He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985) (TV)

Directors:

Bill Reed
Ernie Schmidt

Writers:

Don Heckman (written by) &
Bob Forward (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

He-Man and She-Ra join together to stop Horde Prime from ruining Christmas for some Earth children stranded on Eternia.

Plot Keywords:

She Ra | Christmas | Sword | Transforming Robot | Sword And Sorcery

Cast

John Erwin	...	He-Man / Prince Adam / Cutter / Webstor (voice)
Alan Oppenheimer	...	Skeletor / Man-At-Arms / Zipper (voice)
Linda Gary	...	Teela / Queen Marlena (voice)
Lana Beeson	...	Alicia (voice)
Melendy Britt	...	She-Ra / Princess Adora / Mermista / Catra (voice)
George DiCenzo	...	Hordak / Bow (voice)
Erika Scheimer	...	Peekablue / Perfuma / Mother (voice)
R.D. Robb	...	Miguel (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lou Scheimer	...	Orko / King Randor / Swift Wind / Spikor / Two-Bad / Modulok / Kowl / Rattlor / Horde Prime / Father / Multi-Bot (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Bill Reed
Ernie Schmidt

Writing credits
Don Heckman		(written by) &
Bob Forward		(written by)

Produced by
Lou Scheimer	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Shuki Levy
Haim Saban
Lou Scheimer		(as Erika Lane)

Film Editing by
Bob Crawford
Joe Gall
Rick Gehr

Production Management
Joe Mazzuca	....	vice president in charge of production (as Joseph A. Mazzuca)
R.W. Pope	....	production manager
Joseph Simon	....	post-production supervisor (as Joe Simon)

Art Department
Bob Arkwright	....	storyboard supervisor
Bill Barry	....	storyboard artist
Victor Dal Chele	....	storyboard assistant supervisor (as Edigio Dal Chele)
Gary Goldstein	....	storyboard artist
Connie Schurr	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Bill Kean	....	sound editor
Don Kenney	....	sound editor
Jeffrey C. Patch	....	sound editor (as Jeff Patch)
Becky Bocek Reu	....	recording coordinator
Charles Rychwalski	....	sound editor (as Charlie Rychwalski)
Erika Scheimer	....	recording director

Visual Effects by
Randy Fullmer	....	special effects animator
Brett Hisey	....	animation special effects supervisor
Ashley Lupin	....	head of special effects
Mark Myer	....	special effects animator
Dardo Velez	....	animation special effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Steven P. Damiani	....	camera operator
Roncie Hantke	....	camera operator
Ron Jackson	....	camera operator (as Ronald Jackson)
Robert Jacobs	....	camera operator (as R.D. Jacobs)
Dan Larsen	....	camera operator (as Dan C. Larsen)
David J. Link	....	camera operator
Lin-Z Rogers	....	camera operator
Rick Taylor	....	camera operator
Dean G. Teves	....	camera operator
Chuck Warren	....	camera operator
Jerry Whittington	....	camera operator (as Jerry Wittington)
Steven Wilzbach	....	camera operator
F.T. Ziegler	....	camera supervisor

Animation Department
Barry Anderson	....	animator
Craig Armstrong	....	layout supervisor
Rich Arons	....	animator
Arland Barron	....	animator
Bronwen Barry	....	assistant layout artist
Carl Bell	....	animator
Barbara Benedetto	....	assistant layout artist
Joe Binggeli	....	background artist (as Joseph Binggeli)
Tim Callahan	....	background designer
Nino Carbe	....	background designer
Armando Carrillo	....	layout artist
Ruben Chavez	....	background artist
Yi-Chih Chen	....	animator
Hee Ja Cho	....	layout artist (as Hee-Ja Cho)
Won Ki Cho	....	animator
Moon Choi	....	animator (as Moon Hwan Choi)
Pat Clark	....	animator (as Patrick Clark)
Gary Conklin	....	background artist
Tom Cook	....	animator
Jenifer Costin	....	assistant layout artist
Doug Crane	....	animator
Susan Crossley	....	layout artist
James A. Davis	....	animator
Zeon Davush	....	animator
Lindsay Dawson	....	layout artist
Lou DiGerolamo	....	cel service supervisor
Larry Eikleberry	....	character designer
Lillian Evans	....	animator (as Lil Evans)
Ben Farish	....	animator
Flamarion Ferreira	....	background artist
Marcia Fertig	....	animator
Kevin Frank	....	layout artist
Rene Garcia	....	layout artist
Sergio Garcia	....	layout artist
Michael Gerard	....	animator (as Michael R. Gerard)
Jim Gomez	....	layout artist (as James Garneau)
Frank Gonzales	....	animator
Dean Gordon	....	background artist
Lennie K. Graves	....	animator
Ann Guenther	....	background artist
Julio Guerrero Leon	....	animator (as Julio Guerrero)
Jon Haber	....	layout artist
Carl Hall	....	animator
Lee Halpern	....	animator
Ed Haney	....	layout artist (as Edward Haney)
Karen Haus	....	animator
Herb Hazelton	....	character design supervisor
Mike Hazy	....	scene planning supervisor
Dale Hendrickson	....	character designer
Gary Hoffman	....	layout department supervisor (as Gary L. Hoffman)
Richard Hoffman	....	animator
John Howley	....	background design supervisor
Robert M. Kalafut	....	background artist (as Robert Kalafut)
Karenia Kaminski	....	layout artist
Ervin L. Kaplan	....	color director
Ellen Kashan	....	assistant layout artist
Diane Keener	....	character design supervisor
Glen Kennedy	....	animator (as Glen Howie Kennedy)
Pat Keppler	....	assistant layout artist (as Patricia Keppler)
Saeil Kim	....	animator
Aundre Knutson	....	animator
John Koch	....	layout artist
Jang Woo Lee	....	animator
Dori Littell-Herrick	....	key assistant animation coordinator
Istvan Majoros	....	layout artist
Tim Maloney	....	background artist
Alex Mann	....	background designer
Mircea Mantta	....	animator (as Mircea Manta)
Mauro Maressa	....	animator
Warren Marshall	....	layout artist
Leandro Martinez	....	background designer
Lorenzo Martinez	....	background design supervisor
Hal Mason	....	animator
David McBride	....	background artist
Linda McCall	....	layout artist (as Linda B. McCall)
Burt Medall	....	animator (as Burton Medall)
Dan Mills	....	layout artist
Flavia Mitman	....	ink and paint supervisor
Gale Morgan	....	layout artist
Constantin Mustatea	....	animator (as Costy Mustatea)
Dennis Neil	....	animator (as Dennis Owen Neil)
Marcus Nickerson	....	layout artist
Greg Nocon	....	layout artist
Jane Nordin	....	animator (as Jane Norden)
Armando Norte	....	background designer
Bill Nunes	....	animator
Michael O'Connor	....	animator (as Michael J. O'Connor)
Tom O'Loughlin	....	background artist
Michael O'Mara	....	layout artist
Rolando Oliva	....	background artist
Eduardo Olivares	....	animator
Lew Ott	....	character designer (as Lewis Ott)
Don Peters	....	background artist
Rocco Pirrone	....	layout artist
Doris A. Plough	....	assistant animation supervisor (as Doris Plough)
David Prince	....	animator
Letha Prince	....	mark-up supervisor
Ric Quiroz	....	character designer (as Rick Quiroz)
Virgil Raddatz	....	animator (as Virgel Raddatz)
Bev Randles	....	animation checking supervisor
William Recinos	....	layout artist
Dana M. Reemes	....	animator
John Remmel	....	xerography supervisor
Greg Reyna	....	animator (as Gregory Reyna)
Young Kyu Rhim	....	animator
Craig Robertson	....	background artist
Joe Roman	....	animator
Harry Sabin	....	character designer
Louise Sandoval	....	animator
Jim Schlenker	....	background artist (as James Schlenker)
Don Schloat	....	animator
Howard Schwartz	....	head of final checking
Don Schweikert	....	background artist
Bart Seitz	....	layout supervisor
Susan Semer	....	assistant layout artist
Tom Shannon	....	layout artist
Kunio Shimamura	....	animator
Jay Won So	....	animator (as Jay-Won So)
J. Michael Spooner	....	layout artist
Dan St. Pierre	....	background designer
Robert E. Stanton	....	background artist (as Robert Stanton)
Alex Stevens	....	background designer
Michael Toth	....	animator
Bob Tyler	....	layout artist (as Robert Tyler)
Mark Wallace	....	background designer (as Mark R. Wallace)
Curt Walstead	....	layout artist
Thomas Warkentin	....	character designer
Neal Warner	....	animator
Don Watson	....	background artist
Sherry Wheeler	....	animator (as Sheri Wheeler)
Larry White	....	animator (as Lawrence White)
Ellen Woodbury	....	animator

Editorial Department
George Mahana	....	supervising editor

Music Department
Sam Horta	....	music editor
Shuki Levy	....	conductor
Haim Saban	....	conductor
Mary Ruth Smith	....	music editor (as Mary R. Smith)

Other crew
John J. Blough	....	production assistant
June Gilham	....	film coordinator
Christie Meyer	....	film coordinator
Arthur H. Nadel	....	executive vice president: creative affairs
Donald F. Roberts	....	educational and psychological consultant
Michael P. Sowa	....	production assistant
Robin Tismeer	....	production coordinator
Pamela Vincent	....	production associate
Robert W. Wilson	....	production controller

Production Companies

• Filmation Associates
• Mattel

Distributors

• Group W Productions (1985) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Glen Glenn Sound Company  sound by (as Glen Glenn Sound)
• Shermley Music Co.  music publisher
• Mattel  characters

Also Known As:

Runtime:

51 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U | Australia:M

Company:

Filmation Associates

Quotes:

Queen Marlena:Orko's landed on Earth.
Teela:Are you saying that we'll never get Orko back?
Man-At-Arms:No Teela, My Transport-Beam might do it. The problem is, it needs a Kerrium Water-crystal to power it and there are none here on Eternia.
Princess Adora:But maybe on Etheria?
Man-At-Arms:It's possible.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Nostalgia Critic: He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (#2.54)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Christmas on Eternia

Perfect fun for 80's kids.

He-Man and She-Ra join forces to stop their respective galleries of rogues, as well as Transformer rip-off villain Horde Prime. After a convoluted way of joining our world with Eternia (not as bad as the live- action movie) a pair of Earth Children are lost over the Christmas season. If they spread the message and joy of Christmas it could ruin Horde Prime's plans. The twins bounce between heroes and villains, before ending up with Skeletor, but surely such an evil villain as he will be immune to the warmth and happiness of Christmas. It's a lot of daft fun that brings in weirdos such as the Manchines. With the mixture of fantasy fairies, sci-fi soldiers, monsters, medieval knights, and giant robots, it's certainly trying to cover all of its toy potential bases. The message really is in the right place, acknowledging that presents can be fun but are not everything, and that not everybody celebrates Christmas. It's the importance of its message that we should focus on. If you're an 80's child, you'll really want to see this.