Trivia / He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)

• Acting for Two: Most of the cast voiced at least two main characters.
  • Scott McNeil was Ram-Man, Stratos, Beast Man, Clawful, Mer-Man, and Kobra Khan.
  • Gary Chalk (who played He-Man in The New Adventures) was Man-At-Arms and Whiplash.
  • Brian Dobson was Skeletor, Buzz-Off, Webstor, King Hssss, and Sssqueeze.
  • Paul Dobson was Man-E-Faces, Trap Jaw, Tri-Klops, and Snake Face.
  • Gabe Khouth was Orko and Mekaneck.
  • John Payne was Moss Man and Sy-Klone.
  • Nicole Oliver was Queen Marlena and the Sorceress.
  • Michael Donovan was King Randor, Roboto, and Tung Lashor.
  • Brian Drummond was Stinkor and Tuvar.
• Actor Allusion: The Swedish dub of the show was not the first time Per Sanborgh voiced a character originally voiced by Mark Hamill, being a repeat of the Joker from Batman: The Animated Series.
• International Coproduction: Created by American studio Splash Entertainment and recorded in Vancouver (except for Cam Clarke who is American).
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: He-Man's character design appeared to be based at least partly on Dolph Lundgren, who played He-Man in the 1987 film.
• Production Posse: Cam Clarke was at the time working on another series from Mike Young Productions: Clifford the Big Red Dog. (This might explain why he only voiced He-Man/Adam and no one else. The other voice actors for Clifford were primarily LA-based, whereas the cast for this series largely worked in Vancouver.)
• Real-Life Relative: Brian and Paul Dobson, of course.
• Role Reprise: In the Brazilian dub, some of the voice actors from the original series reprised their roles, including Garcia Júnior (He-Man/Prince Adam), Isaac Bardavid (Skeletor), Mário Jorge Andrade (Orko) and José Santa Cruz (King Randor).
• Screwed by the Merchandise: The show was canceled because its toyline was not doing well. Since most shipments were full of strange variants of He-Man and Skeletor with only a couple of the other main characters, the toys became shelf warmers, and the final wave wasn't even released in its home country. The show itself was well-received, though also dealt with unpredictable time slots before its cancellation.
• What Could Have Been: Plans for a third season of the 2002 series included Hordak returning and conquering Eternia. He-Man and the Masters would've essentially become a resistance movement and Skeletor would've also been at odds with Hordak. She-Ra was also to make an appearance.
  • Two-Bad was originally featured in scripts for the early episodes, but the writers then got the idea to do an Origins Episode in "The Monster Within."
  • Before Cam Clarke was cast, producers considered having one actor voice Adam and another voice He-Man, as was done on The New Adventures of He-Man.
  • Wonder why Skeletor has those strange twin sided blades that have two different colored hilts? Those were meant to be the original Power Swords, like in the first origin of He-Man, where he and Skeletor each had one Power Sword. When the two swords were united they could be used to unlock Castle Grayskull where, in the toyline, the final battle would take place. Here he would've had both and the new Power Sword was made to counteract them and deny Skeletor access.

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