Just how many times can She-Ra fight Hordak in the same way?

Filmation

Usually in an episode of He-Man and She-Ra, a great scene would be an actual physical battle between the leaders of the two opposing forces, He-Man battling Skeletor as seen in the episode "The Arena" and She-Ra fighting Hordak from "A Loss for Words." Unfortunately, while the battle in "A Loss for Words" was wonderful to watch, the scene became a stock footage battle, which meant that it's originality soon wore off. The battle would be slightly repeated in "Brigis," and almost reproduced in "The Caregiver." Strangely enough, in "The Caregiver," some of the animation was completely new, even though the battle was exactly the same, meaning that they didn't refer to the already existing stock sequence. Hordak lost on all three of these occasions, and each time his transformation into a tank was his downfall!

Round 1
PP17 - A Loss for Words

Hordak poses impressively and begins his transformation into a spinning top.

Now as the spinning top he makes his way towards She-Ra.

She-Ra grabs one of Hordak's four arms,

which causes Hordak's actual body to spin; and just for safe measure, She-Ra pushes him downward into the ground.

Hordak still hasn't had enough and transforms into a spider-like form to escape the hole in the ground.

Now transformed into a tank he makes his way towards She-Ra,

who leaps over him, picks him up and throws him into the ceiling.

Now Hordak is stuck on the ceiling. The winner of Round 1 appears to be She-Ra!

Round 2
PP76 - Brigis

Season two is well under way, and Hordak knows that he needs to battle She-Ra in order to get at least one good action scene in this episode.

Skipping the spinning top and spider-like forms, he opts straight for the tank mode.

Now transformed into a tank he makes his way towards She-Ra,

who again leaps over him, picks him up and throws him skyward,

but there's no ceiling this time. The winner of Round 2 appears to be She-Ra!

Round 3
PP77 - The Caregiver

Hordak knows that last time was a mistake; missing the transformation into the spinning top is not a good idea.

Now as the spinning top he once again makes his way towards She-Ra.

But She-Ra remembers this fight from before and grabs one of Hordak's four arms,

which causes Hordak's actual body to spin; and just for safe measure, She-Ra pushes him downward into the ground.

Hordak still hasn't had enough and transforms into a spider-like form to escape the hole in the ground. This is the point in the fight where the viewer tends to get a strong sense of deja vú!

Now transformed into a tank he makes his way towards She-Ra,

who leaps over him yet again, picks him up and throws him into the ceiling.

And just like before Hordak is stuck on the ceiling. The winner of the third and final round appears to be She-Ra!