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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 59258" data-attributes="member: 23"><p><strong><em>THE PLUTO FILE / LAST OF THE TWO DOLLAR BILLS</em></strong></p><p></p><p>These two are enjoyable for being examples of the "smaller" episodes. There's less of a sense of event compared with every single episode that came before. They don't feel as iconic as, say, the Drusilla episodes or Diana entering a beauty contest, but that goes in their favour. Instead, we get two well-structured stories that don't feel too showy.</p><p></p><p><em>The Pluto File</em> is notable for being the first episode in which the plot doesn't centre around a Nazi scheme. Instead we get a charming Irish terrorist carrying the bubonic plague. The Nazis are back in <em>Two Dollar </em>with an elaborate ploy to destroy the economy by forging money. And the only way for them to do this is by using plastic surgery to create doppelgängers of a man who works at the mint and his wife who runs the nearby cafe. It's delightfully OTT and foreshadows a theme that the series would pick up and run with in its second season: that trendy Seventies preoccupation with human cloning.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if the episodes aired in a different order to the filming chronology. In <em>Pluto</em>, the transformation spin is the one that became the long-term standard - Diana's hands are out at her side from beginning to end. In <em>Two</em> <em>Dollar Bills</em>, she's back to raising her hands in the air in a flourish, which still looks messy to me.</p><p></p><p>Watching this series is all about Diana's accessories. For the record, <em>Two Dollar Bills </em>sees two notable uses of wardrobe. Her star-spangled cape is worn again for a tour of the minting facility (previously seen in the <em>Fausta</em> episode, though worn by Fausta rather than WW). Here it's paired with the skirt briefly seen in the Pilot:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]8zZhfWFPyyA[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>It also marks the first time she uses her tiara as a boomerang to stop the bad guy:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]qahSU4RYblY[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Role model moment: In <em>The Pluto File,</em> WW is asked by a professor to give the square root of potential energy in order to prevent a meltdown that would cause a catastrophic earthquake. She happily obliges, pointing out that she was very good in school:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/wonderwoman/images/6/61/Episode107.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110309064856" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 59258, member: 23"] [B][I]THE PLUTO FILE / LAST OF THE TWO DOLLAR BILLS[/I][/B] These two are enjoyable for being examples of the "smaller" episodes. There's less of a sense of event compared with every single episode that came before. They don't feel as iconic as, say, the Drusilla episodes or Diana entering a beauty contest, but that goes in their favour. Instead, we get two well-structured stories that don't feel too showy. [I]The Pluto File[/I] is notable for being the first episode in which the plot doesn't centre around a Nazi scheme. Instead we get a charming Irish terrorist carrying the bubonic plague. The Nazis are back in [I]Two Dollar [/I]with an elaborate ploy to destroy the economy by forging money. And the only way for them to do this is by using plastic surgery to create doppelgängers of a man who works at the mint and his wife who runs the nearby cafe. It's delightfully OTT and foreshadows a theme that the series would pick up and run with in its second season: that trendy Seventies preoccupation with human cloning. I wonder if the episodes aired in a different order to the filming chronology. In [I]Pluto[/I], the transformation spin is the one that became the long-term standard - Diana's hands are out at her side from beginning to end. In [I]Two[/I] [I]Dollar Bills[/I], she's back to raising her hands in the air in a flourish, which still looks messy to me. Watching this series is all about Diana's accessories. For the record, [I]Two Dollar Bills [/I]sees two notable uses of wardrobe. Her star-spangled cape is worn again for a tour of the minting facility (previously seen in the [I]Fausta[/I] episode, though worn by Fausta rather than WW). Here it's paired with the skirt briefly seen in the Pilot: [MEDIA=youtube]8zZhfWFPyyA[/MEDIA] It also marks the first time she uses her tiara as a boomerang to stop the bad guy: [MEDIA=youtube]qahSU4RYblY[/MEDIA] Role model moment: In [I]The Pluto File,[/I] WW is asked by a professor to give the square root of potential energy in order to prevent a meltdown that would cause a catastrophic earthquake. She happily obliges, pointing out that she was very good in school: [IMG]http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/wonderwoman/images/6/61/Episode107.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110309064856[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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