Mistaken Identity

Deranged human scientist called Galen Nycroft, imprisoned in the Royal dungeons for attempting to use his science to control all of Eternia with a mind ray. He summons a bat-like aid to his side with a component needed to teleport his final invention to the prison cell. Teleporting the large machine to the cell, he steps inside, and an explosion comes from within. He steps out in the mutated form of Modulok, and uses his greatly bolstered strength to break free from the prison cell. He contacts Skeletor and offers him his services, but Skeletor rejects him describing him as a "wimp scientist" and vows to only accept Modulok into his evil crew once he has proven himself. Modulok sets out to prove himself by capturing He-Man. He fails in his scheme, as he is deceived into capturing a teenage boy who is trying to impress his girlfriend by pretending to be He-Man's secret identity. Prince Adam tells viewers it is fun to lose and pretend but that it is a line between make-believe and outright lying they shouldn't cross.

**Prince Adam:** "Today, Farin learned a valuable lesson about the difference between pretending and lying. Everyone likes to pretend, but when you start pretending like Farin did, that's lying. And sooner or later lies have a way of catching up with you. Eventually no one will believe you, even though you're telling the truth. So remember, tell the truth and be yourself. **Cringer:** "Oh good. Does that mean I don't have to be Battle Cat any more?" **Prince Adam:** "No Cringe, sorry. See you next time."

John Erwin as He-Man/Prince Adam

Alan Oppenheimer as Skeletor and Battle Cat/Cringer

Linda Gary as Teela and Karil

Lou Scheimer (credited as Erik Gunden) as Orko, Galen Mycroft/Mudolok, Farin, unnamed peasant and Palace guards

Erika Scheimer as Ommy

1. Behind the scenes: Script was approved July 20, 1984 and final script revision was done July 30, 1984. Galen Nycroft's character model was designed by Lew Ott and Modulok's animation design, based on Mattel's toy prototype, by Fred Carrillo & Lew Ott. The two villains visible in the Eternian dungeon are Mangor the Horrible and Quix the Shapechanger.
2. Continuity: This story features the origin of Modulok, but because the series was produced to be broadcast in syndication it did not have a set broadcast order. Therefore Modulok appears in the earlier episode Happy Birthday Roboto when watched in production order. The battle between He-Man and the Sand Crawlers that Karil refers to took place in Double Trouble. The Omiran was previously seen as the Gronk in Orko's Missing Magic. The messenger who reports to Prince Adam was first seen in It's Not My Fault.
3. More continuity: Grabber will be seen again as one of the prisoners of Beast Island in the She-Ra: Princess of Power episode The Prisoners of Beast Island. The dark skinned lieutenant of the Royal Guard first appeared in The Rainbow Warrior. During the moral, Adam speaks with He-Man's voice.

A Larry DiTillio script using a recognition-magic premise. The script’s structure foreshadows similar identity-suppression arcs in the 200x reboot.

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