History Franchise / MastersOfTheUniverse

* ''ComicBook/FromEterniaWithDeath'': ''DC Comics Presents #47 (April, 1982). ''Superman'' crossover which introduced the franchise. As investigating a weird, sudden weather phenomenon, Superman gets dragged and thrown into a strange parallel dimension.
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* ''Fate is the Killer''
* ''Masters of the Universe'' (1982-1983)

** And speaking of the DC comics, they themselves were pretty different from the cartoon, though not nearly as much as the original mini-comics.

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* ''Masters of the Universe: Revolution'': An upcoming SequelSeries to ''Masters of the Universe: Revolation''. Announced by Netflix in 2022.

* ''Masters of the Universe: Revolution'': An upcoming SequelSeries to ''Masters of the Universe: Revolution''. Announced by Netflix in 2022.

* ''Masters of the Universe: Revolution'': An upcoming SequelSeries to '''Masters of the Universe: Revolution''. Announced by Netflix in 2022.

%%* {{Bishonen}}: Poor, poor Keldor.

* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: While the original toy package labeled him a villain (because every toy had to be classified as one or the other, no exceptions), in the Filmation series, Zodak was portrayed as more of a cosmic agent of balance, favoring the good guys, as they seem more likely to cooperate with his goals. The 2002 reboot has him as an angrier, more selfish character.

** Depending on your point of view, the Snake Men and Stinkor may count as well. Absent from the original cartoon (because the show had ended when the Snake Men's toys came out and Stinkor was judged "waaaaay too stupid to use"), they became fairly large parts of the 2002 series. Fellow original toyline characters not featured in the original cartoon Rio-Blast, Clamp Champ, and Snout Spout were integrated into the 2002 canon in its comic and statue lines.

* TakeThat: The ChristmasSpecial featured an appearance by new villains in the form of giant evil robots called the Monstroids, who have the ability to transform into aircraft. You can probably guess [[{{Transformers}} which competing toy line they were knocking off here]].

* PaletteSwap: The origins of the toyline came from looking to create a largely uniform figure design and easily change out and recolor parts to represent different characters. They chose the heavily muscular design because it looked very distinctive compared to other toys of the era, and experimented with sci-fi, westerns and military genres before landing on HeroicFantasy. Excepting female characters, which shared their own interchanging parts, every toy in the first few years shared some parts with the basic He-Man figure. While Mattel ''was'' interested in developing a toyline for Film/ConanTheBarbarian and backed out due to it's R rating, it was this development process (plus enough differences in designs and story) that helped divorce itself from Conan.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The 2002 series makes quite a few characters barefoot. Taken to an extreme with the Snake-Men. Not only did the majority have freakish two-toed feet, but only their king wasn't barefoot... and he wore ''sandals''.

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** ''She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Legend of the Fire Princess'' (2020)
** ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Legends from Castle Grayskull'' (2022)

** Evil-Lyn, especially in the 2002 series.

%%* DarkActionGirl: Evil-Lyn, especially in the 2002 version.
%%* DarkerAndEdgier: The 2002 reboot. Also, the 2013 DC comics. The fans were not amused, to say the least.

* WhipItGood: Whiplash, as his name implies, is very fond of using his long tail as a whip, but he also has an actual handheld whip that mimics its appearance somewhat (though he uses it less often). Beast Man uses a whip -- but rarely as a weapon. Rather, he uses it to tame animals. Two-Badd also uses a whip in one episode.

* FiveManBand: Not always a very straight example of this, though you could fit various characters into the token roles:
** TheHero: Prince Adam/He-Man.
** TheLancer: Man-At-Arms, who also doubles as TheSmartGuy. Teela occasionally takes on this role as well. In the 2002 series, Stratos and later Buzz-Off would occasionally play this role.
** TheSmartGuy: Man-At-Arms.
** TheBigGuy: Ram-Man, despite being the shortest character except Orko in the Filmation series.
** TheSmurfettePrinciple: Teela, when not being TheLancer.
** TagalongKid: Orko usually plays this role, especially in the 2002 series, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass but not always.]]
** TeamPet: Cringer/Battle-Cat.
** SixthRanger: Anyone else who accompanied them at the time.

''Masters of the Universe'' is a franchise that started with a toyline by Creator/{{Mattel}}. He-Man is a mighty warrior chosen by the Sorceress of Greyskull to be its guardian, as underneath the Castle was immense, primordial powers of the Universe. He-Man [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob was secretly the carefree prince Adam]], and would transform into He-Man with a magical sword by exclaiming "ByThePowerOfGreyskull, I have the Power!". His arch-nemesis Skeletor sought to acquire the powers hidden within Greyskull, and was locked in battle with He-Man and his allies from the Royal Kingdom of Eternia while Skeletor would seek any advantage in their fight with his warriors from Snake Mountain.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Adam uses this "fake identity" along with ObfuscatingStupidity to keep his secret. Done a bit more believably in the newer series, where Adam and He-Man's appearances are drastically different instead of He-Man just being more tanned and having a different attitude.

** TheChick: Teela, when not being TheLancer.

* ReformationAcknowledgment: The episode "The Defection". A formerly evil sorceress, Sibyline, repents of her betrayal, and convinces her deposed King that she would return him to the throne. Evil-Lynn spends much of the episode trying to convince others that Sibyline is still wicked, and Orko doesn't trust her at all. But Sibyline does prove herself, and even Orko acknowledges that she's changed for the better.

* ShesGotLegs: Teela, Evil-Lyn, and the Sorceress.

* {{Crossover}}: With {{Superman}} in the comics, twice in fact. The first featured the origin of Superman's weakness to magic, and was the first time He-Man was shown having another identity. More recently with the entire DC Universe, ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'', and ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''. ''Origins'' had a toy line only crossover with the WWE entitled ''Masters of the WWE Universe" which gave wrestlers accessories & armor from the series, albeit without a story crossover. Unfortunately the line ended due to the WWE not being satisfied with contract terms that prevented the toys form being sold at wrestling venues.