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The Best Episodes of The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1

Every episode of The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1!

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He-Man, legendary defender of the planet Eternia, has been summoned to the futuristic planet of Primus to defend the planet from the evil Mutants of the neighboring planet of Denebria. But his old adversary Skeletor

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 1 - A New Beginning
    5.4/10(44 votes)

    #1 - A New Beginning

    S1:E1

    Hydron and Flipshot are sent by Master Sebrian to Eternia to find a champion of good to help them in their fight against the Evil Mutants of Denebria led by Flogg. They have a run-in with Andros and are brought to Skeletor who tricks them into thinking that he's a good guy until He-Man shows up. He-Man and Skeletor's fight is taken to Primus where He-Man proves that he's a good guy by fighting off the Evil Mutants while Skeletor forms an alliance with the Evil Mutants

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  2. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 2 - Quest for the Crystals
    6.4/10(29 votes)

    #2 - Quest for the Crystals

    S1:E2

    During his fight with He-Man, Slush Head destroys the Trithuseum generators on Primus that prevents its core from overheating. The crystals needed to help power the Trithuseum generators upon its rebuilding can only be found in Gorn City on Denebria. He encounters the trader Meliac who Skeletor uses in his plot to defeat He-Man.

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  3. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 3 - The Heat
    5.4/10(25 votes)

    #3 - The Heat

    S1:E3

    Slush Head captures the Scientists of Primus as they are working on repairing the Trithuseum generators. Upon learning that they built the shield around Primus, Skeletor sends them to the Quagmi Swamp in Denebria. He-Man, Hydron, and Flipshot head to Denebria to rescue the Scientists and get them back to Primus to repair the Trithuseum generators before Primus' core overheats.

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  4. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 4 - Attack on Onnor
    5.4/10(24 votes)

    #4 - Attack on Onnor

    S1:E4

    He-Man saves Grot's garden from an attack by Hoove and Karatti. Meeting Werban in the Oasis, Skeletor tricks him into lowering Onnor's shield of protection so that Hoove can lead the Evil Mutants to invade Onnor under the cover of a peace talk.

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  5. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 5 - The Ultimate Challenge
    5.4/10(24 votes)

    #5 - The Ultimate Challenge

    S1:E5

    Following the failed attack on Onnor, Skeletor sends a hologram calling out He-Man to face him on the Cameroon Asteroid. While He-Man and Master Sebrian are sure it is a trap, He-Man goes anyway. While He-Man is facing off against Skeletor, Hoove and the Mutant Shuttle Pods attack Primus' main radar station while Crita, Lizorr, and Karatti capture Master Sebrian and Drissi.

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  6. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 6 - Sword & Staff
    6.5/10(25 votes)

    #6 - Sword & Staff

    S1:E6

    Skeletor and Quakke find a crystal on Denebria that makes Quakke stronger. Quakke tests his new strength on He-Man, Hydron, and Flipshot during their trip to get oil for the Vasionic Resonator on Denebria and they are saved by Sagitar.

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  7. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 8 - Glasnost Schmaznost
    5.4/10(22 votes)

    #7 - Glasnost Schmaznost

    S1:E8

    Master Sebrian and Adam get a message from the Galactic Council's leader that they will meet on the planet Enoos. The same message meets Skeletor and Flogg as they plan to sway the Galactic Council to their side even by having B.H. fake a hit on Mara that Skeletor will save her from. When this works and the Galactic Council suggests that both planets send delegations, He-Man, Hydron, and Flipshot head to Denebria where they are led into a trap by Slush Head and Lizorr while Skeletor and B.H. secretly have a plan to have an explosive ore burrow into Primus.

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  8. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 9 - The Youngest Hero
    5.3/10(22 votes)

    #8 - The Youngest Hero

    S1:E9

    Drissi and Hydron doubt that Caz can join the Primus Space Force. As Flogg leads the Evil Mutants in the next attack, Skeletor and Quakke capture Caz when he tries to stop them and bring him to Denebria where Skeletor uses a special virus to keep him subdued. He will cure Caz of the virus if He-Man surrenders his Power Sword. He-Man comes up with a plan while taking Grot with him.

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  9. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 10 - The Festival of Lights
    5.2/10(23 votes)

    #9 - The Festival of Lights

    S1:E10

    The Festival of Lights is a tradition where a solar eclipse happens to the Primian Suns and a celebration will occur after that where Caz states to Adam that they celebrate the return of the Suns. As He-Man will be attending an interstellar rodeo run by Buck Westar that comes to Primus, Skeletor plans to enter Primus by taking over Buck Westar's ship and capture the Galactic Guardians one by one until only He-Man and Sagitar are left.

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  10. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 11 - The Gift
    5.5/10(22 votes)

    #10 - The Gift

    S1:E11

    At the advice of Skeletor, Flogg contacts Master Sebrian and gives Primus some Zeps as a goodwill gift for peace between Primus and Denebria. Once Primus is filled with Zeps, Skeletor and Flogg activate their remote that turns the Zeps into hideous beasts that attack the Primans. He-Man discovers that the Zeps are actually androids and that there are too many for him to fight all at once.

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  11. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 12 - Skeletor's Victory
    5.5/10(21 votes)

    #11 - Skeletor's Victory

    S1:E12

    Primus has been taken over by the Evil Mutants and the Zeps. As He-Man and Mara have the key to the shield around Primus, Skeletor has captured Master Sebrian, Hydron, and Flipshot and sends B.H., Quakke, and Staghorn to find He-Man. Meanwhile, the Scientists of Primus work to find what makes the Zeps assume their monstrous forms.

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  12. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 13 - He-Man in Exile
    5.7/10(21 votes)

    #12 - He-Man in Exile

    S1:E13

    At the advice of Flogg, Quakke puts up bounty posters for He-Man's capture as the Evil Mutants and the Zeps look for him. He-Man frees some prisoners from Slush Head as they join up in his resistance. When Skeletor threatens a village, He-Man offers to surrender if they spare the village.

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  13. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 14 - The Seeds of Resistance
    5.6/10(20 votes)

    #13 - The Seeds of Resistance

    S1:E14

    As the Scientists of Primus work on a way to deactivate the Zeps, Adam and Mara go to where Master Sebrian, Hydron, and Flipshot are being held and free them despite interference by Crita, Slush Head, and the Mutant Troopers. Afterwards, He-Man and Master Sebrian provide a diversion for Skeletor while Mara, Hydron, and Flipshot retake the Starship Eternia.

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  14. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 15 - The Battle for Levitan
    5.4/10(20 votes)

    #14 - The Battle for Levitan

    S1:E15

    Skeletor threatens to destroy Levitan if He-Man doesn't surrender. He-Man disguises himself as a Mutant Trooper to get close to Levitan while having a plan to retake Levitan and all of Primus with the help of the Galactic Guardians and the resistance. Though Skeletor will destroy Levitan anyway even if He-Man surrenders.

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  15. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 16 - Crack in the World
    5.6/10(20 votes)

    #15 - Crack in the World

    S1:E16

    Tricking the Scientists of Primus with an award that will be presented at a space station, Skeletor and Flogg use a robot to have them decode the formula for Energon. This substance is used to melt and destroy planets and the award given to them is filled with it. The only thing that can destroy Energon is a power that is as evil as Energon.

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  16. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 18 - He-Man Mutant
    5.7/10(21 votes)

    #16 - He-Man Mutant

    S1:E18

    After the Galactic Guardians capture Quakke and B.H., the Scientists of Primus create a machine called the Mutator that can turn any human into a mutant. When it is tested on He-Man so that he can spy on Skeletor, it changes more than his appearance as destroys the Mutator and rescues Quake and B.H. Not realizing that the mutant is a transformed He-Man, Skeletor names him Cruncher and takes him in storming the Inner Council's chambers.

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  17. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 19 - Juggernaut
    5.4/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Juggernaut

    S1:E19

    A spaceship carrying a little girl arrives on Primus. He-Man and the Galactic Guardians are unaware that the little girl is actually a dangerous cyborg used by Skeletor in his plot to bring down the shield surrounding Primus.

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  18. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 21 - Skeletor's Revenge
    5.5/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Skeletor's Revenge

    S1:E21

    The Scientists of Primus create a Super Computer that would link all machines on Primus and the planetary shield. An exiled computer hacker named Mikros collaborates with Skeletor to place a computer virus called the Argazoid into the Super Computer. To combat the Argazoid, the Scientists of Primus use a shrink ray to shrink He-Man, Artilla, Gepple, and Alcon into the computer in order to keep Argazoid from reaching the Vasionic Resonator so that the Evil Mutants can invade.

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  19. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 26 - Sanctuary
    5.0/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Sanctuary

    S1:E26

    The Galactic Guardians destroy Flogg's new giant laser canon, but it's wreck emits a green gas that threatens the shield around the planet Primus. Skeletor soon produces more of the gas to weaken Primus and even He-Man's sword is affected.

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  20. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 29 - He-Caz
    5.4/10(20 votes)

    #20 - He-Caz

    S1:E29

    After Caz injures his leg pretending to be a Galactic Guardian, the Scientists of Primus give him a high-tech Medi-Suit powered by energy crystals that can help him move around until his leg is fully healed. This Medi-Suit gives Caz some abilities. Knowing that the Scientis of Primus put too many energy crystals in it, Master Sebrian advises He-Man to stop Caz before he gets hurt. Unfortunately Skeletor lures Caz to a trap on the planet Dectis causing He-Man, Sagitar, and Tuskador to go rescue him.

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  21. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 31 - The Galactic Guardians
    5.3/10(20 votes)

    #21 - The Galactic Guardians

    S1:E31

    Following a recent fight, the Galactic Guardians reminisce about past battles. In a flashback, it is shown that a transporter ship carrying poison gas was blown off course as Hydron and Flipshot train the Galactic Guardians' new recruits Artilla, Spinwit, Tuskador, and the previously-unknown Sagitar. Skeletor plans to destroy the ship with the Galactic Guardians still on board.

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  22. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 34 - Zone of Darkness
    6.0/10(20 votes)

    #22 - Zone of Darkness

    S1:E34

    Master Sebrian and Mara crash land in a remote area of Denebria. When He-Man arrives on Denebria to save them, he encounters some friendly Mutants who claim that they were once humans.

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  23. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 37 - The Test of Time
    5.8/10(18 votes)

    #23 - The Test of Time

    S1:E37

    The city of Levitan is in need of more berillium to run its generators. Master Sebrian's old friend Treybius travels to Primus to deliver the berillium where his ship the Star Trader is intercepted by the Evil Mutants. After being rescued by the Galactic Guardians, Treybius accompanies He-Man, Master Sebrian, and the Galactic Guardians to Denebria to reclaim the Star Trader and get the berillium before Levitan crashes to the ground.

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  24. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 38 - Four Ways to Sundown
    6.2/10(19 votes)

    #24 - Four Ways to Sundown

    S1:E38

    The Galactic Guardians and the Evil Mutants remember their recent battle in the Quagmi Swamps. Each side recaps what happened during the battle.

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  25. The New Adventures of He-Man Season 1 Episode 39 - The Sheriff of Gorn City
    5.9/10(19 votes)

    #25 - The Sheriff of Gorn City

    S1:E39

    In order to bring law and order to Gorn City, Flogg takes Skeletor's suggestion to appoint Flipshot as its new sheriff so that Skeletor can spring a trap for He-Man. Flipshot and Spinwit gain the support of Gorn City's mayor Seeka who has no vendetta against Primus. As Skeletor and the ex-mayor Korac orchestrate events to lure Tyroc and the Ugly Bunch to face He-Man by allowing Byloc to be captured, He-Man gains the assistance of Meliac to help defeat them.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A New Beginning" is the best rated episode of "The New Adventures of He-Man" season 1. It scored 5.4/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/1/1990. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Quest for the Crystals".