History Film / IronMan1

'''Iron Man''' | ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' | ''Film/IronMan2'' | ''Film/{{Thor}}'' | ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' | ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''\\

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'''Iron Man''' | ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' | ''Film/IronMan2'' | ''Film/{{Thor}}'' | ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' | ''Film/TheAvengers2012''\\

* ItsAllMyFault: A mild one, at least. After Tony accidentally takes out one of the planes, the pilot is unable to deploy his chute. Tony overrides J.A.R.V.I.S.'s intention to fly away, and stays until he can reach the pilot and deploy the chute, saving the pilot's life.

[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one that]] [[WhereItAllBegan started]] [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse it all.]]

It was inducted into the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry for preservation as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" in December 2022, making it the first Marvel film to be selected to the Registry.

Inducted into UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry for preservation as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" in December 2022, making it the first Marvel film to be selected to the Registry.

Inducted into UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry for preservation as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" in December 2022.

* MoreDakka: The Mk I suit is wiping the floor with the Ten Rings gunmen until one opens up on him with a heavy machine gun - a weapon usually used to take out trucks and armored personnel carriers.

* BattleInTheRain: Downplayed, [[spoiler: the final battle with Iron Monger appears to take place either during or just after a light downpour.]]

* BookEnds: Tony's escape from the Ten Rings in the first act and his battle with Iron Monger in the third involve Tony's "box of scraps" makeshift arc reactor in his suit; unlike his properly-built reactor, the original has a small finite power when utilized for combat purposes, leaving Tony with only limited time to achieve his goal before it runs out of juice and kills him.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Tony's first arc reactor, which becomes a ChekhovsGun.
** Invoked but subverted later, when James Rhodes briefly contemplates using Tony's Mark II armor to help him fight [[spoiler:Obadiah]].
--->'''Rhodes:''' Next time, baby.

** In TheStinger Samuel L. Jackson makes his debut as ComicBook/NickFury.

* CreativeClosingCredits: The first of what would become a staple for Marvel Studios, as the end credits are overlayed with animated schematics of the Iron Man suits.

* CriticalAnnoyance: In one fight, Tony's suit is running very low on energy and [=JARVIS=] near-continuously reminds him of this, until Tony finally tells him to "just leave it on the screen!"
* CurbStompBattle: Tony Stark's Mark I armor with flame throwers vs. a group of terrorists armed with automatic weapons gives Stark an easy victory. With his upgraded Mark III armor, his return to Gulmira results in an even bigger curb-stomp against the terrorists even though they now have tanks.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: It seems like the main antagonists will be the Ten Rings terrorist organization, led by Raza, but it's revealed that they're working for [[spoiler:Obadiah Stane, who wants control of the company and needs Tony removed.]]

** This film presents SHIELD as a newly-formed organization that's still deciding on its name. Later films present the organization as having been an active force in the US Government since shortly after World War II, having been named after Captain America's iconic weapon.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** A Black Comedy example, but in the scene where Pepper swaps out Tony's Arc Reactor for the upgraded model, when she mishandles the copper wire and then yanks out the electromagnet, the heart monitor behind them buzzes and shifts from a steady heart pulse to delivering a full page of red text. Bonus points in that his RobotBuddy has been holding a light to illuminate the chest procedure but the flashlight head is actually angled toward Tony's face.
** Reporter Christine Everheart is immediately skeptical of the cover story about Iron Man being Tony's bodyguard. At the press conference after Tony suddenly announces that he ''is'' Iron Man, there's a shot of all the reporters leaping forward to shout excited questions at Tony — except for Christine, who remains seated, completely unsurprised by the reveal.

* NewscasterCameo: One scene features a segment of Jim Cramer's "Mad Money" television show, warning about the sudden drop in the price of Stark Industries stock.

* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: After Tony is kidnapped and held prisoner by terrorists, he has a change of heart and becomes the superhero Iron Man. However, because it's Tony Stark the shift is more toward JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

** While he only appears in still photographs, Howard Stark is portrayed by Gerard Sanders. He would later be played by Creator/DominicCooper as a young man and Creator/JohnSlattery in other appearances.

[[WhereItAllBegan The one that started]] [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse it all.]]

* CuttingTheKnot: When Pepper Potts and S.H.I.E.L.D are trying to get into Stane's stronghold within Stark Industries, Potts tries to use her company clearance/ID to get into. When that fails. Agent Coulson attaches a device to the door, which turns out to be an explosive to breach it (instead of picking the lock, which was what Potts thought would happen).

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* VillainHasAPoint: Up until the third act where he steals Tony's arc reactor and leaves him for dead (not to mention all his subsequent actions), Stane's reasons for his villainy are perfectly understandable. Putting a hit on Tony is extreme, but consider Tony is a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob who yet gets all the fame and credit for the success of Stark Industries, as well as the fact that upon his return from Afghanistan Tony announces he's shutting down the weapons division of Stark Industries, the company's focus for decades, with no plans for what the company is going to do instead, and he keeps a technological breakthrough like the arc reactor secret and for his own private use. No wonder Stane wants to get rid of Tony, he's reckless and damaging to the company Stane helped his father build. (Much of this is subverted by the fact that everything but the fame-and-credit part was a ''result'' of Stane's assassination attempt.)

* ItsAllMyFault: A mild one, at least. After Tony accidentally takes out one of the planes, the pilot is unable to deploy his chute. Tony overrides J.A.R.V.I.S.'s intention to fly away, and stays until he can reach the pilot and deploy the chute, saving the pilot's life life.

* FanserviceExtra: Eccentric womanizing billionaire Tony Stark equips his private jet with stripping stewardesses, complete with a pole for them to work around.