Bargain with Evil

Angast, an evil king from the Dimension of Evil, has kidnapped the good wizard Landros. In order to win his freedom, his daughter Lady Arvela makes a bargain that she will kidnap the Starchild so that Angast can look upon her. However, she soon finds out that she has been duped when Angast breaks his bargain and transports her, the Starchild and our heroes (along with the Starchild's body guard) to his dimension, hoping to force the Starchild to use her powers to open a gate to Eternia for himself and his forces to come through and take over. He-Man tells viewers, basically, two wrongs do not make a right.

**He-Man:** "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't 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."

John Erwin as He-Man/Prince Adam and Landros

Alan Oppenheimer as Battle Cat/Cringer, Angast and Poole

Linda Gary as Teela, Starchild and Bowena

Lou Scheimer (credited as Erik Gunden) as Orko, King Randor, Tree Topper Pilot and Evil One

Erika Scheimer as Lady Arvela

Jay Scheimer (uncredited) as Queen Marlena

1. Behind the scenes: Script was approved August 10, 1984 and final script revision took place September 25, 1984. The more streamlined version of the Wind Raider that the Tree People use is called a 'Tree Topper'.
2. Continuity: The Starchild was previously seen in the episode of the same name. Man-At-Arms mentions the kingdom of Eastfen, a location previously mentioned by Skeletor when he was disguised as Ambassador Therin in The Dragon's Gift. The animation of Orko's shocked reaction was previously seen in Teela's Quest, Just a Little Lie and Fraidy Cat. The backgrounds seen in Castle Landros were previously used for Spydra's castle in The Return of Orko's Uncle and as Castle Fear's interiors in Search for the Past.
3. More continuity: The animated sequence of Orko, He-Man and Battle Cat leaping into the portal one by one would be used in the "I Have the Power" music video created to promote The Secret of the Sword.

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