning, Bailey confides in Cody that Moose told her he loved her and that he wants her to move back to Kettlecorn. Bailey, trusting him as a friend, asks for Cody’s opinion on what to do: to stay at Seven Seas High or to go home back to Kettlecorn. Cody almost tells her to stay (so that she could be with him), but not wanting to take advantage of her trust, he tells her to follow her heart.

Taking Cody’s advice, Bailey tells Moose that she is going to stay on the ship. She tells him that she does miss the farm, but she has so many adventures she doesn’t want to miss by leaving the ship. Moose then storms off saying he’d rather take Mary Lou (a girl with one tooth) to the movies. Cody tells Bailey how worried he was that she might leave him (but he covers it up, not wanting her to know his true feelings yet), and Bailey comforts him by telling him that she would miss him (but also covers it by saying she would miss everyone else too). In the end, Bailey ends up finally thanking Cody with a meaningful hug which flusters both of them (in a good way).

Trivia

• The title is a parody of the book, Much Ado About Nothing
• Moose is played by Hutch Dano who plays Zeke Thatcher in Zeke in Luther, another Disney show.

  

  Hutch Dano

• Mulch Ado About Nothing (Not counting International Dateline because the events didn't actually happen) is the first episode that Bailey shows romantic interest in Cody.

Gallery

Moose in the Wrestling Match

London dancing with Moseby in the "Kettlecorn Mulch Festival"

Cody and Moose arm wrestling

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