History WesternAnimation / HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021

* MakeMeWannaShout: In the intro, Cringer's Battle Cat form is able to produce a powerful shout attack, disrupting the bots he's chasing.

* DealWithTheDevil: In the Season 2 finale, [[spoiler:Skeletor's ghost haunts Krass through the gem in her helmet. He convinces her to embrace the power of Havoc and complete the Sigil of Hssss for him. In exchange, he will use the Sigil's power to bring her parents BackFromTheDead. Near the end of Season 3, she is welk aware that Skeletor may be lying and finally betrays him, though he implied that he would very well keep his promise; just not the way she would've wanted.]]

** When Adam points out how [[spoiler: The now godlike Skeletor]] can alter the universe, he specifically states that Skeletor will be able to change "[[Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce Everything, everywhere, all at once]]."

*** Most of the Masters' nemesis are the ones to give the Masters their code names or names, except for Ram Ma'am being on Adam's side and making the He-Man name. [[spoiler:And then at the end of season 2 Krass embraces Havoc via Skeletor's ghost and becomes a nemesis herself]].

!! By the power of Greyskull...I have the tropes?

** [[spoiler:Mer-Man used to be an ally of King Greyskull in the past and is [[SubvertedTrope still devoted to him so much that he is at odds with the heroes]].]]

** Yellow[=/=]Gold for the power of Castle Greyskull representing Light and Justice.

** Pink for Krass/Ram Ma'am's equipment and powers, [[spoiler:due to being a combination of Havoc and Castle Greyskull's power in her helmet.]]

** Skeletor's Havoc Staff seems a little powerful for just a SecretTestOfCharacter relic, and there are some odd interactions noted between Havoc and Castle Greyskull. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed in season 3 that King Grayskull ''created'' Havoc as it is now and the staff in order to use it as a weapon against the snakes.]]

*** In "Eternia 2000", Mo'squita-ra remarks on the delicious gold and green energy radiating of the Masters and the Dark Masters. [[spoiler:When she turns to Krass she's delighted to see that she has both in equal amounts, foreshadowing the reveal the Krass has access to both the Power of Greyskull and Havoc at the same time.]]

*** Unlike the rest of the Masters, who each unlock their SignatureMove over the course of the show, Krass never does and only has the same skillset she started out having as Ram Ma'am. [[spoiler:This is due to the Ram Stone in her helmet infusing her body with Havoc making it incompatible with the Power of Greyskull. It's only once she embraces Havoc and becomes Rampage that she gains access to her own SignatureMove.]]

** The third season ends on perhaps the highest of high notes. The Masters are victorious [[spoiler:Krass is back on the team]], [[spoiler:Keldor has been depowered]], and [[spoiler:Adam has shared the Power of Greyskull with ''all of Eternia'']]. Then we find out that [[spoiler:'''''Hordak''''' is on his way.]]

* InTheirOwnImage: In the climax of season 3, [[spoiler:Skeletor tries to use the full power of Castle Greyskull to turn everyone on Eternia into either a Dark Master or Skeledrone with a WorldWreckingWave of Havoc. Once Adam gives him the sword to save Krass from the latter fate, he decides to instead head to the Heart of the Universe and change ''everything'', causing entire planets to become spikes masses decorated with his skeletal face.]]

* TrashTheSet: Castle Greyskull gets absolutely wrecked in the two-part finale of Season 3 [[spoiler:firstly by He-Man and Rampage's fight against Skeletor smashing up the library, and then when Skeletor combines the Power and Havoc to become a {{Kaiju}} causing his new gigantic form to smash through the Castle. In the aftermath the Castle is left a complete wreck though the Masters are confident they can build it anew.]]

** In the "The Tomb of Grayskull", [[spoiler:He-Man battles a giant snake summoned by the Sigil of Hssss until it threw him into the air and swallowed him whole. He-Man ends up falling into a pool of Havoc in the creature's stomach. He embraces the Havoc to escape the snake and destroy the Sigil]].

** [[spoiler:He-Man ends up swallowed by the giant snake summoned by the Sigil of Hssss, which ends with him falling into a pool of Havoc in the creature's stomach. He-Man embraces the Havoc to escape the snake and destroy the Sigil]].

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[ThematicThemeTune The power is ours! It's in our soul!]]'' [[labelnote:Cast]](From left to right) Duncan/Man-At-Arms, Krass/Ram Ma’am, Adam/He-Man, Teela/Sorceress, and Cringer/Battle Cat[[/labelnote]]]]

** Mosquitara starts as a minor antagonist before [[spoiler:Stratos recruits her into his own team.]]

* AdaptationalDyeJob: Red-haired Teela is now white-haired in this version.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange:
** Played with. Orko is a DecompositeCharacter in this series; a robot called Ork-0, from a series of robots called RK Units, and a famous Trollan wizard whose personality was encoded on the memory unit that runs Ork-0.
** Ram Ma'am is a member of an unidentified humanoid race in this continuity, with the original Ram-Man being human.
** Keldor is fully human in this series, as opposed to having blue skin and pointed ears that were featured in 200X, ''Classics'' and ''Origins''. Though this may be a call back to the 1980s minicomics where Keldor's species was likely human.
** Tri-Klops was a human in the original series. Here, it is a robotic MindControlDevice built by Trap Jaw.
** [[spoiler:Evil-Lyn]] may look human, [[spoiler: But Hordak being her father makes her a hybrid member of Hordak's species, nothing was revealed of her mother]].

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Magic and other energy sources.