List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe characters
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The Masters of the Universe franchise, created in 1981 as a toyline by American company Mattel, contained many characters in its various iterations as a toyline, the television series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, a German series of audioplays, The New Adventures of He-Man, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002), Masters of the Universe: Revelation and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021) and the films The Secret of the Sword, He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special, Masters of the Universe (1987), and Masters of the Universe (2026).
Overview
Heroic Warriors
Vintage toyline characters (1982–1988)
All of these characters were released in the vintage Mattel toyline.
Battle Cat / Cringer
Battle Cat is He-Man's faithful feline companion, an armored green tiger who carries him into battle. When He-Man is in the form of Prince Adam, Battle Cat is Cringer, the royal pet. Both Cringer and Battle Cat are green with orange stripes, but Battle Cat is much larger and more muscular. In the original 1980s series, Cringer speaks and is afraid of just about everything, hence the name.
In The Toys That Made Us, then-marketing VP of Mattel Paul Cleveland recounts the story that while the decision was made for He-Man to have some sort of vehicle, they no longer had the budget to be able to produce one; the decision was then made to repurpose a tiger from the Big Jim toy line. The tiger was not the same scale as the He-Man figure, and compared to He-Man, was about the size of a horse. Cleveland, however, insisted it to be used, even after artist Tony Guerrero made a green version in an attempt to discourage Cleveland, who instead approved of the color change and suggested putting a saddle on it, which resulted in Battle Cat's final design.
The Masters of the Universe Classics toyline stated that Cringer was part of the Green Tiger Tribe who was saved from a Para-Nekk by a younger Prince Adam and became his devoted companion.
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