Their group project for Mr. Tuttle's economics class is to start a business. The deadline is today, and they have nothing. Jessie is positive they're going to all get F's for sure. Some of the brilliant ideas include a surfboard made of cardboard and a pocket protector protector. Genius. We come to Zack's group and he brilliantly decides to market the friendship bracelets Lisa made. They're in business!
Hazy pink dream sequence! Screech is "Robin Screech" and Zack has become the richest man in America. He's so rich he was able to buy Bill Cosby (I thought the 13th Amendment outlawed that?) and make Belding his personal chauffeur.
What's going to be the name of the company? Slater proposes "Friendship Forever" (because they're selling friendship bracelets and they're all friends. Perfect). But who's going to be the vice president? Zack claims he's president, but apparently the group all decided yesterday that Jessie would be president. Jessie's pissed off and starts her own business, and Slater and Kelly follow her.
Apparently you can set up a booth in the halls and sell merchandise without consequence. Friendship Forever has a net profit of $120! That's incredible. It appears friendship bracelets are unbeatable. That is until...
Jessie & co break out a sweet music video advertising their new product, "Buddy Bands." Apparently they're so effective that they helped Slater make friends and get a date to the dance. Buddy Bands. Hey, they work.
Friendship Forever is losing money...fast. They need to offer their customers a premium. And what better thing to accompany a friendship bracelet than...a free friend! Genius. Zack becomes power hungry, causing Screech and Lisa to leave the business. Dejected and without manpower, Zack has no choice but to shut down the business.
Jessie might be president, but everyone has equal say over at Buddy Bands. It seems nothing can stop the juggernaut that is Buddy Bands. Nothing except...Zack Morris. He buys a Buddy Band and hatches a brilliant plan. What's the best way to destroy a cool fad? Get Belding in on it of course!
After watching Belding pump some iron in the locker room, Zack gives him his Buddy Band. Belding gets choked up and proudly sports it around school. Everyone quickly returns their Buddy Bands and the fad of wearing an elastic headband disappears just as quickly as it came.
The group and Zack reconcile and decide to combine their two products into a new one: Love Cuffs. They sell just enough to break even and sell the rest of their inventory to the nerds to make book straps. Tuttle threatens to give them F's, but apparently it's more important to be friends than run a successful business in economics class. A's for everyone!
QUOTES!
Student: (on Buddy Bands)Belding's wearing one! You can't get more defective than that!
Zack: This baby was a good idea. And so was this baby. Now if we put them together maybe something new can be born.
Screech: Sorry I have to go home. My mom wants to be the one to tell me how babies are born.
WHAT DID WE LEARN TODAY? Don't start a school business with your friends and then branch out to your own company and then put each other out of business because that's bad friendship unless you can put your two ideas together and create something awesome and everyone gets A's.
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