List of Names and Terms


ABC

Academy Award

Action for Children’s Television/ACT

Adams, Neal

Adora

“The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension”

Air Centurions

Alcala, Alfredo

Anthony, Piers

“The Apple”

Aquaman

Archie

“The Arena” (episode)

Attak-Trak

Autobot

The Avengers

“Awaken the Serpent” (episode)


Barbie

Barty, Billy

Batman

Battle Armor He-Man

Battle Armor Skeletor

Battle Cat: In cartoons

Battle Ram

“Battleship”

Bay, Michael

Beast Man

Big Jim

Blade

Boss Film Corp.

“Breakin’”

“Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo”

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Buzz-Off

Byrne, John


Campbell, Joseph

Cannes Film Festival

Cannon Movie Tales

Captain Marvel

“Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future”

“Captured” (unproduced episode)

Care Bears

Carter, John

Castle Grayskull

CBS

Charren, Peggy

Cinematic Universe

Clamp Champ

Clawful

Club Grayskull

Coates, Anne

Cohn, Gary

Conan

Conan Properties, Inc.

Conti, Bill

Corrigan, Kevin

The Cosmic Key

Cox, Courtney

Cringer

cross-media

Cullen, Peter

“The Curse of the Three Terrors” (episode)

“Cyborg”

Cypher, Jon


Dark Horse Books

Dark Horse Comics

Darth Vader

DC Comics

“Death Wish II”

Decepticon

De Cuir, John

De Longis, Anthony

“The Delta Force”

Derek, Bo

Dewey, Christopher C.

Dini, Paul

Disney Imagineer

Disneyland

DiTillio, Larry

Dobson, Brian

“Doubled Edged Sword” (episode)

Drago, Ivan

Dragon Walker


Eco, Umberto

Edlund, Richard

Emmy Awards

“Enter the Ninja”

Epstein, Edward J.

Erwin, John

Evil-Lyn

“The Expendables”


Faker

Fat Albert

Federal Communications Commission/FCC

Field, Chelsea

“Fifty Shades of Grey”

Fisto

Flipshot

Flogg

Fontana, Dorothy “DC”

Foster, Meg

Four Horsemen Studios

Fowler, Mark

Fox, Megan

Frazetta, Frank

Friedland, Dennis

The Fright Zone

“Frost/Nixon”


“Ghostbusters”

GI Joe

Globus, Yoram

Glut, Don

The Goddess

“Godzilla” (1998 film)

Golan, Menahem

Golden Raspberry

Gordon, Flash

Grizzlor

“Grizzlor: The Legend Comes Alive!”

Gwildor


Halperin, Michael

Harry Potter

Hasbro

“He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” (2002 cartoon)

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe magazine

“He-Man: The Greatest Adventure of All”

He-Ro of Grayskull

He-Ro, Son of He-Man

Hero with a Thousand Faces

Hordak

Hordak’s Slime Pit

The Horde

Howard, Robert E.

Howard, Ron

Hydron


Image Comics

Industrial Light and Magic

“Iron Man”


“Jacob and the Widgets” (episode)

Jitsu

“Joe”

Jones, Grace

“Justice League”/“Justice League Unlimited”


Karg

Keldor

Kenner

King Grayskull

King Hiss

King Randor

Kirby, Jack

Kirshner, Don

Kobra Khan


LaBeouf, Shia

Landis, Corey

Landmark Entertainment

Langella, Frank

Lay, Roger, Jr.

Lee, Stan

“Lifeforce”

Lubic, Detective

Lucas, George

Lundgren, Dolph


Man-At-Arms

Man-E-Faces

Marvel Comics

Masters of the Universe Classics

“Masters of the Universe Part II” (aborted film)

Masters of the Universe: The Arcade Game (video game)

Masters of the Universe: The Movie (video game)

Masters of the Universe: The Super Adventure (video game)

“Masters of the Universe Vs. the Snake Men”

“The Matrix”

Mazzoli, Claudio

McNeill, Robert Duncan

McQuarrie, Ralph

The Mego Corporation

Mekaneck

Mer-Man

Midas formula

“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”

Mike Young Productions

“Missing in Action”

Moebius

Monomyth

Morrison, Joe

Moss Man


National Association of Broadcasters/NAB

National Entertainment Collectibles Association/NECA

NBC

“The New Adventures of He-Man”

New Gods similarities

newspaper comic strips

Norris, Chuck


Odell, David

Olsen, Jimmy

“Operation Thunderbolt”

Oppenheimer, Alan

Optimus Prime

“The Ordeal of Man-E-Faces” (minicomic)

Orko

“Over the Top”


Pac-Man

Panthor

Parker, Peter

Parretti, Giancarlo

Pickles, Christina

Pig-Boy

“Pirates of the Caribbean”

Point Dread

Power-Con

The Power Sword/Sword of Power

The Powers of Grayskull

Prescott, Norm

Pressman, Ed

Prince Adam

Prince Valiant

“The Problem with Power” (episode)

Procrustus

Program-Length Commercial

Pyun, Albert


Queen Marlena


Ram-Man

Reagan, Ronald

Reeve, Christopher

“Rocky IV”

Roddenberry, Gene

Royal Palace of Eternia/Eternos


“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”

Saturday morning cartoon

Saurod

Scheimer, Lou

Schwarzenegger, Arnold

Screeech

“The Secret of the Sword”

Securities and Exchange Commission/SEC

Seeley, Tim

“The Shaping Staff” (episode)

“Shazam!”

She-Ra

“Sherlock Holmes Baffled”

Sky Sled

Skywalker, Luke

Slush Head

Snake Eyes

The Snake Men

Snake Mountain

“Snow White” (Cannon movie tale)

“Snow White” (Disney film)

So bad it’s good

The Sorceress

Spider-Man

Spielberg, Steven

Sssqueeze

Stallone, Sylvester

Star Trek

Star Wars

Stinkor

Stout, William

Straczynski, J. Michael

Stratos

“Street Smart”

Stridor

Super

“Supergirl”

Superman

Sutherland, Hal

Sweet, Roger

Sword of Protection

Syndication

“A Tale of Two Cities” (episode)


Talon Fighter

Tarzan

Taylor, Mark

“Teela’s Quest” (episode)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

“10 to Midnight”

Texeira, Mark

thirty-minute toy commercial

Timm, Bruce

“To Save Skeletor” (episode)

Tolkan, James

Tolkin, Stephen

“Tough Guys Don’t Dance”

“Toy Masters”

Transformers

Trap-Jaw

Tri-Klops

Tung Lashor

“Twilight”


“Universal Soldier”

Universal Studios


Van Damme, Jean Claude

Vasquez Rocks

“The Vengeance of Skeletor” (minicomic)

“A View to a Kill”

violence in cartoons


The Walt Disney Company

Warner Brothers

Webstor

Westmore, Michael

Whiplash

Wind Raider

Winston, Julie

“Wizard of Oz”


Zeck, Mike

Zoar

Zodac