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[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

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!"

♪ ♪

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

I have the power!

♪ ♪

[roaring]

[He-Man] 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.

[cackling]

[foreboding music]

♪ ♪

[creature howling]

♪ ♪

[Cringer shivering]

[He-Man] I hope we're doing the right thing, Melaktha.

This pyramid could be filled with evil.

Prince Adam, as royal archaeologist,

it's my job to explore it,

no matter what the danger.

Notice anything odd about this wall, Stanlan?

The bricks in it are not as old

as the stone in the rest of the pyramid.

Very good.

You're like a detective.

What does it mean, Melaktha?

Well, it means that almost a thousand years

after this pyramid was built,

someone was afraid of something inside it.

That wall keeps it in.

Good idea.

And to find out what it is,

we'll have to take the wall down.

Bad idea.

Ooh, very bad idea.

Well, uh, no sense wasting time.

[boinging]

[crashes]

[armor rattles]

Ugh!

Good wall. Hey, nice and solid.

[stone cracking]

[crashing]

The darkness.

I see the darkness once again.

[laughing maniacally]

Shokoti.

We may need your head again.

Uh, no problem.

No, no, it's too dangerous.

We must wait for the sun to come up.

Uh, who is this Shibooti?

Shokoti.

She was a wicked sorceress from the Dark Side of Eternia.

Very good, Your Highness.

See? The prince has been doing his studying.

And if I remember those studies,

you're right about waiting for morning.

Let's go back to camp.

Ram Man will stand guard here.

All right with you, Rammy?

Sure.

Old Sha...uh...Sashimi doesn't scare me.

[chuckles]

[Shokoti laughing maniacally]

[gulps]

[maniacal laughter continues]

[Stanlan] Shokoti.

Kind of scary, huh, Cringer?

Scary? No.

It's terrifying.

Why are we still hanging around here?

I can't wait to explore it.

[clears throat] Time for bed, Stanlan.

Will we be going inside the pyramid at first light, sir?

I will be going in.

You will be on the way back to the palace.

But, sir, you'll need me.

Who's gonna carry the equipment and...

It's much too dangerous.

I promise you, next time.

It's always next time, next time.

All I do is read these dull books.

I never get to go exploring. It's not fair.

Listen, Stanlan. Melaktha's right.

I know you're disappointed, but...

You get to go.

Ram Man gets to go.

I bet even Cringer gets to go.

I don't want to go.

Stanlan, when will you learn to obey?

Now, to bed immediately, and not another word.

Oh, I know how he feels.

It's hard to understand when you really want something.

I just don't want him to get hurt,

but maybe I was a little too harsh.

[Cringer snoring]

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

[Stanlan] Not fair.

It's not fair!

But I'm gonna see it.

I'm gonna.

Rope, lantern, phospho crystals.

There, that should do it.

[snoring]

[rustling]

What's that?

Stanlan? Stanlan?

[dramatic music]

[Cringer] Oh, boy.

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

Eh, Kaboobie, Kashooey.

Wicked sorceress.

Eh, nothing to worry about. [chuckles]

[Shokoti laughing maniacally]

♪ ♪

[gulps]

♪ ♪

[Shokoti laughing maniacally]

Uh, uh, no problem, no problem.

Doo-doo-doo-doo.

[Stanlan] Ram Man.

Stanlan. Whew.

I thought you were Mushroomey.

Eh, what are you doing here?

Ram Man, do you think you can get through that door?

Yeah, sure. Why?

Melaktha is sending me back tomorrow.

I'll never seen any of it.

Please, Ram Man, just a little peek,

just what's behind the door.

Uh, I don't think I should.

Prince Adam said to...

Please, Ram Man! Please!

Well, maybe just what's behind the door.

[boinging]

[crashes]

Hey, good door. Solid.

Ugh.

[crash]

Ram Man!

Ram man! Ram man!

[Shokoti laughing maniacally]

♪ ♪

Help! Help!

Help! Ahh!

[Stanlan] Help! Help!

Help! Help!

Adam, in two seconds, I'm back in the royal palace,

so y-you better lift your sword now.

By the power of Grayskull...

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

[dramatic music]

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

♪ ♪

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

I have the power!

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

♪ ♪

[roaring]

♪ ♪

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

[growling]

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

♪ ♪

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

[Shokoti laughing maniacally]

Look out, Cat!

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

♪ ♪

[growling]

♪ ♪

[Shokoti laughing maniacally]

♪ ♪

[roaring]

Uh, He-Man, what are you doing here?

No time to talk.

Stanlan is in there.

[roaring]

♪ ♪

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

[foreboding music]

♪ ♪

[warbling tone]

[groans] What...what happened?

[Shokoti] Boy, come to me.

Come!

Follow. Follow me.

♪ ♪

[Shokoti] Follow me.

Follow.

♪ ♪

- [He-Man] Stanlan! - [Ram Man] Stanlan!

[He-Man] Where are you?

- Stanlan? Stanlan! - Stanlan. Stanlan!

Gee, He-Man, where could he be?

Too many ways to go,

and I don't quite trust everything

I see in this place.

"Beware, ye who"- -

"Who"- -oh, Melaktha was right.

If I'd studied harder, I could read these.

[roaring]

Who's there?

[snarling]

[snarling]

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[shimmering tone]

Welcome, boy.

[Shokoti laughing maniacally]

[Stanlan] Help!

[snarling]

[Ram Man] Stanlan?

[He-Man] Stanlan, where are you?

[Stanlan] Help!

[roaring] Stanlan!

That way!

Go, Cat!

Uh, wait for me.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[screeching]

Away, vermin!

[Shokoti] Did he frighten you, boy?

Are you a g-ghost?

I am Shokoti.

This is my house,

and you are my first guest in a long, long while.

[creature screeching]

[ominous music]

♪ ♪

What...what was that?

The Sleeping Beast.

Soon it will rise!

And what will happen?

The Living Darkness will cover the world,

and Shokoti will be Mistress of it.

I think I'd better find the way out now.

Melaktha will be very worried.

[footsteps thudding]

You can't go now, boy.

You must stay and meet the Beast when it wakes.

[creatures screeching]

[suspenseful music]

[muffled cries]

Bring him, my Darklings,

and I will prepare a trick for those behind him.

[muffled shouting]

[Ram Man] Uh, there's a wall in our way.

You want me to bash it, He-Man?

Wait a minute. Let's take a closer look first.

Hmm, it looks solid, but looks can be deceiving,

especially in the dark.

[zapping]

An illusion and a trap, probably for you.

You mean I saw a wall but there was no wall there?

That's right, an illusion.

A sorceress like Shokoti could use darkness to trick us.

We can't be sure of anything we see.

He discovered my illusion!

Who are they, boy?

[warbling tone]

It's Ram Man and He-Man and Battle Cat!

Yay!

They must be coming to rescue me!

How delightful!

Uh, funny mirror.

How funny, I wonder.

[roaring]

You, uh...you see something in there, Battle Cat?

[warbling tone]

Hey! It's...it's Shapoopi!

Shokoti, you fool!

- Uh... - Where's Stanlan, witch?

[laughing maniacally]

I am much more than a witch, He-Man.

Much more.

Come and find out.

[laughing maniacally]

[growling]

[laughs maniacally]

Into the shadows with you.

The heroes are coming.

[creatures screeching]

♪ ♪

The Beast will be pleased to see you, He-Man.

Stanlan, hold on.

We're coming.

Look out!

[explosion booms, creatures screeching]

You wicked boy!

Ahh!

[dramatic music]

[Stanlan] Ram Man, He-Man.

Boy, am I glad to see you.

[Shokoti] Get them!

♪ ♪

[creatures screeching]

Let me at 'em.

[boings]

Uh-oh, another illusion.

Oh!

[zapping]

You cannot fight the Darkness, He-Man.

Stanlan, run!

♪ ♪

[roaring]

♪ ♪

[ominous music]

[warbling tone]

♪ ♪

[laughing maniacally]

[dramatic music]

[warbling tone]

[growling]

[grunts] I got to get loose.

♪ ♪

Don't struggle.

Sleep.

Sleep!

Sleep.

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

Now He-Man's in trouble, and there's no one to help me.

[shimmering tone]

[Sorceress] The help is within yourself, Stanlan.

Huh? Who's that?

[Sorceress] I am the Sorceress.

The Sorceress?

Prince Adam said you help out He-Man sometimes.

Boy, does he need it now.

[Sorceress] Then listen.

There is nothing to fear in the darkness.

The power of Shokoti is the power of fear.

Fight it with a sword.

Sorceress, wait!

What did you mean?

How do I fight it? How?

I, Shokoti, Mistress of the Night,

conjure you.

Awake! Awake!

Hey, what's going on?

I...I think we're about to meet something we don't want to meet.

If I can just break these...

[grunting]

[warbling tone]

Must be magical.

The Sleeping Beast, it comes!

Uh, you were right. I don't want to meet it.

[roaring]

Nothing to be afraid of, she said.

Nothing.

Rise! Rise!

Take your sacrifice,

and spread the Living Darkness across the world!

Not afraid. Not afraid!

[Sleeping Beast roaring]

Shokoti, stop it!

Away, boy!

Not afraid!

- [chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪ - We're free.

Curse you, boy!

But it doesn't matter.

The Beast lives again.

[dramatic music]

Here's your sword, He-Man.

Good work, Stanlan,

though I'm not sure how you did it.

The Sorceress said, "Don't be afraid."

[Sleeping Beast roaring]

♪ ♪

Uh, I think it's hungry.

I'll give it a little snack.

♪ ♪

Take Stanlan and get going.

I'll give it something a little bigger to eat.

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

♪ ♪

[grunts] Come on. Come on!

Let's go!

♪ ♪

No! No!

What are you doing?

Your monster should enjoy this!

♪ ♪

No!

♪ ♪

[growls]

[chorus] ♪ He-Man ♪

[upbeat music]

[Stanlan] And there was this creature that chased me.

And this snake thingy.

And then He-Man showed up.

Yeah, and he dropped this whole statue on Shaboty.

Boy, that was something.

I was never so scared in all my life.

I should have obeyed Melaktha.

Well, since you know that,

I guess we can spare Melaktha all the details.

But you're going back to the palace tomorrow.

Yes, sir.

And thanks, Prince Adam.

Don't you think I should go back too?

Uh, wait, don't tell me you're still scared of Shokoti.

Ram Man, you said it right.

I did?

Oh, I did, yeah, yeah.

Great!

Wha...yeah.

Uh, what'd I say right?

[laughter]

In today's adventure,

Stanlan was trapped in an old, dark building.

He had to face many dangers, from demons to monsters.

Now, in your world, there are no demons or monsters,

but there's still danger in old, dark places.

Empty buildings or caves may seem exciting,

but you could get badly hurt or trapped in places like that.

So stay out of them,

even if one of your friends dares you to go in.

Taking a risk like that isn't brave.

It's just dumb.