Antiope (character)#Film

{{Infobox comics character

|character_name = Antiope

|image = DCAntiope.jpg

|caption = Antiope, from Wonder Woman vol. 2 #177 (February 2002). Art by Phil Jimenez.

|real_name =

|publisher = DC Comics

|debut = Wonder Woman #312 (February 1984)

|creators = Dan Mishkin (writer)
Don Heck (penciler)

|alliances = Amazons

|aliases =

|powers = Enhanced strength, enhanced speed, enhanced durability, and highly developed fighting skills.

}}

Antiope is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, usually as a supporting character in stories featuring Wonder Woman and the Amazons of Paradise Island/Themyscira. Created by writer Dan Mishkin and visualized by artist Don Heck, she first appeared in Wonder Woman #312 (February 1984), and is based on the mythological Antiope, one of the mythological Amazons.{{cite book |last1=Jimenez |first1=Phil |last2=Wells |first2=John |title=The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia |date=2010 |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=978-0345501073 |pages=30–31}}

In most incarnations Antiope is depicted as the sister of Wonder Woman's mother, Queen Hippolyta. In the continuity of DC Comics' 2011 reboot, The New 52, she is also known as Alcippe, and is Hippolyta's mother and the founding leader of the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall, who is worshiped by them as a sacred ancestor.

In the 2017 DC Extended Universe live-action feature film Wonder Woman, she was portrayed by Robin Wright. Wright returned to portray the character in flashbacks in the 2020 film Wonder Woman 1984.

Fictional character biography

Antiope is introduced in Wonder Woman #312 in February 1984 as a high-ranking Amazon who is disillusioned with Hippolyta's rule and plots to overthrow her.{{cite comic|date=February 1984|title=Wonder Woman|story=|volume=1|issue=312|publisher=DC Comics}}{{cite web |url=http://www.looper.com/68550/characters-wonder-woman-meaning-realize/ |title=Characters from Wonder Woman with more meaning than you realize |publisher=Looper.com |first=Colin |last=Spindler |date=5 June 2017 |access-date=June 27, 2017}} She is killed by the Anti-Monitor's Shadow Demons in Crisis on Infinite Earths.{{cite comic|date=October 1985|title=Wonder Woman|story=|volume=1|issue=328|publisher=DC Comics}}

Following Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC's continuity is rebooted. Antiope is resurrected and depicted as the reincarnation of a woman who was killed years prior. She helps found Themyscira before being killed by Ariadne, and returns as a spirit to guide Hippolyta's daughter Diana.{{cite comic|date=February 1987|title=Wonder Woman|story=|volume=2|issue=1|publisher=DC Comics}}{{cite comic|date=April 1989|title=Wonder Woman|story=|volume=2|issue=29|publisher=DC Comics}}{{cite comic|date=February 2002|title=Wonder Woman|story=|volume=2|issue=#177|publisher=DC Comics}}

Abilities

All Themyscirian Amazons possess various degrees of superhuman strength, speed, stamina and extraordinarily acute senses which were gifts they were blessed with by their gods. As shown by various tribe members, they have the capability to break apart steel and concrete with their bare hands,Wonder Woman vol. 2 #59 jump over 12 feet from a standing position,Wonder Woman vol. 2 #57 have a high durability factor,Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War #1 (October 2001) enhanced healing,Wonder Woman vol. 2 #30 and the ability to absorb and process a vast amount of knowledge in a short period of time.Wonder Woman vol. 2 #3

Themyscirian Amazons can heal themselves by merging with the Earth and reforming their bodies.Wonder Woman vol. 2 #120

In other media

File:Antiope-DC Comics-WW (2017).jpg as Antiope in Wonder Woman (2017).]]

=Television=

Antiope appears in Justice League, voiced by Maggie Wheeler.{{cite web |title=Antiope Voice - Justice League (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Justice-League/Antiope/ |access-date=November 11, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
Antiope appears in the DC Super Hero Girls episode "#AwesomeAuntAntiope", voiced by April Winchell. This version is rebellious, fun-loving, and rides a motorcycle.

=Film=

Antiope appears in films set in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), portrayed by Robin Wright:
Antiope first appears in Wonder Woman (2017).{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/24/wonder-woman-first-look-gal-gadot-robin-wright-connie-nielsen |title=Wonder Woman: Gal Gadot, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen first look |last=Sperling |first=Nicole |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 24, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016}} Director Patty Jenkins said that they needed "someone who seems under control and is not overly aggressive, but who is truly a badass", regarding Wright's casting as Antiope.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2017/06/01/interview-director-patty-jenkins-bringing-wonder-woman-cinema-screens/ |title=Interview: Director Patty Jenkins on bringing Wonder Woman to cinema screens |publisher=TheHollywoodNews.com |date=June 1, 2017 |access-date=June 27, 2017}} Producer Charles Roven calls the character "the greatest warrior of all time".{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/wonder-woman/wonder-woman-exclusive-new-look-robin-wright/ |title=Wonder Woman: Exclusive New Look At Robin Wright |work=Empire |date=May 30, 2017 |access-date=June 27, 2017}} In the film, Diana is jointly raised by Queen Hippolyta, her sister General Antiope, and Lieutenant Menalippe; while Hippolyta wants to shield young Diana from the outside world, Antiope wants to train her as a warrior. Hippolyta and Antiope share the secret that Diana is Hippolyta's daughter with the god Zeus, and that their nemesis, the war god Ares, will someday try to destroy her as he did the other gods who opposed him. Going against Hippolyta's wishes, Antiope secretly trains Diana in combat, and ultimately convinces Hippolyta that though Diana's use of her powers will attract Ares, only learning to use them can save her. When the Germans later invade Themyscira in pursuit of Steve Trevor, Antiope sacrifices herself to save Diana.
Antiope appears in a flashback in Justice League (2017), fighting Darkseid's first attempted invasion of Earth millennia ago.{{cite web |url=http://screenrant.com/wonder-woman-antiope-justice-league/ |title=Wonder Woman{{'s}} Antiope Confirmed for Justice League |first=Cooper |last=Hood |date=June 7, 2017 |access-date=June 27, 2017 |work=Screen Rant}}
Antiope appears in a flashback in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).{{cite news|title=The Good Fight with Robin Wright|url=https://www.net-a-porter.com/us/en/porter/article-b36c5430c852c9af|access-date=September 1, 2018|work=Net-A-Porter|date=August 31, 2018}} When Diana was a child, Antiope prepared her for an athletic competition. However, when Diana fell off her horse and took a shortcut to catch up to it missing the checkpoint, Antiope pulled her out of the competition while commenting that "no true hero is born from lies".