Orko's Missing Magic

Orko's Missing Magic is the 45th episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, written by Larry DiTillio and Ernie Schmidt. When one of Orko's magical experiments goes awry, he loses all his magical powers, and He-Man must journey to another dimension to retrieve them.

Moral
Orko: "I was really unhappy when I lost my magic. I was afraid that people wouldn't like me anymore because I couldn't make them laugh or give them magic presents. And then Adam told me something:" Prince Adam: "You don't have to amuse people or give them gifts to be loved. You're a special person, Orko." Orko: "And you know what? You're special! And you don't have to buy presents or be a clown to make people like you. That way you'll know that the friends you make are real friends. That they like you for yourself."

Heroic Warriors

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

Allies

 * Tik Tok
 * Queen Marlena
 * King Randor
 * Royal Guards

Villains

 * Zalt
 * Giant Guard

Creatures

 * Gronk
 * Squink

Locations

 * Eternia
 * Castle Grayskull
 * Eternos - Royal Palace
 * Omiros
 * Castle Ackle

Cast

 * John Erwin as He-Man/Prince Adam, Tik and Zalt
 * Alan Oppenheimer as Man-At-Arms, Battle Cat/Cringer and Tok
 * Linda Gary as Teela, the Sorceress and Queen Marlena
 * Lou Scheimer (credited as Erik Gunden) as Orko, King Randor and Giant

Behind the Scenes

 * Script was approved May 4, 1983 and final script revision took place June 27, 1983.

Continuity

 * The design for the blue creature persued by Gronk would be reused as Pooki in Into the Abyss.
 * The Gronk would be seen again as an Omiran in Mistaken Identity.
 * The animated sequence of the Sorceress creating a portal would be used again in the She-Ra: Princess of Power episode Loo-Kee Lends a Hand.
 * The lightning that Zalt inadvertently summons is reused from He-Man's transformation sequence.
 * The animation model for one of Zalt's Mechacats was considered to be used as the Growler in The Huntsman before it was decided it should look like a mechanical dog.
 * The character models of both Tik Tok and Zalt can be seen as part of the Keeper's menagerie in The Heart of a Giant.

The He-Man and She-Ra Blog

 * A brief review #045 - "Orko's Missing Magic"
 * Omiros.
 * Castle Ackle.