Viruses For Sale

**Viruses For Sale** is the fifth Season 3 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the seventy-second episode overall.

## Summary

After Gene demands for money, King Leonardo sells all of his Viruses in order to pay NLE back.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Milly
* King Leonardo
* Viruses (*no dialogue*)

### Secondary

* Aerialessa (*no dialogue*)
* Athena
* Aurora Man
* Beatrice
* Bubbles
* Chef Peppermint
* Chicky (*no dialogue*)
* Chief Gordy
* Cindy
* Daisy (*no dialogue*)
* Dr. Medico
* Felix
* Gamba
* Gene
* Hover
* Lady Chanter
* Madeline
* Manny
* Marvin
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Miss Yuubin
* Moonlight Man
* Mr. Mage
* Parker
* Professor Antico
* Sir Chanter
* Sir Pathogen
* Slammer (*no dialogue*)
* Snowdrop
* Tommy
* Twilight Man
* Whitehead (*no dialogue*)
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers

## Episode summary

The episode begins in the Castle Leonardo throne room, where King Leonardo is being told by Gene that he cannot buy any more monsters due to his immense unpaid bill to Nebula Enterprises. After showing him the total, Gene recommends to Leonardo that he sells some of his assets in order to pay it down. After receiving a cup of tea from his Viruses that is too hot, and then getting hosed by then when he shouts that word got out, he and Tommy get the idea to sell the Viruses off. Gene helps them by sending a vending machine designed to hold Viruses through the Monster delivery system. Later on, the Puffies notice this vending machine filled with Viruses labeled "COLD", "NORMAL", and "HOT" placed in the middle of Puffy Town plaza. It is later shown that there are several scattered throughout the town, and the Puffies start to gather around them. Mayor Bay decides he will buy a "hot" one, and after the Virus is dispensed, it proceeds to grab Parker's broom and show off its tricks. Mayor Bay is pleased with the Virus's abilities, and decides to take it home, which surprises the others.

After Mayor Bay takes the Virus home, it proceeds to do all of the chores around the villa, making the house look cleaner than it ever has before. The other Puffies notice this, and rush to get their own Virus servants. After observing this, Hover finds Milly and tells her about the situation. At that moment, a commercial plays on Channel Lion Out Loud promoting the Viruses' sale, which prompts Milly to rush off while Manny follows. Meanwhile, the Viruses start getting put to work in the various Puffy businesses, where they perform their tasks satisfactorily. In return, the Puffies treat their Viruses well, giving them free food and hospitality. Milly catches the Puffies in line to buy more Viruses, and tries to scold them for taking advantage of the Viruses, but those in line retort by correctly pointing out that the Viruses are better off with them than with King Leonardo. That night, as the Viruses continue working, King Leonardo and Tommy prepare to sell more, but Milly tries to run in and berates them for selling the Viruses like slaves. Despite this, nobody pays her any mind, as even the Viruses are on board with this idea.

Later in the night, King Leonardo and Tommy open up the vending machines to collect the revenue, but find all of them empty. Back at the castle, Gene explains that all of the money was transferred directly to N.L.E., and will continue to do so until the debt is paid off fully. King Leonardo decides that he will need to sell every last Virus if he wants to see even a single scrap of money, and accelerates the process. As this happens, he and Tommy spot Leeko wandering around the castle, and decide to capture him using a slice of chocolate cake as bait. They then paint him to resemble a Virus and toss him into one of the vending machines. Later on, Leeko is purchased by Mayor Bay, who is none-the-wiser. The next day, Milly and Manny head to Leeko's house to ask Hover where Leeko is, but Hover doesn't know. Meanwhile, King Leonardo and Tommy go searching the castle for any remaining Viruses, but find their quarters completely empty. Sir Pathogen then passes by them with a small sack over his shoulder, and confirms that all of the Viruses are gone, quitting his job because he has nobody to order around anymore. As King Leonardo realizes the trouble he's in, Tommy quietly slips away in order to avoid being tasked with doing everything the Viruses used to do.

Back in town, Milly and Manny try looking for Leeko, but all they see are Viruses. Meanwhile, Leeko has been put to work herding the sheep along with the other Viruses, and Milly and Manny fail to spot him there. Back at the castle, silence starts to settle in as chores are left undone, and King Leonardo desperately calls out for anyone to do his bidding, but the few remaining members of the court are wisely hiding from him. Moonlight Man and his apprentices are searching the castle for Leeko on Milly's behalf, but cannot find him. After another day passes, King Leonardo becomes haggard and desperate, and leaves the castle to find anyone who will take care of him. He wanders to Mayor Bay's villa that night holding a cup and asking if the mayor will buy a pencil from him. After refusing this, King Leonardo beds Mayor Bay to give back some of the Viruses, but he refuses again, and slams the door on him. After being rejected by everyone else in town, King Leonardo wanders off and disappears into the night. The next morning, as Milly and Manny continue looking for Leeko, they and the other Puffies spot King Leonardo wandering around town looking for anything to eat and comment on his situation, though they do not help him. King Leonardo later wanders into a turnip patch and digs one up to eat, proclaiming that he will never go hungry.

As Milly and Sir Pathogen comment on the situation, Chicky wanders into the scene, and King Leonardo sees the chick as a walking roasted chicken and tries to eat it. At that moment, Aerialessa shows up and proceeds to attack King Leonardo, who tries desperately to get away with the chick. Seeing the king in trouble, Sir Pathogen raises his sword and calls all of the Viruses to help. Somehow hearing this from across the kingdom, all of the Viruses, along with Leeko, abandon their jobs and rally to Sir Pathogen. As King Leonardo continues to try and abscond with the chick, the Viruses approach with spears in hand, but are blown away by Aerialessa's flapping. Milly spots Leeko in the crowd of Viruses and calls for the Shooting Star so he can help fix this situation. Once Leeko hops onto the Shooting Star, he grabs the chick and heads for Aerialessa’s Nest, while King Leonardo gets grabbed by Aerialessa. As they fly by, many of the Viruses grab onto King Leonardo to try to pull him away from the giant bird's clutches, but get carried away in a chain formation. Once they arrive at the nest and the chick is secured, Aerialessa drops King Leonardo and he is saved from the fall by the Viruses, who form an impromptu bungee cord for him. Later on, the Viruses return to work at Castle Leonardo and resume their chores, as King Leonardo relaxes. However, to punish him for his shortsightedness, King Leonardo is now forced to get his own tea by buying it from the vending machines previously used to house the Viruses. The episode ends as Milly, Manny, and Leeko laugh at Leonardo.

## Trivia

* This is the eighteenth episode in *The Beginning* trilogy to not feature a Copy Ability.
* It has been noted that Chef Peppermint still runs a delivery service since Delivery Time.
* The first Virus purchased uses Parker’s broom to float upward like a helicopter for a moment. This may be a precursor to the Virus Copter move which is used by the character Floppy-Hat Virus in later seasons.
* This episode may be the first one in the show where the interior of Miss Yuubin’s post office is seen.
* This is the sixteenth episode in *The Beginning* series where Milly calls for the Shooting Star.
* During the Channel Lion Out Loud commercial advertising the Virus dispensers, a row of five Viruses (from left to right) are shown wearing outfits that resemble Chef Peppermint, Felix, Chief Gordy, Miss Yuubin, and Parker.
* This is the second time Leeko is disguised as a Virus. The first is Virus Blues.
* The scene where King Leonardo eats the turnip and cries out that he will never go hungry again is a reference to *Gone with the Wind*.
* In the vending machines, the Viruses come in three different varieties: “hot”, “normal”, and “cold”. No one is seen buying a “cold” Virus.
	+ It is theorized that the varieties resemble how hardworking each Virus is, as the first Virus Mayor Bay bought, which is “hot”, works in an instant.