The animation of the Shadow Beasts charging into battle was first used in Prince Adam No More (1983).
The Talgoth will be seen again as a prisoner on Beast Island in The Prisoners of Beast Island (1985).
The animation of He-Man using his mighty lungs to blow something away was first seen in The Once and Future Duke (1983) and will be used again in Betrayal of Stratos (1984), A Trip to Morainia (1985), Just a Little Lie (1984), The Greatest Show on Eternia (1984) and Happy Birthday Roboto (1985).
The low-angle shot of the Sorceress on her throne at Castle Grayskull was first seen in Masks of Power (1983).
Script was approved March 29, 1984 and final script revision took place on April 10, 1984.