Ram-Man
Ram-Man is a male superhero who features in Masters of the Universe.
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Biography
Origin
Ram-Man was a male human who was an inhabitant of the world of Eternia.
Ram-Man stood alongside He-Man, Man-At-Arms, and Teela at the Royal Palace of Eternia when a high-ranking diplomat suddenly presented King Randor with a beautiful jade bust as a token of peace. The peaceful interlude suffered a catastrophic tactical reversal when the artifact was revealed to be a deceptive trap engineered by Skeletor, who unleashed a mystical amulet that targeted Man-At-Arms and instantly transmuted his entire biological structure into a frozen, brittle crystal state. Ram-Man learned alongside his companions that the crystallization process would become completely irreversible and shatter the warrior to dust unless they could secure a specialized counter-spell from Granamyr, an ancient, hyper-intelligent green dragon residing within the distant, volcanic heights of Darksmoke. Mobilizing immediately to save their comrade, Ram-Man and Teela accompanied He-Man across a hazardous wilderness trek, where they were forced to engage a colossal, multi-limbed manticore beast trained to guard the mountain perimeter. Relying on his raw linear momentum, Ram-Man launched his armored body directly into the fray to distract the rampaging monsters and absorb their heavy physical blunt-force trauma. This structural defense successfully allowed He-Man to bypass the external hazards and negotiate a mutual pact with Granamyr, securing the necessary mystical energy matrix to permanently reverse the crystallization and restore Man-At-Arms back to his baseline human physiology. (Mini-Comic: Dragon's Gift)
Ram-Man coordinated with the Heroic Warriors inside the central command plaza of Eternos City to counter a sudden, synchronized global emergency when an ancient, long-buried temple complex breached the surface world. The investigation took a highly volatile turn when two low-tier civilian archaeologists inadvertently unburied a pair of cursed, ancient masks that possessed the volatile spirits of Dreeka and Ork, an ancient, evil king and queen who had ruled Eternia eons prior. Upon donning the artifacts, the possessed humans were instantly granted immense, reality-warping magical capabilities, which they immediately channeled to summon an aggressive vanguard of giant, multi-limbed stone elementals to crush the defending royal forces. Ram-Man immediately threw his stout physical framework into the defensive line, crouching down to compress his spring-like lower limbs before violently propelling his massive, rivet-plated helmet directly into the incoming stone monsters to systematically shatter their rock-like skeletal structures. Despite his aggressive brawling efforts to break down the primary assault line, the ancient tyrants successfully outmaneuvered the kingdom's defenses to steal the fabled Sword of Ancients from its hidden sanctuary, forcing Ram-Man and his companions to regroup their tactical matrix around Castle Grayskull to prevent the villains from combining the relic with the Power Sword to achieve absolute cosmic immortality. (Mini-Comic: Masks of Power)
1980s series
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Ram-Man was a stout, exceptionally stocky humanoid male who possessed exaggeratedly wide, lumpy shoulders and a thick, compressed physical frame. He had fair skin, small eyes, a wide mouth, and a heavily blocky facial structure that was entirely encased in an incredibly dense, metallic grey rivet-plated helmet that lacked a visor and completely obscured his ears, hair, and upper forehead. His attire was highly distinctive and industrial, consisting of a heavy, quilted red tunic featuring short sleeves and thick, padded horizontal bands wrapping entirely around his massive upper torso. He wore thick green wrist gauntlets on his forearms, a wide dark belt around his waist, and exceptionally thick, ribbed silver-grey metal cylinders or spring-like armor plating that entirely encased his short, retracted lower legs. These rigid, segmented leg coverings terminated in flat, oversized metallic boots that lacked distinct toes, providing him with a rigid, dense base that allowed him to plant his heavy physical build firmly against solid terrain before launching his body forward.
Ram-Man came to be among the most loyal members of the Royal guard to King Randor.
Powers and abilities
Ram-Man was born a member of the human race on the planet Eternia, where he possessed a uniquely altered biological constitution that allowed him to function effectively as a living, human battering ram. His primary attribute was centered within his unique, spring-like lower extremities and his heavily reinforced skeletal frame, enabling him to crouch down, tuck his legs upward, and violently propel his entire body horizontally through the air with immense kinetic velocity. This specialized propulsion mechanism allowed him to strike targets with enough raw concussive force to shatter solid stone fortifications, break through reinforced iron barriers, and repeatedly dent the mystical jawbridge of Castle Grayskull. He possessed an extraordinary degree of localized physical durability, particularly within his head, neck, and upper torso, ensuring that his brain and internal organs absorbed no trauma or concussive backlash when headbutting solid obstacles. Additionally, he possessed a high level of baseline raw physical strength that allowed him to engage high-tier combatants in direct close-quarters brawling, though his fighting style relied almost exclusively on forward-facing, linear concussive charges rather than traditional martial arts coordination or advanced tactical agility.
Using his hard head, he tended to charge targets and used his incredibly hard head to ram them. Such was his strength that he was able to topple walls and smash through any doors. The only issue was when he encountered something stronger than himself where his ramming attack left him dizzy as a result.
He came to be a member of the Heroic Warriors that consisted of the great champions of Eternia.
Notes
- Ram-Man was created by Mattel where he featured in the setting of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
In other media
Television
- In He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Ram-Man appeared in the setting of the 1980s animated television series where he was voiced by actor John Erwin.
- In He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Ram-Man appeared in the setting of the 2000s animated television series where he was voiced by actor Scott McNeil.
Appearances
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe:
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