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* TheManBehindTheMan: In this version, Hordak saved Keldor's life by remaking him as Skeletor.
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* SealedEvilInACan: King Hiss, the Snake-Men and Hordak. Skeletor and his Evil Warriors were like this but break free in the pilot.
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* SealedEvilInACan: King Hiss, All of the Snake-Men and Hordak. major villains. Skeletor and his Evil Warriors were like this but start out trapped behind a mystical barrier and break free in the pilot.pilot. The Snake Men were sealed away in a void and were set free in Season 2. Hordak was trapped in Despondos by King Grayskull and continually struggles to escape it.
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* TheBeastmaster: Beast Man as always. He's even able to use this ability in "The Monster Within" to take control of Man-E-Face's monster mode.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He-Man just can't help himself. He'll even save the villains.
-->'''Man-At-Arms:''' You saved Skeletor because you could do nothing else, because you have a good heart.
* ContinuityCameo: Grizzlor, Leech, and Mantenna appear in "The Power of Grayskull" as Hordak's generals.
-->'''Man-At-Arms:''' You saved Skeletor because you could do nothing else, because you have a good heart.
* ContinuityCameo: Grizzlor, Leech, and Mantenna appear in "The Power of Grayskull" as Hordak's generals.
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** Also, Evil-Lyn wouldn't betray Skeletor to the Snake Men until one of them revealed to her Skeletor had set her (and his other allies) up to be captured so the heroes would be lured into a false sense of security. Even then, she demanded the one telling her to prove it.
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** Also, Evil-Lyn wouldn't betray Skeletor to the Snake Men until one of them Kobra Khan revealed to her that Skeletor had set her (and his other allies) up to be captured so the heroes would be lured into a false sense of security. Even then, she demanded the one telling her to prove it.
** According to "The Power of Grayskull," the Snake Men and Hordak fought against each other as often as they did King Grayskull. An off-screen battle between them was so decisive that Hordak was free to begin his true conquest.
* IronicEcho: From "Turnabout":
-->"You didn't say please."
* IronicHell: Skeletor punishes bitter enemies Tuvar and Baddrah by merging them into Two-Bad.
-->"You didn't say please."
* IronicHell: Skeletor punishes bitter enemies Tuvar and Baddrah by merging them into Two-Bad.
* LoopholeAbuse: Zodak would never open the Snake Men's prison in order to get revenge on King Hiss, but if someone just happened to steal his staff and open the prison themselves...
** King Hiss treats all of his men quite well, but his treatment of Kobra Khan is notable since the other Snake Men often deride him as a weakling descendant.
* ShootTheMessenger: One of Hordak's generals advises against attacking Castle Grayskull, saying their forces were depleted from fighting the Snake Men. Hordak thanks him for his council before saying he really hates getting bad news.
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* WhosLaughingNow: In one episode, Skeletor spends the episode being mocked by his minions, because he is wearing a belt that shocks him whenever he thinks an evil thought, and seemingly can't be removed. When he finally gets the belt off, he gets his revenge by suspending his minions over a tub of lava.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ram-Man is afraid of the dark. Orko is afraid of dragons, but as anyone who hears him say it replies, "Who isn't?"
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ram-Man is afraid of the dark. Orko is afraid of dragons, but as anyone who hears him say it replies, "Who isn't?"
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* WhosLaughingNow: In one episode, "Turnabout," Skeletor spends the episode being mocked by his minions, because he is wearing a belt that shocks him whenever he thinks an evil thought, and seemingly can't be removed. When he finally gets the belt off, he gets his revenge by suspending his minions over a tub of lava.
-->"So, you enjoyed yourselves, hmm? Mocking me, laughing at me--funny, I don't see anyone laughing now."
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ram-Man is afraid of the dark. Orko is afraid of dragons, but as anyone who hears him say it replies, "Whoisn't?"isn't?" Rattlor is afraid of mongooses
-->"So, you enjoyed yourselves, hmm? Mocking me, laughing at me--funny, I don't see anyone laughing now."
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ram-Man is afraid of the dark. Orko is afraid of dragons, but as anyone who hears him say it replies, "Who
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* BadassBoast: The PilotMovie has back-to-back examples.
-->'''Skeletor:''' Surrender? Have you the faintest inkling to whom you speak? I am Skeletor, overlord of evil!\\
'''He-Man:''' ''[deflects his blast]'' And I am He-Man, defender of Eternia!
* BatmanGambit: Skeletor has one in spades in "The Council of Evil" two-parter. He sends all of his Evil Warriors to a region he knows the Masters regularly patrol, leading to them being captured. Once the Masters let down their guard, he sends his new team to capture them one-by-one. He also counts on He-Man rushing to Snake Mountain to try to rescue them.
-->'''Skeletor:''' Surrender? Have you the faintest inkling to whom you speak? I am Skeletor, overlord of evil!\\
'''He-Man:''' ''[deflects his blast]'' And I am He-Man, defender of Eternia!
* BatmanGambit: Skeletor has one in spades in "The Council of Evil" two-parter. He sends all of his Evil Warriors to a region he knows the Masters regularly patrol, leading to them being captured. Once the Masters let down their guard, he sends his new team to capture them one-by-one. He also counts on He-Man rushing to Snake Mountain to try to rescue them.
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** The Sorceress has the same limitations as in the original cartoon series, where she has extraodinary powers but could only use them in Castle Grayskull.
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** The Sorceress has the same limitations as in the original cartoon series, where she has extraodinary extraordinary powers but could only use them in Castle Grayskull.
* DealWithTheDevil: "The Price of Deceit" reveals that after his last encounter with Randor, Keldor was taken to Hordak's sanctuary. Keldor begged him to save his life, which led to him being remade as Skeletor. Hordak warned this would come at a price, which he intends to collect in "The Power of Grayskull" by getting Skeletor to free him.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: In "Snake Pit" and "Separation" respectively, King Hiss and Hordak make brief, shadowy cameos. Their roles are expanded (particularly the former) in Season 2.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: In Happens a few times, with each example getting more screen-time later:
** "Snake Pit" actually has three. The main example is Season 2 BigBad King Hiss, who appears briefly in shadow in the flashback and later the pit. Webstor also makes a brief cameo in a cavern of Snake Mountain--setting up his appearance at the end of the season. A little fellow by the name of Odiphus appears in a cell, and he'll return in "The Sweet Smell of Victory" to become Stinkor.
** Hordak makes a shadowy cameo in "Separation"respectively, King Hiss and Hordak make brief, shadowy cameos. Their roles are expanded (particularly when the former) in Season 2.Sorceress explains the origin of the dark hemisphere.
** "Snake Pit" actually has three. The main example is Season 2 BigBad King Hiss, who appears briefly in shadow in the flashback and later the pit. Webstor also makes a brief cameo in a cavern of Snake Mountain--setting up his appearance at the end of the season. A little fellow by the name of Odiphus appears in a cell, and he'll return in "The Sweet Smell of Victory" to become Stinkor.
** Hordak makes a shadowy cameo in "Separation"
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Teela reads Mekaneck's mind in "The Ties That Bind" and learns he wishes he had better powers. "Mekaneck's Lament" is built around this.
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: Most of Skeletor's Council of Evil is introduced in otherwise one-off episodes: Count Marzo in "Mekaneck's Lament," Evilseed in "Orko's Garden," and the three giants in "Buzz-Off's Pride."
* LargeHam: Man-E-Faces has his moments due to being an actor.
* [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou Mommy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: As in the original series, the Sorceress is Teela's mother and cannot raise her due to her responsibilities. "The Ties That Bind" deconstructs it by showing the Sorceress anguishing over the choice she had to make and Teela struggling with being left in the dark.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pretty much everything the Snake Men do in Season 2 is the result of Zodak allowing Evil-Lyn and Kobra Khan to steal his staff.
** "The Sweet Smell of Victory" has a similar example. Skeletor punishes the other warriors for failing, but he praises Stinkor for proving himself useful.
* PilotMovie: "The Beginning" three-parter originally premiered as this.
* PilotMovie: "The Beginning" three-parter originally premiered as this.
* PragmaticVillainy: In the last few episodes, King Kiss seeks to revive Serpos in order to conquer Eternia. However, when he learns Evil-Lyn is plotting to free Hordak, he puts all of his plans on hold to deal with that.
-->'''Rattlor:''' It is vital that--\\
'''King Hiss:''' That Hordak ''never'' return!
-->'''Rattlor:''' It is vital that--\\
'''King Hiss:''' That Hordak ''never'' return!
* SaveTheVillain: The climax of "Turnabout" sees Skeletor dangling from a cliff, begging to be saved. Much as he might want to let him fall, He-Man saves Skeletor and gets blasted for his trouble.
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* SealedGoodInACan: The Faceless One within his temple.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Skeletor would've succeeded in "The Last Stand" if not for Zodak contacting Moss Man and aiding the Sorceress, as well as Orko finding Adam's Power Sword.
* TheStarscream:Evil-LynEvil-Lyn primarily. Tri-Klops has a brush with this in "Roboto's Gambit" when his new army proves quite unstoppable.
* WeaksauceWeakness: The Shadow Beasts are quite powerful, but they can't stand light. Even moon light gives them trouble.
* WhamLine: At the very end of "Lessons" when the Faceless One finds Evil-Lyn returned the Ram Stone.
-->"Perhaps there's hope for you yet, my daughter."
* SpannerInTheWorks: Skeletor would've succeeded in "The Last Stand" if not for Zodak contacting Moss Man and aiding the Sorceress, as well as Orko finding Adam's Power Sword.
* TheStarscream:
* WeaksauceWeakness: The Shadow Beasts are quite powerful, but they can't stand light. Even moon light gives them trouble.
* WhamLine: At the very end of "Lessons" when the Faceless One finds Evil-Lyn returned the Ram Stone.
-->"Perhaps there's hope for you yet, my daughter."
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "The Power of Grayskull." Much of the episode is the Sorceress showing Adam King Grayskull's climactic battle with Hordak.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: He-Man assumes in "The Power of Grayskull" that Skeletor wants to free Hordak when the viewers know he's being blackmailed into it.
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* BodyHorror: In "Second Skin," King Hiss uses an ancient artifact to turn people into Snakemen - including Man-At-Arms, Teela and Mekaneck.
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** In "Second Skin," King Hiss uses an ancient artifact to turn people into Snakemen - including Man-At-Arms, Teela and Mekaneck.
** In "Second Skin," King Hiss uses an ancient artifact to turn people into Snakemen - including Man-At-Arms, Teela and Mekaneck.
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** Tri-Klops gets his cybernetic eye array busted open to give us a lovely view of cables going into his natural eyesockets.
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* MagicSkirt: Teela fights in a very acrobatic style with flips, spins, and kicks, yet manages to maintain her modesty. However, "Awaken The Serpent" averts this; When she is lifted up by her ankle by Tongue-Lashor, her skirt drops down, resulting in a brief PantyShot.
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** Subverted with King Hiss, who actually cares for his servants, and is the only one never seen abusing them.
--->"He is as gracious to his allies, as he is ruthless to his enemies."
--->"He is as gracious to his allies, as he is ruthless to his enemies."
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''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is a 2002 ContinuityReboot to the ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' franchise, and particularly [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 the 1980's cartoon]]; it's the first animated adaptation since 1990's ill-fated ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan''. However, this series is similarly short-lived, and only lasted one and a half seasons before getting cancelled owing to a lack of promotion and poor toy distribution.
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''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is a 2002 ContinuityReboot to the ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' franchise, and particularly [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 the 1980's cartoon]]; it's the first animated adaptation since 1990's ill-fated ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan''. However, this series is was similarly short-lived, and only lasted one and a half seasons before getting cancelled owing to a lack of promotion and poor toy distribution.
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* AllTheOtherReindeer: Ancient Snakemen think lowly of their modern descendants, except for King Hss, he loves all his children.
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* HugeHolographicHead: Hordak appears as one in "The Price of Deceit".
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Misuse. It\'s Genre Savvy, not just \"savvy\".
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* GenreSavvy: Skeletor demonstrates this now and then, especially when berating the failures of his team:
-->'''Trap Jaw''': We would've won if He-Man hadn't shown up.
-->'''Skeletor''': He-Man ''always'' shows up!
-->'''Trap Jaw''': We would've won if He-Man hadn't shown up.
-->'''Skeletor''': He-Man ''always'' shows up!
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* BrokenAesop: Pretty much the whole episode "The Courage of Adam" from. It implies that Adam is useless and really needs his ''alter ego'' form to be of any use. It also contradicts many subsequent lessons, about [[BeYourself being yourself]]. Adam is never allowed to develop his own, more realistic character. What we see instead is an instant of little-effort, power-gain Transformation.
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* BrokenAesop: Pretty much the whole episode "The Courage of Adam" from.Adam". It implies that Adam is useless and really needs his ''alter ego'' form to be of any use. It also contradicts many subsequent lessons, about [[BeYourself being yourself]]. Adam is never allowed to develop his own, more realistic character. What we see instead is an instant of little-effort, power-gain Transformation.transformation.
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** Hordak vaporizes one of his warriors - not for questioning him, but for delivering bad news beyond his control that he didn't want to hear.
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* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts / MagicFeather: King Grayskull seeks the power to defeat Hordak, and is told by a seer to give up his sword and journey to find a new magic sword. When he does, he finds the seer, who returns Grayskull's sword and tells Grayskull he always had the power, he just needed the trip to focus his abilities.
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* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: He-Man is sometimes pretty clever in how he defeats his enemies in the 2002 series but most of his solutions usually involve crushing something since he's not quite as versatile as most of the bad guys. Supposedly, this version would always have enough strength necessary to complete any given task, he just needed to apply it correctly.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Evil-Lyn and Keldor seemed to have a relationship going [[spoiler:before Keldor became Skeletor]].
* AllTheOtherReindeer: Ancient Snakemen think lowly of their modern descendants, except for King Hss, he loves all his children.
* AllTheOtherReindeer: Ancient Snakemen think lowly of their modern descendants, except for King Hss, he loves all his children.
* AscendedFanboy: Odiphus is shown to desperately want to be fighting for the bad guys, which he ultimately does as Stinkor.
* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: Season 1 ends with [[spoiler: Skeletor capturing all of the heroic Masters, leaving only Prince Adam (sans Power Sword) to defend Castle Grayskull against Skeletor, all his minions, and nearly every villain from the whole season.]]
* BrokenAesop: Pretty much the whole episode "The Courage of Adam" from. It implies that Adam is useless and really needs his ''alter ego'' form to be of any use. It also contradicts many subsequent lessons, about [[BeYourself being yourself]]. Adam is never allowed to develop his own, more realistic character. What we see instead is an instant of little-effort, power-gain Transformation.
* BrokenAesop: Pretty much the whole episode "The Courage of Adam" from. It implies that Adam is useless and really needs his ''alter ego'' form to be of any use. It also contradicts many subsequent lessons, about [[BeYourself being yourself]]. Adam is never allowed to develop his own, more realistic character. What we see instead is an instant of little-effort, power-gain Transformation.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Characters routinely stand near lava or dangle over it without suffering any ill effect.
* CrushingHandshake: There is an episode where Man-At-Arms shakes hands with his brother Fisto. When they shake, Fisto's mechanical hand can be heard clanking, implying he's applying more pressure than he needs to. Man at Arms doesn't scream, however.
* CrushingHandshake: There is an episode where Man-At-Arms shakes hands with his brother Fisto. When they shake, Fisto's mechanical hand can be heard clanking, implying he's applying more pressure than he needs to. Man at Arms doesn't scream, however.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Nearly all of the villains and a few of the heroes.
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* DemotedToExtra: In the second season, Skeletor and his minions appeared less frequently and had less impact on plots to make room for King Hiss and the Snake Men (Season 2 being half as long as Season 1 likely didn't help, either). Reportedly, this would've been rectified in a third season.
* DistractedByTheSexy: This happens to Keldor when he first meets Evil-Lyn.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Nearly all of the villains and a few of the heroes. Most, yet not all of the cases are characters who had clawed feet in the original toyline.
* DumbMuscle: Ram Man, Clawful, Baddrha, and to a lesser degree Beast Man, Trap-Jaw, and Whiplash. Clawful is probably the single most emblematic example -- the show's writers mention in DVD commentary that they once drew up a hierarchy of intelligence among the evil Masters, and Clawful was dead last. It's eventually revealed that he's more or less illiterate in his own native language; Evil-Lyn had to translate a message sent by his cousin for him. However, when it comes to physical might, he knows few true equals, and he can outmuscle even He-Man.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In "Snake Pit" and "Separation" respectively, King Hiss and Hordak make brief, shadowy cameos. Their roles are expanded (particularly the former) in Season 2.
* EnemyMine: Stratos and Trap-Jaw have to work together to survive! It doesn't go well.
* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Women Love Their Daddies]]: Evil-Lyn returns her father's sacred magical artifact the Ramstone to him after Skeletor tries to destroy He-Man with it.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Evil-Lyn 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.
** Also, Evil-Lyn wouldn't betray Skeletor to the Snake Men until one of them revealed to her Skeletor had set her (and his other allies) up to be captured so the heroes would be lured into a false sense of security. Even then, she demanded the one telling her to prove it.
* EvilUncle: WordOfGod indicates that in the 2002 reboot [[spoiler: Keldor/Skeletor]] is actually King Randor's half-brother. Um... on ''which'' side of the family are Randor and Adam related to King Greyskull again? Funnily enough, [[spoiler:Skeletor doesn't even know Adam's name (he thinks it's "Alan"), probably due to being exiled before he was born.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: The Evil Warriors and the Snake Men are in much less amicable terms than in the old minicomics.
** Had the series continued the plot would have eventually involved Hordak returning to Eternia and most of the fighting would be between the Horde and Skeletor's Evil Warriors.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Anwat Gar is/was feudal Japan.
** Although its name seems inspired by Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
* DistractedByTheSexy: This happens to Keldor when he first meets Evil-Lyn.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Nearly all of the villains and a few of the heroes. Most, yet not all of the cases are characters who had clawed feet in the original toyline.
* DumbMuscle: Ram Man, Clawful, Baddrha, and to a lesser degree Beast Man, Trap-Jaw, and Whiplash. Clawful is probably the single most emblematic example -- the show's writers mention in DVD commentary that they once drew up a hierarchy of intelligence among the evil Masters, and Clawful was dead last. It's eventually revealed that he's more or less illiterate in his own native language; Evil-Lyn had to translate a message sent by his cousin for him. However, when it comes to physical might, he knows few true equals, and he can outmuscle even He-Man.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In "Snake Pit" and "Separation" respectively, King Hiss and Hordak make brief, shadowy cameos. Their roles are expanded (particularly the former) in Season 2.
* EnemyMine: Stratos and Trap-Jaw have to work together to survive! It doesn't go well.
* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Women Love Their Daddies]]: Evil-Lyn returns her father's sacred magical artifact the Ramstone to him after Skeletor tries to destroy He-Man with it.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Evil-Lyn 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.
** Also, Evil-Lyn wouldn't betray Skeletor to the Snake Men until one of them revealed to her Skeletor had set her (and his other allies) up to be captured so the heroes would be lured into a false sense of security. Even then, she demanded the one telling her to prove it.
* EvilUncle: WordOfGod indicates that in the 2002 reboot [[spoiler: Keldor/Skeletor]] is actually King Randor's half-brother. Um... on ''which'' side of the family are Randor and Adam related to King Greyskull again? Funnily enough, [[spoiler:Skeletor doesn't even know Adam's name (he thinks it's "Alan"), probably due to being exiled before he was born.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: The Evil Warriors and the Snake Men are in much less amicable terms than in the old minicomics.
** Had the series continued the plot would have eventually involved Hordak returning to Eternia and most of the fighting would be between the Horde and Skeletor's Evil Warriors.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Anwat Gar is/was feudal Japan.
** Although its name seems inspired by Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
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* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Zortek in "Of Machines And Men".
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* HeroicSacrifice: King Grayskull gave his life to banish Hordak.
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* MonsterShapedMountain: Snake Mountain, it was eventually revealed to actually ''be'' a giant snake frozen in place when King Hiss and the Snake Men take over.
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** Slightly averted with Stinkor, whom he often praises. (It didn't keep him from sacrificing him along with the rest of his minions, though. Hence the "slightly".)
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** Slightly averted with Stinkor, whom he often praises. (It didn't keep him from sacrificing him along with the rest of his minions, though. Hence the "slightly".)
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* WhatTheHellHero: Zodak deliberately allows the key to the Snake Men's prison to be stolen so that King Hiss can be released and Zodak can settle his personal vendetta against him.
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* {{Bishounen}}: Poor Keldor
** We don't see much, but what we do see of Keldor's skin melting and his transformation into Skeletor is quite horrifying.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: This series explains just what that phrase means.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the original series.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: This series explains just what that phrase means.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the original series.
* ISurrenderSuckers: In the pilot movie Skeletor pulls this off ''[[GoodIsDumb twice in the same fight]]''.
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''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is a 2002 ContinuityReboot to the ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' franchise, and particularly [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 the 1980's cartoon]];it's cartoon]]; it's the first animated adaptation since 1990's ill-fated ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan''. However, this series is similarly short-lived, and only lasted one and a half seasons before getting cancelled owing to a lack of promotion and poor toy distribution.
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''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is a 2002 ContinuityReboot to the ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' franchise, and particularly [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 the 1980's cartoon]], and cartoon]];it's the first animated adaptation since 1990's ill-fated ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan''. However, this series is similarly short-lived, and only lasted one and a half seasons before getting cancelled owing to a lack of promotion and poor toy distribution.
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''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is a 2002 ContinuityReboot to the ''Franchise/'', ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' franchise, and particularly [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 the 1980's cartoon]], and the first animated adaptation since 1990's ill-fated ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan''. However, this series is similarly short-lived, and only lasted one and a half seasons before getting cancelled owing to a lack of promotion and poor toy distribution.
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''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is a 2002 ContinuityReboot to the ''Franchise/'', and particularly [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 the 1980's cartoon]], and the first animated adaptation since 1990's ill-fated ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan''. However, this series is similarly short-lived, and only lasted one and a half seasons before getting cancelled owing to a lack of promotion and poor toy distribution.
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!!Contains examples of:
* AloofBigBrother: Fisto to Man-At-Arms.
* ArmCannons: Man-At-Arms wields a cannon on his forearm sometimes.
* {{Autocannibalism}}: In the last episode, Zodak mystically hypnotizes four of King Hiss' heads into eating the fifth, and main, one (had the show gone on for another season he would have regenerated it).
* BadBoss: Skeletor is a ''terrible'' boss who constantly punishes and berates his minions while undermining any legitimate accomplishments they may make. The only reason they put up with this treatment is because they know he'd do much, ''much'' worse if they talked back.
** Later with his Council of Evil, he makes this striking threat to the giants over asking a simple question:
--->"You are aware that I sacrificed my evil warriors without a second thought? And them I liked."
** Hordak vaporizes one of his warriors - not for questioning him, but for delivering bad news beyond his control that he didn't want to hear.
* BifurcatedWeapon: Skeletor's sword.
* BiggerBad: Hordak was set up as this, but we never got far enough to find out if Horde Prime would exist there or not.
* BlessedWithSuck:
** The Sorceress has the same limitations as in the original cartoon series, where she has extraodinary powers but could only use them in Castle Grayskull.
** TheFaceless One is implied to be a powerful practitioner of magic, but can't leave the Temple of the Ram Stone.
* BodyHorror: In "Second Skin," King Hiss uses an ancient artifact to turn people into Snakemen - including Man-At-Arms, Teela and Mekaneck.
* GenreSavvy: Skeletor demonstrates this now and then, especially when berating the failures of his team:
-->'''Trap Jaw''': We would've won if He-Man hadn't shown up.
-->'''Skeletor''': He-Man ''always'' shows up!
* PetTheDog: Skeletor somehow manages to do this ''at the same time'' as he has a KickTheDog moment. He admits that he actually does ''like'' his Evil Warriors (possibly as friends) but says this in the same breath as he admits to betraying them without a second thought. And he only says it as a threat to someone else.
* RaceLift: Zodak is black and Sy-Clone is more or less Asian. In response to the former, the Classics toyline split the difference and released "Zodac" (based on the original) and "Zodak" (based on the '02 interpretation) as separate figures/characters.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Skeletor
* SealedEvilInACan: King Hiss, the Snake-Men and Hordak.
* WhosLaughingNow: In one episode, Skeletor spends the episode being mocked by his minions, because he is wearing a belt that shocks him whenever he thinks an evil thought, and seemingly can't be removed. When he finally gets the belt off, he gets his revenge by suspending his minions over a tub of lava.
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''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is a 2002 ContinuityReboot to the ''Franchise/'', and particularly [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 the 1980's cartoon]], and the first animated adaptation since 1990's ill-fated ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfHeMan''. However, this series is similarly short-lived, and only lasted one and a half seasons before getting cancelled owing to a lack of promotion and poor toy distribution.
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!!Contains examples of:
* AloofBigBrother: Fisto to Man-At-Arms.
* ArmCannons: Man-At-Arms wields a cannon on his forearm sometimes.
* {{Autocannibalism}}: In the last episode, Zodak mystically hypnotizes four of King Hiss' heads into eating the fifth, and main, one (had the show gone on for another season he would have regenerated it).
* BadBoss: Skeletor is a ''terrible'' boss who constantly punishes and berates his minions while undermining any legitimate accomplishments they may make. The only reason they put up with this treatment is because they know he'd do much, ''much'' worse if they talked back.
** Later with his Council of Evil, he makes this striking threat to the giants over asking a simple question:
--->"You are aware that I sacrificed my evil warriors without a second thought? And them I liked."
** Hordak vaporizes one of his warriors - not for questioning him, but for delivering bad news beyond his control that he didn't want to hear.
* BifurcatedWeapon: Skeletor's sword.
* BiggerBad: Hordak was set up as this, but we never got far enough to find out if Horde Prime would exist there or not.
* BlessedWithSuck:
** The Sorceress has the same limitations as in the original cartoon series, where she has extraodinary powers but could only use them in Castle Grayskull.
** TheFaceless One is implied to be a powerful practitioner of magic, but can't leave the Temple of the Ram Stone.
* BodyHorror: In "Second Skin," King Hiss uses an ancient artifact to turn people into Snakemen - including Man-At-Arms, Teela and Mekaneck.
* GenreSavvy: Skeletor demonstrates this now and then, especially when berating the failures of his team:
-->'''Trap Jaw''': We would've won if He-Man hadn't shown up.
-->'''Skeletor''': He-Man ''always'' shows up!
* PetTheDog: Skeletor somehow manages to do this ''at the same time'' as he has a KickTheDog moment. He admits that he actually does ''like'' his Evil Warriors (possibly as friends) but says this in the same breath as he admits to betraying them without a second thought. And he only says it as a threat to someone else.
* RaceLift: Zodak is black and Sy-Clone is more or less Asian. In response to the former, the Classics toyline split the difference and released "Zodac" (based on the original) and "Zodak" (based on the '02 interpretation) as separate figures/characters.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Skeletor
* SealedEvilInACan: King Hiss, the Snake-Men and Hordak.
* WhosLaughingNow: In one episode, Skeletor spends the episode being mocked by his minions, because he is wearing a belt that shocks him whenever he thinks an evil thought, and seemingly can't be removed. When he finally gets the belt off, he gets his revenge by suspending his minions over a tub of lava.
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