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* GracefulLoser: ''Skeletor''... of all people. [[spoiler:On being reduced into Keldor and surrounded by the heroes, instead of his customary ranting and raving, he only gives a resigned, "Meh."]]

* InadequateInheritor: Hordak's plan centers around the fact that Adam, while a confident, veteran warrior as He-Man, is ''not'' emotionally prepared for the responsibilities of kingship, [[spoiler:especially not on the extreme short notice that Keldor concealing his fatal illness until only a day or so before his death brought about]].

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: As He-Man lays it it out for him, Skeletor [[spoiler:may have had a genuine grievance as Keldor and suffered under Hordak, but in the end he still chose to become the bad guy to get what he wanted.]]

* SuccessionCrisis: A fair part of the plot centres around [[spoiler:the aftermath of King Randor's death, with Adam struggling between choosing to lead as himself or He-Man, while Skeletor and Hordak make their move to size control of Eternos]].

** Adam's new MagiTek Power Sword and new He-Man transformation takes several cues from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'' and the live-action film.

** [[Keldor in flashbacks looks like he did in WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2002 and like that version Hordak was responsible for his transformation into Skeletor]].

** Gwildor's existence, and Duncan referring to their past adventure as "travelling to the far side of the universe" implies that a close approximation of the events from the live-action ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' took place in this continuity as well.

** Adam's new MagiTek Power Sword and new He-Man transformation takes several cues from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021''.

* AmbiguousSituation: Just how much of the story [[spoiler:that Keldor told Adam]] was true and how much was fabrication? Hordak later confirms that the broad strokes are all true, but that leaves thing like [[spoiler:what was Keldor and Randor's relationship as children was actually like, and when Keldor became resentful and started coveting the throne]] completely up in the air.

* EvilerThanThou: Alarmingly the ColdHam [[spoiler: Keldor personality may be *worse* than the CardCarryingVillain Skeletor, lacking Skeletor's grand standing and running on wits and pure viciousness. Notably, once this personality starts to influence Skeletor, his threat level skyrockets and he becomes a danger to everyone, Horde and Eternian alike]].

** Gwildor cita uma variação da ClarkesThirdLaw: "Any advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, but that doesn't mean it is magic".

** Hordak too also plays [[VillainBall this ball]] [[spoiler:by explicitly utilizing the Keldor identity to begin with, after deliberately making an effort to suppress Skeletor's knowledge of his real identity in the past to keep him in check all just to get an easy-in with conquering Eternia with Keldor's legitimate claim to the throne by lineage. This, in tandem with his [[BadBoss sheer]] [[DudeWheresMyRespect lack of respect]] towards his minion as little more than [[SmallNameBigEgo a egotistical pissant]] has Hordak taken completely off-guard when a ''much'' more intelligent and especially indignant Skeletor finally nearly killing him in the process of his coup.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Motherboard inadvertently [[spoiler:restores Skeletor's true memories as Keldor by squeezing his head a bit too hard while she was [[BadBoss admonishing]] him for interrupting her message to Hordak. This results in a smarter and even more vicious Skeletor turning on Hordak]].

** [[spoiler:Skeletor discovers that his supposed backstory of being an interdimensional demon was a fake and he's really Keldor, brother of Randor. In the original mini-comics, he truly was an interdimensional demon at first, but the 1986 "The Search for Keldor" comic first hinted at the connection with the toy bios outright retconning Skeletor's backstory, and then from the 2002 series onward his backstory as Keldor became his standard one. To boot, Skeletor's retconned backstory was explained as Keldor having been merged with an actual interdimensional demon known as Demo Man who's influence caused a split-personality that became Skeletor to develop, who'd inherited the memories of both his components leading to the initial backstory.]]

** [[spoiler:Skeletor discovers that his supposed backstory of being an interdimensional demon was a fake and he's really Keldor, brother of Randor. In the original mini-comics, he truly was an interdimensional demon, but the 1986 "The Search for Keldor" comic first hinted at the connection, and then from the 2002 series onward his backstory as Keldor became his standard one.]]

* SplitPersonality: For all practical purposes, after Motherboard smacks him in the head one too many times, [[spoiler:Keldor’s personality starts functioning as a fully independent personality inside Skeletor's mind, having conversations with him and advising to turn against him masters.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The final scene shows Hordak recovering in a HealingVat while a masked woman (identified in the end credits as [[WhamShot Despara]]) promises him that she and Horde Prime will be paying Skeletor and He-Man a visit.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: Just how much of the story [[spoiler:that Keldor told Adam]] was true and how much was fabrication? Hordak later confirms that the broad strokes are all true, but that leaves thing like [[spoiler:what was Keldor and Randor's relationship as children actually like, and when Keldor became resentful and start coveting the throne]] completely up in the air.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The final scene shows Hordak recovering in a HealingVat, while a masked woman, (identified in the end credits as Despara) promises him that she and Horde Prime will be paying Skeletor and He-Man a visit.]]

* ExpyCoexistence: Gwildor was created as Orko's replacement for the live-action MOTU film due to budget concerns. Here the two exist in the same continuity and even share a scene together. As a nod to this, they naturally [[MagicVersusTechnology can't stand each other]].
* EvilerThanThou: Alarmingly the ColdHam [[spoiler: Keldor personality may be *worse* than the CardCarryingVillain Skeletor, lacking Skeletor's grand standing and running on wits and pure viciousness. Notably, once this personality starts to influence Skeletor, his threat level skyrockets and he becomes a danger to everyone, Horde and Eternian alike]].

** Hordak tends to snort at random points, echoing his speech pattern from the Filmation She-Ra cartoon.
** Hordak yells to Skeletor [[spoiler:''"Let this be our final battle"'']], during [[spoiler:their final fight]] in the fifth episode, one of the most famous lines from the live-action ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse''.
** During [[spoiler: Hordak and Skeletor's climactic battle, Hordak uses his Horde technology to give him an ArmCannon and change his lower torso into a rocket, similar to the powers he sported in the original Filmation cartoon.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The final scene shows Hordak recovering in a HealingVat, while a masked woman, (identified in the end credits as Despara) promises him that she and Horde Prime will be paying Skeletor and He-Man a visit.]]

!Major spoilers for ''Masters of the Universe: Revolution''