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- A reference to Skeletor appears in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade; the Horde's Arathi Basin battle master in Shattrah City has the name Keldor the Lost, is undead with blue skin and wears an outfit similar to the one of Skeletor. The Season Two Gladiator Arena set for Rogues also has a very similar helm to Skeletor's original outfit with a Skull emanating from a Hood while his enemy is also spoofed as the Alliance Battle Master, with his pet, Battle Cat.
- In the 2002 British film Ali G Indahouse, when rallying his friends to help him defeat the film's antagonist, Ali describes him as "even more eviler than Skeletor", a comparison that elicits some pronounced horror from Martin Freeman's character.
- Skeletor appears in one strip of the popular webcomic, Penny Arcade, where he is actually vandalizing the entry for He-Man on Wikipedia.
- Skeletor appears in the first issue of the French comic book of Maliki in a cameo.
- In the Doctor Who episode "The End of Time, Part 1," the Doctor compares the Master to Skeletor.
- Skeletor is often parodied in Robot Chicken voiced by Dan Milano.
- In the 2011 Neal Stephenson novel Reamde, Skeletor is the nickname of hack fantasy author Devin Skraelin, who had been notably obese, but later became obsessive about walking on a treadmill while writing.
- From 2006 to 2010, YouTube contributor Daniel Geduld produced The Skeletor Show, a comic parody consisting of revoiced clips from the He-Man show.
- In the Downfall parodies, Joseph Goebbels is often referred to as "Skeletor".
- In the short-lived web series "Skeletor Weekly" and its subsequent spin-offs, Skeletor starred as the show's hyper-real and befuddled host.
- In the game Dawn of The Dragons, the staff Keldor is described to being owned by a demon fitting his description.
- German rockband the Grailknights's main antagonist on stage during their theatrics, "Dr. Skull", is a reference to Skeletor, sporting a similar outfit and power staff. He is the leader of the evil stage characters.
- In the 2011 film 50/50, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character's dog is named Skeletor.
- In the 2012 video game Double Dragon Neon, the voice and mannerisms of main antagonist Skullmageddon are heavily derived from the Filmation incarnation of Skeletor.
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