History WMG / Ironman

According to Nick Fury, Howard Stark always derided the arc reactor as "unfinished technology" and "the stepping stone to something greater." Even Tony acknowledges it as having been terribly inefficient before he started working on it. Whatever this something greater is, it would supposedly dwarf the energy output of nuclear reactors in the same way they outshine batteries. It makes even more sense when you remember that Howard Stark [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger did a lot of work in WWII]] that showed concern for more than the bottom line: he secretly flew two Allied agents over enemy airspace for a rescue mission, allowed the world's only vibranium sample to be carried into battle for propaganda purposes, and ''personally experimented on a fragment of the Cosmic Cube'' recovered from HYDRA. Having witnessed the Cube's power and the ridiculous technological advantage it offered HYDRA, Howard would conversely understand how ''useful'' the Cosmic Cube could if it was applied ''peacefully'' and shared with the world.

* Tony begged his dad for a little brother to play with and Howard answered absentmindedly "Build your own." So [[ChildProdigy 8-year-old Tony]] built a robot to play catch and do other brotherly activities with.

* Tony begged his dad for a little brother to play with and Howard answered absentmindedly "Build your own." So [[ChilProdigy 8-year-old Tony]] built a robot to play catch and do other brotherly activities with.

*** ...NoJustNo. Batman's mind is working way too well for him to be suffering from PTSD. Also, he keeps his cool under gunfire, which someone with PTSD related to his parents being shot wouldn't be able to do. Bruce Wayne is managing his stress through meditation, regular exercise, asskicking, and volunteer work.

* [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Very no.]] It's Steve Rogers. [[spoiler: But Bucky was in the movie, did grab Cap's shield at one point as a MythologyGag, and TheyNeverFoundTheBody so he might be back someday...]]

That is why Howard Stark had Captain America's shield, he was the one who originally made it, but could not make it into the one we know and love because he did not have the technology to create Vibranium yet

[[WMG:Tony is a descendant/distant relative of Film/SherlockHolmes.]]

[[WMG: Rhodneys new look is because of [[{{AWizardDidIt}} Scarlet Witch]]

Scarlet Witch had one of her Meltdowns that rewrote reality and lead to the timeline where [[{{Xmen}} Xmen First Class was the origin of the Xmen,]] Reality reverted back to normal sort of and Rhondney ended up with a new look.

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[[WMG: Clint Burton wasn't in Iron Man 2 , because he was on a mission]]
In Iron Man 2 Black Widow is not a russian Spy but a S.H.I.E.L.D shadow operative. Why ? Because in this universe Fury recruits from the best. A former marine sniper , raised in the circus and having a history of petty theft. Clint Burton is saved from years in the Stockade and becomes a SHIELD Special Operative. Called Hawkeye for his aiming skills he takes after the Ultimate Hawkeye using two handguns and a Sniper rifle he calls ' the Longbow' . As a {{MythologyGag}} one time he will have to use an actual bow and arrow and be surprised how natural it feels. He , former Fighter Pilot and transport officer Sam' Falcon' Wilson, Undercover and recon Expert 'Mockingbird' and Logistics and tactical Commander Dum Dum Dugan along with the Widow will end up Captain Americas support team in the 2012 film .

* I cannot think of a single non-WallBanger reason why Stane would let Raza live.

[[WMG:The whole film is Tony's hallucination after the mine explodes]].

* Because honestly, have you ever seen a more perfect choice/portrayal of any role, ever? When the IM movie was greenlit, an experiment was conducted (make up your own theories as to what) to literally bring the character of Anthony Edward Stark off the pages of a comic book and into a living, breathing, flesh-based organism. The real Downey sadly died of an OD around the time he was reported in the news as "going to prison," and they chose a form impeccably similar to his to pass off for Tony's "actor."

Howard Stark had an absolute unshakeable conviction that the element he needed existed/could exist and an exact structural formula for that element -- but he couldn't make any himself. This isn't likely if he's just working on pure theory: theory can be potentially be wrong until it's tested by experiment, and any decent scientist knows this. But it ''does'' make sense if the reason Howard Stark is so [[IncrediblyLamePun adamantly]] convinced that his wonder element actually exists (and could derive its exact structural formula) is because ''he already had a sample of it to analyze''. Its just, he didn't create it (i.e., it was found or made by accident) and he can't make any ''more'' of it with the technology of his era. Now, in the Marvelverse, what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think "lump of supreme wonder-metal that was created by accident and nobody's ever been able to make another one"? Answer: Captain America's shield. Which ''just happens'' to be in the very same trunk of stuff that Howard Stark hid his element formula in. (Note that as near this troper could tell, Cap's shield was not incomplete, it was merely disassembled -- all the separate ring segments had been separated from each other and the centerpiece. As if somebody had been trying to reverse-engineer it...)

[[WMG : The element that Howard Stark discovered isn't just something random, it is Vibranium]]

[[WMG:Tony Stark is a [[Main/GirlGenius Spark]].]]
The arc reactor at his place fills an entire room, and no advancements in the field have been made in decades. He builds one that fits into his ''chest'' [[Main/MemeticMutation IN A]] '''[[Main/MemeticMutation CAVE!!]]''' [[Main/MemeticMutation WITH A BOX OF]] '''[[Main/MemeticMutation SCRAPS!!]]'''
* Or a [[DoctorWho Time Lord]], or a [[AWizardDidIt wizard]], or a [[{{Mutants}} mutant]]. Or a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot mutant Timelord spark]].
* Or, more generically: his "superpower" has nothing to do with anything he can do with the Iron Man suit: his 'actual' superpower is the ability to engineer anything.
** Like Gear from StaticShock ?
* ...Or he ''has'' a spark from the {{Transformers}} multiverse. Maybe a piece of the [=AllSpark=] is powering the arc reactor in his chest, or he found a piece of the [=AllSpark=] IN THE CAVE WITH THE SCRAPS and reverse-engineered it somehow...
* The solution is obvious. He is a Spark, with a piece of the [=AllSpark=] that serves as his TARDIS.