He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) He-Man
prince adam, filmation cartoon in john erwin provided character s voice.
by time animated series developed, he-man s origins had been revised: true identity prince adam of eternia, son of king randor , queen marlena (an earthling), ruled kingdom of eternia on planet of same name. sorceress of castle grayskull endowed prince adam power transform he-man, adam did raising power sword , proclaiming, power of grayskull... once transformation complete, continued ...i have power! . able return former form saying, let power return. seen in episode 130, problem power . differences between prince adam , he-man minimal; he-man had deeper voice, different wardrobe (soldier armor , boots), , darker skin , hair.
prince adam s pet cowardly green tiger named cringer. when adam became he-man, transformed cringer brave armored green tiger named battle cat pointing sword @ him – ability adam discovered accidentally during 1 of transformations he-man. cringer, naturally, cowered in fear @ seeing adam had become; while reassuring him nothing had changed, adam pointed sword of power @ cringer, sent bolt of energy toward tiger , transformed him. battle cat served he-man s steed , fierce fighting companion ever since. cringer s name thought have come cat s cowardly nature.
adam friendly beautiful, strong-willed teela, (unbeknownst her) daughter of sorceress. teela adopted prince adam s mentor, man-at-arms (whose proper name duncan). adam , teela grew , now, captain of guard, entrusted protect prince. unaware of alternate identity he-man, saw adam lazy , cowardly.
man-at-arms he-man s closest companion , eternian royal family s innovator of technology , weapons. in many episodes, man-at-arms unveiled new , fantastic weapons or devices helped he-man , friends. castle grayskull source of he-man s powers. inside castle lived sorceress, granted prince adam transformative abilities , communicated telepathically he-man. protect family he-man kept double identity secret, sharing orko, man-at-arms, cringer/battle cat , sorceress.
the spin-off cartoon series she-ra: princess of power later revealed adam had twin sister: princess adora, leader of great rebellion against hordak on planet etheria. adora, adam, given gift of power of grayskull , had own sword used transform she-ra, princess of power. he-man made number of appearances in she-ra: princess of power television series.
he-man s archenemy skeletor, blue-skinned sorcerer yellow skull head (concealed cowl). skilled in black magic , forms of combat. shown extremely cunning , intelligent. though origin mysterious, , cartoon described him demon dimension , tie-in comic implied skeletor s true identity prince keldor (the older brother of king randor), making him he-man s uncle. revealed in animated motion picture he-man , she-ra: secret of sword skeletor hordak s right-hand man until capture (hordak referred skeletor old pupil , skeletor s throne-room in snake mountain old throne-room – skeletor retorts, throne-room ) , (supposed) release. skeletor accompanied group of henchmen aided evil schemes.
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