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{{quote|''Six thousand dollars an hour might not sound like much, but it adds up!''|'''London Tipton'''}}

 

 

 

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 [[Disney Channel]], at six seasons and 162 episodes total.

 

 

* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: The twins have, on separate occasions, and despite their best efforts, attracted the affections of Agnes.

** Zack is this to Maddie.

** It's [[Lampshaded]] too, when Maddie asks "And I don't look like Ashley Tisdale? You people are all ''crazy''!" [[Don't Explain the Joke|It's funny because Maddie is played by Ashley Tisdale]].

** Also one of the twins says Max dances better than a girl in a [[Missy Elliot]] video. That girl was Alyson Stoner

* [[Adorkable]]: Cody Martin.

* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Zack and Cody's parents are on good terms.

* [[Asian and Nerdy]]: Barbara, Cody's girlfriend.

* [[Black Widow]]: Miss Klotz, Moseby's predecessor as Cruise Director of the ''S.S. Tipton'', from the episode "Let Us Entertain You":

'''Miss Klotz:''' Oh, no, no, widowed. }}

* [[Book Dumb]]: Zack. London was this before her [[Flanderization]] into a [[The Ditz|total ditz]].

* [[Brawn Hilda]]: In the bowling episode. Played by [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch|Aunt Hilda]].

* [[Brought Home the Wrong Kid]]: Carey gives us this little anecdote.

'''Carey:''' They were girls! }}

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Moseby.

* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Maddie, Carey.

** The twins once enlisted Arwin's assistance in removing the parental controls on their mature-rated video game. Arwin did so, but also removed all of the violence and gore.

* [[Crossover]]: ''[[That's So Raven|That's So]] Suite Life of [[Hannah Montana]]''.

** Also, if you break her purse, she will beat you up.

* [[Dawson Casting]]: 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. 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.

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Leo, a rich, lecherous, certifiably-insane old-timer, played by Rip Taylor, who took lessons at Esteban's dance school. He was constantly hitting on Shannon, his private nurse, and Carey.

* [[The Ditz]]: London, due to [[Flanderization]].

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: Max embarrassed herself repeatedly during student body presidential elections by trying to get people to laugh at her burns against Cody by explaining them.

 

* [[Dyeing for Your Art]]:

** [[Ashley Tisdale]], a natural brunette, was asked to dye her hair blonde for the role of Maddie as a possible aversion of the [[Dumb Blonde]].

** In the episode "Romancing the Phone", in Maddie's day dream a guy asks her if she's a real blonde and she replies "I dye my roots brown."

* [[The Eeyore]]: Haley.

* [[Egg Sitting]]: The baby doll London and Maddie have to take care of for an episode.

* [[Eighties Hair]]: Moseby explains the arrangement of photos on his office wall in "Risk It All":

* [[Face Palm]]: Maddie did this quite a bit during her stint as producer of ''Yay Me!''

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: From "Let Us Entertain You":

'''Zack:''' I'd rather get stung! }}

** [[The Hero]] - Mr. Moseby

** [[The Lancer]] - Esteban

** [[Sixth Ranger]] - Nia

* [[Flamboyant Gay]]: Maitre d' Patrick ([[Justified Trope|as is the actor who plays him]]). This caused a hilarious reference in one later episode when Carey does a dead-on impression of him.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Whenever someone calls London on her antisocial behavior, she cites her father's poor example.

* [[Funny Foreigner]]: Esteban. And Ilsa Shickelgrubermeiger-Von Helsing der Keppelugerhofer.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Arwin. And surprisingly, London when it comes to playing Chess.

* [[Handsome Lech]]: Kurt Martin.

* [[Holding Both Sides of the Conversation]]: Attempted in an early episode, where one twin has to convince the babysitter they're both in the bathroom while the other sneaks off.

* [[Hot Mom]]: Carey Martin. Seems to be quite a few of these in Disney shows. [[Parent Service|Hmm, I wonder why...]]

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Used all the time.

* [[Inept Aptitude Test]]

* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: From the episode "The Prince & the Plunger":

** In one episode Maddie falls for a rich guy and attempts to look and act rich so he will like her.

** In another episode, London falls for a delivery boy, and seeks Maddie's counsel on how to act poor.

* [[I Was Quite a Looker]] / [[Identical Grandson|Identical Kiosk Girl That's Not Related To Me In the Slightest]] - In her younger years, Muriel [[Economy Cast|was played by Ashley Tisdale]].

** For all of his frustrations at the twins' antics, Mr. Moseby does show that he cares about them.

* [[Jerkass]]: A lot of one-shot characters in opposition to the main cast are this, being insulting, demeaning, or just plain rude. Zack and London also have their moments with this.

* [[Karma Houdini]]:

** Muriel often gets away with petty theft. She's also seen numerous times lounging around during work hours. Once when she [[Moment Killer|interrupted a date]], London asked her "Aren't you supposed to be working?" Muriel's response - "What's your point?"

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Zack and London do this a lot, though one of Zack's more notorious examples is when he caused a French girl that liked Cody to break up with him because he couldn't believe that a girl would like Cody voluntarily.

** Ilsa Shickelgrubermeiger-Von Helsing der Keppelugerhofer seems to do almost nothing ''but'' this in all three of her appearances.

* [[Kidanova]]: Zack, though to be fair, his attempts failed just as often as they succeeded.

* [[Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films]]: The twins take their dates not to see the kiddie film ''Doggie Came Home'' but the horror film ''Zombie Mom''. Zack ends up having nightmares and sleepwalking in the hotel, stacking the lobby furniture against the door to stop the zombies.

* [[Kitsch Collection]]: Arwin's mom's incredibly spooky collection of owl figurines.

* [[Mama Bear]]: Carey who even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it in "Cody Goes to Camp":

'''Carey:''' Did you even see the one about what a mother bear will do to protect her cubs? }}

* [[Mother Penguin]]: Sister Dominick.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Dumb hotel heiress whose first name is a famous capitol of an European country. Hmm. Who could that possibly be a reference to? It's even [[Lampshaded]] at one point:

'''Sister Dominick:''' No, I'm talking about you. }}

* [[Not So Different]]: Although the Martin boys appear, at first glance, to be [[Different As Night and Day]], they're much more alike than either would care to admit. Zack is, in many ways, as much of a nerd as Cody, enjoying comics books and online fantasy games. Cody, likewise, is as big of a perv as Zack, such as when he encouraged Barbara to pursue cheerleading based on the realization that she'd be showing a lot more skin than he was accustomed to seeing.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Moseby, Maddie, Carey and occasionally Cody trade off who gets to hold the [[Sanity Ball]], though on occasion they manage to share it.

* [[Overly Long Name]]:

* [[Panty Shot]]: Maddie's panties can be seen in "Commercial Breaks". [[All Men Are Perverts|Male fans went nuts]].

** Actually, it's a black slip on, but it resembled boyleg panties.

* [[Playing Cyrano]]: Maddie for London when she tries to date a smart guy.

* [[Prayer of Malice]]: In "Volley Dad", one of the nuns in Maddie's Catholic school prays that their volley ball team will viciously crush the opposing team.

** [[Lampshaded]] in "The Suite Life Goes Hollywood", wherein the host had to bribe the audience with food to laugh.

* [[Put Off Their Food]]: In "Twins at the Tipton", Maddie and London double date with twins and Maddie goes out with the nerdy twin. He starts talking about gross trivia at the dinner table, including that it takes "3 hours for meat to move through your intestines so the bile can churn up the gastric acid." Maddie then replies that she'll have a salad.

* [[Running Gag]]: Someone always manages to save the vase in the center of the lobby when it gets knocked over. {{spoiler|It finally gets destroyed in the final episode.}}

* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Nia Moseby.

* [[Scary Black Man]]: Moseby is his own proprietary brand: a short, fussy, pretentious, effeminate milquetoast who nonetheless instills fear and trembling in his subordinates. Coach Little is more of a straight example.

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Moseby, when startled, which he gets quite easily.

** Many of Tipton Industries' business practices have been either implied or stated outright to be highly unethical, and at times, outright illegal. Numerous things London has said strongly imply that her father has left her with the impression that rich people are above the law.

** Played straight with this example: When Carey was giving London singing lessons, she recommended London think of something that reminded of her of each note on the musical scale to remember them.

'''London:''' "Law" is something you get to break if you're rich. *points to herself and mouths, "Me"* }}

** [[Subverted]] with this one:

'''Chelsea:''' My daddy told me the same thing...the last time I visited him in prison. }}

** In "I Want My Mummy", Mr. Tipton used his money to hire an over-glorified grave robber to steal archaeological artifacts from Estaban's Peruvian village and brought them to the Boston Tipton. What's really scary here is that Mr. Tipton, showing a complete lack of morals, lied to London that he was not stealing.

'''Maddie:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|...Well, as long as they weren't STOLEN!]] }}

** There's also the "Fung Shwei" craze that London goes through in one episode. After Esteban's family accidentally drills a hole in a Tipton pipeline, she announces (happily) that they're going to bulldoze the family's house and build a resort. Esteban bursts into tears at the news.

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Cody plays the former and Zack the latter each to perfection.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: ''Yay Me! starring London Tipton'', a [[Web Original|webshow]] within a show.

* [[Silent Bob]]: Norman the Doorman. The number of times that he talks can be counted on two fingers. He says "Thank you boys!" in one episode and "Doors without doormen hurt people!" in another.

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: The smart guy London tries to date turns out to be Maddie's [[Opposites Attract|polar opposite]] on the [[Strawman Political|political spectrum]]. Not only does this cause her to blow her cover as [[Playing Cyrano]], but also results in a shouting match, name-calling...and making out.

* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: There are two episodes where a loud noise prevents the audience from hearing Zack and/or Cody being cussed out. The first is sound of a bus horn while Zack's miniature golf date Ella cusses him out for being a poor sport. The second is when the ship's horn drowns out the sound of Carey cussing the boys out for shanghaiing her into doing practically ''every bit of entertainment on the ship''.

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: London, at the cost of [[Flanderization|losing most of her brains]].

* [[Stereotype Flip]]: Maddie and London are the inverse of the [[Dumb Blonde]], [[Asian and Nerdy|Smart Asian]] stereotype.

** Though in the [[Alternate Universe]] of Suite Smell of Success, the stereotypes are withheld.

* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: While London was always flighty and slightly dim, in Season 1 she was fairly competent and able to do things for herself, as well as astute and quick witted. Over the course of episodes, however, she progressively became almost [[Too Dumb to Live]] until she is who the character has become today. See [[Hidden Depths]] under 'On Deck' as well.

* [[Twin Switch]]

* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: Cody's girlfriend Barbara, who is both Japanese and Jewish.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]:

** Maddie and London, Type 2.

** Also, Zack and Cody.

*** London with Zack and Cody too.

* [[Your Costume Needs Work]]: In "Not So Sweet 16", lots of girls pretend to be London Tipton in order to get to her party, and the real London Tipton gets mistaken for one of those pretenders.

* [[Your Mom]]

* [[Zany Scheme]]: As any [[Disney Channel]] sitcom would have it.

 

== Tropes in ''The Suite Life on Deck'' ==

* [[Aborted Arc]]: An arc began at the end of the second season involving Dante, a pre-teen impostor who had assumed Marcus' old persona of Lil' Little, and continued when Dante stowed away aboard the ''Tipton'', at which point Marcus reluctantly took the youngster under his wing and arranged for him to have a job performing aboard the ship. Since Marcus left, it's unlikely we'll see Dante again. [[The Scrappy|Most fans don't mind]].

** Also:

* [[Affectionate Parody]]:

** Naomi Wyoming is a paper-thin parody of [[Hannah Montana]], made all the funnier by the fact that Bailey meets and parties with the actual [[Hannah Montana]] after this episode. The outfit used for the appearance is even a differently toned one of an actual [[Hannah Montana]] outfit.

** The episode Starship Tipton is basically ''[[Star Trek]]''. They even got George Takei (Sulu) to play London's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandson.

** "The Spy Who Shoved Me" is a send-up of [[James Bond]] films.

* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: Kirby's means of infiltrating the engine room. Kirby aptly notes:

* [[American Gothic Couple]]: In the episode "Mulch Ado About Nothing", Cody's re-creation of the Mulch Festival for Bailey includes a couple of passengers posing as the couple from the painting. [[Lampshaded]] by Cody:

* [[Ass Shove]]: Zack and Woody land safely on the observation deck. Their pursuer, the gangster Stefane, lands on the spire, resulting in an "Eiffel Tower wedgie".

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: London at least once.

* [[Boldly Coming]]: Just barely [[Averted]] between Moseby and a [[Green Space Babe|purple skinned]] version of Tutweiller.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Emma Tutweiller.

* [[Camp Gay]]:

** Implied with London's many-times great grandson Rome, after all he is played by George Takei.

** Also both Zack and Moseby were addicted to online gaming in "Tiptonline" but play an online game in "Love and War"

* [[Captivity Harmonica]]: In the episode "Parrot Island", London plays a harmonica while imprisoned on the titular island, and [[Genius Ditz|plays it quite well]] to boot.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: London ''[[Obfuscating Stupidity|seems]]'' to have retreated into her own world in this series.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: A lot of characters, major and minor, become guilty of this, but Woody's, well, in a class of his own. For example, in "Boo You", Bailey gets fed up with London and Woody pranking her on "Yay Me! Starring London Tipton" and smashes Woody's camera, which leads to this exchange.

'''Woody:''' * excited* I'm getting a salary?! }}

** When Ms. Tuttweiler is trying to help Bailey get over her breakup with Cody:

'''Bailey:''' She means Cody. }}

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: In the episode "Model Behavior", Moseby punishes Zack, Marcus, and Woody for throwing a party without his authorization and encouraging a group of teen models to stay out past curfew by making them don snorkeling gear and fish the floaties they threw overboard out of the ocean.

** In "Lost at Sea", Tutweiller tells Mr. Moseby that she used to be a weather girl for Vermont. In "Seven Seas News", she shows the class a video of one of her segments.

* [[Crazy Cat Lady]]: Emma Tutweiller started off as a mildly-neurotic thirty-something woman [[Kindhearted Cat Lover|who just happened to have a few cats]]. As of Season 3, she's [[Flanderization|devolved]] into a certifiably-insane serial stalker who keeps in excess of thirty cats in her cabin, using them as dress-up dolls and sock puppets. [[Lampshaded]] by Moseby:

* [[Crossover]]: ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]] On Deck with [[Hannah Montana]]''.

** Also the ''[[I'm in The Band]]'' episode "Weasels on Deck".

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Quite a few characters have their moments. Maya, Zack, Bailey (especially around London), and Moseby of course. Even London has her moments.

* [[Demonic Possession]]: In the episode "Can You Dig It?", Bailey finds herself possessed by the spirit of the ancient South American royal Princess Zaria when Zack finds her [[Artifact of Doom|crown]], thereby releasing her spirit from her [[Soul Jar|bust]].

** ''[[Ghostbusters]]''?

*** Here's another; Bailey, the girl from a farm and Cody, the smart [[Dogged Nice Guy]] end up dating and turn [[Jerkass]] during their time together and drag down the show somewhat. [[The Big Bang Theory|Where did I see that previously?]]

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Cody toward Bailey in the first season. A mild subversion, as it was pretty clear that Bailey liked him, too. When they got together, the writers shifted this trait onto Marcus, who acts this way toward London, who is [[Cloudcuckoolander|too much in her own world]] to notice.

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: It was pretty obvious from the beginning that Bailey liked Cody the same way he liked her.

** Ironically, this episode aired the day after Kurt Warner's (Who guest starred wearing said jersey) final game. Now we know why he retired.

* [[Messy Pig]]: [[Inverted]] with Bailey's pet pig.

* [[Expy]]: Dante was pretty much an expy of Stanley from ''[[That's So Raven]]'', before his storyline was [[Aborted Arc|written out]] and he [[Brother Chuck|disappeared]].

* [[Fan Service]]: Scenes on the Sky Deck frequently have babes in bikinis in the background. But only in the background. The main characters can't wear bikinis on a Disney show.

* [[Feathered Fiend]]: 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.

** [[The Hero]] - Cody

** [[The Lancer]] - Zack

* [[Gamer Chick]]: Maya, as revealed in "Love and War".

* [[Gasshole]]: Woody, who can perform [[Stairway to Heaven]] [[Blazing Saddles|Le Petomane]]-style after eating the Mexican buffet.

* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: From the episode "International Dateline":

'''Zack:''' *takes gum out mouth* I can quit anytime I want. Starting tomorrow. *resumes chewing* }}

* [[Groin Attack]]: Zack inflicted one upon himself with a croquet mallet.

* [[Groundhog Day Loop]]: One episode had the ship getting stuck in a time loop because of lightning striking it as it crossed the International Dateline. Only Cody notices the problem. [[Wrong Genre Savvy|He believed it was because that he and Bailey were meant to be together]], but realizes the truth when wooing Bailey didn't fix things. The loop is solved when Cody manages to slow down the ship's speed.

** In "I Brake for Whales", some of the characters locked in the wheel room pay homage to ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' with their codenames. Only one is real, one receives a [[Gender Flip]], and two are not characters from the movie.

* [[Hufflepuff House]]: The students at Seven Seas High who aren't the main characters, Maya, Woody or Addison. There are some episodes where other characters come out of the shadows and then are never seen again.

* [[Humiliation Conga]]: Played with in the episode "Boo You" where Bailey becomes London's target for repeated pranks that get more and more humiliating. After one where she's embarrassed in front of the ''entire ship'', London asks if Bailey "understands" that she's only doing this for viewers. Bailey replies "Understand ''this!''" and then grabs the camera they were using to film the prank and throws it onto the deck, smashing it. It's probably the most embarrassing for Bailey because not only does wake up with her bed on the deck in front anybody watching London's show, but she is also wearing a retainer that she wears on her head and pig pajamas with a pink, curly tail on her butt. Ouch.

* [[Hypno Fool]]: London gets hypnotized to act more like Bailey. When the hypnotist tried to change her back, he accidentally trances the daughter of the dean from Harvard University.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Again used all the time.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: The title once again, most of the episode titles, and most of Woody's "jokes". Also implemented from time-to-time when Moseby is yelling at Zack.

* [[Informed Attribute]]: We're told Zack's a bad boy. We've never seen it. Unless you count Zany Schemes.

* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] of:

** The ''[[Star Trek]]'' theme in "Starship Tipton".

* [[Make Up or Break Up]]: Cody and Bailey didn't so much end their relationship as [[The Masochism Tango|put it out of its misery]]. (And the misery of those around them.)

* [[Married At Sea]]: Esteban and Francesca in the episode "Mother of the Groom".

* [[The Masochism Tango]]: Cody and Bailey started out as a sweet couple who were well-matched intellectually and very tolerant and forgiving of one another's faults. As the second season progressed, everything became a competition between them, and they seem to generally bring out the worst in one another.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Fairly frequent, but most noticeable in Cody and Bailey's breakup scene, which has the heart-wrenching drama of their argument and breakup punctuated by the slapstick of being rained on by shoes, and having Zack and Woody land on Cody.

* [[Motivational Kiss]]: Zack gets one from Maddie in "Maddie On Deck".

* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]: Not referring to people, but this exchange from ''The Suite Life on Deck''.

'''Zack:''' And then whatever ''you've'' got, right? }}

* [[Never My Fault]]: After their breakup, Cody has been putting all of the blame for it on Bailey. {{spoiler|At least until "The Play's the Thing".}}

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: "I Brake for Whales" has the voice of a marine biologist who is Jacques Cousteau in all but name.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Recent episodes suggest that London may be exhibiting such.

** Mr. Blanket, Seven Seas High's guidance counselor, is himself certifiably insane, distracts people when they examine his credentials, and despite having written a book on them, his methods are questionable at best.

** In "So You Think You Can Date", Cody and Bailey take dating tips respectively from Zack and London. In the end they ruin both their dates because Cody acts too much like a [[Jerkass]] and Bailey too much like a [[Cloudcuckoolander]].

* [[Orphaned Punchline]]: In the episode "The Spy Who Shoved Me", Moseby and London, on separate occasions, tell a joke (or perhaps two different jokes with the same punchline) whose punchline is "Nougat!" Apparently, the guests find it hilarious, leaving the audience to wonder what was so funny.

** Possibly a [[Brick Joke]] from "The Suite Life Goes to Hollywood: Part One" from the parent series in which Moseby attempts to tell the producers of the new show a funny story. This is evidenced by the fact that the delivery of the word "nougat" is exactly the same.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: In an episode where the group visits the home of [[Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Holmes']] author, where the original draft of the story is stolen. Cody figures out a supposed British resident is actually Belgian, due to him saying 'fries' instead of 'chips', and it is revealed he was the [[Gentleman Thief]].

* [[The Pig Pen]]: Woody's hygiene, or rather, lack thereof, is the source of many of the series' jokes.

* [[Preppy Name]]: Several students aside from Zack, Cody, and Bailey. Among them are Holden, Addison, London (obviously), and even Woody whose name is short for [[Woodrow Wilson|Woodrow.]]

** Bailey briefly left the ship in early Season 3 to return to Kettlecorn.

** {{spoiler|Marcus}} leaves the ship in the aptly named "Bon Voyage" in Season 3 to star on a Broadway show.

* [[Red Shirt]]: [[Lampshaded]], then spoofed in "Starship Tipton". After the main cast goes to the future, they have to change their clothes to blend in.

'''Marcus:''' See? }}

** At the end of the episode, the red-clad [[Star Trek|George]] ''[[Star Trek|frigging]]'' [[Star Trek|Takei]] suffers the same fate.

* [[Romantic False Lead]]: Cody spent the better part of Season One contending with these guys for Bailey's affection.

* [[Sadly Mythtaken]]: "It's All Greek To Me" claims that Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus. Of course, the most well-known story of Aphrodite has her a generation older than Zeus, and her father is technically Uranus, although the way she was conceived is not something they could talk about on Disney Channel. To be fair, there are some later tales that have her as Zeus's daughter.

* [[Ship Tease]]:

** On-going between Moseby and Tutweiller.

** In "Silent Treatment":

'''Bailey:''' London, thank you. Boyfriends come and go, but girlfriends are always there for ya. }}

** Zack/London was also got it's share of teasing before he finally [[Official Couple|hooked up with Maya]].

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Justin Russo of ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' gets one in the "[[Wizards of Waverly Place]] On Deck with [[Hannah Montana]]" crossover.

** So does Cody in "Senior Ditch Day".

** From "The Defiant Ones".

** The name of the episode ("The Defiant Ones") is also a shout-out to the 1958 film that, like the episode, features a white guy and a black guy who hate each other learning mutual respect as a result of being handcuffed together.

** The name of the episode "Model Behavior" comes from a 2000 [[Disney Channel]] Original Movie which also starred Kathie Lee Gifford.

*** They were inside Zack's arcade on [[Second Life|Better Life]] even.

** In "Silent Treatment":

'''Bailey:''' She means Cody. }}

** From the episode "My Oh Maya":

'''Gina:''' How could I say no? You blast off a 0600 to [[Armageddon|destroy that asteroid and save the world]]! }}

** The plot of "Computer Date" bears some similarity to the plot of the 1999 [[Disney Channel]] Movie ''Smart House''.

'''Callie:''' That's my favorite movie. Though the beginning was kind of slow. }}

** In "Party On!" Maya's full name is revealed to be Maya [[Pride and Prejudice|Elizabeth Bennett]]. It's rather apt, as both girls are attractive, intelligent, and snarky, and both initially rejected the advances of a suitor who was attractive, but way too full of himself.

** In "A London Carol", [[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation|a squirrel jumps out of the Christmas tree and attacks Moseby]].

** "Snakes on a Boat":

** After it's revealed that {{spoiler|Ashton stole Violet's necklace and framed Zack for it,}} he claims he "[[Scooby Doo|would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!]]"

** The Head — Cody

** The Muscle — Zack

* [[The Spock]]: Cody is this normally, but sepcial mention should be made for when he becomes a full-blown [[Expy]] in ''Starship Tipton''.

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: While checking out babes in the main lobby:

'''Zack:''' That's Cody! }}

** In Woody's defense, he lost his glasses, and is nearsighted.

* [[Stalker Shrine]]: Cody's footlocker contains one dedicated to Bailey.

* [[Starfish Aliens]]: The Antareans from the episode "Starship Tipton" seem more insectoid than humanoid, having four arms, antennae, and nothing that could really be called a face.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: In the episode "When In Rome", Zack mentions cowboy-ghetti, presumably a kid's pasta dish. No one brings up how this makes {{spoiler|spaghetti western.}}

** Also, Bailey could be considered this to Maddie. At least early in the show, she filled the role of the poor smart but pretty girl.

* [[Take That]]: Cody's response in "Starship Tipton" when he hears Bailey will receive eight Nobels... for peace:

** Considering the fact that the entire Curie family won five Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry for such feats as discovering the elements between Bismuth and Thorium and discovering nuclear transmutation, he should have seen that coming. No single person has ever won more than two Nobel Prizes.

** Just because you don't got a brain doesn't mean you don't got a lot to say. Don't you watch reality TV?

** On the episode of said break-up though, as Bailey, who saw him on a practice run through of their anniversary with London, assumed he cheated and stood him up until she learned otherwise. The fight though, did bring up all of his new jerkass tendencies.

** Really Bailey seems more of the Jerkass she constantly belittles Cody and always tries to upstage him. She gets extremely angry at him for teaching a cooking class and giving his students pointers. She almost breaks up with him because she has to take care of him during an assignment. Finally she goes to a sleazy guy for comfort, who pretty much admits he is just trying to get into her pants. After she sees Cody with a an unknown girl that just so happens to have the same hair extensions as her best friend, instead of asking Cody or London about it.

* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The promo for the Season 3 episode "My Oh Maya" completely gave away the main plot that Zack [[Ladykiller in Love|would develop real feelings for a girl]], and would resolve to change his [[Kidanova|womanizing]] ways.

** There was also Bon Voyage, where simply hitting info in the guide would tell you:

* [[Trash of the Titans]]: Woody can "produce" enough gas to create an explosion and to "teach" Cody to hold his breath for 6 minutes. In the episode "Splash and Trash", Cody gathered a mountain of trash on the deck to teach a [[Green Aesop]]

'''Woody:''' (smiling ) I'm Filthy. }}

* [[Trickster Twins]]: The eponymous twins.

** [[Justified]] though, as they are out to sea.

* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: [[Hand Wave|London has a private submarine following the boat with her wardrobe]]...and a blimp, and a barge, and she ''still'' doesn't have enough closet space, which is why she resorts to underhanded tactics such as opening a fake boutique and booking an extra cabin under a false name.

* [[Very Special Episode]]: "I Brake For Whales" where the kids {{spoiler|lock themselves in the engine room and turn off the boat to prevent it from hitting a pod of endangered blue whales.}}

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: London and Bailey. Type 2.

* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]: Something of a [[Running Gag]]. To wit:

** In the episode "The Wrong Stuff", Woody's off-screen projectile vomiting is implied to be quite profuse when Cody holds up an umbrella at the edge of the frame to protect himself and London, having to reposition the device several times.

** Happens twice to Zack in the span of three minutes in the episode "Rock the Kasbah". Though actually the first time [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot|it's not off-screen]].

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: In the episode where Cody is trying to become international chess champion.

'''Zack:''' I ''did'' check. It's in Russian. }}

** Earlier in the same episode:

'''London:''' I don't care how fast they were writing! }}

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Parodied in the episode "Starship Tipton", it itself being a parody of [[Star Trek]]. All of the background characters, except for London's great x12 grandson, have odd hairstyles and colors, including Zerg, Zack's identical descendant, who has blue hair in the style of a Roman helmet.

 

== Tropes in ''The Suite Life Movie'' ==

* {{spoiler|[[Assimilation Plot]]}}: To a certain extent. In fact, Dr. Olsen wants to {{spoiler|merge twins together into a single entity once they have bonded well enough.}} He appearently wants to end suffering from differences in individuals the world over, but primarily he aims to {{spoiler|end his suffering from being the "inferior" twin to Dr. Spaulding}}.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Cody presses Zack's the movie when he says this:

''(Zack then begins to scream his head off as he tries to beat Cody to a pulp)'' }}

* [[Broken Aesop]]: Zack and Cody {{spoiler|are saved from [[Evil Plan|merging together into one personality and joining the twin hive mind]] by arguing with one another. They are essentially saved by the power of how much they can't stand each other}}.

* [[Creepy Twins]]: Some of the twins partaking in the Gemini project are rather... peculiar. They act and often talk perfectly in synch. {{spoiler|Turns out this derives from the first three stages of the Gemini project: a physical connection with the twins sharing the same sensations, a emotional connection with the twins feeling empathy, and the twins become almost exactly alike (i.e. copying each other's sentences perfectly.)}}

* [[Darker and Edgier]]

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Hurting each other, hurts each other.

* [[Dramatic Unmask]]: Multiple times during a flashback montage.

* {{spoiler|[[Hive Mind]]}}: {{spoiler|Dr Olsen merges together sets of twins into a single personality and eventually creates a hive mind.}}

* [[Hot Scientist]] / [[The Vamp]]: Kellie and her twin Nellie, who discreetly goad Zack to ride the submarine that helps cause destruction and get Cody kicked out of his first internship with Dr. Spaulding, and later, convince Zack to not leave the Gemini Project. {{spoiler|Of course they are doing it specifically under Dr. Olsen's orders.}}

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Just after Zack and Cody find out about {{spoiler|the merge and hive mind.}}

'''Zack:''' That's a really deep well. }}

* [[The Movie]]

* [[Stargate City]]: Where the movie was filmed.

* [[Synchronization]]: The plot. The two are so at odds with each other that it is effectively [[Chained Heat]].

 

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