History YMMV / SheRaPrincessOfPower

* GirlShowGhetto: Interestingly avoided; most of the male audience who watched ''He-Man'' also watched ''She-Ra''. But on the other hand girls didn't suddenly start liking ''She-Ra'' just because the main character was a girl. The toy line, however, didn't fare as well (see below).

* HilariousInHindsight: In "A Talent for Trouble", after Hordak is defeated (again), he shouts "I hate that woman!". This was long before [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog a certain "doctor"]] would frequently say something similar about a certain [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog hedgehog]]...

** In the Brazilian dub, Júlio Chaves voices Bow, an archer who is fond of trick arrows. Much later, Chaves worked in the dubbing of the ''Unlimited'' portion of the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon. Guess [[Comicbook/GreenArrow which character]] he voiced...
* HoYay: Bow and Adam, every time they're together, but ''especially'' in the FiveEpisodePilot. Of course, all things considered, this should come as a surprise to no-one...

* HoYay: Bow and Adam, every time they're together, but ''especially'' in the FiveEpisodePilot. Of course, all things considered, this should come as a surprise to no-one...

* MisaimedMarketing: Toys were advertised more like Franchise/{{Barbie}} than for a warrior heroine.

** Fans like to think there's something beyond friendship between Netossa and Spinnerella, or that Glimmer's admiration of Adora/She-Ra has elements of EvenTheGirlsWantHer.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Like most products of that time, quite a few of the messages have been less than subtle... On the plus side this meant that [[NotSoHarmlessVillain the Horde could be successfully menacing at times and there would be stuff genuinely at stake in-story]] in order to illustrate the message. For example the Horde once burned a lot of books which is a pretty clear message against illiteracy and the censorship of dictatorships.

* LesYay: Fans like to think there's something beyond friendship between Netossa and Spinnerella, or that Glimmer's admiration of Adora/She-Ra has elements of EvenTheGirlsWantHer.

** There's also the way they ride a horse together... with their hips a little too close for comfort. Then again, Adam also rides a horse this way [[IncestSubtext with his sister]].

** The backgrounds were lavishly painted as well, even if the animation going on wasn't too complex.

* NightmareFuel: Horde Prime

** Even more so when one considers that Robby London, who worked on this as well as ''He-Man'', would later serve as producer on Sonic SatAM- which explains the numerous plot similarities between both shows.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Like most products of that time, quite a few of the messages have been less than subtle... On the plus side this meant that the Horde could be successfully menacing at times and there would be stuff genuinely at stake in-story in order to illustrate the message. For example the Horde once burned a lot of books which is a pretty clear message against illiteracy and the censorship of dictatorships.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY:
** Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es meet SpaceOpera.
** Given the nature of the setting, He-Man meets ''Franchise/StarWars''.

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* HarsherInHindsight: In retrospect the Horde occupation of Etheria and the rebellion fighting them seem unfortunately similar to [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine the Cardassian occupation of Bajor]], only with less bloodshed and terrorist acts. Made even eerier by the lead female characters of each plot having names that rhyme.

* FridgeLogic: In the episode "Small Problems", a Horde scientist tells Bow, who's disguised as a Horde Inspector, that he'd developed the enlarging formula before he developed the shrinking formula, but that Hordak didn't want to make the Rebels bigger. Why Hordak never thought of using the enlarging formula to make his own troops bigger, probably just illustrates how dumb Hordak actually is.

** The transformation sequence is grand, especially for the time and [[LimitedAnimation budget]] Filmation had to work with.

* UnfortunateImplications: In "Book Burning", when Adora and Bow first appear at the school, the masks they wear (unintentionally, mind you) bear somewhat of a resemblance to KKK masks.

* HilariousInHindsight: In "A Talent for Trouble", after Hordak is defeated (again), he shouts "I hate that woman!". This was long before [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog a certain "doctor"]] would frequently say something similar about a certain [[WesternAnimation/Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog hedgehog]]...

* UnfortunateImplications: In "Book Burning", when Adora and Bow first appear at the school, the masks they wear, (unintentionally, mind you) bear somewhat of a resemblance to KKK masks.

* MisaimedMarketing: Toys were advertised more like Franchise/{{Barbie}} than for an ass-kicking heroine.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es meet SpaceOpera.