History Film / IronMan1

* MsFanservice: eccentric womanising billionaire Tony Stark equips his private jet with stripping stewardesses complete with a pole for them to work around.

** The music that plays in the casino is a big band cover of Iron Man's theme song from ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes.''

* HidingInPlainSight: After Obidiah steals the Mark I from the Ten Rings, he has his development team set up directly under the Arc Reactor, which is built in the center of the Stark Industries complex.
* HighUpIceUp: Nearly gets him killed when he takes the Mark II armor on its first test flight, but then proves useful in his fight against the Iron Monger.

* IKnewIt: An InUniverse example with Christine Everheart, the reporter who had the one night stand with Tony earlier in the movie. She immediately challenges the prepared story of Iron Man being Tony's bodyguard and is the only one who remains seated after Tony admits that he is Iron Man.

* {{Improv}}: [[http://io9.com/5417310/jeff-bridges-admits-iron-man-movie-had-no-script According to]] Creator/JeffBridges, there was no script and the entire movie was improvised. Bridges said he had problems getting his head around this style of film making until he told himself to think of it as "a $200 million student film". [[http://www.superherohype.com/features/articles/96427-exclusive-an-in-depth-iron-man-talk-with-jon-favreau In an interview, director Jon Favreau]] confirmed that there was no completed script, and he wrote and rewrote many scenes during production. However, while most of the dialogue scenes were improvised, the action scenes were thoroughly planned out.

* MauveShirt: The airmen escorting Tony at the start of the film received a few fleeting minutes of characterization before they were wiped out by Stark's captors.

''[Bonks Iron Monger's now-iced head. Iron Monger falls to the ground unpowered.]''

'''Tony:''' ''[smugly]'' Might want to look into it.
''[bonks Iron Monger now-iced head and falls to the ground unpowered]''

** The first suit of armor Tony builds looks very similar to Iron Man's original appearance in the comics.

** "I'm here to talk to you about the Avenger Initiative". Nick Fury did not simply mention Comicbook/TheAvengers; "Comicbook/AvengersTheInitiative" was a comic book that began in 2007.

The film is followed by ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'', in which Stark makes a cameo in TheStinger, a 2010 sequel ''Film/IronMan2'', and Tony takes part in the 2012 CrossOver film ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''. 2013 saw the release of the second official follow-up ''Film/IronMan3''. Tony is next seen in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' in 2015, ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' in 2016, ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' in 2017, ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' in 2018 and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' in 2019.

The film is followed by its 2010 sequel ''Film/IronMan2'', and Tony takes part in the 2012 CrossOver film ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''. 2013 saw the release of the second official follow-up ''Film/IronMan3''. Tony is next seen in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' in 2015, ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' in 2016, ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' in 2017, ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' in 2018 and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' in 2019.

(bonks Iron Monger now-iced head and falls to the ground unpowered)

'''Tony:''' ''[smugly]'' Might want to look into it!

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse "Mr. Stark, you've become part of a bigger universe. You just don't know it yet."]]'']]

** Creator/PeterBillingsley of ''Film/AChristmasStory'' gets a scene as the scientist tasked with replicating Tony's arc reactor for Obidiah. Billingsley is a long-time friend and producing partner of Favreau, and received an executive producer credit on this movie.

** A deleted scene features Ghostface Killah of the Music/WuTangClan.

* PetTheDog: When a scientist Obadiah's berating over the failed attempt at making the Iron Monger suit functional tells him bluntly that he ''isn't'' Tony Stark (for context, he had just been told that Tony had built his own first suit in a cave with a box of scraps), he simply calms down and tells the scientist to stop worrying and get some rest, because despite the scientists' best efforts the only one capable of getting the suit to work is, indeed, Tony Stark.

** At the Stark corporation party, Tony stuffs what looks like a very large bill into the bartender's tip jar.

* NiceToTheWaiter: As part of his EstablishingCharacterMoment, Tony is very friendly to the lower enlisted [[InsistentTerminology airmen]] assigned to drive him back to the airfield after the Jericho demonstration. He insisted on trying to get to know them, even though they were clearly prepared to ride the whole way in silence. It adds a human face to his later decision to shut down his weapons program (as they were among those killed by Stark technology).

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When a terrorist organization murders multiple soldiers in order to kidnap you, you don't get to say no to their demands. Tony gets tortured.

* RealityEnsues: When a terrorist organization murders multiple soldiers in order to kidnap you, you don't get to say no to their demands. Tony gets tortured.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: After a rather charged dance and AlmostKisss with Tony, Pepper asks for a vodka martini, very dry with lots of olives.

** To achieve his goals of becoming a modern day Gengis Khan, Raza abducts Tony Stark and forces him to build weapons for his cell of the Ten Rings.

* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: The movie features many characters talking over each other at times and repeating what they'd already said. This was in part due to the script being left largely unfinished during filming, as the filmmakers had focused more on planning the action and the storyline. Jeff Bridges at one point said he had problems getting his head around this style of film making until he told himself to think of it as "a $200 million student film." In fact, director Jon Favreau acknowledged that improvisation would make the film feel more natural. The action scenes were pretty much the only things that had been thoroughly planned out, and the broadstrokes of the plot. Robert Downey Jr. improvised a great deal of his dialogue, including Tony's entire Jericho missile speech.

[[WhereItAllBegan The one that started it all.]]

-> ''TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO WRITE THIS PAGE IN A CAVE!! '''WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!'''''