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He-Man and Skeletor found in World of Warcraft photo

This is likely to be old news to those of you already embroiled in World of Warcraft, but those of us who inhabit the world of the washed have only just discovered that He-Man and Skeletor can be found hiding out in World of Warcraft. This is thanks to a pair of trading cards baring their legally different enough to not be considered copyright theft faces.

As you can see, "Adam Eternum" and "Keldor the Lost" (names based on the original alter egos of the iconic Funimation characters) look pretty badass in their new Azeroth digs. I'm guessing that the status of parody and/or homage protects the characters from any legal issues, or perhaps Blizzard worked something outwith the license holders. Either way, everybody loves Skeletor, so WoW just got a little more cool. 

Have any of you MMO fans met these guys? Or are there any Masters of the Universe fans now signing up for a WoW subscription as we speak?


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GyroMight's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 21:12
GyroMight
Skeletor er I mean, Keldor the Lost, looks awesome. So these are NPCs from the WoW?
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 21:12
Magnalon
I'll get you for this, He-Man!
Kuwanjahbee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 21:27
Kuwanjahbee
keldor always seemed like more of a warrior to me.
sluxi's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 21:29
sluxi
Yeah, they're located in Shattrath, been around since The Burning Crusade expansion. Had no idea there were also trading cards though. :)

Adam Eternum is accompanied by his armored pet tiger IIRC.
matt2005usaf's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 21:41
matt2005usaf
WoW...I sure do hate Jim Sterling...
ThunderHeartXI's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 21:56
ThunderHeartXI
I'm pretty sure that both of these NPCs are Arathi Basin battlemasters for the Alliance and Horde. They've been around for maybe a year or two now but I had a good chuckle when I first spotted them.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 22:04
Jim Sterling
matt2005usaf:

Awwwr, I hate you too, babe.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 22:31
Sharpless
Hatred of Jim Sterling: Increasing site hits and propelling Destructoid.com to fame and fortune since whatever year Jim started writing for the site. Oh, the irony.
Technophile's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 22:47
Technophile
I dunno bout skeletor there, but here is a shot of He-Man in the game. There are hundreds of these kind of references all over the game.

xiaolinstyle's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 23:54
xiaolinstyle
Yes this is old news. Adam Eternum has been parked in Shattrath, main city of Outlands, since the second expansion I believe. these are just the tip of the iceberg of the number of things that Blizzard has paid 'homage' to in WoW. Just about every single major movie/tv show/videogame has a reference in the game somehow , if not an acutal npc representation.
xiaolinstyle's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/25/2009 23:55
xiaolinstyle
Oh right here a small list http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/world_of_warcraft_easter_eggs1//
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 00:50
Gyrael
Chortles's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 02:00
Chortles
Seeing as my hunter is currently a Shattrath resident (til I upgrade to WotLK... long story), he tends to pass by Adam Eternum on the way to the Lower City ammo vendor. Keldor the Lost not so much: he's "just there" next to the Horde Warbringer, and after 3.1 I don't need to talk to either Adam or Keldor to queue up for Arathi Basin.
Timmeh's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 02:51
Timmeh
There are tons and tons of pop culture references in World of Warcraft, ranging from parodies of characters to recreations of sequences from movies.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 02:58
Chronic Logic
Wait...these characters are actually in-game?
Midgetsnowman's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 03:25
Midgetsnowman
Yep. So is Battle-Cat.
bodybreak's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 05:09
bodybreak
3 years ago when I was active on WoW, the character "Heman" was infamous for yelling "I am He-man; some say I like men, others say I like men." to which the aptly named skeletor would respond "curse you, he-man!"
God, sometimes I do miss barrens chat.
Stevil's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 06:58
Stevil
You know, I'd actually take the piss and say 'Oh, what next? Treguard from Knightmare?! Ho ho ho!' but I know somebody is going to tell me that he's in the game and runs a dungeon or something.
Seifersythe's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 10:59
Seifersythe
Funimation? I think you may be confused.
World Eater's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 11:34
World Eater
Adam Eternum vs Harrison Jones

Who wins?
tsbaron's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 13:02
tsbaron
"Funimation" is clearly a mistake. You surely meant to type "Filmation"
Kyosji's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 16:05
Kyosji
Old news is old.



He-man and his gang have been in WoW for a couple of years.
YEAH-YA's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 19:40
YEAH-YA
hating Jim is cool now?
whatisdelicious's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/26/2009 20:36
whatisdelicious
Whatever. Unless it's Thundercats, it's pointless.
16bitmonster's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/27/2009 18:24
16bitmonster
@whatisdelicious

there is an homage to voltran as an endgame boss which is pretty epic.. no thudercats but its a start.
DMill's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 02:08
DMill
And here's Skeletor, or should I say Keldor the Lost.



I have to be honest, all these years that I've played my world of warcraft account and it never dawned on me that this guy was a throwback to the mighty Skeletor. Looks weren't that close anyway...
DMill's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2009 02:10
DMill
Ooops BBCode FAIL! Anyway, here's the link:

http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=20274#screenshots:id=15512
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