
Scripted series · Syndication
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How He-Man and the Masters of the Universe actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
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 Grayskull.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E01
Diamond Ray of Disappearance
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...
- Directed by Louis Zukor
- Written by Robby London

S01E04
The Dragon Invasion
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...
- Directed by Gwen Wetzler
- Written by Michael Reaves

S01E08
Song of Celice
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...
- Directed by Gwen Wetzler
- Written by Brynne Chandler Reaves, Michael Reaves

S01E18
The Dragon's Gift
An ambassador from another kingdom visits the Royal Palace to present King Randor with a gift. But Man-At-Arms recognises the man as Skeletor in disguise, and in an attempt to stop him, is turned into a crystal statue. He-Man and Teela must journey to the Isles of Darksmoke, where the great and ancient dragon Granamyr knows the only spell to reverse the effect on Man-At-Arms. But their task proves far from easy- for not only is Granamyr suspicious of humans and reluctant to help them, but he says he will only give them the spell if they cut down the living tree named Skytree. Will He-Man willingly take a life if it is the only way to save that of his friend?
- Directed by Louis Zukor
- Written by Larry DiTillio

S01E02
Teela's Quest
After Queen Marlena, using Man-At-Arm's new 'mind projector', relives how she came to crash-land on Eternia years before, Teela tries to use the device to learn who her mother is, but is frustrated when it is unable to display the image. She decides to head to the Crysal Sea, in search of the legendary Oracle, the only thing on Eternia that could possibly tell her of her true parents. But Mer-Man, defeated years before by Man-At-Arms, is looking to get even, and plans to use Teela as a sacrifice to a sea God...
- Directed by Marsh Lamore
- Written by Paul Dini

S01E06
The Time Corridor
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"...
- Directed by Louis Zukor
- Written by Larry DiTillio
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E05
The Curse of the Three Terrors

S00E01
He-Man and She-Ra - A Christmas Special

S00E02
The Secret of the Sword
- Directed by Ed Friedman, Gwen Wetzler
- Written by Larry DiTillio, Bob Forward


S02E64
To Save the Creatures

Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Roger Sweet
Showrunner
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Larry DiTillio
Writer
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Brynne Stephens
Writer

Tom Ruegger
Writer
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Phil Harnage
Writer
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Brynne Chandler Reaves
Writer
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Coslough Johnson
Writer

Paul Dini
Writer
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Rowby Goren
Writer
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Michael Reaves
Writer
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Janis Diamond
Writer
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Ron Schultz
Writer

David Wise
Writer
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Robby London
Writer

Marc Scott Zicree
Writer
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Patrick Sheane Duncan
Writer
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David Chappe
Writer

J. Michael Straczynski
Writer

Beth Bornstein
Writer
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Sam Schultz
Writer
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Doug Booth
Writer
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J. Larry Carroll
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Patricia RyanProducer
- Norm PrescottProducer
- Lou ScheimerProducer
Writing
- Larry DiTillioWriter
- Brynne StephensWriter
- Tom RueggerWriter
- Phil HarnageWriter
- Brynne Chandler ReavesWriter
- Coslough JohnsonWriter
Direction
- Hal SutherlandDirector
- Ed FriedmanDirector
- Gwen WetzlerDirector
- Louis ZukorDirector
- Marsh LamoreDirector
- Lou KachivasDirector
Music
- Shuki LevyOriginal Music Composer
- Erika LaneOriginal Music Composer
- Haim SabanOriginal Music Composer
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