Zack and Cody skip school and meet Bob at mall were a singer is shooting a music video. Cody wins the contest to be in the video. Zack and Cody's mom walks in the mall and they go hid in the dressing room in a woman's clothing department. Their mom leaves and Cody goes to be in the video. His mom watch from a door not knowing that he is in it. Zack sees her and tells Cody, who tries to keep his mom from seeing him, which she does anyway, and grounds them.
Each episode's title card is accompanied with audio containing only Morse code (dots and dashes, or short and long beeps) which, when translated, provides a short hint (around 3 words) about the episode to come.