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Benchwarmers
Benchwarmers
Season: 3
Episode: 19 (season)
84 (series)
Production Code: 316
Absent: Ashley Tisdale as Maddie Fitzpatrick
Writer: Danny Kallis
Director: Jim Drake
Originally Aired: July 19, 2008
Previous:
"Romancing the Phone"
Next:
"Doin' Time in Suite 2330"

"Benchwarmers" is the 19th episode of the third season of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. London and Barbara did not make the cheerleading squad at Cheevers High. So they, Cody, and their friends decide to create their own squad, led by Mr. Moseby (who did cheerleading in high school and was even the captain).

Meanwhile, Zack tries out for boys' basketball and manages to make junior varsity--however, Zack (despite having been a star athlete in middle school) ends up becoming the worst player on the team (his coach even claims that his only actual strength are free throws) and has to adjust to being a benchwarmer.

Story[]

Zack tries out for the high school basketball team but realizes there's some stiff competition, the kind he didn't face in middle school, and worse yet, the giant, in-your-face Coach Little (Michael Clarke Duncan). Meanwhile, when Barbara and London got rejected as cheerleaders, they, along with Cody and Nia, form their own cheer-leading squad with the help of Mr. Moseby, who used to be a cheerleader captain when he was in high school, and two more rejects (Leslie and Haley).

Quotes[]

Mr. Moseby: Cheerleading has made me the man I am today.
Carey: Short and fussy?
Mr. Moseby: Well-dressed and your boss.
London: Whoa! Someone give me a B, give me a I, give me a T, E, R! What does that spell?
Barbara: "Biter"?
London: I meant to spell "bitter".
Cody: You know, that's pretty close for London.
Cody: See, you'd never see Barbara trying out for cheerleading. She's way too intellectual for that.
Barbara: Look, Cody! My pom-poms match my glitter!
Cody: Barbara, what are you doing here?
Barbara: Well, I'm in high school now and I wanna show people that there's more to me than just... math and science. (pushes her glasses up)
Cody: Barbara, you don't wanna go out there, flouncing around, wearing some short, tight, little skirt. (gets an excited look on his face, as if he was imagining Barbara in a cheerleader’s uniform) Go and get 'em, honey and don't take no for an answer!
Coach Little: (to Zack) Free throws are your strength.
Zack: What are my weaknesses?
Coach Little: Just about everything else.
Haley: I once hid for four weeks with no one finding me.
Nia: I got a feeling no one was looking for her.
Dana: May the best squad win.
Barbara: Proper grammar is "the better squad" and you're on, girl!
Nia: (to Dana) Oh, you like spirit? You're about to become one! (approaches Dana to punch her in the face but Cody, London, Barbara, Haley, and Leslie hold her back)
Dana: No, not the nose. It was a birthday present.
Barbara: That head cheerleader Dana is a total snob.
Nia: Ooh, I hate her. I caught her flirting with my boyfriend and if she keeps it up, she's gonna be eating her own pom-poms.
Carey: Girls, don't be upset about not making the cheerleading squad. They're just a bunch of elitist, stuck-up airheads.
Nia: You forgot man stealers.

Trivia[]

  • Zack's weight is probably responsible for him failing to make the team.
  • This episode is Maddie’s final absence in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, and the final appearance of Nia and Haley. It’s also the final appearances of Jessica, Janice, and Barbara. They return in The Suite Life on Deck.
  • Dana Wohl is pompous and petulant, she mistakes tearing someone else down for building herself up and she is competitive in a toxic way. All of these things make Dana a lot like Trina Vega, another fictional character played by Daniella Monet.
  • Nia mentioned that she and Vance broke up off-screen because the latter wanted to date Dana.

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