Wonder Woman: Anschluss '77

"Anschluss '77" is the second episode of season two of the superhero action series Wonder Woman and the sixteenth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Alan Crosland with a teleplay written by Dallas L. Barnes. It first aired on CBS on Friday, September 23rd, 1977 at 8:00 pm. In this episode, Diana Prince and the Inter-Agency Defense Command have to investigate fringe elements of the old Nazi party that are active in South America. Their objective? Cloning Hitler, of course!

Notes & Trivia



 * Wonder Woman is based on characters created by Charles Moulton. It was developed for television by Stanley Ralph Ross.


 * Director Alan Crosland, Jr. is credited as Alan Crosland in this episode.


 * Actor Norman Burton is credited as Normann Burton in this episode.


 * This is the fourth episode of Wonder Woman directed by Alan Crosland. It is his second episode from season two of the series. He previously directed "The Return of Wonder Woman".


 * This is the only episode of Wonder Woman written by Dallas L. Barnes.

Allusions

 * The title of this episode is taken from "Anschluss Österreichs", which was the Nazi propaganda term for the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in March, 1938.


 * Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party in Germany during the 1940s and served as chancellor from 1933 until his death in 1945.


 * Nazi is a term referring to the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which was a political party that was established in 1920. By the mid 1930s up until 1945, it was the dominant authoritative body in Germany and was led by Adolf Hitler.


 * World War II is an armed military conflict that involved numerous nations across the globe, that took place 1939 and 1945. It involved the cooperative efforts of the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) against those of the Allies, which consisted of the United Kingdom, France, Poland, and eventually the United States.

Quotes

 * Steve Trevor: Wonder Woman, what are you doing in South America?
 * Wonder Woman': I think my reasons for being here are pretty much the same as yours. Are you all right?
 * Steve Trevor: Oh yeah, except for my whole body.

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 * Wonder Woman': It took me a while to get back but I guess I was... lucky.
 * Steve Trevor: You were lucky for the both of us.

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 * Joe Atkinson: So he was cloned and then, eh, un-cloned.
 * Steve Trevor: That's it.
 * Joe Atkinson: And Wonder Woman helped you to find the secret Nazi base.
 * Steve Trevor: Eh, she was even there for the un-cloning, but by that time, she'd changed into a medical technician.
 * Diana Prince: And subsequently destroyed the lab.
 * Joe Atkinson: Well, it's your report, not mine.