History WesternAnimation / WonderWoman2009

* AnAesop: Generalizing people just for their sex is both wrong and harmful, as well as enforcing roles based on one's sex. People should be allowed to live and be judged by their individual character and integrity. Both sides of good and evil demonstrate StrawMisogynist and StrawFeminist beliefs respectfully, which end up causing nothing but harm, and it's only when Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor discuss their own misconceptions on their own biased beliefs and embrace as mutually-respected individuals that things change for the better. Best summed up by Wonder Woman's response to Ares' BreakingSpeech on the nature of man.
-->'''Ares:''' Did your mother not warn you this is how it would turn out? That you would suffer at the wicked, cruel hands of Man?\\
'''Wonder Woman:''' [[ShutUpHannibal You're no man. Not the kind I've come to know!]]

''Wonder Woman'' is an animated film from 2009 and part of the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line, involving a kind of SuperheroOrigin for the [[Franchise/WonderWoman title character]]. It stars ''Series/{{Felicity}}''[='=]s Creator/KeriRussell as Diana/Wonder Woman, and ''Series/{{Firefly}}'''s Creator/NathanFillion as ComicBook/SteveTrevor. The film involves Diana's first venture into the outside world in order to stop ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}}, the Greek god of war, from gaining all the powers of Olympus and using them to destroy the world.

* AbnormalAmmo: The missiles on the invisible jet [[spoiler:are invisible, too.]]

* 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. She was driven to join Ares by her desperation for companionship and children of her own which Hippolyta strictly forbid for centuries. Her ShutUpKirk to the queen is said in a very tragic tone.
--> "The Amazons are warriors. But we are ''women'' too."

--> '''Steve''': Your mother and Ares? Really? The whole God of War thing didn't raise any red flags? I guess it's not surprising. Women always go for the bad boy.

-->'''Ares:''' Did your mother not warn you this is how it would turn out? That you would suffer at the wicked, cruel hands of Man?
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' [[ShutUpHannibal You're no man. Not the kind I've come to know!]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: The movie ends with [[spoiler: Diana changing into her costume to fight The Cheetah]].

-->'''Ares:''' For you may be [[TheHighQueen the Queen]] of the [[ProudWarriorRace Amazons]], but I am the [[WarGod God of War!!]]
-->'''Ares:''' You are a fool if you think you can hold me forever. I am more than a god. I am a force of nature!

** [[spoiler: Hades helps Ares by breaking his restraints, secretly anticipating his defeat and subsequent enslavement in the Underworld.]]
** [[spoiler: Diana tricks Ares into using Zeus' lightning to finish her rather than doing it the old-fashioned way. This lets her pull ''him'' into the blast using her lasso, weakening him long enough for her to behead him.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: The Amazons coming to help Diana and handle Ares' army in Washington DC.]]
* TheBigDamnKiss: Diana and Steve after [[spoiler: Ares is killed and his army retreats]].
* {{BFS}}: Artemis wields one. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Hippolyta.
-->'''Hippolyta''': And you could not find a bigger sword, Artemis? \\
'''Artemis''': Sword? This is but my dagger.

* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Cheetah makes a brief appearance at the end.]]
* CameBackStrong[=/=]CameBackWrong: [[spoiler: The revenant Amazons.]] All of them suffer MarionetteMotion, are skeletal, complete with [[RedEyesTakeWarning ominous red eyes.]] [[spoiler: Alexa]] is the only one who looks normal aside from the fatal injury remnant. [[spoiler: Upon being freed from Ares' control, they retain their undead appearance, but then fight for their fellow Amazons again]].

** Alexa, who's [[spoiler:killed by Persephone and later brought back to life to fight against the Amazons.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Alexa's love of philosophy books, through which she [[spoiler:learned the spell required to break Ares' command over resurrected Amazons.]]

* CoolPlane: Her iconic invisible jet. [[spoiler:[[AbnormalAmmo Its missiles are invisible too]].]]

--->'''Artemis''': I could have shot her in the leg. Not near an artery, of course.\\
'''Hippolyta''': [[SarcasmMode You are the soul of thoughtfulness, Artemis]].

* DecapitatedArmy: [[spoiler:Literally. Once Diana beheads Ares, his soldiers just look on for a moment, then turn around and walk off]].

* DoubleStandard: A major plot point. [[spoiler: The reason Persephone defects is her frustration and resentment at being forced to live a military life of solitude while Hippolyta was allowed to have a baby and raise a family.]]

* DualWielding: Some Amazons, [[spoiler: with zombie!Alexa being the most notable one.]]

** Ares and [[spoiler: Persephone]] likewise seem to be genuinely in love after centuries of courtship. Or at the very least, Ares respects her as a powerful combatant.

* ExactWords: Hades informs Ares that Zeus "begged me not to help you" when Ares asks him to remove his RestrainingBolt. [[spoiler:At the very end of the movie, when Ares has been killed and is another helpless slave to Hades, Hades reveals that the reason Zeus asked for that was that Zeus would not be able to save Ares again]].

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Persephone falls in love with Ares during her time guarding his cell and helps him escape.]]

* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler: The zombified Alexa]] fights back against Ares' control over her enough to tell Artemis [[spoiler: the incantation to free the zombified Amazons from his control, and to keep herself from killing Artemis]].

** [[spoiler: A brief one focuses on Cheetah. After jumping on top of an officer's shoulders, a close-up shows Cheetah's feet standing on his shoulders before she uses them to kill him with a NeckSnap.]]

-->'''Hippolyta:''' "You were given a life of peace and beauty!"
-->'''Persephone:''' "And denied one of families and children. Yes Hippolyta, the Amazons ''are'' warriors, but we are ''women'' too."

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Ares gains the powers of the Olympian pantheon, with the intention of using them to overthrow Olympus and destroy the world. In his fight against Diana, he attempts to use Zeus' lightning to finish her, but she uses her lasso to pull him into it and jumps out of the way. The blast of lightning depowers Ares long enough for Diana to decapitate him. Seconds before this, Ares calls out to Zeus to save his life (like he did in the prologue), but it seems dear old daddy wasn't too pleased with the "overthrow Olympus and destroy the world" plan.]]

** Then there's also the fact that the only reason [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Hippolyta]] hates men at all is because her past relationship with Ares. Something [[JerkAssHasAPoint Steve]] also [[LampshadeHanging points out]] earlier on, as of course someone who calls himself the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The God of War"]] would not be a good person to begin with. And that she has no one but herself to blame for Ares' treatment of her.

-->'''Artemis''': Her ''deal'' is that I will personally castrate you if you come within five yards of her.

* IronicEcho: In the opening battle, Artemis rebukes Alexa for relying on wisdom from "some dead philosopher" rather than fighting with her sword. Later, during the battle in DC, [[spoiler: Alexa saves the Amazons from their own dead sisters by revealing to Artemis a chant which releases the undead Amazons from Ares' control... a chant that Alexa learned in a magic book by "some dead philosopher".]]

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Ares with his OneWingedAngel powers specifically summons the Amazons' deceased fighters as a way to torment them.]]

* MagicAIsMagicA: Latin incantations must be said twice in quick succession to cast the magic behind them. [[spoiler: The zombified Alexa]] reveals that they also cannot be administered to the spell-caster him or herself. It requires a separate person to administer them.
* MarionetteMotion: [[spoiler:The Amazon zombies. They lose it after Artemis frees them from Ares' control]].

--> '''Steve:''' ''No one'' messes with Lincoln!
* MostCommonSuperpower: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Steve Trevor to the point of almost making a BoobBasedGag joke.
-->'''Hippolyta''': What other depraved thoughts might you be thinking? \\
'''Steve''': God, your daughter's [[BuxomBeautyStandard got a nice rack]].

** Possibly. In the closing scene, Diana is seen [[{{Franchise/Superman}} wearing glasses as part of a new secret identity and begins changing for combat by pulling opening her shirt to reveal her costume underneath]].

** [[spoiler:Cheetah manages to do one with her ''feet'' during the ending]].

** Used repeatedly throughout the film. Particularly effective when Diana herself uses it [[spoiler: after Ares' influence pushes the President of the United States to launch a nuke at Themyscira, causing the war god to reach new levels of strength.]]

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Controlled by the god of war, who has gained the powers of Hades.]] All of them are [[spoiler:Amazons]]. Any more who are killed instantly [[spoiler:come under Ares' control. They are freed from his control by an ancient chant, however, and seem to have most of their former minds intact when that happens.]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Given by Trevor to Diana after [[spoiler: Steve saves her instead of stopping Ares from opening the gates of Tartarus]].

** Latin incantations are used three times. [[spoiler: The third time is by Alexa]].
** [[spoiler:Steve finally gets that kiss on his third try]].
* RunningGag: The vulgarity of "crap." At first, the Amazons are disgusted by it (including Diana) but she ends up using it later [[spoiler: after seeing a powered up Ares.]]

** The following exchange is quoted near word for word from ''{{Film/Ninotchka}}'':
--> '''Diana:''' Must you flirt?
--> '''Steve:''' It's natural.
--> '''Diana:''' Suppress it.

* SmallStepsHero / AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Whilst fighting Ares at the gates of Hades, Diana is endangered, and Steve opts to rescue her rather than try to stop Ares; later, Diana calls him out for it. To his credit, he does defy the AlwaysSaveTheGirl trope: "I'm not going to leave a friend like that -- man '''or''' woman!"

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Wonder Woman's outfit; [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] a few times by Steve Trevor.
--> '''Steve''': Let's get you changed into something that won't get me arrested for solicitation first.

** The Amazons are isolated on an island with no men. This means that none of the Amazons are able to have any children or families of their own. Hippolyta was granted a child through the magic of the gods, but otherwise no other Amazons can have families. This is [[spoiler: Persephone's primary motive for her FaceHeelTurn]], and realizing this triggers Hippolyta's JerkassRealization.

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Alexa, after coming BackFromTheDead. She beats Artemis one-on-one, and manages to tell her the spell to break dead Amazons from Ares's control.]]

-->'''Hippolyta:''' You were given a life of peace and beauty!
-->'''Persephone:''' And denied one of families and children. Yes Hippolyta, the Amazons '''are''' warriors, but we are '''women''' too.

* ActionPrologue: The story starts in the middle of the final battle against Ares when he tries to take over the world for the first time, with

** In addition, this version of Etta is much bitcher. Being a rival with Wonder Woman for Steve Trevor's attention.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While Etta Candy in the comics and most versions isn't considered ugly, she is mostly plain, short, and chubby. In the film, she's beautiful, taller, and thinner.

* OffModel: Upon Deimos's appearance, Diana immediately dons her tiara. In the next shot, it's gone, only to return in the shot following that.

* HairstyleInertia: Averted with Persephone, who goes from long hair in ActionPrologue to PeekABangs in the story proper.

* PeekABangs: Persephone. Justified, as they cover up her injured and blind eye.

* MostCommonSuperpower: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Steve Trevor to the point of almost making a GagBoobs joke.

'''Steve''': God, your daughter's got a nice rack.

* AdaptationalJerkass: In addition, this version of Etta is much bitcher. Being a rival with Wonder Woman for Steve Trevor's attention.

** There were a few critics of that here too, according to Wiki/ThatOtherWiki, to the extent that the {{Novelization}} leaves out them murdering the guards. The producers of the 2011 pilot were either warned too late about this reaction or just didn't listen.

* PantyShot: Diana gets one during the fight with Deimos. Downplayed since the "panties" are the bottom half of her normal costume.