Masters of the Universe trailer includes the pronouns of, erm, He-Man, outraging right-wingers

Right-wing rage baiters are up in arms following the release of the first Masters of The Universe movie trailer due to one fleeting scene showing He-Man’s, erm, pronouns.

Nicholas Galitzine of Red, White & Royal Blue fame stars in the live-action Masters of the Universe movie as Adam Glenn turned buff and sword-baring hero He-Man.

The film follows Mr Adam on his mother’s homeland of Earth, living a seemingly ordinary human life, though he soon realises he must return to his planet of Eternia in order to reconnect with the Sword of Power and become the icon most know him as: He-Man. 

Enter Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman and controversial Dallas Buyers Club star Jared Leto as villain Skeletor, whom He-Man must defeat with the help of the remaining warriors on Eternia.

On Thursday (22 January) Amazon MGM Studios dropped the first trailer for one of 2026’s most anticipated movies, featuring Galitzine as the scantily-clad fierce fighter in waiting. It’s a cinematic spectacle wrapped up in two short minutes, featuring explosions, spacecrafts, monsters and of course, an abundance of sword fights.

Yet despite the visual feast, rage baiters have fixated on one brief moment where Adam, still enduring his average Joe human life, has his name and pronouns, he/him, written on a placard on his desk at his office job.

Though it’s obviously a tongue-in-cheek nod to Adam’s future title of He-Man, some have let the joke go way over their heads.

“Now they’re making a Masters of the Universe and giving He-man pronouns. These people won’t stop until they ruin everything,” wrote one author on a book about “Christian values” on X, formerly Twitter.

“They’re giving He-Man pronouns,” another user responded, drolly pointing out the obvious joke. Mercifully, the smart reply has received more than 150,000 ‘likes’ on the platform.

“New Masters of The Universe movie is going to be woke garbage,” another winged.

Another lamented the film for featuring “forced diversity”, as a fourth promised that there is “no chance” they would be “wasting [their] money on this pathetic c**p,” adding, and we quote: “Go wike go broke.”

Thankfully, hundreds of other social media users are pointing out the very clear joke in including He-Man’s pronouns in the trailer.

‘He-Man. His name is He-Man. They’re not giving him pronouns in 2026. He literally is a sword-wielding pronoun. That’s the gag here,” one user wrote.

They’re giving He-Man pronouns https://t.co/YN1s5S8Xxe

— Cal (@wyattyhalpert) January 22, 2026

“They have ruined He-man by giving He-man pronouns do you even hear yourself his name is literally a pronoun please calm down,” a second urged.

In addition to Nicholas Galtzine and Jared Leto, Masters of The Universe will star Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, Idris Elba, Morena Baccarin, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Sasheer Zamata, James Purefoy, and Charlotte Riley.

Masters of The Universe will be released on 5 June 2026.

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