Aboard The Battleship

**Aboard The Battleship** is the thirty-first Season 3 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the ninety-eighth episode overall. This episode marks the third part of the five-part finale to *Leeko: The Beginning* trilogy.

## Summary

Moonlight Man reveals his secret weapon, the Flying Saucer, and, with the aid of several Puffies, begins to journey to Nebula’s fortress.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Moonlight Man
* Milly
* King Leonardo

### Secondary

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

## Episode summary

The episode begins on a peaceful night in Usapia, as everyone is fast asleep. At that moment, a Destriker flies in immediately starts wrecking the country. As everyone is stirred awake, Milly calls for the Shooting Star and Leeko uses it to quickly ride up to the Destriker and blow it up using the Crash Copy Ability much like he did in the previous episode: Air Ridin’! - Part 2. However, despite this quick dispatch, it is too late, as all of Puffy Town has been burnt to the ground and the now homeless Puffies are standing outside mourning the loss of their village. As Milly and the others observe the damage from the castle, Moonlight Man appears and tells them that the time has finally come to prepare their counterattack and to get the Puffies ready. Once they reach the town, however, they see that the whole place has been demolished and that the Puffies are grieving. Hover then informs Leeko that the whole town has decided to place the blame on him, and this is confirmed when the Puffies scorn the pink Star Warrior.

The Puffies proceed to pile the blame on Leeko, but Milly steps in to defend him, saying that King Leonardo was the one who was really responsible. After a little more back and forth, Milly manages to convince the Puffies to follow her back to the castle so that Moonlight Man can address them and lead them forward. As this is happening, King Leonardo is complaining to Gene about the failure of the Destriker to defeat Leeko. Gene assures him that his company is working on something big to get rid of Leeko, and wants King Leonardo to do some investigation for him to see if Moonlight Man is plotting anything. To this end, Gene sends King Leonardo a cell phone that he can use to contact N.L.E at any time and to send them live video footage of any troublesome activities. Meanwhile, out in the courtyard, the Puffies assemble to hear what Moonlight Man has to say, and Moonlight Man shows them a secret stairway hidden inside the castle fountain. As they head down, they are seen by Sir Pathogen. At the bottom of the stairway, everyone piles on to an elevator which takes them deep underground. As they descend, Sir Pathogen reports what he saw to King Leonardo and Tommy and they head underground as well using their own passageway.

Once everyone has reached the bottom, they enter a massive open chamber and Moonlight Man reveals to them his secret weapon: the Flying Saucer, which he has been working on ever since he first came to Usapia. From a safe distance, King Leonardo pulls out his phone and shows N.L.E the ship, which causes Gene to panic. King Leonardo then steps in and berates Moonlight Man for keeping this a secret from him, and demands to see the inside of the ship, which Moonlight Man agrees to. They all enter and walk up to the bridge, where Twilight Man and Aurora Man are getting things ready. Moonlight Man activates the main screen and shows everyone an image of Nebula's fortress, surrounded by defensive Destrikers. The Puffies despair at the thought of going up against an armada of that size, but they are interrupted when the ground starts to tremble at the bombardment of several more Destrikers sent to finish off Usapia. Moonlight Man urges the Puffies to help him pilot his ship, but they all run, afraid to go up against Nebula Enterprises. They get back outside the castle, only to find the entire countryside going up in flames, destroying what little remains of the town.

Meanwhile, King Leonardo and Tommy return to the throne room, only to see that during the assault, the Monster delivery system was destroyed. Outraged, King Leonardo dials up Gene and demands he replaces it. Gene says he will do so and throws in a free monster on top of the two of them destroy the Flying Saucer for him. As the attack on Usapia continues, Leeko heads out on his Shooting Star to try and buy the others a little more time to prepare. As the Puffies watch Leeko struggle, Sand Man appears on the screen and addresses the crowd, telling them to stand up and help Leeko. The Puffies still resist, but Sand Man shames them by saying that Leeko is risking his life to help them while they do nothing. This succeeds, and the Puffies return to the Flying Saucer with Sand Man, with several pledging to go on the trip while the rest stay behind to rebuild the town. With everything settled and the crew on board, Moonlight Man fires the engines and prepares for takeoff, while King Leonardo and Tommy accidentally sneak on board.

The Flying Saucer then emerges from its hangar and rises into the air while all of the Usapians outside watch its ascent. Once positioned, the Flying Saucer proceeds to fire its main cannon at one of the Destrikers as Leeko moves out of the way. The shot passes straight through the Destriker and causes it to explode. Leeko then flies into the Flying Saucer using a rooftop entrance and joins the rest of the crew, while Milly takes hold of the Shooting Star for safekeeping. From there, the remaining Destrikers bombard the Flying Saucer with their explosive rounds, but the Flying Saucer quickly retaliates and destroys every one of them before proceeding upward into outer space. As the crew straps in, Moonlight Man activates the Flying Saucer's warp drive, and they set a course straight for Nebula's fortress as the episode comes to a close.

## Trivia

* This episode introduce Moonlight Man’s secret weapon: the Flying Saucer.
* This is the third and final episode of the *Leeko: The Beginning* trilogy to feature the Crash Copy Ability.
* This is the twenty-seventh episode in the *Leeko: The Beginning* series where Milly calls for the Shooting Star.