Skeletor (Filmation series)

"Once I have obtained  the secrets of Castle Grayskull, all of Eternia will be mine!"

- Skeletor

Skeletor is the main antagonist of the 1983 Filmation series "He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe". He was based on the 1982 action figure and voiced by Alan Oppenheimer. Skeletor is the arch-enemy of He-Man / Prince Adam. He is the leader of the Evil Warriors and resides on the sinister Snake Mountain. He was once a member  of the Evil Horde and pupil to Hordak. Later, Skeletor became his rival.

In the series
Skeletor is the primary  antagonist in the 1983 "He-Man and The Masters of The Universe" and was together with his minions the villain in most of the episodes. Each episode he tries to conquer Castle Grayskull with several evil plots. He was once a member of the Evil Horde and favorite pupil to Hordak. When the Horde invaded Eternia, they got defeated by the forces of Man At Arms. However, Hordak and Skeletor got into the royal palace and managed to steal away the newborn Princess Adora the twin-sister to Prince Adam. Hordak managed to get away. Skeletor betrayed  his mentor and told Man At Arms and The Sorceress the hiding place of the Horde. The heroes traced Hordak back to Snake Mountain where he opened a dimensonal portal to the world of Etheria. Skeletor remained in Eternia to conquer Castle Grayskull himself. Skeletor became a powerful sorcerer and feared by all. Only He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe became his greatest enemy. Allying himself with his outlaw Evil Warriors: Beast Man, Evil-Lyn, Trap-Jaw, Tri-Klops, Mer Man, Webstor, Two-Bad, Fang Man and Kobra Kahn he seeks to defeat He-Man and make the secrets of Grayskull his.

In the show, Skeletor is a mostly two-dimensonal charachter with not much backstory or good motivation. He however has the mix of menace and comic relief which works.

"''We wanted to give him some more charachter development and complexety, but Lou said: "No, do not do that. kids won't get it, just make  him the bad guy''."

- Paul Dini, writer

Powers and abilities
Skeletor is a powerful sorcerer with his wand, the Havoc Staff he posseses powerful magic that is capable of almost anything. His magic is more powerful than Hordak's forces. Some include:

. dissapearing

. distructing

. shapeshifting

. freezing

. teleporting

. sleeping gas

. wheater control

. crystal ball

and more.

Trivia
. This version of Skeletor was voiced by Alan Oppenheimer who also voiced Webstor and Cringer in the same series.

. The charachter was based on the 1982 Mattel action figure

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