Three years after the first movie, Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman 1984 was finally released on Christmas Day 2020 in both theaters and on HBO Max. Due to its success, DC has since hired Jenkins to helm a third Wonder Woman movie in the near future.
As per usual with a big-budget comic-book spectacle, Wonder Woman 1984 is littered with a slew of hidden Easter eggs, subtle nods, and covert references to Diana Prince's rich backstory.
10 Washington D.C.
While the film opens with an obvious reference to Diana's backstory in the Amazon Olympics, a more subtle nod to her time spent in Washington, D.C. in the comics can be found.
In the film, Diana works in the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian in D.C. This is a sly reference to Diana's time working at the Gateway City Museum in the nation's capital during the mid-90s. Diana also lived in Washington D.C. throughout the comic series and even ran for President during one issue published in the 1940s.
9 Etta Candy
Although Wonder Woman doesn't have her trusty friend Etta Candy to lean on for advice in the film, her old pal shows up in a background photograph placed in Diana's apartment.
While Etta must have passed away in the timeline set between the two films, Diana pays tribute to her best friend by framing a photo of them on a ferry. Etta's advanced age indicates she enjoyed a long life. A black-and-white photo in Diana's house also depicts her Batman V. Superman introduction.
8 Steve Trevor's Watch
One of the major plot points in the film concerns Steve Trevor's (Chris Pine) reincarnation in the body of a random stranger. However, some of his previous personal belongings can be spotted in a few scenes.
In Wonder Woman 1984, Diana keeps Steve's watch from the first film as a memento following his death. It's the only tangible reminder she has of her former love. Secondly, a photograph of Trevor Ranch (not included in the comics) can be spotted in the film, which Diana poses in front in another reference to her fallen beau.
7 Dreamstone
The key artifact in Wonder Woman 1984 is the invaluable Dreamstone, which grants its owner the power to realize their dreams and bring them into a reality of their choosing. Believe it or not, the Dreamstone has been a part of the DC lore since the 1960s.
Introduced in the 1963 issue Justice League Of America #19, the Dreamstone (aka Materioptikon) was originally a weapon designed by the villainous Doctor Destiny who used it against the Justice League. Later, the stone was used as one of 12 for the Dream of the Endless.
6 Simon Stagg
A crucial plot element in the film includes Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) running afoul of his chief investor, Simon Stagg (Oliver Cotton). As the CEO of Stagg Enterprises, Simon has been an ancillary DC villain since 1965.
While often limited to the world of corporate finance, Stagg often appears in the comics as a foe to such heroic figures as The Element Man, Metamorpho, and The Flash.
5 Cheetah's Sly Foreshadow
In the film, Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig) uses the Dreamstone to turn into an apex predator called Cheetah. But before she makes her feline transformation, Barbara makes a verbal reference of things to come.
When addressing Diana's elegant outfit, Barbara compliments her "animal print" high heels. This is a direct reference to her impending metamorphosis from Barbara to Cheetah, and how much the character enjoys her new catlike appearance.
4 Invisible Jet
One of the biggest historical references to the lore of Wonder Woman comes via her trademark Invisible Jet, which was introduced with the character in 1942. Diana used the aircraft until she had the ability to fly manually four decades later.
In Wonder Woman 1984, Diana uses a cloaking-spell to hide the aircraft stolen by her and Steve. Although it's been given a bit of a wrinkle, this is an overt nod to the character's iconic invisible jet.
3 Bialya & Black Adam
While most of the film is set in Washington D.C., a subplot takes Wonder Woman on a sojourn to Egypt. While in the Middle East, mention is made of the country of Bialya, a fictional nation first introduced by DC in 1987.
Introduced in Justice League #2, Bialya is a fictitious country in the Middle East and houses a strategic military base where supervillain Black Adam slaughtered thousands of locals decades later.
2 Diana's Golden Armor
Despite originating in the comics during the 1990s, a whole new backstory regarding Diana's Golden Eagle Armor is given in the movie. In the film, the armor is a generational relic passed down to Diana after it was worn by Asteria and several other Olympians.
However, the iconic armor was first introduced in the four-part Elseworlds' Kingdom Come series published in 1996. The Golden Eagle Armor was tailor-made for Diana by Pallas, another powerful Amazonian.
1 Asteria/Lynda Carter
Younger Wonder Woman fans may have no idea who the woman is that makes a cameo appearance in the mid-credit sequence. The woman is none other than Lynda Carter, the actress who played Wonder Woman in the eponymous TV Series that ran from 1975 t0 1979.
In a loving nod to Carter's involvement with the property, Jenkins cast her as Asteria, the Amazonian Golden Warrior. The character does not exist in the comics and was created specifically for Wonder Woman 1984.
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