Antico’s Greatest Discovery

**Antico's Greatest Discovery** is the eighth Season 1 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the eighth episode overall.

## Summary

Strange artifacts start appearing in a dig site, and our heroes must find out where they come from.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Professor Antico
* Milly
* King Leonardo

### Secondary

* Aurora Man (*has no lines*)
* Chef Peppermint
* Chief Gordy
* Felix
* Lady Chanter
* Leonardo Stone (*debut*)
* Lola (*has no lines/brief cameo*)
* Madeline (*debut*)
* Manny
* Moonlight Man
* Mr. Mage
* Sir Chanter
* Tommy
* Twilight Man (*has no lines*)
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers
* Viruses

## Episode summary

The episode begins at Castle Leonardo, where a formal ceremony is being held in honor of King Leonardo's coronation anniversary. The King comes out to make his speech to the assembly only to realize that nobody from Puffy Town showed up. Enraged at this, along with some teasing remarks from his cabinet, Leonardo vows to assert himself as the one true ruler of Usapia. Some time later, Professor Antico and Milly are digging at an archaeology site while Leeko and Manny play around. After falling into a couple pranks from her brother, Milly becomes frustrated, when she discovers something in one of the holes. She asks Antico about it, who nervously denies any knowledge of it for some reason. Milly, Manny, and Leeko dig up the object, revealing it to be a massive stone coffin. They run off to tell Puffy Town about their discovery as Antico stays behind, still acting strangely.

Later, Milly has a sizable group of Puffy gathered to witness the opening of the coffin, convinced that it contains an ancient Puffy king. Just before opening it, King Leonardo and Tommy come driving in on their Tank car and berate the Puffies for not showing up at the ceremony. Milly tells him off, insisting the coffin is evidence that he is not their real ruler, but plays right into Leonardo's hands when he opens the coffin, revealing what appears to be the remains of a former king who resembles Leonardo. After gloating a bit, King Leonardo invites the people of Puffy Town to go digging for more treasures that prove his standing as the real King of Usapia while Milly is in utter disbelief. While he dances with the skeleton from the coffin, Antico leaves in a sullen state as the kids look on.

Milly, Manny, and Leeko meet up with Antico at his museum later that night and console him over the incident. Antico still appears downtrodden at first, but then reasons that perhaps the ordeal would at least make the Puffies more interested in archaeology. He thanks Milly and then excuses himself for some private business. Later, Milly's family is having dinner and discussing the situation while Milly herself is still pondering what happened. Filled with a new determination, she sets off as Leeko takes her uneaten dinner. Milly ventures through Puffy Town in the middle of the night and finds Antico hauling a large sarcophagus from his museum. Milly secretly follows him and finds Antico burying Leonardo-themed relics at the excavation site. Using her camera, she snaps photos of Antico in the act of planting the fake artifacts.

The next day, a bunch of Puffies come to the site to find the sarcophagus as Antico presents it to them. At that moment, an irate Milly pulls the professor aside and reveals the photos to him. She threatens to turn him in if he doesn't come clean, and leaves him to think about it. As she leaves, King Leonardo and Tommy corner her, Manny, and Leeko in order to prevent the truth from getting out. They then prompt Antico to make a big rehearsed speech to the assembled crowd regarding the relics as the kids are gagged and tied up in the back. As the whole town is assembled, Antico begins his speech as instructed, but just as he is about to tell the lie, he remembers Milly's words, which forces him to give up the act. He declares all the artifacts fake and reveals the reason for his forgery, throwing the photos Milly gave him into the crowd as proof. As Leonardo fumes, Milly, Manny, and Leeko appear before the crowd to point out his wrongdoings, having been freed by Moonlight Man. King Leonardo then reveals his last resort, as the sarcophagus is shown to be a monster called the Leonardo Stone. The stone statue starts growing in size as everyone flee the excavation site.

The Leonardo Stone busts out into the open and starts its rampage as Leonardo and Tommy ride on its head. Antico runs after it with his pickaxe, but is distracted as the kids run in as well. Milly trips and nearly gets stomped by the monster, but Moonlight Man steps in and holds its foot up with his sword. Leeko attempts to vacuum-mouth the Leonardo Stone, but it does nothing. As he tries again, Antico runs forward and strikes the monster's foot with his pickaxe. The small pieces that fly off enter Leeko's mouth and he transforms into Stone Leeko. Using his power, Stone Leeko knocks over the Leonardo Stone, but then gets caught by the monster as it tries to squish him. Milly calls for the Shooting Star to come to Leeko's aid. Using the Shooting Star, Stone Leeko goes into his stone form and drops directly onto the Leonardo Stone's head, creating a hole through the center of the beast and emerging down below. This causes the Leonardo Stone to shatter into pieces and crumble, burying King Leonardo and Tommy in the rubble. As the episode ends, Antico swears to the kids that he will never forge his findings again, as Moonlight Man comments on how Leeko has improved as a fighter.

## Trivia

* Second appearance of the Stone Copy Ability in *The Beginning* series.
* Third episode where Milly summons the Shooting Star.
* Professor Antico plays a major role in this episode, making this the first episode in the series where a Puffy Town villager plays a major role in an episode.