SKELETOIDS 1983 FILMATION MOTU ANIMATED SERIES The Skeletoids were half-sized duplicates of Skeletor, which Skeletor created using the Duplicator machine he stole from Man-At-Arms. He set them upon the Royal Palace of Eternos, and his army of Skeletoids soon overran the Royal City. Although he intended to use them to take over Eternia, the Skeletoids all shared Skeletor’s personality, and this proved to be their weakness when they began to fight among themselves over which of them deserved the seat of power in Eternia. This gave He-Man the opportunity to destroy the ma chine, causing the Skeletoids to vanish.
OTHER NAMES Herman SPECIAL ADILITIES Superhuman strength 1983 FILMATION MOTU ANIMATED SERIES Herman was a giant but gentle hermit who lived in a cave in Mount Fear, overlooking the village of Ruxtown. Periodically, he would go down to the village for water from the old well. However, the residents of Ruxtown were frightened by his gigantic appearance, and rumors spread like wildfire of a terrifying and dangerous monster called the Tingler that lived on Mount Fear. Eventually, when the urban legend of the Tingler was investigated by Prince Adam and Teela, they found that Herman was no monster; he was, in fact, kind and friendly. When Herman saved the life of the peasant woman Emma, he finally won the villagers’ favor and was accepted among them. He and Emma then began to fall in love. TRIVIA: Writer Rowby Goren named the character “Herman” after the 1960s band Herman’s Hermits.
Crackers the clown was tall and lanky with long, skinny arms and never stood fully upright, adopting a comical posture. As the leader of his circus troupe, he took his work and responsibilities very seriously. His circus show was known as the Greatest Show on Eternia. He also cared a great deal for his performing Myrtlephant, Myrtle. A cuckoo bird lived in his shirt pocket, springing out to echo comments in his own high-pitched voice