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The Zack Files

TV·2000–2002·2 seasons, 52 episodes·FOX·Sci-Fi & Fantasy·22m·Created by Kathy Slevin

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The Zack Files is a science fiction television program that revolves around a young boy, played by Robert Clark, who is a magnet for paranormal activity and attends Horace White High School for Boys along with his three friends Cam, Gwen, and Spencer. Zack manages to get himself into trouble with his paranormal adventures and it is up to his friends to help him set things straight. The series is based on a series of books with the same name, written by Dan Greenburg. In August 2004, Goldhill Home Media released the first season on DVD.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Anchovy of DoomS01E16 · 7.0Anchovy of Doom When he was working on his science project about Human Apportion, Zack decided to take a break and eat some pizza, but before he ate, he zapped Gwen, Dickie, Tad, Todd, and Vernon into a terrarium and all of those 5 became only 8 centimetres tall.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0126Episodes2000–01Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S01E01The Library of No ReturnSeptember 17, 2000The Library Of No Return Zack finally gets around to returning an extremely overdue library book (Alice in Wonderland) and is confronted by
  2. S01E02You Don't SaySeptember 18, 2000You Don't Say Zack and his Dad pay a visit to Henry Gold's Magic Shop where Zack picks up a guide to Vaudeville ventriloquism. With a littl
  3. S01E03It's a Wonderful SchoolSeptember 25, 2000It's a Wonderful School It's election-time at Horace Hyde-White School for Boys and Headmaster Killerby unveils his latest acquisition - an
  4. S01E04Quiet Please, I'm Reading Your MindOctober 2, 2000Quiet Please, I'm Reading Your Mind It's hard to mind your own business when you're suddenly given the power to read other people's minds.
  5. S01E05SockworldOctober 9, 2000Zack gets sucked into a vortex while trying to find a missing sock in the dryer.
  6. S01E06Total RewindOctober 16, 2000Total Rewind Zack thought his father was out to purchase the Dreambox, an amazing DVD player, but Dan comes home with an old VCR that he bo
  7. S01E07The Zack Files S01E07Loose Lips: A Dog's StoryOctober 23, 2000Loose Lips: A Dog's Story When Zack accidentally learns the secret to communicating with dogs, but he only can communicate with them if the
  8. S01E08Crypt SeekerOctober 30, 2000Crypt Seeker Computer game dream girl, Tara Bond, comes to life and quickly becomes Zack's worst nightmare. In exchange, Spence is trapped
  9. S01E09Misfortune CookieNovember 13, 2000Misfortune Cookie A mysterious cookie predicts that all of Zack's wishes come true. And they do, unfortunately. Every wish turned out wrong
  10. S01E10The Zack Files S01E10Run Zack RunNovember 20, 2000Run, Zack, Run Determined to win first prize in a charity race, Zack buys a new pair of sneakers..only to discover that once he puts them o
  11. S01E11Deja VudooNovember 27, 2000Deja Vudoo It was at Gwen's birthday party where Zack had his first date, and Spencer was videotaping the event to see if anything strange
  12. S01E12One Bad SeedDecember 4, 2000One Bad Seed Suffering from basketball fever, Zack fears he's too short to make the team, until he accidentally swallows an orange seed and
  13. S01E13FibreJanuary 1, 2001Fibre! Zack's wish to be older is suddenly granted when Zack eats a mysterious cereal…. And finds himself aging at an alarming speed.
  14. S01E14Photo DoubleJanuary 8, 2001Photo Double Zack accidentally gets stuck in his Photo ID card when an old roll of film steals his image, leaving his body in a zombie stat
  15. S01E15But I'm Too Young to Be My DadJanuary 15, 2001But I'm Too Young to be my Dad When Zack's future son, Mack, travel back through time to get help from his father Zack realized how difficu
  16. S01E16Anchovy of DoomJanuary 22, 2001 7.0Anchovy of Doom When he was working on his science project about Human Apportion, Zack decided to take a break and eat some pizza, but befo
  17. S01E17Exit, Stage FrightJanuary 29, 2001Exit, Stage Fright Zack gets a bad case of stage fright, which of course, causes his pants to dissolve.
  18. S01E18The Talented Mr. TalismanFebruary 5, 2001The Talented Mr. Talisman Zack enlists the aid of an ancient charm doll to protect his accident-prone father. Soon, Zack finds out that Zac
  19. S01E19Sparkin'February 12, 2001Sparkin' Zack can create sparks and romance between people after visiting the Science Centre
  20. S01E20This Is Your Conscience CallingFebruary 19, 2001This Is Your Conscience Calling Zack and his conscience have a falling out when Zack abuses his ATM privileges. When he found out that his
  21. S01E21The SwitchFebruary 26, 2001The Switch Zack and Charles (Vernon's Butler) switch bodies when they go through a revolving door at the same time. Zack had a rough time d
  22. S01E22The Bottom LineMarch 5, 2001The Bottom Line Zack finds out that he can accurately predict the future using his new glasses. When he holds something, words would begin
  23. S01E23GoneMarch 12, 2001Gone Zack becomes invisible when he drinks invisible ink.
  24. S01E24It's a Jungle in ThereMarch 19, 2001It's A Jungle In There Zack's neighbour's apartment turns into a jungle. His friends try to find a way for Zack to escape.
  25. S01E25A Place of My OwnMarch 26, 2001A Place Of My Own Zack finds out it is very hard to live on his own, when he magically receives an apartment.
  26. S01E26Dinner with GrandpaApril 2, 2001Dinner With Grandpa Grandpa Maurice, who had passed away, drops by the Greenburg's for dinner. Zack was the only one who could see this gho

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0226Episodes2001–02AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Blast from the PastSeptember 17, 2001Zack wanted to stay and work on his project with Spencer and Cam, so he tried to trick Floyd, by turning the clock handles back to a certain
  2. S02E02Searching for Zack GreenburgSeptember 24, 2001Zack has a record of the lowest mark at Horace Hyde White, producing an F-minus on a physics quiz, so when Spencer downloaded an internet ph
  3. S02E03The Terrible TruthOctober 1, 2001When Zack, Cam, and Spence join to figure out more digits after the decimal for pi, they surf the net to check out information about a new r
  4. S02E04Groovin'October 8, 2001Gwendolyn is hosting a party and she needs a DJ, so Vernon and Zack tries out. While Zack was trying to practise on his (terrible) DJ skills
  5. S02E05What's Eating Zack Greenburg?October 15, 2001When Zack and his friends go on a camping trip, Zack's father decides to join them to give them tips. Zack, trying to get away from his fath
  6. S02E06In Your DreamsOctober 22, 2001When Spencer was doing an experiment on Zack for his sleeping habits for the science fair, Spence discovers that Zack can enter other people
  7. S02E07Captain SonicNovember 5, 2001Zack creates a comic book about his ears, because he did not like everyone saying that he had big ears. It turns out that Zack destroys the
  8. S02E08Zack ZeroNovember 12, 2001While Zack along with his classmates, visited the museum for a school trip, Zack touched a field phone which gave him shell shock, just like
  9. S02E09Zack GirlNovember 19, 2001When Daniel Greenburg accidentally buys Girl Power deodorant for Zack while shopping, and Zack uses it, he becomes a girl! Now, Vernon is fl
  10. S02E10Dead Men Do Wear PlaidNovember 26, 2001When Zack's soccer team, coached by Daniel Greenburg who is more interested exercise and fun than winning games, they started to lose too ma
  11. S02E11The Frog PrinceDecember 3, 2001One minute Cam is making fun of Zack, the next minute he is a frog! Spence and Zack must turn Cam back into a human before Vernon takes his
  12. S02E12Things to Do at Horace Hyde When You Are DeadJanuary 7, 2002A boy named Gilbert, has come back to finish unfinished business when he was alive. And now, Zack is the only one who can see him, so Zack i
  13. S02E13Bionic ZackJanuary 14, 2002Zack develops super-human strength to save his father's life. But instead of going back to normal after his adrenaline cools down, Zack gets
  14. S02E14Attack of the Zack-uumJanuary 21, 2002Daniel Greenburg hates Zack making messes, and he wants Zack to take responsibility and clean up before he does anything else. When Spencer
  15. S02E15Once and Future ZackJanuary 28, 2002Sarah ends her relationship with Zack. Zack discovers a sword in a stone, and pulls it out. Then Merlin appears, who is usually ""an old guy
  16. S02E16KleptomanizackFebruary 10, 2002When Zack decided to visit the Music store to purchase a copy of a CD that would impress Sarah, but Cam was there and suggesting too many CD
  17. S02E17Zack Times TwoFebruary 17, 2002Zack started joining almost every club at Horace Hyde, and he becomes overworked when he had to attend every club and finish all his project
  18. S02E18Pop!February 24, 2002Zack's mother returns to Zack and his father so she could spend some time with Zack. Zack gets in the middle of arguments of who would keep
  19. S02E19Zack and WhiteMarch 3, 2002During an election with Gwen, Cam and other candidates, Zack and Spencer did not know who to vote for. Spencer decided to try an experiment
  20. S02E20The Zack Files S02E20Little Big ZackMarch 10, 2002Zack's fear of growing up causes him to regress back to childhood when he discovers that he is going to have a Bar Mitzva Celebration at his
  21. S02E21The Eyes of Gwen KillerbyMarch 17, 2002During the robot creation contest, Zack found out he was looking at something else when he put on a special kind of glasses that Spence was
  22. S02E22Zack Greenburg's Day OffMarch 24, 2002Zack falls into Mr. Munk after walking through the door, and Zack just disappeared and he finds himself inside Mr. Munk's body. He was contr
  23. S02E23Almost Famous AlmostMarch 31, 2002When Zack was practising playing the guitar, he was given a chance to try on Spencer's interactive gloves which gives him a feeling of playi
  24. S02E24The Zack ShowApril 7, 2002Zack discovers that his life is a reality TV show, seen on another planet. One of the crewmembers of viewing this show visits Earth to tell
  25. S02E25Who Did You Say I Was?April 14, 2002As the Season Finale, Zack's records were sent out the window when he participated in a fight with Vernon, and Zack lost his entire memory.
  26. S02E26Zackeo and JulietMay 5, 2002Zack must take part in a Shakespeare play - Romeo and Juliet in order to pass English class, and he was assigned to act as the role of Romeo

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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