Kisses & Basketball

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“Kisses & Basketball”
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode

Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 22
Guest stars	Brian Stepanek Dennis Bendersky Patrick Bristow Alyson Stoner
Written by	Jim Geoghan Danny Kallis
Directed by	Danny Kallis
Production no.	120
Original airdate	January 1, 2006 (EST), December 31, 2005
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Kisses & Basketball is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 Goofs
4 References

[edit] Plot

London's father insists she cuts back her spending. She enlists Maddie to help her and they discover her shopping addiction is related to her disappointment in her father's frequent absences. When Zack makes the winning shot to send their team to the basketball finals, Max kisses Zack. After Zack insults her by saying she isn't really a girl, Cody and Tapeworm convince him to take Max on a real date. Although he goes on the date reluctantly, he finds himself falling for Max - for both her sense of fun and her beauty. After revealing this was originally a "pity date," Max is furious at Zack - and Zack is unable to score a basket in the team's finals. The two agree to forget the whole incident and remain just good friends. Max passes the ball to Zack who makes the winning shot and gives the team the championship.

[edit] Trivia

We find out Maddie has asthma or another type of allergy that requires an inhaler.
Voted the first new episode to be shown in 2006 in a Disney Channel online poll.
Arwin coaches the basketball team (because he was the only adult they could find). Team members include Zack, Max, and Tapeworm. Cody is also on the team, but other than one play where a basket is scored when Max accidentally bounces it off his head, he has always been on the bench.
After winning the championship, Carey kisses Arwin (much as Max did to Zack earlier in the episode) completely unaware of his crush on her.
The title of the episode is a parody of the teen film, "Love & Basketball (film)".
Even as Zack has a crush on Maddie he admits that he likes Max.
We find out that Mr. Tipton's name is Wilfred.
7th appearance of Arwin
4th appearance of Max
4th appearance of Tapeworm
2nd appearance of Patrick

[edit] Goofs

We see London's closet in this episode, and she has a remote controlled clothing device, but in That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana, she has only one mannequin and it isn't on the pole like in Kisses and Basketball. (It could be a different room though)
When Max puts ice cream on Zack there was ice cream all over him but in the next shot the ice cream was almost gone and all the ice cream on Zack's tuxedo was all gone.