Smart & Smarterer

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“Smart & Smarterer”
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode

Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 18
Guest stars	Adrian R'Mante Ernie Grunwald Charlie Stewart
Written by	Danny Kallis Adam I. Lapidus
Directed by	Richard Correll
Production no.	126
Original airdate	October 10, 2005
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"Smart & Smarterer" is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Main Plot

When Zack and Cody get their report card, Zack is yelled at for his poor grades and is threatened to go to Summer School. At school, Zack meets Bob, who is affected with dyslexia, and has some advantages due to the fact that he can't read. Zack then fakes dyslexia to stop being sent to summer school. Cody is the only one that knows Zack is faking. Carey doesn't believe Cody though, and feels guilty for yelling at Zack. Carey visits Zack in school and after Zack reads a sample perfectly discovers Carey realizes he is faking his dyslexia and decides to send him to summer school as a punishment.

Subplot

Moseby is sick and after turning down Esteban's offer of a home remedy loses his voice to laryngitis. Moseby is reduced to needing Esteban's notebook to write. Esteban uses this to his advantage and tries to make the others think Moseby has given him a raise, which leads to Moseby finally giving in and trying Esteban's unconventional home remedy. Esteban's remedy works and Moseby gets his voice back, but as a side effect Moseby smells really bad.
Maddie becomes angry when London wins every chess game they have, because London is unintelligent. After London lets Maddie win in chess on purpose, the two conclude the just because Maddie is bad at chess that doesn't mean she is stupid, she is just a smart girl who is bad at chess.

[edit] Trivia

The title of this episode is the opposite of the title of the movie Dumb and Dumberer.
First new episode to air on a weekday.
10th appearance of Esteban
1st appearance of Bob
This is the first time we have seen Zack and Cody's school since Hotel Hangout. This is also the first episode in which we see the inside of their school.
This episode is not entirely accurate in its presentation of dyslexia, it actually is possible for someone to have average or even superior reading skills and still be dyslexic,^[1] however Zack's proficiency for reading aloud may still be an indicator of him lying as dyslexics with good reading comprehension may still display difficulties with reading aloud.^[1]