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How many fans can say they watched 130 Episodes in 130 Days, one episode per day, until they completed both seasons of the 1983 Filmation Cartoon Series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe“? Join us and be one of those super-fans!
Today’s Episode is:
Disappearing Act
| PRODUCTION NUMBER | EPISODE TITLE | DIRECTOR | WRITERS | PREMIERE DATE | RE-WATCH-A-THON DATE |
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| MU3 | “Disappearing Act” | Lou Zukor | David Chappe, Robby London | September 20, 1983 | Nov 29 |
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| Synopsis: Orko accidentally sends Adam’s sword to the past. Skeletor plans to kidnap Adam to use as bait for He-Man. | |||||
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OUR THOUGHTS:
A fun tale that successfully juggles several different storylines and sets up a few nice payoffs. The Cringer and Orko time travel adventure is especially entertaining and we love that Cringer growl. (8/10)
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Tomorrow’s Episode is: “Diamond Ray of Disappearance.”
Another great episode. I love how fast moving it is. It reminds me of Return of the Jedi with how it bounces between the three different story arcs. I love the Orko and Cringer team up in Preternia too. It’s hilarious that Cringer yells for help and it attracts all the monsters in the jungle. Haha! Excellent 9/10.
My family loved this episode. I have one question. Was the giant that had He-Man’s sword the inspiration for the giant in the Power of Grayskull toys?
Two back to back robot He-Man episodes! 🤖🦾 Funny how it took Man-At-Arms all of 5 minutes to make his He-Man robot, but I suppose that was slow as molasses compared to Skeletor making Faker 😆. I’ll give the episode an 8.
I really enjoyed the fact that Orko and Cringer have to recover the sword alone in the past. I will say the episode kinda makes Stratos look a little weak as an errand boy just getting people… and he didn’t even get Teela! Where were they!? 😂
It’s always fun to see He-Man vs. Skeletor face off, even though it was quite quick, but obviously an iconic moment as they made a whole figure depicting the scene. 8/10
@eternianroyalty I guess Man-at-Arms wanted Stratos to get word to Teela so she didn’t worry. He was being a good dad. What I want to know is why didn’t Stratos just press the button to deactivate the laser bars?
My headcanon is since Skeletor did not actually press that button but rather used his Havoc Staff to activate it, it is not a traditional button. 🙂
@admin that’s a good thought – I always thought he turned the button to stone like he did the tree earlier with the Havoc Staff, making it permanently “locked", but I always get confused they way he switches around his Havoc Staff and his tube device (if the device is supposed to be what turns things to stone).
Season one is stacked with some great ones. This is another episode that is a fan favorite. 8/10. Did anyone else notice how cocky Attak Trak has been in the last two episodes? It’s funny what you don’t remember.
I give this one an 8 out of 10. Another classic episode. The eating is good right now.
Another good episode.
I don’t really know how to scale these episodes from like 1-10 or good or bad because I haven’t seen each that I have watched more than at least three times. Just here to comment.
No joke right at the end when He-Man said “You will. Watch." A youtube ad played. Just find that funny.
If we’re watching these in production order then it’s weird that this is the 2nd episode in a row with a robot He-Man duplicate, though was Faker in the last episode really clarified to be a robot in the show or just like a clone made from magic? I don’t think they implied he was.
I know Super7 made a figure of that Robo face dummy He-Man but just referred to it as generically named “Robot He-Man".
I would rather call that dummy robot Faker (it is legit more appropriate) and actual Faker “Metal He-Man"
Find it interesting how in these first three episodes in production order, but aired after the next one, Evil-Lyn and MrBeast Man are Skeletor’s only minions present.
@slycooperastroboy51 It’s funny that the commercial played there. It’s perfect timing.
Those wolf-bats are legit terrifying.
I don’t remember the rest of the episode, but I have such a vivid memory of Adam behind the laser bars from when I was a kid.
I don’t always love tons of repeated stock footage, but it rarely bothers me in this show because it’s of such great quality. I especially loved the shots of He-Man on the sky sled from the beginning of the episode. Cool volcano animation also.
Last episode’s Evil Lyn and Beast Man team-up was great, and I loved the Orko and Cringer buddy team this episode. He-Man and Skeletor are great, but I loved it when the other characters get time to shine too.
I love how snarky Attack Trax is lol
4 stars.
Fun episode that moves at a fast clip. Tge giant is hiarious, and the fight at the end is fun. Stratos is pretty useless (easily most sidelined of the original characters.)