The episode starts with Beast Boy drawing a picture of himself as a robot and Cyborg as a dog, as a
We LOVE pie.
birthday gift for Cyborg. Beast Boy tells Raven that by being Cyborg's best friend, he knows everything that he needs to know about him and things he enjoys. Raven and Beast Boy go to Cyborg, who is in the fridge, looking for something to eat. Beast Boy tells Cyborg that he obviously knows that Cyborg wants pie.
and the Titans to laugh. Beast Boy tells Cyborg that he has the best birthday gift for him. Cyborg tells him that he hopes that is a new video game, which Beast Boy felt bad that he could not afford. Starfire then tells Cyborg that she would be organizing Cyborg's birthday party. Beast Boy is in front of a store window, where the video game that Cyborg wants is on display. He starts hallucinating about Cyborg, and the hallucination convinces him to get a job, so he could
Mother Mae-Eye
afford the game Cyborg wants.
He was looking for jobs everywhere on Jump City, being fired from each one. Not being able to find a job, Beast Boy is very sad at the gang's next trip to the pie shop. Starfire tells the gang that she would be holding Cyborg's party at Mother Mae-Eye's pie shop. Robin tells Beast Boy what's wrong, and that he replied about the game. Then he tells him that friends love homemade gifts and won't care what they expect and gives him the drink, to which Cyborg rejects. Robin tells him, "We cheap-os need to stick together." Beast Boy takes a job at Mother Mae-Eye's pie shop to buy the game for Cyborg, but his job may cause him to miss the party and lose his friend. At the birthday party Cyborg makes a toast criticizing Beast Boy and then he starts throwing the pies on the floor. Beast Boy tired of cleaning up, starts fighting with Cyborg. Then Mother Mae-Eye hypnotizes Robin, Raven and Starfire, making them go to the kitchen, throwing them into the stove.
After fighting for a while, Beast Boy and Cyborg make up after Beast Boy
Seriously?
shows him his picture. They start eating pies that look like Robin, Starfire and Raven while not noticing the obvious signs. We soon see the real titans who are semi-naked and beat up, tying up Mother Mae-Eye and covered her eye and glaring at Cyborg and Beast Boy. Robin asks them in a sarcastic tone "Seriously?" in reference to them not noticing the obvious as Cyborg and Beast Boy are (obliviously) confused by this as the episode come to an end.
To feature a villain return from the 2003 series, being Mother Mae-Eye.
In which Cyborg and Beast Boy fought with each other.
To feature a birthday, being Cyborg's.
An alternate opening of the episode was shown during "Garage Sale".
As Cyborg and Beast Boy started singing all the way to the flavors, they realized that they’re gone because Cyborg's future self took them and heads back to the future.
Beast Boy dipping his finger into Raven's pie and then licking could be a possible sexual innuendo.
In Turkey, this episode is entitled, "Turta Kardeşliği" meaning "Brotherhood of Pie".
Continuity[]
This is the first time Beast and Cyborg are shown completing each other sentences, which they do again in "Burger vs. Burrito" and "Yearbook Madness".
Beast Boy and Cyborg's favorite foods are agreeable in this episode, much unlike Burger vs. Burrito.
This marks the first appearance of the recurring "Bubble Bots" game.
Ed is seen in this episode, being put on trial for the crimes he committed as shown later in "Driver's Ed."
This is second episode to have Starfire lose some hair. The first time was in the previous episode, "Legendary Sandwich".
This is also the first time the "Simulator Zoo" game appears, it is seen again in "Driver's Ed" as the game Robin bought.
This episode is very similar to the original Teen Titans episode, "Employee of the Month", where Beast Boy tries to find a job. In both episodes, after several failed attempts at different locations, he finally gets a job at a restaurant run by the episode's antagonist.
