The Most Dangerous Man in Eternia is the third episode of the animated television series Masters of the Universe: Revelation. It was released July 23, 2021.
Synopsis[]
While defending a village from Tri-Klops’s cult, Teela’s group meets Man-At-Arms, who is struggling to keep Orko alive using the town’s magic water.
Plot[]
Teela, Andra and Evil-Lyn are cleaving their way through a dense vine jungle. Along the way Teela recounts a previous battle against Skeletor aboard the Sea Eagle in the Crystal Sea, when she and He-Man were saved by Man-At-Arms.
On the other end of the forest, poor pilgrims are lining up to catch a few drops of water from one of the last remaining magic fountains, the Font of Fillegro. An old man stubles and falls, but Duncan, the former Man-At-Arms, lends him a hand. Suddenly Tri-Klops and the followers of Motherboard arrive. From atop a Roton, Tri-Klops orders the 'heretics' to be sacrificed. Trap Jaw arrives driving a Quartz Cannon vehicle and uses it's giant crystal powered cannon to destroy the fountain.
Duncan leaps into action to protect the people from the Motherboard cyborgs, all the while making sure that his own supply of magic water does not get wasted. Andra shuts down Trap-Jaw's cannon and Teela and Evil-Lyn join the battle. But all of them are soon tied up in electronic cords portruding from the cyborg's arms. Tri-Klops tells Evil-Lyn it's time to merge with Motherboard, but a feral looking Beast Man comes to their rescue. Beast Man has sworn his loyalty to Evil-Lyn and single handedly defeats Tri-Klops and sends him on his way.
Teela is surprised when the one pilgrim who fought back turns out to be her adoptive father. Although glad to see her again, he refuses to help forge the two halves of the Sword of Power, reminding them that he is forbidden to weld anything by Royal decree. He then reveals that the enchanged water he collected is not for himself, but for a sick friend he is looking after in his wooden cabin: Orko. Also present is Roboto, who, having been created by Duncan, sees himself as a brother of sorts to Teela. Duncan refuses to join Teela's quest, but Orko begs to be allowed to join them on one last adventure. Roboto, posessing all of his creator's memories, offers his services, and unlike Duncan, is willing to reforge the sword. When Duncan picks up his old helmet (which he had been using as a fruit bowl) and says he'll follow allong, Teela changes her mind. With Roboto to do the forging, Man-At-Arms could better spend his time protecting the Sorceress at Castle Grayskull.
The Warriors cross the Crystal Sea on their way to Subternia. They find their Hover Skiff under attack by Aquaticans led by a battered looking Mer-Man. Once again, Man-At-Arms arrives in the nick of time to save the day, this time piloting a Hover Bike. After defeating Mer-Man and his minions, he and Evil-Lyn force Mer-Man to reveal the gate to Subternia. Mer-Man is freed and Man-At-Arms departs again to go to Grayskull as promised. He warns Teela to get in and out of Subternia as fast as they can, for "nothing lives long in the land of the dead."
The gate appears to be 'guarded' by a headless skeleton. Evil-Lyn takes the top of Skeletor's Havoc Staff from her satchel and places it on the skeleton's shoulders. The gate opens, revealing a hole in the ground with a long winding staircase leading downwards. Teela tells her companions that only she needs to go down, but they all insists in joining her.
Cast and Characters[]
- Heroic Warriors
- Prince Adam (mentioned only)/ He-Man (appears in flashback)
- Teela (appears in present as well as flashback)
- Orko
- Man-At-Arms (appears in present as well as flashback)
- Roboto (first appearance)
- Andra
- Cringer (mentioned only)
- Allies
- King Randor (mentioned only)
- Queen Marlena (mentioned only)
- the Sorceress (mentioned only)
- Evil Warriors
- Skeletor (appears in flashback)
- Evil-Lyn (appears in present as well as flashback)
- Beast Man
- Tri-Klops
- Trap Jaw
- Mer-Man (first appearance) (appears in present as well as flashback)
- Aquaticans (first appearance) (appear in present as well as flashback)
Notes[]
Locations[]
- Eternia
- Castle Grayskull (mentioned only)
- Crystal Sea (appears in present as well as flashback)
- Font of Fillegro
Vehicles[]
Artifacts[]
- Havoc Staff (top only)
- Sword of Power (appears in flashback and mentioned in present)
miscellaneous[]
- Coridite Cuffs
Cast[]
- Diedrich Bader - Trap Jaw/Pilgrim 1
- Kevin Conroy - Mer-Man
- Liam Cunningham - Man-At-Arms/Duncan/Hooded Pilgrim
- Sarah Michelle Gellar - Teela
- Mark Hamill - Skeletor
- Lena Headey - Evil-Lyn
- Justin Long - Roboto
- Kevin Michael Richardson - Beast Man/Pilgrim 2/Pilgrim 3
- Henry Rollins - Tri-Klops
- Tiffany Smith - Andra
- Chris Wood - Adam / He-Man
- The end credits list Chris Wood as voicing Adam/He-Man, but Adam is neither seen nor heard.
Trivia[]
- The ship seen during the opening flashback resembles the Sea Eagle from the 1984 Masters of the Universe Ladybirds Book Skeletor's Ice Attack.
- Although not mentioned on screen, in the flashback sequence He-Man's hands are bound by cuffs made out of Coridite, the powerful substance that first appeared in the original series episode Evil-Lyn's Plot.[1]
- The Aquaticans first appeared in the in the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episode City Beneath the Sea.
- Evil-Lyn refers to the Evil Warriors as "Snake Mountaineers".
- On the chest besides Orko's bed are displayed the Hero medal he received during the flashback scene in Creatures from the Tar Swamp and a Trollan Magic Pyramid surrounded by some small pieces of meteorite, the combination of which allowed Dree Elle to travel to Eternia in Dawn of Dragoon.
- Both Beast Man and Mer-Man have lost their chest armor and Mer-Man is noticeably scarred, like well-played with action figures.
- The headless body guarding the entrance to Subternia was based on that of the Faceless One, a character who first appeared in the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002) episode Lessons.