History Awesome / WonderWoman

* Marston himself should get credit for his ''epic'' negotiation with DC Comics. While most of the characters' creators signed over their creations to DC for a lump sum, Marston was clever and essentially ''leased'' Wonder Woman to DC. They stop publishing Wonder woman comics? Rights went to him (and/or his estate). They want to do movies? Merchandise? He or his estate had to approve it and they'd get a cut of the profits. Oh, and when he passed away, the rights would go to his wife and their partner, and ''they'd'' have to approve it and get the same cut. DC didn't think much of it at the time, thinking the title would be a short-lived novelty at best. But when feminism took off and she became a central character to the franchise? The MadScientist and his wives laughed all the way to the bank. [[note]] The downside to this, unfortunately, is that DC's rights to ''any'' Wonder Woman related characters and concepts still have ties to the Marston estate. This is a reason other than sexism why Wonder Woman (as well as Troia and Wonder Girl) has less merch, sometimes doesn't show up in shows set in the DCU, and why it took 70 years to get a full-blown movie. [[/note]]

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** However, how does she deal with Ares in the climax? She ensnares him with her magic lasso and forces him to see the [[NukeEm logical conclusion to his plans]], which would leave him completely alone [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly and no one left to worship him]]. What does Ares do? '''''He cries.''''' The most {{Badass}} moment of the storyline is completely and utterly ''non-violent''.

** Which leads to the IdiotBall / FridgeLogic of why she didn't attack Doomsday with the spear.

** And then she fearlessly leaps into battle against a nigh-invulnerable monster with her sword at the ready. '''THIS is WonderWoman'''.

* In the character's first ComicBook/PostCrisis storyline, Diana is fighting the progeny of Ares, Deimos, and is ensnared by his beard of snakes. Seeing her mortal friends being overwhelmed and she must save them, Diana shows a new ''big'' difference compared to her compatriots of TheDCU, Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}}. Namely, she doesn't feel bound by ThouShallNotKill and so takes the demigod's head off!

* In the character's first ComicBook/PostCrisis storyline, Diana is fighting the progeny of Ares, Deimos, and is ensnared by his beard of snakes. Seeing her mortal friends being overwhelmed and she must save them, Diana shows a new ''big'' difference compared to her compatriots of TheDCU, Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}}. Namely, she doesn't feel bound by ThouShallNotKill and so takes the god's head off!

** However, how does she deal with Ares in the climax? She ensnares him with her magic lasso and forces him to see the [[NukeEmA logical conclusion to his plans]], which would leave him completely alone [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly and no one left to worship him]]. What does Ares do? '''''He cries.''''' The most {{Badass}} moment of the storyline is completely and utterly ''non-violent''.

** However, how does she deal with Ares in the climax? She ensnares him with her magic lasso and forces him to see the [[NukeEmAll logical conclusion to his plans]], which would leave him completely alone. What does Ares do? '''''He cries.''''' The most {{Badass}} moment of the storyline is completely and utterly ''non-violent''.
* How does she deal with Ares in the climax of said storyline? Simple: she ensnares him with her magic lasso and forces him to see the fruition of his plans: no one left to worship him. Ares ''cries''.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z29VWhI7wkQ The main theme.]]
* "BUT IN DEATH, I AM AN AMAZON!!!"
* Odd as it sounds, Steve refusing to apologize for saving Diana and calling her out on her StrawFeminism.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' I didn't need you to save me. I needed you to stop Ares.
-->'''Steve:''' Hey, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't be here right now.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' I'm an Amazon, Steve. We're prepared from birth to give our lives in battle. I knew what the consequences were going in to this mission. I bet you would have acted differently, if I were a man.
-->'''Steve:''' Oh, playing the sex card again, are you? You know what? I've had just about enough of listening to you go on about how terrible men are.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' Does the truth hurt, Steve?
-->'''Steve:''' News flash: The Amazons ain't so perfect either. You act brave, but cutting yourselves off from the outside world was cowardly. Not to mention stupid. Like less communication between men and women is what the world needed.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' How dare you?
-->'''Steve:''' No! I'm not done. You met your first man, what, like 15 minutes ago. And you think you have us all figured out. Well, I'm sorry, but not everything a man does is to further some misogynistic agenda. We don't hold doors open or pull out chairs for women because we're trying to keep you down. And I didn't save you because I thought were some damsel in distress. I saved you because... Because I care about you, Diana. And I'm not gonna abandon a friend in need, man or woman.
* Diana, having been frustrated by Steve Trevor's misguided, drunken attempt to kiss her, is accosted by a gang of thugs. She refuses to give them anything and instead asks for an apology "for contributing to my current disillusionment with Man". Naturally, the leader of the thugs scoffs and tries to shoot her. After blocking said bullets, she proceeds to ''utterly annihilate'' the thugs. And she ''gets'' that apology.
* Steve Trevor gets one towards the end of the movie, when Ares' army is smashing everything in sight - like the Lincoln Memorial, which they tear the head off of. Steve pulls out his gun and storms towards them.
-->'''Steve:''' They're messing with Lincoln. ''Nobody messes with Lincoln!''
* [[AndTheAdventureContinues At the very end of the movie]], Cheetah seems to have robbed the bank, curbstomps policemen... and then Diana arrives, catches Cheetah with her Lasso, and knocks her out with one punch!

* Wonder Woman #97, Wonder Woman is infected by a variant of [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker Venom]]. Her solution is to call upon the god Pan to "teach her how to dance in Chaos" and thus gain InsanityImmunity.

On Darkseid’s home world of Apokolips, it goes back to business as usual, with him ruling the world with an iron fist. Fifteen issues down the line, inexplicably, he shows mercy to someone he would normally execute with his Omega Beams. It turns out that because Wonder Woman now has a piece of her soul in Darkseid, he now has a sliver of compassion in his otherwise black heart. This causes Darkseid to scream in agony. He’s taken hits from Superman and seen terrors beyond human imagining, but the real way to hurt him is to make him a somewhat nice guy.

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* [[AndTheAdventureContinues At the very end of the movie]], Cheetah seems to have robbed the bank, curbstomps policemen... and then Diana arrives, catches Cheetah with her Lasso, and knocks her out with one punch!

* On Darkseid’s home world of Apokolips, it goes back to business as usual, with him ruling the world with an iron fist. Fifteen issues down the line, inexplicably, he shows mercy to someone he would normally execute with his Omega Beams. It turns out that because Wonder Woman now has a piece of her soul in Darkseid, he now has a sliver of compassion in his otherwise black heart. This causes Darkseid to scream in agony. He’s taken hits from Superman and seen terrors beyond human imagining, but the real way to hurt him is to make him a somewhat nice guy.

On Darkseid’s home world of Apokolips, it goes back to business as usual, with him ruling the world with an iron fist. Fifteen issues down the line, inexplicably, he shows mercy to someone he would normally execute with his Omega Beams. It turns out that because Wonder Woman now has a piece of her soul in Darkseid, he now has a sliver of compassion in his otherwise black heart. This causes Darkseid to scream in agony. He’s taken hits from Superman and seen terrors beyond human imagining, but the real way to hurt him is to make him a somewhat nice guy.

!![[{{Film/WonderWoman}} 2009 DTV Animated Movie]]

* [[AndTheAdventureContinues And the very end of the movie]], Cheetah seems to have robbed the bank, curbstomps policemen... and then Diana arrives, catches Cheetah with her Lasso, and knocks her out with one punch!

* {[AndTheAdventureContinues And the very end of the movie]], Cheetah seems to rob the bank, curbstomps policemen... and then Diana arrives, catches Cheetah with her Lasso, and knocks her out with one punch!

* In the character's first PostCrisis storyline, Diana is fighting the progeny of Ares, Deimos, and is ensnared by his beard of snakes. Seeing her mortal friends being overwhelmed and she must save them, Diana shows a new ''big'' difference compared to her compatriots of TheDCU, Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}}. Namely, she doesn't feel bound by ThouShallNotKill and so takes the god's head off!

-->'''Steve:''' They're messing with Lincoln. ''Nobody messes with Lincoln!''