Going for the Gold

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The Suite Life of Zack and Cody episode
“Going for the Gold”
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 16
Guest star(s)	Brian Stepanek, Ron Althoff, Craig Ricci Shaynak, Donna Pieroni
Writer(s)	Adam I. Lapidus
Director	Richard Correll
Production no.	221
Original airdate	June 10, 2006
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"Going for the Gold" is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Zack and Cody have just finished playing a basketball game when they see Arwin jogging around the lobby. Arwin tells them he is getting in shape for the hotel engineers games. Arwin’s opponent, Irv Welden, shows up and makes fun of him. Maddie asks Moseby for a raise, but he says no. London wants to open a boutique, but her father says no because she never finishes her other projects. London decides to use money from her grandmother to open the store.

Arwin finds out that Carey is the plunger girl and she will kiss the winner of the contest. London hires Maddie to work in her store for double what Moseby is paying her. The first event in the engineer games is racing with your toolbox to the finish line. Though distracted from talking about his cookie Arwin wins. The second event is putting an air conditioner together. Arwin finishes first, but the air blows in instead of out. Later on, Zack and Cody finds a part from Arwin’s air conditioner in Irv’s bag.

London asks Maddie if they sold anything and she replies four items. London tells her that is good. Maddie tells her she was the buyer and she used her employer 100% discount on all of them. Customers come in, but London insults them about their body shape and they leave. Zack and Cody discover Irv placing a cheat sheet in the bathroom on toilet paper for the next event which is putting the auto flush together. Irv wins that event in record time. Zack and Cody try to catch Irv in the act but he flushed the cheat sheet down the toilet.

Moseby tries to explain to London that she has to work hard to get what she want and not give up after a day or two. Arwin and Irv are the last two in the contest. The last contest is a relay race doing various tasks. London put an ad for the store on her dad’s blimp. Customers come pouring in. Zack and Cody trap Irv in the elevator. Arwin catches Zack and Cody helping him. He says he wants to win without cheating. Irv trips while trying to slide down a railing while Arwin crosses the finish line. Carey kisses him and he faints. The boutique made a lot of money, but after they deduct the gas they needed for the blimp the store still lost money. London tells Maddie she can’t be there the next week. Maddie quits to get her old job back.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

Irv was also mentioned in a previous episode, Election, as the most efficient hotel engineer.
Irv Wheldon exchanges Arwin's Fonzarelli 22 on/off switch with a Cunningham 200. Richie Cunningham and Arthur "The Fonz/Fonzie" Fonzarelli were characters on Happy Days.