The Beginning Part 3

 is the third episode of the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series. It originally aired on August 16, 2002.

He-Man and Skeletor duke it out for the first time, with many lives hanging in the balance.

Summary
He-Man destroys the Doomseeker with one hand and destroys the large magmatite with one punch, thus saving Teela's life. He introduces himself to the group while Evil-Lyn brings the magmatite shower down in full force.

He-man then tears a huge chunk a ground off and holds it over his head to protect the group. Seeing this frightens the enemy forces and they tell Evil-Lyn to stop the shower, after doing that He-man throws the chunk at the enemy and tells our heroes that he needs to go save the King Randor and leaves.

Mer-Man emerges from the ground on a giant, green, fish-like creature that swallows Man-At-Arms and flies off with Teela flying after them. Inside the fish Man-At-Arms is clinging to the insides to keep from going in the digestive juices. Teela attacks the fish but can't seem to actually do anything.

He-man arrives just as Skeletor is getting ready to throw King Randor over a cliff. both He-man and Skeletor introduce themselves to each other, and Battle Cat and Skeletor's feline Panthor attack each other while He-man and Skeletor duke it out, then Skeletor decides to retreat. Meanwhile back home they all talk about how He-Man. Meanwhile Skeletor plans to get rid of He-Man and take over Eternia.

Moral
None.

Heroic Warriors

 * Cringer
 * Battle Cat
 * He-Man
 * King Randor
 * Prince Adam
 * Man-At-Arms
 * Man-E-Faces
 * Mekaneck
 * Orko
 * Ram Man
 * Stratos
 * Teela

Allies

 * Queen Marlena
 * Sorceress

Evil Warriors

 * Beastman
 * Clawful
 * Evil-Lyn
 * Skeletor
 * Merman
 * Panthor
 * Trap Jaw
 * Tri-Klops
 * Whiplash

Vehicles

 * Disk Rider

Creatures

 * Zoar

Locations

 * Castle Grayskull
 * Eternos
 * Sea of Rakash
 * Snake Mountain

Technology

 * Doomseeker
 * Nitro Gas Grenade

Artifacts

 * Coridite Crystal

Cast

 * Cam Clarke as Prince Adam/He-Man
 * Kathleen Baar as Evil-Lyn
 * Lisa Ann Beley as Teela
 * Garry Chalk as Man-At-Arms and Whiplash
 * Brian Dobson as Skeletor
 * Paul Dobson as Tri-Klops, Trap Jaw and Man-E-Faces
 * Michael Donovan as King Randor
 * Gabe Khouth as Orko and Mekaneck
 * Scott McNeil as Stratos, Merman, Ram Man, Clawful and Beastman
 * Nicole Oliver as Queen Marlena and The Sorceress

Trivia

 * This episode received an entry in Masters of the Universe Encyclopedia: Season One - Issue 1.