The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

Books & Birdhouses

Season 2, Episode 9, Aired 3/23/06

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Cody is disappointed when he finds out that Zack is doing better than him in woodshop at school. London takes credit for a book that Maddie wrote.

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Phill Lewis

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This is an episode that real life can't live up to.

5.8

"Mediocre"

By mushroom_idol, Oct 08, 2011 Report Abuse

In this episode of the suite life of zack and cody, zack and cody go into woodshop. zack is doing great, but cody is almost failing. this episode really can't live up too real life. in woodshop, the teacher doesn't just leave the class room. they help you out. also projects can't be done in just one hour. projects can take up to about a week, that has so unrealistec when they finished everything so fast. I think that this episode should be redone and be more reality based.

Overall, this is a pretty bad episode, that isn't in real life.moreless

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Zack excells while Cody gets in over his head.

7.0

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By HelpMickeyMouse, Jul 14, 2010 Report Abuse

Cody has always been the smart one and has always been better at school, but Zack's lack of ambition just doesn't stop his skills in right-brained courses. Cody joins woodshop, but with Zack being in the class, Cody gets a little cocky and ends up failing. Classes that revolve around creativity ain't so easy if you can't handle the dirty work. Yep, creative boy right here! In the subplot, London and Maddie have a short story assignment. Maddie give London an idea for a good story, London takes it, she gets an "A", and the story is being published! And all the credit goes to... no, not Maddie, London! And now Maddie is not happy. (I don't blame her). In the end, the book is found to platurized by another book, and London gets caught. Oh, but the catch is that even though London nearly got what she deserved, Maddie gets punished instead! I don't like that nun, she's never nice to Maddie and London always gets the better end of the stick. I'm still wondering if London learned anything from all this.
Anyway, while Cody is still failing, he learns that you don't have to be perfect at everything and lets Zack have the credit for his good work. Well, that, and being a good brother.moreless

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This was another episode that was good but not great and not exactly one of my favorites. Some things were funny but it wasn't really that great of an episode.

7.0

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By blondwildboy, Aug 09, 2009 Report Abuse

The part of the story with London and Maddie was boring and not even worth talking about. As for the story with Cody taking woodshop with Zack, it had some funny moments but to be honest, this was one of the more boring episodes of the series. The funniest part was when Cody made that crazy looking birdhouse that didn't look anything like a birdhouse. Other than that there really isn't much to say about this episode. There were a few funny moments but when I say a few I mean very few. This is not a favorite episode of mine at all.moreless

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ok episode...

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By Fwirrel, Nov 28, 2007 Report Abuse

Cody is doing poorly in shop class while Zack is doing great. Meanwhile, London takes credit for a book Maddie wrote. In the end, however, the book turned out to be copied and London got in trouble for it. I am not a big Suite Life of Zack and Cody fan and this episode is one of the reasons I am not. I thought the entire story line of the book was cheesy and would never happen in real life. The shop class story was mildly interesting and it was interesting to see a different side of Zack. Overall, ok episode.moreless

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Not one of my favorites, but okay.

7.0

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By coaster41395, Nov 10, 2007 Report Abuse

Books and Birdhouses reminds me of Big hair and Baseball and Kisses and Basketball. Just the titles though. They both compare 2 things. Well anyways, this isn't my favorite episode nor my least favorite. The reason why I rated it a 7 was because it was that funny, and it was at parts somewhat boring. But this is just my opinion. Emily from Day Care is also in this episode, and she's really cute. London gets an A on her report, while Maddie gets a B. London keeps rubbing it in her face. The subplot was better that the main plot (The subplot is the part with Maddie and London).moreless

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Trivia
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- Nitpick: Maddie said London wrote her short story down, but she actually typed it. Edit
- Cody was holding a piece of wood while he was in his suite, but at the next shot of him, the wood was on the table and not in his hands. Edit
- London can win a game of Solitaire, but yet she can't spell dog. Edit
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- The German episode title is "Fremde Federn", meaning "Borrowed Plumes". Edit
- Maddie receives her 2nd detention in the series. Edit
- Cody never thought woodshop was hard until this episode. Edit
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- Mr. Woodburn: Remember, this counts for 1/4 of your final grade. Cody: (Panicking) A! Zack: Would you relax? You're going to do fine! Bob: No, he won't. He's hopeless. Zack: Not helping. Bob: Not lying. Edit
- London: Remember kids, reading makes you smartererer. Edit
- (After Zack switches their projects) Cody: You cant do that! Zack: Sure I can. I dont mind getting another bad grade, and getting an A means everything to you. Edit
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