Sorry didn't... I'll have a look over at that.
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
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Sorry didn't... I'll have a look over at that.
Evidently. It's not like it ever served a purpose on the original show. Since both Adora and She-Ra were with the Great Rebellion and had the same friends, it's not like the dual identity actually protected Adora or anyone else from She-Ra's enemies.
Adam is an idiot.
Ok, I don't remember her origin story very well. Did Adam tell her she needed that..? Or it was her idea..?
No time limit as far as I can remember but it wouldn't be practical I'd think. What if they needed Adora for something?
She just changes her clothes?
No, it was never justified in-show. It was just the standard superhero convention to have a secret identity and a hero identity, and the show used it because it was the convention, even though it was never justified in-story.
It was rarely even made clear how He-Man or She-Ra changed back to their normal form. I think there was just one episode where He-Man did it -- IIRC, he held up the sword and said "Let the power return," and the animation of Adam changing into He-Man was reversed. I'm not sure if we ever saw She-Ra do it, but it was probably something similar.
She-Ra would also have had to cut her hair to pass as Adora, and raise the pitch of her voice. Of course, the latter should be easy enough, since Melendy Britt did both voices.
Yes, "The Problem with Power" has tbe "Let the power return" dialogue .... There's a few other episodes, such as "No Job too Small" and "The Ancient Mirror of Avathar" where he changes back without saying any dialogue.
There's an episode, "The Stone in the Sword", where the sword's gem get cracked and she's then shown to have reverted to Adora off-screen.
Yeah, that's what I thought. Certainly one of the show's most memorable episodes (in which Skeletor tricks He-Man into thinking he's accidentally killed an innocent bystander and he almost gives up his power out of guilt).
The trailer on Netflix has the Swedish dub, which sounds fine. At least one actor from the 2002 He-Man dub returns (Teela then, now Angella). But they've translated the proper noun Grayskull, which sounds really dumb in Swedish. And even worse, for some reason translated "by the POWER of Grayskull" instead of "for the HONOR of Grayskull".
Adam takes Adora back to Eternia to meet their parents. Adora is surprised that the King and Queen are unaware that Adam is He-Man. Adam then tells her that she can't reveal she's She-Ra either.
There's an episode of She-Ra, "Friendship", where Grizzlor almost figures out She-Ra's identity. But Grizzlor isn't smart enough to make the connection.
(around halfway through the episode - 13:00)
... Adam is an egoistic jerk... But unfortunately this is the closest thing to an official explanation why Adora has a secret identity ...
Also were they not brother and sister? How is it that that happened, and they're on separate planets?
You never know. I gather there has been incest-based slash fiction before, notably in Supernatural fandom.