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* RoyalBrat: Prince Adam's visiting cousin Lady Edwina is a stuck-up young woman who drops StealthInsults about her uncle's kingdom the second she arrives, refers to Man-At-Arms and Teela as "the help", and brushes of Orko until she learns he once had a magical amulet that helped him cast spells. After that, she friendlies up to him so she try to sway him into leaving the castle with her so they can find the amulet together--and she can keep it for himself. By the end of the episode, Randor's banished her from the kingdom until she shapes up.
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* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Every episode has a PublicServiceAnnouncement at the end to emphasize its [[AnAesop Aesop]].
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* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Every episode has a PublicServiceAnnouncement at the end to emphasize its [[AnAesop Aesop]]. One notable bit had He-Man and She-Ra address the problem of sexual abuse. After the episode ran, at least one kid was able to come forward and admit to his or her parents about being sexually abused.
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Of note is that Creator/PaulDini was a member of the writing staff (as was Creator/JMichaelStraczynski), and Creator/BruceTimm did layouts; both would later go on to be main figures in ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. (Also of note: Haim Saban and Shuki Levy were involved in the original production of the show as well[[note]]Namely, with the show's music, although they are best remembered for their work with [[Creator/DicEntertainment a certain other company]].[[/note]], also going on to make Franchise/PowerRangers).
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Of note is that Creator/PaulDini was a member of the writing staff (as was Creator/JMichaelStraczynski), and Creator/BruceTimm did layouts; both would later go on to be main figures in ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. (Also of note: Haim Saban and Shuki Levy were involved in the original production of the show as well[[note]]Namely, well,[[note]]Namely, with the show's music, although they are best remembered for their work with [[Creator/DicEntertainment a certain other company]].[[/note]], [[/note]] also going on to make Franchise/PowerRangers).
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* DependingOnTheWriter: A lot of details can change between episodes, but Orko's magic almost hits ContinuitySnarl levels. In one episode, it's stated that his magic doesn't work because he lost a [[AmplifierArtifact crystal amulet he used to focus and stabilize his magic]] when he got trapped on Eternia. In another episode, his magical issues are directly linked to [[YourMagicsNoGoodHere the different physical laws between his dimension and Eternia's]]--in his own dimension, he was a master wizard, but on Eternia, he can barely make it work. In yet another episode, he's stated to have always been a bumbling and incompetent excuse for a mage, even on Trolla.
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** "A Friend in Need" is the obligatory "Drugs are bad, m'kay?" one. A friend of Teela regrets not being strong enough, so she starts taking a potion from a villain disguised as an old woman, which increases her strenght. Of course, she finds herself hooked to taking the potion, while the villain keeps raising the price of the doses...
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** "A Friend in Need" is the obligatory "Drugs are bad, m'kay?" one. A friend of Teela regrets not being strong enough, so she starts taking a potion from a villain disguised as an old woman, which increases her strenght.strength. Of course, she finds herself hooked to taking the potion, while the villain keeps raising the price of the doses...
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** "ORKOOOOOOOOOOO!"
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** "ORKOOOOOOOOOOO!"[[SayMyName "ORKOOOOOOOOOOO!"]]
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* MagicFire: Granamyr, Oldest and Wisest of Dragons, draws his immense magical power from his firepit. Notably the fire in the pit cannot simply be put out to depower him, an enemy has to use a shard of infinite ice to do so. Likewise starting it up again requires a piece of first fire to do so, though apparently it can be stoked with normal wood like any other flame.
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* AdaptationTitleChange: ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' was adapted from the ''Masters of the Universe'' toyline.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Skeletor in most continuities is a truly malevolent warlord with several hundreds of atrocities under his belt and generally shows no redeeming qualities of any kind. This Skeletor, on the other hand, is still an ambitious warlord but never quite goes as far as his other counterparts have gone, shows a lot of standards such as caring for children and is generally shown to have the capacity to be a good guy deep down.
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* Sucksessor: Several episodes have King Randor fear that Adam will wind up like this, since he seems to not really care for any of his training or lessons.
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* Sucksessor: {{Sucksessor}}: Several episodes have King Randor fear that Adam will wind up like this, since he seems to not really care for any of his training or lessons.
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* RedemptionPromotion: '''NOTHING''' ever goes right for Skeletor, unless he's in an EnemyMine with He-Man, or when he actually does decide to some good in the Christmas Special.
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** Notably, this trope is the reason Teela is so upset when in "Into The Abyss" Adam (mentally exhausted from his dual identity) curtly dismisses her with "Thank you, ''Captain'', that will be all." It's also why Cringer pulls a WhatTheHellHero on Adam. For his part, Adam realises he's been a huge jerk and immediately apologises the next time he sees her.
* TheDreaded: Skeletor himself, despite his reputation out of universe as being an ineffectual villain. This was par for the course for 80s villains.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Skeletor generally cut and run the moment he realised he'd lost his advantage.
* MoralGuardians: Like just about every bit of Western (especially American) animation during the 80s, this is the reason why despite his power and abilities Skeletor is defeated by He-Man episode after episode. Like his contemporaries he couldn't even achieve temporary victories unless pulling an EnemyMine with He-Man or in EvilVSEvil scenarios.
* PowerEchoes: As He-Man, Adam's voice gains a booming echoing effect, even when speaking softly.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: Granamyr's initial "mistrust" of He-Man in his first appearance is {{Retcon}}ed as this by his later appearance in She-Ra's series where he [[spoiler:reads She-Ra's mind when she meets him on Eterina one thousand years before the events of either series, discovering that She-Ra is Adora and that He-Man is Adam.]]
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* SecretKeeper: Man-At-Arms and Orko know Adam is He-Man, but none of the other heroes do. Not even Adam's childhood friend and Man-At-Arms' adopted daughter Teela.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Granamyr's initial "mistrust" of He-Man in his first appearance is {{Retcon}}ed as this by his later appearance in She-Ra's series where he [[spoiler:reads She-Ra's mind when she meets him onEterina Eternia one thousand years before the events of either series, discovering that She-Ra is Adora and that He-Man is Adam.]]
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Granamyr's initial "mistrust" of He-Man in his first appearance is {{Retcon}}ed as this by his later appearance in She-Ra's series where he [[spoiler:reads She-Ra's mind when she meets him on
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* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhraseCharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: Several episodes had titles that followed this pattern.
* ChildhoodFriends: Adam and Teela grew up together, to the point that they're LikeBrotherAndSister. They're close enough that Teela doesn't even bother addressing Adam with anywhere near the same reverence that she shows King Randor or Queen Marlene.
** ChildhoodFriendRomance: The pitched but ultimately rejected sequel series would've revealed that Adam and Teela had a child together.
* ChildhoodFriends: Adam and Teela grew up together, to the point that they're LikeBrotherAndSister. They're close enough that Teela doesn't even bother addressing Adam with anywhere near the same reverence that she shows King Randor or Queen Marlene.
** ChildhoodFriendRomance: The pitched but ultimately rejected sequel series would've revealed that Adam and Teela had a child together.
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* CowardlyLion: Cringer freely admits he really doesn't like transforming into Battle-Cat and charging into battle, but he's still glad that he can since the alternative is Adam going off as He-Man on his own without his best friend Cringer at his side.
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* ImpliedLoveInterest: In several episodes, it was shown that both He-Man and Teela have a bit of a mutual attraction. One example is in the episode "The Problem With Power", where He-Man expresses enough concern for Teela that she flitratiously observes, "Why, He-Man, I didn't know you cared!" before he picks her up in a BridalCarry and offers to carry her home. The episode ends with a bemused Teela claiming she's fine, and when He-Man suggests carrying her part of the way home, she points out what good that would do as He-Man continues making excuses.
** It should be pointed out that in the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen pitched sequel series]], the main character He-Ro would've been Adam and Teela's son.
** It should be pointed out that in the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen pitched sequel series]], the main character He-Ro would've been Adam and Teela's son.
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* SecretIdentity: Adam has to keep his identity as He-Man secret from just about everyone save Orko, Man-At-Arms and the Sorceress. Several episodes show his unhappiness with this arrangement, since it forces Adam to come off as being lazy and/or cowardly to his loved ones. "Prince Adam No More", for example, shows how bitterly hurt he is that his own father considers him a less-than-reliable layabout and would much prefer having He-Man around.
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* Sucksessor: Several episodes have King Randor fear that Adam will wind up like this, since he seems to not really care for any of his training or lessons.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** On Orko's world Trolla, there are objects sticking out of the ground (trees? Mushrooms? Mineral formations?) that resemble phalluses to varying degrees.
** In the He Man and She-Ra Christmas special, an aircraft with a long fuselage gets grabbed by a giant robotic hand. A white ray emanates from its rounded nosecone.
--->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic:''' Just add to the list (cue counter: "Gay Jokes I Could've Made: 4").
** The camera just LOVES pointing at Teela's butt any chance it can, and her uniform was so form fitting it looked painted on. Evil-Lyn was equally prone to the camera pointing at her crotch, wearing a similar uniform to Teela's.
*** Due to the near-constant use of a particular piece of recycled animation, that of a character landing in front of the camera in a BetweenMyLegs pose, the men got this as much as, if not ''more'' than, the women (the women did get to do this move occasionally, but it's almost always the men (read: He-Man) doing it).
** On Orko's world Trolla, there are objects sticking out of the ground (trees? Mushrooms? Mineral formations?) that resemble phalluses to varying degrees.
** In the He Man and She-Ra Christmas special, an aircraft with a long fuselage gets grabbed by a giant robotic hand. A white ray emanates from its rounded nosecone.
--->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic:''' Just add to the list (cue counter: "Gay Jokes I Could've Made: 4").
** The camera just LOVES pointing at Teela's butt any chance it can, and her uniform was so form fitting it looked painted on. Evil-Lyn was equally prone to the camera pointing at her crotch, wearing a similar uniform to Teela's.
*** Due to the near-constant use of a particular piece of recycled animation, that of a character landing in front of the camera in a BetweenMyLegs pose, the men got this as much as, if not ''more'' than, the women (the women did get to do this move occasionally, but it's almost always the men (read: He-Man) doing it).
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** On Orko's world Trolla, there are objects sticking out of the ground (trees? Mushrooms? Mineral formations?) that resemble phalluses to varying degrees.
** In the He Man and She-Ra Christmas special, an aircraft with a long fuselage gets grabbed by a giant robotic hand. A white ray emanates from its rounded nosecone.
--->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic:''' Just add to the list (cue counter: "Gay Jokes I Could've Made: 4").
** The camera just LOVES pointing at Teela's butt any chance it can, and her uniform was so form fitting it looked painted on. Evil-Lyn was equally prone to the camera pointing at her crotch, wearing a similar uniform to Teela's.
***GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to the near-constant use of a particular piece of recycled animation, that of a character landing in front of the camera in a BetweenMyLegs pose, the men got overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this as much as, if not ''more'' than, in the women (the women did get to do this move occasionally, but it's almost always future, please check the men (read: He-Man) doing it).trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
** On Orko's world Trolla, there are objects sticking out of the ground (trees? Mushrooms? Mineral formations?) that resemble phalluses to varying degrees.
** In the He Man and She-Ra Christmas special, an aircraft with a long fuselage gets grabbed by a giant robotic hand. A white ray emanates from its rounded nosecone.
--->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic:''' Just add to the list (cue counter: "Gay Jokes I Could've Made: 4").
** The camera just LOVES pointing at Teela's butt any chance it can, and her uniform was so form fitting it looked painted on. Evil-Lyn was equally prone to the camera pointing at her crotch, wearing a similar uniform to Teela's.
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** "A Friend in Need" is the obligatory "Drugs are bad, m'kay?" one. A friend of Teela regrets not being strong enough, so she starts taking a potion from a villain disguised as an old woman, which increases her strenght. Of course, she finds herself hooked to taking the potion, while the villain keeps raising the price of the doses...
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* DeadpanSnarker: Skeletor.
--> "I could write a book about what you don't know!"
--> "I could write a book about what you don't know!"
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* OscarBait: Or, in this case, Emmy Bait. Animator Tom Tataranowicz, who came up with the idea for the UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode "The Problem With Power", openly admitted in the DVD commentary that he did so to enforce this trope, as episodes in which someone died always won Emmys. It didn't work, though the episode is considered to be one of the very best of the show.
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* NoAntagonist: The episode "Not So Blind", about He-Man and Ram-Man taking a blind child on an adventure, features no villains at all.
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* {{Hammerspace}}: Adam's sword is frequently nowhere to be seen until he pulls it out from his back to transform.
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** Ditto for the equally aptly named second season episode "The [[Recap/StarTrekS1E18Arena Arena]]".
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->''"I am Adam, Prince of Eternia, and defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull. This is Cringer, my 'fearless' friend. Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me, the day I [[StabTheSky held aloft my magic sword]] and said, 'ByThePowerOfGrayskull!' '''I have the power!'''''"
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->''"I am Adam, Prince of Eternia, and defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull. This is Cringer, my 'fearless' friend. Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me, the day I [[StabTheSky held aloft my magic sword]] sword and said, 'ByThePowerOfGrayskull!' 'By the power of Grayskull!' '''I have the power!'''''"
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* NotableOriginalMusic: Music by the team of [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Shuki Levy and Haim Saban]][[note]]Who are perhaps best remembered for their contributions to productions by Creator/DicEntertainment, including WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget, which premiered the same year as this series.[[/note]]. Some of the music was recycled from ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold''. There was a BGM album released.
** The [[http://www.coucoucircus.org/da/generique.php?id=1760 Spanish version of the opening theme]] has additional lyrics added.
--->''El universo ya está protegido\\
por el Poder de Grayskull...\\
¡Con secretos poderes de este gran castillo\\
He-man luchará hasta el final!\\
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Teniendo a su lado la mágica espada\\
y amigos que no fallarán,\\
fuerzas malvadas querrán liquidarlo\\
y nunca descansarán!''
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--->''The universe is now protected\\
by the Power of Greyskull...\\
With secret powers of this great castle\\
He-man will fight to the end!\\
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Having by his side the magical sword\\
and unfailing friends,\\
evil forces will want to kill him\\
and will never rest!''
** The [[http://www.coucoucircus.org/da/generique.php?id=1760 Spanish version of the opening theme]] has additional lyrics added.
--->''El universo ya está protegido\\
por el Poder de Grayskull...\\
¡Con secretos poderes de este gran castillo\\
He-man luchará hasta el final!\\
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Teniendo a su lado la mágica espada\\
y amigos que no fallarán,\\
fuerzas malvadas querrán liquidarlo\\
y nunca descansarán!''
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--->''The universe is now protected\\
by the Power of Greyskull...\\
With secret powers of this great castle\\
He-man will fight to the end!\\
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Having by his side the magical sword\\
and unfailing friends,\\
evil forces will want to kill him\\
and will never rest!''
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* LighterAndSofter: In comparison to the earlier comics, which were pretty much "[[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan]]-lite" stories with actual physical confrontations, devoid of comic relief characters, and with villains that were fairly competent and imposing.
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* AcidTripDimension: In one episode, Skeletor erases He-Man's memory and sends him to a world that looks like something out of a Dr. Seuss book.
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* AcidTripDimension: In one episode, Skeletor erases He-Man's memory and sends him to a world that looks like something out of a Dr. Seuss Creator/DrSeuss book.
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* SchizoTech: While technology on Eternia is very advanced, it does not seem to be universally available. Common people often live in communities that look like they are in MedievalStasis, while places like the Royal Palace and Snake Mountain are high-tech enclaves.
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* SecretIdentityVocalShift: He-Man, and later She-Ra, have deeper, more resonant, voices than they do as Adam and Adora.
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* CrystalBall: These are extremely popular with wizards. In fact, both Skeletor and Evil-Lyn have crystal balls on the ends of their MagicStaff and MagicWand respectively. Plus, Skeletor has a larger domed one set into the conference table in Snake Mountain. The Sorceress of Greyskull uses a MagicMirror instead.
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* MagicStaff:
** Skeletor's WeaponOfChoice is his Havoc Staff, which seems to be an AmplifierArtifact for his magic, as well as containing a small CrystalBall in the back of the ram's skull at the head of the staff, which Skeletor uses to scry on people.
** The titular staff in "The Shaping Staff", which can be used to inflict BalefulPolymorph on people.
** Skeletor's WeaponOfChoice is his Havoc Staff, which seems to be an AmplifierArtifact for his magic, as well as containing a small CrystalBall in the back of the ram's skull at the head of the staff, which Skeletor uses to scry on people.
** The titular staff in "The Shaping Staff", which can be used to inflict BalefulPolymorph on people.
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* HeroicBuild: The adult male characters, not counting a few monsters or cyborgs. The adult female characters have {{Impossible Hourglass Figure}}s.
