He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Difference between revisions

{{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]]}}

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 Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' (also of note: Haim Saban and Shuki Levi were involved in the original production of the show as well, also going on to make [[Power Rangers|a surprisingly long-lived children's franchise]]). The franchise became so well known that the stockbroker protagonist of Tom Wolfe's novel ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' identified himself as "a master of the universe" (the character's daughter owned some of the figures) because of the power he held.