Meanwhile...

Meanwhile... is the fifth episode of the second season of the animated television series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and the fifteenth episode overall. It was released on March 3, 2022.

Synopsis
''While celebrating his birthday, Skeletor disappears into cosmic lockdown with Duncan. Trap Jaw and Beast Man take charge in Skeletor's sudden absence''.

Plot
In Eternos, Skeletor is sitting on the throne as the people line up by force to give him presents for his birthday. When one of them talks back, he blasts him with his Havoc Staff. An impatient Skeletor when he is going to get his own battle cat. Trap Jaw instead gives him Painthor, which is a bike that pulls more cat power at 12,000 RPM, as opposed to He-Man's tiger. Beast Man gives Skeletor an ancient role that belonged to Evelynn, and when he rubs it, Skeletor is engulf by a blue orb and dissapears from the palace.

While Cringer and Adam are off to help Teela, Duncan remains behind to try and get Eldress back. He plugs in the sigil piece to the Eldress orb of the castle, and it begins to be fused with with proto-havoc green energy. The aforementioned energy then turns pink, and as it turns out, Duncan accidentally transported Skeletor to the castle. The two fight for a bit, until Skeletor blasts Man-At-Arms and tries to find out where He-Man and the rest of the Masters of the Universe have been hiding. Unfortunately, it turns out that the two of them are stuck in some kind of cosmic lockdown. Skeletor orders Man-At-Arms to get them out of their current predicament, to which Man-At-Arms says he can't do that if he is turned into a statue.

Meanwhile, with Skeletor gone, Trap Jaw and Beast Man fight for who will be in charge.

Elsewhere, Skeletor tries to steal the sigil piece from the circuit board, but is zapped by the current. Inadvedently, Duncan tells Skeletor that they have been in Avion this whole time, but then wonders how Skeletor got stuck with him in the first place. Skeletor shows him Evelynn's ancient rock, and Duncan quickly goes on a research quest to find out what this object is. Eventually, Duncan finds out that it is a wish stone, whose power is to grant a single wish of whatever your heart desires. Skeletor mentions that the only thing he really desired was a battle cat, but instead is stuck with Duncan. Duncan continues reading his findings and explains that very little is known about wish stones because the magic used to enchant them is an ancient trollan secret. The two end up working together to get a book that talks more about wish stones, but once Duncan states that he will use the wish stone to wish them out of the cosmic lockdown, Skeletor grabs the stone and throws it out. Then going onto say that Duncan would have simply just used the stone to wish him out of existence, and he wasn't about to take that chance.

Back in Eternos, Trap Jaw and Beast are still duking it out when Tri-Klops using King Randor comes in spewing how Skeletor is kind. Trap Jaw punishes his creation by sending him away, and Randor then demands to speak to his brother. They explain that Skeletor is gone, but that they will be ruling Eternos until further notice. Then, two brainwashed royal guards explain that they have just received a report from the badlands of a humongous dragonfly that's eating up everything it can.

As for Duncan, he activates one of the drones, and has it go in search of the wish stone. Skeletor then asks Duncan why he didn't just transform into Man-At Arms. To which Duncan explains, that just because he has the power Grayskull, doesn't mean he always needs to use it. As there different tools for different jobs. He then asks Keldor if he never powers back down into Keldor. Skeletor then explains that Keldor is gone, and he is never comign back. As it turns out, Duncan has no idea what a birthday is, as he grew up in an orphanage. In looking for the bathroom, Skeletor finds the painting the shows the Masters of the Universe and the Dark Masters, and realizes that Krass doesn't appear to have a nemesis of her own.

Eventually, Duncan manages to convince Skeletor to let him use the wish stone to get them out of the cosmic lockdown. Surprisingly, Skeletor agrees. Not long after Adam, Cringer, and an upset Teela arrive. Duncan then explains how he used the wish stone to wish for family, and then they showed up.

Randor tries to reclaim his kingdom while Trap Jaw and Beast continue to quarrel, but in that moment, Skeletor arrives sitting atop the throne. Skeletor then orders for his brother to be locked up, and then tells Trap Jack to make sure his Painthor can fly, as they will be going to Avion, since without Eldress' protection, Grayskull's sigil piece is ripe for the taking.

Elsewhere, the wish stone is floating aimlessly until a mysterious golden spectral hand grabs it.

Characters

 * Masters of the Universe
 * Adam/He-Man
 * Cringer/Battle Cat
 * Teela/The Sorceress
 * Duncan/Man-At-Arms
 * Krass/Ram Ma'am (mentioned)


 * Allies
 * Ork-O (mentioned)
 * Eldress
 * Man-E-Faces (mentioned)


 * Avionians
 * Stratos (mentioned)


 * Royal Palace
 * King Randor
 * Tuvar
 * Baddrah


 * Dark Masters
 * Skeletor
 * Kronis/Trap Jaw
 * R'Qazz/Beast Man
 * Evelyn/Evil-Lyn (mentioned)
 * Panthor (Indirectly Mentioned)

Locations

 * Avion
 * Castle Grayskull
 * Eternos

Objects

 * Vehicles
 * Sky-Sleds
 * Wind Raider
 * Painthor


 * Artifacts
 * Sword of Grayskull
 * Havoc Staff
 * Sigil of Hiss


 * Technology
 * Tri-Klops

Other

 * Fauna
 * Trollans (mentioned)

Cast

 * Antony Del Rio - Duncan/Man-At-Arms
 * David Kaye - Cringer/Battle Cat
 * Yuri Lowenthal - Adam/He-Man, Tuvar
 * Roger Craig Smith - Kronis/Trap Jaw
 * Fred Tatasciore - King Randor, Baddrah