Ep 26. Scary Movie

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody season 2 episode 26, titled "Scary Movie," revolves around the main characters Zack and Cody Martin, twin brothers, and their friends Maddie and London. The episode starts with the gang deciding to watch a scary movie together. Maddie is excited about it, but London is hesitant and not a big fan of horror movies.

As they start the movie, London gets too scared and decides to leave. Maddie, who was enjoying the movie before, also gets scared and leaves with London. Zack and Cody are left alone, but soon they also get scared and decide to sleep together in their room.

However, the scary movie's effect doesn't stop there, as the boys start experiencing strange occurrences around the hotel. This includes shadows moving on their own and strange noises coming from downstairs. To add to their fear, they realize that they are all alone in the hotel, as all the staff members have left for the night.

In the meantime, Maddie and London are also struggling to overcome their fear. Maddie tries to stay brave and confront the fears by reading a scary book, while London keeps herself busy with spa treatments. However, both of them are still scared and constantly hearing weird noises, which make them suspect that there might be ghosts or some paranormal activity happening in the hotel.

Soon, Zack and Cody decide to investigate the strange occurrences, as they want to know if it's just their imagination or something more. They come across an old, spooky room, and upon entering, they find an old TV and a VCR player. They realize that the scary movie they watched was shot in that very room and it is more than likely the source of the weird occurrences.

Things get even scarier when they are trapped in the room by an electrically locked door, which makes them realize that they're not only being haunted by the movie but it's also the hotel's security measures.

Maddie and London, who had gone to bed by this time, realize that the twins are missing and go looking for them. They eventually rescue them by venturing into the spooky room. Having experienced plenty of scares in the past few hours, the gang is glad that their ordeal is over but they also agree that they will not watch any scary movie again.

In the end, the episode ends on a funny note as the group comes across an old hotel staff member who asks them why they didn't go home when they had the chance as the hotel had informed them that the hotel was being fumigated that night and all the staff members had left!

The episode's thematic focus on horror mixed with comedy is something that the fans of the show loved and went on to become one of the most popular episodes of the series.