Bowling (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode)

"Bowling" is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

Plot

Template:Spoiler Mr. Moseby and the Tipton Staff gets beat up in flag football by a rival hotel team. London is the cheerleader and complains about cheering for a bad team. Maddie tells her she started cheering for the other team 2 minutes into the game. Ilsa Shickelgrubermeiger-Von Helsing del Keppelugerhofer walks in with a hulking woman and rub it in that they lost. The hulking woman shows them the highlights of the football game. Obviously they had none. Ilsa Shickelgrubermeiger-Von Helsing del Keppelugerhofer challenged them to a bowling competition. Arwin starts screaming and runs out. Carey is named captain by Mr. Moseby because she is a good player and the mother of the star player, Zack. She explains that when they were traveling, they needed something to do and every town has a bowling alley. Moseby wants her to kick London off the team because she is a bad player; Carey tells London she is an alternate and will be the team's "secret weapon" in case someone else can't play, managing to convince London that this is a good thing. The Tipton is practicing at the bowling alley, when the St. Mark team shows up and taunts Mr. Moseby and the rest of the team. Zack is named the star bowler for the Tipton. He tries to force Cody to do his homework because he has to rest his arm, but Cody doesn't fall for it. Zack tricks him to go out in the hall wearing just his towel and he locks him out. Carey comes home and grounds Zack. She forbids him to play in the competition tomorrow. London, as the alternate, becomes Zack's replacement.

Arwin is put in charge of Zack while the rest of the team goes to the competition. London is the first bowler and ends up getting a strike in the St. Mark lane. Zack discovers a bowling trophy in Arwin's office and he tells Zack that he used to be an excellent bowler, but retired when he hit his mother in the head during a tournament. Zack tries to persuade Arwin to participate in the competition, but he stubbornly refuses until Zack says that if he wins, Carey might kiss him. He then agrees to compete. The Tipton is losing badly until Arwin shows up and gets numerous strikes in a row. On the last roll he ends up with a 7-10 split. Ilsa mocks him, but he ends up knocking down both pins and the Tipton Hotel is named the winners of the competition. Carey kisses Arwin causing him to faint. Template:Endspoiler

Quotes

Arwin: Mother lost a foot that day.
Zack: Oh my gosh! Does she walk with a limp?
Arwin: No, the ball actually landed on her head. She used to be 6 feet, now's she's 5 feet.
Zack: That math I can do.
(after London drops the bowling ball on Esteban's foot)
Gretel: Oh, do I need to kiss it to make it feel better?
Esteban: (acts like nothing happened) I am okay.
Ilsa: (After losing bowling contest) You may have von this round Moseby, but I'll get you my pretty, and your little shtaff too!

Cody: Where'd you put the newspaper?
Zack: What do you need the newspaper for?
Cody: Our current events homework.
Zack: The teacher was serious about that?
Cody: Yes. We find current events in the newspaper ergo we need the newspaper.
Zack: Wait! Wait! Wait,did you just say 'ergo'?
Cody: Yes, it's my new word of the day, and I got to use it before breakfest!
Zack: My word of the day is pathetic, and guess when I'm gonna use it?
Cody: When you get your essay back and see your grade?
Zack: No. Now! (Pushes Cody out in the hallway) Ergo, pathetic.
Ilsa (to her staff): LEFT! LEFT! My husband home with 28 kids! RIGHT! RIGHT! Right in the middle of the living room floor!
Arwin: (picks up coin) Square head. (picks up another coin) Regular head. Flat head.
Zack: Bored out of my head.
Arwin: I'm sorry Zack, but you mom said no fun.
Zack: What do I do? I finished my homework.
Arwin: Why don't you go over what you did. You know checking it over.
Zack: Come on, it's bad enough I have to do it once! (picks up a trophy from a box) Whoa, a bowling trophy! Arwin, you bowl?
Arwin: I found that in the trash, makes a perfect paper weight.
Zack: But it says "Arwin Hawkhouser".
Arwin: Yeah, that's my sister.
Zack: Your sister has the same name as you?
Arwin: We were a poor family, we could only afford one name. (Zack stares at him)
Zack: But it -
Arwin: Okay, I confess!
Zack: Arwin do you bowl?
Arwin: Yeah.
Carey: (during when Arwin is in slow-mo by himself) What are you doing?

Trivia

Disney describes the episode plot as "Arwin faces his worst enemy."
In this episode Zack gets grounded for a month.
Carey kisses Arwin for a 2nd time. See Kisses & Basketball.
When Mr. Moseby says "Who's the biggest loser now?" to Ilsa after the Tipton wins, Caroline Rhea, who plays Ilsa, is the host of the game show The Biggest Loser.
When Arwin is doing his bowling montage, the staff copy Zack and Cody's "WHAT!"
In this episide, Arwin said, "I swore to never pick up a bowling ball again." In Commercial Breaks, Arwin picks up a bowling ball to juggle.
When Arwin bowled the second time in the game, you can briefly see that his foot passed the foul line, and it makes it seem like his strike counts.
When Ilsa said "28 kids," they're about only 5 of them. (One of them has to be the husband- she exactly said "Left my husband and 28 kids.")
During the flashback sequence where Arwin is juggling three bowling balls, he tosses one behind him and another slips from under his arm leaving him with just one. However, when he gets ready to bowl he actually puts down all three himself.

References

"Bowling" TV.com's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody Episode Guide, March 10, 2006.