Monsweeper

**Monsweeper** is the sixth Season 2 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the fortieth episode overall.

## Summary

Minesweeper returns disguised as an evil NLE agent, but he’s actually a monster hunter after Metal Masher.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Minesweeper

### Secondary

* Aurora Man
* Chef Peppermint
* "Dark mist"/Nebula
* Gene
* Hover
* King Leonardo
* Manny
* Metal Masher (*debut*)
* Milly
* Minesweeper's father (*flashback/no dialogue*)
* Mini monsters
* Moonlight Man
* Parker
* Professor Antico
* Slammer (*no dialogue*)
* Tommy
* Twilight Man

## Episode summary

The episode begins in the morning hours at Castle Leonardo, where King Leonardo is being bathed by Tommy. Meanwhile, the Monster delivery system activates itself and releases a large number of small monsters that proceed to both Leonardo, Tommy, and Milly. After quickly getting dressed, King Leonardo runs into the throne room to see monsters pouring continuously out of the teleporter and tries to shut it off, but is unable to do so. The television relay screen then turns on and Gene explains that this is part of a new "monster management" service. He then introduces the new "manager": Minesweeper. Later on, at Leeko's house, Leeko's sleep is disturbed by Hover's shouting as the small monsters make their way over and torment him. Leeko soon sees that the little pests are everywhere in Usapia.

Back in the castle, Moonlight Man and his apprentices get to work fighting them off and get together with Milly and Manny. Meanwhile, Leeko and Hover make their way to the castle to deal with the problem as well. After getting kicked around a little by the horde of monsters, Leeko manages to reach Milly and Manny, and then proceeds to vacuum-mouth many of the monsters. Moonlight Man then leads the group to the throne room while Leonardo and Tommy bicker with Minesweeper about his intentions and his plans. To butter them up, Minesweeper insists the monsters he sent already are free, and then heads down to Usapia himself to discipline the monsters and direct him. At that moment, Moonlight Man and the others arrive and see Minesweeper with the monsters, and become upset at him for siding with Nebula. Milly attempts to talk him down by recalling the events of That’s Minesweeper! and begs him to return to their side, but Minesweeper brushes them off, telling them he only cares about a paycheck. He then orders the monsters out to town and leaps out of the castle himself to follow them as the group makes chase.

The horde of monsters enters Puffy Town and proceeds to wreck the place, while Slammer takes advantage of the chaos to steal things. Minesweeper looks on from a rooftop as the town starts to go up in smoke. Once Leeko arrives, he proceeds to vacuum-mouth as many of the monsters as he can. As Leeko wears himself out, King Leonardo and Tommy watch from the castle, planning on sending a tougher monster to get him once he's exhausted, but they begin to have second thoughts once they realize this could be another scam from N.L.E. At that moment, Minesweeper returns to the castle and proceeds to step two of his plan by ordering the company's strongest monster to come in and defeat Leeko. Gene questions Minesweeper on this, but Mine reassures him by insisting that Leeko is worn out from the effort of cleaning up the little monsters, and now would be the best time to strike. Through the teleporter comes the giant robotic knight Metal Masher, and Minesweeper sends him to go crush Leeko.

Back in town, Leeko finishes vacuum-mouthing the monsters after much effort, but is not given a chance to rest before Moonlight Man warns the group about a new threat at the castle. As they approach, they are set upon by Metal Masher, who proceeds to strike at Leeko with his flail. Leeko tries to vacuum-mouth again, but barely has the chance to, as Metal Masher's attacks are too quick and forceful. As Leeko becomes battered and bruised, Moonlight Man runs in to assist, but is promptly swatted away by Metal Masher's quick reaction. Metal Masher then proceeds to initiate a flying spinning attack that puts Leeko on the ropes, and Minesweeper runs in looking to finish the job, knocking Leeko back with a series of attacks and tossing him into a nearby cliff. Minesweeper approaches Leeko and sees that the pink Star Warrior is unable to even get up anymore. Minesweeper strikes with a Smash Punch, but as the energy blasts travel, he shouts at Leeko to suck it up. Leeko does so, and he gains the Fighting Copy Ability, restoring his strength in the process.

Feigning that this was done to make it a fair fight, Minesweeper orders Metal Masher in to finishing Leeko off, but then immediately turns around and delivers several blows to Metal Masher, knocking him over. Minesweeper reveals he tricked N.L.E into sending their toughest monster for him to destroy and teams up with Fighting Leeko to get the job done. Metal Masher soon gets up and proceeds to battle both of them, but finds that he cannot focus on both at once and is pelted with further attacks. After disarming Metal Masher, Fighting Leeko and Minesweeper run in and finish it off with a Rising Break, destroying Metal Masher. Back at N.L.E headquarters, Gene offers to resign after such a disastrous outcome, but Nebula is not too concerned about Metal Masher's destruction, plotting to catch their assailants later when they least expect it. Back in Usapia, Minesweeper bids farewell to his friends and promises Leeko that he will "be there in a flash" if he needs him. The episode ends as Minesweeper flies away with the group bidding him farewell.

## Trivia

* This is the second episode in *The Beginning* series to feature the Fighting Copy Ability.
* In this episode, Minesweeper’s appearance is different, likely due to the fact that he is an ally of Leeko instead of seeing him as his enemy.
* Second episode where Minesweeper plays a major role.
* The episode’s title is a reference to the character Minesweeper and the word ‘monster.’
* This is the fifth episode to have a one-word title; first being Blockbusters, second being Pillowed!, third being Snowed!, and fourth being Trashed!.
* This is one of the few episodes where Moonlight Man uses a physical attack.
* This is the first episode where Milly cries.
* This is also one of the few episodes where Moonlight Man actually gets hurt from fighting a monster.
* According to some concept arts, Metal Masher was originally named ‘Whacker’.