Teen Titans Go!

"Pyramid Scheme"

Beast Boy, your sadness is leaking from your eyeholes.

It's just...

I can't afford the birthday present Cyborg really wants!

Wait, haven't we been through this before?

And besides, my birthday is like months away.

If I don't get him an expensive gift,

- it can ruin our friendship. - That's not true!

What kind of person do you think I am?

Yeah, yeah, this has definitely happened before.

You guys know how much he loves expensive gifts.

- You're making me sound like a monster! - I have to gets a job,

so I can afford the expensive presents Cyborg wants!

You don't! You really don't!

Let me guess, Beast Boy, you're going to get a job at the pie shop.

I ain't getting a job at the pie shop.

I'm gonna make money the easy way.

- Check it! - Wait.

This is a pyramid scheme!

Whoa, pyramid, as in mummies?

I'm not sure you should do business with mummies.

Not that kind of pyramid!

A pyramid scheme is an unsustainable business model,

that promises payments to participants, based on

the amount of additional people they enroll in the business,

instead of focusing on the sale of goods or services to the public.

- Ah! - Oh... - Mmm-hmm.

As you can see here, the exponential growth of the "business",

will eventually cause the entire operation to collapse,

leaving the participants at the bottom of the pyramid bankrupt,

while those at the top walk away rich.

- Thus, the name "pyramid scheme". - Interesting.

I do have the question.

Did the mummies build the pyramids?

There are no mummies! It's not a literal pyramid!

My point is there's no such thing as easy money.

- You need to earn it with hard labor. - Ew, no way!

Hard labor is for criminals and pregnant ladies.

But, if you lives on the top with the mummy,

- you can get rich! - Well, technically, yes, but...

Cyborg is gonna get the most expensive present ever!

Just give me a card.

Cough up that dough!

- What are you doing to Beast Boy? - He was eating a cash salad,

and I refuse to stand by and watch money being wasted.

- Cash salad? Any good? - Hmm, not really.

I just gots more money than I can spend,

so I am thinking of new ways to use it, check it!

- # I stack my money brick by brick # - # Yeah! #

Oh!

Here's your birthday present, by the way.

- Ooh, sparkly! - So, where did you get all this cash?

From the pyramid scheme, yo!

I signed up and now I'm a money sheriff.

Ooh!

What is the money sheriff?

It's kind of like being president of your own company,

but with a badge.

We want to wear badges and eat money!

You want in, huh? Well, it's super easy.

- First, give me $100. - Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You don't give money to make money!

That's like paying to have a job.

And those badges are worthless.

They're just to trick you into thinking you have some sort of status.

This is why it's called a pyramid scheme!

- Here you go! - I love moneys!

Great! Now, you're my money deputies.

Cool!

Reach for the sky, compadres!

- Bangs, bangs! Horse, horse! - Yee-haw!

Lookin' good, y'all. Like you wanna make that mummy money.

You are not cowboys,

and there are no mummies in a pyramid scheme!

You are participating in a fraudulent business.

What you need is honest work. Hard labor.

I am not the prisoner! Bang bang!