The Mystery of Man-E-Faces

Adam tells Man-At-Arms the story of how Man-E-Faces went from being a villain who terrorized innocent people, to a noble hero and actor of the Royal Court. Beast Man shows he can control Man-E-Faces' monster persona. Man-E-Faces and Orko tell viewers repetition and rehearsal are key to remembering things like lines.

**Orko:** "Man-E, could you help me with a problem?" **Man-E-Faces:** "Sure, Orko." **Orko:** "I can never remember anything. How do actors learn their speeches?" **Man-E-Faces:** "By rehearsing. We practice saying them again and again. Well, that's what you have to do. If you're trying to remember something from school, say it to yourself over and over again. Rehearse it in your mind just like an actor." **Orko:** "Say goodbye... Say goodbye... Say goodbye..." **Man-E-Faces: "**What are you doing?" **Orko:** "Oh, I'm trying to remember to say goodbye. Bye! It worked!"

John Erwin as He-Man/Prince Adam, Beast Man and Squinch

Alan Oppenheimer as Skeletor, Man-At-Arms and Battle Cat/Cringer

Linda Gary as Teela, the Sorceress and Lara

Lou Scheimer (credited as Erik Gunden) as Orko, Man-E-Faces, Kando and unidentified Widgets

1. Behind the scenes: Script was approved April 27, 1983 and final script revision took place April 29, 1983.
2. Continuity: The animated sequence of Beast Man throwing a grappling iron at the jaw bridge of Castle Grayskull is reused from Diamond Ray of Disappearance. The animated sequence of He-Man's deflection of a blast and Skeletor's ducking it is also reused from Diamond Ray of Disappearance. Lady Edwina from Creatures from the Tar Swamp can be spotted in the audience at Man-E-Faces performance in the final scene. Man-E-Faces does not appear again for 37 episodes.
3. Animation errors and goofs: Each time Teela and Orko are seen in flying the Wind Raider, neither of them is holding the control stick, which is clearly visible. He-Man throws Man-E-Faces over his shoulder twice, and both times his scabbard is missing from his back. When Squinch points and exclaims "Why, he's gone", one of the Widgets behind him is standing in mid-air. The Sorceress appears outside of the Widget's Fortress and is part of the audience when Man-E-Faces performs at the Royal Palace near the end, even though she is not supposed to be able to leave Castle Grayskull in her human form. After Beast Man is thrown to the ground, Man-E-Faces is standing in the background with his arms at his side. Each time Beast Man moves his mouth, the sky visible between Man-E's arms changes color.

Man-E-Faces, the multi-faced actor cursed with three forms, joins the Heroic Warriors. The 200x canonical origin for the character — the script treats the three-faced curse with more sympathy and dramatic weight than the 1985 toy gimmick implied.

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