History Film / MastersOfTheUniverse

* BaldOfAwesome: Detective Lubic. Also, Skeletor.
* BaldOfEvil: Blade has a shaved head. Again, also Skeletor.

* CanonForeigner: Kevin and Julie. TheMovie used only the most immediate characters of the show. He-Man, Duncan (Man-At-Arms), Teela and the Sorceress are the only heroes, with a sidekick being a hairy gremlin called Gwildor (who vaguely fills out Orko's role in being comic relief, although he is also a MadScientist who is responsible for the plot). Skeletor, Evil-Lyn, and Beast Man are the only villains, with a group of improvised minions to fill out the ranks, in particular an eyepatch-wearing bald swordsman named Blade who sort of fills the role of TheDragon. They both got action figures in the toyline, but no attempt has ever been made to integrate them into any main canon.
** The commentary track on the DVD sheds a lot of light on why TheMovie lacked certain key characters from the franchise and why other characters were so drastically altered (notably Teela and Duncan). Suffice it to say, they had only a little money (most of it spent building the insanely elaborate Grayskull set they only barely got to use) and an extremely limited amount of time to film things. (The track also explains the presence of the mysterious pig-faced boy in the Grayskull throne room.)

* CanonForeigner: Kevin and Julie, TheMovie used only the most immediate characters of the show, He-Man, Duncan (Man-At-Arms), Teela and the Sorceress are the only heroes with a sidekick being a hairy gremlin called Gwildor (who vaguely fills out Orko's role in being comic relief, although he is also a MadScientist who is responsible for the plot). Skeletor, Evil-Lyn, and Beast Man are the only villains with a group of improvised minions to fill out his ranks, in particular an eyepatch-wearing bald swordsman named Blade who sort of fills the role of TheDragon. They both got action figures in the toyline, but no attempt has ever been made to integrate them into any main canon.

* GoldenSuperMode: Skeletor's armour turns gold when he absorbs The Sorceress' power.

** Skeletor's plan to drain the Sorceress’ life force and use it to become powerful mirror the episode “The Dragon Invasion”.

* SequelHook: TheStinger has Skeletor promising he'll be back. Nope.

* PeggySue: Joe gets to go back [[spoiler:save her parents at the end.]]

* TimedMission: The heroes have until an Eternian moonrise before the Great Eye opens and Skeletor absorbs the power of Greyskull by draining the Sorceress. [[spoiler:They fail to stop him in time, but He-Man manages to save the day regardless]].

->''"At the center of the Universe, at the border between the light and the dark stands Castle Greyskull. For countless ages, the [[BigGood Sorceress of Greyskull]] has kept this universe in harmony. But the armies of darkness do not rest, and the capture of Greyskull is ever most in their minds. For to those who control Greyskull comes . . . the Power.\\\

* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Karg comes knocking with a bunch of robots in tow, prompting Gwildor to make a ''very'' swift change of plans.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: The eternians can easily speak it with no explanation.

[[caption-width-right:334:I have the power!]]

->''"At the center of the Universe, at the border between the light and the dark stands Castle Greyskull. For countless ages, the [[BigGood Sorceress of Greyskull]] has kept this universe in harmony. But the armies of darkness do not rest, and the capture of Greyskull is ever most in their minds. For to those who control Greyskull comes . . . the Power.

->The Power to be
->supreme . . .

->the Power to be
->almighty . . .

->the Power to be . . . [[TitleDrop MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!]]"''

-> "At the center of the Universe, at the border between the light and the dark stands Castle Greyskull. For countless ages, the [[BigGood Sorceress of Greyskull]] has kept this universe in harmony. But the armies of darkness do not rest, and the capture of Greyskull is ever most in their minds. For to those who control Greyskull comes . . . the Power.

->the Power to be . . . [[TitleDrop MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!]]"

--> OpeningNarration

** The ComicBookAdaptation of the movie explains this at the end: [[spoiler: The Eternians are descendants of a 24th century space expedition from Earth, meaning that He-Man and his friends traveled both in space and time. This is also foreshadowed earlier in the comic, when He-Man first arrives Earth, and comments on how strange it is that the Earthlings speak "Eternian".]]

- -> OpeningNarration

-> "At the center of the Universe, at the border between the light and the dark stands Castle Greyskull. For countless ages, the [[BigGood Sorceress of Greyskull]] has kept this universe in harmony. But the forces of darkness do not rest, and the capture of Greyskull is ever most in their minds. For to those who control Greyskull comes . . . the Power.

-> ‘’At the center of the Universe, at the border between the light and the dark stands Castle Greyskull. For countless ages, the [[BigGood Sorceress of Greyskull]] has kept this universe in harmony. But the forces of darkness do not rest, and the capture of Greyskull is ever most in their minds. For to those who control Greyskull comes . . . the Power.

->the Power to be . . . [[TitleDrop MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!]]’’

* CanonForeigner: Kevin and Julie, TheMovie used only the most immediate characters of the show, He-Man, Duncan (Man-At-Arms), Teela and the Sorceress are the only heroes with a sidekick being a hairy gremlin called Gwildor (who vaguely fills out Orko's role in being comic relief, although he is also a MadScientist who is responsible for the plot). Skeletor, Evil-Lyn and Beast Man are the only villains with a group of improvised minions to fill out his ranks, in particular an eyepatch-wearing bald swordsman named Blade who sort of fills the role of TheDragon. They both got action figures in the toyline, but no attempt has ever been made to integrate them into any main canon.

* IChooseToStay: Lubic chooses to stay in Eternia.

* ILied: Said verbatim by Skeletor after he breaks his promise not to kill He-Man's friends.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: After Skeletor is defeated, [[spoiler:Gwildor transports Julie and Kevin back to before her parents deaths, allowing her to save them.]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: Poor Saurod.

->The Power to be supreme . . .

->the Power to be almighty . . .

-> ‘’At the center of the Universe, at the border between the light and the dark stands Castle Greyskull. For countless ages, the [[BigGood Sorceress of Greyskull]] has kept this universe in harmony. But the forces of darkness do not rest, and the capture of Greyskull is ever most in their minds. For to those who control Greyskull comes . . . the Power. The Power to be supreme . . . the Power to be almighty . . . the Power to be . . . [[TitleDrop MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!]]’’

* MilkingTheGiantCow: Not only is Skeletor a LargeHan in speech, he's gesturing like crazy with dramatic turns and pointing.

-> ‘’At the center of the Universe, at the border between the light and the dark stands Castle Greyskull. For countless ages, the [[BigGood Sorceress of Greyskull]] has kept this universe in harmony. But the forces of darkness do not rest, and the capture of Greyskull is ever most in their minds. For to those who control Greyskull comes . . . the Power. The Power to be supreme . . . the Power to be almighty . . . the power to be . . . [[TitleDrop MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!]]’’