That’s Minesweeper!

**That's Minesweeper!** is the nineteenth Season 1 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the nineteenth episode overall. This episode is notable for the first appearance of Minesweeper and his father, as well as the first appearance of the Fighting Copy Ability.

## Summary

Minesweeper arrives in Puffy Town to avenge his father’s death from a Star Warrior, and Leonardo frames an innocent Leeko; Leeko “mirrors” Minesweeper to make him realize his monstrous ways, and Moonlight Man tells Mine the truth about his father.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Minesweeper (*debut*)
* Moonlight Man

### Secondary

* Aurora Man (*has no lines*)
* Beatrice (*has no lines*)
* Bubbles (*debut*)
* Chef Peppermint
* Chief Gordy
* Daisy (*has no lines*)
* Dr. Medico (*has no lines*)
* Felix
* Gamba (*has no lines*)
* Gene
* Hover
* King Leonardo
* Madeline
* Manny
* Marvin (*has no lines*)
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Milly
* Minesweeper's father (*debut; flashback*)
* Miss Yuubin (*has no lines*)
* Nebula (*flashback*)
* Parker
* Professor Antico
* Slammer
* Snowdrop (*has no lines*)
* Tommy
* Twilight Man (*has no lines*)
* Whitehead (*has no lines*)
* Viruses
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers (*have no lines*)
* Various unnamed Star Warriors (*have no lines; flashback*)

## Episode summary

The episode opens in the depths of cyberspace, as a flash of light moves across some sort of digital realm until it reaches an entryway with the Nebula Enterprises logo insert. Once inside, the light materializes fully into Minesweeper, as he begins to mess with the terminals inside. This intrusion into the N.L.E web server didn't go unnoticed by Gene, who intercepts Minesweeper and questions his intentions. Minesweeper replies he wishes to travel to Usapia and defeat the Star Warrior there, prompting Gene to direct him to the proper location. Minesweeper emerges in outer space, overlooking the same starry expanse that Leeko did when he first arrived in his starship.

Meanwhile, down in Usapia, as Leeko is gathering snacks, the Monster delivery system at Castle Leonardo activates on its own, interrupting the residents with a loud shockwave as Minesweeper enters through. Everyone rushes toward the throne room to see what's going on. King Leonardo sends his Viruses after the threat, but they are immediately tossed aside in a flash of light. Moonlight Man then engages Minesweeper in combat, but during the fight, King Leonardo and Tommy drive in through the halls in their Tank car to try and deal with him, but he tosses them out of the castle. In the wreck, Minesweeper introduces himself to King Leonardo as Milly and Manny watch. Minesweeper then explains that he is after a Star Warrior, and King Leonardo soon realizes he means Leeko and changes his tune, pointing Minesweeper directly to him.

Back at Leeko's house, the pink space mouse is enjoying his snacks as Hover complains about the mess. The Shooting Star then comes in unannounced to pick Leeko up and take him off to hide him from Minesweeper. Milly and Manny tell Hover to warn everyone in Puffy Town about the upcoming danger. In Puffy Town, Hover warns everyone, but is zapped out of the sky by Minesweeper as he passes through, disturbing the residents and demanding to know where Leeko is. Chief Gordy soon hears from Minesweeper that Leeko destroyed the boy's father and he wants revenge. As Minesweeper continues his search, the townsfolk go into hiding as Milly, Manny, and Chef Peppermint bring food out for Leeko at a hiding spot. They are shortly ratted out by King Leonardo and Tommy, who lead Minesweeper directly to Leeko. Minesweeper is stunned at Leeko's appearance and demeanor, but snaps out of it and begins chasing Leeko down.

Milly tries to call for the Shooting Star again, but Tommy stops her and ties the kids up. As Minesweeper wails on Leeko, he begins to wonder why Leeko won't fight back. Moonlight Man soon steps in to protect Leeko as his apprentices Twilight Man and Aurora Man free the kids. Moonlight Man then reveals to Minesweeper that he is the Star Warrior the kid is after. Minesweeper demands proof for this claim, so Moonlight Man tells the story of how Minesweeper's father was taken hostage by N.L.E and turned evil, forcing the cloaked swordsman to defeat his former friend. Minesweeper refuses to believe this at first, but Moonlight Man then gives him a pendant containing an image of him as a baby from his father. Minesweeper, however, still cannot get over his anger, resulting in the group accusing him of being the real monster. He duels with Leeko one more time to prove he is no monster.

Shortly into the rematch, Leeko consumes one of Minesweeper's Smash Punch attacks and transforms into Fighting Leeko. The two fight for a moment, as Fighting Leeko mimics each of Minesweeper's attacks and cancels them out. As Minesweeper grows more frustrated, he is suddenly overcome with a strange power, and he transforms into a monstrous creature covered in spikes. Leeko loses the Fighting ability while this happens, and must dodge the needles thrown at him. Leeko then eats one and transforms into Needle Leeko, then promptly defeats Minesweeper with a headbutt, reverting him to normal and snapping him back to reality. The next day, back at the castle, Minesweeper makes amends with the group as Moonlight Man sends him back through the teleporter from which the came, costing King Leonardo a fortune due to the "service charge" for uploading things back to N.L.E. The episode ends as Moonlight Man and Leeko watch Minesweeper vanish in a flash of light from the castle deck.

## Trivia

* This is the second episode where Leeko physically uses more than one Copy Ability in an episode. The first is Puffy New Year!.
* First appearance of the Fighting Copy Ability in *The Beginning* series, and the second appearance of the Needle Copy Ability.
* Sixth episode where Milly summons the Shooting Star, and the first time it happened offscreen.
* This episode goes into detail of Moonlight Man’s past.
* This episode shows King Leonardo and Tommy willingly standing aside after Moonlight Man intervenes to help Leeko, marking the first real sign of increasing sympathy from them toward the pink mouse, though they would go back to their antagonistic behavior after this episode.