Rise of the Snake Men, Part 1

 is the 30th episode of the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series. It originally aired on November 8, 2003.

Summary
Evil-Lyn, Rattlor, and Kobra Khan steal Zodak's staff. He-Man gets new snake armor. Evil-Lyn betrays Skeletor by helping Rattlor and Kobra Khan free King Hiss and his Snake Men from the void. The Snake Men turn the other Evil Warriors to stone, summon a giant snake to devour Skeletor, and reclaim Snake Mountain, which grows two more snake heads.

Moral
None, there is a preview for the next episode instead.

Heroic Warriors

 * Battle Cat
 * Cringer
 * He-Man
 * Prince Adam
 * Man-At-Arms
 * Mekaneck
 * Teela
 * Stratos

Allies

 * Council of Elders (mentioned)
 * Sorceress
 * Zeelahr (appears during flashback)
 * Zodak

Evil Warriors

 * Beastman
 * Clawful
 * Evil Lyn
 * Merman
 * Skeletor
 * Stinkor
 * Triklops
 * Whiplash

Snakemen

 * King Hiss
 * Kobra Khan
 * Rattlor
 * Snake Face
 * Snake Men
 * Sssqueeze
 * Tung Lashor

Locations

 * Castle Grayskull
 * Eternos
 * Mystic Mountains
 * Snake Mountain
 * Zodak's Mountain

Vehicles

 * Battle Hawk
 * Sky-Sled
 * Terrordactyl

Technology

 * Doomseeker

Creatures

 * Griffin

Cast

 * Cam Clarke as He-Man/Prince Adam
 * Kathleen Barr as Evil-Lyn
 * Lisa Ann Beley as Teela
 * Garry Chalk as Man-At-Arms and Whiplash
 * Brian Dobson as Skeletor, King Hiss and Buzz Off
 * Paul Dobson as Tri-Klops
 * Michael Donovan as Roboto and Tung Lashor
 * Brian Drummond as Stinkor
 * Chris Judge as Zodak and Zeelahr
 * Gabe Khouth as Mekaneck
 * Scott McNeil as Ram Man, Kobra Khan, Beastman, Clawful and Merman
 * Richard Newman as Rattlor
 * Nicole Oliver as Sorceress

Trivia

 * The end credits cast list states that Brian Dobson voices Buzz-Off and Scott McNeil voices Ram Man in this episode, but these characters never appear. Stratos (voiced by McNeil) has various lines, but is not listed in the cast list.