Hail To The Police Chief

**Hail To The Police Chief** is the tenth Season 1 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the tenth episode overall.

## Summary

Manny, Leeko, and their friends create crimes to give the deposed Chief Gordy something to solve. Later, he winds up a hero when he saves Manny from a volcano.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Chief Gordy
* Manny
* King Leonardo

### Secondary

* Beatrice
* Chef Peppermint
* Cindy
* Daisy
* Felix
* Gamba
* Lady Chanter
* Madeline
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Milly
* Moonlight Man
* Mr. Mage
* Parker
* Professor Antico
* Sir Chanter
* Snowdrop (*has no lines*)
* Tommy
* Whitehead
* Various Puffy villagers

## Episode summary

The episode begins in Puffy Town, as Chief Gordy is standing at a street post directing traffic. As the Puffies comment on this, King Leonardo and Tommy drive into town on their Tank car, while Mayor Bay and Snowdrop do the same in their car. Chief Gordy dozes off at the wrong time, and the two vehicles collide. The two drivers spar for a moment, but then decide to ask Gordy who's at fault, but find him still dozing off. He wakes up to an angry crowd, who berates him for his lack of diligence. King Leonardo decides to fire Chief Gordy for this incident, and word of this soon spreads all over town. Hearing this, Manny pleads with the Puffy kids to help him keep Chief Gordy on the job, saying that the chief was previously a "commando in the Rough Rangers Squad" and that his previous occupation makes him too important to get rid of. Milly, however, doubts this claim, saying there would have been no war for the chief to take part in. Manny refuses to accept this, and gets the Puffy children and Leeko in on his plan.

Meanwhile, back in town, a crowd has gathered in front of the police station as Gordy retires to his wife Beatrice, who reassures him. At that moment, the chief gets a call from Cindy, who is having difficulty keeping her sheep penned. The chief successfully catches and pens the sheep back up, but it is soon shown that Manny and the kids were responsible for the break out in the first place, as they intended to create a problem for Gordy to solve in order to maintain his reputation around town. The kids then get to work secretly creating more problems for Gordy to handle, including sabotaging Chef Peppermint's pipes, vandalizing Professor Antico's relics with removable paint, putting up false advertising signs at Stop To Shop, and others. Chief Gordy soon becomes very suspicious of the frequency of events as the kids relish in their deeds.

Soon, Milly catches them making more plans, but is interrupted when King Leonardo drives down to officially proclaim that Chief Gordy is fired. The town objects to this and rallies to Gordy's side, causing the kids to celebrate. As Leeko cheers, he notices a bee's nest in the tree he's in, and gets an idea to use it for more mischief. He grabs the nest, but trips out of the tree and lands in the tank car, planting the nest directly on Tommy's head. In the chaos, the tank car slams into the tree, knocking Manny into the vehicle, and then Tommy drives off with Leeko and Manny still in the car. Chief Gordy gives chase by borrowing the mayor's car as the kids join him against his orders.

Tommy and Leonardo drive as quickly as they can to escape the angry bees, driving well out into the countryside in the process. First, Tommy, and then, Leonardo and Leeko, are thrown out of the vehicle in the confusion, leaving Manny alone behind the wheel, unable to control the vehicle. As Chief Gordy catches up, the Puffy kids spill the beans to him about their plot with Manny, reminding him about his story about being a ranger. They soon find Leeko on the field, who points them toward the Big Boom Volcano, where Manny ends up. As they continue driving, Manny gets flung out of the vehicle and tumbles into the main caldera of the volcano, which has a pool of molten lava inside. The rest soon catch up to him, and find him stranded on a crevice not far from the lava. Chief Gordy sets off to rescue him, but Milly tries asking Leeko to do it instead. Moonlight Man appears out of nowhere and tells Milly to let the chief handle it.

Using a rope from the trunk of Mayor Bay's car, Chief Gordy descends into the caldera. He slips, but the kids and Moonlight Man secure the rope, narrowly preventing Gordy from falling into the lava. As Chief Gordy reaches Manny, the rest of Puffy Town arrives at the scene out of curiosity. Just then, the volcano begins to erupt, throwing embers which sever the rope. At this setback, Gordy resolves to climb out of the caldera without it while Manny clings to his back. During the climb, Manny confesses to Chief Gordy about his wrongdoings, and in return, Gordy confesses he was never part of the Rough Rangers Squad, before he was halted by a cramped back. Seeing this, Moonlight Man prompts Milly to call the Shooting Star so Leeko can save them before they fall into the lava. As the town celebrates Gordy's bravery, King Leonardo and Tommy show up, still intent on firing the chief, but Leeko rips the official decree to shreds. Furious, King Leonardo tries to blast the crowd with the cannon on his vehicle, but it turns out the bees nest was jamming it up, and both Leonardo and Tommy are forced to run from the angry bees once again. The episode ends as the crowd laughs at the King's misfortune.

## Trivia

* This is the fourth episode where Leeko doesn’t use a Copy Ability.
* Fourth episode where Milly summons the Shooting Star.
* Fourth episode where there are no monsters to fight.
* This is the second episode in the series where a Puffy Town villager plays a major role in an episode. In this episode, it’s Chief Gordy.