Mr. Moseby

Marion Moseby
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody & The Suite Life on Deck character
Mr. Moseby in So You Think You Can Date?
First appearance	"Hotel Hangout"
Last appearance	""Graduation on Deck"
Created by	Danny Kallis Jim Geoghan
Portrayed by	Phill Lewis
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Hotel manager
Family	Beulah Moseby (mother) Spencer Moseby (brother) Lily Moseby (sister) Dwight Howard (half-brother)
Significant other(s)	Emma Tutweiler
Relatives	Rose Moseby (grandmother) Nia Moseby (niece)

Mr. Marion Moseby (portrayed by Phill Lewis) is a character on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and its spin-off, The Suite Life on Deck. The character has also appeared in cross-over episodes of That's So Raven, Wizards of Waverly Place, Hannah Montana and I'm in the Band.

Character biography

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

Marion Moseby is the uptight manager of the Tipton Hotel, who speaks with an extensive vocabulary and an urbane vernacular, along with speaking a number of different languages besides English (French, Japanese, Swahili, Spanish, etc.). He is often annoyed by Zack and Cody Martin's schemes and antics (to the point that he may have vowed never to have any children of his own), but although he acts as though he does not care about the boys, he actually has a great deal of affection for them. For example, when they went to the baseball game and he caught a ball for Cody, ultimately making him the most "hated man in Boston", and in an episode of The Suite Life on Deck, when Zack was framed for stealing a necklace, Mr. Moseby said that he knew Zack, and that he wasn't a thief (although, it is shown that he calls him many other things before stating that). In the episode "The Ghost of 613", it is revealed that he started out at the Tipton as a bellhop and had a "voluminous 'fro". In another episode, it is stated that he lives in a condo.

Mr. Moseby is probably more of a father to London Tipton than her own, because he is seldom around. Mr. Moseby has even taught London how to walk, the alphabet (This took fourteen years to do), how to ride a bike, how to roller skate, and how to drive (or tried to). In the Suite Life on Deck, Moseby mentions remembering that he had to teach London that socks do not go over her head.^{[citation needed]} He cares for London and treats her like his own daughter. He also helps London with any problems she is having. She has, in turn, shown to some extent that she enjoys his presence or that she respects him, like in the episode "Arwinstein" when she makes him Prime Minister of the country that she "bought".

A running gag of the series is that Mr. Moseby often makes a fool of himself in front of people (e.g.: hitting a baby doll that wouldn't stop crying against a chair when a woman with a baby walked by or stating he was an Egyptian belly dancer named Melina (at which a guest turned around and stared at him curiously), or making a sarcastic comment about himself (that the customers think is true, and not sarcastic). He is guessed to be 39 because he said "only 26 more years til retirement" in "A Tale of Two Houses" and it is revealed that an employee must retire at the Tipton at age 65 in "Free Tippy".

The Suite Life on Deck

In the follow-up series, he is somewhat an uptight chaperone on the SS Tipton, though the job of putting foil to Zack and Cody's antics never goes away. In this series we find out that he is very fond of pocket hankies. He is constantly running from bow to stern keeping the boys, and London, out of trouble. It is shown that despite how he acts towards Zack and Cody, he does actually care about them, even serving as a father-figure in some instances. In this series he is notably more fond of Cody but still treats Zack about the same. For example, while he always wishes Zack and Cody will disappear, when they actually do he's very upset about it and says he didn't actually mean it. Also, when Zack is accused of being a thief in "Kidney of the Sea", Mr. Moseby stands up for him saying that while he's a lot of things, he knows that Zack is not a thief and helps him prove his innocence. In "Breakup in Paris", it is revealed that Mr Moseby has a world map where he colors in all of the countries that the ship travels to where Cody has been kicked out of restaurants.^[1] There is a running gag that people make fun of how short he is, Zack and London especially. The episode "Das Boots" shows him to be a chess fan and reveals he has his own blog on the game, "Make That Move with Marion". He also appears in The Suite Life Movie.

Other series

In the I'm in the Band crossover episode "Weasels on Deck", it is revealed that Mr. Moseby had once been friends with Ash Tyler as they competed with each other in professional hand-slap competitions.^[2]

Relationships

• Miss Emma Tutweiller - She is Zack, Cody, London, Bailey, Marcus, and Woody's teacher at Seven Seas High. In "Showgirls", he starts to have a crush on her, but denies it, and in "seaHarmony", London and Zack pair them up, and they soon start dating, but later end their relationship after a disagreement over The Three Stooges. However, they soon find out what London and Zack have done, and talk about their punishment over dinner. Later, in the episode "So You Think You Can Date", he and Miss Tutweiller fight over whose party would get to use the Sky Deck. Woody suggests that they compromise and split the deck in half. In "The Play's The Thing", he and Emma officially become a couple. He proposes to her in "Graduation on Deck".

Family members

• Nia Moseby (played by Giovonnie Samuels) - Nia is Mr. Moseby's sixteen year old niece. She has a part time job at the candy counter, filling in for Maddie during her absence. Her purpose for staying at the Tipton for the summer is so Mr. Moseby can get her to behave like a responsible girl. Lily Moseby, one of Nia's aunts, was to make her behave like a responsible adult, but she couldn't stand Nia so much that she changed her name and moved to Alaska. Nia appears in six episodes in Season Three. According to Mr. Moseby, she was expelled from her last school for fighting with the cafeteria lady because she was out of matzah ball soup. In the episode First Day of High School, she is seen defending Zack from a jerk.

• Beulah Moseby - Beulah is Mr. Moseby's mother who's been unseen. She favors Mr. Moseby's brother Spencer over him but. Beulah was mentioned in the episodes "Big Hair & Baseball", "Moseby's Big Brother", "Risk It All", and "Miniature Golf". Her name Beulah was revealed in the episode, "Miniature Golf". In "Big Hair & Baseball", she was so mad at Mr. Moseby that she sent him a nasty message on his cellphone, and she has a woman who waxes her lip (indicated in the episode "Risk It All"). Beulah appears to be sort of mean and she wants Mr. Moseby to get married. She is also described by Mr. Moseby on one occasion as being 250 lbs of fire and brimstone, and 20 lbs of coffee cake in "Miniature Golf". In the On Deck episode "Mom and Dad On Deck", it is revealed that she lives with cats, which she is very fond of. In the episode, she forgot Moseby's birthday, and only called him to tell him about her cat's birthday gift.

• Rose Moseby (Phill Lewis in a dual role) - Mr. Moseby's grandmother and was in the episode, "A Nugget of History". She helped Zack get an "A" in history. She carries a large purse filled with many objects that realistically wouldn't fit into it like a baseball bat, vacuum cleaner, anchor etc. (similar to Mary Poppins' purse and Max's Russo's bag from Wizards of Waverly Place which was shown in the special episode, "Double Crossed", which was a three-way crossover between The Suite Life on Deck, Wizards of Waverly Place, and Hannah Montana).

• Spencer Moseby (Dana Michael Woods) - Moseby's older brother, who is a little person. He is wealthy, mean and is lactose intolerant. Spencer worked for the Tipton for a while when he was broke, but quit when all his riches came back. Spencer would make fun of Mr. Moseby's lack of accomplishments when compared to his own, and Mr. Moseby's hate for Spencer eventually built up, resulting in a very immature fight between both of them in the hotel lobby (which actually was a wrestling match).

• Lily Moseby - Lily Moseby is the one who was to take care of Nia before Mr. Moseby. But, as Nia mentioned, this did not go well and she changed her name and moved to Alaska.

• Dwight Howard - Dwight Howard is Mr. Moseby's younger half brother through his mother. He appeared in The Suite Life on Deck season 3 episode "Twister: Part 1" where Mr. Moseby challenges Zack, Woody and Cody to face Dwight and his friends (Deron Williams and Kevin Love) in a 3-on-3 basketball game. Mr. Moseby says that he was Dwight's coach in his younger days.

References

1. ^ "Breakup in Paris". The Suite Life on Deck. Disney Channel. June 18, 2010. No. 28, season 2. 17:07 minutes in. "It's a map of the world. I color in all the countries where Cody's been kicked out of restaurants."
2. ^ I'm in the Band Season 2 Episode 1 "Weasels on Deck"