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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) ===

After being captured by terrorists while on a missile demonstration, [[Fiction 500|multi-billionaire]] Tony Stark uses his brilliant intellect to devise a [[Powered Armor]] to escape. Being an irresponsible, wealthy playboy before, he ([[Incredibly Lame Pun|literally]]) has a change of heart regarding his company policies and dedicates himself to cleaning up Stark Industries' patented weapons and taking care of the terrorist group that got their hands on them. To do so, he builds an even better suit of armor. He ignores that Obadiah Stane (his second-in-command in the company) has an agenda on his own...

 

=== Iron Man 2 (2010) ===

* [[Appropriated Appellation]]: Tony is Iron Man because a newspaper called the mysterious man in a metal suit that. ([[Badass Bookworm|Tony]] [[Smug Super|being]] [[Deadpan Snarker|Tony,]] [[Lampshade Hanging|he remarked that it wasn't technically accurate]]).

* [[Arms Dealer]]: Tony starts out as one. {{spoiler|Obadiah Stane}} and Justin Hammer are outright villainous versions of this

{{quote|'''Gregg:''' […] There was a kind of banter between Coulson and Stark that writers kind of came up with, and Robert and I kind of came up with, and they responded to it quickly. And suddenly it was a part of the script, and they were like, "Oh, are you free for the next two months? We started adding more stuff to this. It serves a real purpose, beyond just being some of the comic relief in the movie. It serving a real purpose in terms of setting up S.H.I.E.L.D., which we have big plans for." And I went, "Yeah! I’ll ''get'' free! Whatever I’m doing can be cancelled, okay?"}}

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Tony's eccentric nature makes him prone to zoning out of what he's ''supposed'' to be doing.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: [[Nick Fury]]. Made fun of by Stark quite a few times.

* [[Expy]]:

** Tony Stark is analogous to Howard Hughes as Stan Lee originally intended, with both his genius intellect and various eccentricities.

** Also played with in Stan Lee's appearances, since in both movie appearances it wasn't made clear (to Tony) if Stan Lee was supposed to be playing Hugh Hefner, Larry King or [[The Cameo|himself]]. He's credited [[As Himself]], at least in the second film. But then he usually is.

** Another hilarious example involving Rhodes: When he's offered an alcoholic drink on Tony's jet, he avidly states he's not going to drink. Cut to a completely plastered Rhodes a good few hours later.

** In ''2'', Tony is contemplating his own mortality. He asks Natasha what she would do if she knew she was going to die soon. She replies, "I would do whatever I wanted to do, with whoever I wanted to do." You'd think he'd go through with his earlier plans of shelving the party... and then there's a cut to Tony doing scratch [[D Jing]], and then dancing sloppy drunk in his armor.

* [[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.

* [[Honest Corporate Executive]]: Tony, at least after he gets back from Afghanistan.

* [[Immune to Bullets]]: Played with slightly. Small arms fire bounces off, and nothing except a direct hit from an explosion hurts. Larger calibers (up to an including 20mm Vulcan rounds and the main cannon of a tank!) score and dent the armor, showing off the creators' CG muscle and occasionally causing problems ranging from a frozen knee joint to trouble removing the suit without a diamond blade.

* [[Imported Alien Phlebotinum]]: Not immediately obvious (in fact, only apparent as part of the larger ''Avengers'' film continuity) but {{spoiler|the Arc Reactor technology was originally developed by Howard Stark, who was part of SHIELD and who apparently studied the Tessaract Cube that came from Asgard. It became obvious in the second movie that Howard Stark made great intellectual discoveries by studying the artifact, but he was limited by the technology of his time, and that Tony was the one who eventually realized much of the potential of his father's research into Asgard tech.}}

* [[Insufferable Genius]]:

** 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]]:

** Justin Hammer could best be (non-literally) described as "Tony Stark's annoying, hammy little brother."

** Tony himself counts, in several scenes in ''2'' (particularly when he's drunk). He's a genius, he's a larger-than-life figure, he knows it, and he wants to make sure everyone else does too.

** Stark's fire extinguisher robot and {{spoiler|[[Nick Fury]]}}. [[Breakout Character|Both have larger roles in the second film]].

** Bill O'Reilly, who makes a surprising cameo as himself in the sequel, commenting on his show about {{spoiler|Pepper Potts becoming CEO of Stark Industries}}. It's much like the segments on his show in real life, but the fact that he's in ''Iron Man 2'' makes it hilarious.

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Tony's not very good at talking to other people about his problems, which leaves everyone around him confused and irritated by his strange behavior while he does things like {{spoiler|build a suit of [[Powered Armor]] in his basement}} or {{spoiler|slowly die of palladium poisoning}}.

* [[Power Glows]]: [[Applied Phlebotinum]] glows, no matter what it is. The arc reactor, the repulsors, the whips, even {{spoiler|the element that Stark synthesized}} all emit a lot of light.

** 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".

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Pepper comments that she expected Obadiah's suit (actually Tony's recovered MK I) to be ''bigger''. Oh, how right she was.

* [[Terrorists Without a Cause]]: The Ten Rings organization seems to be this, though maybe we just don't know their cause yet.

* [[Throwing Out the Script]]: At the end of the movie, Tony Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. had earlier come up with a cover story that Tony was supposed to give at the press conference. After a few questions from a skeptical press, Tony decides to just tell the truth: "I am Iron Man."

* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Good job, Paramount marketing. You put your biggest movie of the summer on heavy trailer rotation for a clean month before the US release, allowing a lot of people to figure out many of the plot elements.

{{quote|'''Tony Stark''': "I have successfully privatized world peace."}}

** Let us not forget his bombastic speech at the opening of the Stark Expo. Sure, he keeps on saying, "I'm not saying..." before every single boast he makes, but ''come on''. Humility goes out the window when you imply that you are the [[Smug Super|single greatest living equivalent of the mythical phoenix in all of history.]]

* [[Bash Brothers]]: Iron Man and War Machine

* [[Beam-O-War]]: When drunk Stark and Rhodey face off. {{spoiler|It explodes in their face. [[Chekhov's Gun|They later use it to beat Ivan]].}}

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