Schooled!

**Schooled!** is the twenty-fourth Season 2 episode of Leeko: The Beginning trilogy, and the fifty-eighth episode overall. It is the first of the three Leonardo Academy episodes in *The Beginning* trilogy.

## Summary

When all the kids start making fun of Leonardo by painting silly pictures of him on the walls, he decides to start a school for young children to learn to respect him.

## Characters

### Primary

* Leeko
* Milly
* Manny
* King Leonardo
* Tommy

### Secondary

* Beatrice
* Bubbles (*no dialogue*)
* Chef Peppermint
* Chief Gordy
* Cindy (*no dialogue*)
* Daisy
* Felix
* Gamba
* Gene
* King Masterson (*debut; no dialogue*)
* Lady Chanter
* Madeline
* Marvin
* Mayor Bay Brittleton
* Mayor Bay's grandchildren (*no dialogue*)
* Miss Yuubin
* Moonlight Man
* Parker
* Professor Antico
* Sir Chanter
* Snowdrop (*no dialogue*)
* Whitehead
* Viruses (*no dialogue*)
* Various unnamed Puffy villagers

## Episode summary

The episode begins at Castle Leonardo out in the courtyard, where Leeko, Manny, and the Puffy kids are drawing graffiti on the walls while singing a song mocking King Leonardo. At that moment, King Leonardo sees them and tries to chase after them, but they get away. He and Tommy are left to see the leftover graffiti depicting the two of them as clowns, and the kids come back to laugh at them. Leonardo tries to chase them again, but ends up making a fool of himself after getting splashed with paint and then falling into a pitfall trap. Leonardo decides he needs to teach those kids a lesson, and consults with Nebula Enterprises, who suggests buying their Nebula Academy kit to set up a school in Usapia where the kids will be "whipped into shape in no time". Leonardo agrees to download the kit, and Gene relishes the potential punishment it will inflict on the Usapians.

A short time later, the bell rings at the new Leonardo Academy, and the people of Usapia come running in to have a look. Tommy also gives an introduction to the school on Channel Lion Out Loud as the Puffies and Milly's parents unwittingly sign up their kids for classes. Milly protests, thinking this to be another one of Leonardo's tricks, but her parents ensure her that some of the adult Puffies will be teaching, so there should not be an issue. The next day, the school officially opens, and most of the Puffies along with Milly's family and Leeko come dressed in uniforms to attend. After the introductions, the students are ushered into the classroom. After trading some self-flattering remarks with each other, King Leonardo and Tommy begin with a math lesson taught by Mrs. Gordy. Milly and Manny are relieved to see someone other than Leonardo teaching, but when Beatrice puts on the "required" teaching cap, she suddenly becomes extremely aggressive and antagonizes the students while praising King Leonardo, even as he cheats to get the answers to the problem. After trying to get Leeko to solve a very confusing multiplication problem, Tommy cuts Beatrice's lesson short and removes her hat, and she returns to her normal cheery self.

Next up is a science lesson with Mayor Bay, who also becomes very aggressive after putting on the hat. He instructs his students to pull out beakers and combine sulfur, nitric acid, and charcoal and then light the result on fire, causing their beakers to blow up in their faces. From there, Mayor Bay requests plutonium which he intends to split, but Milly stops the lesson for everyone's safety by hammering the potential nuclear weapon. Tommy encourages Mayor Bay to punish Milly for this interruption, and he does so, forcing her to stand out in the hall and balance a huge pail of water. After this lesson, lunch is served by Chef Peppermint. Milly and Manny notice that he is the only one so far who is not acting strange, which makes Milly very suspicious. After lunch, Professor Antico is up next to teach history. After putting on the hat, Antico claims that all of the ancient Puffy artifacts are, in fact, relics from the Leonardo dynasty, which leads Milly to question his sincerity. Antico responds by shoving the school textbook into her hands, though Milly claims the book is full of lies. After Antico's lesson is over, the kids are sent out for gym class, and soon find themselves trapped behind electric fences in a prison-yard like field. Tommy sends Miss Yuubin up to teach, much to the amusement of the kids, as Yuubin is not known to be physically active. However, when he puts on the hat, Yuubin proceeds to order the kids through a military-style training regiment. Milly tries to stand up for the kids, but Miss Yuubin inflicts remedial training and gives all the kids a homework assignment for Milly's behavior.

After school is over, Milly and Manny are left with a mountain of homework which appears to be propaganda for King Leonardo. Milly remains defiant and refuses to do it, but Manny insists that not doing it will incur the wrath of the teachers. As King Leonardo and Tommy enjoy the newfound quiet, Milly and Leeko sneak into the throne room and find leftover construction materials for the school. Moonlight Man shows up and points Milly to a particular manual left behind, which reveals the secret of why the teachers were so aggressive. Milly tries to study this manual overnight, which leads to her being exhausted in class the next day. This time, Chief Gordy steps up to teach music and puts on the hat, becoming predictably aggressive. After making Leeko uncomfortable with his horn, Chief Gordy is then assaulted by the kids' discordant flute playing, which causes his hat to fall to the floor and make him return to normal. Next up, art class is taught by Marvin. He puts on the hat and then barks orders at the kids to make drawings and sculptures. As Milly wonders about Marvin's uncharacteristic anger, she looks over and sees Manny and the other kids sculpting King Leonardo, and comes to the conclusion that they have been brainwashed. After disrupting class again, Milly is apprehended by Marvin, and Milly realizes that the hat is what is causing the aggressive behavior. Hearing this, Leeko jumps for the hat and pulls it off of Marvin, but accidentally places it on Milly's head.

Milly is immediately hypnotized by the hat, and proceeds to chase after Leeko with a desk. Manny proceeds to kick the hat off of Milly's head to break the spell on her. From there, the hat starts to glow and transform into a monster called King Masterson. The monster proceeds to pound Leeko repeatedly by jumping on him, then hitting him repeatedly with its pointer. Leeko tries to vacuum-mouth King Masterson, but cannot do so. Leeko is then thrown through a wall and pelted with chalk and erasers. Milly tells Leeko to vacuum-mouth these implements and he does so, somehow gaining the Fighting Copy Ability. Using this ability, Leeko makes quick work of King Masterson, defeating him using a Rising Break. The students quickly flee the school as King Masterson explodes, taking the Leonardo Academy with it. Later on, Beatrice recounts the story to her class in an impromptu setting out in the countryside, and the episode ends as Milly and Manny comment on how much nicer she is without the hat, and Leeko agrees.

## Trivia

* This episode suggests that Usapia never had a school. However, in past episodes, such as The Dangers Of Television, Manny and the Puffy children mention homework, suggesting that they do have a school in Usapia.
* This is the fourth episode of *The Beginning* trilogy to feature the Fighting Copy Ability.
* This is the seventh episode to have a one-word title; first being Blockbusters, second being Pillowed!, third being Snowed!, fourth being Trashed!, fifth being Monsweeper, and sixth being Cartooned!.
* This is the only time in *The Beginning* series where Milly attacks Leeko, albeit while in a possessed state.
* This is the last episode to air in 2004.
* Despite not taking place in a magic school, the robes from the episode A Dash Of Fiction were reused, instead of putting the characters in more traditional school uniforms. The uniforms would be used again by select characters in Schooled 2: Got Scammed! and aren’t worn at all in Schooled 3: Teacher’s Threat.
* During music class that is taught by Chief Gordy, the children play the nursery rhyme *London Bridge is Falling Down* on their flutes.
* While possessed by the demon hat, Professor Antico’s speech insisting that the ancient Puffy relics are actually Leonardo dynasty artifacts is a nod to the episode Antico’s Greatest Discovery.