# He-Man makes no sense. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561 "2011-02-16T08:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/21 "2011-02-16T10:33:49Z")
Somehow He-man makes even less sense now. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/22 "2011-02-16T11:20:56Z")
Is it better if you learn that Skeletor is his uncle, and his mother is from Earth? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/23 "2011-02-16T13:09:49Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > I’m sorry, but the fact that prince Adam and He-Man are the exact same person just with different clothes but everybody seems to believe them to be two isn’t the biggest problem here? How is that possible?!! But He-Man has a tan, and Prince Adam doesn’t. They _can’t_ be the same person. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/24 "2011-02-16T13:16:25Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > It’s actually quite a good idea. > > As is, if Skeletor gets it into his head to kidnap a member of the royal family, Adam is the obvious target, as he can use him as a hostage to manipulate Randor and Marlena - a solid plan, if what he thought to be the case were true. > > As it actually is, all that would accomplish would be to bring He-Man into Snake Mountain. So, you’re, uh, letting Adam keep that huge sword on him, then? All the way back to Snake Mountain? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/25 "2011-02-16T13:34:09Z")
You’ve never seen Skeletor in action, have you? That’s exactly the kind of misjudgement he always makes. (Not that the Sword is generally visible when Adam’s carrying it… He must have the same tailor as the Immortals from Highlander.) ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/26 "2011-02-16T14:14:00Z")
The craziest thing about He-Man is that they obviously live in a temperate climate, hence the propensity for everyone to go around shirtless all the time (except Man At Arms, because he has weird nipples that he’s shy about) but He-Man still wears fur underwear which would have to be excruciatingly uncomfortable after an hour or so and likely to make him smell like 350lbs of ball cheese. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/27 "2011-02-16T16:00:21Z")
If I can divert to She-Ra for a moment, how is it that Adora is the leader of the rebellion, yet every time the Horde attacks she vanishes to “go look for She-Ra” and nobody ever calls her out on it? I mean, she’s a former leader of the Horde, you’d think that someone might eventually be suspicious enough to follow her the 4-5 steps away she takes before transforming. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/28 "2011-02-16T16:11:47Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > I’m sorry, but the fact that prince Adam and He-Man are the exact same person just with different clothes but everybody seems to believe them to be two isn’t the biggest problem here? How is that possible?!! Wrooooong, He-Man has a swarthy looking tan, Adam is quite pale. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/29 "2011-02-16T17:29:29Z")
I want to know how the feud between He-Man’s side and Skelator’s side could go on and on and on for so damn long without hardly any injuries much less deaths. What a bunch of god damn pussies. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/30 "2011-02-16T17:30:21Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > It’s all a sham. Adam actually takes large amounts of hallucinogenics and thinks he’s some sort of leather-daddy superhero. I mean just look at the [opening theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yeA7a0uS3A)! Skeletor is actually his dealer which is why he has a skull face. Every time his friends see him out in the yard swinging the sword around they just roll their eyes and say “he-man” is tripping balls again. :rolleyes: OK, this is good… ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/31 "2011-02-16T17:36:40Z")
This thread is my favorite thread. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/32 "2011-02-16T17:51:11Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I want to know how the feud between He-Man’s side and Skelator’s side could go on and on and on for so damn long without hardly any injuries much less deaths. > > What a bunch of god damn pussies. They adhered to the G.I. Joe Convention of 1983 that promised no injuries to either side in any battles, ever. Unless they’re robots. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/33 "2011-02-16T18:05:41Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > They adhered to the G.I. Joe Convention of 1983 that promised no injuries to either side in any battles, ever. Unless they’re robots. You know, when the uprising comes, all the blown-up robotic soldiers, cyborgs, and androids are _not_ going to count in humanity’s favour… ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/34 "2011-02-16T18:12:20Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > This thread is my favorite thread. I can’t believe I read an entire thread about a character/show which appears to have 0 redeeming qualities. I need help. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/35 "2011-02-16T19:17:43Z")
How about “Prince Adam’s” pet tiger, “Cringer”, who is also transformed by the Power Of Grayskull into a vicious, armor-plated “Battle Cat”. Yet both tigers are a most un-tigerlike shade of green. Even more hilariously, I recall hearing of a Wonder Bread promotional toy that looked like a slightly more brutish version of He-Man, called “Wun-dar”. I always thought that was a joke. But inspired by this thread, I did some Google research and found that that memory seems to be a conflation of a Wonder Bread [He-Man mail-in promo](http://he-man.us/biographies/He-Man_WonderBread.html), and an [actual variant of He-Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p9IbFRy6Aw) in the Masters of the Universe collection called Wun-Dar. OMG. That said, I think my 7-year-old son would LOVE He-Man. After all it has ridiculously varying super-powered heroes with secret identities who wield magic and magci swords against a skull-headed villain and always win. It’s a formula guaranteed to succeed, as long as there are only 7 channels you can tune on your television anyway, and the other channels are showing either soap operas, Sesame Street or maybe The McNeil/Lehrer News Report. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/36 "2011-02-16T19:25:37Z")
As long as we’re reduced to discussing absurdities, I’ve never been entirely sure of He-man’s line immediately post-transformation. Is it, “I have the power!!!”, or “I am the power!!!” I think “have” makes more sense, but that’s probably the best argument for it being “am”. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/37 "2011-02-16T19:26:31Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > When I opened this thread, I thought it would begin with: > > “What the hell kind of name is “he-man” anyway? Should I call myself “I-me?” Is my sister “she-girl?”” His family changed it from the original Hemaarschalkerweerd when they migrated to Eternia (they were originally Dutch). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/38 "2011-02-16T19:31:08Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > As long as we’re reduced to discussing absurdities, I’ve never been entirely sure of He-man’s line immediately post-transformation. Is it, “I have the power!!!”, or “I am the power!!!” I think “have” makes more sense, but that’s probably the best argument for it being “am”. It’s have, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/39 "2011-02-16T19:51:38Z")
“For I am the Kingom, The Powerrrrrrrr and the Glory of Greyskull Forever and ever Amennnnnn!!!” - Je-Man. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/40 "2011-02-16T19:54:00Z")
Really? I have the power? I know that’s what everyone says that he says, but I always heard, “I am the the power-lord.” That last syllable is so drawn out, and he seem to mouth another word there. It’s the same animation every time, you can’t get miss it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561.md?page=3)