Characters: Masters of the Universe

He-Man/Adam of the House of Randor

Played by: John Erwin (80's); Dolph Lundgren (Live-Action Movie); Gary Chalk (He-Man only, New Adventures); Doug Parker (Adam only, New Adventures); Cam Clarke ('02)

"I have the power!"

• A Lady on Each Arm: In the DC Comics story "Fate is the Killer!" Prince Adam arrives this way to a party, to whick Man-At-Arms comments "Only two wenches, lad? You're losing your charm!"
• Arm Cannon: A wrist-mounted laser as Adam.
• By the Power of Grayskull!: Trope Namer. In The New Adventures of He-Man, he would say "By the Power of Eternia".
  • He would turn back to Adam with "Let the power return!"
• Camp Straight: As Prince Adam in the 80's cartoon, though most of these characteristics Adam (supposedly) exhibited on purpose to help hide his true identity as He-Man.
• Clark Kenting: In the '80s version of the franchise, the only actual difference between his Adam and He-Man appearance is that... he wears more clothes as Adam. Averted in the 2002 cartoon and New Adventures, where Prince Adam is notably skinnier and younger-looking than He-Man.
• Chick Magnet: Not so much in his own series, aside from the one off guest characters, but when he shows up on She-Ra, he is this, whether as He-Man or Adam.
• Cool Sword
• Deadpan Snarker: In the cartoons, both as Adam and as He-Man, though the nature of the snark varies depending of the show; in the '80s cartoon it's more good-natured, while in the 2002 cartoon it's notably edgier.
• Expy: In-universe, he calls on the power of King Grayskull, taking on his strength and appearance.
• Half-Human Hybrid: Sort of. He's half Eternian human and half Earthling human.
• Henshin Hero: One Western example before it was made trendy in The Nineties.
• The Hero
• Heroes Want Redheads: Teela, though how red her hair was depended on the series.
  • Castaspella also got his attention, probably because she was the only gal on Etheria to flirt with him as Adam and He-Man.
• Important Haircut: In The New Adventures of He-Man, but in reverse: He-Man's hair inexplicably (but quite explicitly) gets ponytail-length longer during a moment of awesome mystical display.
• Invincible Hero
• Large Ham: I HAVE THE POWER!!!
• Loin Cloth
• Lust Object: For several girls in Etheria.
• Man Child: Adam exhibits a childish behavior and plays blind chicken, presumably as part of his Obfuscating Stupidity act.
• Nice Guy: Especially in the Filmation series, bordering on All-Loving Hero. You would hope the Most Powerful Man In The Universe would be a nice guy.
• Real Men Wear Pink: In the 80's cartoon.
  • Pink with lavender tights.
• Ret Canon: At first, he was just He-Man, until the DC Comics created a Secret Identity as Prince Adam, which was later added to the toyline.
• Samaritan Syndrome
• Secret Keeper: He knows Teela's mother is the Sorceress.
• Separated at Birth: His twin sister Adora was kidnapped by Hordak when they were babies.
• Stripperiffic
• Strong as They Need to Be
• Transformation Trinket: The Sword of Power
• MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE UNIVERSE!: Though in crossover comics with Superman, it is shown that Superman is stronger than He-Man.
• X Meets Y: Conan the Barbarian meets Captain Marvel

Battle Cat/Cringer

Played by: Alan Oppenheimer (80's)

• Berserk Button: As Cringer, he almost always lives up to his name, but is usually the opposite if Adam is in great danger. For example, in the 2002 series, Cringer attacks a Snake Man for trying to eat Adam.
• Big Eater: Especially in the Filmation cartoon. "Boy am I glad to be home, I'm starving! Mmm! I think I'll get myself some lunch! And some dinner! Some supper! Mm... maybe an early breakfast!"
• Cowardly Sidekick: As Cringer, but turns into a Fearless Fool as Battle-Cat.
• Deadpan Snarker: Mostly as Battle-Cat, but even Cringer got in some sarcasms on occasion.
• Expy: Cringer, (Battle Cat less so) especially in the 80's series, was little more than a green tiger version of Scooby-Doo.
  • In-universe, Battle Cat inherits the power of King Grayskull's stead (an even bigger green lion).
• Hidden Depths: Regardless of continuity, Cringer can be a lot braver than even he thinks he's capable of.
• Horse of a Different Color
• Mega Neko: As Battle Cat.
• Talking Animal: 80's cartoon only
• Team Pet
• Undying Loyalty: Cringer may be a scaredy cat, but he always stands by Adam - even when faced with all of Skeletor's Evil Warriors and the Council of Evil.

Buzz-Off/Tzzzzt zzz zzTTTzz

Played by: Alan Oppenheimer (80's); Brian Dobson ('02)

• Bee People
• The Lancer
• Nobody Calls Me Chicken
• Odd Friendship: With Stratos in the 2002 series.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: He was Stratos' replacement as the flying Heroic Warrior in the 80's.
  • Divergent Character Evolution: the 2002 series gave him an arrogant personality that differentiated him from Stratos.

Clamp Champ/Raenius

• Out of Focus: Due to being one of the latest Heroic Warriors to appear before the toyline's cancellation (his wave-mates in the toyline, King Randor and the Sorceress, had more luck since they began as Toyless Toyline Characters, therefore having more time to shine even before being released as figures). At least he managed to get enough screentime in the latest comics to avert becoming an Advertised Extra like the second wave of Galactic Guardians.
• Super Reflexes
• Super Senses: He cannot be taken by surprise.
• Token Minority: And they really took their time with this one, since as noted he was one of the last figures released and the original cartoon was over by this point. Even in the Classics line he's still the only black guy among the Heroic Warriors.

Extendar/Doodon

"I am Extendar, tower of power!"

• Cyborg
• I Just Want to Be Badass: Before getting his powers. Hordak promised him power if he accepted to become a cyborg, without telling him he intended to use him for evil purposes.
• Telescoping Cyborg: He can extend his neck, torso, arms and legs. His mini-comic depicted him as growing in power the further he extends, though this didn't come up in his Classics bio.

Fearless Photog/Jey

Fisto/Malcom

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); Mark Acheson ('02)

• Aloof Big Brother: To Man-At-Arms though only in the 2002 series.
• Name's the Same: Fisto's 2002 series toy even had to be called "Battle Fist" due to copyright issues with Star Wars' Kit Fisto, despite being created like 20 years earlier.
• Power Fist
• Right Hand of Doom: Huge. In the 2002 series that's actually his real hand, while in the original series and Classics it's a mechanical prosthesis.

Gwildor

Played by: Billy Barty (Live-Action Movie)

• Expy: His sole reason for existing is because they couldn't do a live-action Orko.
• Gadgeteer Genius: Created the "cosmic key," allowing a person to travel between dimensions.
• Hobbits: He sure looks like one anyway.
• Little People

King Randor of the House of Miro

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); Michael Donovan ('02)

"To have one such as He-Man as my heir rather than Adam... now that would be a legacy any sovereign would be proud to leave his people."

• Badass Normal
• The Good King
• Happily Married: to Queen Marlena
• Heroes Want Redheads
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Particularly in the '02 version, where he can hold his own in battle and is excellent at diplomacy.

Man-At-Arms/Duncan

Played by: Alan Oppenheimer (80's); Jon Cypher (Live-Action Movie); Gary Chalk ('02)

• Arm Cannon: A wrist-mounted laser in the '80s series, a BFG in the '02 series.
• Badass Mustache: He didn't have it at first, but it was added in the animated series and kept for later renditions.
• Badass Normal
• Intergenerational Friendship: With He-Man
• The Smart Guy
• Secret Keeper: For both Adam (He-Man) (and by extension, Adora (She-Ra)) and the Sorceress (Teela's mother).
• Techno Wizard , Mr Fix It
• The Face

Man-E-Faces/Perkaedo

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); Paul Dobson ('02)

• Characterization Marches On: He began as a good guy who was transformed by Skeletor into an monster, and sometimes the struggle between human and monster caused the neutral robot personality to arise. Later characterisations show all the faces as the same heroic personality.
• Morph Weapon: Man-E-Faces has a weapon with three modes, much like himself. Staff, gun, and club � respectively well-suited to his human, robot, and monster faces.
• Official Couple: With Peekablue in Classics.
• The Power of Acting
• Robo Speak: His robotic face
• Split Personality: in the original minicomics and the DC comics.

Mekaneck/Orius

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); Gabe Khouth ('02)

• Cyborg
• Long-Lost Relative: His son, kidnapped by Count Marzo.
• What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: He extends his neck. This works well for reconnaissance missions where he can act as a human periscope, but isn't very useful in combat.
  • Called out a few times, namely in the 2002 cartoon episode "Mekaneck's Lament" and in DC's 2013 comic series. In the latter, Teela is always teasing him about it or talking smack about it behind his back, but she doesn't mean any of it.
  • Heart Is an Awesome Power: In "Mekaneck's Lament," his power helps him defeat Count Marzo.
  • This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: Situations that prove how useful Mekaneck is to the team tend to fall under this umbrella

Moss Man/Kreann'Ot N'Norosh

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); John Payne ('02)

• Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti: In a nutshell, Moss Man is green, pointy-eared Bigfoot.
• Green Thumb
• Nature Spirit: The '02 version is the guardian and living embodinent of everything pure and good about Eternia's flora.^note The writers commented that they intended to make up for the Filmation version of the character never getting to do much due to his late appearance in the series, but feel they may have overpowered him. So he ended up turning up only rarely
  • He's also depicted as something along these lines in DC's 2013 comic series.
• Pointy Ears: Consistently depicted with them, probably a side-effect of the fact that his toy was a modified version of Beast Man's.
• Older Than They Look: It's been recently revealed that he fought alongside King Grayskull.

Orko

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); Gabe Khouth ('02)

• Adaptational Villainy: In the DC comic series, he is said to have betrayed the Master of the Universe to Skeletor, resulting in their initial defeat. And there is that figure with blue skin and dressed in red who rescues Skeletor after his loss to He-Man...
  • Good All Along: It's revealed during the crossover with the DC Universe that Orko had discovered that Skeletor was tapping into the skull of Hordak Prime. Realizing that the ancient evil was about to re-awaken, Orko tried to use his own magic to seal the skull away, only to end up possessed by it.
• Amusing Alien
• Beautiful All Along: It's explicitally said that under his goofy hat, Orko's face is very handsome, or at least the equivalent on his home planet. (At least we get to see his hair.)
• Canon Immigrant
• Cloud Cuckoolander: As Hordak learned, Orko's brain is...unique. Even Roboto had trouble trying to figure him out.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
• Deadpan Snarker: Depending on the Writer to a very high degree, but in some episodes/continuities, Orko can be extremely snarky.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: He, normally an Inept Mage actually separated Weaver's Shadow!
• Don't Touch It, You Idiot!: He almost never listens to Man-At-Arms when he is told this.
• Fish out of Water: Orko is an extremely competent wizard at his home dimension; unfortunately Eternia is a place with different laws of physics, so his magic malfunctions there. He also loses his wand very shortly after arriving in Eternia, making his magic far more likely to backfire.
• I Choose to Stay: In the '80s series and the '02 reboot, Orko is given chances to return permanently to Trolla, but he always chooses to stay in Eternia to help his friends.
• Inept Mage
• Kid-Appeal Character
• The Klutz: He's always breaking Man-At-Arms's stuff.
• Never Bareheaded: He never removes his hat, as part of the Trollan custom that they never show their faces to anyone except their one true love. When he and Dree Elle showed each other their faces, they were kept offscreen; only shadows were shown.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Especially in the original series.
• Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Inverted; Orko was an archmage in Trolla. Too bad magic works differently in Eternia, or Etheria, or Earth.
• One of the Kids: Even though he's an adult Trollan, he hangs around and plays games with visiting kids.
• Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: In the Filmation series he sometimes had an urban and/or Jersey accent. It's probably because he was voiced by Filmation producer Lou Scheimer himself, who was from Pittsburgh.
• Parental Abandonment: His Uncle Montork seems to be the only father figure he has.
• The Power of Love: This is what allowed him to channel his magic through Dree Elle to save her in the episode The Greatest Magic.
• Plucky Comic Relief
• Secret Keeper: For Adam (He-Man), and by extension, Adora (She-Ra).
• Suicidal Overconfidence: Especially when he confronted Shadow Weaver the second time.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Orko is afraid of dragons in an episode. But to quote the recurring line of the episode, "Who isn't?"
• Your Magic's No Good Here: On Trolla he is regarded as their greatest wizard, but on Eternia his spells rarely work the way he wants. It's eventually revealed that magic on Trolla works roughly the opposite as it does on Eternia. Ironically, he actually managed to humiliate Shadow Weaver.

Queen Marlena Glenn

Played by: Linda Gary (80's); Erika Scheimer (She-Ra); Nicole Oliver ('02)

• Ace Pilot: In "The Rainbow Warrior" she shows her stuff by taking out most of Skeletor's air forces by herself.
• Canon Immigrant: Created for the DC Comics, then appeared in the cartoon and was added to the toyline's minicomics, to finally have a figure of her own after the 2011 SDCC.
• Happily Married
• Hidden Depths: In the 80s cartoon, she ends up leading a squadron of ships to rescue her husband and son from the clutches of Skeletor revealing her to be an extremely competent aerial fighter pilot on top of her astronaut skills despite having not been in the game for 20 years.
• The High Queen
• I Choose to Stay: In the episode "Visitors from Earth", two astronauts offered her a chance to return to Earth but she said Eternia was her home now.
• Parents Know Their Children: See Secret Secret Keeper below.
• Secret Secret Keeper: Several episodes hint at her knowing that Prince Adam is He-Man but the most blatent hint comes at the end of the episode where she reveals her fighter pilot skills: she deliberately rescues Adam first which allows him to transform into He-Man and rescue everyone else. When Adam later asks her why on earth she rescued him first, all she says is that she "had a feeling he'd know what to do". She doesn't come right out and admit she knows Adam is He-Man, but she does say "a mother always recognises her own son".
• Shout-Out: Her name could be a reference to pilot/astronaut John Glenn.

Ram-Man/Krass

Played by: John Erwin (80's); Scott McNeil ('02)

• Boisterous Bruiser: Mostly in the minicomics, but he still is in other versions to a lesser extent.
• Dumb Muscle
• The Big Guy
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: In the original series. He was much shorter than He-Man in both toy and cartoon form, but was still very strong.
• Use Your Head: He has the decency to wear a helmet, at least. The 80s incarnation had springs for legs to facilitate headbutts, as well.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes???: Ram-Man is afraid of the dark, as revealed in his A Day in the Limelight episode of the '02 cartoon.

Rio Blast/Riolus Blast

• More Dakka
• Lethal Chef: As Orko found out when he tasted his chili. He-Man then politely turned down the meal.
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: A cyborg cowboy.
• Odd Couple: With Snout Spout in the Star comics.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: In his case, it's effectively snakes. In the same comic issue where this is revealed he faces King Hiss

Roboto/Robot Model 9041

Played by: Alan Oppenheimer (80's); Michael Donovan ('02)

• Arm Cannon
• Awesomeness by Analysis
• Clockwork Creature: According to the toy's visible inner works.
• Robo Speak

Rokkon

Played by: Lou Scheimer (She-Ra)

• Distressed Dude: There are several versions of how the Stone people arrive to Eternia (or Etheria), and in most of them Rokkon is captured or incapacitated so Stonedar and He-Man (or She-Ra) have to rescue him.

Rotar

• Everything's Better with Spinning
• We Can Rebuild Him

Snout Spout/Jaxton

Played by: Lou Scheimer (She-Ra)

• An Axe to Grind: He is a firefighter, it comes with the job.
• Can't Stay Normal
• Cyborg: His elephant head is cybernetic.
• Odd Couple: With Rio Blast in the Star comics. He's the neat and by-the-book one.
• Unwilling Roboticisation: Hordak kidnapped him to make him into a cyborg, rather than trick him like he did with Extendar.
• What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: Snout Spout can... fire water out of his trunk. However, he subverts the trope by using his powers (in creative yet not-so-awesome ways) to shoot ice, vapor or just water when the situation requires it.

The Sorceress of Castle Grayskull/Teela'Na

Played by: Linda Gary (80's); Christina Pickles (Live-Action Movie); Venus Terzo (New Adventures); Nicole Oliver ('02)

• Blessed with Suck: Think about it. Blessed with the ability to discern almost all the things happening on Eternia, having extremely powerful magic at her command...and yet, she was unable to leave the Castle without being reduced to flying around as a bird with very low-level telepathy. One imagines the limitations got quite frustrating. The very few times she was able to overcome these limitations were explicitly stated to be special circumstances.
• Canon Immigrant: At least her bird-like looks.
• Everyone Calls Him Barkeep
• Her Heart Will Go On
• Luke, I Am Your Father: The Sorceress is Teela's mother, a fact known only by herself, Man-At-Arms and Adam/He-Man.
• She's Got Legs
• Team Mom
• Toyless Toyline Character: She almost suffered this fate in the first toyline, being released at the tail end, and despite being redesigned for both the New Advetures and the 2002 series, she wasn't released in neither of these, albeit her 2002 version got an statue in scale with the figures.
• Truly Single Parent: Unless you count Skeletor, who used the power of Point Dread to clone the Sorceress to create Teela.
  • Except in the 2002 series, where it happened the old-fashioned way.

Stonedar

Played by: George DiCenzo (She-Ra)

• Technical Pacifist

Stratos of the house of Avion

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); Scott McNeil ('02)

"As a bird-man, I've got a thing about cages."

• Bird People: Though he has mammalian hair...
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: In the 2002 series, Stratos' voice is plainly based on Sean Connery's; apparently, it was felt that Stratos's beard brought Connery to mind.
• Odd Friendship: With Buzz-Off in the 2002 series.
• Token Nonhuman: in the first few minicomics, before more non-human Heroic Warriors were added.
• What Could Have Been: He was going to be a villain.

Sy-Klone, Son of Dy-Lex

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); John Payne ('02)

• Blow You Away
• Last of His Kind. In the 2002 series. Becomes a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming when, upon learning his kind are truly gone, he declares that the Masters are his family.
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: A samurai wind elemental

Teela

Played by: Linda Gary (80's); Chelsea Field (Live-Action Movie); Cathy Weseluck (New Adventures); Lisa Ann Beley ('02)

"This whole thing smells of Skeletor."

• Action Girl
• Arm Cannon: A wrist-mounted laser.
• Badass Normal
• Green-Eyed Monster: In the 80s series she was annoyed whenever an attractive woman showed interest in Adam, like in "Song of Celice" where she gives the title character the stink-eye when they first meet.
• Happily Adopted: By Man-At-Arms
• Hartman Hips: Teela in the 80s cartoon had serious Badonkadunk
• Lady of War
• Legacy Character: Becomes the new Sorceress in the New 52-era DC comics
• Leotard of Power
• Loin Cloth: In the DC comics.
• Luke, I Am Your Father: The 2002 series hints that her biological father is either Man-At-Arms or his brother Fisto.
• She's Got Legs

Zoar

• Depending on the Writer: Can be the Sorceress' pet falcon or the Sorceress herself.

Skeletor/Keldor of the House of Miro

Played by: Alan Oppenheimer (80's); Frank Langella (Live-Action Movie); Campbell Lane (New Adventures); Brian Dobson ('02)

"Tell me about the loneliness of good, He-Man...Is it equal to the loneliness of evil?"

• Adaptational Badass / Adaptational Villainy: In the 2002 series. In the Filmation cartoon, he was such an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain, to the point of being a Jerkass Woobie, that a number of episodes were written where he would team up with He-Man just to give some victories. In the 2002 series, he's a legitimately dangerous, and a total Jerkass to everyone around him to boot.
• Arch-Enemy
• Bad Boss: In the 2002 series, he constantly abuses and insults his minions. They're shown to practically live in fear of him.
• Bifurcated Weapon: In the 2002 series.
• Big Bad
• Bishōnen: As Keldor
• Butterface: He has a bodybuilder's physique and a skull for a face.
• Card-Carrying Villain: From the Christmas Special: "I don't want to feel good! I want to feel evil!"
• Deadpan Snarker: He cracks more one-liners than anyone else on the show.
• Demoted to Dragon: In New Adventures he was made The Dragon to Flogg. However, he manipulated Flogg so much that ultimately his role in the story didn't change much.
• Emergency Transformation: from Keldor to Skeletor in the 2002 cartoon, and from charred Skeletor to cyborg Skeletor in the New Adventures minicomics.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Not always consistent, as he has outright asked He-Man if he ever considered doing anything evil. Skeletor has, however, been Genre Savvy enough to predict how the heroes will react to events. In "The Problem with Power," Skeletor correctly predicts how He-Man would react to thinking he killed someone.
• Evil Laugh: Especially prevalent in the Filmation cartoon.
  • Laughing Mad
• Evil Sorcerer
• Evil Uncle: to Prince Adam

• Genre Savvy
• Glowing Eyelights of Undeath
• 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.
• Half-Human Hybrid: His father is the Eternian equivalent to human, while his mother is a Gar (Sy-Klone-s race).
• Hijacked by Ganon:
• In the Hood: In the 2002 series, his hood obscures his face for dramatic effect, to have him later reveal that his face has been reduced to a skull. Other episodes show his face shadowed by thehood to give him a sinister look.
• I Surrender, Suckers
• It's All About Me: In the 2002 series, he makes it clear he wants power for himself, and when he's the closest to winning and thinks he get his hands on the Elders' power, he says he has no intent of sharing the spoils.
• Large Ham
• Laughably Evil: While the original minicomics played him as a serious villain, the Filmation cartoon (thanks to censors constantly breathing down Filmation's neck) turned him into a comedic figure, making him a Laughing Mad Deadpan Snarker. The 2002 cartoon made him a little more menacing and more of a legitimate threat, but otherwise stayed fairly true to the sniggering, wisecracking persona of the Filmation cartoon.
• Manipulative Bastard: Mostly in the New Adventures, where he frequently plays with Flogg's ego to get what he wants, but he also have his moments in the other series (like the 80's episode "The Problem with Power").
  • Had a good number of moments of this in the 2002 series.
• Mid-Season Upgrade: During the first season of the New Adventures of He-Man, Skeletor finds a crystal that changes him from his basic "New Adventures" looks to an armor based on the Disks of Doom Skeletor figure.
• Names to Run Away From Really Fast
• Obviously Evil: His unsubtle visage is the article's picture.
• Pet the Dog: Skeletor really cares for his pets (Panthor in Eternia, Grr in Nordor), which is ironically more notorious when he betrays everyone else (in "Escape from Gaolotia" and "Council of Evil"). He can leave his allies to rot/die, but he will keep his pet at his side.
• Purple Is Powerful
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Skull for a Head
• Smug Snake
• Take Over Eternia: And the universe after that.
• That Man Is Dead: Keldor died when he got a face full of acid. Skeletor was born shortly afterwards. Figuratively speaking, of course.
• True Meaning of Christmas: He discovers this in the Christmas Special and makes a brief Heel-Face Turn, though only begrudgingly whilst wondering what was coming over him.
• Vocal Dissonance: In the original series. He's a musclebound warlord with a skull for a face, but his voice is brittle and high-pitched. Curiously enough, on the other hand, in the Mexican Spanish dub of the original series, he has a deep voice instead. Oddly enough in the Mexican dub of the 2002 series, he's voiced by the same voice actor who voiced Hordak, who has a high-pitched, but still menacing, voice.

Beast Man/Raqquill Rqazz

Played by: John Erwin (80's); Tony Carroll (Live-Action Movie); Scott McNeil ('02)

• Beast Man: By name and by nature.
• The Beastmaster: Throughout most versions of the franchise, he has been shown controlling Eternian wild-life either with telepathy or by taming.
• Dumb Muscle: Physically the strongest of Skeletor's henchmen... mentally, not so much.
• Those Two Bad Guys: With Trap-Jaw in the Filmation cartoon; they were among Skeletor's most-used henchmen and often appeared as a team.
• Whip It Good: His weapon of choice.

Blade/Ritter

Played by: Anthony DeLongis (Live-Action Movie)

"I've waited a long time for this..."

• Bald of Evil
• Blood Knight
• Canon Immigrant
• Dual Wielding
• Expy: He was created as a substitute for Tri-Klops in the film.
• Eyepatch of Power
• Master Swordsman

Blast-Attak

• Easily Detachable Robot Parts: There are some stories where he doesn't explode, but instead divides to fight two enemies at once.
• Verbal Tic: Quite literally, because he says "Tic" between sentences. Since, you know, he's a walking bomb.
• What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: Blast-Attak is a robot who can explode; why go through the trouble of building a sophisticated robot if it's just to have it blow itself up?

Clawful/(real name pronounced through a series of claw clicks)

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); Scott McNeil ('02)

• A Wizard Did It: His MOTU Classics bio reveals his change from the Dumb Muscle of the 2002 series to the keen warrior of the 80's series as the result of a spell cast by Evil-Lyn.
• Demoted to Extra: As with Whiplash (see below)
• Dumb Muscle: 2002 series only.
• Expy: The 2002 series' "The Island" introduced Clawful's cousin, who was intelligent and had ambition. He's basically Clawful of the '80s series.
• Giant Enemy Crab
• Right Hand of Doom: His right claw is much larger than his left — much much larger in the 2002 series. This is based on real fiddler crabs.
• Simpleton Voice: 2002 series; ridiculously exaggerated, at that.
• The Starscream: '80s series only.
• Too Dumb to Live: The 2002 series. Seriously, he doesn't even recognize the language of his own species.
• Toyless Toyline Character: One of the more notable exclusions from the 2002 toyline. This is why he was the first one honored with a statue in scale with the 2002 figures.

Draego-Man

• The Hermit: He became so disgusted by human society that he went to live in a cave
• Playing with Fire
• Who's Laughing Now?: Was shunned by his dragon brethren for his half-human appearance, and joined Skeletor's forces to get revenge on them.

Evil-Lyn/Evelyn Morgan Powers

Played by: Linda Gary (80's); Meg Foster (Live-Action Movie); Kathleen Barr ('02)

"I have no loyalty to Skeletor. It's his power I want."

• Daddy's Girl: But a subversion of Daddy's Little Villain, as her father is good.
• Dark Action Girl
• Even Evil Has Standards/Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She is willing to help Skeletor in his attempt for world domination, but she will not betray her father and returns his magical Ramstone back to him when Skeletor loses it.
• Evil Albino: Possibly. Pale skin, purple eyes, and white hair from at least late adolescence/young adulthood, according to one flashback.
• Evil Sorcerer
• Hot Witch
• Lady of War
• Leotard of Power
• Purple Is Powerful
• Punny Name
• She's Got Legs
• The Starscream: The 2002 series she even lampshades that Skeletor taught that deception and treachery "were the cornerstones of power" and she learned his lessons. They are both amused.
  • This is played with in an episode before her betrayal. She points out that she's been Skeletor ally a long time and has loyalty to him. This changes when she finds out he let her get captured on purpose.
• Welcome Back, Traitor: In the 2002 series, Skeletor, after He-Man saves her from the Pool of Shadows (where Skeletor aimed to sacrifice her into the Forsaken Realm to as a deal with the dimension's native population as punishment for her releasing King Hiss), Skeletor lets her back into his ranks with no problems, with the two of them even sharing some laughs about what happened.

Faker

Played by: John Erwin (80's)

• Depending on the Writer:
  • His appearance: he's either always blue and thus a failed attempt as a He-Man duplicate, or he's blue but can change color to disguise as He-Man, or even is always identical to He-Man (despite the toy's blue appearance).
  • His strength: he might have strength equal to He-Man's, or just average strength with his similarity to He-Man limited to appearance.
• Evil Knockoff
• Face-Heel Turn: It was implied by the '02 series writers and confirmed by his Classics bio that he is the same robot Man-At-Arms used as a decoy He-Man. It's still an arguable example since he wasn't sentient when he worked for Man-At-Arms.
• Mythology Gag: In his appearance in "The Courage of Adam," he looks exactly like He-Man. When he's knocked out, however, he briefly turns blue before de-activating.

Gygor

• Everything's Better with Monkeys

Jitsu/Chopper

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's)

• Evil Counterpart: to Fisto
• Power Fist

Karg

Played by: Robert Towers (Live-action movie)

• Canon Foreigner
• Hook Hand
• Toyless Toyline Character

Mer-Man/Squidish Rex

Played by: Alan Oppenheimer (80's); Scott McNeil ('02)

• The Beastmaster: limited to aquatic beings.
• Fish People
• Literally Shattered Lives: In the 2002 episode "Rise of the Snake Men Part 1", after being turned to stone and knocked over (don't worry, Skeletor resurrects him in the next episode).

Ninjor

• Name's the Same: With another Ninjor.
• Ninja
• The Straight and Arrow Path

Panthor

• Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": Call A Panther A "Dylinx"
• Evil Counterpart: To Battle Cat
• Horse of a Different Color
• Mega Neko
• Right-Hand Cat: Despite his size, he behaves as one of these with his master Skeletor.

Saurod

Played by: Pons Maar (Live-Action movie)

• Breath Weapon: He throws sparks from his mouth, an ability not shown in the movie but added for the figure.
• Canon Immigrant
• Killed Off for Real
• The Unintelligible: Only in the movie, where he expressed himself through hisses. When he appeared in comics, he talked normal.

Scareglow/Karak Nul

"In my glow, even brave men tremble!"

• I Know What You Fear: Consistently depicted with such powers in some fashion or other, likely inspired by the name.
• Light 'em Up: His 80s mini-comic appearance and his MOTUC bio both feature his ability spread fear by glowing brighter
  • Light Is Not Good
• Multiple-Choice Past: He came too late to the toyline to get enough spotlight, yet he got so popular (specially due to looking similar to Skeletor) that every writer tried to give his own interpretation: a being summoned from the reaches of space and time, a copy created by Skeletor in his own image, or the king of another dimension. The current version is that he's the ghost of a bounty hunter, summoned by Skeletor like in the first version.
• Power Glows
• Sinister Scythe: Wielded one in his '02-era comic appearance, which carried over to his Classics toy — the original 80s toy had a halberd.
• Skull for a Head
• The Starscream: His '02 era comic appearance ends with him plotting against Skeletor

Screeech

• Evil Counterpart: To the "Sorceress' pet" version of Zoar

Spikor/Kleffton

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's)

• The Blacksmith: Shown as such in a single minicomic, though then he created the Terror Claws, which would become Skeletor's new weapons for the rest of the toyline run.
• Dumb Muscle: Out of all the Evil Warriors, he is undoubtedly the most stupid and useless of them all (maybe because Filmation were afraid that his design would frighten children otherwise).
• Spikes of Villainy: He has them around his whole body.

Stinkor/Odiphus

Played by: Brian Drummond ('02)

• Adaptational Badass: In the 2002 reboot. The original was basically the Butt Monkey of the bad guys, hated so bad the only reason he was kept around was his smell weakened He-Man and only appeared in two mini comics, the second one portraying him as a loser whose failure at guarding Snake Mountain causes Hordak to steal Skeletor's vehicles. In the 2002 reboot, he's actually the one minion Skeletor liked because he was so powerful and successful. In fact, he's one of the only villains to ever actually succeed at a mission (driving every dragon out of the country so Skeletor's newest weapon wouldn't have its natural predator present to defeat it).
• Ascended Fanboy: Odiphus is shown to desperately want to be fighting for the bad guys, which he ultimately does as Stinkor.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Odiphus appears as a prisoner in "Snake Pit" before his appearance in "The Sweet Smell of Victory".
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Stinkor is a skunk-man who had the power of smelling so horribly he had to use a respirator to keep himself from being knocked out. You would think this is a useless or stupid ability, but the 2002 reboot shows just how deadly this can be.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Stinkor's stench is just as horrible to himself as it is others, which is why he always wears a breathing apparatus and mask.
• Meaningful Rename: He insists on not being called Odiphus anymore. He's Stinkor.
• Third-Person Person
• Took a Level in Badass: Odiphus was a villain wannabe and - like the rest of his species - quite small in stature. The chemical accident in Tri-Klops' lab gave him his power, as well as made him taller and physically stronger.
• Toyless Toyline Character: Along with Clawful, he's one of the most notable characters missing from the '02 toyline — and unlike Clawful, Stinkor even had an entire episode of the show dedicated to him! To compensate, he not only got one statue in scale with the 2002 figures, but got two, one as Stinkor and the other as Odiphus.

Trap Jaw/Kronis

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); Paul Dobson ('02)

"Nothing can stop me! I am unbeatable!"

• Arm Cannon: one of his optional mechanical arms.
• Ax Crazy: Established as such in the original mini-comics.
• Badass: The 2002 origin comics establish him as this.
  • Handicapped Badass: The fact that he's STILL a viable threat despite being an amputee establishes him as this.
• Cyborg
• Hook Hand: another optional hand
• Jerkass: Compared to Skeletor's other minions, he's easily on of the biggest assholes in this franchise. To date, he's betrayed no less than three allies: Mer-man after a team-up in an episode of the 80s Filmation cartoon and Stratos after the Enemy Mine episode in the 2002 series.
• Meaningful Rename
• Swiss Army Appendage: Trap Jaw has several attachments he uses; approximately a dozen in the original cartoon, though naturally the toy is limited to three.
• Those Two Bad Guys: With Beast Man in the Filmation cartoon.
• We Can Rebuild Him

Tri-Klops/Trydor Esooniux Scope

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); Paul Dobson ('02)

• Cyber Cyclops
• Dumb Muscle: In the original series.
• Evil Genius: In the 2002 series.
• Eye Beams
• Gadgeteer Genius
• Master Swordsman: Mainly in the original minicomics. Kind of in the 2002 series.
• Noble Demon: Most obvious in the 80s minicomics, though the 2002 version counts as either this or some version of woobie (it could also be considered anti-villainous... maybe). So far, the only known incarnation of Tri-klops that DOESN'T qualify for this is the Filmation cartoon one, and that's only because that version had no personality to speak of.
• What Could Have Been: Like Whiplash, he was intended to be a Heroic Warrior. Unlike Whiplash however, his personality is still remarkably noble, possibly due to Beauty Equals Goodness (or Noble Demon at least, in this case.)

Twistoid

"Surrender!"

• Everything's Better with Spinning
• Evil Counterpart: to Rotar
• No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: He was supposed to be the first of many, to oppose the Horde Troopers, but the machine used to make him was recovered by the Heroic Warriors.

Two-Bad/Tuvar and Baddrah

Played by: Lou Scheimer (both, 80's); Brian Drummond (Tuvar, '02); Mark Gibbon (Baddrah, '02)

• Brains and Brawn
• Dumb Muscle: Baddrah
• Multiple Head Case
• Villain Decay: In the 2002 series. Individually, they both beat up the rest of the evil warriors, and proved a challenge for He-Man. When Skeletor merged them, they're harmless.
• What Could Have Been: The original idea to Two-Bad was making one of the heads be a good guy and the other a bad guy. This was skipped and both were bad.
  • In the 2002 series, they were going to be part of the Evil Warriors from the beginning, until their origin story was considered for a later episode.

Webstor/Araneus, Son of Raknus

Played by: John Erwin (80's); Brian Dobson ('02)

• Early-Bird Cameo: He is seen in the catacombs of Snake Mountain in "Snake Pit" before his appearance in "Council of Evil, Part 1."
• Escape Artist
• Evil Counterpart: To Buzz-Of
• Evil Genius: Mostly in the less well-known British or German comics. His speciality are Death Traps, since as an Escape Artist he knows what would a captured enemy try.
• Giant Spider: More notorious in the 2002 series, but he was also supposed to be one in the 80s version of the franchise.
• Killed Off for Real: Word of God says that when he collapses in "Web of Evil" from injuries inflicted by the Snake Men, he did die. However, the same Word of God says the death scene was intentionally ambiguous in the case of another writer wanting to use him.
• Noble Demon: Actually shows shades of this in some VERY obscure media. The first time this aspect of him is shown in the UK comic, it's an extreme case of Honor Before Reason, as he intentionally leaves a way out of the trap he has put He-Man into, and after He-Man finds it, Webstor (right there) lets him go, telling he will face Skeletor's wrath for this. Unfortunately, this has been damn near forgotten everywhere else.
• Redemption Rejection: Refuses He-man's offer to join the Masters in the British comics, rather infuriatingly. He was probably too Genre Savvy not to know that spider people always, always belong with the villains.

Whiplash/Torrant Krazut

Played by: John Erwin (80's); Gary Chalk ('02)

• Affably Evil: In the 80s cartoon only. He's completely willing to sacrifice people heartlessly to an evil demon called Kraal (in Betrayal Of Stratos), but, as To Save Skeletor shows, he actually seems to genuinely care about his teammates, and has a generally easy-going, laidback personality all-around.
• Demoted to Extra: Going from the Filmation series to the 2002 series is... PAINFUL, to say the least, for a Whiplash fan. It's nothing but a sin to see how badly he was dumbed down, after his strong and intelligent Filmation showing.
• Dumb Muscle
• What Could Have Been: Like Tri-klops, he was intended to be a Heroic Warrior.
• Whip It Good: He uses his tail as a whip.

Hordak/Hec-Tor Kur

Played by: George DiCenzo (She-Ra); Colin Murdock ('02)

"For some of us it's too late. I'm too old, too set in my ways."

• Amnesiac Dissonance: in issue #11 of the Star comic.
• Arch-Enemy: The 2002 series hinted that he was this to King Greyskull. King Hiss also refers to him as this.
• Bad Boss: In the 2002 series, he kills one of his generals for giving him bad news.
• Big Bad
• Bigger Bad: In the 2002 He-Man series, he's a Sealed Evil in a Can, but the Man Behind the Man with Skeletor since he's the reason he survived the injuries he got from Randor, and created the Dark Hemisphere. Word of God is that if the show continued he would have taken over as the Big Bad.
• Dragon-in-Chief: To Horde Prime, as the Horde Prime never bothers to actually do anything.
• The Dreaded: In the 2002 series, everyone is afraid of him, EVERYONE, even King Hiss.
• Eviler Than Thou: In the 2002 series, the backstory with King Greyskull reveals that he was this to King Hiss, hence part of why he so afraid of him.
• Evil Versus Oblivion: In the 2002 series with the backstory mentioning the Spell of Seperation. He intended to use it to separate Eternia into the light and dark hemispheres, except the spell ended up working better than he planned and nearly separated the very planet in two, prompting him to halt it and hide away the pieces of the Artifact of Doom he used to cast the spell in the first place.
• Evil Sorcerer
• Evil Overlord
• Hero Killer: In the 2002 series, he mortally wounds King Grayskull before being imprisoned in Despondos.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: He called forth a portal to Despondos to trap King Grayskull, but the king turned the tables and sent him through instead.
• Large Ham
• Red and Black and Evil All Over
• Rogues-Gallery Transplant: When brought to animation, he became an enemy of She-Ra.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: In the 2002 series, he's sealed in the in Despondos by King Grayskull during the main series.
• Shapeshifting
• Shout-Out: His real name (Hec-Tor) is based on Hector Barbossa
• Swiss Army Weapon: His arm, due to his Shapeshifting powers.
• This Is a Drill: One of his many transformations.
• Worthy Opponent: He admits to being impressed with King Grayskull's abilities.

Cy-Chop/Scychor

• Blade Below the Shoulder: Has huge scissor blades for hands
• Bounty Hunter: As noted above.
• Emergency Transformation: After he was betrayed by his partner Kronis, his life was saved by rogue scientists who put his vital organs in a cybernetic body.
• Only in It for the Money

Dragstor/Theydon

• Brain Washed: Unclear if it's the case in the minicomics, but it clearly is in the UK comics.
• Evil Counterpart: To Extendar. Their powers are different, but they share the same origin.
• Cyborg
• Evil Former Friend: To Extendar in the UK comics.
• Super Speed
• Take That: to Transformers. He's a warrior who can run like a dragster via the wheel on his chest.

Grizzlor/Gur'Rull Gu'Rrooow Arrrk

Played by: Lou Scheimer (She-Ra)

• Beast Man
• Brain Washed: According to his Classics bio.
• Dumb Muscle

Horde Troopers

Played by: Lou Scheimer (She-Ra)

• Canon Immigrant: Created for animation, but they were later added to the toyline.
• Mecha-Mooks: Depending on the Writer, they can be humans or magically animated armors, but most of the time they are robots.

Imp

Played by Erika Scheimer (She-Ra)

• Bratty Half-Pint: Arguably the characterization Filmation was going for. And boy did they succeed.
  • Spoiled Brat: What Hordak's favoritism has led to.
• Card-Carrying Villain: Evil and proud of it. Of course may also be suffering a case of...
  • Bad Is Goodand Good Is Bad: ...depending on what you think his character represents.
• Canon Immigrant: not an actual part of the MOTU toyline until the 2014 Invasion Hordak figure included him. He was originally believed by fans to be based on the red bat included with the original Hordak figure, but it was implicitly Jossed by Mattel when they said the 2014 one was the first Imp ever.
• Cute Little Fangs: Sports a pair of these
• Co-Dragons: Shares this role with Shadow Weaver as they are arguably the most competent and reliable of Hordak's minions
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Surprisingly, when Skeletor managed to depose Hordak in "Of Shadows and Skulls", Imp was the only Hordesman to remain loyal to Hordak, even berating the others for not kicking Skeletor's butt in Hordak's name. He also tends to be the one to try to cheer Hordak up whenever the Evil Overlord is feeling down.
• Flight: Those wings aren't just for show
• Foreign Money Is Proof of Guilt: This is what he used to frame Kowl.
• Good Wings, Evil Wings
• The Imp: His name not withstanding, Imp's powers would make him a formidable opponent if he wasn't handicapped both by his size and his lack of fortitude.
• Karma Houdini: Averted both in "Of Shadows and Skulls" and "Welcome Back Kowl" where Imp's bad behavior caught up to him. In the latter Kowl managed to catch the little creep and shove him head first into a goosh fruit, while the former had the other Hordesman take advantage of Hordak's absence to beat him up.
• Master of Disguise: Comes with being both a spy and a Shapeshifter
• Mobile Shrubbery: Invoked when he actually took the form of a bush... and then proceeded to follow Adora and friends on tip-toe
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: Cute, lazy, and more than a little bit of a brat, but underestimate Imp or get on his bad side and he'll quickly make more trouble than you might be able to handle.
• Obnoxious Snarker: Even without Hordak around, Imp can't seem to stop picking at the others. Oddly enough, when he's being this over the Troll the other Hordesmen tend to be more tolerant of him (except Shadow Weaver).
• Odd Friendship: Considering Hordak dislikes magic and flying creatures, one has to wonder why he's so protective of Imp.
  • Also managed to have a one-off friendship with Loo-Kee
• Our Demons Are Different: While it's unlikely he's an actual infernal being over simply an alien or genetic creation, there's little denying what look Filmation was going for when they designed him.
• Out of Focus: Did not appear in the 2002 remake of He-Man with the rest of the Horde, and has yet to appear in the DC comics adaptation of the franchise. One can only wonder why.
• Pet the Dog: Hordak may be a Bad Boss, a Bully, and an Evil Overlord, but he positively dotes on this little guy and has gone out of his way to protect Imp or punish those who try to hurt him. It's enough to make you go "Dawwww."
• The Prankster: A particularly mean spirited one.
• Small Annoying Creature: In universe, most everyone not named Hordak regards him as this.
• The So-Called Coward: Played with. While Imp will avoid any fight not stacked in his favor, he still regularly journeys into enemy territory solo to retrieve information and items for his Master.
• Stealth Expert: Surprisingly is still this even when not using his shapeshifting power. Is at least good enough to continually sneak into Brightmoon.
• Sweet Tooth: Since candy appears at least three times in his list of what he likes about fairs, it can be assumed he has one.
• Technicolor Eyes: His schlera are yellow as opposed to the normal white.
• Troll: Will frequently and happily point out the mistakes and failures of his fellow Hordesman, gleefully encouraging Hordak to met out punishments to them. Needless to say, he is not popular amongst his comrades.
• The Trickster: How he is typically portrayed when he takes a more active role against the good guys. He once fooled everyone into think Kowl was a traitor, flooded Brightmoon Castle, and even started a destructive forest fire on Beast Island.
• Vertebratewith Extra Limbs: Two arms, two legs, and two wings.
• Villains Out Shopping: Twice while spying on the Rebels in two separate episodes Imp expounded on his love of the fairs that were being held at the time. He actually sounded like a giddy little kid when he listed what he loved about them in "The Red Knight" and even lamented being on the job spying for Hordak and thus unable to go enjoy himself in "Friends Are Where You Find Them."
• Voluntary Shape Shifting: Imp's primary ability and what makes him so dangerous as a spy.
  • Morphic Resonance: Played straight and inverted. While most of Imp's forms retained his normal blue color scheme, twice he was shown (as a picture and as a ground squirrel) to be able to change his color.
  • Shapeshifter Baggage: Averted, Imp was limited to forms that approximated his mass.
  • Shapeshifter Default Form: Imp's normal form looked like a cross between a pig and a bat.
  • Magic Pants: His uniform will change shape with him, sometimes disappearing, sometimes providing black coloration to his disguises.
• Ugly Cute: Though he falls more on the "cute" rather than the "ugly" side of this.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: To go with your blue skin

Leech/K'Ull'Leusshhhh

Played by: Lou Scheimer (She-Ra)

• Brain Washed: According to his Classics bio.
• Energy Absorption

Mantenna/Glieeb-Tolio Jak-Us

Played by: Lou Scheimer (She-Ra)

• Adaptational Badass: His 2002 incarnation only appears briefly, but he looks more fearsome and puts up a better fight against King Grayskull than Hordak's other forces.
• Butt Monkey: If Hordak is angry at a defeat, or merely bored, he uses Mantenna as an scapegoat and sends him through a trapdoor.
• The Dog Bites Back: He has turned the tables on Hordak a few times.
• Eye Beams: He can shoot a stun beam from his eyes.

Mantisaur

• Big Creepy-Crawlies: A mantis huge enough to be used as a ride beast.
• Horse of a Different Color

Megator/Moleb the Demolisher

• Epic Flail
• Everything's Deader with Zombies
• Evil Counterpart: to Tytus
• Our Giants Are Bigger

Modulok/Galen Nycroft

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's)

• Adaptation Expansion: In his first minicomic appearance, he stated he was a former slave of Skeletor, and he joined the Horde to destroy Skeletor. The cartoon showed his origin and his tenure as one of Skeletor's Evil Warriors before joining the Horde in the She-Ra series.
• Detachment Combat: Mostly uses it to divide himself into two bodies.
• Hazy Feel Turn
• Mad Scientist: He was shown as such in the animated series, and the comics followed by showing him as the creator of Multi-Bot.

Mosquitor/Bliddeon Black

• Animal Gender Bender: He is male, yet sucks blood.
• Energy Absorption
• Flight: Only in the Star Comics.
• Our Vampires Are Different: Explicitly described as a vampire in his Classics bio

Multi-Bot

Played by: Lou Scheimer (She-Ra)

• Bumbling Sidekick: to Modulok.
• Detachment Combat: Mostly uses it to divide himself into two bodies.
• Easily Detachable Robot Parts
• Robot Me: The robotic version of his creator Modulok.

King Hiss of the Viper House

Played by: Brian Dobson ('02)

"You know, He-Man, I knew King Grayskull, I fought King Grayskull, and you are not King Grayskull!"

• Arch-Enemy: To Zodak in the 2002 series. King Hiss seemed to feel his actual Arch-Enemy was Hordak.
• Authority Equals Asskicking
• Benevolent Boss: In a stark contrast to either Skeletor or Hordak. The Snake Men have Undying Loyalty to him for this reason.
• Big Bad: In a Big Bad Duumvirate with Skeletor in the 80s minicomics, and supplants Skeletor as this in the 2002 series.
• Evil Versus Oblivion: When Evil-Lin tries to release Hordak in the 2002 series, he tries to stop her, and fails because He-Man interferes not realizing what he was trying to do till after he prevent Hordak's escape, as even he doesn't want Hordak to return.
• Fantastic Racism: If you're a Snake Man, he'll like you. If you're anything else, he'll consider you slave labor or food.
• I Am A Humanitarian: A species trait, though in the 2002 series, he's the only shown actually doing it.
• Knight of Cerebus: Definitely in the 2002 series. If not this in the 80s minicomics, he at least is a "Knight of Canon" as the comics begin to have a tighter, somewhat more serious continuity after he appears.
• Pet the Dog: He's the only one in the group to treat Kobra Khan as "a proper Snake Man."
• Smug Snake: Quite literally
• The Snake That Walks: His true form is multiple snakes tangled together.
• YouKilledMyBrother: Reason for Zodak's aime to kill him.

Kobra Khan/Khan of the Clan Kobra

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's); Scott McNeil ('02)

• All the Other Reindeer: The other Snake Men, with the exception of King Hiss, think of him as just an inferior descendant of the true Snake Men.
• Alliterative Name
• Characterization Marches On: Khan predates Mattel's creation of the Snake Men, so he was originally just a snake-themed Evil Warrior working for Skeletor during the 80s. Upon the Snake Men's introduction to the toyline, Khan was retconned into being tied to them.
• Hollywood Acid: He can spit this or spray poison/sleeping gas.
• The Mole: Toward Skeletor.
• Rubber Man: One episode of the 80s series showed him having stretchable arms similar to Sssqueeze.
• The Starscream: More towards General Rattlor than King Hiss.

Rattlor/Slltyo of the Rattlor House

Played by: Lou Scheimer (She-Ra); Richard Newman ('02)

• The Brute: The biggest of the Snake Men.
• The Dragon
• Why Did It Have to Be Mongooses?: For him (and possibly the other Snake-Man since they are the natural enemy of snakes). Orko uses this against him in the episode "Second Skin" it helped he used a spell to make the mongoose bigger then Rattlor.

Snake Face/Cyltho Ssstavvve

Played by: Paul Dobson ('02)

"Look at me!"

• Death by Adaptation: In the 2002 series, he's turned into a stone statue and imprisoned. In the MVCreations comic adaptation of the same episode, the statue is kicked down the abyss by Zodak. Luckily for Snake Face, later comics follow the TV version and he's shown as an imprisoned statue.
• Hoist by His Own Petard
• Killed Off for Real: Technically in the MYP cartoon as he remains as stone for the remainder of the series. Definitely in the comic adaptation of the arc (see above).
• Story-Breaker Power / Too Powerful to Live: Not so much if he was an one-shot villain, but that power is too much for a regular like him. The writers admitted that that they had to kill him off soon or his ability would could cause him to eclipse King Hiss as a threat.
• Taken for Granite

Sssqueeze

Played by: Brian Dobson ('02)

• Cynical Mentor: Compared to the other Snake Men, he seems to believe that Kobra Khan has a chance to become a "proper" Snake Man with some effort. For instance, learning how to devour his enemies alive.
• Rubber Man: At least with his arms.
• Sssnake Talk: Notably part of his name

Tung Lashor/Kasssher

Played by: George DiCenzo (She-Ra); Michael Donovan ('02)

"When you mention power, you better mention Tung Lashor by name!"

• Multipurpose Tongue
• Overly Long Tongue

She-Ra/Princess Adora of the House of Randor

I am She-Ra!

• Action Girl: She's He-Man's Sister, so of course
• Badass Princess: She's ain't call the Princess of Power for nothing
• Cool Crown: She-Ra's headdress is a crown with wings on the side.
• Cool Horse: Adora's horse Spirit. And he becomes an even cooler horse (Swift Wind, actually a winged unicorn) when she transforms into She-Ra.
• Distaff Counterpart: To He-Man
• Heel-Face Turn: Was a member of the Horde until He-Man revealed who she really was.
• Heroes Want Redheads: A gender-flipped version between Adora and Sea Hawk.
• Hypnotizethe Princess: For as many times He-Man was captured in the pilot, Adora would be hypnotized. In fact, Adora was originally hypnotized into serving the Horde.
• Impossible Hourglass Figure: Adora, whether as herself or as She-Ra.
• Lawful Stupid: Adora before her Heel-Face Turn. She never questioned her Obviously Evil boss' motives and saw him as the rightful ruler of the planet. Rather justified in that she was under the control of Shadow Weaver's magic, but it doesn't explain why she call herself good instead of evil, since Hordak openly brags that he is.
• Loves My Alter Ego: Bow has a crush on She-Ra but ignores Adora. Sea Hawk has a crush on Adora but merely respects She-Ra as a fellow warrior.
• Mini Dress Of Power: She-Ra's outfit.
• More Than Mind Control: How Adora was shaped by Hordak and Shadow Weaver into their Tyke Bomb.
• Morph Weapon: She-Ra's sword, which she could change at will into a shield, lasso, or other implement.
• Ms. Fanservice: Adora, but even more so as She-Ra.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: The animated She-Ra never hides her face (unlike in the first wave POP minicomics), uses Adora's sword, and is never seen together with Adora. Bow and the others don't even seem to wonder how she knows when they need her help.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something
• Superheroes Wear Capes: She-Ra's outfit includes a short, red cape.

Angella

• Action Mom: Glimmer's
• Winged Humanoid: Strangely, her daughter lacks them

Bow/Kyle Reccula

• Ambiguously Gay: It's a running gag in fandom.
• Broken Heel: Interestingly, while Bow is the one who trips over a vine (as they're running from a monster), this plays out just like the classic female version, including how he just lies there waiting for rescue instead of trying to get up and keep running. (Although technically, the monster just offscreen teleported to in front of him anyway, so maybe he thought it was useless by that point to run anywhere.)
• Faux Action Guy: Borders on this. In general, he's the one the usually needs rescuing.
• The One Guy: Bow. Biologically, yes. Bow fits in as one of the girls most of the time though, and Sea Hawk takes up the role of The One Guy more often.
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Bow; his new action figure, which is in scale with the rest of the Masters of the Universe line and show accurate head (complete with mustache) has helped soothed a lot of complaints about him and his original figure.

Light Hope

• Expy: A Ur Example: He's a light being with magical powers, who lives on a mountain top fortress, who gives help and advice. Sound kind of like Zordon. Since Haim Saban worked on the MOTU franchise, one wonders if he got some inspiration from Light Hope to create Zordon.

Castasepella/Esmeralda

• All Women Are Lustful: Kidnaps Prince Adam after seeing him in her pool and becoming smitten. He doesn't mind.
• Evil Former Friend: Shadow Weaver is her's. She is rather saddened by it.
• Rapid Aging: Was cursed with it prior to her first appearance. She gets better at the end of the episode
• Royals Who Actually Do Something
• Ship Tease: With Prince Adam. And it's adorable. Why aren't these two shipped more often.
• Sorceress Queen

Double Trouble/Rebekkah Kettle

Flutterina/Abby De'Note

• Back from the Dead: Was fatally injured, until Light Hope transformed her.
• Butterfly of Transformation
• Made a Slave: Was when she first appeared.
• Pretty Butterflies

Frosta/Queen Mackenzie

• All Women Are Lustful: Though only towards He-Man. Well, that we are aware of...
• An Ice Person
• Memetic Molester
• Ms. Fanservice
• Royals Who Actually Do Something
• Ship Tease: One Sided with He-Man. Poor, poor He-Man.
• Winter Royal Lady
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Glimmer of the Royal House of Brightmoon

• Action Survivor: She tries hard to be an Action Girl, but for the most part direct combat simply isn't her thing.
• Damsel in Distress: Happens to her often. Usually its her own fault.
• Disappeared Dad: Said to have died fighting the Horde. Though a one-shot character that shows up later is hinted to be him.
• Missing Mom: Angella was kidnapped prior to the start of the series, leaving Glimmer in charge. Angella was rescued eventually.
• Most Common Superpower: Granted most of the female cast are this, but Glimmer in particular stands out.
• General Failure: She was the leader of the Great Rebellion. Pretty obvious why they weren't succeeding against the Horde until He-Man and She-Ra came along.
• Green-Eyed Monster: While she likes Adora and She-Ra, the popularity of them/her, causes her to do some rather foolish things.
• Plucky Girl: No one can say this girl's not stubborn.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Well, she tries anyway.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Can venture into this at time.

Kowl

• Last of His Kind: Possibly. However, he discovers that only two other members of his species are still alive.
• Secret Keeper: One of Three people who know Adora is She-ra

Mermista/Elaysia

• Making a Splash
• Our Mermaids Are Different
• Rebellious Princess: Is the only one of her people to fight The Horde.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something
• Speaks Fluent Animal

Netossa/Vivian Redretta

Peekablue/Penelope

• Official Couple: With Man-E-Faces in Classics.
• Peacock Girl
• Seers

Perfuma

• Too Spicy for Yog Sothoth: Hordak once captured her. When She-Ra arrived, he was begging her to take Perfuma away
• The Ditz

Spinnerella/Cynthia

Sweet Bee/Beatrice Castle

• Bee People: Though her race have no connection to Buzz-Off's people.
• Ship Tease: With He-Man. Oddly, it isn't brought up when they appear together the second time.
• Winged Humanoid

King D'Vann Grayskull

Played by: Cam Clarke ('02)

• Bad Ass
• Canon Immigrant: From the '02 series to the Mattel toyline.
• Heroic Build: Ever for Eternian standards.
• Heroic Sacrifice
• Honor Before Reason: The Oracle tells him he will not survive the battle against Hordak, but he goes anyway.
  "What happens to me is not important, so long as Eternia can be free from evil and live in peace."
• Mythology Gag: "The power's in you, Grayskull. You have the power."
• Remember the New Guy: He's been retconed into toy continuity.

Demo-Man/Uqquz' Zekul-Msbox

Eldor/R'Tendril the Wise

The Faceless One/Nikolas Powers

Played by: Richard Newman ('02)

• Fog Feet: The Faceless One is always portrayed, both in animation and comic books, as a ghostly figure with mystic smoke around his legs. When he finally received an action figure that had no representation of the smoke, many fans were displeased.
• Papa Wolf: Even though he cannot physically leave the ruins of Zalesia, he does anything in his power to ensure his daughter's safety.

Granamyr

• Toyless Toyline Character: Not the case anymore since Comic-Con 2012

He-Ro/Ro

Procrustus

Tytus

• Drop the Hammer
• Our Giants Are Bigger

Vikor, He-Man of the North

• Horny Vikings
• Shout-Out: To Conan the Barbarian.

Wun-Dar, the savage He-Man

• Mythology Gag: He's an attempt to make canon the mysterious "Wonder Bread He-Man" with brown hair and different armor (who nobody can prove was actually offered by Wonder Bread). He even comes with an "Eternian baked good".

Zodac Zur

Played by: Lou Scheimer (80's)

• Ambiguously Brown: The 80's figure and animated version. Comics and box art showed him as caucasian instead, just like the Classics figure.
• Balance Between Good and Evil
• Spell My Name with an "S": He could be named Zodac or Zodak. Currently, the last one is the name given to his disciple

Zodak/Kar-Tor

Played by: Christopher Judge ('02)

• Ink-Suit Actor: He is voiced by Christopher Judge and looks pretty similar to Teal'c.
• Karma Houdini: Never really answers for the more morally questionable actions he committed in the 2002 cartoon.
• Retcon: At first, he was supposed to be the 2002 version of Zodac, but was retconned as a disciple of the Cosmic Enforcer.
• Revenge Before Reason: He allowed King Hiss to be freed just to have a chance to kill him, endangering the lives of everyone on Eternia. Later, during the fight at Castle Greyskull, he abandons He-Man to fight both Rattlor and Snake Face on his own while he moves on to fight King Hiss.
• What the Hell, Hero?: The Masters' response to his actions.
• You Killed My Brother

Hydron

Played by: Don Brown (New Adventures)

• The Captain
• Fiery Redhead: Subverted; despite being a redhead, he's mostly of the stern leader type.
• Not So Above It All: In "Four Ways to Sundown" we see he's not above aggrandizing himself when retelling a battle.
• Straight Man: To Flipshot.

Artilla

Played by: Gary Chalk (New Adventures)

• Drill Sergeant Nasty
• Eyepatch of Power: His blue left eye emulates one.

Flipshot/Tc Icarius Kaz

Played by: Scott McNeil (New Adventures)

"I was born ready!"

• Ace Pilot
• Jetpack

Kayo

Played by: Don Brown (New Adventures)

• Good Old Fisticuffs: He's better using his punches than his gun.
• One-Liner: To Optikk; "made you blink!"

Mara

Played by: Venus Terzo (New Adventures)

• Epic Flail: She has a a flail-shaped ponytail that she uses to fight.
• Master of Delusion
• Took a Level in Badass: She began just as Master Sebrian's assistant, but became more of an Action Girl in later episodes of the TV series.
• Toyless Toyline Character: There was a prototype for a figure, but the toyline was cancelled before she could be released.

Nocturna

• Advertised Extra

Sagitar

Played by: Cambell Lane (New Adventures)

• Bald of Awesome: His bald head can be seen when he isn't wearing his helmet.
• The Big Guy
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: When standing straight.
• Our Centaurs Are Different: His species are a sort of centaurs who can raise their forelegs to use as an extra set of arms.
• Token Nonhuman: The other Galactic Guardians are humans whose abilities come from their armors, while he has additional limbs, normal for his species.

Spinwit

Played by: Ted Cole (New Adventures)

• Blow You Away
• Everything's Better with Spinning

Tuskador

Played by: Alvin Sanders (New Adventures)

Vizar

• Advertised Extra
• Ambiguously Brown

Flogg/Brakk

Played by: Alvin Sanders (New Adventures)

Flogg: When you return, I will be King of Primus!

Skeletor (to himself): No, Flogg, when I return, you will be mine. Primus will be mine. The whole Tri-Solar Galaxy will be mine! And He-Man will not be.

• Big Bad Wannabe: To be fair, he and his mutant army were a threat big enough to have the Galactic Guardians asking for He-Man's help, but after Skeletor arrived, Flogg became his pawn without realising it.
  • The Starscream: Described as such in his MOTUC bio, a reversal of his status as the nominal Big Bad of the cartoon (and Skeletor's status as one of these in same)
• Foil: He and Skeletor are this to each other; Skeletor is smart, Flogg is sane.
• General Failure: Flogg isn't a particularly intelligent mutant and his strategies often leave something to desire, but he manages to subvert this occasionally; he's not smart, but he's a savvy and intimidating military commander who can draw up a battle plan that'll leave 'em reeling sometimes.
• Pragmatic Villainy: He won't risk his ship or his troops unless there's a clear goal. Besides, he could incur the wrath of the Galactic Council by directly attacking the Primans, so he doesn't do it when it's for petty reasons.
• Reptiles Are Abhorrent: His toys depict him with distinctly reptilian features, though this didn't carry over to the cartoon.
• Un-evil Laugh
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: A power he only had in the German/UK comics.
• Whip It Good

Butthead

Played by: Scott McNeil (New Adventures)

• Dumb Muscle
• Fail O'Suckyname: The cartoon mercifully refers to him solely as "BH", but that's still probably the single worst name they could have possibly come up with.
• High-Class Glass: After being hit by a "brain ray", he starts wearing a monocle. Later he completes the ensemble with a bowler hat and a fancy suit, though he doesn't take off his helmet at any point.
• Name's the Same: As the character from Beavis And Butthead.
• Use Your Head

Crita

Played by: Venus Terzo (New Adventures)

• Purple Skinned Space Babe: Thus subverting the other Mutants' Beauty Equals Goodness.
• Mid-Season Upgrade: She becomes queen of beings called Gleanons and gets a new costume.
• Toyless Toyline Character
• Whip It Good

Hoove

Played by: Doug Parker (New Adventures)

• Mid-Season Upgrade

Karatti/Stickel-Vat

Played by: Ted Cole (New Adventures)

• Adaptational Wimp: The series had him as capable to fight He-Man and calling cowardice on a tactical retreat. His recent Classics bio calls him a coward who only faces weaker opponents.
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy
• Charles Atlas Superpower: His martial arts allow him to fight and almost defeat He-Man.

Lizorr

• Demoted to Extra: He already was an extra in the minicomics, only telling when there were ships approaching, while the TV series used him as a non-speaking background character.
• Overly Long Tongue: Used once in the cartoon.
• Verbal Tic: His only minicomic appearance had him adding "th" after each "s".

Optikk/(real name pronounced through a series of blinks)

Played by: Don Brown (New Adventures)

• Cyber Cyclops
• Demoted to Extra: He was just as important as Slushhead in the minicomics, but the TV series kept him mostly in the background. He gets some importance back after his Mid-Season Upgrade. Oddly enough, in spite of all this he was the first New Adventures character to get a toy in the Classics line, well before any of the more visible mutants like Flogg or Slushhead
• Faceless Eye
• Giant Eye Of Doom
• Mid-Season Upgrade

Quakke

Played by: Don Brown (New Adventures)

Slushhead/Kalamarr

Played by: Ted Cole (New Adventures)

• Combat Tentacles
• Dumb Is Good: Not exactly good, but being the dumbest of the Mutants, he's also the most loyal and the closest to have a sense of honor.
  • Subverted in his MOTUC bio, which depicts him as an unlikeable dimwitted thug.
• Even Evil Has Standards: During Slushhead's wedding, he tries to respect the truce he promised to the Galactic Guardians, despite Skeletor and Flogg's schemes. Besides, he's very loyal to Flogg.
• Happily Married: He married in the episode "The Bride Of Slushhead"
• Man Child
• Phrase Catcher: "Shut up, Slushhead!"
• Plucky Comic Relief

Staghorn

Played by: Ted Cole (New Adventures)

• Arch-Enemy: to Sagitar.
• Beard of Evil
• Dumb Muscle: Not as dumb as BH or Slushhead, but still more brawn than brains.
• Horned Humanoid: Not quite played straight, since his horns are clearly a part of his helmet, yet still invoked by the fact of being his most recognisable trait.
• The Starscream: tries to depose Flogg in the episode "Mutiny in the Mothership".

Count Marzo

• Adaptational Badass: While Marzo in the original series wasn't a pushover, its hard to take someone who looks like a smug fop who dresses like he's going to a Renaissance fair seriously. Compared to the 2002 version who looks like a demonic, muscle bound Rasputin, who is very much The Dreaded.

Evilseed

• Bad Ass: To the point that both He-Man and Skeletor needed to team up to beat him.
• Evil Counterpart: Is one to Moss Man. Flat out stated in the 2002 series when he pretends to be Moss Man until the real deal shows up.
• Plant Person

Shokoti

• All There in the Manual: According to her bio, she is a Gar, the same race as Skeletor's mother and Sy-Klone.
• Bad Ass: She came close to beating He-Man.
• Lovecraft Lite
• The Dreaded
• Sealed Evil in a Can