History Film / WonderWoman

A 2017 film starring the world's first superheroine, ComicBook/WonderWoman. Played by Gal Gadot, she previously appeared as a supporting character in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/JusticeLeague'', and is part of the Film/DCExtendedUniverse. The movie is directed by Patty Jenkins, of ''Film/{{Monster}}'' fame. It will star Creator/ChrisPine as Steve Trevor.

[[DevelopmentHell Rumors and development on a standalone Wonder Woman movie]] has been around since [[Series/WonderWoman the 70's Lynda Carter TV Show]], after the popularity of Film/SupermanTheMovie, and it wasn't until the establishment of the DC Movie SharedUniverse that her solo film was greenlighted.

See also the 2009 animated ''WesternAnimation/WonderWoman'' film, part of the DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line.

!!Tropes Used by Wonder Woman:
* ActionGirl: Wonder Woman was trained as a warrior from the time she was young and is a ''very'' good fighter.
* AdaptationalModesty: Downplayed example, in broad appearance her costume is faithful to the comics but flayed strips of fabric gives her a micro-skirt and the bustier doesn't give her an ImpossiblyLowNeckline.
* MetaCasting: Gal Gadot is former Israeli military, which was a [[CastTheExpert major factor in her casting]].

A 2017 film starring the worlds first Superheroine, ComicBook/WonderWoman. Played by Gal Gadot, she previously appeared as a supporting character in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/JusticeLeague'', and is part of the Film/DCExtendedUniverse. The movie is directed by Patty Jenkins, of ''Film/{{Monster}}'' fame. It will star Creator/ChrisPine as Steve Trevor.

* ActionGirl: One of the most famous, getting her due.

A 2017 film starring the worlds first Superheroine, ComicBook/WonderWoman. Played by Gal Gadot, she previously appeared as a supporting character in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/JusticeLeague'', and is part of the Film/DCExtendedUniverse. The movie is directed by Patty Jenkins, of ''Film/{{Monster}}'' fame.

A 2017 film starring the worlds first Superheroine, ComicBook/WonderWoman. Played by Gal Gadot, she previously appeared as a supporting character in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/JusticeLeague'', and is part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. The movie is directed by Patty Jenkins, of ''Film/{{Monster}}'' fame.

A 2017 film starring the worlds first Superheroine, ComicBook/WonderWoman. Played by Gal Gadot, she previously appeared as a supporting character in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/JusticeLeague'', and is part of the Film/DCCinematicUniverse. The movie is directed by Patty Jenkins, of ''Film/{{Monster}}'' fame.

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''Wonder Woman'' is an animated film from 2009 and part of the DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies line, involving a kind of SuperHeroOrigin for the [[WonderWoman title character]]. It stars [[{{Felicity}} Keri Russell]] as Diana / Wonder Woman, and [[{{Firefly}} Nathan Filion]] as Steve Trevor. The film involves Diana's first venture into the outside world in order to stop Ares, the Greek god of war, from gaining all the powers of Olympus and using them to destroy the world.

Along the way, she is helped by Steve Trevor, and the two become involved in a somewhat complicated partnership whilst trying to track down Ares.
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!This movie provides examples of:
* ActionDressRip
* AdaptationDistillation
* AdiposeRex: Hades. Lord of the Underworld, he's so large his throne is a lounge sofa!
* AGodAmI: Ares. Yeah, he was already a god to begin with; but then [[spoiler:he becomes "[[AllYourPowersCombined as fast as Hermes, as strong as Hercules and [able to] control the dead like Hades]]" at the beginning of the final battle]].
* AlmostKiss: Steve tries this on Diana twice. The first time, he is very drunk and she rejects him (by moving out of the way as he leaned in, letting his head fall onto a bar stool). The second time, it looks like it’s about to happen after Steve both points out the hypocrisy of the StrawFeminism that some of the Amazons possess and expresses his true feelings for Diana... then she slaps him in the face (supposedly for attempting to make another move on her).
* [[AliensSpeakingEnglish Amazons Speaking English]]: When [[FridgeLogic they should probably really be speaking Ancient Greek.]]
* AncientGrome: Minor example, but the Amazons' battle armor is based on Roman armor.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The movie ends with [[spoiler: Diana changing into her costume to fight The Cheetah]].
* BadassArmy: The Amazons.
* BadassNormal: Steve Trevor.
* BatmanGambit:
** [[spoiler: Hades helps Ares by breaking his restraints, secretly anticipating his defeat and subsequent enslavement in the Underworld.]]
** [[spoiler: Diana tricks Ares into using Zeus' lightning to finish her rather than doing it the old-fashioned way. This lets her pull ''him'' into the blast using her lasso, weakening him long enough for her to behead him.]]
* BigBad: Ares.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: The Amazons coming to help Diana and handle Ares' army in Washington DC.]]
* TheBigDamnKiss: Diana and Steve after [[spoiler: Ares is killed and his army retreats]].
* {{BFS}}: Artemis wields one. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Hippolyta.
-->'''Hippolyta''': And you could not find a bigger sword Artemis? \\
'''Artemis''': Sword? This is but my dagger.
* [[BlackDudeDiesFirst Black Chick Dies First]]: In the dogfight above the island.
* BlondesAreEvil: Played straight with Ares and Thrax, averted with Steve [[spoiler: and [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzagged]] with Persephone]].
* BloodlessCarnage: Used and averted regularly, most notably in both decapitations.
* BloodKnight: Artemis.
* BookEnds: In the battle at the beginning of the movie, Hippolyta is seen slicing off the head of the son that she was forced to conceive with Ares. In the last battle of the movie, [[spoiler:Diana beheads Ares in a similar manner]].
* ButLiquorIsQuicker: Implied with Steve Trevor's attempt to get Diana drunk, though he might have just been trying to [[InVinoVeritas get her to loosen up a bit.]] Too bad for him that [[NeverGetsDrunk Amazons don't get drunk]].
* CannotSpitItOut: Inverted with Steve whenever the Lasso of Truth is used on him. He really hopes the Amazons can't mass produce that thing.
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: Averted. Notable because the comic version of Diana once provided the page image.
* ChivalrousPervert: The film's version of Steve Trevor comes across as one.
* CoolPlane: Her iconic invisible jet. [[spoiler: [[AbnormalAmmo Its missiles are invisible too.]] ]]
* CreepyMonotone: Hades speaks like this quite a few times.
* DefrostingIceQueen: [[spoiler:Artemis learns to slow down and enjoy a philosophic book.]]
* DoubleStandard: A major plot point. [[spoiler: The reason Persephone defects is her frustration and resentment at being forced to live a military life while Hippolyta was allowed to have a baby and raise a family.]]
* DualWielding: Some Amazons, [[spoiler: with zombie!Alexa being the most notable one.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards
* EverybodyHatesHades: Played with. [[spoiler:Hades looks like he's agreeing to free Ares so the restored god of war can kill, well, everyone on Earth and provide Hades with their souls, but it turns out there's only one soul Hades is really interested in, revealed when his BatmanGambit comes to fruition.]]
* ExactWords: Hades informs Ares that Zeus "begged me not to help you" when Ares asks him to remove his RestrainingBolt. [[spoiler:At the very end of the movie, when Ares has been killed and is another helpless slave to Hades, Hades reveals that the reason Zeus asked for that was that Zeus would not be able to save Ares again]].
* EyeScream: Persephone loses her right eye in the opening battle.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Persephone falls in love with Ares during her time guarding his cell and helps him escape]].
* FatBastard: Hades again, at least towards the dead who serve him if his treatment of Ares' dead son is any indication.
* FootFocus: Diana spends her entire fight with Deimos barefoot [[JustifiedTrope since fighting in heels would be impractical]].
* GroinAttack:
** Diana does this to Steve when they first meet (right after they have a brief sparring match in which Steve says that he thinks he "likes her"). Artemis also threatens to castrate him herself if he doesn't leave Diana alone.
** Also in the opening by a couple of Amazons; seems Jewel Kick is a standard Amazon skill.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Ares gains the powers of the Olympian pantheon, with the intention of using them to overthrow Olympus and destroy the world. In his fight against Diana, he attempts to use Zeus' lightning to finish her, but she uses her lasso to pull him into it and jumps out of the way. The blast of lightning depowers Ares long enough for Diana to decapitate him. Seconds before this, Ares calls out to Zeus to save his life (like he did in the prologue), but it seems dear old daddy wasn't too pleased with the "overthrow Olympus and destroy the world" plan.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: Steve saves Diana instead of stopping Ares. [[WhatTheHellHero Diana promptly calls him out on his decision.]]
* HotChickWithASword: Dozens of them in the big battle scenes, as it happens.
* HotAmazon: Given who the film is about, as well as who her LoveInterest is, it'd be impossible to avoid this one.
* HotMom: Hippolyta of course.
* {{Immortality}}: The Amazons and Ares are all immortal. Ares even has followers who have been waiting patiently for him to return since ancient times.
* IronicEcho: In the opening battle, Artemis rebukes Alexa for relying on wisdom from "some dead philosopher" rather than fighting with her sword. Later, during the battle in DC, [[spoiler: Alexa saves the Amazons from their own dead sisters by revealing to Artemis a chant which releases the undead Amazons from Ares' control... a chant that Alexa learned in a magic book by "some dead philosopher".]]
* LightningCanDoAnything
* MonumentalDamage: Including the Lincoln and Washington Memorials, the Reflecting Pool (at least from getting blood in it), the White House and the Capitol Building. That first one [[BerserkButton pisses Steve off]].
--> '''Steve:''' ''No one'' messes with Lincoln!
* MostCommonSuperpower: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Steve Trevor to the point of almost making a GagBoobs joke.
-->'''Hippolyta''': What other depraved thoughts might you be thinking? \\
'''Steve''': God, your daughter's got a nice rack.
* MuggingTheMonster: A bunch of thugs try and mug Diana and Steve outside a bar. Bad idea.
* MythologyGag: Possibly. In the closing scene, Diana is seen [[{{Superman}} wearing glasses as part of a new secret identity and begins changing for combat by pulling opening her shirt to reveal her costume underneath]].
* [[NonActionGuy Non Action Girl]]: Alexa, much to the bane of her sister Artemis. [[spoiler:Until she comes back from the dead, that is.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: Heroic example: Hippolyta beheads the son Ares "forced on her", who was murdering her fellow Amazons for his father.
* OffWithHisHead: The fate of Ares' son [[spoiler:and Ares himself]].
* OhCrap: Used repeatedly throughout the film. Particularly effective when Diana herself uses it.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:As soon as the President of the United States orders a nuke against Themiscyra, the psychic energy of the destructive force and hate that went into deciding to use it transforms Ares, making him twice as tall and bulky as he was before and giving him some very demonic looking armor.]]
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: A trigger-happy one who jumps to conclusions rather quickly. However, it is mentioned that Ares' mere presence inspires violent thoughts in man, and he was standing on the White House roof for a while.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Controlled by the god of war, who has gained the powers of Hades.]] All of them are [[spoiler:Amazons]]. Any more who are killed instantly [[spoiler:come under Ares' control. They are freed from his control by an ancient chant, however, and seem to have most of their former minds intact when that happens.]]
* OutdoorBathPeeping: Steve Trevor when he first arrives on Themiscyra.
* PantyShot: Diana gets one during the fight with Deimos. Arguable, since the "panties" are the bottom half of her normal costume.
* PhysicalGod: Ares.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Part of [[spoiler:Ares' OneWingedAngel form]] is his hair going from short and close-cropped to ankle-length.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Subverted. It looks like Ares plans to sacrifice Persephone--who betrayed her fellow Amazons to free him--to open the gates of Hades, but he simply uses one of his [[{{Mooks}} cultists]] as a sacrifice instead.
* RRatedOpening: The movie opens with a brutal battle sequence that includes the above-mentioned beheading, and the first line is about sex (Hippolyta taunting Ares about not being good in bed).
* SiblingYinYang: [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Artemis]] and her [[NonActionGuy sister]] [[BookWorm Alexa]].
* StrawFeminist: Wonder Woman and some of the other Amazons have tendencies in this direction, but mostly seem to get over them by the film's end.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Wonder Woman's outfit; [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] a few times by Steve Trevor.
--> '''Steve''': Let's get you changed into something that won't get me arrested for solicitation first.
* TemptingFate: "What other depraved thoughts must you be thinking?"
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Given by Trevor to Diana after [[spoiler: Steve saves her instead of stopping Ares from opening the gates of Tartarus]].
* TitleDrop: By the little girl at the end. Up until then, the titular character had been called "Diana".
* VioletEyes: Hippolyta.
* VillainousBSOD: Ares has one after his son Thrax is beheaded by Hippolyta.
* VorpalPillow: Alexa. Justified in that she had just been stabbed and the hand over her face doing the smothering was Ares'.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Hippolyta and her Amazons battle to defeat the god of war's forces... in front of TheVietnamWar Memorial (which fortunately [[TooSoon did not]] suffer MonumentalDamage).
* WhatTheHellHero: See HonorBeforeReason above.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Artemis is not happy with her sister Alexa's non-warrior ways. Instead of grieving for her death, she's angry at her failure. [[spoiler:When Alexa comes back as a zombie, Artemis curses her for all her mistakes. However, they reconcile after Artemis realizes she's trying to speak a spell to free them from Ares' command.]]
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** Most obviously Hades and his son Drax.

* AGodAmI: Ares. Yeah, he was already a god to begin with; but then he becomes "[[AllYourPowersCombined as fast as Hermes, as strong as Hercules and [able to] control the dead like Hades]]" at the beginning of the final battle.
* AlmostKiss: Steve tries this on Diana twice. Although the first time he was very drunk and she rejected him (by moving out of the way as he leaned in, letting his head fall onto a bar stool), and the second time it looked like it was about to happen after Steve both pointed out the hypocrisy of the StrawFeminism that some of the Amazons possessed, as well as expressing his true feelings for Diana. But that time, she slapped him in the face (supposedly for attempting to make another move on her).

* AndTheAdventureContinues: The end of the movie finishes [[spoiler: with Diana changing into her costume to fight The Cheetah]].

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Diana tricks Ares into using Zeus' lightning to finish her rather than doing it the old-fashioned way. This lets her pull ''him'' into the blast using her lasso, weakening him long enough for her to behead him.]]

-->'''Hippolyta''': And you could not find a bigger sword Artemis?
-->'''Artemis''': Sword? This is but my dagger.

* BookEnds: In the beginning of the movie, which begins with a battle, Hippolyta is seen slicing off the head of an enemy, [[spoiler: actually, it's her son that she forcibly conceived with Ares]]. In the last battle of the movie, Diana beheads Ares in a similar manner.

* CoolPlane: Her iconic invisible jet. [[spoiler: [[AbnormalAmmo It's missiles are invisible too.]] ]]

* DefrostingIceQueen: Artemis learns to slow down and enjoy a philosophic book.
* DoubleStandard: [[spoiler: A major plot point, and the reason Persephone defects, is the her frustration and resentment at being forced to live a military life while Hippolyta was allowed to have a baby and raise a family.]]

* EverybodyHatesHades: Played with. Hades looks like he's agreeing to free Ares so the restored god of war can kill, well, everyone, on Earth and provide Hades with their souls, but it turns out there's only one soul Hades is really interested in, revealed when his BatmanGambit comes to fruition.
* ExactWords: Hades informs Ares that Zeus "begged me not to help you" when Ares is asking Hades to remove his RestrainingBolt. [[spoiler:At the very end of the movie, when Ares has been killed and is another helpless slave to Hades, Hades reveals that the reason Zeus was asking for that was because Zeus would not be able to save Ares again]].

* GroinAttack: Diana does to Steve when they first meet (right after they have a brief sparring match in which Steve says that he thinks he "likes her"). Artemis also threatens to castrate him herself if he doesn't leave Diana alone.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Ares gains the powers of the Olympian pantheon, with the intention of using them to overthrow Olympus and destroy the world. In his fight against Diana, he attempts to use Zeus's lightning to finish her, but she uses her lasso to pull him into it and jumps out of the way. The blast of lightning depowers Ares long enough for Diana to decapitate him. Seconds before this, Ares calls out to Zeus to save his life (like he did in the prologue), but it seems dear old daddy wasn't too pleased with the "overthrow Olympus and destroy the world" plan.]]

* IronicEcho: In the opening battle, Artemis rebukes Alexa for relying on wisdom from "some dead philosopher" rather than fighting with her sword. Later, during the battle in DC, [[spoiler: Alexa saves the Amazons from their own dead sisters by revealing to Artemis a chant which released the undead Amazons from Ares' control. Alexa learned in a magic book by "some dead philosopher".]]

-->'''Hippolyta''': What other depraved thoughts might you be thinking?
-->'''Steve''': God, your daughter's got a nice rack.

* [[NonActionGuy Non Action Girl]]: Alexa, much to the bane of her sister Artemis. [[spoiler:Until she comes back from the dead, that is]]
* OffingTheOffspring: Heroic example: Hippolyta beheads the son Ares 'forced on her', who was murdering her fellow Amazons for his father.
* OffWithHisHead: The fate of Ares' son [[spoiler:and Ares himself]]

* OneWingedAngel: As soon as the President of the United States orders a nuke against Themiscyra, the psychic energy of the destructive force and hate that went into deciding to use it, transforms Ares into being twice as tall and bulky as he was before and sporting very demonic looking armor.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Controlled by the god of War, who has gained the powers of Hades. All of them are Amazons. And any new Amazons they kill instantly fall under Ares' control as soon as they die. They can be broken from his control by an ancient chant, however, and seem to have most of their former minds intact when that happens.

* PantyShot: Diana gets one during the fight with Deimos.
** Arguable, since the "panties" are the bottom half of her normal costume.

* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Part of Ares' OneWingedAngel form is his hair going from short and close-cropped to ankle-length.

* RRatedOpening: The first line is about sex (Hippolyta taunting Ares about not being good in bed), and the movie opens with a brutal battle sequence that includes above-mentioned beheading.

* VorpalPillow: Alexa justified in that she had just been stabbed and the hand over her face doing the smothering was Ares'.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Hippolyta and her Amazons battle to defeat the God of War's forces...in front of TheVietnamWar Memorial (which thankfully [[TooSoon did not]] suffer MonumentalDamage).

* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Artemis is not happy with her sister Alexa's non-warrior ways. Instead of grieving for her death, she's angry at her failure. When she comes back as a zombie, she curses her for all her mistakes. However, they eventually reconcile after Artemis realize she's trying to speak a spell to free them from Ares' command.

* HotAmazon: One of the president's advisors goes so far as to describe the Amazons as "armored supermodels."