Books & Birdhouses

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“Books & Birdhouses”
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode

Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 9
Guest stars	Joey King D.C. Douglas Marianne Muellerleile Chris Dollard Lauren Cohn Phil Abrams Patricia Bethune Charlie Stewart
Written by	Jim Geoghan
Directed by	Richard Correll
Production no.	214
Original airdate	March 23, 2006
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"Books & Birdhouses" is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 Goofs
4 References

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

On the first day of middle school, Zack and Cody are fighting over classes. Carey tries to convince Cody to take an easy elective. Cody was taking advanced calculus using variables and values, but no one showed up, not even the teacher. Cody decides to take woodshop with Zack. On the first day of class, the teacher gets called out and puts Zack in charge. Zack tells Cody to tuck in his shirt because he's about to use a drill, but Cody doesn't want to and instead tries to make the hole in the wood without the drill, causing it to crack and leading Zack to give him a demerit. Cody has a dream that he is not accepted to the college of his choice because he got a "B" in woodshop. On the day of the final, Cody is afraid he is going to fail. The teacher announces that the final is to create something out of wood in one hour. He is called out of the room again. Thirty minutes pass and everyone is almost finished with their projects and Cody is still cutting his board in half (which he doesn't get even). The hour is almost up and everyone is finished. Zack built a clock and Cody built a birdhouse which looks like a wheelbarrow. Zack switches projects with Cody, but Cody tells the teacher the truth when he returns. The teacher says if it's a birdhouse it's a F and if it's a wheelbarrow it's a C. So Cody says it's a wheelbarrow.

Meanwhile, London and Maddie are writing a short story when London gets stuck. Maddie gives her a suggestion about London's dog Ivana, not knowing that London is typing it on her computer word for word. When the papers are returned, London got an "A" and Maddie got a "B". Mr. Moseby hangs London's story on the reception desk. Maddie is unhappy, but London gets her to promise not to tell the truth. Sister Dominick comes to the Tipton to announce that a publishing company bought the rights to London's story. London's book becomes a bestseller and she has a book signing at The Tipton. London is in the middle of reading her book to children when Sister Dominick tells her a film company bought the rights for $100,000. At this point Maddie tells Sister Dominick that she wrote the story. A man enters and announces that the writer of the book is being sued for copyright infringement. He gives London a bill for a million dollars. Maddie tells London that she must have gotten the idea from a book she read as a child.

[edit] Trivia

We learn in this episode that Maddie believes in leprechauns.
Mr. Woodburn tells the female teacher, Yolanda, that he 'can fix anything' several times. This could be a possible reference to the book Holes by Louis Sachar, where Sam the Onion salesman tells the teacher, Kate, he 'can fix that'. In both cases, they are flirting.
In Smart and Smarterer it is commented that Cody got an A is Woodshop. The teacher also calls Cody "A little Chizler". In Book and Birdhouses though he gets a C.

[edit] Goofs

While the wood shop teacher is lecturing Zack, the camera cuts to Cody and the eagle on top of the clock is gone. However when it is shown again, the eagle is back. When Yolanda comes into the room with the paper, it is a mark from the shredder being jammed, not the copier.

At one point during the episode, Cody is holding a piece of wood while he tells his mom how worried he is about not getting into college. In the next shot, the piece of wood is lying on a coffee table in front of Cody. In the very next shot, Cody is holding the piece of wood again.