Leeko’s Anniversary!

**Leeko's Anniversary!** is the seventeenth Season 2 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the fifty-first episode overall. This episode is notable for the first appearance of the Bomb Copy Ability.

## Synopsis

It's been one year since Leeko came to Puffy Town, so Milly, Manny, and the rest of the townsfolk plan to surprise Leeko with a celebration in his honor. Can they keep the surprise from the pink mouse for long, or will King Leonardo crash the party and ruin it for everyone?

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Milly
* King Leonardo

### Secondary

* Aerialessa (*no dialogue*)
* Aurora Man (*no dialogue*)
* Beatrice
* Bubbles
* Chef Peppermint
* Chief Gordy
* Cindy (*no dialogue*)
* Daisy
* Dr. Medico (*no dialogue*)
* Felix (*no dialogue*)
* Gamba
* Gene
* Helios & Luna (*no dialogue*)
* Hilda (*no dialogue*)
* Hover
* Lady Chanter (*no dialogue*)
* Lola (*no dialogue*)
* Madeline (*no dialogue*)
* Manny
* Marvin
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Mayor Bay's grandchildren (*no dialogue*)
* Miss Yuubin (*no dialogue*)
* Moonlight Man
* Mr. Mage
* Numnum & Cece (*no dialogue*)
* Parker (*no dialogue*)
* Professor Antico
* Sir Chanter (*no dialogue*)
* Sir Pathogen (*no dialogue*)
* Sandy (*no dialogue*)
* Snowdrop
* Tantan & Sunsun (*no dialogue*)
* Tommy
* Twilight Man (*no dialogue*)
* Whitehead
* Viruses (*no dialogue*)
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers

## Episode summary

The episode begins at Leeko's house, where Leeko wakes up from his nest and goes running into Puffy Town. There he tries to find Milly in a crowd of Puffies, and upon spotting her, he runs toward her. Seeing him, however, Milly and everyone else scatter and flee mysteriously, leaving Leeko alone in the Puffy Town plaza to wonder what is going on. Just outside of Leeko's line of sight, Milly, Manny, and the Puffy kids talk about their secret plans to throw Leeko a surprise party, having apparently run from him to keep him from finding out too soon. Later on, Leeko heads over to Mayor Bay's villa and sees the Puffies there woodworking. When Leeko tries to get close, Mayor Bay spots him and blows his whistle to call the sheep in, using them to hide what the Puffies are working on. Mayor Bay then tells Leeko that this is no place for him to be, and sends him off. Next, Leeko heads over to Peppermint's Table to greet the chef who is preparing a large number of dishes, but Chef Peppermint immediately tosses Leeko out upon seeing him. As Leeko then wanders down the Puffy Town streets, Chief Gordy spots him and blows his whistle, causing all the Puffies to rush inside their houses and shut their doors. Chief Gordy then offers a quick excuse to Leeko and shuts his door as well.

Meanwhile, at Castle Leonardo, Tommy delivers a warning to King Leonardo that the Puffies may be plotting some kind of rebellion behind his back. They head out and spy on Gamba and Whitehead as they deliver what looks like gunpowder kegs to a wooden shack and assume the Puffies are working on explosives. After spying on the Puffies working in town, King Leonardo comes to the conclusion that they are planning to celebrate an upcoming revolution, and he and Tommy quickly return to the castle to formulate a counter-plan. Leonardo calls up Nebula Enterprises and asks them to send him their most powerful monster. Gene warns Leonardo that the monster in question has trouble distinguishing friend from foe and may be a handful, but Leonardo demands they send the monster anyway. At that moment, elsewhere in the castle, Milly takes Leeko out of the room where she and the other kids were working on decorations. She explains to Leeko that she is super busy and closes the door on him. Leeko lingers at the door for a while and overhears Milly talking to the other kids, saying that Leeko will ruin everything if he goes in there.

After getting brushed off yet again, this time by King Leonardo and Tommy, Leeko heads home dejected, and tells Hover about what happened. Hover rubs salt in the wound by telling Leeko that nobody likes him and that he should leave, but Hover did not count on Leeko taking him at his word and actually packing up and heading out, and the dragonfly is left alone in the house during his sarcastic rant. Leeko looks back at Puffy Town one last time from the hill he first saw it from in Leeko Comes To Puffy Town, and then heads off toward Seashell Valley to collect his Shooting Star. Meanwhile, down in town, Milly and the Puffies are hard at work preparing for Leeko's surprise party, unaware of what has just happened. King Leonardo rushes into the plaza with his army of Viruses in order to put an end to what he believes to be a revolution and wrecks the decorations in the process. After Leonardo apprehends the townsfolk, Milly explains they were planning to throw a party for Leeko to commemorate the first anniversary of his arrival in Usapia. On this, King Leonardo changes his tune, and insists that he will bring a present to Leeko for his party and drives off.

After looking over the damage Leonardo did to the Puffies, Milly wondered where Leeko went off to. She then learns what Hover did and scolds the dragonfly harshly, then orders Hover to go find Leeko before it is too late. At Seashell Valley, Mr. Mage urges Leeko not to leave, and reminds him that he has been in Usapia for a year. Leeko remembers all the happy moments he had of his time in Usapia, but is still saddened when he remembers how he was rejected, and starts to tear up. At that moment, Moonlight Man finds him and asks Leeko what he is doing there. From there, Hover finds Leeko and urges him to return to Puffy Town, telling him that everybody is waiting for him. At this news, Leeko cheers up and quickly leaves the canyon, as Moonlight Man ponders the time that has passed. Meanwhile, at the castle, King Leonardo receives a shipment through N.L.E of a giant cake meant for Leeko. As the pink Star Warrior reaches his house again, he grows dismayed seeing it dark and quiet. He gently opens the door and sets his knapsack down inside, when he is greeted by Milly and his friends with lights and confetti poppers, wishing him a happy anniversary. They then take him out to see lights and tables set up, where the whole town greets and cheers for him. After apologizing to Leeko for the misunderstanding, Milly directs him to pull the cord on a party ball. He does so, revealing a commemorative banner and more confetti.

The celebration is interrupted, however, when King Leonardo and Tommy pull up in the Royal Racecar. They deliver the massive cake they ordered earlier, which eases the tension of everyone present. Leeko jumps onto the cake to get a taste, and falls off again satisfied. At that moment, the cake bursts open, revealing the monster Baby Boomer, who immediately attacks Leeko and company with bombs. Milly is outraged at Leonardo for his betrayal, but after taking a few bombs themselves, Leonardo and Tommy decide to leave early. Leeko then vacuum-mouths one of Baby Boomer's bombs to gain the Bomb Copy Ability. After a brief duel, Bomb Leeko manages to return one of Baby Boomer's giant bombs to him, causing the monster to explode and defeated. After Moonlight Man admires Leeko's growth in skill, Milly gives Leeko one more heartfelt speech and embraces him, as the rest of the Usapians applaud. Sir Pathogen then launches King Leonardo and Tommy out of a cannon and they explode in the air, causing fireworks to shower in the night sky. Seeing this, Leeko then hops into the cannon and fires himself up, creating a massive Leeko-shaped firework explosion. The episode ends as Leeko poses in the sky.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode of *The Beginning* trilogy to feature the Bomb Copy Ability.
* This is the fifth episode where Leeko cries.
* In the scene where Leeko is talking to Hover, the dragonfly seems to understand what he is saying, despite the fact that Leeko can’t talk.
* It’s never been shown what Leeko packed in his bindle.
* This is one of the very few episodes where Sir Pathogen and the Viruses turned on their king and punished him for something he did to Leeko.