History Trivia / IronManTheAnimatedSeries

* CreatorBacklash: Being Asian, season 2 producer Yi-Chi Chen wasn't exactly happy about having to use [[YellowPeril The Mandarin]] in the show; he still at the least tried to give the character a more respectful depiction than he had in the first season.

* EditedForSyndication: A rather unusual case. When the show was on Netflix for a while, the show was, for the first time since its original broadcast, presented with its original ''Marvel Action Hour'' branding (and the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'' episodes were included, despite nothing in Netflix's listings indicating that) and Stan Lee intros! (The only thing changed in this case was removed the outdated Marvel and Genesis and/or Saban logos in favor of the current Marvel Animation logo.) However, Season 2 was rather strange since the Season 1 ''Marvel Action Hour'' intros were edited together with the Season 2 intros, apparently to remove any trace of the ''Marvel Action Universe'' branding they used for that season (possibly because for said season, ''IM'' and ''FF'' were joined by another New World show, ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', which Disney also owns but not the characters and underlying IP); it was very obvious as the voiceover suddenly switched from Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} to Creator/TomKane.

** Creator/EdGilbert and Robert Ito as The Mandarin.

** Harewood, Robert Hays (Iron Man), John Reilly (Hawkeye), Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (M.O.D.O.K.), and Neil Ross (Fin Fang Foom) were the ''only'' cast members to return for Season 2. Virtually everyone else was replaced.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://marvel.popgeeks.com/ironman/interviews/tom/ If the show had gotten a third season]], one idea was to delve more into Tony's inner demons, including his inability to establish a firm relationship with Julia (her giving Tony an ultimatum would send him into a downward spiral) and his guilt over being a weapons manufacturer.
** In season 1's pre-production, IM's armor had no mouth slit on the faceplate and The Mandarin's [[http://www.ironmanarmory.com/clips2.html design was different]], with a blue outfit instead of green and a yellow helmet that was ultimately omitted (though it still came as an accessory with the action figure). The mouth slit was added late in production; several bits of animation still hint at the original design.

** Creator/EdGilbert and his replacement as The Mandarin.

* DuelingDubs: There are two Japanese dubs. The first Japanese dub was aired on NHK BS2 in 1996 as part of the "Satellite Anime Theater" block, and features a unique Japanese theme song among other things. The second Japanese dub has a completely different voice cast and was produced specifically for Creator/DisneyPlus, where it can be found under the show's Japanese audio track. Unlike the first dub, the second dub retains the original intro and theme music.

** Creator/DorianHarewood took over for James Avery as War Machine, Whirlwind, and Whiplash early into Season 1. Strangely, James Avery returned to voice War Machine in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', despite Harewood having already taken over the role by that point.

** Century also suffered from this... twice! His original voice actor James Warwick was among those let go in-between seasons. In "The Beast Within," Jim Cummings takes over voicing the character. But in "The Hands of the Mandarin" two-parter, fellow series regular Creator/TomKane had the role instead. (This was most likely because H.O.M.E.R. didn't appear in Part 2 and production wanted Kane to have something to do.)

** Decades later, the Creator/{{Hasbro}} [[https://hasbropulse.com/products/marvel-legends-series-retro-iron-man Marvel Legends Retro Iron Man figure]] basically attempted to meet halfway between the show's depictions (including an alternate swappable faceplate with mouthslit, and a Tony Stark head with mullet) and those seen in [[VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes the 1990s]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom video games]] (specifically the [[{{BFG}} Proton Cannon]] and the shape of the non-mouth slitted helmet)) .

* WhatCouldHaveBeen, [[http://marvel.popgeeks.com/ironman/interviews/tom/ If the show had gotten a third season]], one idea was to delve more into Tony's inner demons, including his inability to establish a firm relationship with Julia (her giving Tony an ultimatum would send him into a downward spiral) and his guilt over being a weapons manufacturer.

* TroubledProduction: The show was a mess behind the scenes, with Marvel viewing it [[MerchandiseDriven as an afterthought whose sole purpose was to sell toys]]. The second season had no producer until three months into production, which resulted in 24-hour work days with no weekends off. The staff also had little say in things about plots and character designs, which were largely dictated by Marvel and Toy Biz.

* NamesTheSame: The Mandarin's team of supervillains are collectively known as the Hand, the same name used by the evil ninja clan seen in the ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' and ''ComicBook/XMen'' comic books.

* EditedForSyndication: A rather unusual case. When the show was on Netflix for a while, the show was, for the first time since its original broadcast, presented with its original ''Marvel Action Hour'' branding (and the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' episodes were included, despite nothing in Netflix's listings indicating that) and Stan Lee intros! (The only thing changed in this case was removed the outdated Marvel and Genesis and/or Saban logos in favor of the current Marvel Animation logo.) However, Season 2 was rather strange since the Season 1 ''Marvel Action Hour'' intros were edited together with the Season 2 intros, apparently to remove any trace of the ''Marvel Action Universe'' branding they used for that season (possibly because for said season, ''IM'' and ''FF'' were joined by another New World show, ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', which Disney also owns but not the characters and underlying IP); it was very obvious as the voiceover suddenly switched from Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} to Creator/TomKane.