History Film / WonderWoman1974

Crosby plays a blonde, non-powered Wonder Woman who does not wear the comic book uniform (and doesn't wear an uniform at all until the last part of the film), as she pursues the mysterious villain Abner Smith (Creator/RicardoMontalban) who has stolen a set of code books containing classified information about U.S. government field agents. Along the way, she has to outwit Smith's {{mooks}}, including a familiar face to her.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Franchise/WonderWoman, as you've never seen her before... or after, for that matter.[[labelnote:*]]Well, maybe except for [[Series/WonderWoman2011Pilot that time when she wore pants]] [[MemeticMutation (soon to be darkened)]].[[/labelnote]]]]

* SimpleStaff: Diana fights using a javelin as a staff, in particular in her duel with Ahnjayla.

* AdaptationalWimp: Somewhat downplayed. While Diana does not seem to have any of her superpowers from the comics other than martial arts skills (and traded her Lasso of Truth for a SimpleStaff), some of the feats she achieves would require her to have around the same abilities as a human with peak physical condition.

** While the outfit Wonder Woman appears in in the climax is drastically different from any of the ones she wore in the comics, it still has the red and blue motif, including having the stars-over-a-blue-backdrop design that usually appears in her [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]]/bottom part of her leotard of her comics outfit on her sleeves here.

** George, Abner Smith's main enforcer, seems to be on the plan only for himself, as he kills ThoseTwoBadGuys he had as assistants before trying to abscond with the loot.

* AdaptationalWimp: Somewhat downplayed. While Diana does not seem to have none of her superpowers from the comics other than martial arts skills (and traded her Lasso of Truth for a SimpleStaff), some of the feats she achieves would require her to have around the same abilities as a human with peak physical condition.

* InNameOnly: This PilotMovie features a non-powered blonde Wonder Woman in a track suit. While it does mention Diana's Amazon home and invisible plane, it generally plays more like a superspy knockoff of ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' than a superhero story. To be fair, however, the TV movie was based upon an era of the comic book in which Diana ''was'' depowered and made into an Emma Peel clone. In other words, the comic book itself had become In-Name-Only. But by the time this movie was made, the comics had returned to the status quo.

* InNameOnly: This PilotMovie features a non-powered blonde Wonder Woman in a track suit. While it does mention Diana's Amazon home and invisible plane, it generally plays more like a superspy knockoff of ''Series/TheAvengers'' than a superhero story. To be fair, however, the TV movie was based upon an era of the comic book in which Diana ''was'' depowered and made into an Emma Peel clone. In other words, the comic book itself had become In-Name-Only. But by the time this movie was made, the comics had returned to the status quo.

The film was actually a PilotMovie for an intended television series being considered by Creator/{{ABC}}, but ABC ultimately didn't pick it up. ABC would end up developing a different Wonder Woman television concept that fit the more traditional presentation of the character, which eventually led to [[Series/WonderWoman the more well-known TV series]] starring Creator/LyndaCarter that premiered in 1975. As for this film, Creator/WarnerBros released this pilot into syndication as a stand-alone telefilm, eventually giving it a DVD release in 2012.

* SimpleStaff: Diana fights with a staff, in particular in her duel with Ahnjayla.
* WreckedWeapon: Diana signals the end of her duel with Ahnjayla by breaking the latter's staff.

The film was actually a feature-length pilot for an intended television series being considered by Creator/{{ABC}}, but ABC ultimately didn't pick it up. ABC would end up developing a different Wonder Woman television concept that fit the more traditional presentation of the character, which eventually led to [[Series/WonderWoman the more well-known TV series]] starring Creator/LyndaCarter that premiered in 1975. As for this film, Creator/WarnerBros released this pilot into syndication as a stand-alone telefilm, eventually giving it a DVD release in 2012.