Search for the Past

Search for the Past is the 98th episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, based on a story by Misty Stewart, adapted for television by Stewart and Larry DiTillio, and directed by Ernie Schmidt. King Randor picks up the trail of his long-lost father, King Miro, but Miro's old enemy the Enchantress nearly makes them both her prisoners.

Moral
Orko: "Well, you know what I liked best in today's story? Well, there were three things. The first was when the evil Enchantress found out you can't do bad things without being punished for them. The second thing was when King Randor found his father. But what I liked best of all was Adam and his grandfather getting together. You know, grandfathers and grandmothers are very special people and they give their grandchildren a very special kind of love. So if you're lucky enough to have a grandmother or a grandfather, or maybe even both, well, you're really specially lucky!"

Heroic Warriors

 * Prince Adam
 * Battle Cat
 * Cringer
 * He-Man
 * Man-At-Arms
 * Orko

Allies

 * King Miro
 * King Randor
 * Queen Marlena

Villains

 * Drude
 * Enchantress
 * Lurker

Cast

 * John Erwin as He-Man/Prince Adam and Salesman
 * Alan Oppenheimer as Man-At-Arms, Battle Cat/Cringer and Drude
 * Linda Gary as the enchantress and Queen Marlena
 * Lou Scheimer (credited as Erik Gunden) as Orko, King Randor and King Miro

Behind the Scenes

 * It was previously hinted in "The Rainbow Warrior" that Queen Marlena knows Adam is He-Man. It is hinted again in this episode when, worried about Man-At-Arms and her husband, she asks Adam to go after them.
 * King Miro later re-appears in She-Ra: Princess of Power, in the episode "King Miro's Journey."
 * Character artist Charles Zembillas designed The Bibbit characters for this story, but they went unused until the She-Ra: Princess of Power episodes The Bibbet Story and Swifty's Baby.
 * This story was released on VHS in the UK together with Revenge is Never Sweet and One for All.

Continuity

 * The interior backgrounds of Castle Fear were used earlier as those of Spydra's castle in "The Return of Orko's Uncle" and will be seen again inside Castle Landros in Bargain with Evil.
 * The animation of He-Man leaping and grabbing onto a ledge will be used again in Visitors from Earth.