When it comes to people of a certain age, there wasn't a cooler set of toys than the ones from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. They were bigger than typical action figures and featured everything from He-Man and his allies to Skeletor and his evil minions to giant battle cats, castles, and even a huge Snake Mountain playset. When the toys became a cartoon, it was even cooler to follow the story of He-Man as he battled his hated enemy Skeletor. However, in the mini-comics that came with the toys, the cartoons, and even the live-action movie that followed, one thing remained true. There were a lot of things about Skeletor that made no sense.

Skeletor was originally an alien invader who wanted to conquer Eternia but had that origin story retconned into one with more Shakespearian origins. Skeletor went from being a demon from another dimension to someone who was disfigured, giving him the skeleton face and anger issues. However, even that origin left his body in a state that was puzzling to anyone who gave it any thought. With a mixture of magic and science, fantasy and science fiction, and comic book storylines mixed with cartoon sensibilities, the entire character of Skeletor became even more confusing.

While he remains an iconic villain and one that remains a high-point of many people's childhoods, there are too many questions about what makes this villain even work. Here are 20 things about Skeletor that make no sense.

HOW CAN SKELETOR TALK?

One of Skeletor's best traits isn't his skillful battle planning or his magical abilities, it is his ability to deliver some of the best insults in the history of the world. However, while his insults always hit on the mark, one has to wonder -- how can Skeletor talk at all?

As long as he keeps the insults going, we have no problem not knowing the science behind his ability to talk. 

Skeletor has no tongue. He also doesn't have a neck, so there are no vocal chords there. However, he is able to talk normally and there is no problem understanding him at all. Of course, this is a cartoon and Masters of the Universe could just explain it away using magic, but they never touched on it and just expected people to believe that Skeletor could talk, despite it being scientifically impossible.

SKELETOR HAS ALLERGIES

The ways that He-Man was able to beat Skeletor bordered on ridiculous at times, since the writers really needed to find original ways to bring down the evil mastermind to keep things interesting. However, when it comes to plans that made no sense at all, the time that He-Man used flowers to beat Skeletor tops the list.

He-Man used a power at one time that turned some of Skeletor's monsters into flowers. This beat Skeletor because he is allergic to pollen. Skeletor actually said that he was allergic to pollen as he slinked off in defeat. The problem is this -- Skeletor has no nose. Even if he had a nose, the fact that he is allergic to flowers is just hilarious regardless.

SKELETOR'S ORIGINAL ORIGIN

While this should come as no surprise, through the years the origin story of Skeletor has changed. When something goes through so many iterations in comic books, television cartoons, toy sets and even a movie, there will be changes. However, the changes to the origin of Skeletor were drastic. In today's canon, he is the half-brother of King Randor.

Family reunions must get a little confusing. Yeesh. 

However, when Skeletor first appeared he was a demon that came from another dimension. He learned about the power of Grayskull and wanted to use it to open a hole to his world, to bring his people to Eternia for a full-scale invasion. That was a solid sci-fi origin story, but making it more Shakespearian with the family ties ended up being a change for the better.

WHERE IS SKELETOR'S NECK?

Thanks to Dem Bones, everyone knows that the neck bone is connected to the head bone. However, Skeletor has no neck. Sure, at some points, it looks like there is something there connecting it to his head, but there isn't anything there. He has no neck, so he shouldn't be able to talk and his entire head should fall off.

Of course, this could be attributed to magic, but that excuse only works sometimes and shouldn't be a catch-all explanation for everything. The reason that Skeletor has a skeleton for a face was that he had acid splashed in his face to melt the skin away, but that does not explain why his head is able to just float there above his body.

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS POWER SWORD?

Most people who watched the cartoons know that He-Man has a power sword and Skeletor has his Havoc Staff. He-Man can use his Power Sword to summon the power of Grayscull to gain immense power. Skeletor can use his Havoc Staff to shoot mystic energy from it, giving him a nice weapon to fight back with. However, that is not how things originally started.

Skeletor had a Power Sword as well in the mini-comics. These were the books that came with the original Masters of the Universe toys and they showed that there were two halves of the Power Sword. The hero and villain teamed up to beat Trap Jaw by combining the swords into one, and then He-Man kept it for himself.

WHO MADE SNAKE MOUNTAIN?

The origin of Snake Mountain has changed throughout the years in the Masters of the Universe world. This might be explained easiest by just saying that Skeletor is a liar. See, originally, the series claimed that Skeletor used magic to create Snake Moutain to serve as his home base and house his minions. He built the entire thing using his magic and that showed the immense levels of his power.

That changed in 2002 when the new He-Man cartoon series showed that Snake Mountain was actually created when Serops, a snake god, was bound to land by the Council of Elders. When King Hiss releases Serpos, he comes after Skeletor too because the villain was nothing more than a squatter, claiming Snake Mountain as his own.

WHO IS SCARE GLOW?

One of the most confusing things for Masters of the Universe fans comes in the form of Scare Glow. This evil being is a ghost who serves Skeletor. He is confusing at first because he has a solid body that is translucent and glows, but is supposed to be a ghost. He also has a nifty purple cape and carries his own Scythe of Doom. What really threw off fans was that he was called the "evil ghost of Skeletor."

Scare Glow first showed up in the toy line (and could glow in the dark, a huge bonus for kids). In his mini-comic, Skeletor called him for help from "space and time" and some fans thought he was the ghost of Skeletor from the future after the character ed. However, later, Masters of the Universe revealed Scare Glow was the ghost of Karak Nul, and not Skeletor himself.

SKELETOR LOVES ANIMALS

Skeletor hates almost everyone. He hates He-Man and all his allies and wanted nothing more than to conquer the world and bring it to its knees before him. Skeletor even has a hatred for most of his minions, using them to pull off his dastardly plans but insulting them and seeming disgusted to have anything to do with the creatures.

However, interestingly, there is one thing that Skeletor has a true love for -- his animals. As the series showed, if there is one creature that has felt Skeletor's undying affection and love, it is Panthor, his purple panther. He also later showed great affection for a mutant animal named Grr that his evil minions gave to him, a creature he cared about more than any of his minions.

SKELETOR LOVES CHRISTMAS

Skeletor is evil and he wants to destroy everything for good. However, he also has a love-hate relationship with a certain festive holiday. Skeletor has no choice but to love Christmas. The evil demons love for Christmas was shown during a Christmas special on the Masters of the Universe cartoon when he encounters two children and ends up learning the joys of Christmas from them.

He gives them warm clothes to keep them warm, takes them on a trip with a mechanical puppy and asks them lots of questions about the holiday. Skeletor even becomes the hero in this episode when he rescues the kids from Hordak and does so in the name of Christmas. Of course, Skeletor also said he is happy he only has to act this way once a year.

SKELETOR WASN'T EVEN THE ORIGINAL BIG BAD

Most people assume that Skeletor was the main bad guy throughout history for He-Man, but that wasn't the case. In the original stories, he was from another world and tried to take over. In the reboot, he was the half-brother of King Randor, shunned and turned evil. However, in the series, he was also second in command to a different villain -- Hordak.

Fans of She-Ra: Princess of Power recognize that name because Hordak is the main villain in that cartoon series. With that said, the movie He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword proves that Skeletor worked for Hordak before he ended up betraying his master, rising to power and taking over the battle against He-Man and Eternia himself.