The Princess Who Killed He-Man?: The Story of She-Ra: Princess of Power
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She-Ra: Princess of Power is an American animated series produced in 1985 by Filmation. A spin-off of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series, She-Ra: Princess of Power was aimed primarily at a young female audience to complement He-Man's popularity with young males.
At the time He-Man was still reaching a mostly male audience and Filmation and Mattel decided to target a whole new audience by creating She-Ra: Princess of Power.
Did it work? Depends on who you ask.
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When I was a kid She-Ra and He-Man used to share a back to back half hour together and me and my sister would end up watching both :)
Same here.
Yup. It was just more He-Man as far as I was concerned. Plus: Hordak!
It was called the He-Man and She-Ra "Power hour."
@@Novusod that might have been it, it was so long ago now lol
YTV in Canada did that, but I don't think the hour had an official name. 1:00 had She-ra, then He-man at 1:30.
The greatest 4th wall break was courtesy of Hordak explaining to Skeletor what was basically She-Ra's plot. Skeletor's response: "WHAT?!"
To be fair, She-Ra never uttered the words "I have the power!". She said "I am She-ra!"
She wasn't meant to. He-Man had the Sword of Power while She-Ra had the Sword of Protection. She-Ra was more about protection than power, which is why she had abilities that He-Man didn't have, like the ability to heal.
I know. I was explaining it to the people who seem to think She-ra stole He-man's thunder by saying I have the power, which she never said. The quote from the Toys that made us: "now his sister was saying I HAVE THE POWER ...that there was something that just didn't feel as cool".@@glenjennett
@@Godravage Oh I see.
I was a huge He-Man fan as a little little kid and She-Ra always seemed the more exciting from a story perspective mostly because Hordak was already the ruler of Etheria while Skeletor had tried and failed a bunch of times to take over Eternia.
Also she got a cooler mount. A giant talking tiger with armor is cool but it is hard to beat the advantage of flight.
@@nobodyimportant2470 that, and Spirit was just as brave as Swift Wind; unlike Cringer vs. Battlecat. OK, Cringer DID have his moments; but not as frequent.
As a person who always loved the sorceress and her burden to never leave castle Grayskull in human form as it was one of my first tastes of tragic fate, you're not wrong.
The Horde villains were badass. That was my whole Christmas list that year
The Horde is the best!
The _Masters of the Universe: Origins_ Horde figures have been amazing so far. Mosquitor is great, with the same blood sucking action as the original, Leech comes with swappable hands and head with suction cup versions, but Mantenna is _absolutely badass._ The figure actually has _four full legs_ with independent hip joints for each, unlike the original '80s version that just had two legs with a groove in each to make them kinda look like four skinny little legs.
I can't wait for more Horde figures from the _Origins_ line... and I am _really seriously hoping_ that they make a Modulok _Origins_ figure! Just _imagine_ what they could do with Modulok using contemporary toy engineering techniques!
@@AaronLitz Hopefully the attachment parts look more streamlined and I hope he's compatible with (at least some) other figures, aside from Multi-Bot of course. I definitely want Modulok to happen.
I’m not sure I realized how many of my favorite villains were Horde. They did a really great job with them. I also had Swift Wind so I guess I managed to cross the aisle on that one. I’m not sure I knew about the mask thing but did not like the headpiece.
Everybody should own a Grizzlor. Or six.
@@AaronLitz My Mantenna gets here in the next couple of days from BBTS and I'm stoked!
As a young boy in the 80's, I was already a huge fan of Transformers and He-Man, but remember enthusiastically hunting down the She-Ra movie at the video store (we didn't get She-Ra on tv where I grew up), and not once did I consider it a product just for girls. It contained sorcery, fantastical characters, and cool action scenes, and that was all that mattered to the ten year old me.
My sister got the She-Ra figures and I got the Evil Horde Guys so that was really cool that we could play a toy line together as bro & sis cuz that was rare in the 1980’s. Another great video Dan & Greg.
My female cousin had she-ra ,I had he-man with all the other motu fig s and play with are own script
@@jdioramasjdioramas2814 I tried to get my sister into She-Ra but she just wasn't interested, which was kind of weird because she was all into Thundercats a bit later. She was all about Jem instead around that time (which I didn't have a problem with, since I liked Jem too; if I remember correctly, I had a cartoon-crush on Kimber.)
Same with me and my gay (he didn't know then) Barbie-obsessed brother. For one brief moment, between She-Ra and Jem,* we were able to bond.
*Jem is dope and I will fight you
My neighbours...boy and girl siblings...also played with the he man and she ra sets....i was so jealous...I wanted them all 😝😝😝
I did this with my friend with the MotU Classics line. Sadly, the Horde is WAAAAYYYY more expensive than the Great Rebellion. So my friend is only missing Madame Razz. I'm missing everyone that isnt Hordak, Catra and robot troopers.
When I was a kid, I watched She-Ra and He-Man back to back and the thought that one might have been meant for boys and the other one for girls never crossed my mind. Loved them both.
Same here🎉
Dude, I'm 47... and I bought both the He-Man and She Ra DVD box sets...
@@kurtpaulsen6579 Same here, bro
Same here!
I could definitely tell when I was kid watching it in the 2000’s. I think the original Powerpuff Girls did it perfectly on making a female centered show entertaining to everybody.
I loved She-Ra as a girl. For some reason, I had a couple secondary characters plus the "bad guy" Catra before I had a She-Ra figure. So my battles, the good guys would be like, "you just wait until She-Ra gets here!" Xmas was coming so I knew I wouldn't have long to wait. And sure enough, I got not only her but the Crystal Castle. Epic Christmas.
Lol, I did something similar with my Sailor Moon dolls. Only I was never able to get Sailor Moon. So I just pretended she and the Scouts I didn't have where off world saving the galaxy. It was up to Sailor Uranus and Sailor Mini Moon to keep the rest of my toys safe (a few years later they got some assistance from my Winx dolls).
May Turner - memories like that can never be replaced! I feel and hear you! Magic, happy memorries thanks to MOTU!
Owning lesser characters is a thing. In some cases it makes sense - Prime and Megatron were some of the bigger and more expensive Transformers. In other cases less so. I for instance had lots of Cantina Creatures and masked Imperials but very few of the central human characters from Star Wars, which was okay, as they were less interesting-looking. :)
Dream castle was one of the coolest play sets of all time! Bet that was a great Christmas!
Reminds me of how my Decepticon forces were bolstered by Go-Bots! LOL!
At a Fan convention Melendy Britt tells a story of a being contacted by a mother who's young daughter was apparently molested. The daughter said she would only tell her hero She-RA who hurt her, They had Melendy Britt talk to the little girl on a telephone in the voice of She-RA, and the little girl did tell her who did it. The person was arrested. (Mass applause by the audience). The story is on youtube.
Wow, props to Britt for doing it. That must have been pretty harrowing for her, too.
I've heard about this, but I had no idea Melendy Britt had a direct helping hand in this. That's amazing.
Now that's an incredible thing to hear. I don't know what to say....Amazing Melendy Britt helped....but awful the little girl went through that experience. Sending blessings and love.
I read that somewhere. That was really awesome of her to go above and beyond like that.
A true heroine!
It was pretty brilliant to shift The Evil Horde to She-Ra's main villains in the toon instead of Cattra. Cattra is fine but she doesn't give off main villain vibes. Hordak is just cool.
Well Catra certainly didn't give off main villain vibes *then* at least. I'm shuddering to imagine cat pun making Catra leading anyone.
Interestingly my introduction to He-Man as a toy was a girl who had the He-Man figure in the year or so preceding the cartoon. As much as I think She-Ra was a great addition to the product line and mythos, I do think Mattel underestimated He-Man’s appeal to girls since there were at least some girls who liked He-Man to begin with. Understandably not directly being marketed to.
That's interesting because when the Avengers movies came out Hasbro didn't come out with a Black Widow action figure for the longest time
Lol yes. My sister too.
Adora, legitimately, has the only flushed out story of any character in MotU, and in the comics (more recent DC run) it makes it even more relatable. Her story is actually REALLY inspiring, and a story of guilt and redemption most of us can relate to.
Oddly enough, Queen Marlena (Adam & Adora's mother) also has a really interesting backstory, but it was only brought up a couple times. She was actually a NASA test pilot who got knocked off-course in an experimental spacecraft, ultimately crashing on Eternia and then managing to win the heart of the King. I'd love to see a full series about *that.*
@@jasonblalock4429 That sounds like a slight twist on Buck Rogers.
@@jasonblalock4429 along with Beast man, Evilynn and Triclops. She fell on the good side of Eternia, while they were mutated after falling in the bad side.
Very true. Plus, Adora's story is also pretty similar to episodes 4, 5 and 6 of Star Wars with one key element: fighting for freedom.
I’d say the Sorceress has an equally fleshed out and compelling backstory.
As an 80s kid I was baffled why She-Ra's enemies were made in a size that could interact with my He-Man figures but she was not. It was just a bizarre move all around
I picked up the "Car-Tunes" cassette of The Secret of the Sword from a gas station in 1985 and that was my introduction to She-Ra and Hordak before I ever saw them on the TV. Their voices are still imprinted in my brain especially Shadow Weaver. And then when I watched the cartoons I was obsessed with finding Loo-Kee like Where's Waldo.
As a kid, I wanted a She-Ra figure to go along with my He-Man figure, but parents thought otherwise. They were in the girl's toy section after all, not the boy's. I had a cousin who had them though, and we would play every so often. I liked She-Ra when it came along, since it was essentially more MOTU and I could never get enough of that.
Ah the 80s. Back when wanting to watch ripped men grabbing each other and rolling around meant a boy was straight and wanting to watch pretty girls in skimpy outfits bounce around meant he was gay.
No wonder kids of our generation had so much trouble with figuring out our sexuality.
Your parents were wise beyond their years
For my friend group, She-Ra didn’t kill He-Man, Transformers did. Once we saw robots that could become jets, cars, and guns, a half naked barbarian seemed quaint.
That being said, we didn’t quit the IP cold turkey, as we’d always catch the show. We just didn’t buy anymore toys.
Very good point. My interests changed like this as well
So true… The Masters Line came out dominated early on. But once Transformers & Gi-Joe found their stride. It was down hill from there for MOTU Fans. Masters came in 3rd to those two toy lines eventually. The 80’s was an embarrassment of riches for young boys, collecting toys. Soo much to choose from. 🎉🎉🎉🪀🪁🧸
Gobots 65 episodes and Voltron 122 episodes also came out in 1984 and Thundercats came out in 1985 for 122 episodes which also gave them competition.
I always enjoyed the He-Man cartoons as a kid. When She-Ra debuted I watched it just as faithfully. However, when it came to buying toys, I was always a GI Joe, Transformers, and Lego kid.
I’m sorry, but She-Ra wasn’t shunned by the 2002 reboot at all. The show makers had begun to commission designs and set up She-Ra within the show ready for her introduction in the proposed season 3 when the 2002 reboot was cancelled.
It was a massive shame as the designs for Adora and She-Ra were amazing.
The 2002-2003 production did the original series more justice than any reboot has done up to now. Show got axed right when things were going in very compelling direction
I'd love to have seen them do a take on all that stuff too. Master of the universe was a hammy thing, but they took every character and treated it with sincerity in the reboot.
I think the decline in MOTU had less to do with She-Ra and more to do with ThunderCats. Both TCats and She-Ra made their cartoon debut in the fall of 1985 and TCats was arguably the breakout hit of that season. It really did not help that ThunderCats was a similar magic/sci-fi hybrid like MOTU down to the male lead (Lion-O) possessing a magic sword.
As far as the toys I pretty much only had the MOTU figures as a child. But the She-Ra cartoon was awesome and IMO not a huge problem for boys to get into. Adora/She-Ra was a great heroine to follow and Filmation’s background art was always a delight from the colorful Whispering Woods to the mechanized and dark Fright Zone. I also enjoyed many of the supporting characters, particularly Madame Razz and Broom.
They weren't making anymore He-man cartoons it was because of the switch focus on She-ra and not staying focus on He-man is what killed the motu..
Can't be overstated the part that Thundercats had on the dwindling popularity of He-Man. Me and all my friends started watching Thundercats and He-Man was over.
Yeah, the hand-off confused me as a kid, too. My neighbor got the toys and we were super excited to combine our figures in play, but her figures were so much smaller and out of scale with mine. The cloth and doll hair was strange to me and meant you couldn't play in the sand, dirt, mud, water, etc like I did with my MOTU figures. And the mini comics were also super different... the MOTU stuff was comic styled with gritty and near mature storytelling... while POP was more storybook influenced with pastel colors and more childish stories.
Really? Even as a kid I'd never even think to take my figures out into sand or mud. It would not only get them all dirty but it would gunk up the joints and such. The only toys that went outside were specifically designed for it, let alone in the sandbox. That was reserved for sand-specific toys and the occasional Tonka truck, because that was back when they were made of steel, practically indestructible, and they had some explicit sand/dirt moving play features.
I got into He-Man and She-Ra with the reboots. Obviously, they’re a product of their time, but they’re still fun and enjoyable stories. I see why they became such huge hits in their day: imaginative stories, with fun characters and a world kids wanted to be the hero or heroine in. I hope we get more He-Man and She-Ra in the future. After the recent reboots, they have potential of being sort of like TMNT, where every generation has its own version they can love or check out.
Masters of the Universe: Revelations is getting a sequel series. Kevin Smith has already talked about it, called MotU: Revolution. And I think that Amazon Prime is working on a live action She-Ra series. That was announced awhile back but no idea where they are in terms of production.
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I definitely enjoyed She-Ra since it was the continuation of He-man. It was the toyline that got me and my sister to band together my He Man and her She Ra figures to fight, well not Hordak, since we never got him. The siblings fought against Metlar, D’compose, and Tendryll. It was amazing times for little kid me. MOTU vs. Inhumanoids. Best crossover Was best.
18:46. The plan was to introduce Sh-Ra in Season 3 of 2002s MOTU. In fact she even had a comic con exclusive toy in 2003. Thank CN for prematurely cancelling one of the greatest shows ever.
The did the same with the 2003-2006 _Teen Titans_ & then we got the self-deprecating parody _Teen Titans GO_ & the live action streaming series _TITANS_ out of that.
I grew up with He-Man and She-Ra. I was able to easily see She-Ra as a continuation of He-Man since he seemed to appear in half the episodes anyway. Though personally I think I still like Skeletor more then Hordak because looking back Skeletor did seem more powerful. In a duel between them Hordak has to keep shapeshifting to create weapons and shields while Skeletor just zaps and blocks with his hand and Havoc Staff.
"For the honor of Toy Galaxy! He has the Power!"
And this is why I love your channel. The look behind the scenes of our childhood toys and shows is something to look forward to. Thanks, Dan!
One of my most treasured movie going memories was my father taking me and my brother to go see “The Secret of Sword”. As a Star Wars kid, He-Man came along after Return of the Jedi and became my favorite everything! By the time She-Ra came along, I was more into comics than toys, however, I was going through puberty, so She-Ra pretty much became the greatest cartoon in the world 😁😁😁😁😁
The only thing MOTU I don’t like is the New Adventures. The 2002 series was fine, I have a soft spot for the live action movie, loved the new She Ra show, and I really liked both He-Man series on Netflix right now. It’s a great time to be a fan.
The 2002 series was a fantastic 2000s era style reboot dark and gritty but still fun 😊
@@Wimmle The 2002 show started out strong with the origins of He-Man and Skeletor with nice homages to the original series. I loved the designs for the Sorceress and Evil-Lyn! Aside from a couple of great episodes, King Greyskull, when it found its rhythm, it pretty much became the original show. Not a bad thing, but it felt like it was just going through the motions already covered in the old show. The Snakemen season certainly changed things up I just couldn’t get into it.
Don’t get me wrong, if they released it on blu ray tomorrow I would snatch it! 😁
“Where’s poochy?” Is a good way to sum up the mentality that forged SheRa.
I remember having a serious crush on She-Ra back when it came out. Good memories! :D Also: I'm definitely getting that t-shirt, Dan!
I’m going echo a couple of other comments, my brother & I both collected MOTU & then I branched off into POP, it was great to have an expanded universe to play in, and I loved everything She-Ra. Those were the days my friend… 🥹
I actually remember being four years old and my dad getting home after work with the occasional Transformer or He-Man figure. That was a long time ago.
I admit it, I had a few of the She-Ra toys as a kid. That red centipede guy, those storm trooper horde things and my favorite one....Grizzlor.
I don't know when, and it was likely from a used toy shop, because I don't remember any of the accessories, but I do remember the crystal on her chest, but I had a She-Ra action figure as a little kid (I was born in '81) and I honestly loved that figure as much as I loved my He-Man figures.
I was a huge He-Man fan had basically all of the first wave, my aunt popped a VHS tape in for my female cousin, it was that 90min She-Ra special. 6 year old me liked it.
I love She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. I wish I could find merch.
They tried to make toys for Netflix’s She-Ra. The toys did not sell so they discarded the line and went to produce the Masters of the Universe Origins line and the Masterverse line.
A lot of the male and female character duos like this seem to be cousins, this puts He-man and She-ra in a special class since they're brother and sister. She-ra breaks many traditions and that's a big part of what makes her really inspiring. Her fighting spirit is also really cool. I've been following the Netflix series for a long time now, and it's very entertaining. Someday I'll take a look at the original show too. Thanks for the info!
The 2 shows were intended to feed off each other rather than compete with each other. Some of the HeMan characters appeared on SHe Ra. Obvious sign that both worlds were under the same umbrella
Wow ! Dan shaved his beard and grew it back all in a few minutes. The Power Of Grayskull in action.
Are you implying that He-man and Dan are the same person? Dont be preposterous (clearly he just called He-man in for a cameo)
@@Getwright- the Toy Galaxy He-Man is more entertaining than the Dolph Lundgren He-Man, that's a fact. Sorry Dolph.
The Bass Riff from My Name is Mud added with the reference to Primus... very nice. This Primus fan approves.
I never watched the original She-Ra, but I respect what it started. Without it, we wouldn't have had writers getting the courage to do Xena or so many others. So kudos to the show for what it started.
And obviously, without SPOP OG, we wouldn't have the modern classic in the reboot and eagerly waiting your video for that.
Well said. The original POP wasn't for me in any form, but I enjoyed a lot of things that it influenced (Xena, Buffy, etc). And yeah, the Netflix SPOP was amazing, so I'm also looking forward to that episode.
Oh yeah, Xena. I was just thnking, I would want a real curve ball over any horrific premonition I could imagine on hearing "live-action she-ra". But thinking Xena it could work.
Think like if Julie Taymor directed, and they really went to the roots and used John Blackstar as the basis instead of He-Man. Make it like a mix of Terry gilliam's Brazil for comedy and grody tension form Alien, where the remnants of humanity take off from flooding South America and find a fantasy planet elsewhere.
Pretty sure Xena owes a LOT more to Wonder woman. And that new show is far from classic
@@sboinkthelegday3892 Not even counting the other stuff in your comment, leaving a like for the Julie Taymor reference alone; and yeah, her style for this would be amazing.
@@meatpuppet5036 I think wonder woman kind of did a number on basically the entire western magical girl genre
"Sometimes, you can't wait for power to be given to you. You have to take it for yourself." Dan is coming in hot with the commentary.
I watched She-Ra. Didnt see it as a "girl show", just as more MOTU. I even had the Hordak action figure.
As far as I know, boys enjoyed She-Ra and Jen, and girls enjoyed He-Man, GI Joe and Action Man.
When I was little, there so many different cool shows and toys that we would always pretend we were a Ninja Turtle, or a Transformer, or He-Man or a Joe... It was so much fun making up our own adventures on the playground or at recess and we came up with some pretty cool ideas that the shows never did. Memories are great lol
I didn’t know I needed this. Thanks.
Very good research, I never really thought about how much Barbie influenced She-Ra.
18:28 That joke will never get old 😆
She-Ra was not conceived as a twin sister of Teela. Princess of Power was originally intended to be a Masters of the Universe spin-off starring Teela. The Girls Toys division at Mattel thought it would be problematic if the star of the spin-off was the non-powered girlfriend of He-Man, so they conceived of She-Ra as a long-lost twin sister, so they would be equals.
Pls listen. He didn’t say that.
The CONCEPT OF THE SHOW was to have the main character be a twin sister to Teela.
They literally said, no, we don’t need your ideas.
@@lynnerose7891 I did listen, the information is wrong. I have forgotten more about the development of Princess of Power than you know.
The Horde villains were awesome, and they went along great with He-Man's rogues gallery. I was young enough and enough of a mega-fan that I ended up with She-Re and Bo, as well. I didn't think about them being "girl's" toys until a little while later (my older brother probably brought me to that realization).
Great job on this video. She-ra is certainly an essential element in the history of He-man! I like her design a lot and she has some very cool villains. Your channel is always a delight. The modern She-ra series is pretty good. It had a few inconsistencies sometimes but was definitely an entertaining series from start to finish!
6:21
The mention of "Barbie cannot transform into a superhero", Mattel did once later released a Superheroine Barbie doll in the 90's. To Mattel's credit, they actually made the hero costume look both heroic & glamorous!!!
Third time watching this and still waiting on the She-Ra Netflix video by you. Keep them coming.
Ah, back when designing a strong female character required more than just giving her male personality traits. I never knew a kid who felt She-Ra detracted from He-Man,; there was room for both. For the honour of Grayskull!
Back then Females had to put Shoulder Pads on their Suits just to be taken Seriously by their male coworkers So think about how that effected them as they rose up the corporate ladder? Women like KK who were forced to dress like a linebackers just to break through the glass ceiling kinda had their perceptions warped by those experiences. Those woman HAD to act like men to be seen as capable so in turn create characters who act the same way Remember... Nothing exists in a vacuum. Real strength comes from the ability to be KIND and you can't be kind in a boardroom.
I know my siblings and I loved both shows.
That doesn't happen today. Come on.
I had He-man, She-Ra and Battle Cat toys.
I didn't want Swift Wind though lol
I always considered She-Ra to just be part of the He-Man universe anyway. They had enough crossover episodes in She-Ra to warrant that viewpoint.
I loved She-Ra as a kid, and do even more now. The original show was more interesting than He-Man in a lot of ways, and the reboot is one of my favorite shows of the last ten years.
And not for nothing, but I got to meet She-Ra, He-Man, and King Hiss once. :P
6:12 The Heart Family also has a big secret basement they use to train wrestlers.
Loved watching this! Thank you!
I love this channel. I can think of so many videos you should do videos on -- Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake, Shirt Tales, The Wuzzles, The Littles, Popples, Smurfs...
I was a HUGE “He-Man” fan as a child, and even had the She-Ra and Hordak figures! (Most of the other “She-Ra” figures were too girly for me though, lol).
Really well written episode, Dan. Great video!
Omg. I love your shirt!! Great vid! Thanks!!!
She-rah impresses me so much.... still the sounds from your hand stretch is impressive too.
She-Ra and Hordak were supposed to appear in the 2003 He-Man series, the latter did appear for a bit, but the series was cancelled before that happened.
you just reminded me that i'd gotten a hordak that christmas to fight my battle armor he-man + battle cat
you know, JMS being in part of the writing really informs some his characters from things like Babylon 5
I wanted the She-Ra dolls sooooo badly
But wasn’t allowed them cause they were “girls toys”
Seems like yesterday I was watching the Secret of the Sword in the movie theaters. Loved the series and I wanted another season of He-Man but I took his appearance on She-Ra as much as I could.
I'm glad my sister is 2 years younger than me. The 2 lines were both in our house. And still are as she didn't want her She-Ra stuff and she lives still with my He-Man toys.
lmao I had the She-Ra doll as a kid and didn't realize you were supposed to turn the tiara upside down hahaha
8:45 Absolutely lost it 🤣 Great vid all around!
Watch all your videos and they are great. I loved watching the He-man series growing up. I believe the voice Actress for She-ra and the voice of Skeletor is going to be in the Toon Con at Pasadena in October. Was planning to go there and visit them to get some items from them.
The Primus bass slap 😂😂😂😂
I wouldn't necessarily say that She-Ra was what killed He-Man. There's a sizeable article on what exactly happened on a site called flyingmoose. But the situation can't be summed up in one sentence. It was multiple factors that did the MOTU franchise in. Part of it was its own success, like you said. It became a TV series, a toy line, a comic series and even had its name on lunchboxes. But other shows like Transformers and G.I. Joe came in and did the same thing, siphoning sales away from the MOTU line. Basically they saw what the MOTU line did and thought that idea was just DANDY, and did it themselves. Eventually, L'Oreal bought Filmation and hastily shuttered the company, terminating the entire staff (I believe a day or two before legislation would pass requiring companies to give 60 days' notice before a mass termination). One of the animators mentioned they pretty much just walked in and said, 'Put down your pencils and get out'. And that was the end of it.
Man I remember that bubbleyumm commercial/contest, 86' is when my little brother was born. I tried to enter, but didn't win. My family lived at that time in Tacoma. So seeing these commercials in your videos from Seattle is a real blast from the past for me.
From what I understand the He-Man reboot in the 2000's had planned to introduce She-Ra and the Evil Horde in season 3, but sadly was canceled. And for Princesses of Power, I don't think they had the rights to use He-Man or any MotU characters, I think they just had She-Ra. Which bummed me out, would have been cool to see the twins team up again.
That's because, even though Adora's canon origin was alluded to & both Eternia and Grayskull could be mentioned (although the latter two had to be given different uses), Sony Pictures has rights to Prince Adam/He-Man, Cringer/Battle Cat, Duncan/Man-at-Arms, Orko, Teela, The Sorceress, Keldor/Skeletor, Beast Man, Evil Lyn, Snake Man, King Hiss, General Rattalor, Stratos, Ram-Man (now gender bent to Ram-Mam in some cases), etc. whereas Dreamworks got the rights to Adora/She-Ra, the members of the Great Rebellion & the not-so Evil Horde.
Such a fun topic. Loving the shirt. Where could I find one?
My sister's name is Shira and she was in elementary school when She-Ra was airing. One boy actually got grounded for telling his mother he played with Shira at recess, since his mother thought he was making it up.
Hello! Im a great She-ra fan and I loved your t-shirt in this video. It´s awesome.
MOTU Brand amazes me how popular it remains to be with its fanbase, new and old. I was born in '84 and remember watching these shows with my older in syndication. Fast forward to 2022 and now my 5 and 3 yr old girls are watching She-Ra Princesses of Power on Netflix. Time is a flat circle.
I remember see the He-Man and She-Ra movie first in my parents' movie store. I watched the VHS of both series. I was one of those hoping that we would have gotten She-Ra in the 2000s He-Man reboot. Now with the licensing mess, we might not get to see She-Ra and He-Man shared universe and team-ups for a while.
That's only for TV & film. We can still cross them over with our Mattel figure merchandise.
But...why did they have to raise her under "mind-control" if they raised her from an infant? They literally RAISED her; they were capable of conditioning her however they wanted 😆
It's a cop out so she can instantly be absolved of any guilt once she becomes good as she isn't responsible for her actions at all.
to make sure the conditioning held.
Another great video. Can you make an episode about Warlord and the other Remco figs?
Born in Sweden in 1984, I was only vaguely aware of He-Man in the early 90's (as other kids my age watched it), and as far as I know we didn't even get a release of She-Ra.
That said, I loved She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, which really went far above and beyond what anyone could reasonably expect from a reboot of an 80's toy commercial, and I find the history behind the crafting of those old shows to be absolutely fascinating. Both of the new He-Man shows have been solid, too.
This explained the mystery as to why I only had all the She-Ra villains in with my He-man toys!
Also, nice backdrop. Alway a pleasure to get Giz-no’d!
I was a fan of both He-man and She-ra as a kid. Had action figures from both toy lines. My house was a warzone of 80s and 90s cartoon characters 🤣🤣🤣 In my world... He-man was buddies with Wolverine and Optimus Prime. I miss being a kid 😭
Growing up I was a fan of He-Man but I would watch She-Ra enough that I wanted the villain toys of the series like the suction-cup guy. Both pretty entertaining cartoons.
The Horde were great villains so I'm sure plenty of boys wanted them too. Parents probably saw them in the Heman aisle and got them for their sons since they didn't know any different. I had Leech and few of the Horde members in the Heman collection as well.
New background is nice!
As soon as he-man mythos turned to she-ra I was done. I wanted he-man to really dive into the other characters which it never did (cartoon wise)
I love the primus musical insert when mentioning he man defending planet primus.
I feel the bass line was from “my name is mud.”
another cool video Dan .Last Christmas I got my mistress The whole series of Shera all 139
episodes . I enjoy watching them as well and my favorite line from it is Hordak is a meanie so funny .
I loved the lil sloppy slap bass riff when Dan said Planet Primus...nice touch. 👌
While I do enjoy She-Ra, there's a weird janky charm they He-Man has that She-Ra rarely had making it not as enjoyable for me. That said, I do hope you guys cover the insanity that is Jem.
Amen for Jem!!
Yes! A Jem video would be truly, truly outrageous.
@@hgc7000 Well, after all: the music IS contagious (outrageous)! ;)
Yes, seconding the Jem suggestion! That show was Baby's First Crazy Soap Opera for me!
Holy Christmas!! Lol!! I totally remember those bubble yum commercials!! 😀
I was juuuust too young to watch much of He-Man, but She-Ra was on a syndication channel that we watched daily. I like that MOTU:R dropped a She-Ra teaser.
She-Ra has literally been alluded to in the CGI He-Man so, now I'm hyped.
I could never understand why everyone liked He-Man so much at the time. When I watched them, I remember thinking She-Ra was better written.
I loved the evil Horde figures and that Fright Zone playset.
In the Netflix's documentary about MotU it's said that the character designers of SheRa faced opposition from the board for the protagonist looking too much muscular and "masculine." So yeah, Dreamworks' SheRa just carries on the legacy of her mother in ruffling the feathers of conservatives about what should be a feminine body type.