The Puffy Town Grand Prix, Part 1

**The Puffy Town Grand Prix, Part 1** is the first Season 2 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the thirty-fifth episode overall. It is the first half of a two-part episode.

## Summary

Leeko has found his old starship from the first episode; meanwhile, King Leonardo uses this opportunity to challenge Leeko to a race.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Hover
* Milly
* Manny
* Snowdrop
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Moonlight Man
* King Leonardo
* Tommy

### Secondary

* Aurora Man
* Chef Peppermint
* Chief Gordy
* Daisy
* Felix
* Gamba
* Gene
* Helios & Luna
* Lady Chanter
* Madeline
* Mayor Bay's grandchildren (*debut*)
* Narrator (*debut*)
* Parker
* Professor Antico
* Sir Chanter
* Sir Pathogen
* Twilight Man
* Whitehead
* Viruses (*no dialogue*)
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers

## Episode summary

The episode begins in Puffy Town, with Manny and Leeko admiring a go-kart on display inside Playtime For U. Madeline decides to let Manny try the kart out, and he proceeds to speed down the main road of town. Along the way, he passes Milly, leaving her in a spin, and then chases down King Leonardo and Tommy to antagonize them. While doing this, Manny hits a rock in the road which causes Leeko to get thrown out of the vehicle, and later lands on King Leonardo's head after him and Tommy jump into a river to get away. King Leonardo swears to get revenge on Manny for this action. Later, at Castle Leonardo, the Monster delivery system whirs into like and produces a new vehicle for King Leonardo to use: the Royal Racecar, thus replacing the Tank car. Meanwhile, Manny is bragging about his vehicular exploits to Milly when a special Channel Lion Out Loud news bulletin occurs, where it is announced that King Leonardo is hosting a Grand Prix motor race, and that all of Usapia's citizens are eligible to enter.

As the Puffies hear this broadcast, Mayor Bay wants to enter the race, and asks Felix to help transform his vehicle into a proper race car. Manny also decides to join the race using the go-kart he drove around earlier. As the Puffies gather around these two contestants, King Leonardo shows up in his new car. As he attempts to show sportsmanship, Manny decides to mess around in his car. At that moment, however, Milly interjects and insists both Manny and King Leonardo that Leeko will not be participating in the event, as she worries for his safety, but King Leonardo schemes to make it otherwise. That night, at the castle, Milly tries to convince Leeko to stay out of the race, but he is lured by a trail of plates of pancakes into the castle depths while Milly isn't looking. Milly and Hover go looking for Leeko and soon find the trail of empty plates. They catch up with Leeko and attempt to get him out of a suspected trap when they discover a room containing Leeko's starship, which Milly had assumed was lost after the events of Leeko Comes To Puffy Town. At that moment, Moonlight Man shows up and explains his intentions.

Moonlight Man reveals that he intends to repair Leeko's starship and then tests it by having Leeko participate in King Leonardo's face. Milly is still aggravated at the notion of Leeko entering the race, but with Moonlight Man's insistence, she relents unwillingly and allows Leeko to join it, as King Leonardo and Tommy spies on them. The next day, as Mayor Bay gets his car ready, Snowdrop becomes upset at him for entering the race; particularly because the day of the race falls on the couple's anniversary and he seems to have forgotten about it. Meanwhile, Madeline finishes her adjustments on the go-kart to make it race-worthy, but points out to Manny that he still has no navigator since Leeko cannot join him. At the same time, Moonlight Man and his apprentices get to work repairing the starship. Moonlight Man then shows Leeko to a special "test model" of the starship that he built for Leeko to practice racing with, complete with a virtual race track. After explaining the controls, Moonlight Man prompts Leeko and Hover to get in and try it out. After a haphazard practice run, the test model gets through off the track and is wrecked, but Leeko, regardless, enjoyed the experience. That night, the various entrants to the race sleep in and around the cars, and Moonlight Man receives word from his apprentices that the starship is ready.

The next day, the people of Puffy Town gather for the race to commence. As Mayor Bay steps into his car, Snowdrop makes a surprise appearance wearing a racer's jumpsuit, having had a change of heart and wishing to be with her husband on their anniversary day. Leeko is joined by Hover in order to keep him on track and stop him from napping behind the wheel. Lastly, Milly gets over her stubbornness and joins Manny as his navigator in order to look out for Leeko, much to Manny's puzzlement. Helios and Luna take the announcer's podium to commentate over the race as it is about to start. King Leonardo attempts to make a speech prior to the race, but the Puffies boo him. After listing off the racers, Helios and Luna are informed that Moonlight Man will be joining the race at the last minute in his own vehicle. Milly asks Moonlight Man why he is joining the race, and he answers that he wishes to test his own racing skills. After Hover wakes Leeko up again, Sir Pathogen waves the checkered flag and the racers set off, but Leeko and Hover forget how to start their car. After fiddling around with the controls, Leeko's starship sets off at high speed and quickly catches up with the rest of the racers. After a brief detour, Leeko and Hover end up right behind King Leonardo, who sets off his first trap by shooting at the cliff side to make rocks fall on them. The episode ends on a cliffhanger as the rocks fall.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of Season 2.
* This is the ninth episode where Leeko doesn’t use a Copy Ability.
* This is the first two-part episode of the series.
* From this episode onward, Leonardo and Tommy use the Royal Racecar as their main mode of transportation. It will remain this way until Aboard The Battleship.
* This is the first episode where the Narrator speaks, and it is the same one from the *Pokemon* anime.
* This is one of the few episodes to not end with an ‘iris out’ on any character, likely because it is a two-part episode.