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I want to make a complaint about the 2002 cartoon.
The writers only wanted to introduce characters in the same order the original toy line did, instead of asking themselves what would be appealing to a child born in the mid-1990s instead of an old fan who started collecting the toys in 83.
Before Prince Adam was born, Man-At-Arms, Stratos, Ram Man and Mekaneck were soldiers together.
We don't see Man-E-Faces fighting Keldor's obligatory Diamond Ray of Disappearance gang with the, So does he get an origin episode after the 3-part premiere establishes Adam/He-Man? Haha of course not: he's from 1983! He'll just live in the palace like Orko after the first episode's time skip.
A few episodes later, you get a Buzz-Off intro, then Sy-Klone, Roboto, Moss Man, Kobra Khan with cameos by other Snake Men and Webstor, Stinkor, Two Bad... the only sequence breaking is the Snake Men all getting out before introducing Hordak, his first 3 vintage minions and Fisto.