Marion Moseby
| Marion Moseby | |
|---|---|
| File:The Suite Life of Zack and Cody s01e23.png Mr. Moseby in Pilot Your Own Life | |
| First appearance | Hotel Hangout |
| Portrayed by | Phill Lewis |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | The Meanager |
| Nickname | Mr. Moseby, Moseby |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Mister |
| Occupation | Hotel manager |
| Spouse | None, because he thinks it might lead to kids. |
| Relatives | Spencer (brother) Buela Mosbey (Mother) Rose Moseby (grandma) Nia (niece) |
Marion Eduardo Moseby, known to most as Mr. Moseby or simply Moseby, is a fictional character in the Disney Channel television series, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. He is played by Phill Lewis.
Moseby is the manager of the Tipton Hotel in Boston.
Moseby loves the Tipton Hotel and spends a lot of his time protecting it from the antics of Zack and Cody Martin, who are the sons of Carey Martin - the singer at the Tipton. Mr. Moseby pretends not to like the boys, but he does show concern for them. He bonded with them in Big Hair & Baseball when he took them to a baseball game (his first one). Mr. Moseby is usually very austere, but can be fun, comic, and sarcastic. Mr. Moseby can speak French (although in one episode, he is heard speaking many other languages). When he was young, he did ballet, and wanted the role of Nutcracker Prince in the ballet, The Nutcracker, but suffered a tetherball injury and, therefore, wasn't able to have the role. He was the only boy amongst 20 pretty girls. Mr. Moseby is like a second father to London Tipton. His employee, Maddie Fitzpatrick — who works as a candy counter girl — and London are good friends, but sometimes get into fights, which Mr. Moseby occasionally has to break up. He has only once felt relaxed in Day Care for a moment but was then interrupted. Being manager of the Tipton hotel means a lot to him and he is very skilled at it and making people listen when they don't to others. Mr. Moseby is known for wearing 100% Tipton branded clothing including boxer shorts, socks and handkerchief as can be seen in the episode Hotel Inspector.
Moseby has an older (but significantly shorter) brother named Spencer who always bullied him. Even as adults, Moseby was always the bullied little brother, since he was just a hotel manager while his brother was a rich millionaire. Eventually, the two let out their built up tension between them in an immature childish fight. He also has 2 more siblings, which include his neice Nia's mother and a woman named Lily, mentioned by Nia as her Aunt Lily.
The alternate Moseby in The Suite Smell of Excess is a prank-loving, troublemaker who lets the boys do what they like in the lobby and have all the candy they want from the counter. He prefers to be called "M".
He is also known for his dancing when he stars in the Tipton's commercial until he hurts his leg so he can't be in it. The role is then covered by Zack Martin, Cody Martin, and their mother Carey Martin posing as a family that just arrived at the Tipton.
Other facts
- Moseby is in The Tipton family album more than Mr. Tipton or any of his ex-wives.
- Moseby sometimes serves as London and even Maddie's surrogate father.
- Helped London take her first steps (in designer booties).
- It took him fourteen years to teach London the alphabet but now she knows her ABDs (as London says).
- His first job at The Tipton was as a bellboy (presumably in the 1970s, when large Afros were in style, but this would make Moseby's age at least in the late 40's), from which he worked his way up to his manager's position.
- A running gag is that he often embarrasses/frightens the guests winding up in a position (such as whacking a fake baby doll that wouldn't stop crying against a chair when a mother with a baby walked by) which is embarrassing, whether an action or saying something sarcastic about himself that is untrue, like being a belly dancer or wearing a cocktail dress.
- Aided London in driving lessons in the episode "Cody Goes to Camp".
- He once made a model of the Tipton out of popsicle sticks.
- Employee of the month 87 times, which means he has worked at the Tipton for over 7 years.
- He is overcritical, as he criticized Carey's driving while driving himself.
- He has had many different hair-styles over the years, including: an afro, jheri curls, a fade, and dread locks.
- His grandmother's name is Rose Moseby who carries a copious handbag.
- His mother is named Beulah, and weighs 270 pounds. He states that she was 250 pounds of fire and brimstone, and 20 pounds of coffee cake.
- He has a tendency to say "Good luck with that." in a sarcastic way, similar to Jerry Seinfeld.
- In "Super Twins", Moseby becomes a supervillain called "the Meanager"(Which was his nickname.), with brainwashing-vision (yellow), heat-vision (only seen within the first ten minutes, red), tickle-vision (purple), freeze-vision (blue), and adultizing-vision (green).
- His older brother is a dwarf
- He has a troubled niece named Nia, and promised her mother (presumably his sister) that he would straighten her out.