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Skeletor is the primary antagonist in the Masters of the Universe franchise. He is known for his complete disdain towards is subordinates, as well as his repeated failures at the hands of He-Man.^[1] Online, he has appeared in numerous parodies due to his over-the-top villainy.

Fictional Biography

Skeletor was originally known as Keldor^[2], brother of King Randor^[3], and uncle of Prince Adam^[4] aka He-Man. After feeling cheated from the throne by Randor, he would flee his home and raise an army to one day come back and conquer Eternos^[5]. When the time came for Keldor's conquest, he found Randor and his forces awaiting him. During the battle Keldor's face was severely burned by acid, and he was left on the verge of death. His partner, Evil-Lyn^[6] would plead with the extra dimensional being, Hordak^[7], to help save Keldor's life. Hordak agreed but only under the condition that Keldor would later help him escape from his ethereal prison. Hordak then fused Keldor with the demonic Demo-Man^[8]. This drove Keldor insane, and he renamed himself Skeletor. Skeletor would then try many times to conquer Eternia^[9], but would fail everytime. Skeletor was responsible for kidnapping Prince Adam's sister Princess Adora^[10] from the Eternos Palace and would offer her to Hordak. Princess Adora would later become She-Ra^[11]. Skeletor has had many clashes with He-Man, with nearly all of them ending in Skeletor's defeat.

Related Memes

Myaah

Myaah is a quote from the 2005 Masters of the Universe parody video entitled "Fabulous Secret Powers"^[12] better known as He-Man Sings. The quote has taken of on a popularity of its own aside from the original video, and has spawned many fan images and remix videos.

Inspirational Skeletor

Inspirational Skeletor refers to an image macro series in which Skeletor is shown giving helpful advice to the viewer, in a similar vein to Courage Wolf.

Skeletor Honda Takeover

Skeletor Honda Takeover refers to the event in December 2014 when Honda updated their Twitter account to feature images and quotes from an action figure version on Skeletor, whom was decreeing that nobody was safe from him.

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