Cody Martin
Encyclopedia
Cody Martin is a main character created by Danny Kallis
and Jim Geoghan for The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
and its sequel
/spin-off
The Suite Life on Deck
. Cody has also appeared on cross-over episodes of other Disney Channel
series, such as That's So Raven
, Wizards of Waverly Place
, Hannah Montana
and I'm in the Band
.
at 6:40 on a Saturday. The year of his birth is not clear. In The Suite Life on Deck episode, "Das Boots", it is said to be 1993. However, in the episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody titled "Poor Little Rich Girl", a baby video of he and his brother is date-stamped September 23, 1992. Cody is more erudite, mature, and intelligent than his twin brother Zack
. Cody also tends to be more sensitive, caring and better behaved than his brother, but he is not perfect; he has shown acts of meanness and greed. He generally receives good grades in school, and according to Zack, Cody has a 5.0 grade point average. He is often referred to as a nerd, though he has stated that he prefers "educationally gifted". London Tipton
, daughter of the man who owns the Tipton Hotel in which he resides for the duration of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, has used him on various occasions to complete her school work. He shows less interest in girls than his brother, and typically doesn't date a lot. He is shown to have a strong, almost obsessive, fear of germs. In "Big Hair & Baseball," it is revealed that he has astigmatism
. Cody is proven to have a Swedish background in the Suite Life on Deck episode "The Swede Life", where it is shown that Zack and Cody's ancestors come from Sweden
. He originally intended to attend Harvard University
; however, he had a bad encounter with the Dean of Harvard, as he helped to lie when Zack dated the Dean's daughter. Later on, he made a new decision to attend Yale
. Cody has said that his biggest dream is to win a Nobel Prize
.
, which became their new home until The Suite Life on Deck. He and Zack became friends with Maddie Fitzpatrick, and he kept a picture of her in his room when he later moved to the SS Tipton. He has shown a passion for cooking, cleanliness
, mime artist
ry, dance, and stamp collecting. Cody is known for doing well in school and showing interest in several intellectual activities. This has resulted in him attending math camp, winning a spelling bee
, etc. He can be easily frightened, and often does worse at physical activities than Zack. He also won the election for 8th grade class president.
Like Zack, he inherits some musical talents from his parents. It is seen that he received singing talents like his mother, as seen in the episode Lip-Syncing in the Rain and Sleepover Suite, and is shown to have an acting ability. In addition to vocal ability, Cody plays the French horn and the violin
. In contrast to Zack, Cody is closer to his mother and heeds her advice. He has a great fear of horror movies; however, it was Zack rather than Cody who was more frightened by Zombie Mom.
In the first season, Cody tends to be as much of a troublemaker as Zack. As the show progresses, his character develops into a type who generally only gets in trouble by mistake or (more often) due to Zack's influence. Additionally, Cody is often the victim of various sight gags (which range from humorous to sometimes traumatic). Some examples include being pushed in horse feces, getting trampled, and being frozen in ice (which he does not remember). Cody is often shown wearing a sweater vest.
In the season one episode "The Fairest of Them All", Cody develops a major crush on Rebecca, a contestant in the Miss Mini-Miss junior beauty pageant that is being held at the Tipton, and disguises himself as a girl to get closer to her (though this was partly by accident as while trying to give Rebecca a bouquet of flowers, he puts on a blond wig in order to hide from Mr. Moseby). Though it is not mentioned, the kiss Cody receives from Rebecca at the end of the episode is likely his first kiss.
In the second season episode "Twins at the Tipton," Cody and Zack go on a double date with Janice and Jessica Ellis. Throughout the second season of the show, they go on double dates with Zack and Cody several times, though they seem to like Cody more than Zack. They return in the On Deck episode "Model Behavior", in which Cody believes that Bailey is jealous of Jessica. In the season two episode "Miniature Golf," Cody goes on a date with Barbara Brownstein. The two continue to date for the remainder of the series.
During the third season, Cody works part-time as a bag boy
at the Paul Revere minimart
over the summer holidays. This was used as a setting and theme for some episodes, most notably Summer of Our Discontent, Who's the Boss? and Baggage. Cody has also acted as producer of London Tipton's "Yay Me! Starring London Tipton" webcast, although he quit because London made him do ridiculous things on set. After London apologizes on her show, he becomes producer again. However, in Boo You, Woody has taken the role of producer.
Both himself and Zack are frequently shown arguing, disagreeing, and sometimes fighting in both series, however the twin siblings both share a platonic
relationship with each other. Although he is also very considerate, he has tried on occasion to be a bit unpleasant like his brother. He loves to cook and show his emotions to everyone. He also enjoys hugs from his mother.
He began to have a competitor in school, Bailey Pickett
. He had developed a crush on Bailey after finding out that she, who initially masqueraded as a boy due to the fact that Seven Seas High had no openings for female students, was a girl in the pilot episode. In the episode "Flowers and Chocolate, he and his then-girlfriend Barbara Brownstein (Sophie Oda) broke up after he found out Barbara had started dating his and Zack's friend Bob (Charlie Stewart
).
Cody tried to pursue Bailey several times throughout the first season of the series, most notably in the episode "International Dateline" when he planned on telling her how he felt at a school dance on the ship but was thwarted by Zack, London, Woody, Mrs. Pepperman (a woman looking for the senior citizens' karate class), and, repeatedly, by a supernatural event upon the ship's crossing the International Dateline which caused Cody to relive the previous several hours in time a la Groundhog Day; and, as revealed in the episode "It's All Greek to Me", even devising a six-month plan to win her heart; however, she was virtually oblivious to this. In the season one finale "Double Crossed" (part of the "Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana
" crossover special), after Hannah Montana gives Cody tickets to the concert in Hawaii, Bailey kisses him on the lips, starting their relationship.
In the second season of the series, Cody once substitutes for the home economics teacher, and all the girls in the class are shown to be very attracted to him. In "Lost at Sea," Cody goes behind Bailey's back on a decision while the group is sailing in a lifeboat, which ends up with Bailey being angry with him and treating him badly as a result. After some advice from Zack, he reconciles with her and turns out to be the hero by figuring out a way off the island. Also in the second season, Cody becomes friends with Zack's new roommate Marcus Little, a former singing sensation. In the second season finale "Breakup in Paris," Cody and Bailey have a major argument that concludes with the pair agreeing to end their romantic relationship. However, it is shown that Cody still has feelings for Bailey. In "A London Carol," an alternate future shows that Cody and Bailey are married, although the two at that point in time are still separated.
In the third season, Zack begins a romantic relationship with Maya Bennett, and Cody is shown to have a friendly relationship with her. In the episode "Computer Date," Arwin builds a supercomputer that starts to have affectionate feelings for Cody, who feels the same way. However, when Callie starts endangering Cody's friends, he is forced to shut her down. In the episode "The Play's The Thing", Cody writes a play that is an obvious portrayal of his view of his and Bailey's breakup, which causes Bailey to quit the play. Haley is killed at the end of the play, and Bailey runs off crying. Cody admits that the play was based on their breakup, and Zack convinces his brother to try to reconcile with Bailey, but when he attempts to do so, she slams the door in his face. In the "Twister" three-part special, Bailey decides that she still loves Cody, and they resume their relationship.
In "Graduation on Deck," Cody is rejected by Yale University
. He is so sad that he almost refuses to speak as the valedictorian with Bailey, although finally he appears at the graduation ceremony and gives the speech. Near the end of the episode, Cody and Bailey kiss and say goodbye, and Cody promises to visit her at Yale as well as have a talk to the administrator for rejecting him.
In "Rollin' with the Holmies", it is revealed that Cody is a big fan of Sherlock Holmes
and is the president of the "Boston Holmies" (a group of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts). He has demonstrated fluency in Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. He is also an avid environmental activist
, often noting many environmental hazards around them; he once went so far as to take a stand as towel boy and enforce a one towel per customer policy.
Cody goes to the marine biology lab where he will intern, but due to actions by Zack that result in another quarrel between the brothers and damage to the lab's property, Cody's internship is terminated. This causes Cody to become more furious with Zack. Zack attempts to make it up to him, and he helps Cody to get an internship with Dr. Olsen in the Gemini Project.
While in the project the Zack and Cody eat a fruit that connects them telepathically: first through tactile sensation, then through empathy or emotions, and finally through a process called "the merge." Going through the first couple of stages helps the brothers to become closer by allowing them to sense what the other is thinking or feeling, but after discovering that the merge will combine them into a single personality, they try to escape.
Danny Kallis
Danny Kallis is a television writer and producer. He has written for such programs as The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The Suite Life on Deck, The JammX Kids, The Sausage Factory, Smart Guy , Who's the Boss?, The Upper Hand, The Charmings, Silver Spoons, Mama's Family and Taxi.He has a company...
and Jim Geoghan for The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series premiered on Disney Channel on March 18, 2005 with 4 million viewers, making it the most successful premiere for Disney Channel in 2005. It was one of their first five shows available on the...
and its sequel
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
/spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
The Suite Life on Deck
The Suite Life on Deck
The Suite Life on Deck is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody...
. Cody has also appeared on cross-over episodes of other Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
series, such as That's So Raven
That's So Raven
That's So Raven is an American cable television teen sitcom/fantasy series. The show premiered on the Disney Channel on January 17, 2003, and ended on November 10, 2007. The show spawned Disney Channel's first spin-off series: Cory in the House...
, Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place is a Disney Channel Original Series that premiered on October 12, 2007. It won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009...
, Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
and I'm in the Band
I'm in the Band
I'm in the Band, is a live-action sitcom airing on Disney XD in the United States and on Family Channel in Canada. The pilot episode was taped on July 14, 2009, with a "sneak preview" airing on November 27, 2009; the show subsequently joined Disney XD's regular schedule on February 20, 2010, with...
.
Concept and creation
Dylan Sprouse has stated that the idea of twins living in a hotel was something he and his brother came up with when they were shooting Big Daddy and stayed in a hotel for four months. Cole Sprouse has said of the characters Zack and Cody, "The characters were originally based off our personalities. In fact, they were originally named Dylan and Cole."Character information
Cody was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Seattle, WashingtonSeattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
at 6:40 on a Saturday. The year of his birth is not clear. In The Suite Life on Deck episode, "Das Boots", it is said to be 1993. However, in the episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody titled "Poor Little Rich Girl", a baby video of he and his brother is date-stamped September 23, 1992. Cody is more erudite, mature, and intelligent than his twin brother Zack
Zack Martin
Zachary "Zack" Martin is a main character on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and its spin-off The Suite Life on Deck...
. Cody also tends to be more sensitive, caring and better behaved than his brother, but he is not perfect; he has shown acts of meanness and greed. He generally receives good grades in school, and according to Zack, Cody has a 5.0 grade point average. He is often referred to as a nerd, though he has stated that he prefers "educationally gifted". London Tipton
London Tipton
London Leah Tipton is a fictional character in Disney's Suite Life franchise which consists of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and its spin-off The Suite Life on Deck...
, daughter of the man who owns the Tipton Hotel in which he resides for the duration of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, has used him on various occasions to complete her school work. He shows less interest in girls than his brother, and typically doesn't date a lot. He is shown to have a strong, almost obsessive, fear of germs. In "Big Hair & Baseball," it is revealed that he has astigmatism
Astigmatism (eye)
Astigmatism is an optical defect in which vision is blurred due to the inability of the optics of the eye to focus a point object into a sharp focused image on the retina. This may be due to an irregular or toric curvature of the cornea or lens. There are two types of astigmatism: regular and...
. Cody is proven to have a Swedish background in the Suite Life on Deck episode "The Swede Life", where it is shown that Zack and Cody's ancestors come from Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. He originally intended to attend Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
; however, he had a bad encounter with the Dean of Harvard, as he helped to lie when Zack dated the Dean's daughter. Later on, he made a new decision to attend Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. Cody has said that his biggest dream is to win a Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
.
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
After traveling around the nation, the twins and their mother Carey arrived in BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, which became their new home until The Suite Life on Deck. He and Zack became friends with Maddie Fitzpatrick, and he kept a picture of her in his room when he later moved to the SS Tipton. He has shown a passion for cooking, cleanliness
Cleanliness
Cleanliness is both the abstract state of being clean and free from dirt, and the process of achieving and maintaining that state.Cleanliness may be endowed with a moral quality, as indicated by the aphorism "cleanliness is next to godliness," and may be regarded as contributing to other ideals...
, mime artist
Mime artist
A mime artist is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art, involving miming, or the acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech. In earlier times, in English, such a performer was referred to as a mummer...
ry, dance, and stamp collecting. Cody is known for doing well in school and showing interest in several intellectual activities. This has resulted in him attending math camp, winning a spelling bee
Spelling bee
A spelling bee is a competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell English words. The concept is thought to have originated in the United States....
, etc. He can be easily frightened, and often does worse at physical activities than Zack. He also won the election for 8th grade class president.
Like Zack, he inherits some musical talents from his parents. It is seen that he received singing talents like his mother, as seen in the episode Lip-Syncing in the Rain and Sleepover Suite, and is shown to have an acting ability. In addition to vocal ability, Cody plays the French horn and the violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
. In contrast to Zack, Cody is closer to his mother and heeds her advice. He has a great fear of horror movies; however, it was Zack rather than Cody who was more frightened by Zombie Mom.
In the first season, Cody tends to be as much of a troublemaker as Zack. As the show progresses, his character develops into a type who generally only gets in trouble by mistake or (more often) due to Zack's influence. Additionally, Cody is often the victim of various sight gags (which range from humorous to sometimes traumatic). Some examples include being pushed in horse feces, getting trampled, and being frozen in ice (which he does not remember). Cody is often shown wearing a sweater vest.
In the season one episode "The Fairest of Them All", Cody develops a major crush on Rebecca, a contestant in the Miss Mini-Miss junior beauty pageant that is being held at the Tipton, and disguises himself as a girl to get closer to her (though this was partly by accident as while trying to give Rebecca a bouquet of flowers, he puts on a blond wig in order to hide from Mr. Moseby). Though it is not mentioned, the kiss Cody receives from Rebecca at the end of the episode is likely his first kiss.
In the second season episode "Twins at the Tipton," Cody and Zack go on a double date with Janice and Jessica Ellis. Throughout the second season of the show, they go on double dates with Zack and Cody several times, though they seem to like Cody more than Zack. They return in the On Deck episode "Model Behavior", in which Cody believes that Bailey is jealous of Jessica. In the season two episode "Miniature Golf," Cody goes on a date with Barbara Brownstein. The two continue to date for the remainder of the series.
During the third season, Cody works part-time as a bag boy
Bagger
Bagger, sacker or bag boy, is an unofficial title given to a courtesy clerk at a supermarket. The primary duties of a bagger revolve around putting groceries into a shopping bag and then into a shopping cart. Upon requests, baggers may take the groceries out to a customer's motor vehicle or supply...
at the Paul Revere minimart
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
over the summer holidays. This was used as a setting and theme for some episodes, most notably Summer of Our Discontent, Who's the Boss? and Baggage. Cody has also acted as producer of London Tipton's "Yay Me! Starring London Tipton" webcast, although he quit because London made him do ridiculous things on set. After London apologizes on her show, he becomes producer again. However, in Boo You, Woody has taken the role of producer.
Both himself and Zack are frequently shown arguing, disagreeing, and sometimes fighting in both series, however the twin siblings both share a platonic
Platonic love
Platonic love is a chaste and strong type of love that is non-sexual.-Amor Platonicus:The term amor platonicus was coined as early as the 15th century by the Florentine scholar Marsilio Ficino. Platonic love in this original sense of the term is examined in Plato's dialogue the Symposium, which has...
relationship with each other. Although he is also very considerate, he has tried on occasion to be a bit unpleasant like his brother. He loves to cook and show his emotions to everyone. He also enjoys hugs from his mother.
The Suite Life on Deck
In The Suite Life On Deck, Cody holds on to the same general personality he had in the original series. In the progression of the series, the twins have become less close. Cody shares a room with Woody Fink, a messy, overweight student. While at school on board the SS Tipton, Cody becomes the ship's towel boy to earn money after Zack maxes out both of their student cash cards on non-essential items, particularly food and gifts for girls Zack was interested in.He began to have a competitor in school, Bailey Pickett
Bailey Pickett
Bailey Marie Pickett is one of the main characters on The Suite Life on Deck. She is from the fictional town of Kettlecorn, Kansas and pretends to be a boy in the premiere episode because there were no available places in the SS Tiptons cabins for a female...
. He had developed a crush on Bailey after finding out that she, who initially masqueraded as a boy due to the fact that Seven Seas High had no openings for female students, was a girl in the pilot episode. In the episode "Flowers and Chocolate, he and his then-girlfriend Barbara Brownstein (Sophie Oda) broke up after he found out Barbara had started dating his and Zack's friend Bob (Charlie Stewart
Charlie Stewart
Charlie Stewart is an American actor. He has appeared in many popular TV shows but his role is usually small. Charlie Stewart is most notably known for his role as Bob in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and guest starred on its sequel The Suite Life on Deck in Flowers and Chocolate...
).
Cody tried to pursue Bailey several times throughout the first season of the series, most notably in the episode "International Dateline" when he planned on telling her how he felt at a school dance on the ship but was thwarted by Zack, London, Woody, Mrs. Pepperman (a woman looking for the senior citizens' karate class), and, repeatedly, by a supernatural event upon the ship's crossing the International Dateline which caused Cody to relive the previous several hours in time a la Groundhog Day; and, as revealed in the episode "It's All Greek to Me", even devising a six-month plan to win her heart; however, she was virtually oblivious to this. In the season one finale "Double Crossed" (part of the "Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana
Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana
Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana is a trilogy of crossover episodes between three Disney Channel original sitcoms which premiered in the United States on July 17, 2009. The crossover spanned across episodes of Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck, and Hannah Montana...
" crossover special), after Hannah Montana gives Cody tickets to the concert in Hawaii, Bailey kisses him on the lips, starting their relationship.
In the second season of the series, Cody once substitutes for the home economics teacher, and all the girls in the class are shown to be very attracted to him. In "Lost at Sea," Cody goes behind Bailey's back on a decision while the group is sailing in a lifeboat, which ends up with Bailey being angry with him and treating him badly as a result. After some advice from Zack, he reconciles with her and turns out to be the hero by figuring out a way off the island. Also in the second season, Cody becomes friends with Zack's new roommate Marcus Little, a former singing sensation. In the second season finale "Breakup in Paris," Cody and Bailey have a major argument that concludes with the pair agreeing to end their romantic relationship. However, it is shown that Cody still has feelings for Bailey. In "A London Carol," an alternate future shows that Cody and Bailey are married, although the two at that point in time are still separated.
In the third season, Zack begins a romantic relationship with Maya Bennett, and Cody is shown to have a friendly relationship with her. In the episode "Computer Date," Arwin builds a supercomputer that starts to have affectionate feelings for Cody, who feels the same way. However, when Callie starts endangering Cody's friends, he is forced to shut her down. In the episode "The Play's The Thing", Cody writes a play that is an obvious portrayal of his view of his and Bailey's breakup, which causes Bailey to quit the play. Haley is killed at the end of the play, and Bailey runs off crying. Cody admits that the play was based on their breakup, and Zack convinces his brother to try to reconcile with Bailey, but when he attempts to do so, she slams the door in his face. In the "Twister" three-part special, Bailey decides that she still loves Cody, and they resume their relationship.
In "Graduation on Deck," Cody is rejected by Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. He is so sad that he almost refuses to speak as the valedictorian with Bailey, although finally he appears at the graduation ceremony and gives the speech. Near the end of the episode, Cody and Bailey kiss and say goodbye, and Cody promises to visit her at Yale as well as have a talk to the administrator for rejecting him.
In "Rollin' with the Holmies", it is revealed that Cody is a big fan of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...
and is the president of the "Boston Holmies" (a group of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts). He has demonstrated fluency in Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. He is also an avid environmental activist
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
, often noting many environmental hazards around them; he once went so far as to take a stand as towel boy and enforce a one towel per customer policy.
The Suite Life Movie
Cody and Bailey originally plan to spend spring break together, but Cody decides instead to intern for Dr. Spaulding because the internship presents him with an opportunity to earn a scholarship to Yale. He writes an incredibly long letter to Bailey explaining why he chose the internship, but he starts to quarrel with Zack and the letter becomes lost. Because he is not allowed to adequately explain the situation to Bailey, she becomes upset with him.Cody goes to the marine biology lab where he will intern, but due to actions by Zack that result in another quarrel between the brothers and damage to the lab's property, Cody's internship is terminated. This causes Cody to become more furious with Zack. Zack attempts to make it up to him, and he helps Cody to get an internship with Dr. Olsen in the Gemini Project.
While in the project the Zack and Cody eat a fruit that connects them telepathically: first through tactile sensation, then through empathy or emotions, and finally through a process called "the merge." Going through the first couple of stages helps the brothers to become closer by allowing them to sense what the other is thinking or feeling, but after discovering that the merge will combine them into a single personality, they try to escape.