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There are few Masters of the Universe fans that can proudly proclaim they watched all 130 Episodes of the 1983 Filmation Cartoon Series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe“, a single episode per day for 130 days straight! You can be one of them!
Today’s Episode is:
Teela’s Quest
| PRODUCTION NUMBER | EPISODE TITLE | DIRECTOR | WRITERS | PREMIERE DATE | RE-WATCH-A-THON DATE |
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| MU6 | “Teela’s Quest” | Marsh Lamore | Paul Dini | September 6, 1983 | Dec 2 |
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| Synopsis: As much as she loves Man-At-Arms, Teela has always been curious about who her real mother and father were. She seeks the Oracle of the Crystal Sea for answers. Unfortunately, the Crystal Sea is Mer-Man’s territory. | |||||
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OUR THOUGHTS:
A terrific tale where Queen Marlena reveals her past which sends Teela on a quest to discover her own. It's a connection that cruel fate once again places her under the threat of Mer-Man. A key episode! (10/10)
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Tomorrow’s Episode is: “The Curse of the Spellstone.”
Perfect perfect perfect episode. There is emotion. There is character depth. I will find out foe sure in 130 days but this may be my favorite episode of all time. A perfect 10!
This is the best episode of the series, I’d wager the one that most fans remember outside of Diamond Ray. Paul Dini is my favorite writer of the series with his emotional storytelling (which is funny since he himself thinks the idea of He-Man is silly and is a toy commercial, more power to him that it never comes across in his work).
My Grandmother used to buy us He-Man toys and would watch it with us whenever we visited. She’s been gone for nearly 40 years, but I still remember that this was her favorite episode – she loved the story, but her favorite part was when He-Man saves Mer-Man after he tries to kill them. She always said, he risked his life to save his enemy – the world needs more people like that, be like He-Man.
It’s also a shame that Mer-Man didn’t get quite the exposure as Beastman, Trap-Jaw, and Evil-Lyn (although I wouldn’t call him underexposed). He’s my favorite Evil Warrior and this episode is one of the reasons why – he is a legitimate threat without Skeletor, and isn’t nearly as bumbling as Beastman, Trap-Jaw, or Spikor.
My final testament to this power of this episode – I’m pretty sure the only other direct episode to acknowledge Teela’s parentage is “Teela’s Triumph" although it’s touched on slightly other times (like Into the Abyss). But EVERYBODY knew that fact as a kid, and this episode was why.
@battlecat327 I think Mer-Man was in more episodes than Trap Jaw but he is awesome in this series. I don’t remember the title but Mer-Man was also the main villian in an underwater episode and he holds his own weight. He doesn’t need Skeletor at all.
@vintagetyler crazy enough Mer-Man only showed up 17 times through the 130 episodes, but Trap-Jaw was in 30+ as well as a couple of episodes of She-Ra. I think Mer-Man was far more memorable though due to several episodes of being the primary villain and not a background henchman as Trap-Jaw was used as more often. I was bored a few years ago and was curious which Evil Warriors showed up the most so I counted everyone out, haha. Mer-Man does come in 4th (Behind Beastman, Evil-Lyn, and Trap-Jaw), but what’s even funnier is 5th is tied at 10 appearances with Tri-Klops and Whiplash (who doesn’t even show up until Season 2!)
@battlecat327 I thought it was the other way around. Mer-Man got screwed!
This is hall of fame episode. I didn’t appreciate this episode when I was young. I never liked it when any character took the spotlight over He-Man. It wasn’t until I became an adult that I learned to appreciate it. There is so much world building in this. We learn the Queen is an Earthling and we learn that Teela was adopted and she is really the daughter of the Sorceress. This episode is responsible for a lot. 10/10
Now for a nitpick. The Sorceress isn’t really a bird. If you want to protect baby Teela why keep her in a birds nest a hundred feet up?
@northerner Thank god there was no child protective services in Eternia.
Another classic episode for the reasons stated above. I give it a 9+
One of the episodes I have seen a few times prior and yeah it is definitely up there as one of the best.
Teaches kids an important lesson that parents biological or not love you. A lesson I feel should be taught more in kids media in more depth like this rather than just a simple and overdone these days “My real parents are either dead or asses so I realized you guys are my real family" schtick.
Also the stuff with Marlena. I know the Sorceress-Teela connection was first a thing in an earlier comic before this episode first aired but basically this episode more solidifies two standard lore elements of the franchise going forward and I like that.
Something I didn’t remember nor really listen in the episode until now is that Teela did have a biological father in this series and not the a clone daughter of which I kinda assumed.
I know Fisto was going to be revealed as Teela’s biological dad had 200x got another season and Revelation was like “Whatever, Duncan is her literal father now."
But has it ever been revealed who her dad was in the Filmation continuity? And I’m know not the show itself but at least maybe someone implied to be him in something like production notes, comics or Classics bios? Really anything other than the two aforementioned universes?
“Mother, what was Earth like?"
“Trust me Adam, you DO NOT want to go there! Especially America! Specifically places like Texas, Alabama and Florida, a lot of the people there are terrible and Disney World is now completely dominated by capitalism!"
“I heard Skeletor has a new vicious ally from Earth named BobIger."
@slycooperastroboy51 I heard her father was only shown in Masters of the Universe Revelation.
This is a wonderful episode. I was told before watching Revelation that it was required viewing and it was. I love it.
Yeah in the Revelation/Revolution continuity, unlike the others, Duncan IS her biological father who had a thing with Sorceress before her whole “I have to go now, my planet- I MEAN DESTINY needs me." thing of Grayskull guardian.
This is my family’s favorite episode.
5 stars. Absolute classic episode nuff said.
3 stars. Exciting episode that doesnt make a hexk of a lot of sense but whatever. Message at the end had nothing to do with the episode which annoyed my daughter.