Zack Martin

Infobox character


caption = Zack in "Parrot Island"
name = Zack Martin
first = "Hotel Hangout(The Suite Life of Zack and Cody)"
last =
alias = Quick Guy, Zachary
cause =
nickname = Zack, Zackster, Zackinski, Zackisan, Zackattack, Zackie
age = 12-13 (Season 1)
13-14 (Season 2)
14-15 (Season 3)
15-16 (Season 1 The Suite Life On Deck)
born = September 1992
death =
occupation = 10th Grade Student
(as of Season 1 The Suite Life On Deck)
title =
family = Cody Martin (twin brother);
Carey Martin (mother);
Kurt Martin (father)
episode =
portrayer = Dylan Sprouse

Zachary "Zack" Martin (played by Dylan Sprouse) is a character on "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" and its spin-off "The Suite Life on Deck". He is typically the unstudious, outgoing and often lazy twin, who usually dresses in skater clothes. At school, he is a straight "D" student, mentioned in the episode "First Day of High School". Besides not doing well in school, Zack loves wood shop (which he is the best in class). Also, it is revealed that Zack is the older twin in the episode Arwinstein because he quotes "I think my baby brother put it right when he said...", and then he screamed out of the room. It was later revealed that Zack is ten minutes older than Cody.

Character Information

Zack has an obsession with women, and has a crush on Maddie in the first season (though from the second season onward, little is said concerning whether he still has a crush on her, he is known for having crushes on several other women). But he always calls her, "Sweet Thang". Zack usually picks on Cody, but becomes very protective of his brother when other people do it. He wants to be like his dad, Kurt, who is a rock star. He takes after his father in many ways. In "Battle of the Bands", it is seen he has rock and roll abilities like his father. Also, like his father, Zack has a "cool" attitude towards everyone especially around men.

Zack also frequently gets into trouble sometimes along with Cody. He also is the lazier of the two, often bossing Cody around. Zack is also known to put Cody down a lot. Most of the time he receives no retaliation for these actions although he seems to be intimidated by Cody when Cody stands up to him. Zack also can usually be found eating food, like chocolate, more often so than Cody, as evident in the episode "Health & Fitness" where Zack attempts to stop eating too much candy, possibly because Dylan has noted that he is the heavier of the twins. Zack also has a better memory than Cody as seen in "The Suite Life Goes Hollywood". Unfortunately, Zack does not have as much knowledge but has as much common sense as his brother.

He and Cody are both huge fans of the Boston Red Sox, and hate the New York Yankees, although in the episode "Hotel Inspector", he asks for Yankees Tickets. Some of Zack hobbies: skateboarding, basketball, and soccer, all which he is good at. He is always playing pranks on his twin brother and is a lot messier than Cody is.

Zack did not pass 8th grade English, which causes him to go to summer school. In summer school, his brighter side is shown, making him not so popular he feel and occasionally getting a wedgie (this may have been the reason he wouldn't do well in school). He has been frightened before by a horror movie called "Zombie Mom", which he was not allowed to see, and eventually gets punished for seeing it anyway. After seeing it, he gets combined nightmares and sleepwalking, putting furniture in front of the front door of the hotel to keep out the zombies imagined by him.

Despite for Zack not doing well in school, he is pretty much as bright and clever as or even more so than his brother. Zack knows how to manipulate others for his personal gains. He can create genius plots and schemes to try to get himself and his brother out of trouble.

Character Information (The Suite Life on Deck)

In the spin off Zack still maintains the same general personality he had during the Suite Life of Zack and Cody. While on the ship he works at the juice bar and enjoys the freedom sea school grants him. He also has a crush on new character, Bailey, but stopped liking her because she had too much "baggage."

Notes

*Zack has only ever geled his hair twice; slicked back (That So Suite Life of Hannah Montana and the episode of Clocks and Contracts when Zack becomes Carey's [his mother] agent)
* Zack often calls Maddie "Sweet Thang"
* In The Suite Life Goes Hollywood he was annoyed with a small child actor for saying 'Thing' instead of 'Thang'
* Zack is often shown wearing boxers, but when he goes to Summer School he is hung to the wall by briefs.

Relationships

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody:
* Max (Alyson Stoner) - Zack and Max had a "date" at one point during the episode, "Kisses and Basketball". Zack later said that he was forced to by the guys, but he still enjoyed it. In the episode "Club Twin", It is shown he could have a crush on her.
* Agnes (Allie Grant) - Agnes had a liking for both twins in the episode, "Crushed", but neither one of the twins like her.
* Amber (Kay Panabaker) - Zack fell for Amber, and tried to talk her into dating him in the episode, "First Day of High School". She is a year older than Zack, and she refuses to date a younger guy.
* Betsy (Raini Rodriguez) - Zack told London and Mr. Moseby that she was a "rat-roach" extermintaor in "Sleepover Suite". He later kissed her so that she wouldn't be able to tell.
* Vanessa (Gage Golightly) - Zack had a crush on her during the episode, "A Midsummer's Nightmare". Vanessa does not like Zack, instead she likes Cody.
* Jessica and Janice (Rebecca and Camilla Rosso) - Zack and Cody have gone on double dates with these two several times during the second season.
* Darlene (Nicki Prian) - Zack had a crush on her in the episode, "Ask Zack".
* Dakota (Kelsey Chow) - Zack had Travis (Jaden Smith) cook in secret pretending it was him who cooked to impress her in "Romancing the Phone".
* Ella (Alicia Favela) - During the episode, "Miniature Golf", Zack went out with Ella twice.
* Abby (Amanda Gello) - Zack went out with her twice during the episode, "A Tale of Two Houses".
* Maddie (Ashley Tisdale) - During Season One, Zack loves Maddie. But in Seasons 2-3, the crush is almost never seen but Zack still loves Maddie, as revealed in one of the newer episodes, "Team Tipton". Also in the episode Not So Suite Sixteen it Zack still likes Maddie. It is stated by Cody that Zack was thinking about 'the birds and the bees when looking at Maddie
* Gwen (Selena Gomez) - In "Midsummer's Nightmare," Zack and Gwen kiss and it was revealed that Gwen started to like Zack besides Cody. Gwen's crush on Zack ended with the episode; otherwise they are very good friends.

The Suite Life on Deck:
* Bailey Pickett (Debby Ryan) - Zack liked, and flirted with, Bailey in the first two episodes of the series. He stopped liking her because she had too much "baggage".

* Violet Berg (Christa B. Allen) - She and Zack had a romance in "Kidney of The Sea"