Could you at least turn your back?

Here is one of my favorite little moments from the last episode of the Masters of the Universe series animated by Mike Young Productions; "Awaken The Serpent". Not only had we just witnessed an extremely cool scene with the most powerful man in the universe having the power literally knocked out of him, but this is the moment when we learn that Zodak knows that Prince Adam and He-Man are one and the same!

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Systems guidance error!

Here is a great clip from The New Adventures of He-Man episode "Collision Course" featuring Staghorn and B.H. disguised as robots. There are many comical moments in this clip, especially the way in which the two bumbling villains impersonate robot voices. Staghorn is possibly one of my favorite characters from this series, because he had an incredibly well-rounded personality, and a superb accent to match. He also gets the best line in this scene, "Nothing for me thanks, I'm fine."

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Unable to transform...

Having been transformed back from He-Man after being struck by a bolt of lightning in The New Adventures of He-Man episode "Sanctuary", Adam raises the sword and calls upon the power of Eternia. It may just be me, but I think there is something unintentionally amusing when the camera pulls back and no transformation is taking place. I cannot stand the fact that Sebrian refers to a missing "ingredient"; "element" would have been a better choice of word...

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The Transium Ore advert!

In The New Adventures of He-Man episode "Cold Freeze" the planet Primus freezes over, prompting Skeletor to contact the heroes offering them a chance to save themselves. The visuals in this scene with Flogg and Slushhead are so ridiculous that you cannot help but smile!

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He-Man defeated by Slushhead?!

When I first saw the conclusion to this battle between He-Man and Slushhead from the episode "Sanctuary" I was admittedly quite surprised! What starts off as a fight interrupted by a force of nature ends up with He-Man defeated by Slushhead followed by a dramatic twist that you will probably not see coming...

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I'm just tired, Cringer...

Throughout the He-Man series the bond between Prince Adam and his cowardly cat Cringer was addressed by some of the writers. However it was not until season two that Robert Lamb's "Into they Abyss" revealed Cringer to not only be Adam's voice of reason, but also his confidant...

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That will be all...

Robert Lamb penned one of the most character-driven episodes of the He-Man series when he wrote "Into the Abyss". This first tense exchange between Prince Adam and Teela underlines the superb writing and great voice acting...

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Here's a quick science lesson...

Yes, we all know that He-Man and She-Ra carried a weight a moral lessons across the series, but occasionally you could actually learn something different about the world in which we live. One of the most specific and intricate science lessons to appear in the He-Man series occurs in the season one episode "Temple Of The Sun". To this day I can still spout He-Man's dialogue word for word making it appear that I actually know something!

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Timm's Sorceress...

It is incredibly hard not to love what Bruce Timm brought to the Masters of the Universe minicomics. In this wonderful illustration from the classic minicomic "The Search for Keldor" we see his unique way of drawing females that would be a trait in his later work on the Batman cartoon.


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Evil Guests...

As I have mentioned before the Ladybird book "She-Ra and the surprise party" features one of the earlier Princess of Power story trends in which everyone is considered good, even Catra. Here is the scene where Catra and Clawdeen arrive at the party, plotting to create a disturbance by taking the presents for themselves! If only Terry Gabbey's style could have been lent to a more creditable story...


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