History Characters / WonderWomanVillains

* AnAxeToGrind: Carried a doubled-bladed executioner's axe as his personal weapon.

* AnAxeToGrind: Carries a rocket war axe.

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* {{Flight}}: Sweetheart possesses the same abillity to flly as Diana.

* LiterallyShatteredLives: As a mirror duplicate, she shattered into tiny pieces when killled.

* VengefulWidow: She has the men responsible for her husband's death hunted down relentlessly, though they are also standing in her way of getting her husband's position as they killed him in order to take it themselves.

* VengefulWidow: (Pre-Crisis) The Nazis killed her husband Gottfriend before kidnapping her daughter Gerta and holding the young girl hostage to ensure Paula's cooperation. Once Gerta was safe Paula dedicated the rest of her life to helping the Nazis' enemies and developing much more fantastic new inventions with her knowledge of science than she'd ever done for the Nazis.

Creator/DCComics' version of the Ancient Greek sorceress from Myth/ClassicalMythology and Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. Circe would at first only make a variety of scattered and intermittent appearances in multiple DC Comics books, not just Wonder Woman's, but when the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Wonder Woman title would be relaunched]] under Creator/GeorgePerez, Circe would go on to become one of Diana's most persistent and dangerous foes [[note]] Surpassed only by [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]] and Characters/WonderWomanAres Ares]] in terms of prominence[[/note]], being the source of a many calamitous events in her history. \\

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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Drakul Karfang Drankoni Serpente.

* KnifeNut: Favours a scalpel for close combat.

* KnifeNut: Like her grandmother she favours a scalpel for up close work.

* BalefulPolymorph: Does this to most people, and especially men, turning them into the animal she feels they most resemble.

* BalefulPolymorph: As far as Giganta is concerned. She didn't ask to become human and she's not thrilled about it. Since she's stuck she tries to bring everyone down into savagery with her.

* GoKartingWithBowser: She was one of Diana's best friends once, in disguise.

[[caption-width-right:350: Some not so wondrous individuals[[note]]ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}}, ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} (Barbara Minerva), Circe, Silver Swan, The White Magician, ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} (Sebastian Ballesteros), Dr. Psycho, Deimos, Phobos, Eris, Dr. Poison [[/note]] ]]

->'''Universes:''' [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Earth-Two]], [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Earth-One]], [[ComicBook/PostCrisis New Earth]], Prime Earth, Franchise/{{DCAU}}, [[WesternAnimation/DCSuperFriends Earth-508]], WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: The ''New 52'' version is the son of Comicbook/VandalSavage.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Became more associated with Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} for a time after Donna's death, before returning to Wonder Woman's rogues.

!![[WMG:ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} (I-IV)]]

Urzkartaga's high priest and faithful manservant to Barbara Minerva, the third ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}.\\

->''"When I heard you had killed ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} and began strutting around as the "God of War," I thought to myself... now that is the arrogance of an Amazon. Taking what doesn't belong to them all while acting like a god's gift to women."''

Creator/DCComics' version of the Ancient Greek sorceress from Myth/ClassicalMythology and Creator/{{Homer}}'s ''Literature/TheOdyssey''. Circe would at first only make a variety of scattered and intermittent appearances in multiple DC Comics books, not just Wonder Woman's, but when the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Wonder Woman title would be relaunched]] under Creator/GeorgePerez, Circe would go on to become one of Diana's most persistent and dangerous foes [[note]] Surpassed only by ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} and ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} in terms of prominence[[/note]], being the source of a many calamitous events in her history. \\

->'''Universes:''' Earth-Two, Earth-One, New Earth, Prime Earth, Franchise/{{DCAU}}

* BeenThereShapedHistory: States she almost gave Homer his eyesight back for including her in Literature/TheOdyssey

* EvilerThanThou: Has clashed with other Wonder Woman villains, and with the likes of ComicBook/LexLuthor and ComicBook/TheJoker on occasion.

** She's been romantically involved with [[ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} Sebastian Ballesteros]] as well, with the two of them acting as a BigBadDuumvirate.

* VillainTeleportation: Circe, as one of the most powerful magic users in the 'verse, is fully capable of jumping between points and dimensions at will, though Paradise Island has defenses against this. Interestingly her most notable use of teleportation may have been when she used it to help the heroes by teleporting Diana and herself to try to save ComicBook/{{Artemis}} from the White Magician.
* WarriorVersusSorcerer: Circe is an evil witch whose archenemy is an Amazon WarriorPrincess.

[=LeTonya=] Charles was a young woman who had destroyed her body with the drug Tar, but was granted a second chance when her aunt, Sarah Charles, one of the scientists who helped repair ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, saved and augmented her with powerful cybernetic implants. Rather than use her newfound gifts to earn herself a HeelFaceTurn, [=LeTonya=] chose to focus on personal gain as Cyborgirl. Soon after, she joined the Cyborg Revenge Squad and was one of several such beings to wage an attack against Wonder Woman, and later on, Cyborg himself.

* EvilCounterpart: While she is an foe of Wonder Woman, [[RobotGirl Cyborgirl]] also happens to be an evil version of ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, as she had permanently damaged her body by overdosing on the drug Tar. But her aunt, who happened to be one of the scientists who repaired Victor Stone, saved her with [[WeCanRebuildHim powerful]] [[UnwillingRoboticisation cybernetic implants]], hoping that this would reform her and give her a second chance in life. However, rather than use her newfound gifts for redeem herself, [=LeTonya=] chose to focus more on personal gain, essentially becoming [[RoboticPsychopath more machine than human]], unlike Cyborg, who accepted his fate and chose to use his cybernetics to become a force for good, eventually joining the Teen Titans and later on, the Justice League.

* UnwillingRoboticisation: Cyborgirl destroyed much of her original body with the drug Tar, but was granted a second chance when her aunt, Sarah Charles, one of the scientists who helped repair ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, saved her with powerful cybernetic implants.

->'''Universes:''' Earth-Two, Earth-One, New Earth, Prime Earth, [[ComicBook/WonderWomanEarthOne Earth 1]], Franchise/{{DCAU}}, [[WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies DCUAOM]], [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold BTBATB]], [[ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse Earth-496]], Earth-1927, WesternAnimation/TeenTitans, VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline, ComicBook/WonderWoman77, Series/Powerless2017, WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019

* OneShotCharacter: She only shows up for a single, if memorable, graphic novel. [[spoiler: Defied. She was revived courtesy of Circe, albeit temporarily, in the pages of ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark (vol.2)]]

* ResurrectTheVillain: [[spoiler:In ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark (vol.2) Circe, possessing Wonder Woman's body at the time, resurrects Drakul to serve her and in exchange she'll allow her to destroy Wonder Woman's body.]]

Post-Crisis, Egg Fu was reimagined first as an Apokoliptian super computer, and then as a centuries old criminal mastermind and mad scientist (and horrible racial stereotype) named Chang Tzu. The Chang Tzu incarnation was the head of a collective of mad scientists on Oolong Island, and produced weapons and technology for Intergang, until he was seemingly slain by a revolt among the other scientists. Returning to life four months later, he went on to menace both Checkmate and the Outsiders, before facing Wonder Woman, ComicBook/PowerGirl, and [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]] in ''Wonder Woman #600."

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Morrison's version of Egg Fu was a giant flying head inside a cybernetic apparatus who killed henchmen on a whim and acted as Intergang's top scientist. It's a pretty obvious parallel to Marvel's ComicBook/{{MODOK}}, a giant flying head inside a cybernetic apparatus who kills henchmen on a whim and acts as AIM's top scientist.

* EnergyBeing: The Fireworks Man turned himself into creature made from explosives.

An exceptionally large and aggressive gorilla, the Golden Age Giganta was the largest ape in captivity. After she broke out and went on a rampage (only to be stopped by Wonder Woman), ComicBook/SteveTrevor ordered her destroyed, despite the objections of her keepers. When well-meaning scientist Doctor Zool offered to change Giganta into a human being rather than killing her, Trevor agreed, hoping the experiment would kill the ape. Instead Giganta was changed into a seven foot tall woman who nevertheless retained all the strength and savagery of her original form.

->'''Universes:''' [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Earth-One]], [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Earth-Two]], Franchise/{{DCAU}}, Series/WonderWoman1975,

* GoingCommando: In one ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' story, after Comicbook/BlackCanary defeats Giganta, she goes, "If you insist on wearing a skirt into battle, put on some underpants, or at least learn to sit like a lady."

* WhatHappenedtotheMouse?: So, whatever happened to the circus strongwomen who had her mind placed in the body of a gorilla?

The Daughter of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} and the Amazonian Myrina, prophesied to cause great destruction at the behest of the Anti-God. At the same time as the birth of Diana to Hippolyta, the Amazonian assassin Myrina gave birth to the daughter of Darkseid in secret, aided by Penelope and watched by the oracle Menalippe. Upon the birth of the young girl, Grail was defended by her mother from Penelope, who heard of the prophecy from Menalippe of the destruction that would be caused by the girl when she grew. After murdering Menalippe, Myrina fled Themyscira, bringing her daughter with her as the first Amazons to leave the island.

* EnfanteTerrible: She's only a girl and has become a pretty big threat for Diana.

See his [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaAntagonist page here]].

->'''Universes:''' [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Earth-One]], [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Earth-Two]], [[ComicBook/PostCrisis New Earth]], Prime Earth, Franchise/{{DCAU}}, Earth-508

* AnIcePerson: In some continuities which don't want to rely on machinery he seems to have innate ice wielding powers.

* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: (Pre-Crisis) Former villain turned stalwart lifelong ally Paula starts out as seemingly an [[PsychoPsychologist evil Psychologist]] who is able to brainwash people into becoming her slaves and acting out her plans. She later develops a {{chronoscope}}--that is sometimes treated as an outright TimeMachine--, is able to treat Wonder Woman and ComicBook/SteveTrevor's mystical and bizarre injuries and ailments and is suddenly an expert in micro-biology, nuclear energy and anything else Diana may need to consult an expert on.

* KnockOutGas: Her shrinking gas also knocks the target unconscious, though ItOnlyWorksOnce on Wonder Woman, who deifies the knockout effect every time after she knows its coming.

* LargeAndInCharge: She's much taller than most of her subjects. DoubleSubverted with Villainy Inc, where Clea and Giganta both serve Eviless but then ditch her to do their own thing at the earliest opportunity.

* MinidressOfPower: Given the option, Clea will choose a green minidress everytime

See [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaAntagonist Justice league villains page]].

Originally a Nazi general, and a foe of UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} Franchise/WonderWoman, the Red Panzer's legacy has long survived his death, and the fall of the Third Reich, being adopted by various Neo-Nazis and fanatics. All of them have, at some point, come into conflict with Wonder Woman and Donna.

* StrawHypocrite: Red Panzer IV, who doesn't believe in Nazism at all, but wears the Red Panzer armor because ComicBook/VandalSavage told him to.

* OneManArmy: She is about as strong and fast as Franchise/WonderWoman and has been taught that killing is her reason for living.

* BrawnHilda: If Moose Mama isn't a CreepyCrosdresser, then she is this.

* TerribleTrio: Franchise/WonderWoman dealt with them during her days as a non-powered boutique owner in the 1960s. They started harassing Diana when she began sheltering a young woman they had been keeping as a slave. THEM were stopped by the combining efforts of Tony Petrucci, a young man living in the same neighborhood, and Diana who had taken on Top Hat by herself after the other two and their brutish henchmen were taken care of. They were about as bizarre as Wonder Woman's villains could get, but only made one appearance.

* BigBadWannabe: Veronica has aspirations towards being the ComicBook/LexLuthor to Diana's Superman, but her lack of combat skill or any real superhuman leverage, and her less than stellar planning skills tend to leave her at the mercy of more powerful villains like Circe, the Gorgons, and Dr. Psycho. She's still a very dangerous threat, but tends to find herself sidelined as soon as somebody worse shows up.

* DistaffCounterpart: To ComicBook/LexLuthor.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Cale thinks she's Wonder Woman's Comicbook/LexLuthor and accordingly, tries to act the part. Unfortunately, this consistently gets her into trouble when dealing with the actual supervillains in Wonder Woman's rogues gallery.

* DeadlyUpgrade: The White Magician upgrades his physical form with dark magic in anticipation of a fight with Artemis, and it ends up burning his body out and leaving only a pile of ashes for his remains.
* DealWithTheDevil: In his quest for power he makes a deal with a demon for powerful DarkMagic.

* HornedHumanoid: In his final form he ends up with demon like horns, reflecting the source of his ill gotten new power with DarkMagic.

* KarmaHoudini: She orchestrates and wins a brutal mob war and the closest thing she gets to punishment was ComicBook/TheJoker taking an interest and forcing her to work with him in chains for a couple of days which she escapes at the first opportunity.

* TheQueenpin: A ruthless and clever mob boss who does away with her competition, hires superpowered temps, builds a cross dimensional portal and knows better than to start vendettas against or kill Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} members which means ''she actually gets away with everything''.

* CombinationAttack

* YellowPeril: One of the most racist villains of the 1960s, no way around that. Seriously...a gigantic yellow ''egg'' with stereotypical Oriental features and a "mustache tlap". John Byrne later tried to retinker him as a supercomputer from Apokolips (and one that was deemed culturally insensitive within the story), but Grant Morrison brought back all the UnfortunateImplications when he named him Chang Tzu and made him part of a Chinese super team.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Some of her costumes have featured this look, especially the floor-length green dresses with V-necks criss-crossed in gold chain she likes to wear at home.

* EnergyAbsorbtion: The Merciless was capable of absorbing all of the power of the Valhalla warhead, capable of killing any being in the solar system.

* CreepyCrossdresser: She wears fake facial hair and dons a phony French accent to pass herself off as a man. In the Post-Crisis stories, this aspect was dropped and she's referred to as Hypnotic Woman.

* {{Intangibiity}}: As a living reflection, he can become intangible at will.

* MirrorMonster:

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* {{Sizeshifter}}
* SuperStrength

* [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman This Looks Like A Job For Wonder Woman]]: [[spoiler:Ultimately, Diana was really the only person who could've stopped her]].

* [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs They Call Me Dr. Zeul]]

* {{Manipulative B|astard}}itch: She tried to instigate a war between Earth and Saturn.

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[[WMG:Paper Man]]

* FreakLabAccident: Well, 'freak paper factory accident' but TropesAreFlexible.

* StalkerWithACrush: Is obsessed with Diana Prine

* {{Flight}}: Has the ability to become a malleable energy generating being who could fly.

[[folder:El Gaucho]]
[[WMG:El Gaucho]]
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->''"But now, El Gaucho has shown the world that no one may stand in the way of the Cartel...not even a Wonder Woman!"''

One of five assassins controlled by a mysterious entity called the Prime Planner. He originated from the wild pampas of South America and dressed much like South American gauchos. He is equipped with a flying silver robot horse, an electrified lasso, projectiles, and bolas which consist of three balls attached to a long rope that he throws at his victims.

->'''First appearance:''' ''Wonder Woman'' Vol 1 #265 (1980)

* BattleBolas: Uses a bolas equipped with explosives or noxious gas.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee.
* CaptainEthnic: A walking, talking Argentinian stereotype.
* EnhancedArchaicWeapon: Uses a BattleBolas equipped with explosives or noxious gas, and a lasso capable of delivering massive electric shocks.
* {{Gaucho}}: His name and his look.
* MechanicalHorse: Rides a a mechanical horse with flight capabilities.
* OneSteveLimit: He's got nothing to do with the heroic El Gaucho who's part of Batman Incorporated.
* StrawMisogynist: Is full of South American machismo and boasts that Diana has no chance against a "real man".

[[folder:Genocide]]
[[WMG:Genocide]]
-> '''AKA:''' [[spoiler:Princess Diana of Themyscira/Wonder Woman from the future (reanimated corpse)]]
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->''"No. Only Genocide kills. Suffer! Do you see it? A thin grail of human blood! covering the earth!"''

Created by the Secret Society of Super Villains from the soil of the sites of the world's worst atrocities[[spoiler:, using them to empower a corpse of Wonder Woman from the future]], Genocide has the strength of a god and nothing even resembling human compassion.

->'''First Appearance:''' ''Wonder Woman'' Vol 3 #26. (2009)
->'''Created By:''' Gail Simone & Aaron Lopresti

->''“Give [his tongue] back to him, Jinx. I want him to say my name. I want Travis Morgan and his insufferable daughter to say the name of the monarch of Venturia who had conquered Skartaris…”''

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->''“Compassion. We have studied this. It won’t work on me, mudling.”''

* AGodAmI: A self-proclaimed goddess.