History WesternAnimation / HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983

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* EnemyMine: Aside from the times Skeletor and He-Man would have to work together to defeat a bigger threat, one episode ("The Witch and the Warrior") ended up with a [[BroughtDownToNormal de-powered]] Evil-Lyn trapped in the desert with Teela and having to work with her to get back to the villain who had her powers and was threatening Eternia. The two work surprisingly well together (lampshaded by ''both'' the women at different points in the episode), and it's one of the better episodes of the series because of it.

* EldritchAbomination: One-shot guest-villain Sh'Gora is a one-eyed tentacled blob who easily overpowers his summoner Skeletor, takes over Grayskull and plots drag all of Eternia back to his home dimension.

* EldritchAbomination: One-shot guest-villain Sh'Gora is a surprisingly hard-core example.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: In "The Rainbow Warrior," Queen Marlena breaks her former ship (and her uniform) out of the castle display room to engage Hordak's forces.

[[caption-width-right:350:Bottom left to right - [[TheBeastmaster Beast Man]], [[EvilSorcerer Evil-Lyn]], [[BigBad Skeletor]], [[TheHero He-Man]], [[TheSmartGuy Man-At-Arms]], [[ActionGirl Teela]], [[GuardianEntity The Sorceress]]. Flying above - [[IneptMage Orko]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Bottom left to right - [[TheBeastmaster Beast Man]], [[EvilSorcerer Evil-Lyn]], [[BigBad Skeletor]], [[TheHero He-Man]], [[TheSmartGuy Man-At-Arms]], [[ActionGirl Teela]], [[GuardianEntity The Sorceress]]. Flying above - [[IneptMagician Orko]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Bottom left to right - Beast Man, Evil-Lyn, Skeletor, He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Teela, The Sorceress. Flying above - Orko.]]

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: King Randor judges disputes and otherwise governs his realm. He is also [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking quite competent in a fight]]. Queen Marlena is a former astronaut from Earth who also presumably had prior military fighter training, as she is an AcePilot who mops the floor with Skeletor and his fleet of robot drones.

* WHatHappenedToTheMouse: There were several Evil Warriors (Strongarm, Jitsu and Fang Man) who each appeared in one episode early in the series and were then never seen again.

** Prince Adam is a subversion. ''He-Man'' is a Badass, but his cover identity verges on NonActionGuy.

There are [[WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan two]] [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 further]] animated adaptations of the franchise, both of which were short-lived. ''WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation'' was designed to be [[UnReboot a direct continuation of the show]], only with more modern sensibilities.

''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' was a SpinOff, although it wasn't quite as successful.

** 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.

** A perfect example of this is in the first episode The AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle message is to work hard and not take shortcuts. in the episode Skeletor tries to take over the palace using [[spoiler:The Lost Diamond Ray of Disappearance.]] In the message following the episode He-Man chews out Skeletor because he tried to take a shortcut instead of working hard. Take a shortcut?! Skeletor literally [[spoiler: found an item the rest of Eternia called the LOST, meaning THEY COULDN'T FIND IT]] and yet he did.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: All the super powered heroes apart from He-Man himself.

There are [[WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan two]] [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 further]] animated adaptations of the franchise, both of which were short-lived. ''WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelations'' was designed to be [[UnReboot a direct continuation of the show]], only with more modern sensibilities.

There are [[WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan two]] [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 further]] animated adaptations of the franchise, both of which were short-lived.

* RoyalBrat: Prince Adam's visiting cousin Lady Edwina is a stuck-up young woman who drops {{Stealth Insult}}s about her uncle's kingdom the second she arrives, refers to Man-At-Arms and Teela as "the help", and brushes off Orko until she learns he once had a magical medallion that helped him cast much more effective spells, which piques her interest. After that, she friendlies up to him so she try to sway him into selfishly using the medallion to wish the two of the out of the castle so they can use the amulet together--and abandon He-Man in the middle of a fight. Orko doesn't bite, realizing that all she cares about is what the medallion can do, which she'd likely take for herself once they were gone. By the end of the episode, Randor's banished her from the kingdom until she shapes up.

* RoyalBrat: Prince Adam's visiting cousin Lady Edwina is a stuck-up young woman who drops {{Stealth Insult}}s 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 medallion that helped him cast much more effective spells, which piques her interest. After that, she friendlies up to him so she try to sway him into selfish using the medallion to wish the two of the out of the castle so they can use the amulet together--and abandon He-Man in the middle of a fight. Orko doesn't bite, realizing that all she cares about is what the medallion can do, which she'd likely take for herself once they were gone. By the end of the episode, Randor's banished her from the kingdom until she shapes up.

* 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.

* 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.

* ShoutOut: Queen Marlena's last name Glenn is likely one to real life astronaut John Glenn.

* StrawFeminist: One of the kingdoms outside of Eternia's borders was run by a queen that hated men and imprisoned every male in the kingdom in the underground mines. Adam is captured and sent into slavery. Teela is NOT thrilled by this in the least.

* VerySpecialEpisode: "Not So Blind", which features a [[LongLostUncleAesop one time character]] named Loos, who is blind. At one point, He-Man and Ram Man become blind while taking Loos on an adventure. At one point, Loos talks about how blind people aren't that much different from people who can see.

* WholePlotReference: The aptly named second season episode "Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast".

* RoyalBrat: Prince Adam's visiting cousin Lady Edwina is a stuck-up young woman who drops {{Stealth Insult}}s 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.

* 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.