A Raw Deal

**A Raw Deal** is the sixth Season 3 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the seventy-third episode overall. This episode is notable for the first appearance of the Spark Copy Ability.

## Summary

N.L.E. has a new lunch spot, so King Leonardo orders Chef Peppermint to turn his restaurant into a sushi bar.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Chef Peppermint
* King Leonardo
* Tommy

### Secondary

* Athena
* Aurora Man
* Bubbles
* Chief Gordy
* Cindy
* Daisy
* Dr. Medico
* Felix
* Gamba
* Gene
* Helios & Luna (*no dialogue*)
* Hover
* Lady Chanter
* Madeline
* Manny
* Marvin
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Milly
* Miss Yuubin
* Moonlight Man
* Parker
* Professor Antico
* Sir Chanter
* Sir Pathogen
* Snowdrop
* Tentaspark (*debut*)
* Twilight Man
* Whitehead
* Viruses (*no dialogue*)
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers

## Episode summary

The episode begins at Castle Leonardo, where King Leonardo and Tommy enter the throne room to contact Nebula Enterprises with the intent of demanding a refund for "dud monsters" and not being scammed again. As soon as they activate the screen, however, they see Gene taking a lunch break at a revolving sushi bar. Becoming jealous and hungry, Leonardo demands that Gene send him his own revolving sushi equipment. Later at Peppermint's Table, King Leonardo and Tommy quickly scarf down some ramen noodles to avoid having to taste it for long, and Chef Peppermint then asks the king if he could help support his restaurant financially. King Leonardo insults Peppermint for the suggestion, but agrees to help him out regardless, which makes Milly suspicious. She tries to tell Peppermint to refuse the offer, but to no avail. Later, an announcement is made on Channel Lion Out Loud proclaiming that Peppermint's Table has been replaced by "Leonardo's Revolving Sushi Bar", and everyone in town is interested in trying it. As the restaurant begins to operate, a "sushi bot" rolls in to assist Chef Peppermint with the preparation. Chef Peppermint appears to object to this at first, but after his speech, he proceeds to roll with it anyway.

As the sushi begins to roll, the Puffies proceed to take plates, as well as exhibiting some less-than-sporting behavior at the bar. Meanwhile, Leeko starts walking around the bar vacuum-mouthing sushi off of others' plates, not aware of what he is costing them. Soon, nearly everybody at the bar hack racked up several stacks of plates, as well as having eaten much more than they expected to. After business has ended for the day, King Leonardo and Tommy count up the profits and leave Chef Peppermint with only a meager sum for his efforts. They then taught him as they expect Chef Peppermint will not be able to buy back his restaurant for another ten or twenty years and drive back to the castle. The next day, however, things do not look as promising, as everyone overspent on sushi yesterday and are no longer willing to fork over much more. Milly and Manny explain the town's apprehension directly to King Leonardo and Tommy, who are enraged over the fact that the customer base has dried up. King Leonardo then decides that if nobody wants to come to the sushi bar anymore, then he will bring the bar to them instead.

The next day, as everyone settles down in their homes, a conveyor belt comes crashing through their walls, snaking its way all throughout the town. It finishes by crashing through Leeko's house and then returning to the sushi bar. King Leonardo proceeds to activate the conveyor and send sushi plates through everyone's homes, tempting them with the "convenience". King Leonardo then broadcasts on Channel Lion Out Loud that henceforth, nobody is allowed to eat anything but the sushi that rolls on the conveyor, and if they refuse, they will be locked up in the castle dungeon. Despite these orders, nobody wants to partake in the sushi as it rolls through the town. As it travels through the outdoor elements, it starts to rot in the sun. Despite this, Leeko proceeds to gobble up every plate that appears in his house. Taking advantage of this, King Leonardo prepares a special baked potato sushi plate, which he explains will give Leeko "non-stop hiccups". Overhearing this, Milly and Manny try to find the potato sushi dish before it reaches Leeko's mouth, but they fail to stop it in time. Leeko ends up hiccuping uncontrollably, and tries to eat a squid sushi plate that rolls by, but is unable to do so. The squid on the rice bed then starts to glow, and transforms into the giant monster Tentaspark. King Leonardo and Tommy roll up in their Royal Racecar to watch as Leeko gets clobbered by the giant squid.

Leeko tries to battle Tentaspark, but each time he tries to vacuum-mouth, he is interrupted by his hiccups. Hover suggests to Milly and Manny that they should try to scare Leeko out of his hiccups, but they struggle to think of something that can really scare Leeko. After Leeko gets sizzled by Tentaspark's electric attacks, Milly comes up with something, and shouts to Leeko that if he doesn't get rid of his hiccups, he will never be able to eat again. This works, and Leeko is immediately cured of his ailment. Leeko then proceeds to vacuum-mouth one of Tentaspark's electric blasts, and gets the Spark Copy Ability. After Leeko pelts Tentaspark with several electric blasts, the squid monster tries to get away by flying high into the air, but one more blast defeats it, raining calamari cutlets from the sky. Chef Peppermint appears to mock King Leonardo and Tommy by suggesting they use the cutlets to make sushi, and the episode ends as Leeko enjoys some of the slices.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of *The Beginning* trilogy to feature the Spark Copy Ability.
* It is said that Leeko is fearless against monsters. However, in previous episodes, he is shown to be fearful of some monsters.