History Film / WonderWoman1984

* AnachronismStew: Steve reacts with amazement when he sees an escalator and an underground train, things that were around decades before his death in 1918. The scene in the Metro station also depicts modern signage that wouldn't have been used in the 1980s - notably featuring the Green and Silver Lines which wouldn't go into service until years later, among other more minor issues.

* AnachronismStew: Steve reacts with amazement when he sees an escalator and an underground train, things that were around decades before his death in 1918. The scene in the Metro station also depicts the Green and Silver Lines on signs, despite neither being operational yet in 1984, and features signage and rolling stock that didn't exist at the time.

* AnachronismStew: Steve reacts with amazement when he sees an escalator and an underground train, things that were around decades before his death in 1918.

* GreviousHarmWithABody: Diana is reluctant to kill Lord but has no issue binding him with her lasso and then using him to knock down his Secret Service bodyguards. Then after Steve handcuffs himself to Lord, he shoves him into a Secret Service man.

* DarthWiki/WhatAnIdiot[[invoked]]: In-universe. In the opening sequence, the four robbers have a pretty decent plan that would allow them to get in and out without notice. One of the robbers messes it up by having an unsecured pistol tucked in his pants that he drops as they all leave the jewelry store. When he gets noticed, one of his partners tries to appear like another patron, and the robber outs him immediately by calling out to him. Then he panics and holds a child over a railing. How he expected this to allow him to get away is anyone's guess. Even his partners are horrified by this and try to argue him down with one even saying "what are you doing".

* WhatAnIdiot: In-universe. In the opening sequence, the four robbers have a pretty decent plan that would allow them to get in and out without notice. One of the robbers messes it up by having an unsecured pistol tucked in his pants that he drops as they all leave the jewelry store. When he gets noticed, one of his partners tries to appear like another patron, and the robber outs him immediately by calling out to him. Then he panics and holds a child over a railing. How he expected this to allow him to get away is anyone's guess. Even his partners are horrified by this and try to argue him down with one even saying "what are you doing".

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** The wall erected around the Emir's hand cuts off his people from their water supply. When the wall collapses it creates a channel that funnels fresh water to them.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Now it's Steve's turn to be confused by the modern era, Diana even having to tell him that a trash can is not a modern art piece, getting amazed by new technology such as fighter jets, and complaining about 80s fashion.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: After Diana inadvertently made her wish while holding the stone, the focus goes on Steve's inert watch starting to run with audible ticking heard.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Diana uses the ancient armor of Asteria (according to legend, built to protect the wearer from all the armies of Mankind) for the final battle, and it's shown capable of blocking an entire magazine of gunfire from several [[GatlingGood Phalanx CIWS]]'s. However Cheetah can tear through it with her SuperStrength, so Diana discards the wraparound wings that form the shield because they're just getting in her way.

* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Barbara is started when the drunk hassling her suddenly appears on his back quite a few feet away after Diana appears on the scene. After gaining Diana's powers she understands why, and Diana's first indication that Barbara has her powers is when both she and Steve are shoved down the length of a White House corridor.

* GreviousHarmWithABody: Diana is reluctant to kill Lord but has no issue binding him with her lasso and then using him to knock down his Secret Service bodyguards.

* SelflessWish:
** [[ChildrenAreInnocent Alistair]], hoping it will make his father happy, makes a wish for Max's success.
** Steve just wishes that Maxwell be handcuffed to him.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The Duke of Deception, creator of the Dreamstone.

* SelflessWish: [[ChildrenAreInnocent Alistair]], hoping it will make his father happy, makes a wish for Max's success.

* RescueRomance: Subverted. Diana saves Barbara from a drunk, holding her in a protective position after the lady had dinner with her. Barbara looks at her with awe and admiration. So much admiration, in fact, that she asks the Dreamstone to make her like Diana, to have her confidence. [[spoiler:The ship is definitely sunk when Steve returns in another man's body and the wish starts corrupting Barbara, turning her awe into resentment and envy]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Towards the end, [[spoiler:Maxwell manipulates a soldier into wishing that his worldwide broadcast will 'touch' every person in the world, allowing anyone to make a wish and give Maxwell more power. When Diana realizes that he's become too powerful and she can't physically reach him to stop him, she wraps the Lasso of Truth, a weapon that is made from a similar AbstractApotheosis as the Dreamstone from whence Maxwell received his powers from, and essentially hijacks Maxwell's broadcast to 'touch' everyone with her lasso and compel them to see the truth.]]

* WritersCannotDoMath: The President asks for 100 more nukes. By 1990 the United States had produced 70,000 nuclear weapons. An extra hundred nukes is an increase of roughly a ''fifth'' of one percent.

* RealityWarper: This might be the simplest explanation for the nature of the Dreamstone's (and later on [[spoiler:Maxwell Lord's]]) power. [[spoiler:Though the movie never clearly defines the limits of Lord's abilities (if there are any), the only onscreen restriction to the reality altering is that he can only use it when someone who has yet to make a wish from the Dreamstone asks him to]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Maxwell [[spoiler:renounces his wish when he sees Alistair is about to be killed. It's implied Diana gives him a lift to where Alistair is, so that he can reunite with his son]].

* EvilIsSexy: Barbara after being granted her first wish to become “like Diana,” which includes being “strong and sexy.”
* EvilSoundsDeep: After Barbara gets her powers and turns to the dark side in her final form, her voice becomes much deeper than before, complete with an animalistic growl behind her vocal register.