Why does He-Man 'thank Zodak' at the end, when Zodak was the person who started the Snake Men trouble in the first place by allowing them to be freed? Response: Because He-man wouldn't see it as Zodak's fault.
But that was not the "ultimate" defeat of the Snake Men, which saw them sealed in the Void. The elders could have turned Serpos into Snake Mountain after the formation of their council, and then the Snake Men took up residence there, until the later battle that ended with them being sealed in the Void.
I'm rather surprised this hasn't been pointed out before... but there is a major continuity error in this episode. In previous episodes, it has been mentioned that the Snake Men used to use Snake Mountain as their base. Yet in this episode, it's shown that Snake Mountain was the frozen form of Serpos, sealed away by the Counsel of Elders. The problem? The episode "The Power of Greyskull" demonstrates that there WASN'T a Counsel of Elders until AFTER Hordak had defeated the Snake Men! I think that deserves an "Oopsie!"
Isn't anyone concerned the King Hiss could free Serpos again in the near future? As far as we know, the Medallion of Serpos is still floating around somewhere. Surely the Scorceress and/or Zodac would know how Hiss freed Serpos in the first place.
Response to that thought: that is an important consideration. It leads me to believe that Serpos was not truly a divine entity, but "merely" a huge monster whom the snakemen decided to worship; either that or King Hsss was not being truthful when he claimed he was controlling it.
Somewhat strange that a god could be controlled by a wizard... shouldn't King Hiss be the one taking orders from Serpos, and not vice versa?
Couldn't the Elders, in their "great wisdom", have banished Serpos to another sentence rather than place him back atop Snake Mountain again... particularly considering how "easily" he was set free here?
(Zodak hands Adam his sword) Zodak: "He-Man is needed." Adam: "He-Man? So... you know?" (He takes the sword and pause) Adam: "Could you... at least... you know, turn your back?" Adam (annoyed): "Okay, fine!"
General Rattlor: These will be slaves. (He points to Mekanek, Man-E-Faces, and Roboto) General Rattlor: These will be lunch. [He points to Randor, Fisto, Man-At-Arms, Teela, Ram-Man, Stratos and Buzz-Off.) General Rattlor: [To Fisto] Going to have to eat around the fist. Too chewy.
King Hiss: You know Zodak, when I devoured your brother, I vowed that you would be next...how I hate a meal unfinished...
Fisto: "So, the head snake lost his head. Nice!"
Skeletor Whoever is responsible will die a thousand deaths
Series Finale, as Mattel elected to abandon a show they never handled properly on most networks it aired, and poorly publicised the toy and comic product to gain no major consumers.
According to writer Ian Richtor, the third season would have seen The Hoarde conquer all of Eternia, reducing He-Man and the Masters to renegades leading a rebellion, much like She-Ra's concept, with Skeletor defeating Hordak at the conclusion of the season.
Skeletor and Randor were also supposed to be revealed as brothers (same father, different mothers)
Zodak's meditation seems to have given him a new bag of tricks. Here, he fools four of King Hiss' five serpent heads to devour the main head! Whether this means King Hiss is history, we'll just have to wait.
Apparently, there is a third person who is aware that Adam is He-Man: Zodak.
Tung Lashor just can't seem to catch a break! He gets his tongue chopped yet again!
When Serpos is reimprisoned, Snake Mountain retains its three heads (Skeletor now has more space!)
Finally after a long absence Skeletor and his crew re-appear
Serpos is actually Snake mountain with all 3 snake heads.
Serpos, the giant snake-like god of the SnakeMen, debuts
None: None
The role of Serpos as a deity of the Snakemen is much like
the realtionship between Set & the SerpentMen from the Conan cartoon series. In fact, Hiss is in a way similar to the Serpentmen as he can take on human form & is a master of black magic{Like Wraith-Amon}. Of cource the comicbook version of Set was multi-headed.
Serpos: none
Serpos' form seems to be inspired by the Hydra of classic Greek and Roman mythology. The same could be said of King Hiss, in a sense. The Hydra was a large, monstrous serpent with a mutitude of heads that was dispatched by the Greek hero Heracles (Hercules in Rome). While nine heads is the accepted standard number of heads for the Hydra, some versions described the Hydra having as few as three heads and as many as a thousand. Fortunately for He-Man and the Masters, neither Serpos nor King Hiss seem to have the ability to generate two heads for every one lost, as the Hydra had.
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