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{{quote|"''The truth is… I am Iron Man.''"|'''[[Robert Downey, Jr.|Tony Stark]]''' }}
A movie series based on the [[Marvel Comics]] character [[Iron Man]], starring [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] as the armored [[Superhero]]. The first two films were directed by [[Jon Favreau]], while Shane Black will helm the third. Part of the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].
=== Iron Man (2008) ===
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=== Iron Man 2 (2010) ===
Several months have passed by and Tony deals with the numerous consequences of outing himself as Iron Man and placing himself as the world's defender of peace. His first major issue is congressional hearings about sharing his tech, with rival industrialist (and perpetually second-place to Tony) [[Smug Snake|Justin Hammer]] standing the most to gain. Despite their best efforts, Tony is untouchable: unbeatable in conferences and unstoppable as Iron Man. But his invincibility is tested by Ivan Vanko (Whiplash), a man with a grudge against the Stark empire who is more than capable of challenging Tony's genius, and he's also dealing with a [[Phlebotinum Breakdown|slowly fatal medical condition]] resulting from his arc reactor implant. [[Black Widow (
=== Iron Man 3 (2013) ===
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** The robot arm Tony constantly scolds for being clumsy {{spoiler|saves his life by giving him the replacement arc reactor.}}
** It demonstrates Tony's bizarre sense of humor that the robots are "Dummy" and "You"--and demonstrates his impatience with "yes men" that all of his [[AI|AIs]] show independence of mind, even if only passive-aggressively.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The [[Iron Man (
* [[...And Show It to You]]: Subverted in two different ways. Tony's "heart" is not a conventional one, and he also lives through the experience, somehow.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Stark has such a large ego he's willing to use himself as a human guinea pig in his experiments, often with hilariously humiliating results--but the fact that he's doing it for the cause of justice means you can't help but root for him. His comic counterpart's alcoholism just got thrown into the sequel, where he became an even bigger jerk due to international recognition as Iron Man and the prospect of {{spoiler|dying from palladium.}}
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{{quote| '''Stern''': Mr Stark? Mr STARK!<br />
'''Tony''': ''*turns around*'' Hmm, yes dear? }}
* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: All the time, even lampshaded by Tony when Rhodey shows up to shut his party down. "Goldstein! Gimme a phat beat to [[A Worldwide Punomenon|beat my buddy's ass to]]." (said song ends up being ''both'' [[Queen|Another One Bites the Dust]] and [[Daft Punk
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: [[Nick Fury]] sports one of these.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Happy ''would'' be this if he wasn't constantly [[Overshadowed
** [[Black Widow]] is a more straight example. Nick Fury is probably one but we haven't seen him do anything. The fact that S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Coulson is willing to tazer Iron Man puts him in this field too.
** Let's also not forget that Coulson and his agents casually blasted their way into Stark's building and were moments away from capturing Stane all on their own. If it wasn't for Obadiah hopping into the Iron Monger armor at the last minute, the ending would've been different... if anti-climatic.
* [[Bad to
* [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]: [[Nick Fury]], the leader of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* [[Bigger Stick]]:
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* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Averted with Iron Man himself, who only sparingly uses hard ammo, and never more than what could reasonably be expected to fit inside his suit. His collapsible, suitcase armor seems to only have the palm-mounted repulsors. War Machine, on the other hand, is able to fire more rounds than his suit could possibly fit unless he wasn't actually inside it.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: No one would bother with Tony if he wasn't so damn good, being a drunk egomaniac [[Gadgeteer Genius]] and munitions dealer turned pacifist. Ivan Vanko is also a [[Vodka Drunkenski|hard drinker]] with strange mannerisms and an attachment to his bird, but is the only one to rival Tony's equipment.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: "Dummy", the robotic-arm who assists Tony in his lab. Tony frequently comments that he is utterly useless and threatens to donate him to city colleges. It however does make Tony a [[Jerk
* [[Call Back]]: At the end of the first film, Tony is called a little prick by {{spoiler|Stane}}. Later, at the end of ''Iron Man 2'', he is called a little prick by the senator.
* [[The Cameo]]
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** The second film has a cameo of [[wikipedia:Elon Musk|Elon Musk]] (As himself) quickly pitching Tony on an idea for electric jets.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: SHIELD Agent Coulson, seen throughout the current Marvel Movies but originating in ''Iron Man'' pestering Tony for a debriefing, has since appeared in the comics.
** Also JARVIS (as the name of Stark's battle suit AI), has now also appeared in Marvel Universe comics, where it was revealed that the name was [[Fun
* [[Captain Obvious]]:
** From the first movie, Yinsen's reaction to seeing the first miniaturized arc reactor: "That doesn't look like a Jericho missile."
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* [[Casanova]]:
{{quote| '''Soldier''': Is it true that you went twelve-for-twelve with last year's Maxim cover models?<br />
'''Tony Stark''': That is an excellent question. [[Off
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:
** "Proof that Tony Stark has a heart", the icing problem and the flares.
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** Natasha Romanov is called "Agent Romanov", but never the Black Widow. Until ''The Avengers'', anyway.
* [[Composite Character]]:
** Whiplash in the sequel has elements of the original Crimson Dynamo (last name's Vanko, is Russian, and builds and wears Iron Man-inspired armor) with the comics Whiplash (codename and main gimmick, which is [[Exactly What It Says
** JARVIS is mostly based on HOMER from the comics, with a patina of Edwin Jarvis, manservant to the Stark family and subsequently [[Battle Butler]] to [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]].
** Justin Hammer is a combination of his comic book self and another Stark rival, the younger Tiberius Stone.
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* [[Death By Origin Story]]: {{spoiler|Yinsen in the first movie, Anton Vanko in the sequel.}}
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Very nearly avoided.
** Both Tony Stark and Jim Rhodes graduated from MIT, and the movie gives them the correct MIT rings (or Brass Rats). Tony Stark also briefly appears on the cover of Technology Review, the school's magazine, and Pepper notes that he's scheduled to do the Commencement speech. However, they slip up in saying that Tony graduated ''summa cum laude''. MIT does not grant ''summa cum laude'' or any other honors; [[Training From Hell|the degree is considered honor enough]]. In pure engineering terms (not taking into account physics or chemistry), the movie is actually very well-researched; when Tony is working in his lab, he is shown soldering correctly with a real iron, and even remembers to wipe it on the sponge before he puts it back. It helps that [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] is a real-life gearhead.
*** However, the incorrect association of Latin honors with MIT actually stems from the comics.
** Jon Favreau, director of the first two films and the actor who portrayed Happy Hogan in them, has repeatedly referred to the Mandarin's rings during interviews where questions are asked about the Mandarin's foreshadowing as being magical in the comics when in fact they are not, never were, and never will be magical. The Ten Rings of Power are, in fact, alien technology used by the same race that the dragon Fin Fang Foom is a member of. For someone who likes to emphasize how much of an Iron Man fan he is (and who co-wrote an Iron Man comic featuring Fin Fang Foom), this is a fairly huge mistake to make not just once, but repeatedly.
*** Another however - [[Clarke's Third Law]] is stated in ''Thor'' and the other movies bear out that magic and science are the same thing in this 'verse. Even taking into the account the fact that those movies weren't made yet, the Mandarin likes to play up the mysticism aspect and some adaptations ''do'' make his rings magical, so "magic" can be an acceptable simplification of how his rings work.
* [[Dodge
* [[Double Entendre]]: Where do we ''start''?
** "Can I see the badge?" "He likes the badge".
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** The Ten Rings gang, despite having surface similarities with al-Qaeda, are actually a mishmash of Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and Balkan members.
** In the sequel, the all-American Justin Hammer employs corrupt French policemen and a Russian [[Evil Genius]]. {{spoiler|Meanwhile, [[Word of God]] is that the man who got Vanko his false passport, an Asian man working in Russia, is an agent of the Ten Rings.}}
* [[Everything's Better
** During the first film's Mark III suiting-up sequence, as the outer breastplate is closed the structures surrounding the arc reactor spin counter-clockwise ever so slightly.
** In Iron Man 2, during the Mark V suiting-up sequence, similar structures make a spinning motion as well, but clockwise, much faster and much more visibly, and with the camera zoomed in on it much more. Of course, there are [[Rule of Cool|more exposed mechanical parts]] during that scene than last time, as well.
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* [[Evil Knockoff]]:
** Every major villain so far has stolen, copied, or otherwise been inspired by Tony's Iron Man designs. Deliberately invoked, as weapon proliferation is his major concern.
** Carried over to [[Iron Man (
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: [[Nick Fury]]. Made fun of by Stark quite a few times.
* [[Expy]]:
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** Justin Hammer from the sequel is filthy rich as well, converting an entire airplane hangar into a five-star restaurant. For himself and one other guy. Mind you, if it were Tony, it would've been a banquet for a few hundred people...
* [[Floating Head Syndrome]]: Both posters and DVD covers.
* [[Foil]]: Both movies' villains are foils of Tony Stark, representing darker sides of his character, having his vices pushed [[Up to Eleven]] or stripped of his redeeming qualities. {{spoiler|Obadiah Stane}} is a shrewd businessman like Tony, but is a completely immoral profiteer and [[Mythology Gag|ironmonger]] with no sense of honor or patriotism. Justin Hammer is a flamboyant narcissistic billionaire who shares Tony's taste for [[Jerkass|douchebaggery]] and partying, but has [[Creative Sterility|none of his genius]] or [[Jerk
* [[Foreshadowing]] for slated sequels. They also double as [[Mythology Gag|mythology gags]]:
** The "Ten Rings" terrorist organization, who idolize Genghis Khan, with the chief the leader Raza displaying one very large and prominent <ref> It's his left index ring, which generally is the "psionic ring", though it is red and the novelization states explicitly that it's the Ring of Fire</ref> which is never mentioned again. Relation to Genghis and ten magical rings with individual powers are the trademarks of The Mandarin. However, [[Word of God]] states that if/when they do the Mandarin, the rings will [[Invoked Trope|either be]] [[Thematic Rogues Gallery|technological in nature or not really "rings"]].
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** "You think you're the only superhero in the world? Mr. Stark, you've become part of a [[Marvel Universe|bigger universe]]. You just don't know it yet. [ ... ] [I'm] [[Nick Fury]], director of S.H.I.E.L.D.. I'm here to talk to you about the [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avenger Initiative]]."
** The brief cameo of {{spoiler|[[Captain America]]'s shield}} strapped to one of Tony's workbenches. Made for an additional gag in the sequel.
*** On the same note, Coulson's reaction to the above foreshadows his fanboy-like appreciation of its owner in ''[[The Avengers (
** S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Coulson going to New Mexico to find {{spoiler|[[The Mighty Thor|Thor's]] hammer}}.
** When Tony is talking to Nick Fury, there is a map in the background with circles on it. They are over California, a region in the southwest US, the north east, Greenland, Scandanavia, and the eastern coast of Africa. We know that both the ''Iron Man 2'' final fight and the Hulk incident happened in the east/north east, and the Hammer was found in New Mexico, right where the second circle is. As for the others, Africa is home to the Black Panther, and Captain America is found in the Arctic region, though the location is never specified more than that...
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* [[Good Is Not Nice]]:
** Yes, Tony Stark works hard to keep the world safe, and his heart is in the right place. He's still a playboy, a glory hound, a drunkard, and an irresponsible jackass.
** Howard Stark's devotion to science and the common good is commendable, especially compared to Anton Vanko being [[Only in It For
* [[Heroic Resolve]]: A dialogue and exposition-free example happens during Tony's first fight against Whiplash. With ''one'' resolute glare, Tony goes from being on the ropes to winning the fight in seconds.
* [[The Hero's Journey]]: The movies are arguably Tony's journey to becoming a full-fledged hero. Progress got partially set back at the beginning of the second film, partially justified because he's {{spoiler|dying and in denial about it}} at the time.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Tony and Col. Rhodes, especially when reunited after Tony's capture. Lampshaded by the fact that Tony sarcastically calls Rhodes "honey" and "dear" a couple of times.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Paul Bettany (from ''[[A Beautiful Mind]]'', ''[[Master and Commander]]'' and ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'') voices JARVIS.
* [[Hoist
** Almost, with {{spoiler|the Stark Industries missile... and the guns... and Iron Monger}}. OK, pretty much every time Stark is in trouble, it has something to do with his company.
** In the sequel, a lot of the Hammer Drones get shot down by friendly fire. Also defied, according to the novelisation, as Vanko's suit is built so that he doesn't cut himself with his whips.
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** In the sequel, Justin Hammer definitely counts.
** Tony's father, who is described as "cold and calculating". He never told his son he loved him.
* [[Jerk
** Although possibly played straight when you realise that while he constantly berates the Robotic Arm "Dummy" in both films, a newspaper clipping in the first movie hints this was the ''first'' AI that Tony ever built, meaning that despite his threats, he keeps "Dummy" around out of sentimentality.
* [[Large Ham]]:
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* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: The Jericho missile.
** In ''Iron Man 2'', the Navy Hammer Drones get one of these when {{spoiler|they unload a sizable portion of their rocket ordnance on the fleeing Expo attendees. Notably, these are the only drones that successfully go after civilians onscreen. Quite a literal massacre.}}
* [[Locking MacGyver in
* [[Made of Iron]]:
** [[Exactly What It Says
** In a deleted scene, Pepper discovers him lounging around half-out of his armor after his first combat outing in the suit, and he's badly bruised, bleeding and generally banged up. Not badly enough to account for shrugging off tank fire, but much worse than is shown in the main release.
** In the sequel, Vanko gets rammed by Happy Hogan's car, ''twice'', ''without the benefit of power armor'', and all it does is knock him out for a few seconds. Whatever protection the exoskeleton covering his torso offered, the fact remains that his body took the brunt of that.
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** The second film starts with Tony using the Mark IV, with the Mark V (Briefcase Armor) as a back-up in case he needs to suit up on the fly. He ditches the Mark IV after {{spoiler|upgrading his chest piece to a less posionous element}}, and begins using the Mark VI armor.
*** The Mark II armor also gets an upgrade partway through the second movie, into Rhodey's "War Machine" armor. However, this is less technological and more "[[More Dakka|let's tape on as many machine guns & rocket launchers as possible]]" though. {{spoiler|It also gets a ''downgrade'', as Hammer "upgrades" the software from Stark Tech to his own inferior OS.}}
** In ''[[The Avengers (
* [[Millionaire Playboy]]: Tony Stark, and also Justin Hammer in the sequel.
* [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]]: The sci-fi is considerably hard, just having [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness/One Big Lie|One Big Lie]] in the form of the Arc Reactor and exploring the consequences of the [[Powered Armor]] that's made possible by it. It gets slightly softer if mass is considered, though. Powered Armor is faster and more agile than its durability or level of protection would suggest; armor are more resilient to damage than they should be, and can somehow become damaged without dealing any significant injury to the very human person inside.
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** Tony's driver is named Happy Hogan, who {{spoiler|marries Pepper in the comics. The movie's director cast himself as Happy, so he may get the chance to kiss Gwyneth Paltrow in the sequels. The sly dog.}}
** During the final fight, a building in the background has the logo of Roxxon, a major company in the Marvel Universe (in fact, a [[Mega Corp]] [[Fictional Counterpart]] of ''Exxon'').
** JARVIS, the name of Tony's AI. JARVIS is mostly based on HOMER from the comics, with a patina of Edwin Jarvis, manservant to the Stark family and subsequently [[Battle Butler]] to [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]. In the novelisation, Pepper explains [[Fun
** JARVIS has since become a ''recursive'' mythology gag, being brought into the comics as the onboard AI in {{spoiler|Pepper}}'s suit.
{{quote| '''Pepper''': Have you ever met the actual Jarvis? <br />
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** Throughtout both movies, Tony has a bad habit of messing with other peoples cars.
* [[Science Hero]]: Tony Stark. Also an [[Action Hero]] when he's in the Iron Man suit.
* [[Send in
* [[Sequel Hook]]:
** [[Samuel L. Jackson]] makes an uncredited cameo as [[Nick Fury]] after the credits, where he {{spoiler|invites Stark to join [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]}}. Also counts as a [[Mythology Gag]], since [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate]] Nick Fury's appearance was originally modeled on Jackson.
** In the sequel, they almost spend more time setting up other Marvel heroes than what's to come with Iron Man himself. Although it does get a moment where {{spoiler|Hammer promises to make Pepper pay.}}
** Don't forget {{spoiler|Thor's hammer}} after the credits of the second movie.
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* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Aplenty. First we have Tony in the first during his “heart change” operation, then [[Mickey Rourke]] in the second wearing nothing but underpants and sporting muscles covered in tattoos.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** The ring tone Rhodey gets when Tony calls him is the same tune as the hilariously pathetic theme song heard in ''[[
** The same music in a big-band arrangement shows up in the background during the Las Vegas sequence.
** Further, the wireframe CGI credits show an Iron Man suit... with a [[Gatling Good|Gatling gun]] [[Shoulder Cannon|mounted on the shoulder]], which has only ever been on War Machine's suits. It's more of a case of [[
** The [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!]] maneuver {{spoiler|that Yinsen caused seconds before being shot is suspiciously similar to a certain scene from ''[[Star Wars]]''.}}
** The {{spoiler|suitcase armor}} is a double shout out to the comics: {{spoiler|Tony Stark ''did'' in fact manage to carry his armor around in a suitcase in the 60's, and the coloration is similar to that of the fan-favorite Silver Centurion armor, which was worn during the 80's}}.
** The first movie also has shout-outs to former suits. The bulky Mark 1 suit is almost identical to the first suit he wore in the comics. Later, when trying to decide on the color scheme for Mark 3, we see the suit with a gold color scheme and briefly, with a silver and red scheme. The silver and red scheme is another shout out to the Silver Centurion armor. The all-gold color scheme is a look he wore in the 60's.
** When Justin Hammer dances on stage, his movements look suspiciously like [[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (
** Vanko pulling open the shirt to reveal the arc reactor and exoskeleton is awfully reminiscient of Superman doing the same to reveal his sigil.
** That first failed armor shown during the Senate hearing (the Korean one) looks awfully close to a Mad Cat/Timber Wolf from ''[[
** The Iron Man-Iron Monger fight in the first one, and the entirety of the failed armour sequence in the second, are homages to similar scenes in Robocop 2. The director even makes a comment on it on the second film's DVD commentary.
** Iron Man's suit recycles body waste in a process similar to [[Dune|Fremen stillsuits]].
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* [[Throw It In]]:
** The actor who played Raza, trying to avoid the stereotype of the Middle Eastern terrorist and invoke the, for lack of a better term, multiculturalism of the Ten Rings, used more than one language other than English and even varied his accent a little.
** [[Robert Downey, Jr.]]'s dialogue was heavily improvised, which was intentional to help make his character seem relatively [[One of Us]], even if he is a [[Fiction 500]] charter member.
** Mickey Rourke evidently demanded his character have a bird.
** In many ways part of the style of directing used in the films, with other instances being the little dance Hammer does at the beginning of his presentation and "too disco".
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* [[Vanity License Plate]]: Tony's various cars have license plates reading STARK 1 through at least <s>STARK 6</s> [[Up to Eleven|STARK 11]] as of ''Iron Man 2''.
* [[Viewer-Friendly Interface]]: Exuberantly and without shame. In the second film, his tactile holographic interface even has a minigame built into it. Like so much else, attributable to [[Rule of Cool]]. Probably justified if it's run by Jarvis, since he's obviously sentient and could interpret what Stark wants to do with his holographic shapes.
* [[Voice
** Internet Connection With A Voice?
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]:
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* [[The Wonka]]: Tony Stark, in addition to creating the Iron Man suits, has also built AI's that ''snark back at him''.
* [[Worf Had the Flu]]: {{spoiler|Both movies had Tony's suit weakened before the final battle. The first movie Tony's second ARC reactor was stolen, leaving him with his weaker original model to power his Mk.III armor. Justified since Tony wasn't aware of Obadiah's treachery and only built one new reactor. The second movie has all existing suits fitted with their own reactor, but Tony and Rhodey struggled with Whiplash because Tony had used his one-time lasers, which weren't mentioned until then, in the new Mk. VI to finish off the drones.}} Aside from that Tony was wearing the apparently weaker "briefcase" armor when dealing with Vanko for the first time, was drunk the first time he fought Rhodes/War Machine, and was reluctant to fight his friend later when Rhodes' armor was hacked by Vanko.
* [[World of Badass]]: Oh, HELL YEAH! The first Iron Man movie was amazingly badass by itself, but then once the movie ended and we thought it couldn't get any more badass, during the post-credits scene [[Nick Fury]] shows up played by [[Samuel L. Jackson]] and announces that Tony will soon be meeting up with OTHER Marvel heroes, marking the beginning of the first shared cinematic universe of superheroes, the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], which naturally has ended up being ''astoundingly'' badass.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: [[Air America|Not the first time he's buzzed somebody.]]
** When Tony tells Colonel Rhodes, "Looks like someone did your job for you" referencing his earlier role in "The Brave One".
** There's something [[Tron
* [[Almost Kiss]]: Tony and Pepper during the Stark charity event.
* [[Alone in
* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: Obadiah is a Hebrew name and one that's pretty rare in the United States.
** Depends on where you live. It wouldn't be too unusual a name in a lot of rural areas, especially in the eastern part of the country.
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* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: {{spoiler|Stane at the end of the movie is bragging about how his suit is "more advanced in every way." He is actually dominating the fight, but he still has to work for it and it isn't easy, especially given that he loses eventually. Now...consider that the Iron Man armor was operating only at a fraction of its power and pacing itself because of operating on the obsolete power core. Iron Man at full power and the Iron Monger would have had pretty much NO chance.}}
* [[The Cameo]]: Post-credits [[Nick Fury]] appears as portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson. Also doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
** Tom Morello of [[Rage Against the Machine]] and [[
* [[Car Cushion]]: The Mark II's test flight ends in this.
** What makes it funny is that his test flight went just fine (save for some difficulty at high altitudes). He had returned to his home not really any worse for wear and was trying to gently land on his roof...but then finds out his armor was too heavy and crashes through three floors, landing on his convertible.
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* [[Double Edged Answer]]:
{{quote| '''Soldier''': Is it true that you went [[The Casanova|twelve-for-twelve with last year's Maxim cover models?]]<br />
'''Tony Stark''': That is an excellent question. [[Off
* [[Do
* [[Dramatic Shattering]]: Three times in rapid succession with Tony's Mark III repulsor.
* [[Drunk
{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Stane}}''':I have to admit, [[Evil Feels Good|I'm deeply enjoying the suit]]!}}
* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Combines with [[Fridge Logic]]. {{spoiler|Yinsen had one of these when, in his last moments, he compelled Tony to not waste his life. Yinsen did this in what was, for him, a ''foreign language''. Hard enough to speak at all when you're dying, but he spoke in one besides his mother tongue.}}
* [[Emotionless Boy]]: Agent Coulson, or at least [[Seen It All|he puts on a]] [[The Stoic|good show of it]].
* [[Five Rounds Rapid]]: When Iron Monger powers up in the midst of them, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents immediately all start shooting at it with their sidearms. Needless to say, they get owned in short order.
* [[Fun
** Not much if you read the comics frequently.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: In the words of [[
* [[Going Critical]]: Just as the trope description says, calling ''anything'' a reactor is a sheer sign that it's going to blow up before the movie's done. Stark Industries is powered by an Arc Reactor. In the climax, guess what it does.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Tony sums up his new change in direction to Obadiah when he chews him out for shutting down the weapons enterprise of Stark Industries;
{{quote| '''Tony''': We're not doing ''good enough'', we can do ''better'', we can do ''something else''.}}
* [[Hero for
* [[Hey, Wait!]]: "Is that today's paper?" This is a subversion of the trope. {{spoiler|Obadiah suspects Pepper is up to something the moment he enters the office. He only asks for the paper because he (correctly) thinks she's hiding something in it. He doesn't care about the paper, he throws it down onto the desk as soon as she leaves.}}
* [[Hollywood Science]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the first film (Sir, the technology we need doesn't exist)
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: The first half of the film is basically Tony trying to figure out how to fly. The Mark I armor doesn't so much fly as rocket skyward and then fall, and after building his boot jets for the Mark II armor, Tony invents the repulsors to act as flight stabilizers. And then after that, there's the [[Chekhov's Gun|icing problem]].
* [[I Just Shot Marvin in
* [[Icarus Allusion]]: Tony flies toward the moon, causing a buildup of ice on his suit. {{spoiler|He later solves this problem and uses it to his advantage against an enemy.}}
* [[Impossible Task Instantly Accomplished]]: Tony Stark is captured by would-be conquerors, and forced to build a Jericho Missile, which he designed, within a week or so. Within that week, he instead designs a miniature Arc Reactor, builds it. Then over the course of three months, he designs a suit of Powered Armor, builds it, and escapes. Just in time, just as the terrorists grow suspicious.
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* [[Magical Database]]: Variant; when Pepper Potts is {{spoiler|hacking the Stark Industries mainframe}} from Stark's office computer (and at his request), she instantly translates the soundtrack of a foreign language video into ([[Just a Stupid Accent|appropriately accented!]]) English by typing in "Translate" on the video viewer's window. Sort of a case of [[Shown Their Work]] - New Scientist checked up the plausibility of this and found that there are programs in development that can pretty much do the same thing (if not quite so smoothly just yet). No excuse for the accent, though.
* [[Meta Casting]]:
** [[Robert Downey, Jr.]] was cast almost specifically because he is a gifted actor with drugs problems in the past. He's portraying a gifted scientist and businessman who can never seem to put the bottle down.
** [[Jeff Bridges]] is also a great choice to play the villain, because it's a role he doesn't normally play. He comes across as friendly and likeable, albeit a bit of a smooth talker. And when we learn he was behind everything, we empathize with the betrayal Tony is feeling, because we're feeling it as well.
* [[Mini-Mecha]]: {{spoiler|Iron Monger is more this than a suit.}}
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* [[Sarcasm Mode]]: Whatever the verbal equivalent is, Obadiah hit it right on the mark.
{{quote| '''Obadiah:''' "Well, that, uh... That went well."}}
* [[Saved for
* [[Save the Villain]]: A deleted scene shows Tony trying to {{spoiler|save Obadiah after their suits have been disabled.}}
* [[Schematized Prop]]: Multiple times within the film, including a significant portion of the closing credits.
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* [[Treacherous Advisor]]: Obadiah Stane, a major early villain from the comics, is retooled as having co-founded Stark Industries with Tony's dad, then serves as a mentor to Tony and the second-in-command of his company when the elder Stark dies and Tony inherits the company. Naturally, this being an adaptation, Obadiah turns out to be more villainous than he lets on.
* [[Twist Ending]]: Sort of. Most superhero movies end with {{spoiler|the hero's [[Secret Identity]] intact, but at the end of the first film, Stark reveals it to the world. This is even after the comic book "bodyguard" explanation is devised as a cover... which is then torn apart by another character who remarks on how ridiculous it is. Considering Stark's humanitarian ways, this makes a great deal of sense.}}
* [[The War
* [[Western Terrorists]]: The movie initially seems to try to have an evil terrorist organization in Afghanistan, albeit not one that actually exists. Nevertheless, the ''real'' bad guy is the Western [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who was using them and kills them off rather easily when it's convenient.
* [[Wham! Line]]: The ending. "Truth is... {{spoiler|I am Iron Man}}."
** At [[The Stinger]].
{{quote| '''[[Nick Fury]]''': {{spoiler|I want to talk to you about [[The Avengers (
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Stane drinking whiskey. He drinks the ''shit'' out of it, too!
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: A variation, as Tony calls Pepper out for walking out now that he wants to protect everyone he's put in danger, whereas before she had no problem with his reaping the benefits of destruction.
* [[What the Hell, Townspeople?]]: A little bit. Iron Man saves a mother and kids driving a car from being used by Stayne as a giant hitting tool. Her responce? She tries to run him down into the concrete while she and the children scream in an annoying fashion.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Black Widow, very much so. {{spoiler|In the time it took Happy Hogan to down one HAMMER security guard, she already ''annihilated'' twelve of them.}}
* [[Actor Allusion]]:
** [[Scarlett Johansson|Natasha Romanov]] modeled [[Lost in Translation (
** [[Samuel L. Jackson|Nick Fury]] in [[Pulp Fiction|a diner, and talking someone out of his self-destructive behavior to boot]].
*** It's possible that [[Hilarious in Hindsight|he's only miffed at how easily Rhodes got the Mk II suit]] [[The Incredibles|in light of the trouble he went through to find his own one.]]
* [[Adaptational Badass]]: combined with [[Adaptation Distillation]] and [[Composite Character]]; in the comic, Whiplash was just a guy with a ridiculous costume and two lashes. The movie mixed him with another villain called Crimson Dynamo and revised him as a [[Genius Bruiser]] and [[Magnificent Bastard]] who could actually hurt Iron Man.
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{{quote| '''Ivan Vanko:''' If you could make God bleed, people will cease to believe in Him. }}
* [[But Not Too White]]: If you look closely at Justin Hammer's palms, you'll notice that they are bright orange. Apparently Justin was a little overzealous with the fake-n-bake and forgot to wash his hands afterwards.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Poor Hogan. If only he was in ''[[
* [[Call Back]]: Perhaps unintentional. In Iron Man 1, Tony (a rich man) was captured by a terrorist group and forced to build weapons for them. In This film, Ivan Vanko (a poor man) is captured by a wealthy company and forced to build weapons for them. Both groups of captors learned their mistake.
* [[Camera Abuse]]: When Tony shows the Senate Committee other countries' attempts at creating their own Iron Man suits, one camera man is accidentally shot by a malfunctioning suit in North Korea. One in Iran is hit by a crashing suit as it skids along the ground.
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Howard Stark and Anton Vanko created the Arc Reactor, their blueprints for said technology allowed their sons to create miniaturised versions.
** Howard also {{spoiler|left hidden plans for a new element to power the Arc reactor in the layout of the Stark Expo, knowing he was limited by the technology of his era but that Tony would have the means to make it work.}}
** Also, when Tony is going through Howard's notebooks, {{spoiler|a tesseract (the four dimensional equivalent of a cube) is seen in the notes. This is the same object used as a power source by the Red Skull, and later recovered by Howard in ''[[Captain America:
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: {{spoiler|The feedback from two repulsor blasts hitting each other packs one hell of a punch.}}
** Another, more villainous example is {{spoiler|Ivan's computer hacking skills}}.
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* [[Composite Character]]: Ivan Vanko is actually a fusion of two different [[Iron Man]] villains, Whiplash and the Crimson Dynamo. It also helps that the currect comic Whiplash and the original Crimson Dynamo shared the last name Vanko.
* [[Compressed Hair]]: Played straight during the Stark Expo intro. Lampshaded in the novelization.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: During the final conversation between Tony and Nick Fury, a monitor displays a reporter doing live coverage of a "Crisis at Culver University." This is a reference to the Hulk's rampage about midway through ''[[The Incredible Hulk (
* [[Contractual Boss Immunity]]: Because it would have been really anticlimactic if {{spoiler|War Machine's "Ex-Wife" missile killed Whiplash in one shot. It does work in the novelization, though.}}
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: The Iron Man suits are capable of flight and have extensive ranged weaponry, and so should be able to completely own Whiplash, who only uses his plasma whips with a range of maybe 3 meters. Naturally, circumstances in the movie force Tony to fight Vanko on the ground in melee range.
* [[Could Say It, But...]]: The "I'm not saying..." speech.
* [[Cowboy Bebop
* [[Create Your Own Villain]]: Ivan Vanko.
** Though technically Tony didn't create him, his father did. Still counts.
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* [[Mr. Alt Disney]]: Howard Stark's portrayed in a style very similar to Walt Disney's futurist years. They even got one of the Sherman Brothers to write the theme music for the old Stark Expo.
** It gets even better: after Walt's death rumors began circulating, an urban legend [http://www.snopes.com/disney/wdco/dejaview.asp says he made a series of films] giving instructions on the direction to take the company in the future. And Tony's dad gives him the key to saving his life and the day in a film made before his death.
* [[Distracted
** Also happened during the filming: when Scarlett Johansson first appeared in the Black Widow catsuit in the Randy's Donuts scene, Jon Favreau famously tweeted that "he'd never seen such a quiet film crew before".
* [[Dramatic Gun Cock]]: When Iron Man charges up his one-use laser weapon, the emitters make a sound reminiscent of a shotgun cocking.
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{{spoiler|Camera cut to a ''prototype arc reactor''}} }}
** {{spoiler|It seems that they did some research on the missing element. The element in question (118) does exist as "Ununoctium" though it is radioactive and only lasts for a very short time before decaying. It can only be synthesized with the help of a particle accelerator.}}
* [[Everything's Better
** Later gloriously played straight. (see the [[It Only Works Once]] entry below)
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: A gender-flipped version. Ivan Vanko, while bitter towards Tony, is perfectly willing to just quietly take care of his invalid father. But then his father [[Oh Crap|dies...]]
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** In that very scene there's a small version of it between Hammer and Vanko.
{{quote| Hammer to Vanko about his bird / Vanko to Hammer about suits: "You shouldn't focus on material things. Learn to let things go."}}
* [[Fan Service]]: [[Scarlett Johansson]] as [[Black Widow (
{{quote| "Watch the road." }}
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Ivan Vanko. One can't help but chuckle at the casual, almost friendly way he talks as he threatens Tony over the phone.
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'''Ivan:''' You too....Ha ha! }}
* [[Finishing Move]]: See {{spoiler|[[Frickin' Laser Beams]]}}.
* [[Fling a Light Into
* [[Follow the Leader]]: In-universe, what several companies/countries are trying to do in response to the Iron Man suit's existence.
* [[Forbidden Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|When Tony and Rhodey's repulsors intersect during a fight, they create an explosion. Used to beat Vanko in the end.}}
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** {{spoiler|[[Too Awesome to Use|"It's a one-use weapon".]]}}
** {{spoiler|Rhodes and Tony beat Vanko with simple-but-effective double laser beams from them both firing one at him at the same time.}}
* [[Freeze
** Another example at around 1:13:55. Take a look at the image on the right page of the book Tony is thumbing through. A three dimensional square within a three dimensional square. Otherwise known as {{spoiler|a Tesseract}}. Seems the Ark Reactor may be based off reasearch on {{spoiler|the Cosmic Cube}}
* [[Gatling Good]]: War Machine in ''2''. Gatling ''fantastic.'' Sadly, they got the noise wrong - yet again. Imagine how much more awesome the fight scenes would have been if War Machine had been making [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1xIGm5GYp0#t=1m16s this sound].
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* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Vanko and Hammer's guards.
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Even though he's wealthy like Tony, Justin Hammer definitly envies Tony's talent and success. His technology throughout the film is described as a joke and a failed knock-off of Stark's. His jealousy is even shown when he's talking to Stark or mentioning him. Heck most of his motivation in the film is to upstage Stark.
* [[Grievous Harm
* [[Groin Attack]]: This is employed by {{spoiler|Black Widow on a Hammer security guard.}}
* [[Gundamjack]]: {{spoiler|Rhodes [[Break Out the Museum Piece|jacks the Mk. II Armor]] from Tony's house and takes it to the U.S. military for study.}} Notably, Black Widow points out that {{spoiler|the suits can only be activated by an authorized user, meaning Tony intentionally gave Rhodes access before the drunken party.}}
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* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Hammeroids". Near-ubiquitous among fans, but it was used by Tony first.
** Hammer claims the 7.62mm 6-barrel minigun that ends up integrated with the War Machine suit is known to the US soldiers who use them as, alternately, [[Chunky Salsa Rule|Uncle Gazpacho]] or "Puff the Magic Dragon". (He was half-right here: The AC-47 gunship, a Vietnam-era ground-support aircraft fitted with several such miniguns for [[More Dakka]], was nicknamed "Puff the Magic Dragon" for the hail of tracer rounds it rained down on the enemy.) He also nicknames his {{spoiler|not-so-}}super mini-bunker-buster, capable of "reducing the population of any standing structure to 0", the "Ex-Wife".
* [[It's All About Me]]: As {{spoiler|the NYPD haul him away}}, Hammer accuses Pepper of trying to "pin [the blame]" for {{spoiler|the Hammer Drone attack}} on him (while simultaneously [[Your Approval Fills Me
* [[It Only Works Once]]: invoked directly with {{spoiler|Iron Man's Death Blossom lasers, which can only be used once per battle.}}
* [[Jerk
* [[Kick the Dog]]:
** Justin Hammer, twice. Once when he tries to pass off some random cockatoo as Vanko's bird, and again when he has his thug stuff it in a sack due to Vanko's apparent lack of progress.
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** This trope kinda justifies Tony's relapse into his [[Jerkass]] character from the first movie and all the questionable decisions and actions he's pulled throughout the majority of the sequel [see [[Take Up My Sword]] below]
* [[Laughably Evil]]: Justin Hammer's particular flavor of [[Large Ham]].
* [[Leaning
** Doubles as a [[Take That]] to all the complaining over [[The Other Darrin]]
* [[Leno Device]]: Bill O'Reilly is not pleased with Tony.
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* [[Mother Russia Makes You Strong]]: Ivan Vanko seems to be [[Made of Iron]] thanks to having survived a lot of adversity in a Siberian prison. Technically, this applies to Natasha Romanoff too -she claims in ''Avengers'' that she "used to be" Russian.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Hammer babbles ''incessantly'' throughout most of his scenes. It's not entirely clear if it's a case of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] or Hammer just being a schmooze who tries too hard. He's a foil to Tony, who also chatters, but usually has a point to everything he says, or to Vanko, who barely says anything.
* [[Musical Nod]]: The expo theme, "Make Way For Tomorrow Today" later shows up in [[Captain America:
* [[Mythology Gag]]: A very obscure one: the Black Widow's cover identity "Natalie Rushman" refers to "Nancy Rushman," a cover identity the comic-book version of the Widow used in an arc of ''Marvel Team-Up'' in the 1970s.
** Tony's bodyguard, Happy Hogan, is shown training Tony how to box. In the comics, Happy was a boxer before becoming Tony's bodyguard. Given Happy's fight with a security guard (which he wins) later in the film, this origin probably still applies.
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: As cute/funny as that whole "You Complete Me" scene was in the trailer, it ''never'' showed up in the film. Nor does the scene in which Tony lends Natasha one of the Iron Man gauntlets. And several others. Ironically, they did consistently show up in the film's novelization, albeit loosely interpreted.
** Although the former omission does explain how Tony got his helmet back on.
* [[New Powers
* [[The New Russia]]: Briefly shown as a dreary, snow-covered and crime-ridden place.
* [[NGO Superpower]]: By the second film, Tony has '''[[Large Ham|privatized world peace]]'''.
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** There ''are'' deaths, however. Seemingly, the two goons Hammer instructs to watch Vanko are killed (Vanko is later shown with blood all over him as their bodies hang limp in the background), there appears to be a death or two during Vanko's prison escape, and Vanko himself seems to blow up in an explosion of his own doing.
** Vanko's rampage during the race also seems to have claimed the lives of at least one or two racers. Especially since the cars explode into gigantic fireballs and no one is seen actually escaping the cars. Implied that a few civilians were killed during the expo, as a diversionary tactic by Vanko, but he didn't seem to care about casualties other than Stark.
* [[Not Even Bothering
** You can hear the traces of a Russian accent near the end when she intimidates Justin Hammer into revealing his part in the evil plot.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Vanko shows he's both fluent and eloquent in his early face-to-face confrontation with Tony Stark, but speaks to Hammer in broken, barely intelligible English just to dick with the guy. Later on he acts only barely competent at engineering and technology, convincing Hammer that the best he can do with the Hammer suits is to make drones and then later on that the best he can make the drones do is "salute." Hammer naturally underestimates him as a result.
* [[Offhand Backhand]]: Black Widow does this with ''pepper spray''.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Pepper and Tony have an EPIC one when Happy gets taken down during the boxing lesson by "Natalie".
* [[Only in It For
* [[Oral Fixation Fixation]]: Vanko's toothpick. For only being in one quick scene, Hammer and his lollipop get brought up an awful lot in certain parts of the fandom.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Don Cheadle replaces Terrence Howard in ''Iron Man 2''. His first scene is framed in such a way that his face isn't visible until after Tony greets him, so that the audience is clear on who he is.
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'''Rhodes:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|It's me, I'm here, deal with it, let's move on. Drop it.]] }}
** Similarly, James Caan's role of Howard Stark goes to [[Mad Men|Roger Sterling.]]
* [[Overshadowed
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Tony complains that [[Disappeared Dad|his dad was cold, never around for him]] and he seriously doubted that his father even loved him at all. {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|This is eventually shown not to be the case]].}}
* [[People Puppets]]: {{spoiler|Rhodes in ''Iron Man 2'' gets his armour remotely hijacked by Vanko.}}
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Ivan Vanko's reason for being.
* [[Room Full of Crazy]] / [[Stalker Shrine]]: Vanko's basement.
* [[Sensual Slavs]]: [[Black Widow (
* [[She Fu]]: The slow motion in the scene makes this a particularly [[All
* [[Shoulder Cannon]]: Any guesses who?
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]:
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** Pepper takes over Stark Enterprises.
* [[Take That]]: It's entirely possible that the film's trailers heavily touted a scene of Tony taking a stand against the idea of governments reining in vigilantes as a spit in the face of the [[The Scrappy|often reviled, arguably fascist]] way he was portrayed in the Civil War series. Not for the first time, Iron Man was basically [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]] by his movies.
* [[Taking You
* [[Tastes Like Chicken|Tastes Like Coconut]]: {{spoiler|Upon placing the new [[Unobtainium]] powered Arc Reactor into his chest, Tony remarks it tastes like coconut. And metal.}}
* [[Tattooed Crook]]: Ivan Vanko
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* [[Verb This]]: "Sidekick this!"
* [[Victimized Bystander]]: a test pilot for Hammer.
* [[Victory
* [[Vodka Drunkenski]]: Ivan Vanko greatly enjoys a [[Product Placement|famous real-life brand]] of Russian vodka. As does his bird.
* [[Waif Fu]]: Black Widow's preferred combat style.
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* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Tony has some shades of this, as explored in the second film. {{spoiler|He finally gets his "well done" from Howard in the video he left behind... even as he begins to realize just how brilliant his dad was.}}
* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: Tony is alone after he disappointed all of his friends.
* [[What Happened to
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: In the second film, Rhodey loses all his patience with Tony after Tony parties around while wearing his Iron Man armor and using the suit's weaponry to amuse the guests. {{spoiler|He decides Tony doesn't deserve the suit and [[Gundamjack|hijacks]] the Mk.II suit to prove his point}}. Depending on how you look at it, there's {{spoiler|Stane and all the people in the sequel who aren't happy that Tony isn't sharing the Iron Man tech with the military.}}
* [[Whip It Good]]: Ivan Vanko, and he [[Dual-Wielding|dual wields]] them too.
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