Leeko Comes To Puffy Town

**Leeko Comes To Puffy Town** is the first Season 1 episode of the *Leeko: The Beginning* trilogy, and the first episode overall. It is notable for the first appearances of many characters, as well as the first appearance of the Fire Copy Ability.

## Summary

A young Star Warrior named Leeko crash lands into Usapia and soon gains the trust of its inhabitants by fighting off King Leonardo's octopus monster Octogiant.

## Characters

* Leeko (*debut*)
* Milly (*debut*)
* Manny (*debut*)
* King Leonardo (*debut*)
* Tommy (*debut*)
* Helios & Luna (*debut*)
* Sir Chanter (*debut*)
* Lady Chanter (*debut*)
* Puffy villagers
	+ Cindy (*debut*)
	+ Snowdrop (*debut*)
	+ Mayor Bay Brittleton (*debut*)
	+ Chief Gordy (*debut*)
	+ Beatrice (*debut*)
* Gene (*debut*)
* Nebula (*debut, voiceover*)
* Octogiant (*debut*)
* Mr. Mage (*debut*)
* Twilight Man (*debut*)
* Aurora Man (*debut*)
* Moonlight Man (*debut*)
* Hover (*debut, cameo*)
* Viruses (*debut; no dialogue*)

## Episode summary

The episode begins in Usapia, where a giant flying octopus monster is terrorizing the people of Puffy Town by eating their sheep and then flying back to Castle Leonardo. A mob of angry villagers along with Milly and the rest of her family confront Tommy and King Leonardo about the situation, but they deny responsibility, as their pet octopus is tiny by comparison. Meanwhile, a pink mouse-like alien named Leeko is flying through deep space in his starship when it initiates a warp to a new part of the galaxy in response to a threat signal.

The residents of Puffy Town gather in Seashell Valley to ask the great sage Mr. Mage for guidance. Mr. Mage informs them that the octopus monster is indeed King Leonardo's doing and that a Star Warrior named Leeko is coming to save them. King Leonardo and Tommy show up in the tank car and the king attempts to break up this gathering, but Leeko's ship crash-lands at that moment nearby, prompting everyone to go check it out. They recover Leeko from the wreck and confirm his identity, but are dismayed that their savior is merely a small pink mouse. Leonardo knocks Leeko into a deep ravine using his hammer, and Milly, Manny, Helios, and Luna set off to go find him.

While trying to rescue him, Milly falls into the ravine. Leeko saves her by catching her in the air, and the group briefly gets acquainted with him after leaving the ravine. Just as they begin to understand Leeko's infantile nature, Leonardo comes riding in again to dispose of Leeko, who flees into a watermelon patch, but gives up the chase after Tommy whispers a new plan to Leonardo. The townsfolk then invite Leeko to a dinner, where he proceeds to vacuum-mouth all the food and then run off. Milly and Manny find him next to a pile of sheep bones, causing them to suspect that he might be the monster who ate all the sheep, so they hide him in a barn where they are discovered by Moonlight Man and his apprentices, Twilight Man and Aurora Man. They identify Leeko and then prepare to locate the octopus monster when an explosion occurs at Castle Leonardo.

At the castle, Leonardo and Tommy are attempting to fix Leeko's ship, which they had transported there. Leonardo takes a small red star from the ship and then heads into his throne room. There, he meets with the Nebula Enterprises representative, Gene, to complain about the octopus' small size. After some reassurance, Leonardo goes to check on his octopus when it suddenly hypnotizes him. Leeko enters the throne room looking for his star when Leonardo attacks him wildly in his possessed state. Amongst the chaos, Milly gets a hold of the star, but can only watch as Leeko is walloped first by Leonardo, then later by Octogiant as it reveals its true form and starts destroying the castle.

Leeko is cornered by Octogiant and its spawn on a pillar of rubble, but Milly comes and holds up Leeko's star while calling out to him, granting him the strength to fight back. He vacuum-mouths Octogiant's fiery minions and gains the Fire ability for the first time. Milly then tosses Leeko his Shooting Star, and he uses it to blow a stream of fire down all over Octogiant to defeat it. The townspeople thank him for this, as Nebula and Gene observe from afar. Later on, Leeko prepares to leave using his repaired starship, but Leonardo had the ship rigged to explode. The ship crashes right onto his vehicle however, ruining both, and Leeko has no choice but to stay in Usapia for the time being, which he is happy about.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of *Leeko:* *The Beginning* series. It is also the first episode to air in 2001.
* This episode marks the first appearance of the main characters: Leeko, Milly, Manny, Moonlight Man, King Leonardo, Tommy, and many other characters.
* This is the first episode of the *Leeko:* *The Beginning* trilogy to feature the Fire Copy Ability.
* Some cable or satellite providers title this episode “He’s Here, The Star Warrior Leeko!”
* This is the first episode in which it starts with a monster attack.
* Since this is the first episode produced, the animation is slightly different than the rest of the series, such as the following:
	+ Tommy’s shell being a darker shade
	+ Manny’s eyes being a darker shade than usual
	+ Leeko’s fur being a desaturated shade of yellow
	+ King Leonardo’s hair being a bright red before it was changed to a reddish-brown in later episodes
	+ Milly’s hair having a slight reddish tinge
	+ Mayor Bay’s hair being a grayish-white.
* Some scenes where the sheep are eaten by Octogiant, Cindy screaming in horror, Leeko beaten by mini Octogiants, the villagers consulting to Mr. Mage for a solution to get rid of the monster, and the their first meeting with Leeko was reused in a later episode Pillowed!.
* This is one of the few episodes where Leeko flies by inhaling air.
* This is also one of the few episodes where Leeko fights without being told by others, likely to show the other characters what he’s capable of.
* An official promotional image based off of this episode shows Fire Leeko fighting Octogiant while riding the Shooting Star.
* When Leeko kicks away the small fiery Octogiant, he acts a lot like Fighting Leeko, even though he doesn't have the ability.
* In the scene where the Puffy Town citizens confront Tommy and King Leonardo for being associated with the giant octopus monster, a slightly taller Virus can be seen for the entirety of the scene. This Virus, however, is never seen again for the rest of the series, nor is it ever referenced by any other character.
	+ There is a theory that this taller Virus may be the later character and Floppy-Hat Virus, but it's not known if it's true or not.
* When Leeko was losing stamina, he started to flash different shades of gray. This is never shown again for the rest of the series.
* The basic plot of this episode would be referenced later in a Season 2 episode, Cartooned!, where the characters try to re-tell it.