Zack Martin

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Zackary Martin

First appearance	Hotel Hangout
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Zack
Age	14
Year of Birth	September 23, 1992
Occupation	None
Family	Cody Martin (twin brother); Carey Martin (mother); Kurt Martin (father)
Portrayed by	Dylan Sprouse

Zackary Martin, or Zack as he is called, is a fictional character from Disney Channel's television series, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, portrayed by Dylan Sprouse. He is older than his twin brother Cody Martin by 10 minutes.

[edit] Character information

Zack has a more "cool" attitude and does not have as much knowledge or common sense as Cody because Zack's mind is full of thoughts relating to girls and video games. According to the show, Zack has only gotten 1 B and 2 As (One of the As is only mentioned as an 85) in school. While he is not the best student academically, in the episode "Books & Birdhouses" he showed that he is extremely good at woodshop, to the point that his teacher decided to recommend him for advanced placement woodshop. Cody was stressed because Zack was better than him at woodshop.

Zack is the more troublesome of the twins. Cody and he are huge fans of the Boston Red Sox and hate the New York Yankees, as addressed in "Big Hair & Baseball". He likes skateboarding, playing basketball, and soccer; all which he is good at. He is also good at dancing, more so at hip hop-style dancing. He is always playing pranks on his twin brother and is more of a slob than him.

Although his brother is described as being the sweeter person of the two, Zack has proven to be the more loving brother in many episodes, and often defends Cody from bullies ("Kept Man"). Zack is more interested in girls, and makes advances on Maddie more frequently than on other girls, going as far as openly flirting with his brother Cody's girlfriends Gwen and Jolie. He tends to drag Cody into predicaments. He usually impresses girls with ease, but they sometimes think he's weird. He is said to have a "pointless" crush on Maddie, but this was disproved in "A Prom Story". He wants to be smart and pretends to take an interest in Maddie's likings when she is around. He talks sweet to her, having said "Hey, sweet thang" to her over 15 times in the two seasons. He wishes to become a race car driver/secret agent.

Zack has also been seen to be a bit hypocritical, as seen in "Poor Little Rich Girl" and "French 101".

He owns and is able to play a harmonica, as shown in "Boston Holiday". He has played lead/rhythm guitar for Rock Square in "Band in Boston" with fellow band members Cody Martin on the keyboard and backing vocalist, Max also on guitar and a backing vocalist, and Tapeworm on drums.

Zack is a exceptional bowler, as seen in "Bowling", averaging 225.

[edit] Relationships

There is a recurring theme with his on- and off- crush on Maddie as seen in several episodes such as "Maddie Checks In, A Prom Story, and Not So Suite 16."

His budding romantic relationship with Max (Alyson Stoner) ends almost before it begins in "Kisses & Basketball."

He often competes with Cody for the attentions of the same girl as in "French 101 and A Midsummer's Nightmare."

He avoids the attentions of Agnes (Allie Grant) in "Crushed and A Midsummer's Nightmare".

He tries to get romantic with English-born twins Jessica and Janice but more often than not he loses them to Cody -- Birdman of Boston, Twins at the Tipton, and Scary Movie.

In "Ask Zack" he writes an advice column and uses it to get a girl named Darlene to go out with him.

[edit] Trivia

According to the show, Zack has only been separated from Cody by more than 25 miles for 2 weeks (seen in "Cody Goes to Camp")
A running gag in the show involves Cody saying that Zack will eventually end up in jail. He almost did in "Rock Star in the House", and was in a mall jail for a short time in "Boston Holiday".
Zack can impersonate the voice of his mom Carey Martin very well, as seen in "What The Hey?", and he also is quite popular with the workers at the mall.
Zack knows the That's So Raven's main character Raven.
Zack is also a very good camper as shown in Ah! Wilderness!.
Zack also sleepwalks when frightened as revealed in the episode " Scary Movie".
Zack once sold 1 pint Cody's blood for money as revealed in "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee".