MADAME RAZZ'S FLYING BROOMSTICK
Broom (Madame Razz's broom)
Broom is Madame Razz's sentient, talking broomstick in Filmation's She-Ra: Princess of Power, mostly there for slapstick and every so often the reason a rescue works.
Broom is Madame Razz's sentient, flying broomstick, a recurring supporting figure in Filmation's She-Ra: Princess of Power. It mostly flies and reacts; sometimes it talks back, and in one episode, "The Wizard," it gets a real story of its own.
WHO IT IS
A broom with opinions
Broom is introduced doing exactly what it does for most of its screen time: flying badly. In "Into Etheria," the She-Ra: Princess of Power series premiere, Madame Razz arrives at the rebel camp with urgent news about an attack on the village of Thaymor, and gets there by crashing through three trees because her broom cannot tell left from right. The news still gets delivered, crash and all.
It is credited as nothing more than "Broom," and the show never explains how a broom came to fly, think or talk; it simply does, in the same tradition as Orko's magic on Eternia. When it speaks, Lou Scheimer voices it under his pen name Erik Gunden, the same performer behind Kowl, Mantenna and a long list of other Filmation supporting characters.
Most of its appearances are brief and physical: it flinches, it scowls, it gets gripped, swung, dropped or iced over by whatever spell Madame Razz is in the middle of casting. It rarely drives a plot by itself, and the exception is "The Wizard."
Broom at the table, where the show liked him best: talking.
Clipped from our own copy of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Wizard (She-Ra: Princess of Power, 1985), 13:01 to 14:56, 1 minute 55 seconds. Nothing is added and nothing is sped up. Copyright Mattel.
FILMATION, 1985
Broom's one star turn
"The Wizard" is the episode where Broom stops being furniture. Kowl fails to warn Bow and Adora about a Horde patrol, Bow calls him a coward back at camp, and when Broom tries to get a word in about it, Madame Razz is too busy to listen. The two of them, both talked over by the friends they were trying to help, slip away together to find a wizard in Silverglade who might teach Kowl a courage spell. It goes wrong fast: a smooth-talking con man named Dr. Drome offers them lunch and a ride, then sells them to the Horde's Colonel Blast. Back at camp, Bow and Madame Razz admit they were both too hard on their friends, and one of her rhyming spells shows where the pair have been taken. She-Ra clears the outpost to get them back.
"The Reluctant Wizard," despite the near-identical title, is a different story: a hidden forest wizard saves Madame Razz and Broom from a Horde Flyer, and the rebellion then tries to recruit him.
"Day of the Flowers" gives Broom its clearest non-comic moment: with He-Man and She-Ra's swords missing after one of Orko's spells goes wrong, and Hordak's Monstroids running on heated fuel, Madame Razz and Broom are the ones who fly in close enough to bomb the machines with ice rings that Frosta and Snout Spout have made. It is a small job in a crowded episode, and for once nobody is laughing at Broom.
IN PLASTIC
Never made on its own
Broom has never been made as an action figure of its own. Its one toy is the broom that comes with Mattel's 2014 Masters of the Universe Classics Madame Razz, a subscription release that is long retired.
IN BRIEF
Broom, episode by episode
"Into Etheria" airs
The She-Ra: Princess of Power premiere, and Broom's first appearance, carrying Madame Razz into the rebel camp the hard way.
"The Wizard" airs
Broom's biggest episode, built around Broom and Kowl.
"Day of the Flowers" airs
Frosta and Snout Spout make the ice rings; Broom does the flying.
Mattel's Classics Madame Razz comes with Broom
A 2014 Masters of the Universe Classics subscription release, long retired.
Questions
Broom questions, answered
Who or what is Broom in She-Ra: Princess of Power?
Broom is Madame Razz's sentient, flying broomstick, a recurring supporting member of Etheria's Great Rebellion. It mostly flies and reacts rather than speaks, but it does talk in several episodes.
When does Broom first appear?
In "Into Etheria," the She-Ra: Princess of Power series premiere.
Who voices Broom?
Lou Scheimer, under his pen name Erik Gunden. The cast lists for "Into Etheria" and "Reunions" name him as Broom.
What is Broom's one big episode?
"The Wizard" (1985), the one episode built around Broom and Kowl.
Is "The Wizard" the same episode as "The Reluctant Wizard"?
No. "The Wizard" is Kowl and Broom's courage-spell story. "The Reluctant Wizard" is a separate episode about a Horde Flyer chasing Madame Razz and Broom to a hidden forest wizard the rebellion then tries to recruit. Broom appears in both, but they are different stories.
Does Broom ever do more than comic relief?
Yes. In "Day of the Flowers" it flies Madame Razz close enough to bomb Hordak's Monstroids with ice rings.
Is Broom the same character as Madame Razz?
No. Madame Razz is the elderly witch; Broom is her separate, sentient broomstick.
Is there a Broom action figure?
Not of its own. Its only toy is the broom that comes with Mattel's 2014 Masters of the Universe Classics Madame Razz, long retired.
Compiled by the heman.org desk from the She-Ra: Princess of Power episodes "Into Etheria," "The Wizard," "The Reluctant Wizard," "Day of the Flowers," "Three Courageous Hearts" and "Reunions," and Mattel's 2014 Classics Madame Razz listing. Some background from heman.fandom.com (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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