The script originally indicated that Spiker would be thrown from the Land Shark and get stuck in a tree.
In this episode, the villain "Melbrag" is a gambler. The name "Melbrag" is simply the word "Gambler" with the letters mixed up and rearranged.
During his transformation sequence, Adam/He-Man stands before the same cavern background seen in Of Shadows and Skulls (1985) during the transformation of Adora/She-Ra.
The animation of He-Man lifting and throwing was first seen in The Taking of Grayskull (1983) and is also used in Return of the Gryphon (1983); Quest for the Sword (1983) and a reanimated version in Fisto's Forest (1984).