Wonder Woman 1984: 5 Ways Steve Trevor Could Return

5. Steve Survived The Explosion

Could Steve somehow have managed to survive the explosion seen in Wonder Woman?

The American pilot sacrificed himself to save millions of innocent lives when he boarded a plane full of Isabel Maru's deadly poison. Unable to take the risk that the poison could find its way into enemy hands, Steve detonated the plane with himself inside.

It's unlikely that he would've been able to survive such a blaze, but was there enough time for him to escape? That is the question. Given the magnitude of the explosion, Steve would've required quite a bit of time to eject from the plane before detonation occurred. If you look closely at the scene where he dies, there's a bit of a gap between the last shot of Steve, and the shot of the plane erupting in flames so, in theory, he could've ejected then.

But such a plot twist could result in a pretty big continuity error. During the present day scenes in the Wonder Woman movie, we see Diana reflectively staring at the image of her and Steve from the war, which is what prompts her to fill us in on her origin story. If the love of her life did manage to survive and reunite with her during the '80s, then she likely wouldn't have looked so melancholic during these scenes.