02x60 - Bargain with Evil

[bunniefuu]

♪ He-Man

[Adam] And the Masters of the Universe.

I am Adam, Prince of Eternia,

and defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull.

This is Cringer, my fearless friend.

Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me

the day I held aloft my magic sword and said:

"By the power of Grayskull!"

♪ He-Man

"I have the power!"

[roars]

Cringer became the mighty Battle Cat,

and I became He-Man,

the most powerful man in the universe.

Only three others share this secret:

our friends the Sorceress,

Man-At-Arms and Orko.

Together, we defend Castle Grayskull

from the evil forces of Skeletor.

[cackles]

♪ He-Man

Sky above, earth below,

fire, water to me show

the land beyond Eternia's plains.

The realm where all that evil reigns.

[hisses]

Who dare summons Angast,

king of the Realm of Evil?

I am Arvela, daughter of the magician Landros.

Landros?

You mean that pitiful magician who dared enter my kingdom?

[hisses]

My father did not mean to enter your world.

The spell he cast went wrong.

Please return him to me.

You ask your father's return, yet you offer nothing.

I will make any bargain you wish.

Well, listen well.

On your world is a child known as the Starchild.

Bring her here so that I may look upon her,

and I will send your father back to you.

I... I don't know.

You said any bargain.

The child will not be harmed?

I wish only to see her. Nothing more.

And you promise to return my father to me?

Have I not said it?

I... I accept the bargain.

[hisses]

Then use your feeble magic to find the Starchild.

Then when you have her,

summon me again.

♪ He-Man

[Orko] I wish the Starchild would get here.

I can't wait to show her my magic pinwheel trick.

The last time you did that stunt,

you blew the king's crown all the way to Eastfen.

[Adam] Look. The Starchild's coming.

Shall I set the ship down?

[Bowena] No need. Just remember to pick us up in a week.

Will do.

I don't get it.

Shouldn't that pilot be coming in for a landing?

[Bowena] On my back, little star. Hold on tight.

Who is that?

And what in the world is she up to?

By the ancients.

Hi, everybody.

It's so good to see you all again.

Well, we feel the same way, Starchild.

I don't believe we've met, young woman.

My name is Bowena, Sire.

I'm the Starchild's bodyguard.

Bodyguard?

Why would the Starchild need a bodyguard?

The child's power is great, as you well know.

I was chosen to protect her from any villain

who might try to steal that power or harm her because of it.

[Randor] I see. A wise precaution.

Bowena, Bowena, come meet my friends.

What's this? No hug for your king and queen?

Oops. Sorry.

I guess I'm too excited.

Do you really mean to take this child, milady?

I must, Poole. It's my father's only hope.

She will be in no danger.

My magic will protect her.

I hope so, for all of our sakes.

♪ He-Man

Well, did you have a good time today, Starchild?

It was wonderful, except...

What is it, dear? You can tell us.

He-Man and Battle Cat never came to see me.

Well, He-Man's a pretty busy fella.

But I'm sure he'll be around to see you soon.

I wouldn't mind meeting He-Man myself.

From what I hear, he's very handsome.

Oh, he is.

And strong, and brave, and...

Time for you to go to sleep, Starchild.

We can talk more about He-Man tomorrow.

Yes, ma'am.

Ladies.

[wind gusts]

[Cringer] Oh, no, what is it this time?

A tidal wave? A volcano? A m-m-m-monster?

[Adam] No, a visit.

By the power of Grayskull...

♪ He-Man

♪ He-Man

...I have the power!

Seems like a lot of fuss for a visit.

♪ He-Man

[roars]

Who are we going to see, He-Man?

The Starchild. But we can't stay long.

♪ He-Man

Gosh, I hope Starchild's not asleep yet.

I'd feel terrible if I didn't get to say good night to her.

Starch...

Huh?

Hey, what are you doing?

Help, somebody! Help, help!

Help! Whoa!

Orko, what's wrong?

The Starchild, she's been taken.

What?

See? just like I told you, He-Man.

Who are you, and where is the Starchild?

That's He-Man, Bowena,

and the Starchild's been stolen by magic.

No!

Did you see who did it, Orko?

Well, I think so, but--

By the ancients, tell us.

It looked like Lady Arvela.

The daughter of Landros the Magician? Are you sure?

Pretty sure.

Landros and his daughter have always been good people.

This isn't like them.

The Starchild's power has caused good people to turn bad before,

and we're wasting time.

All right, we'll go to Castle Landros and check it out.

Orko, you tell the king what happened.

But I want to go too, if there's magic involved.

You'll be of more help telling the others where we've gone.

Come on, Bowena.

Oh, they can't leave me behind.

Rickety, rack, racky, rise,

magic, give me a good disguise.

Perfect.

[Orko laughs]

[He-Man] Well, Castle Landros isn't far.

We'll be there in no time.

Yes? He-Man!

What are you doing here?

We must speak to Lady Arvela immediately.

Well, Lady Arvela is... is busy right now.

It's very late.

Perhaps you can come back in the morning.

Out of the way, little man.

Your mistress has stolen the Starchild,

and I mean to get her back.

Bowena, wait.

Now just a minute, young woman.

I know you're upset, but--

Guards! Guards!

Stop them.

They mustn't interrupt the Lady Arvela.

Well, what do you say now, He-Man?

Well, I guess we've got no choice.

Good.

[Orko] Yikes!

"Yikes"?

[crash]

-Orko! -Ha!

That'll teach you to mess with me and He-Man.

Try this on for size.

Scare them off, Battle Cat.

[roars]

Looks like they've had enough. Now to find the Starchild.

You have brought the Starchild.

Yes, and you have seen her.

Our bargain is fulfilled.

Return my father to me as you promised.

As I promised.

[laughs]

Starchild!

What... what happened?

I don't know.

[Angast hisses]

[Angast] Welcome, fools.

[roars]

[hisses]

Welcome to the Realm of Evil.

[laughs]

Take me home, He-Man.

I don't like this place.

Neither do I.

Be brave, little star. We'll find a way out of this.

[Landros] Arvela?

Father!

Oh, Father, it's so good to see you again.

But how did you get here?

I made a bargain with Angast. A bargain which he broke.

[laughs]

Foolish woman.

Did you really think that one as evil as I

would keep his word?

[snickers]

I'm beginning to understand how all this happened.

Well, I wish you'd explain it to me.

I don't even know where we are.

It's the Realm of Evil, Orko.

According to history,

this is where the Council of Evil was sent

when they lost their struggle with the Council of Good.

These beings you see here must be their descendants.

Enough of this talk.

Bring the Starchild to me.

No!

Get her. All of you.

She can't stop you all.

I think you uglies need to see the light.

Wow! What was that?

My flash arrow.

It'll keep them from seeing for a little while.

Clods. Bumblers.

Yoo-hoo. Mr. Bat Face.

Huh?

This is the perfect time for us to get out of here.

Go. I'll cover us with a smoke arrow.

After them. I must have the Starchild.

♪ He-Man

I think we've lost them.

I should never have trusted Angast.

If I hadn't put the Starchild in his hands,

this would never have happened.

What? You used the Starchild as part of your bargain?

-Yes, Father, but-- -Enough, daughter.

How could you endanger an innocent child?

I... I was desperate to free you from this evil place.

I thought that--

I see.

You did it for me?

Even so, it was still the wrong thing to do.

I'm sorry, Father.

There, there, there.

What now, He-Man?

We can't wander around this wicked land forever.

I know.

Landros, do you know of any way back to Eternia?

Well, there's one possibility. The Temple of Between.

-[He-Man] Can you lead us there? -Yes.

Then let's move it before Angast's soldiers

catch up with us.

♪ He-Man

[Landros] There it is.

The Temple of Between.

Come on.

[Orko] What's that supposed to be?

[Landros] You might say it's a mystic bridge, Orko.

When those lines are joined,

they'll create a gateway through which

we can return to Eternia.

Then why didn't you use it to escape?

I've tried.

But this place has a strange affect on Eternian magic.

It actually weakens it.

But my magic still works.

You're not from Eternia, Orko, so your magic is not affected.

Well, then I'll just whip up some razzle-dazzle, and...

Oh, I'm afraid the task will require someone

with greater power than yours, Orko.

You mean the Starchild?

Yes. I'm sure that's why Angast wanted her.

If she were to open this gate for him,

he and his evil soldiers could destroy Eternia.

Then we'd better get started.

Angast could find us any moment.

[roars]

There!

[roaring]

All right now, child, concentrate on those lines.

Try and make them join together.

[Battle Cat snarls]

[Battle Cat] He-Man.

The evil ones are here.

Oh, no. It's too late.

Not yet, it isn't.

Get that gate open. I'll slow them down.

I'll help.

Magic power, here we go, send those bad guys down below.

[all] Whoa!

[loud crash]

Nice work, Orko.

Great going, little guy.

I hope the Starchild's power is working as well as yours.

[Arvela] Try harder, Starchild.

You must bring the lines together.

I... I...

I can't.

The child has the power.

But she doesn't have the understanding

to use it properly.

I have an idea.

What if I were to link my mind with the Starchild's?

Then I could guide her power.

Hm, your magic might be strong enough to do that.

But there is a danger.

The Starchild is from another place.

Her mind may not accept such a link.

And with her power, we don't know what might happen to you.

If it weren't for me,

we wouldn't be in this situation.

I must try.

I am so proud of you, my daughter.

He-Man, what's that?

[He-Man] I'm afraid it's our old friend again.

[hisses]

Now we will finish our battle once and for all.

Sounds good to me, horn head.

Let's start out with a sleep arrow.

My sleep arrow, it's going to...

Bowena? Bowena?

He-Man, she's sound asleep.

Watch her, Orko.

I've got to deal with Angast.

[hisses]

At him, my pet.

Don't you know there's a law against speeding?

[croaking]

I'll take care of that fat bat.

Very neat, Orko!

Now let's see how Starchild's doing.

We are now one, Starchild.

Our minds are linked.

Do you know what you must do?

Yes.

Then let the power flow from you.

Let the lines be joined.

[Landros] It's working.

The gate is opening.

You go ahead. I'll follow.

I want to make sure that Angast never has the opportunity

to use that gate again.

Come on, Starchild, we're going home.

Don't be long, He-Man. Come on, Battle Cat.

[grunts]

Hurry, hurry, we must go through the gate.

No! No!

It can't be!

[Randor] You had yourself quite an adventure, Starchild.

Oh, yes, I was very frightened.

Thank goodness He-Man was there.

And Bowena too.

Hey, what about me?

I'm sure you were a great help, Orko.

King Randor, what's going to happen to Lady Arvela?

Well, Starchild,

taking you away was very wrong.

But she didn't mean to do wrong.

She only wanted to help her father.

And she did help save us from the evil people.

Trying to do something good

is never an excuse for doing something wrong.

But I think Arvela understands that now.

I hope we've seen the last

of that horn-headed horror Angast.

I think He-Man made sure of that.

Ah, he wasn't so tough.

Why, if he came here to Eternia, I'd let him have it.

I'd give him one of these, and one of these,

and most of all one of...

Yikes! It's Angast!

[Adam] Cringer.

Oh, hello, Adam.

I was just, uh...

You were scaring Orko.

Yes. Fun, wasn't it?

[all laugh]

In today's adventure story,

Arvela was so anxious to help her father

that she didn't care how she went about it.

But she found out that doing something wrong

really doesn't help solve anything.

You know, from time to time we all have problems,

but the way we try to solve them can make the difference

between getting rid of them or making them even bigger.

I hope you remember today's story

so that the next time something goes wrong for you,

you'll work out the problem the right way.

The honest way.

Bye for now.