It probably should n’t take aback anyone to realize that any enfranchisement whose chief character was named “ He - Man ” was , in fact , kind of derisory . But somehow the Masters of the Universe toys , animated cartoon and movie pull off to surpass all first moment of weirdness . Here are a dozen bizarre He - facts that you ’ve probably forgotten ( or pent-up ) .
1 ) He - Man Is Actually Half - Human .
While Prince Adam ’s papa King Randor is an Eternian bear and breed , his mother Marlena is in reality from Earth . Marlena Glenn was a NASA astronaut on a one - mortal missionary work to Europa , when her shuttle was knock off course and somehow land on Eternia . She was found by King Randor , married him , and eventually yield nascence to Prince Adam . Interestingly , the first time she was mentioned as being from Earth was in the original DC Masters of the Universe comedian , so that He - Man would have a grounds to recognize guest - star Superman — apparently Marlena told her son of the Man of Steel ’s exploits when he was a Thomas Kid .
2 ) Skeletor Is He - Man ’s uncle .
Only suggest at in the original Masters of the Universe miniskirt - funnies , this rather major divine revelation became canyon in the 2002 He - Man sketch . Skeletor was King Randor ’s brother , who wanted the can for himself and turned to dark trick to seize it . In the 2002 cartoon , Keldor attempt to throw Zen on his brother ’s side , but Randor deflected it back on to him , give Keldor his visible skull . Keldor only survived the injury with Hordak ’s avail , after promise to serve the evil conqueror .
3 ) Skeletor Is Legimiately Blue .
Did you bonk that other than his armour and kicking , Skeletor is just as au naturel as He - Man ? It ’s true , and that means yes , his flesh is an odd light - blue coloration . concord to the 2002 cartoon and Masters of the Universe classic toyline , Keldor is somehow a Gar , an ancient blue - skinned subspecies that assassinated the original King Grayskull and have been vituperate ever since . Why Keldor is a Gar and his sidekick Randor and father are Space - Caucasian or whatever they ’re suppose to be is unknown . In fact , according to the most late MotU story , Keldor was Randor ’s older chum , but was passed over by his father for the potty because of the color of his tegument . That ’s racist !
4 ) He - Man ’s Pal Teela Is More Important Than He - Man .
He - Man was of class the most hefty humans in the universe , but arguably the Sorceress — the mortal creditworthy for giving Prince Adam the Sword of Power and protecting the secrets of Castle Grayskull — is even more significant , given that He - Man would n’t be without her . And the Sorceress ’ successor is none other than her girl , Prince Adam ’s distaff friend Teela ( one of two distaff MotU natural process figures ) . She has a variety of origins based on the various cartoons and comics , but whether she ’s a daughter by birth or a wizardly clone , she ’s still next in wrinkle to be Sorceress . Sometimes the graphic symbol human being - at - arm is her real father , sometimes her take on founder ; in the 2002 cartoon her dad may have been the character laughably named Fisto . In the most recent toyline canyon , the Sorceress is eventually killed by King Hiss of the Snake - Men and Teela becomes the Sorceress for tangible .
5 ) He - Man Was A Notorious Cheapskate .
Filmation Studios made both the He - Man and She - Ra cartoons , which were infamous for using and re - using ( and re - using even more ) the same few alive successiveness over and over again . But the practiced indication of their bargain rate may be this : in the original animated cartoon Book for Masters of the Universe , the small , float , idiotic wizard - jester Orko was named Gorpo . He was going to have a big “ G ” on the front of his tunic and everything . Filmation rename the case Orko purely so he would have a heavy - ass “ group O ” on his breast or else — which meant the animators could toss his animation over without it looking backward , effectively give them doubly as much footage .
6 ) He - Man Never Hurt Anybody .
I ’m 100 % serious , at least in the cartoon . you may watch all 130 sequence and not once will He - Man ever truly harm any live puppet — he wo n’t use his blade for anything other than cutting obstacles or block various lasers ; he wo n’t even plug another living creature ( punching robot is ok , though ) . If He - Man did need to hire in a strong-arm face-off with another sentient being , he would needs grab them and then throw them somewhere , like in a barrelful , a pool of clay , water , etc . Given that He - Man was one of the first cartoons found on miniature , and was under impenetrable examination by the FCC and parents likewise , Filmation wanted to verify it had as little objectionable content as possible . That ’s also why the show had the morals stuck on at the destruction .
7 ) She - Ra ’s Sword Was Absurd .
The Gemini of He - Man ’s Sword of Power , She - Ra ’s Sword of Protection permit Adora to translate into the mighty warrioress when she hold it aloft and yelled “ For the honour of Grayskull ! ” It was also a ridiculous deus ex machina because , unlike He - Man ’s steel , it could transform into moderately much anything . A rope , a throw stick , a magnet — hell , it even turn into a duo of handcuffs in one episode . But the most ludicrous thing it ever turned into ? An chalk manufacturing business . Yes , if She - Ra ever stay in a cheap motel , she could keep her beverages cool .
- Nobody Loves Stinkor .
Stinkor was one of the very few miniature that never made it into the He - Man or She - Ra sketch . This was intentional , as Filmation , the animation studio responsible for making the show , mean the character was too silent to apply ( kick in that Orko was a master type , this is really saying something ) . For the record , the Stinkor figure ’s awesome stink was created by adding patchouly oil into the plastic as it was molded ; many Stinkor shape still sense terrible to this twenty-four hour period .
9 ) He - Man Gave Some Major Nerd Celebrities Their Start .
Bruce Timm and Paul Dini are best known for Colorado - creating the amazing DC Animated Universe with their Batman , Superman and Justice League cartoons , but one of their first fishgig was at Filmation . Timm was a background artist and layout designer for the cartoon , while Dini wrote scripts . In fact , Timm made his comic book debut with the mini - comics include with the He - Man natural action figures . Another name you might have it away ? J. Michael Straczynski , who sent Filmation a He - Man specification book out of nowhere and got engage as a story editor program for He - Man and the She - Ra cartoons .
10 ) He - Man Defeated Spider - Man .
One of the ’ fourscore fine purveyors of schlock film , Cannon Films earlier had the right field to make a lively - action Spider - Man cinema , but decide to use their funds to make the Masters of the Universe film and Superman IV : The Quest for Peace instead . The Leslie Townes Hope was the two film would be successful enough to make a Spidey movie with a much large budget . Both of these hope were dash quite emphatically .
11 ) He - Man Had His Own Bat - Signal .
The Widgets , a very Hobbit - corresponding race of petite people in Eternia , were incessantly being threatened — enough so that they devised a He - Man signal to call him when necessary . This flare made a giant interlingual rendition of He - Man ’s thorax symbol appear in the airwave — which seems somewhat unobjectionable until you remember He - Man ’s symbol is an iron hybrid , the military decoration used principally by the German Army of the 19th and 20th one C , include the Nazis . Not shockingly , when a rebooted He - Man cartoon premiered in 2002 , He - Man ’s crisscross was modify to a less perturbing “ H ” symbolisation .
12 ) The Masters of the Universe Movie Sequel Would Have Been the sorry .
Before Cannon Films lead out of business , they planned to make a Masters of the Universe 2 with surfer Laird John Hamilton as He - Man , since Dolph Lundgren hat the first movie and refused to reprise the role . This movie would have been terrible on several levels , mostly because He - Man would be back on globe , disguised as a pro quarterback , while Skeletor would also be on earth , masquerading as an malign CEO ( sigh ) named Aaron Dark . How amazingly atrocious does that voice ?
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