He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Like Father, Like Daughter
TV Flash files “Like Father, Like Daughter” as a desk essential hour — He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983–1985) on Syndication, season 1, episode 11, aired 1983-09-19, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 130 in the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe guide, hour 11 of 65 in season 1. It aired 1983-09-19 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Reign of the Monster” (S01E10). Next is “Disappearing Act” (S01E12).
Essential hour: “Like Father, Like Daughter”. Like Father, Like Daughter is a family-title hour: industrial-complex mythmaking, Teela in the title, muscles and magic as a kid's fever dream.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Skeletor kidnaps Man-At-Arms with the help of an evil robot army. Teela tells viewers they should obey their parents, who have their best interests at heart when disallowing fun things.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Like Father, Like Daughter sit in the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe guide?
S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 130 — hour 11 of 65 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.
When did He-Man and the Masters of the Universe S01E11 air?
Like Father, Like Daughter aired 1983-09-19 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is it only a toy commercial?
Mattel synergy is the engine; Filmation still built a weekly epic. Sword-and-sorcery serial, moral-tag endings as ritual. Industrial-complex mythmaking that looks like a kid's fever dream — and yes, you wanted the figure.
In the series
Why this series still plays
By the power of Grayskull: Prince Adam's secret, Castle Grayskull's grin, and a toy aisle that learned to fund a weekly epic. Filmation's sword-and-sorcery serial defined boy-action animation and the moral-tag ending as regulation ritual. Industrial-complex mythmaking that still looks like a kid's fever dream of muscles and magic.
Syndication, 1983–1985: Prince Adam becomes He-Man to defend Eternia from Skeletor with the Masters — by the power of Grayskull, a toy commercial as epic fantasy serial. That is the chart, not a museum of muscles. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, from Filmation, is Mattel's synergy engine: John Erwin as He-Man/Adam, Alan Oppenheimer as Skeletor and Man-At-Arms, Linda Gary as Teela and Evil-Lyn. I have the power as permanent catchphrase. She-Ra followed. Rex can keep the martini for sword-and-sorcery that…
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Filed against
- John Erwin as He-Man / Prince Adam
John Erwin’s He-Man / Prince Adam sold Grayskull as a weekly epic — secret identity, Castle Grayskull’s grin, a toy aisle that learned to fund a cartoon. Filmation sword-and-sorcery, moral-tag ending as regulation ritual. TV Flash files…
- Alan Oppenheimer as Skeletor / Man-At-Arms
Alan Oppenheimer’s Skeletor / Man-At-Arms dual-voiced He-Man and the Masters of the Universe into a toy-aisle epic — Prince Adam’s secret, Castle Grayskull’s grin, Filmation sword-and-sorcery, the moral-tag ending as regulation ritual. By…
- Linda Gary as Teela / Evil-Lyn
Linda Gary split the toy aisle as Teela and Evil-Lyn on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe — Filmation sword-and-sorcery with a moral-tag ending as regulation ritual. Same voice, two destinies, Castle Grayskull grinning in between. TV…