Prince Adam is summoned to Castle Grayskull by The Sorceress, who sends him on an urgent mission to the world of Etheria. She gives him a sword which looks exactly like his except that it has a jewel in the center, and she tells him he must find the owner, whose identity she cannot reveal. Accompanied by Cringer, Adam goes to Etheria, where he meets Bow, a rebel archer who is part of the Great Rebellion, who are aiming to overthrow the planet's dictatorial rulers, the Horde. Adam soons finds himself caught up in a conflict between the Rebellion and the Horde, and transforms to He-Man. He is attacked by the Horde's ruthless force captain, Adora, but is shocked when the sword glows in her presence. Can she really be the owner of the sword, when she is serving evil?
He-Man has been captured by the Horde, and the Rebels manage to trace his whereabouts to Beast Island, on which the Horde have a prison. As the Rebels set out to rescue him, the imprisoned He-Man finds that Force Captain Adora, who has taken the sword, has been tricked from birth into believing the Horde are the rightful rulers of Etheria. He tells her to go out and see the world, to find for herself just how evil the Horde are. She is sceptical of him, but agrees to do so. When the Rebels reach Beast Island, they face danger from the many monsters of the island and a series of traps set by the Horde, whose leader, Hordak, is interrogating He-Man about why he has come to Etheria.
He-Man has been rescued from Beast Island by his friends, but soon sets out back to the Fright Zone, to find Force Captain Adora and see if she has learned the truth about the Horde. At Doom Tower, Hordak has created a machine called the Magna Beam, which can drain the energy of his rebel captives. Adora, who is being prevented from turning against the Horde by Shadow Weaver's magic, is complying with his scheme. He-Man manages to sneak into Doom Tower, but when he finds Adora she arrests him, and Hordak imprisons him in the Magna Beam. However, overnight Adora's sleep is interrupted by telepathic communication from The Sorceress, who reveals to her that she was stolen from her parents as a baby by the Horde, who brought her up to follow their evil ways. And not only that, but He-Man is her
Having rescued Hordak's prisoners and destroyed his Magna Beam, She-Ra and He-Man relax in the woods, where She-Ra reveals to He-Man that she is his sister. He-Man is amazed and confused, having never known he had a sister, so he calls upon The Sorceress to explain the whole story to both of them. The Sorceress explains that Adam and Adora were born to the King & Queen of Eternia as twins, but then The Horde invaded Eternia, and after they were defeated, their leader Hordak stole Adora in revenge and fled to another world. Since no-one could find Adora, The Sorceress used her magic to erase the memory of her from everyone's mind except the King & Queen, Man-At-Arms and herself. When Adora's whereabouts were finally traced, The Sorcere
As Princess Adora is being reunited with her parents, Hordak and Skeletor sneak into the palace and capture her, taking her to Snake Mountain. But when they reach Snake Mountain, Skeletor's men throw Hordak through the time portal back to Etheria, so Skeletor can take Adora for himself. He-Man goes with Man-At-Arms and Teela to rescue Adora, but He-Man finds that Adora has already rescued herself- as She-Ra. After wishing goodbye to her parents, Adora returns to Etheria to help the Rebellion, and He-Man follows her, to help to give her a start.
When investigating a large vessel that frightened the elves of Seaworthy, Adora encounters a pirate called Sea Hawk, who is stealing from the elves' storehouses and delivering to the Horde. She tries to convince him to turn from the Horde, but when Catra and several Hordesmen arrive to collect their pay, they make Sea Hawk command his men to capture Adora. When he realises the error of his ways, he sets out to rescue Adora and overcome the Horde's hold over him.
A mysterious hero called the Red Knight rescues the rebels from the Horde as they journey to a fair at Blackmoor Castle. Queen Angella thinks his voice sounds familiar, but he says he cannot reveal his identity until Etheria is free. At the fair, the Red Knight defends Blackmoor Castle from the Horde, who are determined to capture Queen Angella.
Bow is having dinner with a woodcutter called Mark. Mark's sons, Thad and Kyle, offer to cut down some trees for him, so Mark gives them his ax and they head into the woods. The boys get tired and leave the ax by a log, and while they are gone it is removed by some Twiggets, who think it is lost and decide to find the owner. When the boys get back to find the ax gone, they fear that their father will be angry with them for losing the ax, so when they go home they make up a story about a thief stealing it from them. Bow sets out to the Horde-occupied village of Greenthatch, where he thinks the thief might have gone, and he soon finds himself attacked and captured by the Horde. It is up to She-Ra to rescue Bow, and convince the boys to face up to their responsibility, having put Bow's life in danger with their lie.
Shadow Weaver discovers an ancient potion that can kill the plants in Whispering Woods and countering the magic that keeps the Horde out. However, on one of the raids of the Rebels camp, Horde Prime's son, Prince Zed is taken hostage and realizes just how badly the Horde treat people. He forces Hordak to stop the destruction of the woods on a count of his father's wrath.
Lani, an old friend of Adora's (back when she worked for the Horde) sends Adora a letter. In the letter, her Lani says that Hordak has locked her up in the Fright Zone and is threatening to send her to the slave pits on Horde World. When Adora enters the Fright Zone to save Loni, she finds out that she has been tricked into a trap.
Shadow Weaver breaks into the home of the retired wizard Callus, and steals his magical mirror which can transport people from different worlds to Etheria. Hordak uses the mirror to transport Prince Adam to his dungeons, in the hope that Adora will come to rescue her brother and he will be able to recapture her. As Callus enlists the help of Bow and Glimmer to recover his mirror, She-Ra sets out to rescue Prince Adam, before Hordak can cause more havoc with the mirror.
The village of Devlan is being terrorized by a group of Hordesmen, led by a super-advanced robot called Dylamug. A young girl called Kristala goes to She-Ra for help, and She-Ra tells her that the villagers must develop the courage to fight back to the Horde. She-Ra accompanies Kristala back to Devlan, where she sets about convincing the frightened villagers to stand up to their tormentors.
Adora and Bow go to a village to try and convince potential rebels to join them in the fight for freedom. However, Hordak gets word of this and sends Shadow Weaver to steal their voices and capture Adora. Though she fails to capture the Rebel-traitor, Shadow Weaver does take Adora's voice - disallowing Adora to transform into She-Ra - Bow and the voiceless Adora journey to the Fright Zone to get her and the other's voices back.
When Horde Prime goes on a vacation, he tells Hordak to look after his ship, the Velvet Glove. He-Man is concerned that Hordak will use the ship to attack Eternia, so he goes to Etheria to enlist She-Ra's help in the case of an attack. Skeletor is also concerned that his old mentor will attack him, so he sets out to steal the ship for himself. When Hordak tries to use the ship's freeze rays to freeze the Whispering Woods, She-Ra and He-Man set about stopping him, and chaos ensues as they fight to stop Hordak while Skeletor competes for control of the Velvet Glove!
Adora tells the story of the time Mysticor was ruled by an evil queen named Mortella. She ruled the kingdom in terror and had captured Adora and Bow, who were then freed by an old woman. As Mortella fell from her throne, it was revealed that the old woman was actually Castaspella, Mysticor's true queen, who had been put under a terrible curse by Mortella.
At Mysticor's Annual Trickster Competition, Shadow Weaver appears, disguised as a young girl. By tricking the Rebels with her assumed identity, she sends She-Ra into the 6th Dimension, a place from which no one has ever returned from. The only ones on hand to do the rescuing are Kowl, Madame Razz, and Broom and they must overcome their fears if they're ever going to see She-Ra and or their other friends again...
Shadow Weaver is attacking Castle Brightmoon. Queen Angella will loose the castle's powers in a few days, when an eclipse occurs. Shadow Weaver knows this so, she is attacking Castle Brightmoon to try and weaken Queen Angella. Queen Angella tells Adora that the only way Brightmoon can be saved is if they find the Crystal Castle. Only, one person has seen the castle. The person who has seen the castle is the King of the trolls, and trolls hate humans.
Young Marcus dreams of having power as mighty as Etheria's founder, King Jared. So on hearing Bow's story about the Crown of Knowledge, he kidnaps Kowl and goes in search of it and all it's wisdom. What he doesn't know is that he is being controlled by Hordak and Shadow Weaver, who want the crown's power for themselves.
Adora and Bow visit a school in Northland, to tell the children how Etheria was a peaceful place before the Horde invaded it and took over. One boy, Corey, accuses them of lying, believing that the Horde are a peaceful government and the planet's rightful rulers. Just then, Northland is invaded by the Horde themselves, who steal all the school's books for a book burning ceremony, with the intention of replacing them with books depicting the Horde as the rightful rulers of Etheria. Hordak also appoints Tung Lashor as a new teacher for the school. As books are burned in the town square, and the Horde do all they can to ensure the schools teach pro-Horde views, She-Ra must do all she can to stop them, before the Horde's propaganda can corrupt the minds of the children.
Horde troopers entrer the Twigget village while Bow is giving a music lesson to the Twiggets. Catra orders that the Twiggets be round up and captured as punishment for being friends with a member of the rebellion. She-Ra saves them, but Bow feels guilty for putting the Twiggets in danger. He decides to leave and finds that the Twiggets have been captured and forced to work for the Horde.
The Sorceress sends He-Man to Etheria, telling him that She-Ra needs him urgently. On Etheria, He-Man finds himself surrounded by intense war and chaos, as the Horde bomb a small city. The villagers escape to the mines while She-Ra and He-Man fight the Troopers, then they explain to the heroes that the Horde attacked their city after they ran out of Etherium, a substance they were mining for the Horde. The Horde are planning to burn the city, but the villagers tell She-Ra and He-Man that they no longer care about saving their homes- all they want is freedom. As She-Ra heads off to get some backup rebels, He-Man does his best to help the villagers survive in the mine. Amidst all this war and suffering, the villagers realise that they must join the rebellion and fight for their freedom.
Madame Razz is saved from a Horde Trooper by a powerful wizard who lives in a tree. Believing he could be a great ally to the Rebellion, She-Ra and the Rebels set off to seek his help. However, he is reluctant to help them due to his appearance and remains so even when they rescue him from being captured by the Horde.
Orko is helping the Sorceress clean Castle Greyskull when he accidentally crashes through one of the interdemensional doorways. He winds up in the Whispering Woods on Etheria and meets Madame Razz and Broom. Unfortunately, both Orko and Madame are captured by the Horde and taken to the Fright Zone. Neither Shadow Weaver's magic nor Hordak's scientific scanners can make any sense of Orko's weirdness, so they decide to send Orko to Horde World and let them figure out what he is. Fortunately, Broom finds She-Ra and tells her what happened. She-Ra contacts the Sorceress, who asks She-Ra to wait for He-Man before attempting a rescue because he'll want to help save Orko. He-Man and She-ra fly into the Fright Zone on Swift Wind, find Madame Razz, and lean that Orko's space ship is about to launch. Madame, who likes Orko's spunk, transports the heroes to the space port. She-Ra deals with Hordak and his goons while He-Man reverses the ship's course and saves Orko. Orko is very relieved
King Ahgo's preminition of the release of the Crystal Spider becomes a distinct reality as She-Ra and the Rebels must stop it from wreaking havoc on Etheria. However, along the way, they must also deal with the threat of the Horde Duke named Duke Dreer and overcome the prejudices that Bow and Spragg hold against the trolls.
On Eternia, Skeletor's scientist Modulok has created a Gate-Maker machine that can transport entire cities to other planets, and Skeletor plans to use it to transport Eternos to Etheria. But Modulok is sick of Skeletor's disrespectful treatment of him, so he betrays him and takes the machine to Etheria to give it to Hordak. Skeletor angrily follows Modulok to Etheria, where Hordak has recruited Modulok as his scientist and is planning to use the Gate-Maker to invade Eternia. As long-time enemies Skeletor and Hordak battle for control of the Gate-Maker, it is up to both She-Ra and He-Man to stop the villains before they invade Eternia!
Kowl and Kowla, Kowl's lady-friend, are captured by a vulture-like Horde member named Vultak and are imprisoned in Hordak's zoo. It is only when Kowl's freedom is challenged that he realizes truly how important one's freedom is and and soon all the animals are released from Hordak's zoo by She-Ra and Bow.
Prince Highcliff is captured by Hordak during his visit to Brightmoon from his home at Blue Stone. Hordak's shape-shifting assistant False Face assumes the form of Highcliff and enters Brightmoon in order to flood it. He then captures Glimmer and the Moonstone, preventing the Castle from protecting itself - the Horde attack once more and She-Ra and Bow save it.
Shadow Weaver unleashes a swamp creature called The Melog, which can absorb the strength and ability of anyone it touches. She sets the Melog on She-Ra, and when it touches her it absorbs her power and takes upon a human female form. She-Ra is now faced with an enemy with equal strength to herself, that may just defeat her. Light Hope tells She-Ra that she will be able to overcome the Melog if she works out what else it has, besides her strength and power. But what could this be?
Kowl is framed for a crime against the Rebellion and is believed to be the cause of kidnapping of Madame Razz. Wnating to prove to the others that he's innocent, he journeys to the Fright Zone to rescue Madame Razz by himself. When She-Ra arrives to help too, they both discover that Imp was behind the charade and Kowl is let off the hook when Madame Razz is returned safe and sound.
Strange, intergalactic rocks have landed on Etheria and Hordak wants them. Thinking the move is out-of-the-ordinary, She-Ra and the Rebels travel to see what the fuss is about. It is revealed that the rocks are actually people looking for a safe place to live. But Hordak won't let them be free until he learns all of their secrets.
Hordak summons a warrior woman called Huntara from the planet of Silax, who he believes may be able to beat She-Ra. Hordak convinces Huntara that She-Ra is evil and that he needs her to rid Etheria of She-Ra. When Huntara and She-Ra finally clash, She-Ra faces one of her greatest challenges ever- will Huntara really be able to beat her? And will Huntara realize who the real villain is in time?
A studen of Shadow Weaver's arch-nemesis Norwyn craves power and so stows away to Horror Hall after hearing the tales of the Horde witch. Believing he will get immense power like Shadow Weaver, he is used instead as ransom for Norwyn who comes to save his student and settle some past issues with Shadow Weaver.
Red Eye, Kowl's evil cousin, offers his service to Hordak who accepts when he discovers that Red Eye's feathers can be used to see into the Whispering Woods via Kowl as the 2 are close relatives. When Kowl discovers this, he leaves the Rebellion believing he's a threat to friends, but the bigger threat is the Valley of the Lost, which awaits him around the corner...
Swift Wind is captured for Horde Prime's birthday and is planned to be the main attraction at the zoo on Horde World. Discovering that her terrible ally is in grave danger, She-Ra travels to Fright Zone with Bow only to discover that the Horde are being extra-specially safety-conscious. But to save her friend, She-Ra will risk absolutely anything...
Adora's level of patience is challenged when a young girl and Modulok see her as a 'mere woman' incapable of doing the things She-Ra does. Just to show the both of them, Adora attacks the Horde on her own after Bow and the girl's family are captured and achieves a surprisingly better outcome that she would've as She-Ra.
When Kowl forgets to warn Adora and Bow of a Horde attack, he comes to the conclusion that he is no good to the Rebellion. Broom too has been feeling like a hinderence to Madame Razz and so they both decide to journey to Silverstone in search of an old wizard who would be able to solve all their woes. However, on their way, they meet 2 sly strangers who offer them a lift - but en up turning them over to the Horde...
A farming family is arrested by the Horde General Sundar when they attempt to protest against having to pay Horde taxes. The daughter, Mali, manages to escape and runs to tell She-Ra of her predicament. When the rebels attack General Sundar and his troopers, Sundar manages to capture She-Ra. As She-Ra's friends set out to rescue her, She-Ra attempts to help General Sundar see the error of his ways, and convince him to leave the Horde.
The Rebels travel to Elf World where Catra is forcing the innocent residents to work for her in the Crystal Mines. A runaway prince tags along too just for fun as he finds being by his father's side boring but soon learns that he is needed in his kingdom. Elf World is freed form Horde control and peace is resumed.
Hordak acquires an element called Parfax, which can freeze people in time. He uses it to freeze all of the Rebellion- including Adora. Only Loo-Kee, the small creature who supposedly observes all She-Ra's battles, is left unfrozen, and he is summoned by Light Hope to the Crystal Castle. Light Hope tells Loo-Kee She-Ra's secret, and sends him to Eternia to find He-Man and help him to free the Rebellion.
Adora loses her memory when escaping form the Horde prison on Beast Island. She works her way into a deep jungle and meets the jungle inhabitants, who need to be taught the concept of co-operation with the beasts of the jungle - Adora gains respect from most of the Jungle Tribe - but she still cannot remember who she is. Will we ever see She-Ra again?
Frosta calls She-Ra to her Ice Kingdom to help investigate a dispute between her people and their neighbouring kingdom, Galacia. Black snow has been falling in Galacia and ruining the crops, and its people, the Sulkies, blame Frosta's people. She-Ra and Frosta set out to find the real source of the black snow, which turns out to be none other than Modulok, who is trying to start a war between the two kingdoms.
Hordak becomes the laughing-stock of the Horde when she captures Perfuma who subsequently turned Fright Zone into a beautiful garden-paradise! We learn that Hordak dislikes flowers. The fears for Perfuma's safety circulate through Whispering Woods - but they wouldn't worry - the dizzy air-head is having fun.
Something has been ruining the trees and crops in the Whispering Woods. The angry woodsmen see a pack of large, white wolves in the woods, and blame them and their pack-leader, the ""wild child"" Princess Allegra of the Green Island Kingdoms, for the problem. Adora finds Princess Allegra, who was shipwrecked many years ago and plans to return her to her home and resolve the current crisis.
Adora, Bo, Glimmer, Kowl, and Spragg take Queen Angela's crown into town to have the jewels reset. They are ambushed by Leech and some Horde troopers, who manage to take the crown even though She-Ra arrives to lend a hand. Bo, Glimmer, Spragg, and Peakablue decide to go into the Fright Zone to reclaim the crown, counting on She-Ra to come rescue them if they get into trouble. Madame Razz is worried that the Rebels are depending on She-Ra too much and advises Adora to follow them but not transform. When Catra and Claudine corner the Rebels, Adora does transform into She-Ra but tells Bo and Glimmer that they shouldn't put themselves in danger for a crown and then expect to be rescued. She goes on to assure them that they are fully capable of defending themselves in this battle. She then disappears, and the others manage to do quite well, but Peakablue gets captured and they have to continue into the Fright Zone. Catra, Leech, and new bad guy Entrapta keep Peekablue in a garden wher
In a tale of destiny, She-Ra meets a young girl called Small One after being captured by a group of evil warriors lead by Baron Condor of Sand Valley. The girl is knocked unconscious by one of the Baron's inventions, but is revived by Light Hope into a thoroughly new form - that of Flutterina, the latest addition to the Rebellion. Together, She-Ra and Flutterina teach the residents of Sand Valley to live in peace and Glimmer to see that true beauty comes from within
Young Prince Kevin has runaway from his home and accidentally gets transported to the Fright Zone, where he is put under a spell by Shadow Weaver and used against the Rebellion. Not only is he the cause of the ruined carnival in Twigget Village, but also the capture of Flutterina. So to redeem himself, he goes with She-Ra to rescue her - and breaks Shadow Weaver's spell himself
Madame Razz receives a visitor, a young trainee magician called Ely, sent to her by Candor, a a famous, experienced Etherian magic-maker. However, Ely's arrogance and inexperience get him into trouble with Shadow Weaver, who wants the Serenity Stone that Ely found on his way to Whispering Woods. But the stone possess great power - power that neither Shadow Weaver or Ely can handle
Mermista, who supports the Great Rebellion, tells Adora that the rest of her people won't fight the Horde because the Horde has never provoked them. But that changes when Hordak steals the Power Pearl that gives Mermista's people their magic powers. She-Ra and Mermista have to retrieve the Pearl before Shadow Weaver learns how to unlock its magic. They get some help from a baby horn whale that they helped rescue from Hordak's troopers.
The Rebels take cover in a small village when Shadow Weaver releases the relentless power of the Cave of Winds. She-Ra is their only hope - she must fly to Bright Moon to find Queen Angella whose magic is just powerful enough to fight tht of the Cave's. However, our heroine is sidetracked when Swift Wind is needed to help a race of Tree-People reach their new home in the sky - and as they learn never to judge people on appearances, She-Ra finds a new way to defeat the Horde.
Adam, Orko, and Snout Sprout have come from Eternia to witness Etheria's Day of the Flowers, a celebration of the planet's beauty. The same day, Hordak forms an alliance with the Monstroids in an effort to capture more slaves (he's lost many in the Rebellion's raids). Six powerful Monstroid machines close in on the free Etherians' celebration. Unfortunately, one of Orko's spell mishaps has caused the Swords of Power and Protection to disappear! Adam and Adora have no choice but to fend off the Monstroids without the powers of their alter egos. Snout Sprout, Frosta, Madame Razz and Broom help out all they can, but the Monstroids keep coming. Can Orko find the lost swords in time?
Shakra, Adora's care giver and surrogate mother during the years she lived in the Fright Zone, has decided to leave the Horde. Hordak suprises Shakra by giving her a parting gift: a beautiful pendant. In reality, Hordak uses the pendant to spy on her as she ventures into the Whispering Woods to join the Great Rebellion. When a Rebel raid goes foul and Bow and Glimmer are captured, Madame Razz is convinced that Shakra is a traitor. But Adora/She-Ra doesn't believe that and lets her beloved friend accompany them on the rescue mission.
Peekablue, who is too timid to be an active part of the Rebellion, gets captured by the Horde and placed under one of Shadow Weaver's mind control spells. Hordak then forces her to use her clairvoiant powers to locate rebels in the Whispering Woods and capture them with hover claws. Adora allows herself to be captured so she can enter the Fright Zone and discover how the Horde has learned to penetrate the Woods' magic. Once there, she is able to free the prisoners and break Shadow Weaver's spell with a little help from her alter-ego.
Adam's visit to Etheria is interrupted when he and Adora spot a space vessel being shot down by the Horde. They transform into He-Man and She-Ra and seek Mermista's help in saving the pilot, who landed in a region of ice water. Frosta also volunteers for the mission once she spots He-Man, who is uncomfortable with the attention she gives him. He-Man and Frosta deal with the Horde Troopers while Mermista and She-Ra swim down and free the unconscious pilot from her ship. The pilot turns out to be Sweet Bee, a beautiful alien who can fly and create honeycomb nets. He-Man is very attentive to her, much to Frosta's annoyance. Sweet Bee was scouting out a new home for her people after their planet was destroyed. She-Ra tells Sweet Bee that her people would most likely be enslaved by the Horde if they came to Etheria. They have to get word to the Hive not to come, but the Horde has Sweet Bee's ship and uses it to send a message encouraging her people to settle here. With the help of h
Sprintina is given a magic paint brush by a mysterious woman she meets in the woods. It gives her the ability to paint gorgeous pictures of her friends in the rebellion. Little does she know, that the mysterious woman is none other than Shadow Weaver herself. Once Sprintina paints someone's portrait, they disappear and end up in the Fright Zone, trapped in their own painting.
The Horde is stealing the rebels' food. Glimmer and Adora disagree on what course of action to take against them. Glimmer gets tired of everyone following Adora's plans instead of hers. She visits Mirror Lake, where a magical reflection of herself says she should make her own plans to fight the Horde. Little does she know, Shadow Weaver has used her magic to trick Glimmer into making her own rebellion, consisting of Horde troopers.
As winter falls on Eternia, all of Prince Adam and Princess Adora's friends from Eternia and Etheria have come together in the Royal Palace of Eternia, to celebrate the twins' first birthday together. Meanwhile, as Man-At-Arms tests out a new Sky Spy, Orko sneaks into the cockpit and accidentally blasts off into space, eventually crashlanding on Earth. Man-At-Arms manages to locate him and teleport him back, and Orko brings two lost Earth children, Miguel and Alicia, home with him. The children are worried about missing Christmas, which they had been ready to celebrate back on Earth, so Queen Marlena decides to introduce Christmas to Eternia and celebrate the twins' birthday with a Christmas party. But the presence of the spirit of Christmas on Eternia worries Horde Prime, who summons Hordak and Skeletor to his aid and sends them both to capture the children and put an end to the Christmas celebrations before goodwill spreads across Eternia...
Brand new DVD documentary reveals the variety of talent involved in the making of the original animated series, including the creators, producers, writers, voice-over actors, animators, and others working behind the scenes.