Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman (1976)

134 mistakes in season 1

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Starring: Lynda Carter

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-fi

Wonder Woman vs Gargantua - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: After Gargantua slams Steigler into the desk, Steigler's body can barely be seen on top of the desk and looks like most of his body is behind the desk. However, when the MP enters the room, Steigler is shown to be on top of the desk and his whole body can be seen. Gargantua didn't move him and Steigler is unconscious.

The Bushwhackers - S1-E13

Visible crew/equipment: After Lampkin tells his buddies to deal him into the poker game and how they'll clean out Diamond H cattle, when it cuts to the Maria and Charlie doing dishes, there is something at the left side of the screen that moves with the camera, which should not be seen onscreen (widescreen version).

Super Grover

The Bushwhackers - S1-E13

Visible crew/equipment: After Steve finds out the truth about Lampkin, while the Deputy chases Steve in the jeep we can see a bit of the back end of the filming vehicle in one of the shots facing Steve, at the bottom left side of the screen (widescreen version).

Super Grover

The Bushwhackers - S1-E13

Visible crew/equipment: While JP checks the kids before their breakfast he tells them they could all use more elbow grease behind their ears, and as the camera pulls back the shadow of the boom mic is moving on the wall, at the right side of the screen (widescreen version).

Super Grover

Last of the $2 Bills - S1-E9

Other mistake: When the two dollar bill engraving plates are being stolen from the Bureau of Printing and Engraving (in reality it's called Bureau of Engraving and Printing), in the closeup of the plates we see the obverse and reverse sides do not look like the images on real two dollar bills of that era (perhaps this was deliberate, but still an error).

Super Grover

Formula 407 - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: After Diana sidesteps Antonio's advances, when Wonder Woman rushes off to save Steve she's grabbed by one of the Nazis who holds a chloroformed handkerchief to her face with his right hand, but in the closeup it's in his left hand, and then it's back in his right hand.

Super Grover

Judgment from Outer Space: Part 1 - S1-E10

Visible crew/equipment: When Steve is telling Diana about the full scale search for Andros while they're in Steve's office, just as Steve sits down the camera pans to the left and we can see the shadow of the boom mic moving at the top left corner of the screen, as well as the end of the set wall at the left side of the screen.

Super Grover

Last of the $2 Bills - S1-E9

Visible crew/equipment: When Hank kicks Steve down the basement stairs, in the following shots the shadow of the boom pole/mic is moving around on the wall, at the left side of the screen. Then after Steve picks the lock on the chain he opens the back door, and the shadow of the boom mic is moving at the top of the screen.

Super Grover

The Feminum Mystique: Part 2 - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: While Nazis are invading Paradise Island, back at the deserted warehouse when one of the Nazis brings Drusilla a hot meal he slams the door shut, but when Drusilla hits him in the stomach the door is suddenly wide open, but when she rushes out of the room the door is closed and she pushes it open.

Super Grover

The Feminum Mystique: Part 2 - S1-E6

Other mistake: On Paradise Island, while the Nazis are distracted by the quarreling Amazons in the water, when Wonder Woman jumps and lands beside Queen Hippolyta her boots are flat, but the heels soon appear when she rushes off with the bracelets. This happens again later, when Wonder Woman chases after the XPJ-1 on the runway.

Super Grover

Trivia: Jeannie Epper, Lynda Carter's stunt double's son, was bullied in school by his peers who didn't believe his mother played Wonder Woman. Lynda Carter heard this and invited them to the set.

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Answer: The transformation twirling was invented for the 1970s TV series only, to explain her quick change from Diana Prince to Wonder Woman. However, it would have been nice to do a little spin homage in the movie.

Answer: She does. However, if she were to use any of her abilities as Diana Prince, everybody, including her enemies would be able to make the connection that Diana Prince and Wonder Woman are the same person which could be used to get revenge on her. By not using her abilities in her civilian disguise, nobody would suspect anything at all and she could keep herself and her friends safe.

So it was more a choice that she decided an Ice Skating move was less conspicuous than say, ducking in a phone booth like Superman? If Clark Kent enters a a phone booth, and Superman comes out, don't you think even the dull of mind would get the connection?

That's because Clark Kent has super speed so he can easily run into a phone booth quickly and leave as Superman as quickly too or whenever Clark does need to change into Superman out in the open, there's never around to see him change. It's a plot device that's really effective.

Could one man or gal. We're supposed to just believe almost everyone these two are around can't figure out of the obvious. Characters like Spider-Man and Batman can do this because of their masks, so these excuses just don't pass with me.

Rob245

Answer: As Diana Prince she didn't have the super powers that Wonder Woman has, although as an Amazon princess she does have greater strength than normal humans. Diana's mom taught her how to transform her ordinary clothes into her Wonder Woman outfit (as opposed to just doing a quick change like Clark Kent does). Her outfit, which her mother gives her when she leaves includes the "golden girdle of Gaea." The girdle provides enhanced strength and heightens her other abilities. As to why she spins, it was a stylized choice to add something extra to the show and hadn't been done in the comics. Although they did change it up a bit due to budget and time. Later, Wonder Woman comic writers would include the spin into the comics, but by then it was generally to put her into her secret identity, not to give her her powers. But as to why Diana Prince doesn't have super powers in the 70's show, as opposed to other incarnations of her; the original TV movie pilot had Diana powerless like the character was during the Bronze Age of Wonder Woman (late 60's) when Diana decided to stay on Earth and became mortal. That series was not picked up, but a 2nd attempt at it, starring Lynda Carter, was and the series loosely based Diana on the first pilot but through magic could transform into the superhero Wonder Woman.

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