Back in the Summer of 2022, we began posting occasional trivia posts on our social media pages titled “Trivia from Eternia”.

If you happened to miss some of these posts do not fret, because we are collecting these trivia tidbits into single volumes that you will be able to read here. And who knows, perhaps even the most die-hard Masters of the Universe fans might just learn something new about this fantasy IP we love. (Be sure to check out Volume One if you missed it!)

Here we go!

#11 through 20!

TRIVIA FROM ETERNIA – #011

Did you know the Netflix 2021 animated series “Masters of the Universe: Revelation” was actually called “Masters of the Universe: Saving Eternia” in Brazil?

TRIVIA FROM ETERNIA – #012

Did you know that CRINGER in the Netflix 2021 children’s animated series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” was first designed as a humanoid mentor (seen in this concept art) that would become more bestial when transformed into Battle Cat?

TRIVIA FROM ETERNIA – #013

Did you know that some of Teela’s model design from the 1983 Filmation animated series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” was based on Princess Aura from the Filmation 1979 series “The New Adventures of Flash Gordon”?

TRIVIA FROM ETERNIA – #014

Did you know that “Masters of the Universe: Revelation” creators experimented with the idea of giving Sorceress Teela the Staff of Ka from the start, which in hindsight would have severely altered “Revolution”?

TRIVIA FROM ETERNIA – #015

Did you know that (if you looked hard enough), the character of Blade could be seen partially obscured or in the distance in the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: REVOLUTION (2024) Netflix Series as a motherboard virus infused Horde acolyte?

TRIVIA FROM ETERNIA – #016

Did you know that (King) Miro’s first appearance was as an elderly man in the 1984 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Episode “Search for the Past” where Randor embarked on a quest to find his lost father?

TRIVIA FROM ETERNIA – #017

A bee’s intuition? 🐝 As Keldor was crowned King in the animated series Masters of the Universe: Revolution Episode 2 “Ascension”… everyone appeared to salute, cheer and celebrate it except Buzz-Off.

TRIVIA FROM ETERNIA – #018

Did you know that the “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” Episode “The Problem With Power” was inspired by a 1958 “Prince Valiant” newspaper comic strip storyline where Valiant throws his sword away after the bloody path it carved?

TRIVIA FROM ETERNIA – 019

Did you know that Filmation founder Lou Scheimer said when actor Arnold Schwarzenegger saw Filmation’s art for a He-Man cartoon during an early 1983 National Association of Television Program Executives Convention, he became very ticked off (assumingly due to He-Man’s similarities to Conan?)

TRIVIA FROM ETERNIA – #020

Did you know that minicomic artist Larry Houston, co-creator of GELDOR, designed the Geldor character after the 1980’s superstar Mr. T to show children that Eternia was inclusive of all different races, something that was inexplicably dropped in later action figure and minicomic design?