Why couldn't Skeletor defeat He-Man?

Cha cha cha!

While hard at work in my office/Ex-Fortress of Solitude, I began thinking... with all his power and henchmen, why couldn't Skeletor beat He-Man? Was he really a weakling and idiot with a bunch of buffoons as henchmen?


"Oooh I say, you're so naughty He-Man"

I mean think about it, Skeletor was a, (supposedly), powerful sorceror, he had a bunch of henchmen who initially were:

Evil Lyn - An evil and powerful, (sexy), sorceress.



Trap Jaw - A dude with a bear trap for a mouth and an arm that can change into a laser gun, chain saw, flame thrower, hook, fly swat and feather duster, (ok that last one's not true but the fly swat totally is!)


Trap Jaw seen here with one of his mates

Tri-Klops - Uuumm a dude with some kind of hat that has 3 eye holes on it that spin round to the front, each eye does different stuff depending on what you're reading or watching. Some say he can see in three directions others say he can only see from the eye in the front of his face... what a mysterious character. Originally he was supposed to be almost as strong as He-Man.


"GRRRRR! I'm ALMOST as strong as you He-Man!!!"

Beast Man - Basically a big orange ape. Perhaps some kind of Orangutan.


"Ooooh Oooooooh Aaaaaah Ahhhh Oooo!"

Merman - Part man, part..err.. some kind of green fish thing, Merman can swim.


"Glugg blubb blubb bbb"



Compared to He-Man's buddies...

Cringer - Adam/He-Mans cowardly giant talking green and yellow cat friend. When Adam turns into He-Man, he changes Cringer into Battlecat, turning him muscley and brave,luckily.


Uuumm there's loving your pet and...


Man At Arms - Or Duncan as he is otherwise known, Duncan is head of the Kings soldiers and an inventor, he is also Teela's foster father and one of the few people that know Adams... ...secret.



Teela - Teela is head of the Royal Palace Guards, biological daughter of The Sorceress and foster daughter of Man At Arms, she is an excellent fighter and life long friend of Prince Adam although she, like everyone else never notices that Adam looks identical to He-Man.


She's also into bondage.

The Sorceress - Keeper of the secrets of Castle Grayskull and creator of He-Man, (she gave Adam his powers), she lives locked in the castle and appears to He-Man in telepathic visions, I think she also turns into a hawk or something and flys to visit him sometimes.



Orko - Fool, the court jester who does magic badly and also knows Adams secret.



Ram-Man - Ooer... A dude with spring legs and an armour helmet... hehe, he likes to ram things ;o)


And looks somewhat retarded.

Stratos - Part man, part bird, he can fly and wears Blue Stratos aftershave.


"I might look stupid but I smell gooooood"

Ok so He-Man outnumbered Skeletor in the friends department but still, He-Mans friends were like a couple of soldiers and a couple of freaks, Skeletors minions should have been able to plough through them and there were plenty of times when He-Man was alone and this is when Skeletor should have attacked.

Firstly, Skeletor always fought with his staff, (too easy, even for me!), and never used his sword,(oh God, you're killing me here), secondly that staff was a magic staff but the only things that Skeletor ever did with it was fire laser bolts at He-Man! Why didn't he just turn him into a puny child and kill him? Also, Skeletor had Evil Lyn by his side. Skeletor was a powerful wizard, Evil Lyn a powerful witch... so get all your other goons to attack He-Man and while he's dealing with them, (remember, Tri-Klops is supposed to be almost as strong as He-Man), Evil Lyn and Skeletor both cast a nasty spell on him and bust him up! But no... Skeletor was just a weak stratagist with no good ideas for beating a near naked barbarian. He had so many opportunities and yet he never worked out how to beat his foe, who underneath it all was just some pansy Prince who dressed in pink with purple tights and fur pants on the outside of his trousers...



...shame on you Skeletor... shame on you.




Oh and as a special treat, this happened once....

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