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{{quote|''"I am Adam, Prince of Eternia, and defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull. This is Cringer, my 'fearless' friend. [[Have a Gay Old Time|Fabulous]] secret powers were revealed to me, the day I [[Stab the Sky|held aloft my magic sword]] and said, '[[By the Power of Grayskull]]!' '''I have the power!'''''"
|From the original series' [[Opening Narration]]}}
This [[Animated Series]] changed the face of children's television when it debuted in 1983. [[Filmation]] produced the show for daily syndication in conjunction with a pre-existing line of Mattel toys and action figures. Its huge success led to dozens of others [[Merchandise-Driven]] cartoons in [[The Eighties]]. It is now being rerun on [[Qubo]] late at night and on RTV on Saturday mornings.
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The title, ''Masters of the Universe'', referred to a mystical power hidden under Castle Greyskull. Chosen by the Sorceress of Greyskull to be its guardian, He-Man's strength came from there, channeled through his sword. Skeletor possessed a companion sword which, when combined with He-Man's, would open the secrets of Greyskull.
An amusing bit of apocrypha states that the franchise was originally intended to be based on the film ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'', but a new plotline and characters were written when marketers realized the folly of basing children's merchandise on a very violent film that most children had not seen. Of note is that [[Paul Dini]] was a member of the writing staff (as was [[J. Michael Straczynski]]), and [[Bruce Timm]] did layouts; both would later go on to be main figures in ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' and ''[[Batman: The
The show left syndication and was shown on the [[USA Network]], which back then was known for being the "used car" network for rerun lots of rerun shows.
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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Evil-Lyn and Keldor seemed to have a relationship going {{spoiler|before Keldor became Skeletor}}.
* [[All Planets Are Earthlike]]: Eternia, of course.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Ancient Snakemen think lowly of their modern descendants, except for King Hss, he loves all his children.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: In the original series, Evil-Lyn was an astronaut from Earth named Evelyn. This is only mentioned in the series' bible.
* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: In the 2002 series, Fisto to Man-At-Arms.
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* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: In the 2002 series, characters routinely stand near lava or dangle over it without suffering any ill effect.
* [[Cool Sword]]
* [[Covered in Mud]]: He-Man frequently threw his opponents into conveniently-placed mudholes or bodies of water. A soft landing, to be sure, but not very dignified. Sister superhero [[She-Ra: Princess of Power|She-Ra]] did it too.
* [[Cowardly Sidekick]]: Cringer
* [[Crossover]]: With [[Superman]], twice in fact (though this was the comics version of He-Man). The first featured the origin of Superman's weakness to magic.
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* [[Go Mad from the Revelation]]: Upon seeing that his handsome face has been reduced to nothing but a skull floating above his shoulders, Keldor/Skeletor cackles madly.
* [[Grand Romantic Gesture]]: Orko does this in the episode "The Bitter Rose" using the [[Flower From the Mountaintop]] method.
* [[Great Wall]]: In the backstory of the 2002 reboot, after Keldor (aka Skeletor) failed in his first insurrection, the Elders erected the Mystic Wall at the border of the Dark and Light Hemispheres, in effect making the entire Dark Hemisphere a prison for Skeletor and his minions. Presumably, this wall had some sort of magical ward that prevented them from climbing or flying over it or burrowing under. They would eventually break free after two decades, having spent that time gathering Corodite crystals to craft a weapon capable of breaking through it.
* [["Growing Muscles" Sequence]]: Averted in the first cartoon because in order to cut animation costs, Adam is already as buff as He-Man, [[Clark Kenting|his lighter skin and clothes being the only differences between the two]]. Played straight in some episodes of the 2002 series, until He-Man gets his armour.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Adam's mother, Queen Marlena, is actually an astronaut from Earth.
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** Skeletor's [[Bifurcated Weapon]]. The original He-Man and Skeletor toys each had a sword designed to join together to form a single powerful one.
* [[Name's the Same]]: Fisto's toy even had to be called "Battle Fist" to avoid confusion with ''[[Star Wars]]''' Kit Fisto, despite being created like 20 years earlier.
** Also, [[Beavis and
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Skeletor, of course. Oddly, this could apply to both sides. Who would really want to hand around people named Ram-Man, Fisto, or Buzz-Off? The Classics line tries to make this all less silly by giving most of the characters real names and establishing their more familiar monikers as simple aliases.
* [[Never Be a Hero]]
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* [[Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond]]: Inverted for Orco, who was an archmage in his home dimension. Too bad magic works differently in He-Man's.
* [[Notable Original Music]]: Music by the team of [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Shuki Levy and Haim Saban]]. Some of the music was recycled from ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]''. There was a BGM album released.
** The [
{{quote|''El universo ya está protegido
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* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Syclone, both literally and figuratively.
* [[Spider Tank]]: The Spydor from the original toyline.
* [[Spin-Off]]: ''[[She-Ra:
* [[Split Personality]]: Cringer/Battle-Cat
** Man-E-Faces has a human face, a robot face and a beast face, each with an accompanying personality. One episode of the 2002 series has him learning to accept the advantages of his beast personality and overcome the weakness he had with Beast Man's power over animals. In the original, the number of faces he had and their exact unique qualities was never specified.
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