Does it seem plausible to anyone else that at least one of the Rick and Morty creators (Harmon or Roiland) were massive He-Man fans? Here's what I mean:

Obviously, Gearhead is Roboto.

Birdman seems inspired by Stratos.

And Squanchy, the name, reminds me of Orko's friend Squonge, from the original Filmation cartoon episode Masks of Power.

(Before creating this post, I did a google search to see if this idea was old news, and saw someone compared Birdman to the Sorceress... and Squanchy to Beast Man, because Squanchy turns into a large, orange, brute.)

https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/comments/146eh6x/are_characters_in_rick_and_morty_based_on_old/?rdt=36430  

All three of these characters were introduced in the first season of Rick and Morty, in an episode called Ricksy Business, and have continued on as important side characters through the series.

I would guess the He-Man fan is Dan Harmon, who would have been 9 or 10 when the Filmation He-Man series debuted. This is because I assume he was the real story-teller of the two creators and he stayed with the show while Roiland left, and I noticed some more coincidences in episodes written (I think) after Roiland would have left. 

For example, Crow Horse, in The Crow Man (R&M Season 5 finale) is a robot horse who gets set free in the end for being too intelligent to be kept in servitude, just like Stridor in the He-Man episode Origins of the Sorceress.

But the real reason I believe this theory is: Rich Sanchez is the most powerful man in the Rick and Morty universe because he has a portal gun that can take him any when and anywhere. And that seems to be to me a power of Castle Grayskull. For example, in the Filmation episode She Demon of Phantos, at 6:35 in, He-Man casually says "to the space portals" and then enters Grayskull and goes to another planet.

In the episode The Time Corridor, and then again in The Quest for He-Man, Castle Grayskull is used for time-travel. (And in the Quest for He-Man, they go to a "time" on a planet called "Trainis" (sp?).) I haven't been able to find it, but I am almost certain that there is a Filmation episode where the Sorceress says that the many doors under Castle Grayskull can take one to any dimension or to any time/place.

Anyway, I just think it is neat if one of the most popular cartoons ever is a direct descendant of one of the most popular cartoons ever.

What do you all think? Plausible or a stretch?