History YMMV / WonderWoman2009

* OnceOriginalNowOverdone:
** When this film was released, many felt it was too violent for its PG-13 rating (and this is only after it was edited in preproduction down from an R rating). But after such other DC Animated Features like ''WesternAnimation/BatmanYearOne'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'', each one even more violent and gruesome than ''Wonder Woman'' (and still under a PG-13!), the complaints are looking pretty passé.
** It was as close as a film adaptation of Wonder Woman as we could get at the time. Cue [[Film/WonderWoman2017 a few years later...]]

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:

** This version of Wonder Woman is oft criticized for being overly violent, even willing to use deadly force. But the only times she does kill is when in proximity to Ares (who, remember, casts an aura about him that increases violent/hateful feelings, and Amazons are not shown to be immune to this). Admittedly, the film does give critics some ammo in the form of Artemis, who is a full-fledged BloodKnight even outside of Ares' influence, suggesting that at least some of the Amazons probably have similar outlooks.
*** Diana only uses lethal force against Ares and a few of his minions. She doesn't even kill Deimos and is shown as will to subdue or just scare off enemies at times.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Alexa is often cited as one of the best and most popular characters in the movie due to her personality and character arc.

** Sadly with ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' for which one is the best Wonder Woman adaptation, calling out having the best Ares, best fights and not avoiding the feminist talk yet arriving at an equal talk where the hypocrisy of the Amazons' feminism gets called out, but some suggest they're just sad since this movie has a cult following, while the other is a blockbuster success. This has been subdued since in some releases of the 2017 movie, the 2009 movie is included either in the showing or the upcoming Blu-Ray which will help gather some viewers. The sole exception being Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor, whom all sides agree is a vast improvement over his animated counterpart.

** Sadly with ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' for which one is the best Wonder Woman adaptation, calling out having the best Ares, best fights and not avoiding the feminist talk yet arriving at an equal talk where the hypocrisy of the Amazons' feminism gets called out, but some suggest they're just sad since this movie has a cult following, while the other is a blockbuster success. This has been subdued since in some releases of the 2017 movie, the 2009 movie is included either in the showing or the upcoming Blu-Ray which will help gather some viewers.

* InformedWrongness: Steve gives Diana a serious WhatTheHellHero over her constant criticism of him and men in general, and the film ends with Diana learning to not be so judgmental. However, Diana's criticisms of Steve are completely valid; Steve himself is ''horribly'' sexist and chauvinistic, has zero respect for women, and at several points behaved in a predatory manner, so it's baffling to see she is somehow meant to be wrong for calling him on it. Even besides Steve, Diana never makes a complaint that isn't valid; among the examples of her being "overly judgmental" include complaining about two young boys excluding a girl for her gender, which ''is'' something that shouldn't be encouraged since it's bullying. At the end of the film, Diana is presented as having "learnt her lesson", and when she expresses annoyance at Steve holding the door for her, he patronisingly scolds her for it, with the implication that she's now learning to stop standing up against behaviours that make her upset and uncomfortable, and this is somehow a ''good thing''.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Steve's rant about Diana's misjudgment of him and men in general would be a lot more convincing if he hadn't spent most of the film living down to every bad stereotype about men. His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him flirting with a young female pilot during an aerial reconnaissance and dialogue from another pilot states that this type of behavior is not unusual for him. When he crashes on Themyscira he gets caught peeking on the Amazons while they are bathing and later refers to Diana as "the daughter with a nice rack". While they are trying to stop Ares, Steve tries to get Diana drunk in order to get her in bed. Throughout the movie, Steve behaves like a sexist, lecherous creep and its not helped that other versions of the character are much more likable, even his 2017 movie counterpart despite coming from a less enlightened time period.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: An odd case; the film's portrayal of the Amazons as a violent, anti-man race of warrior women who are very unsupportive of one another is very much telling of the times, as the late 2000s/early 2010s saw Wonder Woman's mythos get largely overtaken by writers who missed the point, who downplayed the feminist messages in favour of making them violent and aggressive. In the late 2010s, the popularity of her [[Film/WonderWoman2017 feature film]] and Greg Rucka's acclaimed run re-aligned the character's story to being a more positive portrayal of feminism.

* InformedWrongness: Steve gives Diana a serious WhatTheHellHero over her constant criticism of him and men in general, and the film ends with Diana learning to not be so judgmental. However, Diana's criticisms of Steve and completely valid; Steve himself is ''horribly'' sexist and chauvinistic, has zero respect for women, and at several points behaved in a predatory manner, so it's baffling to see she is somehow meant to be wrong for calling him on it. Even besides Steve, Diana never makes a complaint that isn't valid; among the examples of her being "overly judgmental" include complaining about two young boys excluding a girl for her gender, which ''is'' something that shouldn't be encouraged since it's bullying. At the end of the film, Diana is presented as having "learnt her lesson", and when she expresses annoyance at Steve holding the door for her, he patronisingly scolds her for it, with the implication that she's now learning to stop standing up against behaviours that make her upset and uncomfortable, and this is somehow a ''good thing''.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** Alexa, the non-ActionGirl of the bunch, is a bookworm and voiced by Creator/TaraStrong. She would later voice famous BadassBookworm [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]].
*** Also she's an Amazon, named Alexa. Just think about that.
** Artemis' anger at Persephone's betrayal will make one snigger when they realise that Creator/RosarioDawson also played Persephone in ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' - and her Persephone wasn't that faithful either.
*** There's also how she would voice Wonder Woman herself a few years [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis later]] .
** Diana and Steve run to each other and embrace in the Washington D.C. Reflecting Pool just like Film/ForrestGump and Jenny, played by Creator/RobinWright, who would be cast as Antiope, Diana's aunt, in ''Film/WonderWoman2017''.
** Vicki Lewis (Persephone) later played Wonder Woman in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.

* BrokenAesop: "Not All Men!" -- Putting aside how commonly criticised that statement is[[note]]generally, in discussions of sexism, gender equality, and feminism, cries of "Not all men" are seen as missing the point, as by trying to argue about the semantics and generalising, it's taking the conversation away from the topic at hand, namely the mistreatment women face[[/note]], but the film does a ''terrible'' job actually following through with this message as the only men we see extensive characterisation of are Ares and Steve, neither of whom are shown to be great. Ares is implied to have raped Hippolyta to sire a child with her, patronises the woman he seduced, and is a literal war god eager to start World War III, while Steve is a borderline sexual predator who is ''constantly'' acting in the exact kind of manner that he professes "not all men are like that". If the film wanted to present "not all men", they could have actually ''included'' some who aren't massively unsympathetic. The only other male character with serious agency in the film is Hades, who at least avoids EveryoneHatesHades by being a MagnificentBastard, but nothing about him implies he's a decent guy or not.

* ValuesDissonance: The film is strangely very anti-feminist in its rhetoric, focusing less on being pro-woman and more defending men from feminist critique ("not all men") without providing any actual examples of "good men", and glorifies a chauvinistic pig. All of which is surprising given the title character, but would be a ''completely'' unthinkable direction to take her only ten years later.

* {{Narm}}: Alexa [[spoiler:as a zombie]] finally decides to fight. Awesome! Oh, no. Wait. [[spoiler:Ares simply returns all the Amazon zombies to death ten seconds later]].

* BrokenAesop: "Not All Men!" -- Putting aside how commonly criticised that statement is[[note]]generally, in discussions of sexism, gender equality, and feminism, cries of "Not all men" are seen as CompletelyMissingThePoint, as by trying to argue about the semantics and generalising, it's taking the conversation away from the topic at hand, namely the mistreatment women face[[/note]], but the film does a ''terrible'' job actually following through with this message as the only men we see extensive characterisation of are Ares and Steve, neither of whom are shown to be great. Ares is implied to have raped Hippolyta to sire a child with her, patronises the woman he seduced, and is a literal war god eager to start World War III, while Steve is a borderline sexual predator who is ''constantly'' acting in the exact kind of manner that he professes "not all men are like that". If the film wanted to present "not all men", they could have actually ''included'' some who aren't massively unsympathetic. The only other male character with serious agency in the film is Hades, who at least avoids EveryoneHatesHades by being a MagnificentBastard, but nothing about him implies he's a decent guy or not.

* DontShootTheMessage: Steve's rant about Diana's misjudgment of him and men in general would be a lot more convincing if he hadn't spent most of the film living down to every bad stereotype about men. His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him flirting with a young female pilot during an aerial reconnaissance and dialogue from another pilot states that this type of behavior is not unusual for him. When he crashes on Themyscira he gets caught peeking on the Amazons while they are bathing and later refers to Diana as "the daughter with a nice rack". While they are trying to stop Ares, Steve tries to get Diana drunk in order to get her in bed. Throughout the movie, Steve behaves like a sexist, lecherous creep and its not helped that other versions of the character are much more likable, even his 2017 movie counterpart despite coming from a less enlightened time period.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Men are not always the cause of problems in the world and Amazons secluding themselves from the outside world is the opposite of everything they stand for. And in the case of Persephone, the need for a relationship with a man could make them desperate enough for them to turn on their sisters. And just because a woman does not need a man to feel complete, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with falling in love with one.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Steve Trevor has been Diana's somewhat charming, clueless, respectful love interest in other media, which is the ''only possible'' explanation for why she's suddenly interested in the boorish, rude, disrespectful jerk carrying his name in this film.
%%* DesignatedHero Artemis's bullying of her little sister Alexa and her lack of grief over her death make her come across as cold and unlikable.

** [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys She just takes]] [[ItRunsInTheFamily after her mom.]]
** Artemis's bullying of her little sister Alexa and her lack of grief over her death make her come across as cold and unlikable.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Men are not always the cause of problems in the world and Amazons secluding themselves from the outside world is the opposite of everything they stand for. And in the case of Persephone, the need for a relationship with a man could make them desperate enough for them to turn on their sisters. And just because a woman does not need a man to feel complete, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with falling in love.

* DesignatedHero: Steve Trevor has most certainly not aged well. When you inspect the character a little closer he comes off as rude, sexist, and sees women as nothing but objects to obtain. Steve spent a good deal of the short running time trying to seduce Diana with snark and roguish charm, taking attention away from the central conflict. It really makes you question why Diana would fall for him.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** Steve's rant about Diana's misjudgment of him and men in general would be a lot more convincing if he hadn't spent most of the film living down to every bad stereotype about men. His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him flirting with a young female pilot during an aerial reconnaissance and dialogue from another pilot states that this type of behavior is not unusual for him. When he crashes on Themyscira he gets caught peeking on the Amazons while they are bathing and later refers to Diana as "the daughter with a nice rack". While they are trying to stop Ares, Steve tries to get Diana drunk in order to get her in bed. Throughout the movie, Steve behaves like a sexist, lecherous creep and its not helped that other versions of the character are much more likable, even his 2017 movie counterpart despite coming from a less enlightened time period.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Persephone]] may have killed innocent people and nearly brought about an international war, but her death at the hands of Hippolyta is played very sadly. Her ShutUpKirk to the queen is said in a very tragic tone.
--> "The Amazons are warriors. But we are ''women'' too."

* StrangledByTheRedString: Steve Trevor has been Diana's somewhat charming clueless respectful love interest in other media, which is the ''only possible'' explanation for why she's suddenly interested in the boorish rude disrespectful jerk carrying his name in this film.
** [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys She just takes]] [[ItRunsInTheFamily after her mom.]]
* TheWoobie: Poor Alexa. She never wanted to be an Amazon and is terrified on the battlefield. She's also looked down on for this reason and [[spoiler: ends up casually killed by Persephone]].

** Unsurprisingly, there's a rivalry between fans of this movie and ''WesternAnimation/WonderWomanBloodlines''. Those who prefer this movie like the fact it clearly focuses on Wonder Woman's, and feel the 2019 movie tries doing too much. Those who prefer the 2019 movie like its connections to the ''WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse'' due to showing how far Diana has developed as a character in that universe, how it ''doesn't'' completely go over the origin story (that's well covered by both this film and Gadot's, so the origin portion of this one is short and sweet, and mostly highlights the bits that are ''not'' going to be exactly like past versions), and how it spotlights more obscure characters. Bonus points for Steve being much more likable and Etta being a military badass.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

** Diana and Steve run to each other and embrace in the Washington D.C. Reflecting Pool just like Film/ForrestGump and Jenny, played by Creator/RobinWright, who would be cast as Antiope, Diana's aunt, in Film/WonderWoman2017.
** Vicki Lewis(Persephone) later played Wonder Woman in WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold.
* LesYay: Inevitable given the source material, but practically everyone seems to assume that Artemis is a lesbian in this version.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Hippolyta and her Amazons battle to defeat the god of war's forces... in front of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Memorial (which fortunately did not suffer MonumentalDamage).

* {{Squick}}:
** Hippolyta and Ares have a child, Thrax. In the comics and the myths, Ares is Hippolyta's father. Further, Hippolyta implied that the pregnancy was forced upon her. The movie at least makes it clear that their affair was consensual.

** This is pretty much written into the movie - suggesting that Hippolyta could be a massive hypocrite for cutting all her people off from the world, implying that they were never given a choice in the matter. What's more is that Hippolyta still got to raise a daughter. Would she have allowed the Amazons to leave if they wished (given the existence of the plane as a way off the island)? Steve also raises a good point that getting into an affair with the God of ''War'' was hardly an intelligent move on her part.