Sep 29, 2012

The next He-Man Cartoon needs to step away from the 12 pack

By that I mean the first two Masters of the Universe original waves:
Beastman
He-Man
Man-at-Arms
Mer-Man
Skeletor
Stratos
Teela
Zodac
Evil Lyn
Faker
Man-E-Faces
Ram-Man
Trap Jaw
Tri-Klops
(Cause Zodac is sporadically used and Faker, well aside from a weird Faker in one episode of Filmation and a cameo in 200X he's got nothing.)

Before you mention Sorceress, Orko, Adam and King Randor as "breaking the rule" they were made into toys MOSTLY cause of the toon... (still a bit iffy on the details) and some wave 3 and 4 toys made it to the cartoon... so, you're thinking that my argument has been made invalid...
Now let's find the core characters from Filmation:
He-Man
Teela
Man-at-Arms
Ram Man
Stratos

Skeletor
Beast Man
Evil Lyn
Trap Jaw

On 200X it's pretty much the same thing. Maybe adding Buzz-Off and Roboto to the mix for the heroes and for the villains Whiplash and Clawful.

Where's Rio Blast, Snout Spout (to be fair he showed up on She-Ra), Ninjor, Scareglow, etc.
Those are the guys that Mattel needs to have the cartoon people to focus on... They want to SELL TOYS, right? then why keep the focus ALL The time on the same cast?

Now I'm NOT saying, Ditch the wave 1 and 2 people... What I'm saying is that they should introduce these later wave characters early in the show. Clamp Champ is supposedly Randor's bodyguard, well, USE HIM AS HIS BODYGUARD in the background before dedicating an episode to him!!
Scareglow, now that's a perfect character for a "Halloween" episode. One of the Earlier episodes could have Rio Blast as the stranded survivor from another world who stays with the heroes until he can find a way to go home. IF Marlena is from Earth in the new toon, she could empathize with him and we get a Marlena Origin flashback.
Ninjor, Jitsu, Blade, Saurod could get their episodes while teaming up with classic MOTU villains like Webstor, Trap-Jaw, Tri-Klops and Kobra Khan. I mean BeastMan can screw-up so many times until Skeletor makes a bunch of loincloths out of him...

But, but, character development... It can be worked while showcasing a different character every week! Heck! Introducing The Mighty Spector in a "montage Episode" to explain any plotholes form Past Episodes. "A Spector did it..." There I even gave you the Episode's title and all that...

I know it kinda reeks of "Buy the toys" but at the same time, we NEED to flesh out those other characters!
Maybe it could turn people into fans of those "later characters" that right now aren't THAT popular.  In any case, utilizing those guys can help expand the universe, which IS A GOOD THING FOR MOTU!!

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