Two Bumble Bees and a Wasp

"Two Bumble Bees and a Wasp" is Teen Titans Go! Season 2, Episode 19a (45a), and the 89th overall episode of the series.

Summary
When Robin tries to teach the others to have more respect for money, he ends up learning a lesson.

Plot
The plot starts off at the Titans Tower, where the Titans are being called out by Robin asking them what day is it. They answer that is Wednesday but Robin corrects them its Friday for it is also payday. When he asked the Titans what are they going to spend the money on, they requested items that none of those were in Robin's theory claiming that money aren't meant to be wasted on things to bring happiness and joy therefor they are meant to be horded until they gain even much more money. However Beast Boy tells him that money is the root of all evil making Robin to hold up a dollar bill and using it as a puppet to talk making them certain that money aren't evil and they can be anything. Beast Boy suggested if money can be also Robin's "stupid" face on a dollar bill, which that made Robin to slap his face revealing the evil side of money currency they should respect.

Frustrated, Beast Boy takes Robin's dollar bill from his hand and rips it off into pieces much to Robin's horror. From his act, Robin won't pay the Titans anymore until they respect money as much as he does while he leaves away. But Beast Boy doesn't need his money while the other Titans wish they could've had some for it is forbidden to get paid. Beast Boy won't ever respect money as long as it is evil and from that he got an idea by replacing the money currency with bees instead.

Some time later, in the kitchen, Beast Boy opens up a box of pizza to eat, but Robin comes in as he would like to have a slice of pizza too by paying him a dollar bill. Beast Boy tells him the price in bees making Robin confused. He reminds Robin's speech about money representing credit so they can be anything, Beast Boy chose bees while Robin shows him that bees aren't even on the grid upon currency and nobody would pay in bees. On the contrary, Starfire also came in to order a slice of pizza from Beast Boy as she had bees prepared for payment. After that, his hand gets stung while Robin doesn't have any bees but he seeks out three flies flying by as he grabs them for an exchange instead of bees. However Cyborg tells him that nobody would buy anything for three flies as he gave Beast Boy some of his bees to get a slice of pizza too. Raven orders a slice as well but she had a queen bee instead. That being worth a lot, she purchased the slice and gets a change of two bumble bees and a wasp. While she's eating, her head gets stung by bees.

Intimidated, Robin refuses to use bees as currency so he sticks to dollar bills instead as he left the Tower in order to buy something while he travels around in Jump City. Eventually the bee currency has begun to expand all over making Robin to give up on dollar bills while Beast Boy became rich from his "sweet" business. Somewhere in the forest, Robin has found a hive of bees and tried to reach it making it falling right onto his head while he was pursued by bees. He runs into a bear accidentally, making the bear to chase him as well for Robin's head covered in honey while Beast Boy has become a bee-illionaire.

Back at the Titans Tower, Beast Boy's room has been decorated into a hive office while he was speaking on the phone like a business boss and playing golf. When he hits the golf ball, he accidentally hits Robin's face right when he entered to request some bees from him to get back on his feet. Beast Boy denies his request knowing that Robin will never respect money that way. However Robin started to get worried about his friend being stung repeatedly but Beast Boy ignores the pain. He would give Robin an opportunity to earn bees only if he dances for some bees. Robin wasn't expecting to be humiliated that way but he had no other choice but to dance in front the Titans (after they were being called out by Beast Boy). After dance, Robin earns only two bees that he should be grateful of. He admits that money is the root of all evil, even bee money as his hands are being stung and doesn't like how his friend has being turned into. But Beast Boy doesn't hear him as he smacks down a hive of bees with his hammer, allowing the bees to attack Beast Boy while the other Titans were watching him. Beast Boy has been swollen turning himself into a huge monster by his allergic reaction from the bee stings, making Robin to smack him down with his staff repeatedly believing that the evil of greed has consumed his friend. After a beat up, he eventually turns Beast Boy back to normal while Raven went off to call for an ambulance.

At the hospital, the Titans were glad to see their friend being slowly cured up. Beast Boy apologized for being too greedy of money while Robin tells them the lesson morale of whoever said that money is the root of all evil was way off base. He also apologize to Beast Boy for beating him up thinking he was a monster while he claims its cool. Suddenly Starfire just received the hospital bill costing too much which made Robin to tell a bee pun by "That's going to sting!" And they all laughed in the end.

Characters

 * Robin
 * Beast Boy
 * Raven
 * Cyborg
 * Starfire
 * Grizzly Bear (cameo)
 * Bumblebee (cameo on balloon)

Songs

 * Dance Fo' Yo' Bees

Trivia

 * The clip for this episode wasn't released until the day the episode premiered.
 * One of the legal signatures on Dr. Money is "Sean Kriener", who was one of the writers for Birds and who currently is a storyboard artist on the show.
 * 5 bees equal 1 dollar. A queen bee minus two bumblebees and a wasp equal one dollar.

Continuity

 * The music at the start is the same music heard in Beast Boy's dream in "Dreams".
 * Raven and Cyborg are once again reading "The Big Book of Rage" and "The Little Book of Calm", which they were previously reading in "The Left Leg". Also, Cyborg is seen with his bubble pipe, brought back from the same episode.
 * Robin's love for money is brought up again, which was previously mentioned in "Missing". Interestingly, Beast Boy seems to have lost his obsession with money.
 * This is the fifth time the hospital appears. ("Super Robin", "Second Christmas", "Pirates", "Truth, Justice, and What?")
 * This is the second time Robin was being forced to dance against his will, the first time being "Super Robin".
 * George Washington's appearance as seen in Money Grandma returned on Robin's dollar bill when he tried to buy a slice of pizza from Beast Boy. Surprisingly, Dr. Money did not have George Washington's caricature from Money Grandma, instead having a realistic depiction of Washington on a dollar bill.
 * The pizza from Truth, Justice, and What? is seen here, that is known as plain cheese pizza.

Running Gags

 * The Titans getting stung by the bees and wasp.

Errors

 * At the start, when Robin is telling the Titans they're wrong, Beast Boy disappears from his place on the couch before reappearing afterwards.
 * This episode has not been released by iTunes to download, and in it's place is "Beast Man".
 * Robin was going to pay the Titans, the fact that despite superheroes don't get paid.