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By The Power of Grayskull I Have The Power!
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I got on Hulu the other day to watch back-episodes of The Office and was geeked to see the latest classic television show they added to their ever-growing collection – He-Man!

As a child of the 80s I can so remember watching this show on Saturday mornings. I even had the He-Man action figure complete with Battle Cat and the expandable Castle Grayskull with the light-up eyes.

I watched some of the episodes from the first season and, as is the case with most television shows we’ve grown up on, it was decidedly cheesier than I remember. It was still fun to relive the memories. Here’s a classic He-Man episode that I actually remembered.

He-Man And The Diamond Ray of Disappearance

You’ve gotta love Skeletor and the classic bad guy talk: “Very well He-Man. You’ve won this time but I’ll be back!”

What cartoons or television shows were your favorite growing up?

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    1 Chris S. said:

    Absolutely loved He-Man, G.I. Joe, & Transformers!

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    2 jason salamun said:

    as a child of the 80’s myself, there’s no doubt, he-man was awesome. i collected the figures and everything.

    i would have add transformers, thundercats, smurfs, heathcliff, and muppet babies. yeah, I said it.

    for tv shows, the a-team, knight rider, miami vice, and all the family sitcoms. i was all about it.

    i watched too much tv as a kid. which would explain a lot.

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    3 Starwoodgal said:

    That’s funny! My nephew is 25 (almost 26) now, but back then he was into He-man and Thunder Cats. We watched a lot of Thunder Cats. Oh and the original Ninga Turtles later when my son was little in the early 90’s.

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    4 April said:

    Ducktales, woo-hoo! (I can still sing the theme song….)



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    5 Bajanpoet said:

    Thundercats are on the move
    Thundercats are loose!
    Feel the magic! Hear the roar
    Thundercats are loose…

    Thunder thunder thunder Thundercats!
    Thunder thunder thunder Thundercats!

    yay!

    Anyone remember Defenders of the Earth? :D

    Duck Tales! awesome!

    Memories…

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    6 jonathan said:

    No She-Ra reference? Shame on you!

    I was not allowed to watch He-Man or She-Ra…but of course I just watched them at my friends house…



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    7 Curtis said:

    Definitely He-Man. Also the Smurfs, Thundercats (HO!), Captain Planet (he’s a hero), Garfield and Friends, Looney Tunes, Anamaniacs, and I could go on…

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    8 Vince said:

    I have a He-Man blanket. I sleep with it every night.

    Thundercats | Voltron | Mask | GI Joe

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    9 Brian said:

    I wasn’t allowed to watch He-Man, because he found his power from a demonic source. Pretty funny – although I gotta admit – I don’t think I’d let my kids watch it either!!!

    My cool-aunt (you know, the one that lets you do stuff your parents don’t) bought me THREE-FACE which was so cool. You could rotate his head inside his helmet and he could be a monster, human, or robot. LOVED IT!

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    10 Pat said:

    I don’t really remember having a favorit cartoon, but He-man & Smurfs were two that I watch regularly. It’s kind of an odd combination now that I think about it.

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    11 Kiel said:

    Did anyone ever watch “David The Gnome” on Nick Jr back in the day? Cool site that lists a lot of shows from the 90’s (and I think 80’s), http://www.blastfromthepasttv.com/index2.htm.

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    12 Kiel said:

    P.S. I have a bad memory, but Muppet Babies was pretty awesome… don’t be hatin’ LOL

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    13 Jason said:

    Voltron was the cartoon for me. I loved GI Joe and Transformers too. Never cared for Thundercats or He-Man, they were always filler cartoons until GI Joe came on.

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    14 Kevin D. Hendricks said:

    GI Joe, Transformers, Thundercats, Voltron and, yes, He-Man.

    I was always confused that Man-At-Arms on the TV show had a mustache, but the toy didn’t. What the heck?! Where’s the mustache?!

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    15 y0mbo said:

    GI Joe.
    Of course, the cartoon wasn’t as good as the comic books, and neither was anything more than a sales tool for the toys of which I had MANY!



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    16 kevin Twombly said:

    this might date me I loved The Flinstones! The old stop motion Davey & Goliath were cool too. Guliver’s Travels with Glum, “We’ll never make it!”

    Thanks for the flashback Brad!

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    17 Gennaro said:

    It’s funny how no matter how silly the cartoon is they always seem to tie into some greater moral lesson. Usually good versus evil.

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    18 Nick said:

    It took me a decade to get over my prepubescent crush on She-Ra. *sigh*

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    19 Dale Best said:

    M.A.S.K. was the bomb! Great animated action!

    I remember playing He-Man and She-Ra during recess in kindergarten. We’d race out the door to line up against a wall and some kid who deemed himself worthy would dole out who would get to play each He-Man character!

    Ah, memories!

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    20 Andy Bailey said:

    oh god, do you remember Ulysses? that made me want to run away to space!

    speaking of 80’s movies, have you seen this fan made trailer for thundercats?
    http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/thundercats/fanmade-trailer
    it’s so well done that I almost believed the movie is coming!

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    21 joseph said:

    Loved Speed Racer and I have to admit The Brady Bunch. Marsha was hot!
    But I think my favorite show over all was Land of The Lost.
    I have given up to much pertinent information that can be now used against me.

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    22 alece said:

    i loved playing the ginormous tarantula on my brother’s he-man castle!

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    23 evan courtney said:

    i loved he-man.
    i watched the first ever episode on hulu last month.
    and i was like, “i use to watch this”

    was cheesey.
    lol.

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    24 Kiel said:

    AWESOME site to remind us 80s kids of our heritage… http://onceuponawin.com

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    25 BJ said:

    Dude I loved He-man, I would run around the house jumping off the couch type crazy when I watched that show……80’s baby…. you can’t beat GI Joe or Transformers either….loved the toys….I would still play with them now at 28….

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    26 Kassie said:

    If there was a cartoon, I watched it. Inspector Gadget, Muppet Babies, Smurfs, He-Man, She-ra, Scooby-Do (although that was when I was pretty young…and I got banned from watching it for a while because of bad dreams…kinda funny.) And I loved Snarf from Thundercats too. Wow. Too many cartoons to name!



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    27 Nick said:

    Wow!!! Too many favorite TV shows and cartoons to list, but let me just say, I am going to Hulu and am going to watch every one of these. It was a rule growing up that I could not watch He-Man, but ironically I could have the action figures :)

    Here are a few of my favorite shows:
    A-Team
    Night Rider
    Fall Guy
    Thundercats
    Transformers
    Gobots
    Justice League
    Airwolf
    That should do for now :)

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    28 Aaron said:

    While it is cheesy, I’m going to have to admit that I own all 130-something episodes on DVD.

    In fact, when we were cleaning out my mom’s house last year, I re-discovered all of my old He-Man toys (Castle Greyskull, Snake Mountain, and about 75 action figures and accessories). They’re in my gagrage, and I pull them out periodically to share with my kids.

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    29 Aaron said:

    He-Man / She-Ra (can’t have one without the other) / Voltron / Thundercats.

    What’s with cartoons today? Wow Wow Wubzy? Dora and Diego? Give me magical swords and stuffed lion paw with special powers any day!

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