Who’s Your Clownfish?

**Who's Your Clownfish?** is the sixteenth Season 1 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the sixteenth episode overall. It is notable for the first appearance of the Tornado Copy Ability, as well as having Sandy, one of Leeko's animal friends, in a starring role.

## Summary

Sandy the clownfish falls in love with Milly; meanwhile Leonardo tries to seize the Rainbow Coral Reef.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Sandy
* King Leonardo
* Milly
* Manny

### Secondary

* Aerialessa
* Chef Peppermint
* Dr. Medico (*debut*)
* Helios & Luna (*Luna has no lines*)
* Lady Chanter
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Moonlight Man
* Professor Antico
* Sir Chanter
* Tommy
* Viruses
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers

## Episode summary

The episode begins on Usapia's shoreline, as the scene is shown in a fish's point of view, jumping in and out of the water, then spotting Milly on the coast. She is collecting seashells on the beach and manages to find a sparkling gold clam in a shallow pool. She opens it to find some writings on the inside which she describes as "ancient Puppy-glyphics". Back home at Castle Leonardo, she uses her books to decipher the text and realizes that it's a love letter addressed to her, requesting she meet up with the sender at the beach the upcoming evening. As she heads out, she is stopped briefly by Manny and Leeko, who ask where she's going, but she brushes them off. Manny and Leeko decide to secretly follow her to see what's up. Meanwhile, King Leonardo and Tommy are out surveying the sea making plans for an "underwater castle" near a reef, when they spot Milly out on the shore.

As the interlopers watch, Milly is greeted by her secret admirer, who turns out to be Sandy the clownfish. After realizing the situation she's in, Milly reacts in shock and Manny blows his cover by laughing at the idea. An annoyed Milly explains to Sandy that they can't have a relationship because she can't breathe underwater and leaves it at that, as Manny and Leeko follow. From there, King Leonardo and Tommy step in and make a deal with Sandy to find her a way of getting on land in exchange for directions to the rainbow coral reef. Sandy hesitates at first, explaining that the reef's location is a secret, but her desire to be with Milly overcomes this hurdle and she spills the beans. Back at the castle, Milly reconsiders Sandy's offer as Manny gawks at her. King Leonardo then strolls in bringing Sandy to her in a fish tank pulled by the Viruses, and then walks off after a few comments.

Sandy's sudden appearance gives Milly apprehension, but Manny encourages the two to actually give it a shot, since Sandy went to all the trouble. Manny and Leeko agree to wheel Sandy around as the date commences. Out on the road to town, a crowd of Puffies gathers around Sandy in her tank, as Manny has to explain what exactly Milly is doing. As Sandy gets a good look around, she is fascinated by what she sees out of the water. Milly grows increasingly embarrassed at the situation, but Manny makes her eat her own words again. Meanwhile, King Leonardo and Tommy are in a submarine plotting their way to the rainbow coral reef. Once they arrive, they set up signs claiming the site and begin construction of their new castle.

Back in Puffy Town, Sandy soon realizes that without the ability to physically embrace Milly, she might have trouble making this relationship work. She tries to get Milly to "hold hands", but accidentally causes her tank to roll down the hillside. She rolls through Puffy Town, then gets flung out of her tank and sent flying into Peppermint's Table, where the chef nearly makes her into a meal for Dr. Medico, but the kids stop him from doing this. Just as they secure Sandy, however, Aerialessa swoops in and grabs her. Sandy jumps out of her bucket and lands in Mayor Bay's bathtub, where the kids retrieve her again. After recounting her experience, Sandy reveals to the kids that King Leonardo asked her for directions to the coral reef, causing them to immediately suspect foul play. As King Leonardo commences his bulldozing of the reef, the kids learn from Sir Chanter of Leonardo's plans, and make haste to the reef.

Sandy rushes in to stop King Leonardo from destroying the reef, but is knocked away by the submarine's robotic arms. Milly, Manny, and Moonlight Man close in using a makeshift wooden submarine and release Leeko from a hatch to engage King Leonardo. After knocking Leeko away, King Leonardo fires a torpedo which destroys the wooden submarine, prompting Sandy to blow an air bubble for Milly and Manny to breathe in as Moonlight Man gets away. Leeko then gets captured by the submarine's arms and is pummeled repeatedly. After being freed by Sandy, Leeko vacuum-mouths the submarine's rotor, transforming into Tornado Leeko. As the others watch from the shore, Tornado Leeko creates a massive vortex in the sea which draws the submarine in and wrecks it. Helpless in the water, King Leonardo and Tommy are then chased by a shark who wants vengeance for the damage done to the reef. As Milly and Sandy give their farewells, Leeko pops out of the water with King Leonardo's lost snorkel, giving Sandy the idea that Milly could use it to live underwater with her. Milly yells at Leeko for giving Sandy this idea as the episode ends.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode appearance of the Tornado Copy Ability in *The Beginning* series.
* This is the first time in the series where one of the Animal Friends (Sandy) plays a major role.
* It’s revealed that Sandy has had a crush on Milly.
* This episode shows that the Puffies' mushroom caps are removable, as seen when Mayor Bay is taking a bath.
* This is one of the few episodes where Leeko uses a Copy Ability despite not fighting a monster.
* Fifth episode where there are no monsters to fight.
* Leeko is seen breathing underwater without issue. This contradicts the earlier episode An Egg-cellent Friendship, where Leeko was not able to breathe underwater.
* This episode marks the first time Leeko uses a Copy Ability to directly battle King Leonardo, rather than a monster sent by him.
* Some cable or satellite providers title this episode “The Clownfish Who Loved Me”, which derived from the 1977 spy film The Spy Who Loved Me.