The Best Episodes of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - The Search

   S1:E4110/31/1983

   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

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   Writer:David Wise
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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #2 - The Problem with the Power

   S2:E4511/10/1984

   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?

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   8.2/10(6 votes)

   #3 - Diamond Ray of Disappearance

   S1:E19/5/1983

   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:Louis Zukor

   Writer:Robby London

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   Director:Louis Zukor

   Writer:Robby London
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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - To Save Skeletor

   S2:E69/18/1984

   Whiplash arrives at the Royal Palace, badly wounded, and asking for help. Skeletor has tried to summon up Sh'Gora, a dreaded creature from another dimension, only to have the being turn on him and imprison him along with Evil Lyn and Trap Jaw. Reluctantly, He-Man and his allies must rescue Skeletor and join forces to stop Sh'Gora taking over Eternia and the powers of Castle Grayskull...

   Director:Lou Kachivas

   Writers:Paul Dini, Beth Bornstein

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   Director:Lou Kachivas

   Writers:Paul Dini, Beth Bornstein
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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Teela's Triumph

   S2:E4311/8/1984

   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?

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #6 - The Dragon Invasion

   S1:E49/8/1983

   Skeletor and Beast Man steal a dragon's eggs and transport them into the court-yard of the Royal Palace. With their special growth enhancer, the dragons soon hatch and grow, attacking the Palace, and leaving the Heroic Warriors distracted trying to deal with the ever-growing dragons leaving Skeletor and his cronies free tackle Castle Grayskull...

   Director:Gwen Wetzler

   Writer:Michael Reaves

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   Director:Gwen Wetzler

   Writer:Michael Reaves
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   #7 - Song of Celice

   S1:E89/14/1983

   Adam, Teela, Orko, Cringer and Lizard Man are on a visit to Pangus, the King of the city of Tarinth, when the city comes under a fierce trembling. Adam is about to come to the rescue as He-Man when a young woman called Celice appears and soothes the tremors with her singing. Pangus explains that a terrible creature lives beneath the city, and only Celice's soothing singing can calm it. Skeletor oversees the whole scene and decides that Celice's singing powers would be of great use to him. Evil-Lyn kidnaps the girl with Trap Jaw, and possesses her; Skeletor plans to use her siren song to hypnotise The Sorceress and then to sing Castle Grayskull's jaw-bridge open...

   Director:Gwen Wetzler

   Writers:Brynne Chandler Reaves, Michael Reaves

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   Director:Gwen Wetzler

   Writers:Brynne Chandler Reaves, Michael Reaves
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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #8 - The Region of Ice

   S1:E3310/19/1983

   When on a skiing holiday in the icy regions of Eternia, the Royal Family are captured by an Ice Lord. Orko scares the Ice Lord by pretending he is He-Man (!), and the Ice Lord explains that Skeletor has kidnapped his daughter and will only release her if the Ice Lord delivers the Royal Family to him. Orko convinces the Ice Lord to free Prince Adam (who he calls his 'assistant'), then Adam becomes He-Man and sets off to Snake Mountain with Orko to rescue the Ice Lord's daughter.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Teela's Trial

   S1:E3810/26/1983

   When testing out a teleportation device created by Man-At-Arms, Teela accidentally teleports Man-At-Arms away, and no-one knows where to. Overcome with guilt, believing she has caused a terrible fate for her father, Teela exiles herself to the Wastelands. Meanwhile, Man-At-Arms has been teleported into the clutches of Skeletor, who has imprisoned him, forcing him to make weapons for his own evil crew. He-Man must rescue Man-At-Arms, as well as convincing Teela to forgive herself for her mistake.

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   Writer:David Wise

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Eye of the Beholder

    S1:E4511/4/1983

    A severe drought has suddenly consumed Planet Eternia, causing plants to die and machines to malfunction- even He-Man himself is weakening. As the oxygen in the air becomes less and less, He-Man sets out to find the cause of the problem. His investigations lead him to the Sea of Eternity, where he teams up with an insect man called Garth to solve the problem- which is being caused by none other than Skeletor, who is using a pumping machine to drain the sea.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:David Wise

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Sleepers Awaken

    S1:E5211/15/1983

    Adam and Teela visit an ancient castle where an evil Lord and Lady once lived, practising black magic by absorbing energy from the trees, until the trees died and they began a centuries-long sleep in their coffins. As Adam and Teela ride some winged horses, Lady Valtera and Lord Tyran awake from their coffins. Lord Tyran's appearance has been greatly disfigured by his evil ways- so severely that Valtera does not recognise him. When Valtera comes across Adam and captures him to be her slave, Tyran thinks she is more interested in Adam than him and wreaks havoc attempting to gain all the power he can, and capturing Teela along the way.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Pawns of the Game Master

    S1:E5511/18/1983

    A spacefaring gladiator called the Game Master lands on Eternia, intending to capture He-Man to make him fight for his amusement. But when he sends his minions out to find He-Man, he is in the form of Adam and so He-Man is nowhere to be found. So instead they capture Teela- but they also take Adam's Power Sword, meaning he is faced with the task of rescuing Teela as Adam!

    Director:Steve Clark

    Writer:Paul Dini

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Witch and the Warrior

    S1:E5811/23/1983

    Malik, the Wizard of Stone Mountain, calls He-Man and Teela to his aid when the Fountain of Life of Aridan is stolen by the evil wizard Kothos. But just as the heroes confront Kothos in his floating palace, Skeletor sends Evil-Lyn and Clawful after the fountain- and Evil-Lyn ends up stranded in the desert with Teela, her magic wiped away. In spite of their rivalry, Evil-Lyn and Teela have no choice but to work together and form an alliance to get themselves back to safety. As they put aside their differences, they form a surprisingly effective duo- and both learn a thing or two about the other in the process.....

    Director:Marsh Lamore

    Writer:Paul Dini

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    Writer:Paul Dini
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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Evilseed

    S1:E5911/24/1983

    Strange living plants are gradually taking over Eternia. He-Man accuses Skeletor, and Skeletor accuses He-Man, but the real culprit is a curious plant-man called Evilseed, who intends to take over the whole planet with his plants. He-Man and Skeletor must reluctantly combine their powers in order to wither Evilseed's plot...

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Day of the Machines

    S2:E89/20/1984

    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:Unknown

    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Cat and the Spider

    S2:E99/21/1984

    Prince Adam and Melaktha undertake an archaeological expedition of the Temple of the Cats, once occupied by an apparently extinct race of Cat People. They take from the temple an ancient statue, called the Grymalkin. But unknown to them, the Cat People still exist and dwell deep within the temple- and the Grymalkin contains an evil demon imprisoned inside. The Cat People's king sends an agile Catwoman, Kittrina, to recover the statue from the Royal Palace. But at the same time, Skeletor sends his minion Webstor after the statue, and beating Kittrina to it, Webstor takes the statue back to his master, who subsequently frees the demon.....

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Origin of the Sorceress

    S2:E129/26/1984

    The Sorceress realizes her old enemy Morgoth is attempting to return to Eternia. She decides to make a stand and tells He-Man how her first battle against Morgoth caused her to take up the mantle of Sorceress of Grayskull.

    Director:Marsh Lamore

    Writer:Larry DiTillio

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The Arena

    S2:E159/29/1984

    Man-At-Arms has managed to make contact with a peaceful alien being called Om, hovering above Eternia. When Om is being welcomed by the people of Eternos, Skeletor invades the city with General Tataran and the Goblin Army. A fierce battle follows, and Om is confused by the way the two sides fight against one another, as his race knows no violence. So to see which side is wiser and stronger, Om selects He-Man from the side of good, and Skeletor from the side of evil, and pits them against one another in a fight to the finish.

    Director:Steve Clark

    Writer:Rowby Goren

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Rainbow Warrior

    S2:E2310/11/1984

    Skeletor captures King Randor, Prince Adam, Teela, Man-At-Arms and Orko, intending to attack the Palace and take over Eternos City. Since Adam is unable to become He-Man when in Skeletor's clutches, only one person is able to save them... Queen Marlena, as pilot of the Rainbow Explorer, the ship which brought her from Earth to Eternia. Using her amazing pilot skills she leads a fleet towards Snake ountain to rescue Skeletor's captives.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Battlecat

    S2:E3310/25/1984

    Man-At-Arms tells Orko the origin of Battle Cat, from how Adam discovered Cringer in the forest as a child, to how Cringer acquired the powers of Grayskull and became Battle Cat.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Here, There, Skeletors Everywhere

    S2:E5111/20/1984

    Man-At-Arms is testing out a new duplicating machine, which can make a replica of any solid object. However, the machine is not yet perfect and so its replicas come out being half the size of the original objects. But Skeletor steals the machine, and he uses it to create a whole army of miniature Skeletors to do his bidding... and before long, the palace is overrun with Skeletors!

    Director:Steve Clark

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Beauty and the Beast

    S2:E5211/21/1984

    Skeletor captures Teela and Orko, and sends them to be imprisoned in the dark, dismal kingdom of Morragor, ruled over by an enslaved monster in thrall to Skeletor. But the monster, despite his gruesome appearance, comes across as noble and friendly, and treats his captives with utmost dignity. As He-Man journeys to rescue his friends, Teela, seeing the monster's true personality beneath the surface, encourages him to break himself free from his unwilling devotion to Skeletor.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Visitors from Earth

    S2:E5411/23/1984

    Two Earth astronauts, Mark Blaze and Andrea Steele, are on a mission to save Earth from a meteor that is about to collide with the planet. but on their mission, they are sucked through the same portal which brought Marlena to Eternia, and they find themselves on Eternia, now ruled by the missing astronaut Marlena Glenn. And things turn drastic when Skeletor captures Blaze, and steals the ship's missile, intending to use it to blow up Grayskull! Can He-Man stop Skeletor's scheme... and can he help Blaze and Steele to save Earth before it is too late?

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - The Games

    S2:E6312/6/1984

    An alien race called the Vendari, which knows no evil, visits Eternia, wishing to see the difference between good and evil for themselves, and which side is stronger. They select Fisto from the side of good and Spikor from the side of evil, to compete against one another in a series of games. However, Fisto's chances of victory are threatened by Skeletor and his crew, who refuse to play fair and do all they can to ensure Spikor emerges victorious.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - The Cold Zone

    S2:E6512/8/1984

    Kobra Khan visits the heroic warriors, offering a truce in exchange for their help. He tells them that his people, the Reptons (a snake clan to whom he belonged before he joined Skeletor's forces) are in need of help- someone has extinguished the furnace which heats their underground kingdom, plunging the whole kingdom into severe coldness. Khan wants them to find the culprit and re-heat the furnace. He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Battle Cat and Orko go to the Reptons kingdom with Khan, but it soon transpires that Khan is not to be trusted... for it was he who extinguished the furnace himself, and he intends to frame He-Man for the crime and expose them, in the hope of gaining the Repton King's crown in return!

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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