History WesternAnimation / MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation

In June 2022, a sequel titled ''Masters of the Universe: Revolution'' was announced.

** In addition to the obvious humor behind Creator/AlanOppenheimer threatening Skeletor, this [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime isn't the first time he played a plant monster either]].

* AnyoneCanDie: And we mean ''anyone''.

* ApocalypseHow: The story deals with two ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 Apocalypses invovling annihilation on the Universal Scale.

** Blade and Pigboy from the 1987 [[Film/MastersOfTheUniverse live-action film]] appears [[TheCameo briefly]] in part 2, as does Goat Man from the MOTU Golden Book ''Secret of the Dragon's Egg''. Duncan playfully chides the latter two's appearance as the Evil Warriors' reaching "the bottom of the barrell".

** [[spoiler:Moss-Man, played by Creator/AlanOppeheimer -- voice of the original Skeletor and many other characters -- appears to stop Skeletor from reaching the Orb, but Skeletor takes advantage of his weakness to fire and immolates him within seconds. Ultimately played with in "The Forge at the Forest of Forever", where he reappears as one of the hallowed heroes of Preternia and talks with Adam about the nature of death and rebirth.]]

** ArchEnemy: Part 2 really goes into how much of a hindrance Skeletor's single-minded obsession with killing He-Man is. He is capable of some incredible planning, and was implied to have had grand ambitions at one point, but all of that gets tossed out the window just so that he can remain continually locked in battle with He-Man until the day he finally kills him in a manner he thinks will be suitably grandiose. Naturally, such circumstances would be nearly impossible to occur even with planning, so this just leads Skeletor to [[BondVillainStupidity constantly giving He-Man ways to win]]. [[spoiler:Coupled with discovering just how vast and random the universe really is, the fact that Skeletor has no grand ambitions beyond his petty feud with He-Man leads Evil-Lyn to turn on him. Skeletor also ends up interfering with the plan to save all of existence in the end just for another shot at killing He-Man, which leads He-Man to pointedly tell him that the universe doesn't revolve around their feud before defeating him for the umpteenth time.]]
*** Essentially everything that was more light-hearted in the original takes a more cynical turn in this one.

* DefrostingIceQueen: When Evil-Lyn joins the heroes, she's just as insulting to them as you would expect, but she gradually becomes warmer to them (particularly Orko). [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor This lasts until Skeletor returns to life and Evil-Lyn abandons the heroes to rejoin him.]] She actually expresses regret over it, noting that "I was really starting to like you kids."]]

* DemotedToExtra: Most of Skeletor's evil minions, aside from Evil-Lyn, Beast Man, and Mer-Man, have joined Tri-Klops's Motherboard cult and have very few lines.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Beast Man, though they NeverFoundTheBody.]]

* FieryRedhead: Teela has quite a formidable temper when pushed to it.

* ForeShadowing:

* GadgeteerGenius: Man-at-Arms.
** Andra.

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: Hordak]]

* KilledOffForReal: Quite a few...

** Music/HenryRollins turn as Tri-Klops presiding over the cult ritual in Snake Mountain. He's clearly having fun.

* LegacyCharacter: Adam and the alter-ego of He-Man is only one of several champions of Grayskull over the centuries, as Skeletor is not the first to seek its power. [[spoiler: Preternia turns out to be the paradise for those like him, such as He-Ro and King Grayskull himself]].

* MaleGaze: On Evil-Lyn during her seduction of Skeletor.

* MysticalWhiteHair: Both the Sorceress and Evil-Lyn, when they remove their distinctive headpieces, are revealed to have long white hair. Though The Sorcress' white hair comes from age. A flashback reveals she was a redhead in her youth.

* OhCrap: Skeletor's reaction to [[spoiler: Evil-Lyn]] calling on the Power of Grayskull.

* ThePowerOfLust: How Lyn gets Skeletor [[spoiler: to let the power return. Before she steals the Sword of Power and takes it for herself.]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Skeletor is on the receiving end of a few.

** Orko's spellcasting consists of rhyming couplets that he makes up on the spot.

* SwordAndGun: King Randor's preferred fighting style. Several Eternian soldiers favor it as well.

* WorthyOpponent: Despite his godlike power, Skeletor doesn't kill Man At Arms. He has him thrown in the dungeon. When Duncan asks why he hasn't been executed Skeletor says that it is out of respect, and warriors deserve to die in battle.
** Evil-Lyn considers Man At Arms to be the most dangerous man in Eternia, more so than even He-Man.

* DecoyProtagonist: Adam/He-Man seems like the main hero for the first episode, but then he dies at the end of it, leaving Teela to take over. [[spoiler:It's ultimately PlayedWith, as Adam returns in Episode 5 and shares equal screen time with Teela in Part 2, making him more of a {[Deuteragonist}}.]]

* DecoyProtagonist: Adam/He-Man seems like the main hero for the first episode, but then he dies at the end of it, leaving Teela to take over.

* WhamShot: The motherboard of Snake Mountain, worshipped by Skeletor's ex-followers after he was killed? [[spoiler: Works for Hordak, as shown after she assimilates Skeletor.]]

* WizardingSchool: Orko and Evil-Lyn hide out in an academy of magic when trapped on an illusion Trolla.
* WhenThePlanetsAlign: The Celestial Apex is the rare moment when Eternia's rotation will put it in [[TheExactCenterOfEverything the physical center of the universe]]. As the CosmicKeystone for all magic in the universe, that magic will flood back into Eternia during the Apex. Whoever wields the Power of Grayskull at that time will have so much magic at their command that they will be a RealityWarping PhysicalGod.

** ComicRelief: Orko's magic misfiring constantly has left him with deep seated self-esteem and confidence issues. This has become a perpetuating cycle; he believes no spell he casts will work, so they often don't.

** The Power Sword is split in two after channeling ALL the power of Grayskull in an effort to prevent a cataclysmic explosion. It's later said the two halves of the sword were the original form, and they were merged together eons ago to create the Champions of Grayskull.

** Blade from the 1987 [[Film/MastersOfTheUniverse live-action film]] appears [[TheCameo briefly]] in part 2.

** Taken UpToEleven when [[spoiler:Dark-Lyn]] plans to unmake the entire universe.

* WeaponizedStench: Stinkor attacks Teela and Andra in episode 2, when they try to take back the Glove of Globula which he had stolen. Stinkor tries to incapacitate them with his fumes but Teela uses her SimpleStaff to clear the air and then knocks him out.

* NeverTrustATrailer: A number of the trailers, particularly the early teasers, tended to feature the He-Man vs Skeletor fights quite heavily, implying that these frequent battles would be the main focus of the story. While there are many skirmishes and one massive climatic battle, the series primarily involves a quest to re-forge the Power-Sword, [[spoiler:which He-man and Skeletor only participate in directly at the end]] and the struggle to regain control of the magic of Grayskull.

* NeverTrustATrailer: A number of the trailers, particularly the early teasers, tended to feature the He-Man vs Skeletor fights quite heavily, implying that these frequent battles would be the main focus of the story. While there are many skirmishes and one massive climatic battle, the series primarily involves a quest to re-forge the Power-Sword and the struggle to regain control of the magic of Grayskull.

* SupernaturalIsGreen: [[spoiler:Scare Glow's]] domain of the dead is alit with an eerie green glow.

* AndThenWhat: The thing that finally convinces [[spoiler:Evil-Lyn]] to turn against Skeletor is learning that even with all the power of Greyskull, the only think he can think of to ''do'' with it is kill He-Man, with no thought as to what he'd do next if he actually managed to accomplish it.

* AdultFear: Randor's [[PartingWordsRegret last interaction with his son was him subtly berating him for seemingly failing to shape up into an accomplished man]], not knowing that he was constantly fighting the forces of evil as He-Man. Then he finds out the truth and that he should've been proud of him all along ''after his son has died'' - and that everyone around him kept this knowledge from him the entire time. It's honestly not that surprising that he ends up lashing out.

** [[spoiler:Motherboard's reveal is framed like [[VideoGame/DiabloIV Lilith's]].]]

** The exposition that opens the first episodes of Part 1 and then Part 2 presents portraits with just about all the Heroic Warriors and the Evil Warriors battling -- the portraits resemble the promotional images for the entire toy line.

** Spikor haves a trident instead of his left hand like his original toy, a detail that wasn't kept in the original cartoon.

* IncrediblyLamePun: So many it should probably have its own page, as to list them all here would take up quite a bit of room. Usually multiple per episode.

** The good news: [[spoiler:Teela becomes the Sorceress, and is able to convince Evil-Lyn that while the universe is chaotic, it is also beautiful, causing her to spare the universe and release the power of Grayskull, allowing Teela and He-Man to send the demons back to Subternia while also keeping Orko resurrected. Teela also becomes the first Sorceress who can leave Castle Grayskull, allowing her have a life with the people beyond the castle. Meanwhile, Adam no longer needs to hide his SecretIdentity as He-Man, and it's implied that Adam and Teela are pursuing a romantic relationship. King Randor and Queen Marlena reconcile, and Randor rescinds the exile of Duncan, Cringer, and Orko, while also appointing Andra as the new Man-At-Arms]].

** Evil-Lyn uses the name "Majestra" when disguised as an old lady. She already used that name in the 1983 series, when she disguised herself as a street magician. In addition, the Shaping Staff Skeletor uses to disguise as Spikor in the first episode is also used in the Majestra episode.

** He-Man's sword also being a mystical key, which works by being inserted into an object hidden within a very significant location, is similar to another weapon and location that figures in the "Rise of the Snake-Men" episode of the 2002 series.

** Spikor having a hand replaced with a trident like his original toy, appears in animation for the first time.

* ChestInsignia: The most notable departure in He-Man's character design is that his chestpiece that has a stylized symbol that could be interpreted as an H or an M (i.e. He-Man).