Leeko

"Woomy!"

**Leeko** is the main protagonist of the fanmade animated television show *Leeko: The Series*. He is an inexperienced Star Warrior, and is attempting to hone his skills after crash-landing in Usapia. He is portrayed as helpless, often running from danger rather than attempting to fight it, though this changes once he obtains a Copy Ability. His best friends are Milly and Manny, and Moonlight Man acts as a type of mentor and guardian to him. He is often antagonized by King Leonardo and Tommy.

## Physical appearance

Leeko is a small pink mouse-like entity with large blue eyes, magenta feet, long ear-like appendages, tuft of hair at the end of his tail, a round nose, fingerless stubs for arms, and swirly bangs. When he gets a Copy Ability, he would be seen wearing a hat, a bodysuit, a costume, or a mask, and sometimes the color of his fur will change. He is at least 13 inches tall.

## Personality

Leeko acts much like a toddler. He is unable to speak in full sentences, and instead babbles the word “woomy”. He can also muster other characters’ names and his favorite things, which are watermelons. Leeko is quite naive, often wandering cluelessly into dangerous situations and as such, requires continuous supervision from Milly, Moonlight Man, and other characters. Despite this, Leeko has some self-awareness and can generally understand what people say to him. Leeko is also empathetic and tends to mimic others’ expressions or gestures, even if he doesn’t truly understand them, such as imitating Minesweeper’s hair flip.

Leeko seems to lack the ability to truly understand deception or to hold grudges. He’s most likely to get angry when attacked by a monster or being directly insulted by another character, though this anger quickly dissipates once the conflict ends. Leeko also has good memory, as seen in episodes like In Search For The Ring. Overall, Leeko is mostly cheerful and will always  stop to help others in need. His reputation as a hero is well-deserved, since he has saved Milly and other characters from danger many times. Leeko will eat anything, even foods that other characters find less appetizing.

Generally, Leeko tends to act oblivious unless he or someone he cares about is in a dangerous situation. With that, he will step in to defend himself and/or others. His gluttony, while useful against enemies, tends to get him in trouble with the denizens of Puffy Town.

## Origin

Leeko is implied to be a creation of Nebula. Where he came from prior to the show is not known. Although Moonlight Man explains in one episode that Leeko is over fifty years old, he is still immature due to waking up 50 years before he was supposed to, looking and behaving like a toddler.

## Role in the series

### Leeko: The Beginning

Being the central protagonist and namesake of the show, Leeko is the one who steps up most often to resolve the conflict of any given episode, usually by defeating the monster(s) of that episode. The overall story of *The Beginning* trilogy revolves around Leeko's journey to learn how to harness his natural talents as a Star Warrior so that he can defeat Nebula and free the universe from the tyranny of Nebula Enterprises. In the process, he regularly trounces the monsters that King Leonardo calls in to Usapia for one reason or another. Despite Leeko's immense power and potential, he is in constant need of guidance and supervision due to his naivete and infantile nature, as well as his humongous appetite which often gets him in trouble with the local townsfolk.

With Leeko being unable to speak coherently, he is often on the sidelines of the plot for most episodes; when he needs to participate in the story, he will often have another character act as a proxy, usually Milly. Due to his mysterious and potent abilities, he is most often used as a deus ex machina for other characters, in order to solve their problems in any given episode's story. However, Leeko is also often inadvertently the cause of certain problems, which he usually has to fix later on. Throughout the course of the show, he is often the scapegoat of Puffy Town for many of the calamities that happen throughout the series, even if Leeko himself had nothing to do with the disaster. This is most notable in the episode Aboard The Battleship, where Leeko is momentarily blamed when a Destriker that was hunting him torched Puffy Town in the process. In these instances, Leeko's closest friends step in to defend him, and the conflict is usually resolved.

## Skills and abilities

* **Vacuum-Mouth** - Vacuum-Mouth is Leeko’s main ability that allows him to inhale any object or enemy. This ability does not work on opponents much larger or heavier than they are. However, Leeko doesn’t always have the best control as to who he inhales. Any longer or slightly bigger foe or object that Leeko inhales shrinks down to size so that they fit into his mouth. Also, Leeko tends to get down on all fours when he uses this ability.
* **Copy Ability** - This is also one of Leeko’s main abilities, aside from his Vacuum-Mouth. Leeko usually obtains one by inhaling various objects or smaller enemies (ex: inhaling anything on fire gives him the Fire ability or inhaling energy sparkes from organic sources gives him the Beam ability) and use their ability to attack his opponents.

## Likes & Dislikes

### Likes

* Milly
* Manny
* Sir Chanter
* Lady Chanter
* His animal friends (Hilda, Lola, Sandy, etc)
* Helios & Luna
* Food
* Learning
* Games
* Helping people
* Puffy Town
* Keeping Puffy Town safe
* The Shooting Star
* His starship
* Fighting monsters (depending on what kind of monster)
* Racing
* The Spook-Out
* Drawing
* Shiny things
* Singing (even though he's not good at it)
* Animals
* Flowers
* Being cute and child-like
* Parties
* Chef Peppermint's foods
* Music
* Dancing
* Playing tag
* His Mike Copy Ability
* Making new friends
* Making others smile
* Having fun
* Doing nice things for everyone
* Potato chips
* Dumplings
* Watermelons
* The *Wizard Wally* book series
* Playgrounds
* Playing with the mayor's sheep
* King Forrest
* Redwood
* Leonardo Dolls
* Chocolate
* Sir Jubilant
* Pies
* Making fun of King Leonardo (sometimes)

### Dislikes

* Monsters
* Crime
* Villains
* King Leonardo (sometimes)
* Tommy (sometimes)
* Failing to save the day
* Hover (sometimes)
* Milly being bossy/angry with him (depending on the situation)
* Threats to planet Proxima Centauri-B or people he cares about
* Being humiliated, insulted, or antagonized
* Animal abuse
* Animals dying
* Being tricked
* Not being able to fight monsters
* Not being taken seriously
* Broken promises
* Hurting animals
* Redwood in danger
* Not being able to rest or take breaks
* Chewies
* Unfair treatment
* Being called "lumpy"
* Pies from Bowelbuster
* Not being able to eat anything
* Being accused of things he didn't do

## Relationships

For information of Leeko's relationships, see the page Leeko/relationships.

## Trivia

* In the first thirteen episodes of the *Leeko: The Beginning* series, Leeko's fur was a desaturated shade of pink before it was changed to a bright pale pink for the rest of the series.
* Leeko is said to be the only Star Warrior to be able to defeat Nebula.
* Leeko has been seen to be capable of hovering, such as in episodes like Leeko Comes To Puffy Town, but for the rest of the series, he acts as if he cannot fly at all.
* The Shooting Star matches the shape and color of his current home planet.
* Leeko's Mike Copy Ability is said to be his most destructive one, alongside the Crash ability.
* Leeko is tone-deaf.
* The mode or weapon that Leeko gets depends on the appearance of the space background behind him:
	+ When getting a Copy Ability, the background is just a standard space background with stars.
	+ When getting a Super Ability, the background has a reddish hue.
	+ Getting a final weapon gives Leeko a purplish background.
	+ The Supernova ability turns the background into a sky-like background with faint white clouds.
	+ When obtaining the Android Suit, the background is pure black with neon green cyber lines.
	+ When obtaining Possess Mode, the space background has a yellowish hue.
* Leeko has been seen fighting his foes without being told by others, as seen in episodes like Leeko Comes To Puffy Town.
* The Stone Copy Ability is the first ability to give Leeko a full-body suit.
* The Sword Copy Ability is the first ability to give Leeko a weapon.
* The episode King Of The Woods is the first episode in the series where Leeko does not use a Copy Ability.
* The show never explains where Leeko came from before arriving in Usapia.
* Leeko's design is based off of several other cartoon characters:
	+ The pink coloring and hair swirl is a reference to the Pokemon Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff. The body shape is also a reference to Pikachu.
	+ The body shape is also a reference to the character Guano from the show *Kappa Mikey*.
* When Leeko gets a Copy Ability, sometimes the color of his fur and feet change.