The Best Episodes of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Every episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe!
When Adam, Prince of the planet Eternia, raises his magic sword he transforms into He-Man (the most powerful man in the universe). With his allies and friends, he battles the evil Skeletor and his minions to protect the secrets of Castle Greyskull.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" is "The Problem with the Power", rated 8.3/10 from 140 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Problem with the Power" aired on 11/10/1984 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Revenge Is Never Sweet".
8.3/10 140 votes#1 - The Problem with the Power
Season 2 Episode 45 - Aired 1984-11-10
Skeletor tricks He-Man into thinking he has accidentally killed a man and, consumed by guilt, He-Man transforms back to Adam and drops his sword down the abyss of Grayskull, deciding he is no longer worthy of Grayskull's powers. Skeletor then opens a portal to the goblin world, enabling General Tataran's army to enter Eternia, with possibly enough power and strength to conquer the planet. Can Eternia survive without its greatest hero... and will Adam realize he has been tricked before it is too late?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 120 votes#2 - Revenge Is Never Sweet
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1984-10-04
As Prince Adam and Teela attempt to fix a broken-down Attak Trak in the desert, Orko stumbles upon the wizard Kothos, who was transformed into a sand slug by Evil-Lyn in the earlier episode "The Witch and the Warrior". He turns him back to his true form, but has made a mistake as Kothos captures the heroes and offers them to Skeletor in return for his second-in-command, Evil-Lyn, upon whom Kothos is determined to enact revenge.
Director: Steve Clark
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 151 votes#3 - Quest for the Sword
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1983-10-07
He-Man's sword is taken by a peaceful race of Rock People who believe the sword gives them power. Fearing that himself and Battle Cat may never be able to become Adam and Cringer again, He-Man must journey to the underground world of the Rock People to recover the sword.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 113 votes#4 - Journey to Stone City
Season 2 Episode 31 - Aired 1984-10-23
Prince Adam, Man-At-Arms and Orko are searching the Vine Jungle for the legendary Stone City- but unbeknownst to them, they are being followed by Evil-Lyn, Webstor and Kobra Khan, who are after the city's treasures. By stealing a map, the villains beat the heroes to Stone City, which is filled with realistic-looking statues. When teleporting a life-bringer machine to Snake Mountain, Evil-Lyn accidentally revives the city's warrior king, Vokan! Vokan reveals that his people have been sleeping in stone for thousands of years, to be awakened when Eternia next needs their help. When he notices the life bringer is missing, Evil-Lyn tells him that it is located in Castle Grayskull. Before long, Vokan himself is attacking Grayskull, unwittingly being used by Evil-Lyn, who wants to gain the castle's powers!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 214 votes#5 - The Time Corridor
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1983-09-12
The Sorceress sends He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Orko and Battle Cat back in time after Skeletor, who, with Tri-Klops and Fang Man, has gone back into Eternia's past to plant an effective time bomb on the spot where Castle Grayskull now stands, that will destroy it in the present unless He-Man manages to stop it "in time"...
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry DiTillio
7.7/10 114 votes#6 - Attack from Below
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1984-10-06
Teela and Orko are returning from admiring one of the Eternian farmer's bumper crops, when strong tremors suddenly shake the ground and whole crops disappear. Teela is sucked underground with one of the tremors, where she finds herself in the tunnels of an underground community called the Belats. While Orko raises the alarm, the Belat's King, Subternias, who is determined to feed his people no matter what, holds Teela prisoner, and she finds that the Belats are not evil, but are very mistrusting, after being tricked by Skeletor years before...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 108 votes#7 - Teela's Triumph
Season 2 Episode 43 - Aired 1984-11-08
Skeletor uses a teleportation device to teleport The Sorceress, in the form of Zoar, to another planet. As He-Man and Battle Cat go to this planet to rescue The Sorceress, Teela is given the task of guarding Grayskull in The Sorceress' place. Unaware that someday she will inherit the position of Sorceress for good, will she be able to live up to her destiny?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 113 votes#8 - The Shadow of Skeletor
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1984-09-11
When Beast Man crashlands by Palace Eternia in one of Skeletor's shuttles, Adam, Teela, Man-At-Arms, Man-E-Faces and Ram Man discover that he was being sent to the Dark Moon of Eternia. Curious as to why Skeletor wanted to send him there, they imprison Beast Man in jail and take the ship up there themselves. Reaching Eternia's Bright Moon, they discover that Eternia's two moons are at war with one another after a resident of the Dark Moon reported seeing the people of the Bright Moon causing severe destruction on the Dark Moon. Knowing that the residents of the Bright Moon are innocent, the heroic warriors realise that Skeletor must be the real cause of the destruction, and so Man-E-Faces disguises himself with a Beast Man costume, and goes to the Dark Moon to spy on Skeletor and his warriors and foil their scheme.
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry DiTillio
7.6/10 112 votes#9 - Day of the Machines
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1984-09-20
Man-At-Arms almost kills the King and Queen when a device accidentally malfunctions, and fearing his skills are weakening with age, considers resigning from his position. Skeletor takes advantage of the situation by installing an energy bug called Byte into the Royal computers to make all the machinery malfunction. Can He-Man find the cause of the problem before it is too late?
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.6/10 114 votes#10 - Trouble in Trolla
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1984-09-22
Dree Elle comes to Eternia to enlist Orko's help, explaining that an ambitious Trollan wizard called Snoob has defeated Uncle Montork and taken his position as head of the Academy of Magic. Since Montork claims to have felt inexplicably weak when fighting Snoob, they suspect unfair play was used. Orko and Dree Elle go to Trolla, followed by He-Man and Battle Cat, and it soon transpires that Snoob is being controlled by Whiplash, who is trying to learn magic in order to impress Skeletor. It is up to He-Man to stop his scheme, with the help of his Trollan friends!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 103 votes#11 - Disappearing Dragons
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1984-10-02
Once again, Granamyr asks for He-Man's help. The dragons of Eternia are mysteriously disappearing and Webstor and Kobra Khan seem to be behind it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 131 votes#12 - Masks of Power
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 1983-10-20
When exploring an ancient temple, Prince Adam and He-Man come across the Masks of Power, which conceal the spirits of an ancient evil race. Two power-hungry travellers steal the masks, and their bodies are possessed by the spirits within them. Together they go to Snake Mountain, where they offer Skeletor their services- but Skeletor will only recruit them after they have passed a series of tests, one of which involves recovering the Sword of the Ancients from deep within Snake Mountain.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 153 votes#13 - A Friend in Need
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1983-09-26
An inventor called Zicran visits the Royal Palace to deliver a Transmutator machine to Man-At-Arms, accompanied by his daughter Ileena, a friend of Teela's. Ileena is vulnerable and lacking in self-confidence, feeling inferior compared to Teela's agility. Meanwhile, an evil sorcerer called Jarvan, who was previously defeated by He-Man and Man-At-Arms, has escaped from the prison mines and has set his sights on the Transmutator. Preying on Ileena's depression, he disguises himself as a kindly old woman and gives Ileena a 'magic potion' that will boost her confidence and strength. But the potion contains a dangerous drug, and Ileena soon finds herself addicted to the drug, and almost causes several serious accidents while under its effects. She also finds herself unwittingly obeying Jarvan's commands, and helps him to obtain the Transmutator! Can the heroic warriors cure Ileena's addiction before she causes more damage to herself and the people around her?
Director: N/A
Writer: Brynne Chandler Reaves
7.4/10 152 votes#14 - The Shaping Staff
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1983-09-29
While entertaining the Royal Family with his magic, Orko finds his act interrupted by a strange sorceress called Majestra. Majestra performs a trick in which she appears to make the King vanish then reappear- but in fact, Majestra is really Evil-Lyn in disguise, and has teleported the King to the dungeon and replaced him with a disguised Beast Man! Evil-Lyn has found a magical Shaping Staff which can transform anything into whatever the holder wishes- and under their disguises, Evil-Lyn and Beast Man set about causing havoc around the palace, turning each member of the Royal Family into helpless animals, while Skeletor awaits them at Grayskull with his latest creation- an evil version of He-Man, called Faker!
Director: N/A
Writer: Paul Dini
7.4/10 138 votes#15 - Game Plan
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 1983-10-13
Negator, an evil character with a love of computers and electronics, sees Man-At-Arms testing out his latest invention, the Beam Ray, in the desert. Impressed, Negator wants the scientist to come and work for him, so that he can use his creations for his own evil purposes. When Man-At-Arms refuses, Negator captures Teela to force him to come to him. As He-Man, Ram Man and Battle Cat search for their missing friends, they are sucked into Negator's underground electronic domain, and Negator sends He-Man and Ram Man into his living electronic "game"...
Director: N/A
Writer: Coslough Johnson
7.4/10 116 votes#16 - Ordeal in the Darklands
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 1983-10-21
Evil-Lyn captures Mira, the daughter of the powerful wizard Kor, and frames He-Man and Man-At-Arms for the capture. Kor takes He-Man and Man-At-Arms prisoner, and refuses to listen to their pleas for innocence, planning to unleash a demonic entity called the Crimson Scourge upon them unless they reveal his daughter's whereabouts.
Director: N/A
Writer: Marc Scott Zicree
7.4/10 118 votes#17 - City Beneath the Sea
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 1983-10-24
He-Man and Man-At-Arms set sail to investigate the disappearance of some of King Randor's food ships. Sucked beneath the surface by a whirlpool, they find themselves in the underwater city of Aquatica, which has been taken over by Merman. Merman has kidnapped the city's princess, Nahmi, and is controlling the Aquaticans with the Pearl of Power! But he has convinced them that the surface dwellers kidnapped Nahmi, and the Aquaticans have waged war against the people of the surface. Can He-Man help the Aquaticans see the light, and rescue Princess Nahmi before Merman creates more havoc?
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry DiTillio
7.4/10 101 votes#18 - The Ice Age Cometh
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1984-09-28
An irresponsible junior guard, Philip, fails to notice Whiplash sneaking into the palace grounds to steal the King's Ice Raider. He-Man stops Whiplash just in time, but King Randor relocates Philip to the Eternian Weather Station to improve his responsibilities. Skeletor, determined to get hold of the Ice Raider, consults his agent in the North, Icer, and orders him to take over the Weather Station. Icer has no trouble in taking over, and before long weather disasters are occurring all over Eternia.
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry DiTillio
7.4/10 95 votes#19 - The Secret of Grayskull
Season 2 Episode 39 - Aired 1984-11-02
Orko runs away, thinking his friends don't really like him. The Sorceress solves his problem, but on his way back to the palace he is captured by Skeletor, who puts him under a spell to reveal the riddle of the jaw bridge. Skeletor uses this riddle to break into Grayskull, and The Sorceress must defend the castle while He-Man tries to free Orko.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 286 votes#20 - Diamond Ray of Disappearance
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1983-09-05
Skeletor has managed to find the legendary 'Diamond Ray Of Disappearance', a mystical jewel that sends who or whatever it is aimed at vanishing into another dimension. Calling his warriors from around the Universe, Skeletor plans to use the magical gem to get rid of He-Man once-and-for-all. His first victims are King Randor, Queen Marlena, and Man-At-Arms, as well as The Sorceress of Grayskull, and it is up to He-Man to destroy the jewel, freeing his friends from the distant limbo-like dimension that they are trapped in...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 180 votes#21 - She-Demon of Phantos
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1983-09-15
For many years, the Royal Palace of Eternia has had shipments of photanium (the strongest metal in the Universe) from the moon of Phantos to make weapons with, but Skeletor intends to from now on step in and have the photanium all for himself. Man-At-Arms is given worthless ore instead of the photanium, and when the moon's ruler, Queen Elmora, puts up a fight against the plans, Skeletor casts a spell on her that ages her and turns her evil. Realising the metal they've been given is useless, He-Man and co. head to Phantos to see what's going on, only to find themselves on the moon where Skeletor now drives slaves mining for the metal...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 136 votes#22 - Orko's Favorite Uncle
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1983-10-06
An evil wizard called Tauron casts a spell on Orko's Uncle Montork and his pet Gark, turns them evil and sets them on Grayskull!
Director: Steve Clark
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 112 votes#23 - The Search
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 1983-10-31
Zodac comes to Grayskull and tells The Sorceress that Eternia is in great danger as Skeletor is searching for the Starseed, the single most powerful object in the universe- a small chunk of cosmic matter left over from the big bang, which can turn its holder's thoughts into reality. The Sorceress summons He-Man, and together with Battle Cat and Orko, he sets off on a race to reach the Starseed before Skeletor does. But given that the Starseed is able to give anyone all the power that they want, is even He-Man strong enough to resist being corrupted by its power?
Director: Steve Clark
Writer: David Wise
7.3/10 116 votes#24 - Eternal Darkness
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 1983-11-01
Darkdream, an evil being who can control people's dreams, has been freed from the seal in which he was imprisoned, and is now using his powers to once again give the people of Eternia terrible nightmares. With his allies Evil-Lyn and evil magician Trebor, Darkdream plans to bring eternal darkness to Eternia so he can roam it freely and bring it his reign of terror once again...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 111 votes#25 - Return of Evil
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 1983-11-03
A fierce electrical storm brings electronoid Aramesh – a robot made of pure energy – to Eternia from Orko's dimension. He is hunting for Orko, who years ago was entrusted to guard a powerful magical sphere. Skeletor oversees Aramesh's arrival and decides that he could use him to his advantage...
Director: Steve Clark
Writer: N/A