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112-624: The following is a list of recurring and minor characters in the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody . These characters were regularly rotated, often disappearing for long periods during the series. Arwin Quentin Hochhauser (played by Brian Stepanek ) is a wacky Greek-American inventor who works as a stationary engineer for the Tipton. He is friends with Zack, Cody, and Maddie in

224-554: A vetehinen  [ fi ] , a type of neck , is sometimes portrayed as a magical, powerful, bearded man with the tail of a fish. He can cure illnesses, lift curses and brew potions , but he can also cause unintended harm by becoming too curious about human life. In the Inuit folklore of Greenland and northern Canada , the Auvekoejak is a furry merman. In an Italian folktale with medieval roots, Cola Pesce (Nicholas Fish)

336-464: A conch shell in the later Hellenistic period . In the 16th century, Triton was referred to as the "trumpeter of Neptune ( Neptuni tubicen )" in Marius Nizolius 's Thesaurus (1551), and this phrase has been used in modern commentary. The Elizabethan period poet Edmund Spenser referred to Triton's "trompet" as well. Another notable merman from Greek mythology was Glaucus . He was born

448-501: A creative block . London and Bailey eventually helped him overcome his creative block and inspired him to launch a new fashion line "Hick Chic" (inspired by Bailey's wardrobe), much to London's chagrin, who doesn't like Bailey's clothes. He is mentioned by Emma Ross in the season 2 episodes of Jessie "Trashin' Fashion", and then again in "Say Yes to the Messy Dress" where he sent Emma one of his designs for Jessie Prescott to wear at

560-420: A red carpet event , which Emma would be covering on her hit fashion web-show "Kitty Couture". Tiffany and Chelsea (played by Alexa Nikolas and Brittany Curran ) are two wealthy friends of London. They are not too bright and sometimes, even more superficial than London is. It has been mentioned that they both have had several nose jobs . Chelsea says that she does not drive her car because bugs can get into

672-576: A "Barnum's merman" in one piece of journalism. This specimen was an example of fake mermaids posed in " The Scream " style, named after Edvard Munch 's painting; mermaids in this pose were commonly made in the late 18th and early 19th century in Japan. A similar fake "mermaid" at the Horniman Museum has also been relabeled by another curator as a "merman", where "mermen" or "feejee mermaids" are used as generic terms for such concocted mummies. DNA testing

784-588: A "mean body slam" in the episode "What The Hey". When she gets Maddie to attend Camp Heaven on Earth as a counsellor, it is revealed that she owns a motorcycle and searches the campers in the fashion of a prison warden. Mary–Margaret (played by Monique Coleman ) is Maddie's friend from school. Not much is known about her, except she's smart and only likes London for her money and possessions. When she first met London, she initially seemed to be annoyed, as shown in "A Prom Story", but in "Forever Plaid" and "Not So Suite 16", she appeared to be London's friend. Mary–Margaret

896-568: A 5-year-old child. It has been remarked in connection to this by one ichthyologist that mermen created by joining the monkey's upper body with a fish's lower extremity have been manufactured in China for centuries; and such merchandise may have been imported into Europe by the likes of the Dutch East India Company by this time (cf. Bartholin's siren ). Mummies (Feejee mermaids) were certainly being manufactured in Japan in some quantity by

1008-534: A baby. He is also seen in "Volley Dad" where Cody asked him to stop Carey from being all over a new boyfriend. He is back in the season 3 episode: "Graduation" for Zack and Cody. He also appears in the episode "A Tale of Two Houses". Kurt appears in 5 episodes throughout the series. He appears later in The Suite Life on Deck in the episode "Mom and Dad On Deck" as well as in the series finale "Graduation on Deck". Ilsa Shickelgrubermeiger (played by Caroline Rhea )

1120-450: A back injury after she made him trip of Zack's skateboard so they could get free service, but the father/daughter con artist duo was later exposed. During her time at camp, as revealed in "Graduation", Holly is living with neighbours while Harry is serving 3 to 5 years in prison. Holly has appeared in six episodes throughout the series. Jasmine (played by Cierra Ramirez ) – Was at "Camp Heaven On Earth" with Maddie. She has anger issues and

1232-561: A being with a fish head growing above the human head. And the god Ea is also seen as depicted wearing a fish cloak by modern scholars. Triton of Greek mythology was depicted as a half-man, half-fish merman in ancient Greek art . Triton was the son of the sea-god Poseidon and sea-goddess Amphitrite . Neither Poseidon nor Amphitrite were merfolk, although both were able to live underwater as easily as on land. Tritons later became generic mermen, so that multiple numbers of them were depicted in art. Tritons were also associated with using

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1344-454: A booming insurance business. However, this is dropped when Zack turns back time at the end of episode. Bob is Zack and Cody's most frequent friend featured on the show with 16 appearances. He visits Zack and Cody on the SS Tipton once in The Suite Life on Deck , which reveals he is now dating Cody's ex-girlfriend Barbara. Max (played by Alyson Stoner ) is one of Zack and Cody's friends, she

1456-485: A catfish, and not quite so human-like (cf. merfolk#Renyu or human-fish ). Illustrated depictions of male ningyo do exist from the Edo Period (cf. Ningyo§Male ningyo ). One example is the picture of male human-fish ( 男人魚 , otoko ningyo ) hand-copied by the young lord of Hirosaki Domain . Another is the illustrated sheet of kawaraban newspaper carrying news of the "ningyo from Holland" ( 阿蘭陀渡り人魚 ) , bearing

1568-449: A crush on him) and London (despite her aversion to dating "the help"). Holding onto said women is another story: Maddie dumps him because she finds him dull, and London agrees to break up with him after he meets a woman called Wanda. Wilfred Tipton (voiced by Bob Joles ) is the owner of Tipton hotels & resorts and father to London Tipton . Until The Suite Life on Deck episode, " Twister: Part 3 ", his face had never been shown. He

1680-421: A dislike for Amy. She also said that she lived in a one-bedroom apartment with her five brothers & sisters, and that all of them had to share one toothbrush. Jasmine appeared in three episodes in the series. like Amy and the other girls, she can even whistle. as seen in the season three episode: Sink or Swim . Amy (played by Hannah Leigh Dworkin) – Was at "Camp Heaven On Earth" with Maddie. She tends to have

1792-455: A few episodes that she has a sausage dog named Blitzkrieg , who is rather vicious, merciless, and sadistic. London likened the dog to a piranha . Everyone is afraid of her and constantly stares at her mole. The Mirrors (voiced by Brian Peck and Jim Meskimen in the original series; and Michael Airington in the sequel series ) are London's free-standing talking mirrors (it was mentioned that there are more than one). They first appeared in

1904-585: A girl; the Danish ballad " Rosmer Havmand " is a cognate ballad based on the same legend. " Agnete og Havmanden " is another Scandinavian ballad work with this theme, but it is of late composition (late 18th century). It tells of a merman who had been mated to a human woman named Agnete; the merman unsuccessfully pleaded with her to come back to him and their children in the sea . English folklorist Jacqueline Simpson surmises that as in Nordic (Scandinavian) countries,

2016-622: A habit of lying and stealing. In "Sink or Swim", she told the truth and said, "it felt kinda good". She has claimed that she lives with wolves, that aliens abducted her, that her ex-boyfriend was Justin Timberlake , and that she was once married, but they were separated. Amy appears in four episodes in the series. like Jasmine and the other girls, she can also even whistle. also as seen in the season three episode: Sink or Swim . Leah (played by Jaelin Palmer) – Was at "Camp Heaven On Earth" with Maddie; she

2128-410: A human and lived his early life as a fisherman. One day, while fishing, he saw that the fish he caught would jump from the grass and into the sea. He ate some of the grass, believing it to have magical properties, and felt an overwhelming desire to be in the sea. He jumped in the ocean and refused to go back on land. The sea gods nearby heard his prayers and transformed him into a sea god. Ovid describes

2240-566: A male merrow named Coomara, a hideous creature with green hair, teeth and skin, narrow eyes and a red nose. The tale was created by Thomas Keightley , who lifted the plot from one of the Grimms' collected tales ( Deutsche Sagen No. 25, "Der Wassermann und der Bauer" or "The Waterman and the Peasant"). In Cornish folklore into early modern times, the Bucca , described as a lonely, mournful character with

2352-515: A poem called "The Forsaken Merman" about a merman whose human wife abandoned him and their children. Mermen may feature in science fiction and fantasy literature . The Merman's Children by American writer Poul Anderson is inspired by the ballad Agnete og Havmanden . Science fiction writer Joe Haldeman wrote two books on Attar the Merman in which genetically enhanced mermen can communicate telepathically with dolphins. Samuel R. Delany wrote

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2464-402: A reference to The Biggest Loser , the show Caroline Rhea hosted, by saying "Ha! Who's the biggest loser now!" Also in that episode, she actually compliments Carrie on her parenting skills by keeping Zack off the team as punishment for pranking Cody; however, she then follows it up with the insult that it's also bad coaching as Zack's the second-best bowler the Tipton team had. It is mentioned in

2576-533: A skin flap around the waist similar to a hakama . These trouser-like hakama was worn by men, as well as women in some cases. An older (though perhaps lesser known) account of hairen occurs in Shaozi or Shao Yong 's work called Caomuzi ( 草木子 ), which describes the creature as having the shape of a (Buddhist) priest, though diminutive in stature. It has been equated with the umibōzu ("sea-priest, sea acolyte priest") yōkai of Japan. In Finnish mythology ,

2688-459: A smile, "I got it for Hanukkah ', and in "Club Twin" when she said "...and my Bat Mitzvah lessons". Barbara is very academically competitive, as shown in "Graduation" and "Bench Warmers", and her favourite subject is A.P. Chemistry. She and Cody confessed their love for each other in the episode "Orchestra" and kissed on stage. Her full name was stated in this episode when Cody was mad at her because of Sergei. She has since been in seven episodes in

2800-473: A sock monkey, and eats a lunch packed by his mother. However, Arwin is much loved by Zack and Cody. A spin-off television series was planned about him, where he goes to live with his sister to help her take care of her children. The series name ideas consisted of "Arwin" and "Housebroken", though it was never picked up. Arwin makes a guest appearance in The Suite Life on Deck via web chat on Cody's laptop in

2912-461: Is dyslexic . Zack meets him in school one day when he was moved into a regular class from a special education class because he was doing so well in it. He likes to play Total World Conquest with the boys and Cody's friends, Warren and Jeremy, though they almost never finish their games because Zack and Cody usually end up fighting. Bob, as shown in "Smart & Smarteree" and "Odd Couples", is somewhat impatient. He speaks fluent French, as illustrated in

3024-471: Is Esteban's pet chicken. He appeared on the episode "Commercial Breaks". After that, Esteban mentions him in some episodes. He appeared again on "Suite Life on Deck", in the episode "Mother of the Groom". Scamp (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui ) is Maddie's pet dog. In the episode "Crushed", he and Ivana, London's dog, fall in love and Ivana has six puppies. When "talking" to Ivana he notes that he has one flea but it

3136-466: Is Ilsa Shickelgrubermeiger-Von Helsinger Kepelugerhoffer. When Cody mentions that it must take forever to write on her underwear, she says she has a stamp. One of her dreams is to turn the Tipton Hotel into a parking lot, and have Mr. Moseby park the cars. In "Bowling", it appears that she has an odd sense of humor, as she says, "Left! Left! Left my husband with 28 kids! Right! Right! Right in the middle of

3248-659: Is a girl who usually wears pigtails in Season 1 and is sometimes mistaken for a boy. She is a tomboy. She once had a crush on Zack as shown in the episode "Kisses & Basketball", and goes on a date with him while showing her slightly girlie side but "falls out of love" with Zack when she finds out that he just did it to "take one for the team". Max is portrayed as a great dancer (as shown in the episodes "Footloser", "Hotel Hangout", and "Club Twin"), but can become extremely bossy at times ("Footloser"). Max has appeared in six episodes through 2 seasons. Tapeworm (played by Dennis Bendersky )

3360-450: Is also revealed in that episode that he has been promoted from bellhop to assistant night manager of the hotel. Being a recurring character, Esteban has appeared frequently throughout the show, only absent in a handful of episodes. Lance Fishman (played by Aaron Musicant) is the Tipton's handsome if somewhat slow-witted young lifeguard, who projects a relaxed and easy going demeanour, but harbours an almost unhealthy obsession with water. He

3472-424: Is an unfortunate waiter at the Tipton restaurant. Appears in "Odd Couples" and "Heck's Kitchen". Scott is the bagel boy at the Tipton Hotel. He first appears in the episode "Nurse Zack", during the employee of the month competition. His first speaking role comes in "Team Tipton" when he gives the cast bagels, saying: "Who ordered the bagels?" Bob (played by Charlie Stewart ) is one of the boys' best friends. He

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3584-484: Is bright, bubbly, and eager to see people happy. She is seen transferring to Cheevers High School in "Bench Warmers", and is made fun of by the cheerleading captain who makes the comment of: "Now I see why she ( Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow ) was so sad". Her best subject in school is organic Chemistry. She makes an appearance in a few episodes. Kurt Martin (played by Robert Torti ) is Zack and Cody's father, and Carey's ex-husband who first appears in "Dad's Back". He

3696-416: Is easily frightened by anything, and has trouble making up her mind and make her decision. When she can't make up her mind, she usually faints. She stated in the episode "Team Tipton" that she has trust, abandonment, and fear issues. She frequently faints when overwhelmed with a request from someone else. In the episode "Team Tipton", London referred to her as 'Nervous Maddie'. Skippy (played by Bo Crutcher)

3808-492: Is forced to shut her down. At the end of the episode, Arwin attempts to get off the ship by using a giant magnet, but it fails, and he falls into the ocean. In "A London Carol", Mr. Moseby mentions Arwin when London Tipton gets stuck in the past. Arwin makes his final appearance in " Graduation on Deck ", finally meeting the twins' real father Kurt, and briefly claiming that he is their stepfather. Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramírez (played by Adrian R'Mante )

3920-672: Is frequently shown in scenes trying to steer even the most mundane everyday conversations to swimming, the ocean, or sea creatures in some respect. He disrupts Maddie's student film ("Back in the Game") by insisting that she change his character to a merman , and suggesting she replace the front walk with a pool so that he can swim, rather than walk, to the hotel entrance. Later, during London's Halloween party he appears as "the Mighty Lobster". Nonetheless, Lance exhibits remarkable ease with picking up women, scoring dates with both Maddie (who at first had

4032-494: Is generally his idea to go out with them in the first place. They appeared in Season 3 in "Benchwarmers". All together, they have appeared in seven episodes. In "The Suite Life on Deck" episode, "Model Behaviour" both girls are working as models. Janice shows interest in Zack but due to Zack not realizing it, she ends up dating Woody Fink instead. Jessica on the other hand, becomes friends with Bailey Pickett despite Cody thinking that Bailey

4144-400: Is hiding and she once went four weeks without anyone finding her; however, Nia pointed out that no one was probably bothering to search for her. Sister Dominick (played by Marianne Muellerleile ) is Maddie and London's strict teacher who works at Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow. She is first seen in season 2 and is a nun who teaches. She seems to favour London over Maddie, even though Maddie is

4256-429: Is his wife. Arwin was a professional bowler, as illustrated in "Bowling", but quit when he lost his ball on the backswing and hit his mother in the head, shrinking her by a foot during a championship match. He is also known for being obsessed with his mother; he lived with her his whole life until she got married and moved out. Arwin is considered childlike by many characters in the show; he enjoys picture books, sleeps with

4368-447: Is jealous of her. Barbara Simka Brownstein (played by Sophie Tamiko Oda ) is a Japanese American, Jewish girl who dates Cody. She entered a science contest in "Rock Star in the House", in which her volcano was dormant and was set off by Cody's/Arwin's laser , entered a spelling bee in "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee", where she misspelled fracas and was eliminated, and worked on

4480-409: Is known as the more fun and spontaneous parent and plays a red Fender Precision Bass in a rock band in which he leads. He is also seen in "Christmas at the Tipton" where he was going on a trip with Zack and Cody without Carey and ends up being snowed in at the Tipton. Cody thought they were getting back together but they are never getting back together. He and Carey sang at the Tipton and helped deliver

4592-451: Is never seen. Arturo Vitali is a fictitious famous fashion designer who is mentioned multiple times in the Suite Life franchise . He happens to be London's favourite designer, as she has been wearing his designs since she was in diapers, and only wears his designs. In The Suite Life of Zack & Cody crossover episode " That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana ", Maddie and Esteban switched

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4704-429: Is on Maddie's volleyball team along with London and Leslie, as shown in "Volley Dad". Corrie (played by Vanessa Hudgens ) is a schoolmate of Maddie, Mary-Margaret, and her idol London at Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow. She is very perky , obsessed with London, and not very bright. Leslie (played by Kaycee Stroh ) is a classmate of London, Maddie, Mary–Margaret, and Corrie and on the volleyball team with them. Leslie

4816-483: Is one of Zack and Cody's friends, Tapeworm received his nickname when he ate 20 hot dogs in 2 minutes (beating Cody's record by 18 hot dogs). His real name is unknown. He is strange and a math genius. In the episode "Band in Boston", he was the drummer for "Rock Squared". In "Hotel Hangout", Mr. Moseby and Drew repeatedly call him by the wrong name, such as ringworm and earthworm . He gets unhappy when people don't call him

4928-708: Is only there on weekends. Ivana (voiced by Emma Stone ) is London's spoiled dog. She is a Pomeranian, and appears to be a lot smarter than London. In the episode "Crushed", she and Scamp, Maddie's dog, fall in love and she has six puppies. She is a parody of Tinkerbell Hilton . Bonnie and Clyde are two rats that Zack and Cody used in a science project. Named after the infamous bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow . List of Disney Channel series This article lists past, present and future television programming on American basic cable channel and former premium channel , Disney Channel , since its launch on April 18, 1983. A list of programs currently broadcast on

5040-403: Is said to have been never been seen. In actuality, it may have been just a sea-mammal ( hooded seal , Cystophora cristata ), or the phenomenon of some sea creature appearing magnified in size, caused by mid-range mirage . Medieval Norsemen may have regarded the hafstrambr as the largest sorts of mermen, which would explain why the word for marmennill ('little mer-man') would be given in

5152-491: Is so out of your league" on Zack's date with Max. He likes coconut flavoured chewing gum , and dislikes Maddie because she does not stock it (as shown in the episode "Big Hair and Baseball"). He is seen in the Tipton Commercial in "Commercial Breaks", and has a girlish shriek, as shown in the episode "Heck's Kitchen". Due to London's generous tips, Patrick has been able to afford a foreign sports car (indicated in "Twins at

5264-447: Is the concierge for the Tipton Hotel, Irene is usually seen working in the lobby. She has red curly hair. In "Boston Tea Party", she gets her first speaking part. On " That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana ", Irene told Raven that her flight had been cancelled, much to Raven's dismay. Irene sabotaged Maddie's traveling candy cart in "Nurse Zack", to which Maddie alludes to Irene not having very many speaking parts by replying, "It's always

5376-477: Is the common designation of the mermaid. This gender classification however is not in alignment with the medieval source described above, which pairs the margýgr with the ( hafstrambr ). According to Norwegian folklore dating back to the 18th century, havmand  [ no ] takes the mermaid ( havfrue ) as wife, and the offspring or young they produce are called marmæler (sing. Norwegian : marmæle ). Norwegian mermen ( havmænd ) were later ascribed

5488-424: Is the head bellman at the Tipton. His signature quotes are "This is a disaster!" and "Oh, Mr. Moseby!" He is very close to his heritage, which is revealed to be Peruvian in " I Want My Mummy ". He is friends with Zack, Cody, and Maddie. It is revealed during the series that his full name is "Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramírez". He owns a domestic chicken with blue feet named Dudley. Esteban wants to manage

5600-475: Is the mean-spirited German hotel inspector-turned-manager of the rival hotel, the St. Mark Hotel, across the street. She is a rude and severe woman with a large mole (or " beauty mark ") on her face (which is oblivious to her, as she usually replies "Vat mole?"), who dislikes Mr. Moseby for making her lose her hotel inspector's job. After "Hotel Inspector", she got married. In "Cookin' With Romeo and Juliet" she says her name

5712-518: Is the night-manager of the Tipton Hotel. He grew up on a farm and said his grandfather was scary. He is not very bright, and appears to be frightened of Mr. Moseby. He is so dim-witted that immediately after Mr. Moseby told him not to let Zack or Cody into the exhibit, he let them in anyway. He first appeared in "Scary Movie", but Mr. Moseby called him Sparky, although it is possible that Mr. Moseby did not know his name, because he called him his night-manager while in other episodes he calls him Skippy. Skippy

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5824-458: Is the saucy hotel maid who conceals her goodly nature beneath a veneer of acidic sarcasm, and spends more time sneaking in naps and robbing guests of loose change than doing any actual cleaning. She is a constant presence in Carey and the twins' suite, ostensibly "babysitting" but loitering on their couch watching TV and eating chocolates long after Carey has returned home. In "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Hotel",

5936-495: Is usually surrounded by his bodyguards, with only his hand shown. It is not clear how he became the owner of the Tipton, because London mentions many times that her father bought the hotel. However, in a few episodes, it is said that Tipton's ancestors owned the hotel first before he did. This may yet be another example of London's ignorance, or a continuity error or that the Tiptons have not owned it for some time and he bought it back. In

6048-544: The apkallu servants to Ea. The apkallu have been described as "fish-men" in cuneiform texts, and if Berossus is to be believed, Oannes was indeed a being possessed of a fish head and man's head beneath, and both a fish tail and manlike legs. But Berossus was writing much later during the era of Greek rule, engaging in the "construction" of the past. Thus even though figurines have been unearth to corroborate this fish-man iconography, these can be regarded as representing "human figures clad in fish cloaks", rather than

6160-633: The 19th century or even earlier (cf. §Hoaxes and sideshows ). The "sea-satyr[e]" appears in Edmund Spenser 's poem The Faerie Queene (1590), and glossed by Francis J. Child as a type of "ichthyocentaur", on the authority of Gesner. Icelandic folklore beliefs speak of sea-dwelling humans (humanoids) known as marbendlar (sing. marbendill ), which is the later Norse, and modern Icelandic form of marmennill . Jón lærði Guðmundsson ('the Learned', d. 1658)'s writings concerning elves includes

6272-537: The Assistant Manager at the Paul Revere Mini-Market with Zack and Cody. He is often known for his odd doings and being full of himself. Wayne has a huge crush on London. While some of these animals appeared in only one episode, and therefore weren't physically recurring, they were mentioned in several episodes so their characters were recurring. For this reason they are included in this article. Dudley

6384-662: The Disney Jr. programming block of Disney Channel. July 1, 2010 Thunderbird Films Merman Perhaps the first recorded merman was the Assyrian - Babylonian sea-god Ea (called Enki by the Sumerians ), linked to the figure known to the Greeks as Oannes . However, while some popular writers have equated Oannes of the Greek period to the god Ea (and to Dagon ), Oannes was rather one of

6496-581: The Hey ". Norman has four speaking parts in the episodes, "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee", "Ask Zack", "Nurse Zack" and "The Arwin That Came For Dinner". Patrick (played by Patrick Bristow ) is the maître d' for the Tipton Hotel's restaurant . One of the most sarcastic characters on the show, he treats everyone with disdain, especially Zack and Cody. However, in "Kisses and Basketball", he says to Zack "Take this from someone who cares about you, she

6608-519: The Suite Life On Deck season 2 episode "Once Upon a Suite Life" literally as the Magic Mirror from Snow White . Mr. George Forgess (played by Ernie Grunwald ) is one of Zack and Cody's teachers from "Smart & Smarterer". He is often shown as a nervous character and frequently stumbles over his words. It may be possible that he is dyslexic, like his special education student Bob, a friend of

6720-463: The Tae Kwon Deli but chooses to be a "nerd". His girlfriend is a model. Haley (played by Tara Lynne Barr ) first appears in the Season 3 episode "Summer of our Discontent" as one of Zack's summer school classmates. She is a very shy girl who frequently puts a bag over her head to hide. She reappears in the episode "Benchwarmers" as one of the "loser squad" cheerleaders. She claims that her talent

6832-416: The Tipton so that Mr. Moseby can get her to behave like a responsible girl. One of Nia's aunts, named Aunt Lilly, was supposed to take on this task, but Nia frustrated her so much that she changed her name and moved to Alaska. Nia appeared in seven episodes in Season 3. According to Mr. Moseby, she was expelled from her last school for fighting with the cafeteria lady because she was out of matzo ball soup . In

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6944-464: The Tipton"). However, Mr. Moseby claims that Patrick wrecked it by crashing into fellow waiter Rich, and when the ambulance showed up, another waiter Gary got hit by the ambulance, leaving Mr. Moseby to take Patrick's place at the Tipton Restaurant. His favourite musical is Bye Bye Birdie as revealed in "Birdman of Boston". Chef Paolo (played by Jerry Kernion) is an Italian-American chef of

7056-405: The Tipton, and he is a gifted dancer. He addresses the twins, Zach & Cody, as "little blond peoples", even when he is only talking to one of them, in which case he often has to correct himself. Though he frequently does stupid, naïve, or clumsy things, he is more intelligent than he is given credit for and has a huge heart, which is shown throughout the series. In the dancing episode, after he and

7168-753: The Tipton, seen in three episodes: "Heck's Kitchen", "Health and Fitness", and "Foiled Again". He is easily very insulted when people dislike his cooking. He is specialized in Italian food . Paolo enjoys eating, and bacon bits were found in his blood during a cholesterol test. Cody helped Chef Paolo overcome his eating issues in the episode "Health and Fitness". He is close to Cody and refers to him as "my little protege", because of Cody's natural talent for cooking. Paolo has quit his job several times (mostly due to London insulting his food), but always returns eventually. He names almost all of his foods after himself, except for one named after Cody. Irene (played by Sharon Jordan )

7280-599: The bishopfish ( sea bishop ), and Gudger suspected these were misinformation based on the aforementioned hoax mermaids from the East. Gudger also noted that the mermaid-like bishopfish could well be simulated by a dried specimen of a ray. A dried ray bears a vaguely anthropomorphic shape, and can be further manipulated to enhance its desired monstrous look. Such figures made of sharks and rays eventually came to be known as Jenny Hanivers in Great Britain. Matthew Arnold wrote

7392-425: The cast discovers that Muriel once dated mobster Alphonse "Hot Peppers" DeLeo before joining the Tipton in 1938; Maddie and the twins easily spot her in an old newspaper clipping when they notice that the young lady in the picture is sitting with her feet up. In "Big Hair & Baseball", Muriel claims that she knew Babe Ruth and was the first one to call him "Babe". Her catchphrase is "I'm not cleaning that up." She

7504-614: The diminutive. Other commentators treat the hafstrambr merely as an imaginary sea-monster. A twin-tailed merman is depicted on the Bianco world map (1436). A merman and a mermaid are shown on the Behaim globe ( c.  1490–1493 ). Konrad Gesner in his chapter on Triton in Historia animalium IV (1558) gave the name of "sea- Pan " or "sea- satyr " ( Latin : Pan- vel satyrus marinus ) to an artist's image he obtained, which he said

7616-468: The doorman calls him "sir". He was Puck in the show's version of A Midsummer Night's Dream , is on their basketball team and worked at the boys' club seen in "Club Twin" selling soda. Bob is very vulnerable to poison oak, shown in the episode "Ah! Wilderness". In the episode "Super Twins", he is the first and only child to be adultified by the Meanager (Moseby) – which causes the twins remark later that he has

7728-423: The episode "First Day of High School", she is seen defending Zack from a bully. She is shown to be quite good at cheerleading in the episode "Benchwarmers". Norman (played by Anthony Acker) is the doorman for the Tipton Hotel, Norman's first appearance was in the episode "Free Tippy". He is also usually a background character, but is shown to have a hiding spot for Zack's belongings when he skips school in " What

7840-426: The episode "French 101". In the episode, "Back in the Game", one of his beliefs is frequent, short naps. In "Forever Plaid", he states that his favourite subject is Science. Bob is shown to also be talented in well-made creating a very well made rocking chair. He has a sister, possibly his twin, as shown in "Election", and a younger brother mentioned in "Twins at the Tipton". Bob likes to visits Zack and Cody just because

7952-537: The episode "It's All Greek To Me". Also, in the episode, it's revealed that he has a cousin named Milos in Greece (also played by Stepanek). In the episode "Computer Date", Arwin boards a ship and creates a supercomputer dubbed "Cal" (until he found out it was female, renaming her "Callie") to make the SS Tipton run more efficiently. However, it all goes downhill when Callie develops romantic feelings for Cody, causing her to go haywire and start to remove everyone else, and Arwin

8064-504: The episode "Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee", Portia had gained publicity doing charity works. London also competes with her for more fame on the Internet with her own web show called " Yay Me! Starring London Tipton ". In "Cody Goes to Camp" Mr. Moseby was horrified at the thought that Portia might teach London how to drive as she once drove her father's yacht through piers 10, 11 and 12, because of being distracted putting on sunscreen. She

8176-535: The episode "Rock Star in the House", Wilfred is very strict about London's behaviour when it comes to celebrities, and has much concern for her education and growing as a person. His hand was once seen in the episode "Lip Synchin' in the Rain", in which he was wearing a diamond ring. Wilfred Tipton also has a history of marrying much younger women without London's consent, most of whom do not last long. The warranty of Wilfred's wedding gifts (given by Mr. Moseby) lasted longer than

8288-458: The face of an old man. In China and Japan there are also accounts of the "sea human" ( 海人 , Chinese: hairen , Japanese: kaijin ), some of these accounts are of European origin. A known description of the hairen occurs in a work in Chinese called Zhifang waiji ( 職方外紀 ), actually written by a European. Here Ai Rulüe ( Giulio Aleni ) stated that there are two kinds of hairen . The example of

8400-464: The first kind had a beard. The second type of hairen described by Aleni was actually a female woman, identifiable as the Mermaid of Edam  [ nl ] captured in 1403, with drooping skin, as if she were dressed in [a pao 袍 type of robe]. Later, a Japanese source ( Nagasaki bunkenroku ) gave description of the kaijin encompassing features of both types: it had chin hair as well as

8512-498: The fishes and cete ( Ancient Greek : κήτη , romanized :  kḗtē , "sea monsters"). This illustration was apparently ultimately based on a skeletal specimen and mummies . Gesner explained that such a creature was placed on exhibit in Rome on 3 November 1523. Elsewhere in Gesner's book it is stated the "sea monster ( monstrum marinum )" viewed on this same date was the size of

8624-549: The form of a human or merman, also known as encantado ("enchanted one" in Portuguese ) and with the habit of seducing human women and impregnating them. In the folklore of the Dogon of Mali , ancestral spirits called Nommo had humanoid upper torsos, legs and feet, and a fish-like lower torso and tail. Mermen or "tritons" see uncommon use in British heraldry , where they appear with

8736-445: The general characteristic that they are of "a dusky hue, with a long beard, black hair, and from the waist upwards resemble a man, but downwards are like a fish." While the marmæler does literally mean 'sea-talker', the word is thought to be a corruption of marmenill , the aforementioned Old Norse term for merman. An alleged marmennill prophesying to an early Icelandic settler has already been noted (cf. §Medieval period ). In

8848-400: The harder working student. Even though she called out London for being spoiled in "Forever Plaid", she seems to be more lenient towards London while coming down more harshly on Maddie. Her cell phone's ring-tone is "Hallelujah Chorus", to which she answers, "Bless you for calling". It has been revealed that she and the other nuns are infatuated with wrestling, and that Sister Dominick herself has

8960-532: The jewelry and clothing department of a store. She dislikes the twins, and worships London Tipton. An example of her London worship is the time she insulted and patronized Carey until she found out that Carey knew London. The Snooty Saleswoman has appeared in two episodes throughout the series. Portia Tenenbaum is the never seen, rich frenemy of London. In some episodes, they are friends and in other episodes, they are competitors. The two speak by telephone and go on shopping trips together (most of times to Paris). In

9072-412: The labels of one of Vitali's dresses (incorrectly spelled as A. Vitalli) and Raven Baxter's dress, to fool London into thinking she was wearing Vitali's design (but actually it was Raven's), since London was being a fashion-snob. Arturo Vitali finally made an appearance in The Suite Life on Deck episode "Frozen" (portrayed by Todd Sherry), where he retired to the SS Tipton because he was suffering from

9184-505: The living room floor!" Some parts of her personality seem to be reminiscent of the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz ; for instance, in the episode "Bowling" she states, "I'll get you next time, my pretty, and your little shtaff too!" She also uses the line, "I'll get you next time and your little dog too', in the episode "Hotel Inspector". In the episode "Bowling", Mr. Moseby makes

9296-454: The mare Skálm chooses to "lie down under her load". In a subsequent fishing trip the man was drowned, survived by the boy who stayed behind. The hafstrambr is a merman, described as a counterpart to the hideous mermaid margýgr in the Konungs skuggsjá ("King's mirror", c.  1250 ). He is said to generally match her anthropomorphic appearance on the top half, though his lower half

9408-486: The marriages. In The Suite Life on Deck episode, " Twister: Part 3 ", Wilfred Tipton (played by John Michael Higgins ) finally reveals himself, who is called by a reluctant Cody trying to rescue the Pickett Farm, although Wilfred Tipton buys the destroyed house to build a plastic bag factory. Cody tries to force Mr. Tipton out of the area by saying the dirt in the area contains powerful diseases, but Zack and Woody ruin

9520-488: The merman or marbendill as a "water-elf". This merman is described as seal-like from the waist down. Jón the Learned also wrote down a short tale or folktale concerning it, which has been translated under the titles "The Merman" and "Of Marbendill". Jón Árnasson , building on this classification, divided the water-elves into two groups: the male marbendill vs. the female known variously as hafgýgur, haffrú, margýgur , or meyfiskur . But in current times, hafmey

9632-605: The mirrors have artificial intelligence, as they regularly make sarcastic comments about London's intelligence. The Mirror is a parody of the Magic Mirror used by the Evil Queen from the fairy tale " Snow White ". The Mirror re-appears in the Suite Life on Deck season 3 episode "A London Carol" representing the Ghosts of Christmas Past , Present and Future in London's dream and also in

9744-502: The nurse, Shannon Quine, dance, they are briefly shown kissing. It is also stated he is descended from royalty in several episodes and in one becomes temporarily rich because of his royal family. However, his royal family is deposed. In " It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Hotel " it is revealed that Esteban has a crush on Carey. He guest-stars on The Suite Life on Deck in which he has his wedding on the SS Tipton with Francesca ( Marisa Ramirez ). It

9856-593: The original man-like water-dwellers of England probably lacked fish-like tails. A "wildman" caught in a fishnet, described by Ralph of Coggeshall ( c.  1210 ) was entirely man-like though he liked to eat raw fish and eventually returned to the sea. Katharine Mary Briggs opined that the mermen are "often uglier and rougher in the British Isles". Mermen, which seldom frequent American folklore , are supposedly depicted as less beautiful than mermaids. The Irish fakelore story of " The Soul Cages " features

9968-417: The plot when they used peeling skin (Mr. Tipton said he watched a movie involving peeling skin). However, his daughter, London, seeing the strong emotions from the group, blackmails Wilfred. After the blackmail, Mr. Tipton leaves, but not before telling London he is proud of her. Muriel (played by Estelle Harris ; young Muriel played by Ashley Tisdale in flashback in the episode "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Hotel")

10080-516: The quiet ones". In "Orchestra", her speaking role was expanded when she had to teach London how to do her job. On "Let Us Entertain You', Mr. Moseby thinks Irene is answering a phone call for their marathon, but she is actually answering a personal call. Millicent (played by Kara Taitz ) is Maddie's replacement at the hotel's candy counter while she is at camp and in Antarctica saving the penguins. Millicent

10192-499: The right name. In total, Tapeworm made four appearances, but was not seen after Season 1. Jessica and Janice (played by Camilla and Rebecca Rosso ) are English twins. After they visited the Tipton in Boston for a twin convention (as seen in "Twins at the Tipton") they enrolled in Zack and Cody's school. Cody always ends up getting both girls for his sensitivity, while Zack gets neither (except in "Lost in Translation"), even though it

10304-426: The school paper in the episode "Ask Zack". In the episode "Club Twin", she becomes addicted to sugar and kisses Cody, and later goes on a date with him in "Miniature Golf" and "A Tale of Two Houses". She also speaks Yiddish , but she is also into Japanese culture, her grandmother and some relatives are from Japan . It is mentioned that she is Jewish in "Miniature Golf". She gives Cody an amazing protractor and says with

10416-405: The season 2 crossover episode " That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana ". London stated that the mirrors were engineered by her father's scientists, and that they are programmed to only compliment her fashion while giving snobby fashion insults to others who stand in front of them. The mirror sounds like Paul Lynde who played Uncle Arthur in the series Bewitched . It is implied several times that

10528-477: The series. As shown in many episodes, he has a massive crush on Carey but is too afraid to act upon it. He hates carrots and is allergic to horses, as shown in "Free Tippy". Every time Carey kisses him, he faints, as seen in "Kisses & Basketball", "Bowling", and "Going for the Gold". His affection is also shown in his office which has a picture of Carey, as well as a cardboard cutout of her, which he claims to his cousin

10640-470: The ship and unaware that she is actually attending sea school (which London tries to hide from her). Holly O'Neil (played by Sammi Hanratty ) – First appeared in "Have a Nice Trip", Holly is the child of a conman named Harry O'Neil (played by Eric Lutes ), and later went to "Camp Heaven On Earth". Like her father, Holly enjoys conning – during the events of "Have a Nice Trip", she conned Zack, Maddie, Cody, and various Tipton staff members while Harry feigned

10752-554: The skin of a conger eel and hair of seaweed, was still placated with votive offerings of fish left on the beach by fishermen. Similarly vengeful water spirits occur in Breton and Gaelic lore, which may relate to pre-Christian gods such as Nechtan . In China and in Japan, there are various accounts of "human-fish" ( 人魚 , Chinese: renyu , Japanese: ningyo ), and these presumably occurred in male forms also. However, Chinese human-fish have been described (and illustrated) as resembling

10864-429: The story "The Merman", a captured marbendill laughs thrice, and when pressed, reveals to the peasant his insight (buried gold, wife's infidelity, dog's fidelity) on promise of release. The peasant finds wonderful gray milk-cows next to his property, which he presumes were the merman's gift; the unruly cows were made obedient by bursting the strange bladder or sac on their muzzle (with the stick he carried). In Sweden,

10976-413: The superstition of the merman ( Swedish : hafsman ) abducting a human girl to become his wife has been documented ( Hälsingland , early 19th century); the merman's consort is said to be occasionally spotted sitting on a holme (small island), laundering her linen or combing her hair. There is a Swedish ballad ( Swedish : visa  [ sv ] ) entitled " Hafsmannen " about a merman abducting

11088-450: The torso, head and arms of a man upon the tail of a fish. They are typically used as supporters , and are rarely used as charges . A stuffed specimen of the merfolk was exhibited in London in 1822 was later billed " Fiji mermaid " by P.T. Barnum and put on display in the Barnum's American Museum , New York, in 1842. Although billed as a "mermaid", this has also been bluntly referred to as

11200-625: The transformation of Glaucus in the Metamorphoses , describing him as a blue-green man with a fishy member where his legs had been. A merman is called marmennill in Old Norse, attested in the Ladnámabók . An early settler in Iceland ( c.  11th century ) allegedly caught a merman while fishing, and the creature prophesied one thing: the man's son will gain possession of the piece of land where

11312-408: The twins. He later appears in "A Midsummer's Nightmare" as runner of the drama club, and in "Graduation" as the head of Zack and Cody's graduation. Mr. Forgess claims he drives his mother's car, which he says has chrome spinners. Mr. Forgess has appeared in three episodes throughout the series. Snooty Saleswoman (played by Donna Cherry) appears in "Not So Suite 16" and "What the Hey". Snooty works in

11424-574: The whole series. Barbara's last appearance was in "Benchwarmers", but production code wise is "Romancing The Phone". Barbara began dating Bob when Cody decided to attend school on the SS Tipton . She visited the ship in " The Suite Life on Deck " in the episode "Flowers and Chocolate". Agnes (played by Allie Grant ) is a girl who goes to school with Zack and Cody and has a crush on both of them and often attempts to win their affections, behaving aggressively towards girls whom share her competition. She often says "Agnes Likes". Agnes makes five appearances in

11536-500: The whole series. She has adopted fond names for Zack such as "Zackie-Poo", to Zack's annoyance, and thus embarrassing him in the process. Warren (played by Gus Hoffman ) is a friend of Zack and Cody from school. Warren attends Camp Knock-a-Number along with Cody and Tapeworm in "Cody Goes to Camp". He is also in the Grizzly Scouts along with Zack, Cody and Bob, with Mr. Moseby as their scout leader. Warren made four appearances, but

11648-561: The windshield. They both appear in "Miniature Golf" as part of London's so-called book club and in "Who's The Boss?" while Chelsea was in the episode "Tiptonline" as a guest and temporary producer on London's web show "Yay Me". In " Who's the Boss " they have British accents. Tiffany has appeared in two episodes throughout the series, and Chelsea has been in three. Chelsea visits London on the SS Tipton in The Suite Life on Deck , assuming that London has been continuing her glamorous, rich lifestyle on

11760-670: The world; for example, at the Booth Museum in Brighton. Such fake mermaids handcrafted from monkeys and fish were being made in China and the Malay Archipelago , and imported by the Dutch since the mid-16th century, according to ichthyologist E. W. Gudger . Several natural history books published around this time ( c.  1550s ) carried entries on the mermaid-like monk-fish ( sea monk ) and

11872-454: Was a human boy until his mother cursed him to become part fish. As a merman, he occasionally assisted fishermen, but was summoned by a king who ordered him to explore the seabed and bring back items. Cola Pesce reluctantly went on the king's errands, only to disappear. The boto (river dolphins) of the Amazon River regions of northern Brazil , is described according to local lore as taking

11984-552: Was inconclusive as to species (and nothing on gender was disclosed), but despite being catalogued as a "Japanese Monkey-fish", it was determined to contain no monkey parts, but only the teeth, scales, etc. of fish. Another "merman" specimen supposedly found in Banff, Alberta , is displayed at the Indian Trading Post. Other such "mermen", which may be composites of wood carvings, parts of monkeys and fish, are found in museums around

12096-431: Was left in charge of the hotel in the episode "I Want My Mummy". Zack says that Skippy is so nice, that he would give anyone anything if they just asked, even his wallet. Grace (played by Naomi Chan) is an emotionless towel maid at the Tipton who appeared in "Ah! Wilderness" while Carey was painting. In "Orchestra", she is given the name Grace and attempts to teach London how to do her job. Rich (played by Chris Doyle)

12208-420: Was mistaken for a co-counsellor due to her height, bringing her actual age into question. Leah does not talk very often, but does like to sing. She often wears black and states in one episode that her favourite shade of lipstick is "Kiss Me Charcoal". She has stated she uses her grandmother's finger as a toothbrush. Leah appears in four episodes in the series. Wayne Wormser (played by Jareb Dauplaise ) works as

12320-453: Was not seen after Season 2. Mark (played by Tyler Steelman ) was first introduced in Season 2 "Club Twin" where he attended Zack and Cody's Club, "Club Twin". In season 3, he went to summer school with Zack in "Summer of our Discontent". He is shown as nervous, and has problems making up his mind. On a test, he circled A, B, C, and D for each question. In "First Day of High School", Mark announced that he knows Taekwondo and takes classes at

12432-474: Was specially called out of retirement in the series finale "Mr Tipton comes to Visit", by the twins, when they heard the reason for Mr. Tipton's visit is to fire an employee, in order for her to "get fired" instead (using her catchphrase), sparing the other characters their respective jobs. Nia Moseby (played by Giovonnie Samuels ) is Mr. Moseby's niece. She has a part-time job at the candy counter, filling in for Maddie during her absence. She has come to work at

12544-448: Was that of an "ichthyocentaur" or "sea-devil". Gesner's sea-devil ( German : Meerteufel ) has been described by a modern commentator as having "the lower body of a fish and the upper body of a man, the head an horns of a buck-goat or the devil, and the breasts of a woman", and lacks the horse-legs of a typical centaur . Gesner made reference to a passage where Aelian writes of satyrs that inhabit Taprobana 's seas, counted among

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