Zoey 101

Zoey 101 is an American comedy-drama television series which originally aired on Nickelodeon from January 9, 2005 until May 2, 2008. It focuses on the lives of teenager Zoey Brooks (Jamie Lynn Spears), her brother (Paul Butcher), and her friends as they attend Pacific Coast Academy (PCA), a fictional boarding school in Southern California. The series was created by Dan Schneider. It was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in California, then at stages in Valencia, California beginning in season 3. It was nominated for an "Outstanding Children's Program" in 2005. Zoey 101 was the most expensive production ever for a Nickelodeon series, as it was shot completely on location in Malibu.

Plot
The series centers around Zoey Brooks as she enrolls in Pacific Coast Academy, a school that previously only allowed boys to attend. Throughout the series, Zoey and her friends navigate life as teenagers in a boarding school. As the series progresses, the group of friends grows closer together.

Why It Should Come and Play Today

 * 1) Very enjoyable and catchy teen pop theme song.
 * 2) Decent background soundtrack in every episode.
 * 3) Memorable characters like the lead character herself, Zoey, Chase, Quinn, Lola, Michael, Logan, Dustin, Dana, Nicole, Dean Rivers, Stacey, Coco etc.
 * 4) *Some of the characters have very distinctive personalities that give them a lot of charm:
 * 5) **Chase is the awkward, yet goodhearted guy.
 * 6) **Michael is the typical, yet hilarious comic relief done the right way.
 * 7) **Quinn is the nerdy and weird, yet intelligent and creative girl.
 * 8) **Logan is the narcissistic, immature yet a great friend.
 * 9) Amazing set design and decent lighting. It was even filmed at an actual university (only for Seasons 1-2).
 * 10) It is the only Dan Schneider sitcom that doesn't have a laugh track in it, instead it lets the viewer do the laughing, which makes the show refreshing to watch.
 * 11) It was also the first Nickelodeon show in general to have a widescreen aspect ratio format.
 * 12) The characters have decent-to-good outfits.
 * 13) Plenty of funny moments, such as when the entire cast does the Macalana (a parody of the Macarena) in the episode "Zoey's Balloon", and it doesn't even need a laugh track to tell you that it’s funny.
 * 14) The technology that the characters use, such as Pearbooks, looks cool.
 * 15) Enjoyable and memorable direct-to-TV movies:
 * 16) *Spring Break-Up
 * 17) *The Curse of PCA
 * 18) *Goodbye Zoey?
 * 19) *Chasing Zoey, the actual series finale (although the episode “PCA Confidential” aired after it in the United States).
 * 20) In 2015, it got a short called "What Did Zoey Say?", where Chase finds out what Zoey said about him in her time capsule.
 * 21) Good drama.
 * 22) It shows kids what it's like to go to a boarding school.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Zoey, while by no means a bad character, is nevertheless somewhat of a Mary Sue because she's perfect at everything she does and almost everyone likes her. She can also be unlikable sometimes, such as in "The Election", "The Radio" (depending on your point of view), "Logan Gets Cut Off" and “Anger Management”.
 * 2) It kinda jumped the shark in its fourth and final season when the writers decided to have Chase sent to a prep school in England and replaced him with James as Zoey's love interest. James himself was a very bland, generic and unmemorable character.
 * 3) There are a few bad episodes like "The Great Vince Blake, Logan Gets Cut Off", and "Anger Management".
 * 4) Dustin, despite being one of the main characters, hardly appears in the show, only having 25 episodes out of 61.

Trivia

 * It is the first Nickelodeon show to be presented and aired in 16:9 widescreen.
 * Victoria Justice, who portrayed Lola, later went to portray Tori Vega in Victorious.
 * The cast of this show had a reunion in one episode of the All That 2019 reboot.
 * Jamie Lynn Spears, Paul Butcher (despite him appearing in only 25 out of 61 episodes), Christopher Massey, Erin Sanders, and Matthew Underwood are the only ones to appear in all episodes of the show.

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