[opening theme plays]
[thunder rolls]
[Orko] You cannot make your living
in the land of the dead, my dear.
The only wealth you'll need to bring
is the currency of fear.
[chuckles] It's an old Trollan nursey rhyme.
The end part goes like this:
Flee before your mind goes mad, trust not what Subternia shows,
terror fuels the fires of hell
whose lord is called Skell-- Oh, what is that?
[thunderous wind]
Eyes open, everyone.
Let's find the sword and get out...
Orko? Andra?
Lyn?
[ghostly voice] Tee... Laa...
Ah! Where are we?
Oh, Trolla!
I'm home!
Wait.
Am... am I dead?
Of course not, simpleton.
This is some kind of Subternian illusion.
A very good illusion.
But where are the others?
Mystic observation lens,
reveal where we may find our friends!
[zaps]
-[birds cry] -Ahh!
Imbecile.
Good idea!
Someone at the Academy of Magic can help us find them!
Hey, wait up, Lyn! Can I call you Lyn?
[Lyn] No.
[Beast Man] My lady, where are you?!
My lady?!
[grunts] It doesn't make sense!
She was right in front of us!
Calm. Down.
First, we figure out where we are,
then we can look for the others.
Roboto, access your enhanced telemetry.
Where are we?
[Roboto] Sensors indicate we are... nowhere.
Yeah.
And I suppose we're alone, too.
I detect no other life forms in the...
[snarling]
I smell a fight.
[ghostly voice] Ah!
-At last... -[gasps]
[ghostly voice] So much anger...
[gasps]
Masking so much fear...
Skeletor?
-[ghostly voice] Not quite... -[gasps]
[ghostly voice] but I remember that name.
Who are you?
-The shadow of a ruler... -[gasps]
now ruler of shadows...
and this humble domain.
Why have you come to this place?
I'm looking for a sword.
Ah! A collector... like myself!
A keeper of relics.
Once treasured, now without purpose,
abandoned to the deep end of eternity.
Though some of them,
the special ones, still do glow...
I will give you that which you seek, Teela...
as an exchange.
Exchange for what?
Your fear!
Show it to me!
How long I have waited here,
alone and deprived.
Nourish me with your delicious fear!
I fear nothing.
Oh, you are dripping with it!
Reveal your fear
and I will give you what you came for.
All right. My fear...
in exchange for the Sword of Power
and the safe return of my companions.
Done!
Enter the Well of Darkness, Teela.
Survive your demons and gain the prize you seek.
Succumb to them
and you will spend eternity here,
with me, as part of my collection.
The revelation beckons!
-[Scare Glow yells] -[Teela grunts]
[Orko] The Spellspring!
-"Spellspring"? -A great font of mystical energy.
The never-ending source of all Trollan magic.
Our life force.
But... it's dry.
They're all gone.
How?
Magic really is dying,
and not just in Eternia.
But why are we being shown this?
The scary thing is...
w-what if it's not just an illusion?
If they're really gone, then...
then that makes me...
the last Trollan in the universe.
You're right. That is scary.
You know, my name isn't really Orko.
Well, I mean, it sort of is, but...
My parents wanted to set me up for greatness,
so when I was born, they gave me a name
to match the position of honor
they expected I'd achieve one day.
But, when you're little,
some words are hard to pronounce.
I said "Orko" when I really meant--
[Evil Lyn] Oracle.
They called you Oracle.
All-knowing, all-powerful.
No pressure, right?
Well, didn't take long to see how different I was
from the other younglings.
Magic comes easy to Trollans, even in youth.
But me? [sighs] I can't do anything right.
Spells, charms, they all end in disaster.
Anyway, "Orko" stuck, and...
I think when my parents saw the failure I'd become,
they were glad it did.
"Oracle" would've only made people laugh at me
more than they already did.
No one's laughing now.
I was the least of them, now I may be the last.
That's funny, right? [sad chuckle]
Small...
insignificant...
[sighs] You have to fight
for everything they won't give you.
Your enemies, yes, but especially your friends.
When they say you're weak,
it's because they don't understand
how even the tiniest measure of strength
can fill an entire universe.
To them, it's "sorcery."
To me...
[energy booming and whooshing]
...it's magic.
Can I ask you a personal question?
No, they didn't call me "Evil," I added that part later.
[chuckles]
[both laugh]
[creepy whispers]
[whispers continue]
[snarling]
[snarls]
[Shadow Beast snarls]
Oh, bollocks.
[snarls]
Run!
[roars]
[grunts]
Okay. We've covered falling and being alone in the dark.
Not my idea of terrifying, but whatever!
Let's keep this going!
Come on! I'm waiting!
[thunderous footstep]
Ah. Okay.
[blade rings]
No! [grunts]
[snarling]
[snarls continue]
[snarls]
[Roboto] Excuse me.
I'm sorry. Pardon me.
Sorry. Excuse me.
-[roars] -[Roboto] That will require medical attention.
[snarling]
Anything useful you can tell us about your friends here?
[screeching]
Firebats are no friends of mine!
[firebats screech]
-"Firebats"? -[snarls]
Ahh!
[grunts and sighs]
They are Shadow Beasts,
but unlike any we have encountered.
They seem to be reacting to fear.
Your fear.
[grunts] Why not yours?
As an artificial construct, I do not experience fear.
Okay, then, I envy you!
Because it is hard to fight when you're... [grunts]
pants-wetting scared!
How enlightening.
"Enlightening"!
[groans]
[roars]
[grumbles]
[snarls]
[snarling continues]
You're a powerful witch!
You must have a spell or two you could use!
I need my staff to focus what magic I have left!
What about you?
I told you! If I'm good at anything,
it's being good at nothing.
Unless shadows can slip on banana peels
or catch on fire, I'm useless.
Sounds like your parents talking.
[snarling]
-[swords clang] -[Teela grunts]
-[gasps] -I've waited a long time for this!
-[He-Man yells] -[Teela grunts]
[grunts]
Ahh!
[grunting]
[yells]
[grunts]
And you wonder why I didn't trust you.
But you did.
In every battle, against any rival.
With your life.
Not my real life!
-[He-Man yells] -[Teela grunts]
Turns out, you never knew me at all.
You have always been alone!
[grunts] You are not him!
You're not real!
You are nothing! [grunts]
[laughs]
I am fear.
Your fear.
-Inadequacy and abandonment... -[grunts]
frailty and isolation... all because of a secret
I imparted to everyone...
but you!
[grunts]
[yells]
[pants]
So much power for one being to hold over another.
I have the power...
because you surrender it.
[grunts and pants]
Ahh!
Now I see!
Now I know what really frightens you!
Most people fear being ordinary...
but you are just the opposite.
[gasps]
-Ahh! -They lied because they were trying to protect you.
From what?
From what you fear the most...
that which so deftly controls you...
your own fate.
[grunts]
I control my fate.
By hiding it away.
Pretending to be ordinary
when you know, deep down,
you are so much more.
And how that must terrify you...
[grunts]
Yes. Yes it does.
Because I don't understand it.
I never have.
But that doesn't mean it controls me.
I own my power.
Every part of it.
My strength, my hope...
Even my fear.
And you can't have any of it.
No, we made a deal!
Feed me your fright.
Give me your power!
The only power down here is the one you've given me.
[yelps]
[Teela] The power to manifest my fears.
[snarling]
[Teela] To control them.
[snarling]
[Teela] To own them.
[Shadow Beast snarls]
[energy boosting up]
[groans]
This can't be.
What... are you?
Oh, Scare Glow...
I'm your worst nightmare.
[wind blows]
[coughs]
Orko... Orko! It's over.
[sighs] You're all alive!
[grunts]
But where's...?
Teela!
[Andra] You found the sword!
Give it to me!
That is only half the Sword of Power.
Do you know how to find the other half?
[sighs]
[energy zapping]
Almighty Zoar,
disintegrate this rock and open Heaven's gate.
Turn to account the eyes of fate
and lead us to the saber's mate!
[energy zaps]
[sighs]
Is that...
Preternia?
How did--?
With every last bit of magic she could conjure...
for the good guys!
Turns out, nobody's born evil.
[rumbling]
But what really matters...
is how you die!
[Teela] Run!
[roars]
[grunts]
[slithering]
Ahh!
[grunting]
Not now!
[grunts]
Yes. Yes.
Your fear... crying out!
Louder... louder... louder!
-[rocks breaking] -[grunts]
[blade rings]
[groans]
[strains]
[grunts]
[grunting]
Insect!
-[yells] -[haunting moaning]
-[grunts] -[energy zaps]
[air whooshing]
Look! Lyn!
I'm doing it! Me!
Orko, you have to hold on!
Teela, it's okay.
I'm not afraid.
He can't scare me.
[screams]
[moaning and whooshing]
[strains]
[groans]
[grunts]
[Evil Lyn] He can't do this alone.
[energy whirring]
[screams]
[groans]
[screams]
Huh?!
[grunts]
[Orko] Demon, be gone...
Go back to your shadow!!
[grunts]
[gasps]
[air blowing]
[air settling]
Orko...
[energy zaps]
I tried to save him.
Not hard enough.
It should have been you.
Stand down!
This alliance was a mistake.
[blade rings]
But one I can easily fix.
[man] Teela!
Adam?
By the power of Grayskull...!
[singer vocalizing]