In Search For The Ring

**In Search For The Ring** is the seventeenth Season 1 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the seventeenth episode overall.

## Summary

Sir Chanter wants to present Lady Chanter with a ring, but Leeko accidentally loses it and hilarity ensues.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Slammer (*debut*)
* Tommy
* King Leonardo
* Sir Chanter

### Secondary

* Beatrice (*has no lines*)
* Chef Peppermint
* Chief Gordy
* Felix (*has no lines*)
* Gamba
* Gene
* Helios & Luna
* Hover
* Jewelmeleon (*debut*)
* Lady Chanter
* Madeline
* Manny
* Marvin
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Milly
* Miss Yuubin (*has no lines*)
* Parker
* Professor Antico
* Snowdrop (*has no lines*)
* Whitehead
* Virus
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers (*have no lines*)

## Episode summary

The episode begins at Castle Leonardo, where Leeko, Manny, Helios, and Luna are playing a game of hide-and-seek on the castle balconies. As Leeko begins counting, Milly shows up and breaks up the game, reminding everyone of what day it is without explicitly mentioning it. As the kids leave, King Leonardo and Tommy watch, as the king becomes strangely curious about what the kids might be referring to. Later on, Milly shows Leeko a photo of Sir Chanter and Lady Chanter's wedding, explaining that it is their anniversary. When Lady Chanter mentions to the kids that they'll likely be eating at Peppermint's Table, they disagree, and try to get Sir Chanter's in the other room, but he does not respond. Sir Chanter is busy rehearsing with a new emerald ring he has obtained for the occasion while Leeko slips in unnoticed. After running out to tend to his wife, Leeko is left alone with the ring. Thinking it to be food, he tries to eat it, but - finding it savorless - he spits it out of the window.

The ring lands on a passing Virus who picks it up, but Tommy sees this and quickly confiscates the ring for himself. Later on, Sir Chanter is searching frantically for the lost ring as the kids ask him about it. He reveals that despite being married for years, he had never given Lady Chanter an engagement ring, due to repeated strokes of bad luck combined with Sir Chanter's extreme nervousness. Hearing this, Leeko attempts to explain what he did with the ring by mimicking his actions and then throwing himself out of the window. The group follows him out, where Helios and Luna reveal that Tommy had made off with a ring just a moment ago. Meanwhile, Tommy is having the ring appraised at Marvin's fortune parlor. Marvin falsely declares the ring to be a fake to Tommy's chagrin, causing him to give it up, and he later takes the ring to Professor Antico for further appraisal. He falsely declares it to be a relic from an ancient Puffy civilization, thus not wanting to buy it from Marvin, while Slammer looks on from the window.

As Tommy sulks away, Sir Chanter and company catch up to him to get the ring back, who points them toward Marvin. The fortune teller in turn points them to Antico, but as he explains this, Slammer runs through town with the ring in hand as Chief Gordy and the town make chase. Seeing this, Leeko runs right into Slammer and tackles him, allowing the rest to catch up, but the ring is lost in the process. As the search continues, Tommy returns to the castle and pulls out a collection of rings he's been hoarding for years. King Leonardo barges in, giving his turtle assistant little time to hide his stash. Tommy then explains to the king that the ring is an ancient Puffy artifact and that all of town is looking for it. King Leonardo then declares the ring to be his by right. Back in town, the search continues, as Leeko frantically runs across town checking every building. Lady Chanter wanders into town and is nearly told the surprise when Sir Chanter steps in to distract her. Leeko eventually finds the ring embedded in the horn of one of the sheep. As he goes to collect it, Hover snatches the ring and taunts him with it, unaware of the situation.

Back at the castle, King Leonardo dials up Nebula Enterprises to order a new monster to help him find the treasure. N.L.E sends forth Jewelmeleon who, upon arriving through the teleporter, immediately sniffs out Tommy's hidden stash of jewels. After proving himself by uncovering this hoard, King Leonardo orders Jewelmeleon to head out and collect as much treasure as he can. Back in town, Leeko manages to catch Hover, causing him to drop the ring on Madeline's mushroom cap. After she gets knocked over by Leeko, Slammer appears and snatches the ring again, prompting Chief Gordy to give chase. Jewelmeleon then arrives in town and uses his inhale to swallow Slammer and the ring, then gets away after stealing all the jewelry and artifacts from town. Out in the country, Chef Peppermint asks the fishermen about their latest catch, but ends up getting trampled by Jewelmeleon and his pursuers, while Sir Chanter continues to stall for time.

Back at the castle, Jewelmeleon returns with his haul, but King Leonardo is upset because he's unable to tell which of the rings is the one he has his eyes on. At that moment, Milly, Manny, and Leeko barge in and try to get the ring using Leeko's vacuum-mouth to compete with Jewelmeleon's. In the process, Slammer emerges from the treasure pile, still holding onto the ring for dear life. Manny then interrupts Leeko to throw a full pepper shaker into Jewelmeleon's mouth, causing him to sneeze violently, blowing all the treasures, Leeko, and Slammer out of the castle. As the two fight over the ring, they hit the river and the ring is eaten by the same fish that ate Sir Chanter's first wedding ring. Back at the castle, King Leonardo disposes of Jewelmeleon with his hammer for failing him. That night, Sir Chanter admits to Lady Chanter that he had lost the ring once again, but Lady Chanter reassures him, saying she doesn't care about it. Chef Peppermint then comes in with a fresh catch - the fish that swallowed the ring. Leeko jumps on the fish, causing it to cough up the ring, and Sir Chanter finally places it on Lady Chanter's finger. From there, after a careless invitation from Chef Peppermint, Leeko vacuum-mouths all the food in the restaurant as the episode ends.

## Trivia

* This is the seventh episode in the series to not feature a Copy Ability.
* This is one of the few episodes where Leeko does not use a Copy Ability to fight a monster.
* This is the first episode where a monster doesn’t explode upon defeat.
* Oddly, despite having committed theft twice in the episode, Slammer is seen at Peppermint's Table alongside Chief Gordy instead of being locked up.
* This is one of the few episodes to show Leeko's great memory, as he is able to remember the last time he saw Sir Chanter's ring and recognizes the fish that ate it.