Zoey 101

Synopsis

Zoey 101 is an American television series which originally aired on Nickelodeon from January 9, 2005 until May 2, 2008. It focuses on the lives of teenager Zoey Brooks and her friends as they attend Pacific Coast Academy, a fictional boarding school in Southern California. It was created by Dan Schneider. It was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia, California beginning in season 3. It was nominated for an "Outstanding Children's Program" Emmy in 2005. Zoey 101 was the most expensive production ever for Nickelodeon series, as it was shot completely on location in Malibu. It was also Nickelodeon's best performance for a series premiere in almost eight years. Despite this, many critics have made negative comments about the show, its setting, and its characters.

First Air Date: 2005-01-09

Last Air Date: 2008-05-02

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 65

Created By: Dan Schneider

Networks: Nickelodeon

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Top Cast

Jamie Lynn Spears as Zoey Brooks
Paul Butcher as Dustin Brooks
Christopher Massey as Michael Barret
Erin Sanders as Quinn Pensky
Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese
Sean Flynn as Chase Matthews
Victoria Justice as Lola Martinez
Abby Wilde as Stacey Dillsen
Alexa Nikolas as Nicole Bristow
Jack Salvatore, Jr. as Mark Del Figgalo

Seasons

Season 1 (2005) - (13 Episodes)

Season 2 (2005) - (13 Episodes)

Season 3 (2006) - (25 Episodes)

Season 4 (2008) - (14 Episodes)

Season 1 (2005)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Welcome To PCA (2005-01-09)

Zoey begins life at PCA. She is nervous about the situation at first, but gets more comfortable when she meets her new friends; Dana, Quinn, Chase,Nicole, Logan, Michael. The girls and boys try to adjust to girls being allowed to attend PCA for the first time.
Ep. 2: New Roomies (2005-01-09)

Zoey's roommates, Nicole and Dana, constantly fight. So then, she decides to move in with the girl named, Quinn. After Zoey moves in, she thinks that it wasn't a good idea that she moved. So then, she wants to move back in with Nicole and Dana. But when she sees that Nicole and Dana are enjoying themselves after Zoey moves, she decides just to stay with Quinn, since she doesn't want to hurt her feelings. Meanwhile, Logan is pressuring Chase into keeping Zoey away from her roommates so Chase can spend more time with her.
Ep. 3: Webcam (2005-01-16)

Logan brings a present for the girls, a bear for the girls' lounge. Then people find out their secrets (i.e. Quinn eats baby food) and the girls start to blame each other for telling their secrets. And later trying to find out who is the culprit.
Ep. 4: Defending Dustin (2005-01-23)

When a school bully forces Dustin to do his homework for him, Zoey confronts the bully in public, embarrassing Dustin in the process and further enraging the bully. So Dustin decided that Zoey is babying him too much. He goes to Chase and Michael for advice and tries to tell Zoey that he can defend himself by his own. Meanwhile, Zoey, Nicole, Dana, Chase, and Michael try to hide their dog, Elvis away from their dorm advisor, since it's against school rules for having pets on campus. Logan did not appear in this episode.
Ep. 5: Prank Week (2005-01-30)

Prank Week, a PCA tradition where returning students prank new ones, has begun. The boys prank the girls multiple times, so the girls decide to prank the boys back (which violates tradition because new students are not supposed to do anything about it except getting pranked). The boys were supposed to keep a statue of the founder of PCA clean, so Zoey comes up with a prank and the girls put women's clothes on it. But when the son of PCA's founder sees it, he is very angry, and tells the girls that its going to be their last semester at PCA and that no more girls are going to PCA. So then after all the sadness from the girls, Zoey tries to figure out a way of how the girls can stay at PCA.
Ep. 6: Jet X (2005-02-13)

During this episode, Mr. Bender has invited a special friend of his to come and show the class a new scooter called "Jet X". He has asked the whole class to get into groups and organize group commercials. He said the winning commercial will get aired on TV. 100 times. Chase, Michael, & Logan form a group, which Logan gets his dad's special equipment for his commercial and a celebrity. While Zoey, Dana, & Nicole begin fighting over the video, Zoey puts all their ideas together.
Ep. 7: The Play (2005-02-20)

Chase writes a play, and he is cast as the lifeguard, and Zoey is cast as the alien, who he gets to kiss. Chase is excited, but then Logan auditions and gets the part instead. Chase becomes obsessed with what will happen between Logan and Zoey. Meanwhile, Dustin has a fever and Quinn tries to cure him by using one of her "Quinnventions".
Ep. 8: Quinn's Date (2005-03-06)

Quinn has a crush on a boy named Mark, but is too afraid to ask him out. She asks Zoey to ask him out for her, resulting in Quinn thinking she's going out with Mark. Zoey, worried that Quinn will find out that she's not really going out with Mark, asks Chase to go on a double date with her, Mark,and Quinn. Meanwhile, Dustin takes care of Elvis while the other boys are busy, even though he's afraid of animals.
Ep. 9: Spring Fling (2005-03-13)

Zoey, Dana, Nicole sign up for the spring-fling committee in order to get Drake Bell to perform at their spring-fling. But when they find out they have to have $5,000 for Drake to play at spring-fling, Zoey and the gang put up a fund-raiser.
Ep. 10: Backpack (2005-04-03)

When Nicole pays for a backpack she messed up at the bookstore, she is broke and calling the backpack stupid. But when Zoey re-designed the backpack using her ideas, Nicole likes it and keeps it. Later on, Zoey's backpack idea is stolen from a girl named, Stacy and she makes a lot of money. So then Zoey and the gang try to seek revenge on her.
Ep. 11: Disc Golf (2005-04-10)

In this episode the gang is worn out from always running in gym class. Nicole keeps throwing up and is tired of it. To solve this, they decide to put together a disc golf team to keep them from doing gym class. Also, Michael is not happy with his weight due to him being addicted to chips, so he gets Quinn to solve his problem
Ep. 12: School Dance (2005-04-17)

The school dance committee implements an experimental personality-based partner selection process. So, Chase tries to get matched up with Zoey, and so he does whatever it takes to get matched up with her. But of course, his plan backfires when another guy gets matched up with her as well as him. Zoey must pick between Chase and Glen, the other guy. Chase is upset and tries to get Zoey to pick him.
Ep. 13: Little Beach Party (2005-05-01)

It's the end of the semester and Zoey and her friends are excited for PCA's annual beach party but... they end up going to the wrong beach unsupervised. It turns out that they aren't at Mystic Beach (where the big PCA party is) and have no way of getting back. But, they throw their own party and Quinn works her magic and finds a way to go back home.