# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/101 "2011-02-19T21:46:17Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > Man, licenses, agendas…you guys get all the fancy stuff. Don’t forget our superpower - the ability to distinguish between teal, cobalt and cerulean without a colour chart. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/102 "2011-02-19T22:54:14Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > It was He-Man and the Masters of the universe. So I guess all his friends were the masters of the universe. Ram-Man, Man-at-Arms, OrKo, etc… Maybe they lost the rights to Queen’s “Princes of the Universe”? ---
**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 19, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/103 "2011-02-19T23:40:17Z")
Hm. You want to know what happened at the beginning of things? Why not find out. It’s all here. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s66IFkf4Qgk) (The Beginning, parts 1, 2, and 3.) Admittedly… some things have changed. But I think it’s an improvement. Check out the intro. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa3C-MSeFWw) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/104 "2011-02-20T01:20:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Don’t forget our superpower - the ability to distinguish between teal, cobalt and cerulean without a colour chart. Bah, teal and cerulean are easy: Teal is a greenish blue, and cerulean is (by definition) sky blue. I’m not sure about cobalt, though… Sort of dark and grayish? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/105 "2011-02-20T01:25:17Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > It was He-Man and the Masters of the universe. So I guess all his friends were the masters of the universe. Ram-Man, Man-at-Arms, OrKo, etc… Seems a pretty lame universe if those guys are the masters of it. Especially Mecha-neck. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/106 "2011-02-20T03:03:55Z")
Did they ever even leave their planet? Because I would hardly call the backward, sword weilding primates living in the rubble of post-apocalyptic Eterna “Masters of the Universe”. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/107 "2011-02-20T08:53:44Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Did they ever even leave their planet? Because I would hardly call the backward, sword weilding primates living in the rubble of post-apocalyptic Eterna “Masters of the Universe”. She-Ra was on another planet. Adam didn’t even know he had a sister for a long time. And, no, the fact that She-Ra and Adam’s sister appeared at the same time on Eternia did not clue anyone in. > [@Cluricaun](#): > > 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. His massive package has a large surface area and thus gets colder faster. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/108 "2011-02-20T09:04:56Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > His massive package has a large surface area and thus gets colder faster. Did he have a massive package? Body builders stereotypically abuse steroids, and are hung like Ken dolls… ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/109 "2011-02-20T10:54:24Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > Don’t forget our superpower - the ability to distinguish between teal, cobalt and cerulean without a colour chart. What’s a color chart?😕 ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/110 "2011-02-20T14:58:45Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > You forgot [Jitsu](http://www.he-man.org/collecting/toy.php?id=572). “The Secret Liquid of Life”? Wow, I didn’t realize it at the time, but this show really was gayer than Top Gun. I’m glad I was a fan of Transformers and, to a much lesser extent, Go-Bots. Red blooded all-American manly toys! I hope nobody find out that I also like Strawberry Shortcake. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/111 "2011-02-20T18:29:26Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > I hope nobody find out that I also like Strawberry Shortcake. I used to work in the electronics department at Wal-Mart. We got a shipment of Strawberry Shortcake videos. The DVD cases were strawberry scented. I nearly puked when I opened the shipping case. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/112 "2011-02-20T22:12:43Z")
Well if you liked GI Joe, you have to watch The Venture Bros for an update on [Shoreleave](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEoKHi6fSsw). ---
**Author:** ![enigmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@enigmatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigmatic)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/113 "2011-02-21T00:30:04Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t see the ad, but it’s almost certainly Faker, the android (I think) who was built by Skeletor to take He-Man’s place. Another excuse to sell the exact same toy. Which was another thing that didn’t scream about the entire cast’s general level of competence. Doppelgänger infiltration robot, painted bright blue, but surprisingly effective. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/114 "2011-02-21T00:58:43Z")
Even as a kid I thought the planet seemed empty as he’ll. Only like 25 freaks living on there. What was he prince of anyway? The other beefy dudes and the sexy bird chick? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/115 "2011-02-21T01:01:11Z")
> [@](#): > > The other beefy dudes and the sexy bird chick? They had to have at least one [beard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beard_(companion)), otherwise it’s too obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/116 "2011-02-21T02:36:33Z")
[Skeletor wishes the whole thing had never happened](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/Cartoons/fe1a0-Not_this_shit_again.jpg) > [@Superhal](#): > > Is my sister “she-girl?”" No, but it’s close, “She-RA”. Of course, I don’t think He-Man and She-Ra are supposed to be known as siblings, even though everyone knows that Adam and Adora are. (I was She-Ra once for Halloween, and my cousin was Jem. Our mothers made us wigs out of yarn – I still have a picture of the two of us. It was probably my favorite costume when I was a kid) Oh, and Man-at-Arms’s real name was Duncan. God knows how I remember this shit. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/117 "2011-02-21T03:20:35Z")
(NSFW) [She-Man and the Masters of the Pooniverse](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgC09w_zDA0) “I- HAVE- A- VAGINAA!” ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/118 "2011-02-21T14:32:27Z")
Remember **Lumpy** even if you label something not safe for work, we like to have people make the links two-click to avoid accidental porn activation. Ellen ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561/119 "2011-02-21T14:32:44Z")
**Lumpy** – in addition to a warning, pls. put NSFW links into a spoiler box so they comply with our two-click rule. Thanks, **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-man-makes-no-sense/571561.md?page=5)