History Series / WonderWoman1975

The movie-length pilot episode and first season aired on Creator/{{ABC}}, and were set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, inspired from [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 the original comics]] by Creator/WilliamMoultonMarston and Harry G. Peter. From the second season, the series moved to Creator/{{CBS}}, was retitled ''The New Adventures of Wonder Woman'', and the setting moved to the present day (i.e., TheSeventies). Wonder Woman, being an ageless Amazon, hadn't aged a day, while Lyle Waggoner switched to playing the [[IdenticalGrandson remarkably familiar-looking]] Steve Trevor Jr.

** In the comic books Wonder Woman has two lariats, the lasso of compulsion and the lasso of truth. They have different powers and she finds using both at once unwieldly, so they are almost never seen together unless she teams up with one of the Wonder Girls. In this show her lasso has the abilities of both lariats plus some [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands powers neither had in the comics]], such as mild wish granting ability on the part of those who submit to it(once erasing specific memories of Irene Janus at her request). What's more this shows Wonder Girl has an exact duplicate, so they can both access all of these perks whenever they feel like it.

** Steve Trevor in the comics was decidely two steps and half behind Wonder Woman in all aspects, but he was still far more tenacious and resourceful than he was in this show.
** The protagonist herself, on paper. The Golden Age Earth Two Wonder Woman was resistant to all mundane toxins and anesthetics, needing magical or alien substances to really slow down, while the one on this show was susceptiple to chloroform. She also retained all of her gifts wherever she was, while the show's Wonder Woman could only use her powers away from Paradise Island if she wore her belt. In practice this Wonder Woman ''lacked'' [[AttackItsWeakpoint the back of head base of skull weakspot]] her the Golden Age comic counterpart possessed, which evidently made her far harder to deal with.

* {{Zeerust}}: In "Time Bomb", the time travelers, Adam Clement and Cassandra Loren, wear silvery clothes and computers all have big consoles complete with lots of levers and colored buttons. The Earth is a series of domed cities. All of which is very reminiscent of a 1950's view of future.

* InstantCostumeChange: Nobody ''ever'' put a better [[JustForPun spin]] on this trope than Carter did. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ecux9dlr-I&feature=related Nobody.]]

* SpoiledByTheCastList: In "My Teen Idol Is Missing", special guest star Leif Garrett as Lane/[[spoiler: Michael]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: Prior to being cast as Wonder Woman a nearly bankrupt Lynda Carter accepted the title role in 'Bobbi Jo and the Outlaw', a sleazy exploitation flick where she played a murderous bank-robber and involved her in much nudity and several sex scenes. Once Wonder Woman started airing the production company rushed the film into distribution in order to exploit her new found fame, featuring her image prominently in all the advertising. This created a mild scandal given how Wonder Woman was considered such a positive role model for children and the feminist movement.

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* YouClonedHitler: In "Anschluss '77", Wonder Woman foils a plot by remnants of the Nazis from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in [[ArgentinaIsNaziland Argentina]] cloning Hitler. It was one of the few times Wonder Woman [[TooPowerfulToLive killed anyone]]. If you're going to kill someone, [[invoked]] [[AcceptableTargets Hitler is a good choice]].