The Suite Life on Deck: Rock the Kasbah (2×23)

I stumbled across this episode on the Disney Channel while waiting for HOUSE MD to begin, and out of boredom, I scrutinised it with an Eagle Eye (No, not the evil supercomputer). While it’s clear that kids (probably >11) watching this would be LOL-ing at the jokes, I personally feel that as a mature young adult, the jokes are kind of kiddyish. And how dumb is London Tipton? For shame, it’s a disgrace on the reputation of that ethnicity.

For those who haven’t seen The Suite Life on Deck, it’s basically about 2 twins, Zack and Cody, travelling the world with their friends upon a cruise ship and having adventures. For a more detailed summary, there’s the Wikipedia page for you.

A short and sharp summary of the episode is this: The group arrives in Morocco. Zack and Cody find some earrings that Cody wants to buy for Bailey, but due to Zack’s meddling, Cody misses out on the deal. Zack then eats some weird and disgusting foods in order to buy it for Cody. Meanwhile, Bailey, London, Marcus and Woody discover a “magic” lamp and fight over the wishes. Yep. Such deep profound things are the plots of these episodes. -.-

But that’s not why I’m here. Just want to point out a few inconsistencies that I noticed (and you may have too), and other related items:

1. 100% Inspiration, 0% perspiration. The whole episode was set in Morocco, a hot and humid place. As I used to live in Singapore, I know that humidity and/or heat gets people sweating. And yet, did you notice anybody with perspiration on their body, or their shirts wet on the chest and/or armpit area? Even at the end part, when everyone was running around stupidly, not a drop a sweat appeared. Dang, they’re fit.
2. Uh oh Mummy, I wet my pants. If Cody really had “ice-cube underpants” on, the transfer of heat from his body and the outside air would have caused the ice to alter their solid state to a liquid one. Simply put, the ice would have melted, showing a stain on the pants and dripping down his legs. Odd to see that the pants were dry for the whole episode.
3. Not sure whether it’s really a mistake or not, but during the scene when “the sun disappeared from the sky”, the lights on the windows resembled strobe lighting from a light show. And unless London’s blimp is transparent, shouldn’t it stop more light than that, or even turn the area a different colour?
4. Yes, can I have a bag of poisonous snakes? The bazaar seemed pretty upscale, not some kind of roadside stalls. Why then would they have a venomous cobra in a basket? Was it a pet? A lucky dip? Not only is that dangerous (what if someone tips the basket over, or puts it on someone’s head?), but it’s bad for the snake too.
5. Gordon Ramsey, eat your heart out! Forcing a little kid to eat goat’s eyeballs to make a sale? That’s just disgustingly unethical. Man, that guy would be in trouble. I guess though, if it’s voluntary…..Plus, what person puts live beetles in ice-cream to eat?
6. There was a mention of an Achmed at the knife-throwing part. Did they mean the “Dead terrorist“?
7. Maybe the taste is in the expiry! Bailey’s pies came from America in a cardboard box? Unless the pies are made from plastic, anyone would have taken precautions to stop it from going off. Hermetically sealed container, perhaps an airtight Tupperware box, but a cardboard box that wasn’t even sealed?

Altogether, while lame, immature, disgusting, and kiddy, it still is much better than some of the other cartoons and TV shows out there. I give this a B-

P.S. I’m also doing a review of Twilight on my original blog, THE WRITE STORIES. Have a look right here!

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