TV's Wonder Women: Who Wore The Costume Best?

From legitimate portrayals to wacky homages, we're celebrating the many women (and men) who have gotten to play dress-up with Diana Prince's iconic wardrobe.

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(Actual) Wonder Woman, Super Friends (ABC)

Though Wonder Woman technically made her small-screen debut in a 1972 episode of The Brady Kids, she became a bonafide TV star thanks to Super Friends in 1973.

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(Actual) Wonder Woman, Justice League (Cartoon Network)

2001's Justice League introduced Wonder Woman — now with shiny star earrings! — to a new generation of TV viewers.

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Lynda Carter, Wonder Woman (ABC and CBS)

Let's be real: Carter, who played the lasso-tossing heroine from 1975 to 1979, is the Wonder Woman to whom all Wonder Women shall be compared for the rest of time — a true OG.

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Cathy Lee Crosby, Wonder Woman (ABC)

We have a lot of (sleeves?) questions about the costume (sleeves??) from this 1974 made-for-TV movie. (Why are there sleeves?!)

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Peter Griffin, Family Guy (Fox)

In the 2007 episode "My Two Dads," Peter proved that Wonder Women come in all shapes and sizes. (And levels of intelligence.)

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Lois Griffin, Family Guy (Fox)

Not to be outdone by her husband, Lois also donned a Wonder Woman costume — complete with an invisible jet — in the 2009 episode "Family Goy."

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Emily Deschanel, Bones (Fox)

Brennan squeezed her Bones into a Wonder Woman costume during 2007's "Mummy in the Maze."

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Rachel Bilson, The O.C. (Fox)

2003 marked Seth's "best Chrismukkah ever," thanks to this little surprise from Bilson's Summer. (She gets extra points for actually using her lasso to rope in her prey.)

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Adrianne Palicki, Wonder Woman (NBC)

David E. Kelley's 2011 Wonder Woman pilot never made it to air, but Palicki's costume — for better or worse — will live a long, happy life on the Internet.

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Erica Durance, Smallville (The CW) and Harry's Law (NBC)

Two years after donning an "Amazon princess" costume on Smallville, Durance went full-on Wonder Woman for a 2012 episode of Harry's Law.

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Kelly Ripa, 2012 TV Land Awards
(Not gonna lie, we'd totally watch LIVE With Wonder Woman and Michael.)

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Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Penny's incorporation of Wonder Woman's cape into her 2011 costume was a bold fashion risk, to be sure, but our inner Tim Gunn tells us it paid off.

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