Web of Evil

 is the 36th episode of the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series. It originally aired on December 20, 2003.

Summary
Webstor gains greater powers and treats to conquer Eternia with an army of spiders.

Full Synopsis
Webstor attacks a honeycomb of the Andreenids in the Mystic Mountains while the place is mostly unguarded. He eats the ambrosia within and starts mutating.

Meanwhile, the Heroic Warriors are evacuating the workers from some mines, in order to chase down some Snake Men on the hunt for food. Eventually, the Snake Men run away without any prey, so He-Man and the Masters head to the tavern where the miners are, to prevent them from going back into the mines.

There, Man-at-Arms recognises Fisto and the two get into a fight: Duncan defines Fisto "a deserter from the Great Unrest", but he doesn't comment any further.

Teela receives an alert signal from the Mystic Mountains and sends Buzz-Off and Stratos off to investigate. They find all the Andreenids trapped inside webs. One of the prisoners tells what Webstor did, but Buzz-Off and Stratos are horrified when they discover that Webstor's mutation made him also able to lay hundreds of eggs. The two are ambushed by Webstor just after sending a request for backup.

Webstor, now resembling a giant spider, plans to have his spiderlings feed off the prisoners, but He-Man and the Heroic Warriors get there at the right time. However, in the ensuing battle against the spider-army, they get trapped on the bottom of a crevice by a rockslide.

Fisto comes to their rescue and uses his giant fist to smash an opening in the rocks: he faints with his hand fractured and Duncan reveals Fisto to be his brother.

When He-Man and the Masters come back to Webstor's cave, they discover with horror that the Snake Men assaulted the place from underground and devoured all the eggs and the spiderlings. The Snake Men become even stronger because of the ambrosia in their meal.

Moral
Mekaneck: "Spiders are an important part of nature and do many good things for the environment. But there are a few spiders that bite. so unless a parent or teacher says it's all right, it's best not to get too near to them"

Ram Man: "Yeah, it's always better to be safe than sorry"

Mekaneck and Ram Man: "Until next time."

Heroic Warriors

 * Buzz-Off
 * He-Man
 * Prince Adam
 * Man-At-Arms
 * Mekaneck
 * Ram Man
 * Stratos
 * Teela (voice only)

Allies

 * Fisto
 * Stingrad

Evil Warriors

 * Webstor

Snakemen

 * King Hiss
 * Kobra Khan
 * Sssqueeze
 * Tung Lashor

Locations

 * Andreenos
 * Avion
 * Eternos
 * Mystic Mountains

Vehicles

 * Spitbull

Species

 * Andreenids
 * Bird People
 * Caligars
 * Humans
 * Peleezean
 * Quadian
 * Speleans

Artifacts

 * Ambrosia

Cast

 * Cam Clarke as He-Man/Prince Adam
 * Mark Acheson as Fisto and Avion Warrior
 * Lisa Ann Beley as Teela
 * Garry Chalk as Man-At-Arms, Stingrad, Quadian and Peleezean Miner
 * Brian Dobson as Webster, Buzz Off, Sssqueeze, King Hiss and Andreenid
 * Michael Donovan as Tung Lashor and Caligar
 * Gabe Khouth as Mekaneck and Andreenid #1
 * Scott McNeil as Stratos, Kobra Khan, Ram Man and Spelean

Trivia

 * The name of the Evil Warrior 'Webstor' is misspelled as 'Webster' during the end credits.
 * Buzz-Off explains that ambrosia is not completely toxic to the Arachna (Webstor's people), because their species are genetically closer. Indeed, the colour of ambrosia and of its light when becoming toxic is yellow, but from Webstor's eggs and children is violet because no toxic. Then, the Snake Men are positively affected because they've devoured that species, but of course its effects are limited.
 * Stratos states Webstor's new ability to lay down eggs is an 'unexpected result'. This could suggest that Arachna are not asexual, neither hermaphrodite: either Webstor could be a |gynandromorph, or his species could be potentially able to reproduce by |parthenogenesis.
 * From this episode onwards, the Heroic Warriors are depicted with anti-snake men insignia on their armors: this is to match the characters' versions from the sub-toyline "Masters of the Universe vs the Snake Men".
 * The tavern owner is the same man with Unilope Shepherd in The Sweet Smell of Victory, and the merchant in Dragon's Brood and Buzz-Off's Pride.