Return to the Fright Zone is the tenth episode of Season Five and forty-ninth episode overall of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
It was released on Netflix with the rest of the fifth season on May 15, 2020.
Synopsis []
The Princesses search for Scorpia while Glimmer and Bow attempt to find George and Lance.
Plot []
Inside the rebel base, Adora leads a planning session on how to stop the chipped Princesses. Netossa reveals everyone's weaknesses in an effort to do that. They lost track of Spinnerella but have found out that Scorpia has returned to the Fright Zone. Catra points out the best way to save their friends is to first damage the chip. Adora makes a plan to sneak into Scorpia's home. Glimmer and Bow agree to check up on his dads as Bow is really worried about them. Netossa, Perfuma, Adora, Catra sneak into the Fright Zone, cloaked by Melog. Perfuma walks in calling out to Scorpia, forgetting what stealth means. This gets Scorpia's attention and she attacks her friends. Catra gets separated from the group and Mermista attacks her. Then, Spinnerella joins Scorpia and attacks.
Glimmer and Bow teleport to the Library, which is trashed and abandoned. Glimmer finds a note left by Lance and George telling Bow where they went to hide. Glimmer transports herself and Bow to the ruins where they are hiding.
As the Princesses fight in the Fright Zone, Scorpia forces Adora and Perfuma into Hordak's throne room, which Prime has taken over and remade in his image. Scorpia binds the two Princesses while Prime explains that he had to come and see Etheria for himself. He reveals that he no longer needs She-Ra to activate the Heart of Etheria; building upon Hordak's research and his personal knowledge of the First Ones he said that he could access the Heart on his own.
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Within some First Ones ruins, George and Lance have discovered writings about an ancient rebellion against the First Ones, the Friends of Mara. They found a recording left by Serenia, one of Mara's fellow rebels, that explains about the fail-safe for the Heart of Etheria, that could destroy the Heart. The failsafe is at the Arxia outpost. While learning this Catra called Bow on a communications pad from within the Fright Zone as she was being drowned by Mermista. Upon hearing this, Glimmer teleports to the Fright Zone. Horde Prime orders Scorpia to end Adora and Perfuma, and she powers up her lightning and devastates the platform that Adora and Perfuma were on. But that only releases the Princesses and angers Prime.
| “ | It's hard keeping your heart open; it makes you vulnerable, but it doesn't make you weak, and I have to believe that it's worth it.
— Perfuma
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On the roof, Netossa breaks Spinnerella's ankle and damages her chip, rendering her unconscious. Glimmer teleports to Netossa's location and brings the pair back to their base, joining Catra and the rest. While Adora and Glimmer comfort Netossa, Catra and Perfuma bond while talking about their mutual friend, Scorpia. Bow and Glimmer tell the crew about the failsafe, and Shadow Weaver and Castaspella reveal that Arxia is Mystacor.
Characters []
- Adora
- Bow
- Catra
- Entrapta
- George and Lance
- Glimmer
- Horde Prime
- Melog
- Mermista
- Netossa
- Perfuma
- Spinnerella
- Scorpia
Organizations []
Technology[]
Locations []
- The Fright Zone
- The Library
- Rebel Base
- Whispering Woods
Transcript[]
See: Return to the Fright Zone/Transcript
Gallery[]
See: Return to the Fright Zone/Gallery
Trivia[]
- In this episode it is revealed that that Grayskull was the name of Mara's Rebel Squadron, fighting the First Ones to save Etheria.
- We learn that Serenia was a real person, one of Mara's Rebel Squadron collaborators.
- The recording played in the ruins of the Crystal Castle of one of the members of Rebel Squadron Grayskull (Serenia, credited in the captions) was voiced by ND Stevenson.
- In this episode, Netossa lists what she has observed to be the weaknesses of many of the Rebel Alliance members: Spinnerella's is her previously twisted ankle, Entrapta's is technology, Mermista and Frosta's is fire, Adora's is her inability to act to save her life and her envy of She-Ra's hair, Glimmer's is crippling self-doubt and overwhelming hubris, Perfuma's is fire and her "inability to unleash her full power due to her overwhelming fear of hurting the people she cares about", Bow's is his bow being damaged, and Catra's is her feline nature being exploited.
- The fact that Netossa brings Entrapta's weakness is technology is a throwback to the episode "Launch", where she explains to the other princesses that she is not good with people, but good at technology after being called out for what she did to them and their kingdoms while she was with the Horde.
| She-Ra and the Princesses of Power's episodes | ||
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| Season One | The Sword Part 1 • The Sword Part 2 • Razz • Flowers for She-Ra • The Sea Gate • System Failure • In the Shadows of Mystacor • Princess Prom • No Princess Left Behind • The Beacon • Promise • Light Hope • The Battle of Bright Moon | |
| Season Two | The Frozen Forest • Ties That Bind • Signals • Roll With It • White Out • Light Spinner • Reunion | |
| Season Three | The Price of Power • Huntara • Once Upon a Time in the Waste • Moment of Truth • Remember • The Portal | |
| Season Four | The Coronation • The Valley of the Lost • Flutterina • Pulse • Protocol • Princess Scorpia • Mer-Mysteries • Boys' Night Out • Hero • Fractures • Beast Island • Destiny Part 1 • Destiny Part 2 | |
| Season Five | Horde Prime • Launch • Corridors • Stranded • Save the Cat • Taking Control • Perils of Peekablue • Shot in the Dark • An Ill Wind • Return to the Fright Zone • Failsafe • Heart Part 1 • Heart Part 2 | |