History WesternAnimation / IronManArmoredAdventures

** While most teenage heroes struggle to fit in at school, Tony tries his hardest to do the opposite. He really couldn't care less about school or the people there, instead choosing to focus entirely on his work and calling school a waste of his time. He cheats on tests and has his friends do his homework for him because he's too busy doing more important things, with nary an [[AnAesop aesop]] to be found.

** Even Pepper feels a little of this due to an understandable fear of mutants. Naturally she's over it by the episode's end. To drive the racism parallels home, [[Comicbook/WarMachine Rhodey]] is the one to shout down Pepper for being ignorant after she expresses some questionable views on Mutant rights.

* MaleGaze: Pepper and Whitney each get a few of these throughout the show. Pepper gets one in the first episode when she's introduced and the camera pans up her body as she crosses her legs, and Whitney gets a similar one when she's introduced.

** A good majority of the show hinges on this with Gene Khan, as for almost all of the first season, Tony and the others are ''completely'' unaware he's the Mandarin as he works alongside them to solve the mysteries of the Makluan Rings.

* SheatheYourSword: Invoked by the ancient Mandarin in one of his tests. The only way to defeat the endless horde guarding the ring being to do the wise thing and surrender.

* DramaticIrony: In an [[MythologyGag ironic role-reversal]], Iron Man does not know that Titanium Man is Justin Hammer, thinking he's just another underling. This saves Justin's butt at one point when Rhodey talks down Tony from finishing him off because Hammer's more important.

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Pepper. She consistently fangirls over Tony's armor. And at times just Tony in general. And then later on, over Gene. Taken UpToEleven when she gets anywhere near anyone working for SHIELD.

** [[spoiler: Andy Erwin, the Awesome Android.]]

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Tony dismissing the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] as an "urban legend." That from a guy who saves people using a PoweredArmor, lives in a world where mutants exist and goes on quests to find magic-like rings. Yeah, sure...

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: This is how the show ends. Tony, Pepper and Rhodey are all alive. The StatusQuo has changed dramatically now that [[BrokenMasquerade the world knows who they all are]]. Gene seeks to become TheAtoner and use the Makluan rings for good. And the events of the episode may well have led to the creation of ComicBook/TheAvengers.]] [[CutShort And that's all we'll get]].

** Because the Iron Man armors were never patented, as Tony would have had to reveal his secret identity, when Ghost steals the schematics from him, and gives to Stane and Hammer, both men are legally allow to what ever they please with the schematics.
*** That said, should it become known that Stane acquired the tech from a known criminal, it would deliver a blow to his credability. [[spoiler: Tony and Rhodes' mother were able to gather enough evidence to expose the shady deal, prompting Stark Industries' board to fire Stane and Tony to finally take company ownership back.]]

** When Tony, Gene, Rhodey, and Pepper go to the temple where the second Makluan ring was found, Tony believes they have to break into because expects Obadiah Stane to the temple guarded with armed guards, high-tech security, and possibly even dogs, since the temple is the property of Stark International. When Tony goes to check, he discovers that the temple isn't being guarded at all, Stane just abandoned it because it didn't make any money for him.

** When Tony, Gene, Rhodey, and Pepper go to the temple where the second Makluan ring was found, Tony believes they have to bring into because expects Obadiah Stane to the temple guarded with armed guards, high-tech security, and possibly even dogs, since the temple is the property of Stark International. When Tony goes to check, he discovers that the temple isn't being guarded at all, Stane just abandoned it because it didn't make any money for him.

** Every single countdown in "All the Best People are Mad".

* NotSoDifferent: Rhodey points out that despite their rivalry, Iron Man and Black Panther are very similar in a lot of ways.

* InNameOnly: Proof that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]], this is a very good show, just so long as you ignore the fact that [[HighSchoolAU that kid and his friends]] are named for the cast of ''Comicbook/IronMan'' by some coincidence (despite bearing no similarities to them... save the robot suit and RoguesGallery, though often ''they'' have had their origins drastically rewritten) and enjoy the show for what it is. The concept of this cartoon hails from a very brief period of time in which Marvel Comics had a teenaged Tony Stark as Iron Man. Explaining how this happened would just [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man#Late_1980s_and_1990s make your head hurt]]. They rebooted not just the Iron Man comic, but [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_Reborn most of the Marvel universe]] after this.

** At the ending of "The X-Factor", [[spoiler: after the final fight with Magneto after Senator Kelly expresses his hatred for Annie, who is really Jean Grey, and blames her for what happened, despite she saved his life, which was filmed by a camera crew, everyone present immediately turns on him and he loses his supporters, which the camera crew also filmed, leaving Kelly with no platform to stand for his anti-mutant campaign. Acting like an UngratefulBastard to someone who saved your life can cause people to turn on especially if your a politician.]]

** Because the Iron Man armors were never patented, as he would have had to reveal his secret identity, when Ghost steals the schematics from him, and gives to Stane and Hammer, both men are legally allow to what ever they please with the schematics.