Talk:King Grayskull

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)
Upon his death, King Grayskull transferred his mystical energies into his Power Sword which now forms the basis of He-Man's power, thus the transformation cry "By the power of Grayskull!", (at least in this version) refers to the king, not the castle. His wife, Queen Veena, became the first Sorceress and his advisers became the Council of Elders, who were empowered by his sword. The Sorceress first introduced the story to Prince Adam by showing him a previously unrevealed statue of his titanic ancestor inside the bowels of Castle Grayskull.

His appearance is largely the same as He-Man's but with much more exaggerated muscular body proportions resulting in an enormous stature, with long hair gathered into loose ponytails framing his face, and wearing a long brown cape with fur-topped shoulders. The producers liked it enough that they decided to use it for King Grayskull. Whereas He-Man rides the green tiger Battle Cat, King Grayskull rode an even larger giant green lion, and during his war with the Snake Men he was shown also wearing the same "Snake Armor" He-Man used in the second season. King Grayskull was voiced by Cam Clarke, He-Man's voice actor for the 2002 series.

The packaging for the King Grayskull action figure included a short character biography that largely recounted the aforementioned story from the 2002 series, but also included the additional information that Grayskull had fought alongside He-Ro (implicitly the Preternia version), a fact – and character – unmentioned in the cartoon. This information, as well as the inclusion of classic rather than 2002-style accessories, seemed to indicate that the toy of King Greyskull represents a hitherto nonexistent version of the character situated in the classic 1980's continuity as opposed to the 2002 remake.

This would prove to be partly true, as the character bios on subsequent releases in the MOTU Classics line indicate that the new figure line is using a new continuity which melds story elements from various different incarnations of the franchise, including the 2002 series' backstory.

King Grayskull's bio read as follows *NOTE: His story is the beginning of new Classic's storyline that is being told through the bios on card backs of the exclusively on-line series of figures* Long before Prince Adam held the Sword of Power to become He-Man, his ancestor, King Grayskull defended Eternia from evil. Heroically mastering the secret power of his sword, Grayskull fought side by side with the cosmic warrior He-Ro against both the evil Hordak and King Hiss.

Finally, King Grayskull was transformed by Netflox, the evil master of the displaced warriors, but he killed him by recovering his original figure, the corpse of Netflox was thrown at the end of the universe, in a time beyond the future, where it ended up being consumed in an entropy.

Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021)
Although created for the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series, King Greyskull appears in the 2021 Netflix series, Masters of the Universe: Revelation. He is voiced by Dennis Haysbert. The series is a continuation of the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Filmation series which ran from 1983 to 1985 and has no connection to the 2002 animated series which was a remake of the original series. King Greyskull is first introduced to the original series canon in the 2021 Dark Horse Comics release, Masters of the Universe: Revelation No.1, which serves as a prequel to the 2021 animated series and follows the events of where the original animated series left off.