Viva Las Leo!

**Viva Las Leo!** is the thirty-first Season 1 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the thirty-first episode overall. This episode is notable for the first appearance of the Mike ability.

## Summary

Leonardo transforms the castle into an amusement park and Leeko retaliates with a karaoke attack.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Milly
* King Leonardo
* Tommy

### Secondary

* Aurora Man
* Beatrice
* Chef Peppermint
* Chief Gordy
* Daisy
* Felix
* Gamba
* Gene
* Helios & Luna
* Hover
* Lady Chanter
* Madeline (*no dialogue*)
* Manny
* Marvin
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Miss Yuubin (*no dialogue*)
* Moonlight Man
* Parker (*no dialogue*)
* Professor Antico
* Sir Chanter
* Snowdrop
* Twilight Man
* Whitehead
* Viruses (*no dialogue*)
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers

## Episode summary

The episode begins early in the morning at Leeko's house where Leeko himself is napping in the nest just outside. He is suddenly awoken when King Leonardo greets him using his megaphone, and announces to both Leeko and Hover that he has an announcement to proclaim later. At Puffy Town, Tommy proclaims to the people that a new amusement park has been built at Castle Leonardo and that everyone is "cordially ordered" to attend, with all expenses paid. The Puffies - always eager to jump at the opportunity for free entertainment - are delighted, but Milly, naturally, is suspicious about the proposition, particularly when King Leonardo singles out Leeko as a hopeful attendee. Some time later, the festivities begin and the Puffies gather outside of Castle Leonardo. Milly continues to doubt the king's sincerity, but she is talked down by Leonardo and Tommy as they barge in as usual. From there, the castle drawbridge is lowered, and the residents of Puffy Town come flooding in.

The party begins without any suspicious doings, as the castle courtyard is filled with typical carnival rides and the Puffies are enjoying themselves. Regardless, Milly and Manny try to warn Leeko about a possible trap, but Helios and Luna express doubt about the possibility of one in this situation. At that moment, King Leonardo and Tommy come riding out into the courtyard on floats as confetti follows in in their wake, and they announce the official start of the party. Feasts and festivities continue as King Leonardo and Tommy monitor the proceedings from their surveillance room. As Leeko and his friends get on the merry-go-round, Tommy sabotages the ride, causing it to spin faster and faster until the main group of kids get tossed out. They land on the roller coaster where they are further tossed around until they fly off and crash through a castle skylight into an unfamiliar room. Although they somehow survived the fall, through a glass window onto a solid floor unharmed, they are now isolated and trapped by King Leonardo, who appears on a television screen to gloat. He then reveals the kids will be sent on a number of "rides" designed to dispatch them, starting with the "Crushing Caverns". Naturally, they refuse to get on the ride, but a cupcake decoy is left on one of the seats, prompting Leeko to get into the ride in order to eat it. The rest of the kids follow suit after him and the ride takes off.

After a steep drop, the ride takes the kids down to a water course designed to look like a barren volcanic wasteland with piles of skulls. At that moment, a big stone statue of King Leonardo comes to life and starts to chase them down the castle halls. As Leonardo and Tommy watch, the cameras in their surveillance room all start to break down mysteriously, cutting off their ability to track the kids. Just as the statue is about to crush Leeko and his friends, Moonlight Man swoops in and stops it. His apprentices Twilight Man and Aurora Man then jump in to report that all the cameras have been disabled. However, at that moment, the Leonardo statue picks itself back up, prompting the soldiers to cut it down before it can crush the kids. Moonlight Man then warns the kids that there may still be a monster present in the castle and to evacuate the Puffies, but is interrupted again when additional Leonardo statues come to life. The kids escape as the swordsmen battle and destroy these statues. At that moment, Leonardo's surveillance team manages to get some cameras back up, only to find the statues broken. Leonardo decides to call a monster in to finish the job.

Out of the Monster delivery system comes Lil' Mike: the "microphone monster". This monster is sent largely as a joke to berate Leonardo for his overdue bills, but a plan is suggested regardless to trick Leeko into standing on the teleporter as part of a karaoke contest so he can be sent directly to Nebula's fortress to be "done in" personally by the company. Tommy mocks this idea by mimicking it on the teleporter, but receives a prompt demonstration when he is sent through the teleporter. At this, King Leonardo sets off to start the contest right away. Back outside, Milly and Manny are in the process of convincing the Puffies to leave the carnival, but Tommy gets their attention by announcing the karaoke contest along with massive rewards for the winners. The grand prize is a lifetime supply of candy, which gets Leeko's attention in particular. The Puffies are then directed into the throne room, where the teleporter has been disguised as a karaoke stage. The Puffies take turns attempting to sing, but none of them do a particularly good job, and each interrupt each other. After Sir Chanter takes the stage, King Leonardo reminds Leeko of the candy prize. While the Puffies continue to fight amongst each other, Leeko attempts to force himself through the crowd. Moonlight Man warns Milly not to let Leeko get on the "stage", but at that moment, Gene pauses the crowd by reiterating candy as the grand prize, allowing Leeko to get through.

Thinking the pile of candy on screen to be real, Leeko begins to vacuum-mouth, eating up Lil’ Mike in the process and gaining the Mike Copy Ability. As Mike Leeko starts to sing, he is sent through the transmitter to N.L.E headquarters. Mike Leeko continues singing as he goes through the wormhole and emerges on the other side. Much to the surprise of the monsters on the other side of the teleporter, however, Mike Leeko's singing is so loud and painful that it ends up defeating all the monsters present. In desperation, Gene sends Mike Leeko back through the teleporter to Usapia. From there, Mike Leeko's singing becomes so destructive that the entire castle crumbles into ruin. Atop the pile of rubble, Leeko climbs out, having reverted to normal. Despite this, he fishes out the Lil' Mike he presumably spat out, wanting to sing some more. Seeing Leeko, however, Lil' Mike runs away in terror. King Leonardo and Tommy follow suit shortly after. The episode ends as Leeko stands there confused.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of *The Beginning* series to feature the Mike Copy Ability.
* The title is a reference to the popular tourism slogan “Viva Las Vegas”.
* This episode shows that Sir Chanter’s first name is Geoffrey.
* This is one of the few episodes to have a song.
* The song Mike Leeko is singing is Kihon wa Maru, though because he can’t speak correctly, the lyrics cannot quite be understood.
* This episode aired a year after Who’s Your Clownfish?.