The Mild Side, Part 1

**The Mild Side, Part 1** is the twenty-third Season 3 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the ninetieth episode overall. It is the first half of a two-part episode.

## Summary

King Leonardo befriends a biker gang terrorizing Puffy Town, who are looking for a mysterious biker named Rave Girl. Leonardo ultimately decides to hold a race to determine if the gang stays.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Felix
* Milly
* King Leonardo
* Fury (*debut*)

### Secondary

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

## Episode summary

The episode begins on a clear night in the Usapian countryside. Milly and her family are stargazing at a bridge with Miss Yuubin while Manny and Leeko try to catch fireflies. Their nighttime activities are interrupted, however, when three unknown motorcyclists drive through the countryside causing a ruckus. Later on, they start to harass the people of Puffy Town at night, specifically making a mockery of Chief Gordy and Mayor Bay before driving off. They soon arrive at Castle Leonardo and storm it by jumping their bikes over the walls, giving the Viruses a fright. After riding down the castle halls, they stop by King Leonardo's room, but Leonardo is not who they appear to be looking for either, specifying that they are searching for a biker. The gang then drives off, leaving King Leonardo and Tommy covered in soot. For this insult, King Leonardo decides to try and chase them down using the Royal Racecar and follows them out into the countryside. Once they meet up on the road, however, the biker gang is impressed with King Leonardo's car and brazen attitude, and the group enters friendlier terms. Fury - the leader of the gang - tells King Leonardo that he and his gang are looking for a woman named Rave Girl, and will agree to help Leonardo get rid of Leeko after they have located him.

The Puffies gather to try and determine what they can do about the biker gang, and suggest that King Leonardo should do something about them. However, the king quickly shatters their hopes when he and the bikers rush through town again and attack Stop To Shop. Milly, Manny, and Leeko try to stop them, but they don't get far before the bikers rough up Leeko and then return to their joyride with King Leonardo. Once they refuel at Felix's expense, the bombarded gas station owner recognizes their leader and tells Milly about him, explaining that he used to belong to their gang. Milly asks Felix to go out and reason with them, but Felix refuses. Taking matters into her own hands, Milly rallies several of the Puffies to build and repair their own vehicles so they can go after the bikers. After a long night of work, the team finishes by morning, having built several different vehicles. A short time later, as the biker gang continues to roam the countryside, Felix steps into his garage and prepares to unfurl his old motorbike, when Miss Yuubin drops in on him and asks if he intends to go and drive off after the bikers. Felix tries to deny his involvement with them, but is soon interrupted when the biker gang locates him. Fury tells Felix he's looking for Rave Girl, and mentions he would be about Miss Yuubin's age by now. As the bikers intimidate the tired old woman, she tries to make a run for it, but ends up getting knocked aside by the bikers as they depart. Swearing vengeance, Felix decides to fight back after all, and unveils his motorcycle.

Seeing Felix fly past them on his motorcycle, Milly realizes what he is doing and sends Leeko along on his Shooting Star to lend a helping hand. The gang travels down a canyon while they harass Felix, and Leeko soon catches up with them. As Leeko lends Felix a hand, King Leonardo and Tommy watch from their monitor back in the castle and complain. Gene interjects, and tells the king he ought to set up a formal race to decide matters which Nebula Enterprises will sponsor. Meanwhile, Leeko manages to stop the two lackey bikers by obscuring their vision and causing them to crash. He sets off to do the same to Fury, but the biker manages to catch him with a chain and drag him along the ground. Fury is soon stopped, however, when Milly, Manny, and the Puffies get in their way, proclaiming their intention to drive him out of town. Before much more can happen, however, King Leonardo shows up in the Royal Racecar and announces that they should settle this by racing in the brand new Lion Speedway. King Leonardo insists that no Shooting Stars are allowed, and that if Fury wins, he gets to stay in Usapia for good.

A short time later, everyone gathers to take part in the race in a large coliseum. Felix prepares to enter the race, but he is captured by the Viruses and taken to the dungeon to prevent him from competing. Milly and her team start to panic when they cannot find Felix and ask Madeline to take his place. As the race is set to begin, all of the contestants line up, including Chief Gordy, Mayor Bay, Bubbles, Leeko, Fury, and Madeline. After preparing their vehicles and lining up, King Leonardo drops the handkerchief to signal the start of the race. Fury gains an early lead, and the episode ends on a cliffhanger as Leeko and his friends try to catch up, leading into the next episode: The Mild Side, Part 2.

## Trivia

* This is the sixth two-part episode of the *Leeko: The Series* and the second two-part episode in Season 3.
* The twenty-first episode to not feature a Copy Ability.
* This episode and the next can be considered a sequel to the episodes The Puffy Town Grand Prix, Part 1 and Part 2.
* This is the twenty-fourth episode in the *Leeko: The Beginning* series where Milly calls for the Shooting Star.
* It is not known why Leeko didn’t use his Starship (which was converted into a car in “The Puffy Town Grand Prix, Part 1”) in the race. It’s likely because of King Leonardo’s “no Shooting Stars” rule.