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| Year: | 2008 |
| Rating: | 7.9(173408) |
| Listed in: | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Jon Favreau |
| Actors: | Robert Downey Jr. Terrence Howard Jeff Bridges Shaun Toub Gwyneth Paltrow Leslie Bibb |
| "Heroes aren't born. They're built." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Jon Favreau | |
| Actors | |
| Robert Downey Jr. | as Tony Stark |
| Terrence Howard | as Rhodey |
| Jeff Bridges | as Obadiah Stane |
| Shaun Toub | as Yinsen |
| Faran Tahir | as Raza |
| Clark Gregg | as Agent Coulson |
| Bill Smitrovich | as General Gabriel |
| Sayed Badreya | as Abu Bakaar |
| Paul Bettany | as Jarvis |
| Jon Favreau | as Hogan |
| Peter Billingsley | as William Ginter Riva |
| Tim Guinee | as Major Allen |
| Will Lyman | as Award Ceremony Narrator |
| Tom Morello | as Guard |
| Marco Khan | as Guard |
| Daston Kalili | as Guard |
| Ido Ezra | as Guard |
| Kevin Foster | as Jimmy |
| Garret Noel | as Pratt |
| Ahmed Ahmed | as Ahmed |
| Fahim Fazli | as Omar |
| Gerard Sanders | as Howard Stark |
| Tim Rigby | as Viper 1 |
| Russell Richardson | as Viper 2 |
| Thomas Craig Plumer | as Colonel Craig |
| Robert Berkman | as Dealer at Craps Table |
| Frank Nyi | as Engineer |
| Marvin Jordan | as Air Force Officer |
| Jim Cramer | as Himself |
| Reid Harper | as Kid in SUV |
| Vladimir Kubr | as Kid in SUV |
| Javan Tahir | as Gulmira Kid |
| Patrick O'Connell | as Reporter |
| Adam Harrington | as Reporter |
| Ben Newmark | as Reporter |
| Justin Rex | as Air Force Lieutenant |
| Tim Griffin | as CAOC Analyst |
| Joshua Harto | as CAOC Analyst |
| Micah A. Hauptman | as CAOC Analyst |
| James Bethea | as CAOC Analyst |
| Jeffrey Ashkin | as Photographer |
| David Winston Barge | as Guard |
| Russell Bobbitt | as Georgio |
| Antonio Christina | as News Cameraman |
| Mike Cochrane | as Gulmira Villager |
| Rodrick Hersh | as Insurgent |
| Samuel L. Jackson | as Nick Fury |
| Chris Jalandoni | as Dubai Waiter |
| David Allen Kramer | as Whiplash One |
| Stan Lee | as Himself |
| Robert McMurrer | as Reporter |
| James M. Myers | as Airforce Officer |
| Brett Padelford | as Journalist |
| Ajani Perkins | as Voice |
| Chris Reid | as Reporter |
| Hamzah Saman | as Arab Journalist |
| Arne Starr | as Dubai Tychoon in hat/Bus Passenger |
| George F. Watson | as Rooftop Fireman |
| Actresses | |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | as Pepper Potts |
| Leslie Bibb | as Christine Everhart |
| Eileen Weisinger | as Ramirez |
| Nazanin Boniadi | as Amira Ahmed |
| Stacy Stas | as Woman at Craps Table |
| Lauren Scyphers | as Woman at Craps Table |
| Donna Evans | as Woman In SUV |
| Summer Kylie Remington | as Kid in SUV |
| Ava Rose Williams | as Kid in SUV |
| Callie Croughwell | as Kid in SUV |
| Sahar Bibiyan | as Gulmira Mom |
| Meera Simhan | as Reporter |
| Ricki Noel Lander | as Flight Attendant |
| Jeannine Kaspar | as Flight Attendant |
| Sarah Cahill | as Flight Attendant |
| Zorianna Kit | as Herself |
| Lana Kinnear | as Stan's Girl |
| Nicole Lindeblad | as Stan's Girl |
| Masha Lund | as Stan's Girl |
| Gabrielle Tuite | as Stan's Girl |
| Vianessa Castaños | as Fireman's Wife |
| Crystal Marie Denha | as Dubai Beauty |
| Mellany Gandara | as Dubai Girl |
| Halla | as House wife at Award Ceremony |
| Kristin J. Hooper | as Reporter |
| Laura Liguori | as Dancer in Ballroom |
| America Olivo | as Dubai Beauty #1 |
| Sylvette Ortiz | as Staff Sergeant |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, Persian, Urdu |
| Filming dates: | 12 March 2007 - 25 June 2007 |
| Budget: | USD 140,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 318,298,180 USD (28 September 2008) UK - 5,465,103 GBP (4 May 2008) Brazil - 9,486,069 BRL (4 May 2008) Philippines - 74,056,326 PHP (4 May 2008) Russia - 223,020,969 RUR (8 June 2008) |
| Plot: | The playboy wolf and genius Tony Stark is the successful CIO of the Stark Industries, a weapon company founded by his father. His second in command is Obadiah Stane, who worked with his father, and his loyal and professional secretary is Pepper Potts, who has a crush on Tony. While in Afghanistan to demonstrate the ultimate Jericho missile developed by his company, his military convoy is attacked and Tony is seriously wounded on his chest and kidnapped by a group of rebels that wants him to assemble a missile for their use. Tony stays with his abductors for three months and develops a powerful metallic armor to escape from the cave where he is arrested. He decides to stop manufacturing weapons in his company under the protest of Obadiah, and dedicates his time to improve the armor, manufacturing it with gold and titanium and installing a propulsion system to fly. However, Pepper discovers that Tony was betrayed by Obadiah, who is using Tony's data to build prototype armor for him, transforming it in the ultimate weapon. |
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"Back In Black" Written by Brian Johnson , Malcolm Young and Angus Young Performed by AC/DC Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with SONY BMG Music Entertainment "Damn Kid" Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore), Zach Danziger and Vincent Alfieri Performed by DJ Boborobo Courtesy of Dee Town Entertainment "Iron Man (Theme from the Animated Series)" Composed by Jacques Urbont (as Jack Urbont) Performed by John O'Brien and Rick Boston "Institutionalized" Written by Louiche Mayorga and Mike Muir Performed by Suicidal Tendencies Courtesy of Frontier Records "Slept on Tony with Dirt" Written by Ghostface Killah (as Dennis Coles) Performed by Ghostface Killah Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Concerto In Do Maggiore Per Pianoforte Ed Orchestra: Larghetto" Written by Antonio Salieri Performed by Ramin Djawadi "Groovetronic" Written and Performed by Terry Devine-King Courtesy of Non Stop "Kool Katz" Written and Performed by Chucho Merchan Courtesy of Extreme Music "Licorice" Written and Performed by Emanuel Kallins and Steve Skinner Courtesy of FirstCom "Iron Man" Written by Ozzy Osbourne (as John Osbourne), Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler (as Terence Butler) and Bill Ward (as William Ward) Performed by Black Sabbath Courtesy of Black Sabbath Under license from Downlane Limited |
Goofs
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Crew: In the movie clip after the credits, you can see the reflection of the camera man in the picture frames. Fact errors: Stark is said to have graduated from MIT summa cum laude, but MIT does not graduate people with honors. Revealing mistakes: When Stark is lying on the table and asking Pepper to remove the power cell from his chest, the prosthetic chest used for the effect is moving up and down to simulate his breathing. If you watch Downey Jr.'s upper chest you can clearly see that his actual breathing is out of sync with that of the prosthetic chest. Continuity: When Tony Stark drives his Audi R8 to Disney Hall for the benefit event, there is no front license plate affixed to the vehicle. However, when he pulls up to the entrance, his "STARK4" vanity plate is clearly visible on the front of the car. Continuity: When Tony Stark is being interviewed by Christine Everhart, his goatee is small, thin, and pointed, and his mustache appears almost drawn-on. The following morning, after seducing her, his goatee and mustache have grown, becoming round and full, in far too little time to be natural. Revealing mistakes: Several of the devices in Tony's home display live transcriptions of what Tony says. In some cases, the transcript appears slightly before Tony says the words. CHAR: When Tony asks Pepper to exchange the power cell in his chest the black and white leads of the ECG monitor are reversed. Continuity: When Tony Stark is working at his computer, his coffee mug is upside down. In the next shot, it is right side up and partially filled with coffee. Continuity: When Pepper brings a cup of coffee balanced on a brown paper wrapped parcel, the parcel is on its side (taped ends are horizontal, box is on its longer side). When Tony later moves the coffee mug and proceeds to unwrap the parcel, the taped ends are now at the top rather than the side (it's resting on its shorter side). CHAR: One of the Air Force personnel says that an "AWAC" is in the area. "AWACS" is an acronym (Airborne Warning and Control System) and it is incorrect to refer to a single AWACS aircraft as an "AWAC." Revealing mistakes: When the terrorists are filming Tony Stark's hostage video, the blank firing plug is very visible through the slits on the flash suppressor of the rifle being held to his head. Continuity: Stark secures his upgraded power supply in his chest by turning it clockwise (from our point of view) until it clicks into place. When Stane steals it, he also turns it clockwise to unlock and remove it, instead of counterclockwise. Continuity: The amount of grain on the bags that Yinsen is lying on in the cave changes in between shots. Continuity: When Yinsen is showing Tony the picture of the Jericho the terrorist wants him to build, his hand position holding the picture changes between the in-front and point-of-view shots. Crew: Crew are visible in the reflection of Yinsen's glasses outside of the cave when Tony "agrees" to create the Jericho missile. Fact errors: SPOILER: Ironman encounters icing on his suit at his greatest altitude and assumes that the higher he flies the more likely Iron Monger will suffer from icing. Icing only occurs in visible moisture, cloud, fog or rain, of which there was none, plus it only occurs at temperatures of TAT +10 degrees C or below and above a static air temperature of -40 deg C. As Ironman was not in visible moisture and at the altitude that was quoted the air temp would be below -40, then there would have been no icing (and incidentally would be more likely to ice up on descent if he passed through clouds on his way down with the cold temperature of the suit). Crew: When Pepper is replacing the miniature arc reactor in Tony's chest, the prosthetic chest piece used to make a hole for the reactor to go in is clearly seen. The edge of the vest is a different shade of skin than his actual arm. Continuity: During the scene when Raza is threatening Yensin, he picks up all of the papers with designs for the Mark I and when he places them back, there are other papers sitting there as if he hadn't picked them all up. Fact errors: When the "Jericho" rocket explodes in the distance, an explosion is heard, this is not possible due to the speed of sound being much slower than the speed of light. Revealing mistakes: Tony's mustache alternates between a real mustache and an applied prosthetic, throughout the film. Continuity: In the extended ambush scene, when the first turret gunner on Rhode's Humvee is killed, the machine gun is an M-240. When Rhodes mans the gun, it's changed to a 50-cal. Continuity: In the opening scene where Tony Stark is in the "funvee" with AC/DC playing, drink in hand, there's some kind tape glue residue (like duct tape would leave) on his window that is inconsistently visible between shots. Continuity: While Stark is working on the flight stabilizers, Pepper brings down a box with a cup of coffee on top of it. Following that, Stark eventually goes upstairs, talks with Stane, comes back down, finishes the stabilizers, tests them, builds the entire prototype suit, test flies it, returns and picks the coffee up off the top of the box. Steam can be seen coming off the cup even though it's probably hours, if not days, old. Fact errors: In the movie, JARVIS gives Tony the altitude record of the SR-71 Blackbird as 85,000 feet, but this is only the Operational Ceiling, with the maximum altitude of 100,000 feet. Revealing mistakes: Newspaper clipping dated Friday December 17 2001, during the award ceremony telling about Stark's parents' death. However, December 17 2001 was a Monday. Continuity: When Pepper is helping Tony replace the power source in his chest, her hand alternates from dry to wet to dry to wet again with the "pus". FAIR: Outside the press conference, Tony pulls one Burger King cheeseburger out of the bag Hogan is holding and is seen finishing it in the next scene when he is walking to the podium. But, when Tony is seated and begins talking about his father, he pulls the cheeseburger out of his pocket and begins eating it. When Stan asked if he had one for him, Stark replied that there was only one left, suggesting he bought more than one. In fact, he did buy more than one burger as he was finishing one when he was getting out of the car. There is a good chance that he placed one in his coat pocket before reaching for the last one in the bag. When Stane asked him if he had one for him he had one open in his hand getting ready to eat it and one in his pocket for to eat later. Fact errors: Stark falls off of one plane and another plane flies through him shearing off its left wing. The plane immediately starts a clockwise roll as if the right wing's weight would cause the right side of the plane to dip. In actuality the plane would roll counter clockwise because the only lift is from the right wing so it would rise. Fact errors: In the beginning sequence when Tony Stark is in Afghanistan riding in a HMMWV without armor protection with several US Air Force Airmen. An up armored HMMWV's doors have very thick armor and glass. You can tell by looking at the blast holes in the side of the vehicle this is not an armored variant of the HMMWV. This is almost impossible. Months after the US military attacked Afghanistan a General Order was made that prohibited non up-armored HMMWV's from leaving any base camps. Certainly, if Tony Stark was traveling with the US military he would have been afforded the highest level of security. FAIR: The Afghan people speak in Arabic which is wrong. In fact, Afghan people speak in Ordu, Pashtu and Farsi, not Arabic. However, Yinsen tells Tony that the group that captures him speak many different languages. So any Afghan people talking in a different language than their own is plausible. Fact errors: Rhody wears his MIT class ring (The Brass Rat) backward, with the rat (really a beaver) facing him. Undergraduates wear the ring facing them. After graduation, they turn the ring around. Continuity: In the first scene were the two Humvee's are traveling in the desert. As the 1st Humvee explodes, the shot quickly jumps to outside showing the exploding Humvee with the 2nd behind it. Then the shot quickly changes again showing the 2nd Humvee in front of the exploded one. Then it changes back to a view from within the 2nd Humvee and the exploded one is in front of it again. Fact errors: Though it makes for a good kidnapping, in reality, US soldiers are specifically trained to never to stop when ambushed in a convoy. Continuity: During the movie that Pepper's bangs vary in length. At the party, Pepper's bangs are short and fall just above her eyes. During the fight sequence while Pepper is with the government agents, her bangs are short and barely able to be pushed behind her ears. But the following day when she is helping Tony prepare for the press conference her hair is longer as if she never had bangs in the first place. Revealing mistakes: Shortly after Tony gets back, he and Stane are walking to the arc reactor and Stane has a cigar. Stane accidentally touches the end of the cigar, which should have burned him. Revealing mistakes: A magazine cover announces that Tony Stark 'takes the reigns' at his company, rather than the correct 'reins'. Some people have suggested that the this could be a pun made by the magazine, however wordplay of this type would need to make contextual sense in order to be used by a Forbes. In this particular context, 'reigns' is clearly incorrect. Fact errors: The lead F-22 Raptor pursuing Iron Man is firing a 30mm GSh-30-1 cannon. The rate of fire is insufficiently fast for a Raptor's actual cannon armament, the 20mm M61A2 Vulcan. Fact errors: In the opening scene a rocket is seen burrowing into the dirt next to Tony before exploding. The warhead is clearly blue and likely a Mk 153 SMAW round. Any munition in use with the military that is blue (such as the SMAW Common Practice Round) is used for the sole purpose of training and would therefore not explode. Revealing mistakes: The woman holding her son in the scene where Iron Man saves the villagers by shooting darts on the bad guys has a French manicure. CHAR: Tony states that calculations "always are [correct]". Yet twice in the film (when he first tests the boots and gauntlets) he drastically underestimates their force. Revealing mistakes: CNBC's two streaming tickers indicate the exchange stocks are traded on. The upper is NYSE, the lower is NASDAQ. Stark Industries has a three letter symbol, indicative of an NYSE listing but the quotes are displayed on both tickers amongst fictional companies named after Mad Money production staff. FAIR: When Yinsen asks Tony Stark about the first arc discharge reactors capacity, Stark gives it in gigajoules per second. From this Yinsen calculates that it could sustain his heart for fifty lifetimes. This deduction is impossible, as total running time of a device requires knowledge of total energy produced and not just instantaneous power which Joules per second describes. However, this is not a goof, as Yinsen may have seen some calculations of Stark's and with this new information, reached his conclusion. Continuity: When Yinsen is pouring the melted palladium, you will see he has poured it and turned the casting cup upright, but then when it switches back, he is seen finishing pouring the palladium again. Continuity: When Tony Stark is showing Yinsen the schematic for the Iron Man suit, you can clearly see the newly made mini arc reactor glowing in his shirt. Then in the next scene it shows them placing the one in he just made before that scene. Continuity: At the end of the movie, Pepper Potts removes Tony Stark's handkerchief, fixes it, and replaces it in his breast pocket. When Stark appears for the press conference, he no longer has a handkerchief in his pocket. CHAR: Rhodey talks about UAV's as not having the experience or instinct of a pilot. In reality, UAV's are not completely autonomous, but piloted from a command area by a person and thus these arguments against UAV's are void. Rhodey would know this as it's commonly available knowledge. Continuity: When miniature arc reactor is first implanted into Tony Stark's chest in the cave, the reactor occupies his entire chest. Subsequent scenes throughout the movie show the reactor being smaller. Continuity: When Tony is video calling Obadiah after the Jericho presentation, Tony's phone has scratches on the screen, but in the next shot they are gone. Fact errors: The terrorist leader says that the Mongolian Empire was four times the size of Alexander the Great's and twice the size of the Roman Empire. It was actually much bigger: in 1290 it covered 33 million square kilometres, five times the size of the Roman Empire's greatest extent (AD 110: 6.5 million sq. km) and more than six times the Macedonian Empire (323 BC: 5.2 million sq. km). Revealing mistakes: When Pepper prepares to overload the reactor Tony instructs her to open all circuits and hit the master override. The circuit breakers are ratcheting style they cannot be placed in the open position by pumping the handle. To open the circuit the operator must press the trip button. Also on the close up the contact position indicator clearly shows the breaker in the closed position. Continuity: When Pepper is putting the new arc reactor in Tony's chest in one shot she is carefully fastening it in place, but in the next shot she still lowering it slowly into his chest. CHAR: When Stark informs Yinsen of the energy production rate, Yinsen replies, "That could run your heart for fifty lifetimes". The arc reactor is keeping shrapnel out of his heart, not running it. Revealing mistakes: The numerous "Stark Industries" weapons seen to be held by the Afghan militants are quite clearly Colt and Hechler & Koch arms, and not even prototypes but fairly common weapons in use across the globe, such as the M4A1 and H&K UMP. Even their attachments are fairly standard scopes, LAMs and auxiliary grenade launchers, not the state of the art weaponry that they are supposed to be. Fact errors: In the scene where Tony is putting on the MARK1 suit with the help of Yinsen, a few terrorists are shouting through the door. The language they use, as Yinsen tells Tony, is (a heavily broken) Hungarian. In reality, Hungarians have nothing to do with Afghan terrorists. Revealing mistakes: Pepper is a watching recording of Jim Cramer's Mad Money on CNBC on Sunday, May 8th at 10:04 AM Pacific time. When she receives the "How big are your hands?" question from Tony, the remaining time on the recording jumps from 25 minutes to 15 minutes, while the clock stays at 10:04. Miscellaneous: In the scene where Tony is upgrading the MkII suit to correct the icing problem, one of the screens behind him is taking a real-time transcript of his and Jarvis' dialogue. When Jarvis asks, "Shall I render using proposed specifications?", the computer screen says "utilizing" instead of "using." Continuity: When Tony Stark escapes the terrorist camp by flying away in the first suit, he crash lands on his back with his head downhill and his feet uphill. But in the ensuing cut he is buried in the sand on his back with his head uphill and his feet downhill. FAIR: When Tony reveals the power generation of the first arc reactor he uses in his chest, he gives it in gigajoules per second (more typically called gigawatts). Since the reactor is generating this much power, the amount of power available to the suit in the ending battle should not be dropping steadily, but should be constant until the reactor stops generating power. However, given the high amount of advanced technology all constantly being run at the same time while the suit is operational, it's entirely plausible that the suit is using more energy per second than the reactor is generating (i.e. JARVIS' comment that the Mark I chestpiece was not designed for *sustained* flight), resulting in a steady loss of total power available and causing him to switch to the backup power source while the reactor catches back up. Fact errors: Molten palladium is incandescent (about 1550°C), glowing yellow-white if not white-hot. The palladium that Yinsen pours is nowhere near that temperature; it is not even at red heat. Revealing mistakes: At the benefit party, when Tony Stark gets the two Martinis at the bar, the girl to his right looks into the camera for an instant. CHAR: Tony Stark mentions the altitude record for a fixed wing aircraft at 80000ft for an SR-71. The actual record is held by the Russian Mig 25 Foxbat at 120000ft. |
Quotes
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Tony Stark: [toasting after giving a weapon's demonstration] To Peace. Christine Everheart: Mr. Stark! Christine Everheart, Vanity Fair magazine. Can I ask you a couple of questions? Hogan: [whispers to Stark] She's cute. Tony Stark: [whispers to Hogan] She's alright. [turns around] Tony Stark: Hi! Christine Everheart: Hi. Tony Stark: Yeah. Okay, go. Christine Everheart: You've been called the Da Vinci of our time. What do you say to that? Tony Stark: Absolutely ridiculous. I don't paint. Christine Everheart: And what do you say to your other nickname, the Merchant of Death? Tony Stark: That's not bad. Let me guess... Berkeley? Christine Everheart: Brown, actually. Tony Stark: Well, Ms. Brown. It's an imperfect world, but it's the only one we got. I guarantee you the day weapons are no longer needed to keep the peace, I'll start making bricks and beams for baby hospitals. Christine Everheart: Rehearse that much? Tony Stark: Every night in front of the mirror before bedtime. Christine Everheart: I can see that. Tony Stark: I'd like to show you firsthand. Christine Everheart: [exasperated] All I'm looking for is a straight answer. Tony Stark: [removing his shades] OK, here's a straight answer. My old man had a philosophy: peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy. Christine Everheart: That's a great line, coming from a guy selling the sticks. Tony Stark: My father helped defeat Nazis. He worked on the Manhattan Project. A lot of people, including your professors at Brown, would call that being a hero. Christine Everheart: And a lot of people would also call that war-profiteering. Tony Stark: Tell me, do you plan to report on the millions we've saved by advancing medical technology or kept from starvation with our intelli-crops? All those breakthroughs, military funding, honey. Christine Everheart: Have you ever lost an hour of sleep in your life? Tony Stark: I'm be prepared to lose a few with you. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: [walking in on Stark's robots trying to get him out of the Iron Man suit] What is going on here? Tony Stark: Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Are those bullet holes? Tony Stark: [reading the newspaper] "Iron Man". That's kind of catchy. It's got a nice ring to it. [after testing the suit's capabilities] Tony Stark: Yeah, I can fly. Rhodey: [eyeing the Mark II Iron Man suit] Next time, baby. [last lines] Tony Stark: There's been speculation that I was involved in the events that occurred on the freeway and the rooftop... Christine Everheart: I'm sorry, Mr. Stark, but do you honestly expect us to believe that that was a bodyguard in a suit that conveniently appeared, despite the fact that... Tony Stark: I know that it's confusing. It is one thing to question the official story, and another thing entirely to make wild accusations, or insinuate that I'm a superhero. Christine Everheart: I never said you were a superhero. Tony Stark: Didn't? Christine Everheart: Mmm-mmm. Tony Stark: Well, good, because that would be outlandish and, uh, fantastic. I'm just not the hero type. Clearly. With this laundry list of character defects, all the mistakes I've made, largely public. Rhodey: [whispers to Tony] Just stick to the cards, man. Tony Stark: Yeah, okay. Tony Stark: [holds up his notes and pauses] The truth is... Tony Stark: [puts cards down] I am Iron Man. Tony Stark: I never got to say goodbye to my father. There's questions I would've asked him. I would've asked him how he felt about what his company did, if he was conflicted, if he ever had doubts. Or maybe he was every inch of man we remember from the newsreels. I saw young Americans killed by the very weapons I created to defend them and protect them. And I saw that I had become part of a system that is comfortable with zero-accountability. Press Reporter #1: Mr. Stark! What happened over there? Tony Stark: I had my eyes opened. I came to realize that I had more to offer this world than just making things that blow up. And that is why, effective immediately, I am shutting down the weapons manufacturing division of Stark Industries. Tony Stark: Give me a scotch. I'm starving. [after end credits] Tony Stark: [arriving home] Evening, JARVIS! Jarvis: [voice distorted] Welcome home, sir... [Stark stops as he sees a figure in his living room] Nick Fury: "I am Iron Man". You think you're the only superhero in the world? Mr. Stark, you've become part of a bigger universe. You just don't know it yet. Nick Fury: Who the hell are you? Nick Fury: Nick Fury. Director of SHIELD. Tony Stark: Ah. Nick Fury: I'm here to talk to you about the Avenger Initiative. Rhodey: As liaison to Stark Industries, I have a unique privilege of serving with a real patriot. He is my friend, and he is my great mentor. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present this year's Apogee Award to Mr. Tony Stark! [crowd applauds] Rhodey: Tony? [Stark is not present, so Stane approaches the stage] Obadiah Stane: [accepting the award] Thank you, Colonel. This is beautiful. Thank you all very much. This is wonderful. Well, I'm not Tony Stark. [laughter] But if I were Tony, I would tell you how honored I feel, and what a joy it is to receive this very prestigious award. Tony, you know, the best thing about Tony is also the worst thing - he's always working. [cuts to Stark playing craps in a casino] Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: You are supposed to be halfway around the world by now. Tony Stark: How'd she take it? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Like a champ. Tony Stark: Why are you trying to hustle me out of here? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Your flight was scheduled to leave an hour and a half ago. Tony Stark: It's funny, I though with it being my plane and all that it would just wait for me. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Tony, I need to speak to you about a couple of things before I get you out... Tony Stark: I mean, doesn't it kind of defeat the whole purpose of having your own plane if it departs before you arrive? Tony Stark: What are you trying to get rid of me for? You got plans? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: As a matter of fact, I do. Tony Stark: I don't like it when you have plans. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: I'm allowed to have plans on my birthday. Tony Stark: It's your birthday? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Yes. Tony Stark: I knew that. Already? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Yeah, isn't that strange? It's the same day as last year. Tony Stark: Well, get yourself something nice for me. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: I already did. Tony Stark: Yeah? And? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Oh, it's very nice... very tasteful. Thank you, Mr. Stark. Tony Stark: You're welcome, Ms. Potts. Rhodey: Hey Tony. Tony Stark: I'm sorry. This is the fun-vee. The hum-drum-vee is back there. Yinsen: [to Stark, while in captivity] Do as I do. [first lines] Tony Stark: I feel like you're driving me to court martial. This is crazy. What did I do? I feel like you're gonna pull over and snuff me. What, you're not allowed to talk? Hey, Forrest! Jimmy: We can talk, sir. Tony Stark: Oh, I see. So it's personal. Ramirez: No, you intimidate them. Tony Stark: Good God, you're a woman! I honestly, I couldn't have called that. I mean, I would apologize, but isn't that what we're going for here? I thought of you as a soldier first. Ramirez: I'm an airman. Tony Stark: Well, you have actually excellent bone structure there. I'm kinda having a hard time not looking at you now. Is that weird? [soldiers laugh] Tony Stark: You got a family? Yinsen: Yes, and I will see them when I leave here. And you, Stark? Tony Stark: [quietly] No. Yinsen: So you're a man who has everything, but nothing. Tony Stark: We gotta go. Come on, move with me. We got a plan, and we're going to stick to it. Yinsen: This was always the plan, Stark... Tony Stark: Come on, you're going to go see your family. Get up. Yinsen: My family is dead, Stark... and I'm going to see them now. It's okay, I want this... I want this. [Stark is silent for a moment] Tony Stark: Thank you for saving me. Yinsen: Don't waste it... don't waste your life, Stark. [dies] Tony Stark: [after crash-landing in the desert] Not bad. Rhodey: [upon rescuing Stark] How was the fun-vee? Next time you ride with me, all right? Tony Stark: Hmmm. Your eyes are red. Tears for your long lost boss? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Tears of joy. I hate job hunting. Tony Stark: Yeah, well, vacation's over. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Tony, you have to go to the hospital. The doctor has to look at you. Tony Stark: I don't have to do anything. I've been in captivity for three months. There are two things I want to do. One, I want an American cheeseburger, and the other... Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: That's enough of that. Tony Stark: It's not what you think. I want you to call for a press conference now. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Call for a press conference? What on earth for? Tony Stark: Hogan, drive. Cheeseburger first. Agent Phil Coulson: I'm Agent Phil Coulson with the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: That's quite a mouthful. Agent Phil Coulson: I know. We're working on it. Tony Stark: Pepper, uh, how big are your hands? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: What? Tony Stark: How big are your hands? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: I don't understand why... Tony Stark: Get down here. I need you. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: [about Stark's old arc reactor] What do you want me to do with this? Tony Stark: That? Destroy it. Incinerate it. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: You don't want to keep it? Tony Stark: Pepper, I've been called many things. Nostalgic is not one of them. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: [upon seeing Stark wearing a machine around his arm] I thought you said you were done making weapons? Tony Stark: It isn't. This is a flight stabilizer. It's completely harmless. [Stark is blasted back by the force of the machine] Tony Stark: I didn't expect that. Tony Stark: How'd it go? [Stark sees a pizza box on the table] Tony Stark: Oh, that bad, huh? Obadiah Stane: Just because I brought pizza back from New York doesn't mean it went bad. [accidentally burning his restored car collection by hovering above them] Tony Stark: Okay, this is where I don't want to be. Jarvis: [while Tony is wearing the Mark II Armor] Test complete. Preparing to power down and begin diagnostics... Tony Stark: Uh, yeah, tell you what. Do a weather and ATC check, start listening in on ground control. Jarvis: Sir, there are still terabytes of calculations required before an actual flight is... Tony Stark: Jarvis... sometimes you gotta run before you can walk. Tony Stark: Where'd you get that dress? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: It was a birthday present... from you, actually. Tony Stark: I got great taste, don't I? You, uh, wanna dance? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Oh, no, thank you. Tony Stark: [leading her to the dance floor] All right, come on. Rhodey: [talking over phone] What the hell is that noise? Tony Stark: I'm driving with the top down. Rhodey: Well, I need your help right now. Tony Stark: Funny how that works, huh? Rhodey: Yeah. Speaking of funny, we got a weapons depot that was just blown up a few klicks from where you were being held. Tony Stark: Well, I'd say that's a hot spot. Sounds... [takes a breath] Tony Stark: ...sounds like someone stepped in and did your job for you. Rhodey: Why do you sound out of breath? Tony Stark: I'm not. I was just jogging in the canyon. Rhodey: I thought you were driving. Tony Stark: Right, I was driving... to the canyon... where I'm gonna jog. Rhodey: You sure you don't have any tech in that area I should know about? Tony Stark: Nope. [Two F-22s rise behind Iron Man] Rhodey: Good, because I'm looking at something right now and we're about to blow it to kingdom come. Rhodey: [answering his phone during the attack on Iron Man] Hello. Tony Stark: Hi, Rhodey, its me. Rhodey: It's who? Tony Stark: Oh, I'm sorry, it is ME. You asked. What your asking about, it's me. Rhodey: No, you see, this isn't a game. You do not send civilian equipment into my active war zone. You understand that? Tony Stark: It's not a piece of equipment, I'm in it! Its a suit! It's ME! Obadiah Stane: [to Raza] Technology. That's always been your Achilles heel in this part of the world. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Tony, you know that I would help you with anything, but I cannot help you if you're going to start all this again. Tony Stark: There is nothing except this. There's no art opening, no charity, nothing to sign. There's the next mission, and nothing else. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Is that so? Well, then I quit. Tony Stark: You stood by my side all these years while I reaped the benefits of destruction. Now that I'm trying to protect the people I've put in harm's way, you're going to walk out? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: You're going to kill yourself, Tony. I'm not going to be a part of it. Tony Stark: I shouldn't be alive... unless it was for a reason. I'm not crazy, Pepper. I just finally know what I have to do. And I know in my heart that it's right. William Ginter Riva: Mr. Stane. Sir, we've explored what you've asked us and it seems as though there's a little hiccup. Actually, um... Obadiah Stane: A hiccup? William Ginter Riva: Yes, see, to power the suit... sir, the technology doesn't actually exist. So it... Obadiah Stane: Wait, wait, the technology? [puts an arm around him] William, William... [points at the giant arc reactor] Obadiah Stane: Here is the technology. I've asked you to simply make it smaller. William Ginter Riva: All right, and that's what we're trying to do, but... honestly, it's impossible. Obadiah Stane: [shouting] Tony Stark was able to build this in a cave! With a box of scraps! William Ginter Riva: Well, I'm sorry. I'm not Tony Stark. Obadiah Stane: [to Stark] When I ordered the hit on you, I was worried that I was killing the golden goose. But, you see, it was just fate that you survived it, leaving one last golden egg to give. You really think that just because you have an idea, it belongs to you? Your father, he helped give us the atomic bomb. Now what kind of world would it be today if he was as selfish as you? Rhodey: [seeing Stark in the Iron Man suit] That's the coolest thing I've ever seen. Tony Stark: Not bad, huh? Agent Phil Coulson: This isn't my first rodeo, Mr. Stark. Rhodey: You need me to do anything else? Iron Man: Keep the skies clear. Obadiah Stane: You ripped out my targeting system... Hold still, you little prick! Jarvis: Sir, it appears his suit can fly. Iron Man: Duly noted. Take me to maximum altitude. Jarvis: With only 19% power, the odds of reaching that altitude... Iron Man: I know the math! Do it! Obadiah Stane: [discussing the company's future with Tony] We're iron mongers, we make weapons. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: [after Stark's one night stand with Christine] I have your clothes here; they've been dry cleaned and pressed. And there's a car waiting for you outside that will take you anywhere you'd like to go. Christine Everheart: You must be the famous Pepper Potts. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: [smiles and nods] Indeed I am. Christine Everheart: After all these years, Tony still has you picking up the dry cleaning. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: I do anything and everything Mr. Stark requires. Including occasionally taking out the trash. Will that be all? Tony Stark: [recording a log as he tests his rocket boots] Day 11, Test 37, Configuration 2.0. For lack of a better option, Dummy is still on fire safety. [turns to robot] Tony Stark: If you douse me again, and I'm not on fire, I'm donating you to a city college. Seriously, we're just gonna start off with 1% thrust capacity. And three... two... one. [performs test successfully, then lands. Dummy raises its extinguisher arm hopefully] Tony Stark: Please don't follow me around with it either because I feel like I'm going to catch on fire spontaneously. Just stand down. If something happens, then come in. Pratt: Is it true that you went twelve-for-twelve with the Maxim Girls last year? Tony Stark: That is an excellent question. Yes and no. March and I had a scheduling conflict but fortunately the Christmas cover was twins. Tony Stark: [explaining to Jim Rhodes as to why he was late for his plane] I got stuck doing a piece for Vanity Fair. Tony Stark: [to Jimmy, who's raising his hand] You're kidding me with the hand up, right? Jimmy: Is it cool if I take a picture with you? Tony Stark: Yes, it's very cool. [Jimmy hands Pratt his camera and poses with a peace sign] Tony Stark: I don't want to see this on your myspace page. Please no gang signs. [Jimmy lowers hand] Tony Stark: No, throw it up. I'm kidding. Yeah, peace. I love peace. I'd be out of a job for peace. Agent Phil Coulson: Mr. Stark. Tony Stark: Yeah? Agent Phil Coulson: Agent Coulson. Tony Stark: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, the guy from the... Agent Phil Coulson: Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Tony Stark: Whew! God, you really need a new name for that. Agent Phil Coulson: Yeah, I hear that a lot. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Agent Coulson, I just wanted to say thank you very much for all of your help. Agent Phil Coulson: That's what we do. You'll be hearing from us. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: From the Strategic Homeland... Agent Phil Coulson: [interrupting] Just call us SHIELD. [repeated line] Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Will that be all, Mr. Stark? Tony Stark: Yes, that will be all, Miss. Potts. Tony Stark: This looks important! [rips out Iron Monger's optic cables] Iron Man: [picks up terrorist, throws him to civilians] He's all yours. Tony Stark: They say that the best weapon is the one you never have to fire. I respectfully disagree. I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once. That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it, and it's worked out pretty well so far. I present to you the newest in Stark Industries' Freedom line. Find an excuse to let one of these off the chain, and I personally guarantee, the bad guys won't even wanna come out of their caves. Ladies and gentlemen, for your consideration... the Jericho. Tony Stark: Am I making you uncomfortable? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Oh, no, I always forget to wear deodorant and dance with my boss in a room full of people I work with in a dress with no back. Tony Stark: Well, you look great, you smell great. But I could fire you if that would take the edge off. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: I don't think you could tie your shoes without me. Tony Stark: I'd make it a week. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: A week, really? What's your social security number? Tony Stark: [he pauses] Tony Stark: Five... Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: [smiling] "Five?" You're missing just a couple of digits. Tony Stark: Right, the other eight. Well, I have you for the other eight. Rhodey: [to Pepper at Tony's press conference after returning from Afghanistan] What's with the love in? Yinsen: That doesn't look like the Jericho missile. Tony Stark: That's because it is a miniaturized arc reactor. I've got a big one powering my factory at home. Yinsen: What will it generate? Tony Stark: If my math is right - and it always is - three gigajoules per second. Yinsen: [amazed] That could run your heart for fifty lifetimes! Tony Stark: Yeah... or something big for fifteen minutes. Obadiah Stane: I've never really had a taste for this kind of thing, but I must admit I'm deeply enjoying the suit! Obadiah Stane: How ironic, Tony! Trying to rid the world of weapons, you gave it its best one ever! And now, I'm going to kill you with it! [Tony suggests doing something different besides manufacturing weapons] Obadiah Stane: Like what? Make baby bottles. Tony Stark: [Tony and Rhodey are on Tony's elaborate plane sitting at a table. Rhodey is reading a newspaper] Whatcha readin'... platypus? Rhodey: Nothin'. Tony Stark: Come on sour patch. Rhodey: I told you I'm not sour... Tony Stark: ...don't be mad... Rhodey: ...i'm not mad, i'm indifferent, ok. Tony Stark: I said I was sorry. Rhodey: You don't need to apologize to me cause I'm not mad. Stewardess: Good morning Mr. Stark. Tony Stark: [addressing the stewardess] Hi, I said I was sorry. Rhodey: ...i'm just indifferent right now. Stewardess: [to Tony] Hot towel? Rhodey: You don't respect yourself so I know you don't respect me... Tony Stark: ...I respect you... Tony Stark: ...so I'm just your baby sitter. so when you need your diaper changed [receives a hot towel from the stewardess] thank you [readdresses Tony] let me know and I'll get you a bottle, ok? Tony Stark: Hey! Heat up the saki will ya? Thanks for reminding me. Rhodey: I'm not talkin about a... we're not drinking we're working right now. Rhodey: You are institutionally incapable of being responsible. Tony Stark: It would be irresponsible NOT to drink. I'm just talking about a night cap here. Stewardess: Hot saki? Tony Stark: Yes, 2 please. Rhodey: No... just... I'm not drinking. I don't want any. Rhodey: [queue to a scene where dancey lounge music is playing and Rhodey and Tony are drinking as a stripper pole comes out of the floor for the stewardesses to dance around] That's what I'm talking about, when I get up in the morning and I'm puttin on my uniform you know what I recognize? I see in the mirror that every person with this uniform on, GOT MY BACK! Tony Stark: you know, i'm not... i'm not... like you... aren't you just a little distracted right now? Rhodey: you don't have to be like me, but you can be more and you just don't see it. No I can't be distracted right now! Yinsen: We met, you know, in Bern. Tony Stark: Really? I don't remember. Yinsen: [chuckling] Of course not. If I had been that drunk, I wouldn't have been able to stand, let alone give a lecture on integrated circuits. [Stark and Potts carry out an arc reactor transplant] Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Don't ever, ever, ever, ask me to do anything like that, ever again! Tony Stark: I don't have anyone but you. [as he lies dying, Dummy hands Stark the Mark I arc reactor] Tony Stark: Good boy... [Iron Monger breaks out of the building] Iron Monger: Where do you think you're going? [aims a blaster at Pepper] Iron Monger: Your services are no longer required. Tony Stark: [pats someone on the back] Looking great, Hef. [the man turns around, and it's actually Stan Lee] Iron Monger: I love this suit! Tony Stark: Why aren't you wearing those pyjamas I gave you? Obadiah Stane: Good night, Tony... Tony Stark: [seeing wires running out of his chest] What the hell did you do to me? Yinsen: What I did was save your life. That is an electromagnet, connected to a car battery. I removed as much shrapnel from your chest as I could, but there are still some pieces left. I've seen plenty of injuries like that. In my village we call those casualties "the Walking Dead", because they take about a week to reach your heart. Raza: Long ago, the bow and arrow was the ultimate technological achievement. It was used by Genghis Khan to forge an empire that stretched across Asia, from the wintry woods of Ukraine to the Eastern shores of Korea. Now, whoever holds the weapons manufactured by Stark Industries rules the world... and soon, it will be MY turn. Yinsen: Did you see that? Those are YOUR weapons... in the hands of those murderers! Is this what you want? Is this what you wish the legacy of the great Tony Stark to be? Tony Stark: I shouldn't do anything. They could kill you, they're gonna kill me, either way, and even if they don't, I'll probably be dead in a week. Yinsen: Then this is a very important week for you, isn't it? Obadiah Stane: [staring at the Mark I armour] So that's how he did it... Raza: Tony Stark has created the ultimate weapon: a masterpiece of death. A man with a dozen of these could rule all of Asia. [after nearly kissing her boss] Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: I would like a Martini, dry, with lots of olives. Like, at least three olives. Jarvis: Perhaps, if you intend to visit other planets, we should improve the exosystems. Tony Stark: Connect to the sys. co. Have it reconfigure the shell metals. Use the gold titanium alloy from the seraphim tactical satellite. That should ensure a fuselage integrity while while maintaining power-to-weight ratio. Got it? Jarvis: Yes. Shall I render using proposed specifications? Tony Stark: Thrill me. [as Jarvis works on the render, Tony watches benefit at the Disney Concert Hall on TV] Jarvis: The render is complete. Tony Stark: A little ostentatious, don't you think? Jarvis: What was I thinking? You're usually so discreet. Tony Stark: [gazes at a 1930s hotrod] Tell you what. Throw a little hotrod red in there. Jarvis: Yes, that should help you keep a low profile. The render is complete. Tony Stark: Hey, I like it. Fabricate it. Paint it. Jarvis: Commencing automated assembly. Estimated completion time is five hours. Tony Stark: [looks at his watch] Don't wait up for me, honey. Raza: [a side of his face scarred] Compliments of Tony Stark... Obadiah Stane: If you'd killed him like you were supposed to, you'd still have a face. [the Iron Monger lifts a car with a family in it] Iron Monger: I love this suit! Iron Man: Put 'em down! Iron Monger: Collateral damage, Tony! [playing backgammon] Tony Stark: [rolling a 6 and 5] Sheesh o besh. Yinsen: Good roll. Blonde Girl: Tony! Remember me? Tony Stark: [walking by] Sure don't. Rhodey: [standing by Stark's airplane] Three hours! Three hours you've kept me standing here! Tony Stark: [walking past him] Waiting on you now. Iron Monger: You had a great idea, Tony, but my suit is more advanced in every way! Iron Man: How'd you solve the icing problem? Iron Monger: Icing problem? [his suit begins to fail] Iron Man: Might want to look into it. [He raps his fist on Iron Monger's frozen helmet as his suit fails and plummets to the ground] Tony Stark: [a hole in his chest] I just want you to reach in, and gently lift the wire out. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Is it safe? Tony Stark: Yeah. It should be fine. It's just like Operation, just don't let it touch the socket. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: What do you mean, Operation? Tony Stark: It's just a game, never mind. Just gently lift the wire, okay? All right... Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: You know, I... uh... I don't think that I'm qualified to do that. Tony Stark: No, no. You're fine. You are the most capable, qualified, trustworthy person I've ever met, you'll do great. Is it too much to ask? 'Cause I really need your help here. Tony Stark: [playing Craps] We're gonna let it ride! Give me a hand, will you? Give me a little something-something. [woman blows on his dice] Tony Stark: Okay, you too. Rhodey: I don't blow on a man's dice. Tony Stark: Come on, honey bear. [Rhodey taps Tony hand causing him to roll the dice] Tony Stark: There it is. Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes rolls! And... Dealer at Craps Table: Two craps. Line away. Rhodey: That's what happens. Tony Stark: Worse things have happened. [during the attack by the Ten Rings] Tony Stark: Gimme a gun! Gimme a gun! [Pepper sends Stark a gift: an arc reactor in a case] Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: [inscription] "Proof that Tony Stark has a heart." Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Obadiah, he-he's gone insane! Iron Man: I know! Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: He-he built a suit! Iron Man: Listen, you'd better get out of there! Just get out-! [Iron Monger breaks up through the ground] Iron Monger: Where do you think you're going? [Iron Man is launched into the sky by Iron Monger's missile, but instead of crashing, he activates his flight repulsors and hovers] Iron Monger: Impressive! You've upgraded your armor! I've made some upgrades of my own... [activates jets and starts to fly too] Jarvis: Sir, it appears his suit can fly. Iron Man: Duly noted. [Stark's car, the winner of a race, arrives at the airport] Tony Stark: I thought I lost you back there! Hogan: You did, sir. [Everhart shows Stark some photos] Christine Everheart: [disgusted at Stark's evident hypocrisy] Is this what you call accountability? [Stark looks at photos of Stark Industries weapons in Afghanistan] Tony Stark: When were these taken? Christine Everheart: Yesterday. Tony Stark: I didn't authorize this. Christine Everheart: Well, your company did. Tony Stark: I'm not my company! Iron Monger: Nice try! Rhodey: The future of air combat... Is it manned, or unmanned? I'll tell you in my experience, no unmanned aerial vehicle will ever trump a pilot's instinct. [special feature] Tony Stark: [after losing $3 million at craps] What's better, winning all that money or not caring about it? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: [fumbling inside Stark's chest] Oh... ah... EWW, there's pus! Tony Stark: It's not pus. It's an inorganic plasmic discharge. It's from the device, not my body. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: It smells! Tony Stark: Yeah, it does. Agent Phil Coulson: [about Obadiah] Looks like you were right, he was building a suit. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: I thought it'd be bigger... [the Iron Monger attacks] [Stark and Stane fight on the roof of the Stark Industries power plant] Iron Man: [intercom] Potts. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Tony, are you okay? Iron Man: Listen to me. We have to overload the arc reactor and blast the roof. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Well, how are you going to do that? Iron Man: YOU're going to do it! Go to the central console, open up all the circuits. When I get clear, I'll let you know, and then you hit the master bypass button. Iron Man: [under fire from Obadiah] Time to hit the button! Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: You told me not to... Iron Man: JUST DO IT! Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: YOU'LL DIE! Iron Man: PUSH IT! Tony Stark: If I were Iron Man, I'd have this girlfriend who knew my true identity. She'd be a wreck. She'd always be worrying I was going to die, yet so proud of the man I've become. She'd be wildly conflicted, which would only make her more crazy about me... [Pepper is reaching into Tony's chest cavity] Tony Stark: Okay now, the copper wire - you got it? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Yeah, I've got it. Tony Stark: Now pull it out, gently, and just make sure you don't touch the s... [BUZZ!] Tony Stark: AH! - i-i-i-des! Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Sorry, I'm sorry! Tony Stark: Don't touch the sides, that's what I was trying to tell you before. Now, just gently pull that out, and whatever you do, don't pull out the... [Pepper pulls out the end, Tony's heart monitors go off] Tony Stark: The magnet at the end of it. See, that was it. You just... Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: What? Tony Stark: What I was trying to tell you - no, don't put it back in! Just put it over there, we have to hurry... Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: What's wrong? Tony Stark: Oh, nothing, I'm just going into cardiac arrest, because you... Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: *What*? I thought you said this was safe! Tony Stark: ...just yanked it out like a trout! [testing his rocket boots for the first time] Tony Stark: Okay, let's do this right. Start mark, half a meter and to the right. Dummy, look alive, you're on standby for fire safety. You, roll it. Activate hand controls... okay, we're gonna start off nice and easy. See if 10% thrust capacity achieves lift. In three... two... one... [He activates his rocket boots, which launch him right up into the ceiling, to crash back down. Dummy sprays him with extinguisher foam] [testing the Mark II armor] Tony Stark: Okay, let's see what this thing can do. What's SR-71's record? Jarvis: The altitude record for fixed wing flight is 85,000 feet, sir. Tony Stark: Records are made to be broken! Come on! Rhodey: Oh, my God, you crazy son of a bitch! You owe me a plane, you know that, right? Tony Stark: [chuckling] Yeah, well, technically he hit me, so... Major Allen: Mark your position and return to base. Viper 1: Roger. [Whiplash Two rolls, One's pilot sees Iron Man clinging to its belly] Viper 1: I see it! It looks like a... man! [Tony is going into cardiac arrest] Tony Stark: We have to hurry. Take this, take this... Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Okay, okay... Tony Stark: Now you have to take this wire and attach it to the base plate, there. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Okay... Tony? Tony Stark: What? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Tony, it's gonna be okay. Tony Stark: Is it? Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: It's gonna be okay. I-I am gonna make this okay. Tony Stark: Let's hope. [She reaches in again and hooks up the new heart machine - CLICK!] Tony Stark: YAAA-OOOOOW...! [normal voice] Tony Stark: Was that so hard? That was fun, right? Tony Stark: I think you got a lot of my weapons. Obadiah Stane: [holding Tony's arc reactor] A new generation of weapons... with this at its heart. Obadiah Stane: For thirty years, I've been holding you up! I built this company up from nothing! Nothing's gonna stand in my way - least of all, *you*! Obadiah Stane: Shame you had to bring Pepper into this. I would have preferred she live... Christine Everheart: [at the Firefighter's Family Fund Benefit] Well, Tony Stark! Tony Stark: [awkwardly] Oh, hey. Christine Everheart: Fancy seeing you here. Tony Stark: [tries to remember] Carrie. Christine Everheart: Christine. Tony Stark: That's right. Christine Everheart: You have a lot of nerve showing up here tonight. Can I at least get a reaction from you? Tony Stark: Panic. I would say panic is my reaction. Christine Everheart: I was referring to your company's involvement in this latest atrocity. Tony Stark: Yeah, they just put my name on the invitation, I don't know what to tell you. Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: [to Tony] You're all I have too, y'know. [an Air Force base prepares to scramble fighters when Iron Man appears on the radar again. Rhodey appears and hangs up the phone] Rhodey: Not necessary, people. Just a training exercise. [Abu Bakaar speaks to Tony] Yinsen: [translating] He wants you to build the Jericho missile. He has everything you need here, he wants you to begin immediately. After it is completed, he will set you free. [Abu Bakaar smiles and holds out his hand. Tony smiles and shakes it] Tony Stark: [still smiling] No, he won't. Yinsen: [also smiling] No, he won't. |
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