The New Original Wonder Woman (1975 TV Movie)

Cloris Leachman: Queen Hippolyta

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Quotes 

• Queen Hippolyte : The skirt can be discarded if it should prove cumbersome.

  [Diana discards it almost immediately] 

• Queen Hippolyte : I named this island "Paradise" for an excellent reason. There are no men on it. Thus, it is free of their wars, their greed, their hostility, their... barbaric... masculine... behavior.

  [she bites her hand] 

• Queen Hippolyte : And this is your Golden Lasso. Beside being made from an indestructible material, it also carries with it the power to compel people to tell the truth. Use it well, and with compassion.

• Queen Hippolyte : Go in peace, my daughter. And remember that, in a world of ordinary mortals, you are a Wonder Woman.

• Diana : You wanted to see me, Mother?

  Queen Hippolyte : You may leave his care to others.

  Diana : Well, thank you, but I would prefer to stay on until I'm certain that he's well.

  Queen Hippolyte : That was a command, not a request.

  Diana : Am I allowed to ask why?

  Queen Hippolyte : You are very intelligent.

  Diana : I am your daughter.

  Queen Hippolyte : There are so many things you don't know. Do you have any idea of your age?

  Diana : By what standard?

  Queen Hippolyte : By the Earth's clock.

  Diana : No.

  Queen Hippolyte : You are immortal, as are all of us on Paradise Island. If you should ever leave here, you could revert to a human being.

  Diana : Why are you telling me this now, Mother?

  Queen Hippolyte : Because I sense what might happen between you and that man. We are stronger, wiser and more advanced than all those people in their jungles out there. Our civilization is perfection!

  Diana : No. There's something missing, Mother. When I look at Steve Trevor, I feel things. Things I've never known before.

  Queen Hippolyte : There are some things that are better not known. Young Amazon minds are best occupied with athletic discipline and higher learning. We now know why he was in the area. That man must be returned to his own country.

  Diana : But why, Mother?

  Queen Hippolyte : For his safety... and ours. One of our young Amazon girls will escort him to his country, and then return to Paradise Island.

  Diana : But all the girls will want that task.

  Queen Hippolyte : I know. To forestall any ill feelings, I have planned a tournament of athletic games, by which I alone shall determine the strongest, nimblest, and most likely aspirant for the assignment.

  Diana : A tournament! That's a wonderful idea, Mother. I look forward to participating in the games myself.

  Queen Hippolyte : You? Never.

  Diana : But, Mother! I don't understand...

  Queen Hippolyte : [interrupting]  I cannot risk my only begotten child, our princess, on a mission in behalf of the life of a... a savage!

• Wonder Woman : [still barefoot, rushing up stairs to podium]  Mother!

  [remembers to be formal:] 

  Wonder Woman : Oh, Your Highness, Doctor...

  Queen Hippolyte : Where did you find the man, daughter?

  Wonder Woman : On the beach, near the cave. Will he be all right?

  Queen Hippolyte : Yes, in time. But will we be all right?

  Wonder Woman : We, Mother?

  Queen Hippolyte : The instant he returns to civilization the world will know about us. Our island. Then where will we be?

  Wonder Woman : But, surely, some men can be trusted?

  Queen Hippolyte : You're too young to remember... how... we women were slaves in Rome... and Greece. I promised myself it would never happen again. We found... this island... where we could live in harmony... peace, sisterhood...

  [to the Doctor:] 

  Queen Hippolyte : Be gone!