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6The characters of ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures''.
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8[[foldercontrol]]
9
10!Team Iron Man
11
12[[folder:In General]]
13The main characters of the series.
14
15%%* TokenTrio
16%%* TwoGuysAndAGirl
17* TrueCompanions: Despite difficult times and Tony’s secret keeping, Rhodey and Pepper always stay by his side.
18* YoungerAndHipper: Here, they're high school students. In the comics, they're adults with Tony as a businessman, Rhodey as a member of the Armed Forces, and Pepper as Tony's PA.
19[[/folder]]
20
21[[folder:Anthony "Tony" Stark / Iron Man]]
22!!Anthony "Tony" Stark[=/=]ComicBook/IronMan
23[[quoteright:304:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tony_4746.jpg]]
24
25[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iron-man-close-up--marvel-739992_9189.jpg]]
26
27-->'''Voiced by:''' Adrian Petriw
28
29The son of billionaire genius and head of Stark Industries, Howard Stark.
30----
31* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Though sometimes more aggressive, he's a lot nicer than his older, original, counterpart. That's not to say he's a little egotistical when it comes to intelligence, but he improves.
32%%* AlwaysSaveTheGirl
33%%* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Gene's Veronica.
34* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's sweet, innocent, and oblivious... and he will snap hard if you mess with his friends. Nor will he take kindly to being manipulated.
35* ChildProdigy: He's a teenager with a high intellect.
36* ClearMyName: In "Masquerade" and "Chasing Ghosts", for his alter ego and himself, respectively.
37* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Until he turns out to be alive.]]
38%%* {{Expy}}: The best way of this version of Tony is if Iron man was more like Spider-Man.
39* FatalFlaw: Tony’s own overconfidence, has caused him to make rash decisions throughout the series and unintentionally help his enemies, allow them to gain the upper hand over him, or create new enemies in the process.
40* GadgeteerGenius: He invents all the suits of armor he wears and their weapons.
41* GreenEyedMonster: He's jealous of Pepper's friendship with Gene.
42* TheHero: He is the main character and he deals with all of the conflict he comes across.
43%%* HeroicBSOD
44* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Rhodey and, to a lesser degree, Gene.
45* HotBlooded: This version of Tony has quite a temper, sometimes devolving into ScreamingWarrior, and when he's pissed off enough he can go to dangerous extremes.
46* KidAnova: Tony tries and fails to charm Whitney at one point, proving that this Tony Stark ''may'' not be a playboy after all.
47* KidHero: For a certain definition of kid, as he's under 18 for most of the series.
48* MirrorCharacter:
49** He and Gene both have missing and/or murdered parents, a lot of responsibilities, the same tendency to walk the line between hero and villain, and have a secret identity.
50** He also has this with Black Panther for pretty much the same reasons, Rhodey even says that '''T''''Challa ''is'' '''T'''ony. Rhodey also points out the similarity between Tony and Dr. Doom (he seems to like doing this) so Gene and Doom are like each other and Tony/T'Challa... they should start a support group.
51* MissingMom: Maria is mentioned to have died when Tony was young.
52* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Don't say anything bad about Howard or imply he did anything less than perfect in front of Tony.
53* OnOneCondition: Howard Stark made a will stating that Tony must graduate high school with no problem in order to have full control over his inheritance. Failure will result in the creation of a fund to manage the Stark fortune.
54%%* RichInDollarsPoorInSense
55%%* ScienceHero
56* SelfMadeOrphan: In one episode, a JerkAss classmate implies that Tony killed his own father because of their (actually friendly and good-spirited) competition to one-up each other's inventions. It's completely false and Tony does not take it well at all.
57* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[spoiler: Stane]] figures out his SecretIdentity after [[spoiler: boy Iron Man and Tony refer to the Iron Monger as Stane’s “manufactured evil”.]]
58* SuperStrength: [[spoiler:With his Extremis upgrade, Tony can BearHug both Pepper ''and'' Rhodey hard enough to leave Rhodey short of breath.]]
59* SurvivorGuilt: It's implied that he feels bad about surviving the accident that [[spoiler:supposedly]] killed his father.
60* {{Technopath}}: [[spoiler:Thanks to Extremis, he ends up gaining control over technology.]]
61* TeenGenius: He's a teenager who is highly intelligent and technologically skilled.
62* TookALevelInBadass: Every time he gets new armor, he becomes far more capable in combat.
63* {{Transhuman}}: [[spoiler:After injecting himself with Extremis, his body is enhanced to superhuman levels, and he gets technopathy to boot.]]
64* UnstoppableRage: Combines it with doses of TranquilFury.
65* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Because he's a teenager in this version, Tony has to balance fighting crime as Iron Man with doing well in high school.
66* WalkingShirtlessScene: Has a few scenes with his top off.
67* WouldntHitAGirl: He's very hesitant to fight women.
68[[/folder]]
69
70[[folder:James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine]]
71!!James "Rhodey" Rhodes/War Machine
72[[quoteright:324:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1_rhodey_3936.jpg]]
73
74[[quoteright:324:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/war_machine_6607.jpg]]
75
76-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanielBacon
77
78----
79* AlliterativeName: When using his nickname.
80* BashBrothers: With Tony once he gets the War Machine armor.
81* BewareTheNiceOnes: Especially demonstrated [[spoiler:in the season 1 finale with his attitude toward Xin Zhang.]]
82-->'''James:''' I am going to ask one more time: Where. Are. They?
83* BigDamnHeroes: He saves Tony at the last minute in "Tales of Suspense".
84* CripplingOverspecialization: While the War Machine armor has access to far more weapons than the Iron Man armor, it's designed mostly for combat, so not only is it not nearly as fast as the Iron Man armor, it lacks the versatility for situations that require Tony to use different suits of armor like the stealth or space armor.
85* DisappearedDad: States in one episode that his dad is in the Navy, and he's stationed overseas. Turns out they're extending his tour of duty, so we probably won't see him for a little while longer, if at all.
86* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: In "Cold War" he rightfully believes there is something is quite about Blizzard, when Tony teams up with the latter in the episode.
87* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Tony are friends who spend a lot of time together.
88* MissionControl: He starts the series staying behind and keeping in touch with Tony through the Iron Man armor's communications link.
89* OnlySaneMan: Generally the most reasonable and down to Earth person in any scene he's in.
90** His best friends are a MadScientist and a GenkiGirl, so he occasionally comes off as ''literally'' being the sane one, and he is fully aware of it.
91--->''[[LampshadeHanging "Am I the only sane person here?!"]]''
92* SecretKeeper: He and Pepper keep Tony Stark's identity as Iron Man a secret.
93* TopHeavyGuy: The War Machine armor, with its vast and primarily shoulder-mounted arsenal.
94* WhatTheHellHero: Calls Tony out on his actions repeatedly, going so far as to tell Tony he's barely any better than the villains he's fighting in ''Seeing Red''.
95[[/folder]]
96
97[[folder:Patricia "Pepper" Potts]]
98!!Patricia "Pepper" Potts/[[spoiler:Rescue]]
99[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pepper_potts_iron_man_armored_adventures_screenshot_8404.jpg]]
100[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Spoiler]][[quoteright:327:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rescue_armored_4102.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]
101-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AnnaCummer
102----
103* ActionGirl: [[spoiler:Gradually becomes this in the end of season 2, first by using the Stealth armor, and then as Rescue.]]
104* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, her real name is Virginia, while here, it's Patricia.
105* AlliterativeName: Her first and last name both start with the letter P.
106* AllWomenLoveShoes: She invokes this trope in Iron Man 2099 when she goes giddy over all the shoes in the store. Even claiming it's an addiction. Despite this however [[LimitedWardrobe she is always wearing the same pair of sneakers]].
107%%* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Whitney's Veronica.
108* BewareTheNiceOnes: She mentions offhand to Gene that she got a guy deported for espionage. When the [[spoiler:armor designs are stolen and sold to Stane and Hammer, Pepper suggests Tony steal them back or trash their companies trying amidst various angry growls]].
109* BigEater: While on her date with Happy she packs away a surprising amount of food.
110* BreathlessNonSequitur: She gets in quite a few of these during her ramblings.
111* ClingyJealousGirl: She doesn't like the idea of Tony being attracted to other girls.
112* CompressedVice: Has issues with mutants, which is a little strange considering how nice she was to the Hulk. Backpedals by the end of the episode when she says she only dislikes "evil mutants."
113* DamselInDistress: She constantly needs to be saved in earlier episodes.
114* DistressBall: She holds this most of the time. Occasionally she'll pass it to Rhodey and be competent for an episode, but the next episode we're right back to her being too dense to do anything but sit dumbly in the middle of a room where two factions of the Chinese mafia are duking it out.
115* FauxActionGirl: As much as she wants to be a member of SHIELD, she has a long way to go, especially compared to [[ActionGirl Whitney]]. In the ultimate irony of ironies, [[spoiler: Pepper ends up with armor of her own, finally allowing her to be a legitimate fighter...yet Whitney, in a twisted way, is the one who ends up as "a member of SHIELD".]]
116%%* FeetFirstIntroduction
117%%* FieryRedhead
118* {{Gasshole}}: Though she never demonstrates it on screen, she claims that she can burp the entire alphabet ''and'' the 50 states of America all in one burp. She's often seen drinking soda, so that probably has something to do with it.
119%%* GenkiGirl
120%%* GirlNextDoor
121* GreenEyedMonster: Is jealous of Tony's friendship with Whitney.
122* InvisibilityCloak: When she briefly dons the Stealth armor and [[spoiler:when she obtains the Rescue armor]]. Unfortunately, the effect is somewhat defeated, as Mandarin points out, by her MotorMouth habit.
123* IWantMyJetpack: Wants to join SHIELD for a jetpack. In the second season, she begs Tony for her own suit of armor [[spoiler:and finally obtains the Rescue armor near the end of it.]]
124* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: She does this over Tony, Gene, ''and'' SHIELD.
125* TheLadette: Compared to Whitney; she wears her hair short, she always wears neckties, has an admitted love of guns and explosions and wants to be a secret agent or police officer when she grows up. Then there's her BigEater and {{Gasshole}} tendencies mentioned above.
126* TheLoad: She gets captured and rescued by Tony with surprising regularity, except for those occasions where Gene rescues her. She has an incredible knack for making bad situations worse and does very little to help Tony out, though to her credit she ''does'' try. Her efforts usually result in Tony [[UnwantedAssistance yelling at her]]. However she is fully aware that she is The Load, which is why she wants a PowerArmor of her own so she can be a more proactive member of the team. So when she finally does get her power armor, she shows full well she is no longer The Load.
127* MissingMom: Her mother is never seen.
128* MissionControl: Like Rhodey, she spends most of the series staying at base while keeping contact with Tony.
129* MotorMouth: She talks excessively and at a rapid rate. It comes back to bite her at times.
130%%* NaiveEverygirl
131* PurpleIsPowerful: [[spoiler: Her Rescue armor heavily incorporates her favorite color]].
132* SecretKeeper: She eventually learns that Tony is Iron Man and keeps it a secret.
133%%* SkewedPriorities
134%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Whitney's girly girl.
135* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She may be [[TheLadette a tomboy]] but she still loves shopping for shoes.
136* UnwantedAssistance: Becomes a catchphrase for the boys.
137-->''"PEPPER! STOP HELPING!"''
138* YouJustToldMe: How she tricks Iron Man to reveal he is Tony.
139[[/folder]]
140
141!Friends and Family
142
143[[folder:Whitney Stane / Madame Masque]]
144!!Whitney Stane/Madame Masque
145[[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/character_large_332x363_whitneystane_3965.jpg]]
146
147[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madamemasque-4_9407.jpg]]
148
149-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristieMarsden
150
151Daughter of Obidiah Stane and friend of Tony Stark.
152----
153* ActionGirl: Also a DarkActionGirl as Madame Masque.
154* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, her birth name was "Giulietta Nefaria" and when she was adopted it was changed to "Whitney Frost". As a result of being Stane's daughter here, she shares his last name and seems to have always been named "Whitney".
155%%* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Pepper's Betty.
156* BrattyTeenageDaughter: She came off as this in her first couple appearances before becoming Madame Masque and revealing her more tormented side.
157* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler:The main reason she's a threat as Madame Masque, aside from Tony's reluctance to fight her, is because she does whatever she can to win.]]
158* CompositeCharacter: Whitney Stane is a composite of Whitney Frost (as Madame Masque) and Ezekiel Stane (as Obadiah Stane's child [[spoiler:and a user of the Iron Monger armor]]).
159* DatingWhatDaddyHates: A possible interpretation of her interest in Tony. Not present with Rhodey.
160* DemotedToExtra: In the second season.
161* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:As of "Iron Monger Lives", she's back as Madame Masque and is now completely obsessed with ruining Tony's life, though only because the insanity-causing mask she's wearing is ''very'' selective about which memories it returned to her.]]
162* GenderFlip: Obadiah Stane has a son instead of a daughter in the comics.
163%%* HiddenDepths
164* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Tony vs. Madame Masque, [[spoiler: especially in "Iron Monger Lives", where Tony says that "the real Whitney" is still there and fighting against Madame Masque in her own subconcious.]]
165* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Does villainous stuff in her last appearance and escapes prison in the end by disgusing herself as a SHIELD agent, presumably staying in SHIELD undercover! Though to be fair, she's the victim of a mask that makes you crazy and Tony even points out "the real Whitney" is subconsciously fighting against it, making it questionable if she really deserves karma.]]
166* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Though her memory does eventually come back, and she somehow gets her hands on the mask again.]]
167* LittleMissBadass: Even without being Madame Masque, she has her moments of this.
168* LonelyRichKid: Stane is predictably not the world's best father, so this is the natural result. The other kids prejudge and shun her due to who her dad is, and she's blamed for acting too good for them in actions like eating lunch alone on the roof, but it's really because she has no friends. She finally gets a real friend in Tony though, who had often brushed her aside until he learned how troubled her home-life was.
169* MissingMom: Nothing is ever explained about the absence of her mother.
170* MoralityPet: In spite of his less than stellar parenting skills, Whitney does care about her dad a lot more than other people.
171* MutuallyUnequalRelation: Whitney Stane, the daughter of Tony's enemy Obadiah Stane, appears to think that she's close friends with Tony, while Tony is shown to keep a distance from her because of her father and would often brush her aside. In her first appearance, it was implied that they did know each other, hinting that they were friends, and to Tony's credit in the episode "Masquerade", when he learns of her troubled home life, how isolated she is from the other teens at their school, and the fact that she does consider him her only friend, he makes an effort to be a better friend to her. At the end of episode, when Tony and his friends Pepper and Rhodey notice how sad she is sitting alone, Pepper and Rhodey make jokes about her; Tony defends Whitney, calling her his friend and stating that being rich doesn't mean she has no problems. He leaves Pepper and Rhodes to sit with Whitney, causing her to smile.
172* ParentalAbandonment: May as well be, with how bad her father is. Her mother is likely gone, too.
173* RichBitch: But one [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a heart of gold.]]
174* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Here, she's Stane's daughter, [[UnrelatedInTheAdaptation not Count Nefaria's]].
175* TheRival: To Pepper, though it fast becomes a case of UnknownRival, as Whitney often has far more to deal with than Pepper.
176* StalkerWithACrush: For Tony to a point.
177* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Madame Masque.
178* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Pepper's tomboy. Though she is more of an ActionGirl version.
179* TragicMonster: By the end of the series [[spoiler: she's been driven completely insane by the mask, becoming dangerously violent, unstable and obsessed with revenge. Tony knows that she's not in her right mind and wants to bring the real Whitney back, but thanks to her escape he's unable to do so.]]
180* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:She does not end up with Tony despite her clear interest in him, in part because of the heavy amount of damage to her psyche the mask caused. The last time we see her, she's being treated, while Tony ends up with Pepper.]]
181* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the comics, [[MafiaPrincess she's Count Nefaria's daughter]], not Stane's.
182* YoungerAndHipper: In the comics, she's an adult. Here, she's a teenager.
183[[/folder]]
184
185[[folder:Happy Hogan]]
186!!Happy Hogan
187[[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/happy_hogan_imaa_366.jpg]]
188
189-->'''Voiced by:''' Alistair Abell
190
191Member of Tony's circle of friends.
192----
193* AlliterativeName: His first name and surname both start with H.
194* ADayInTheLimelight: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" gives him more focus.
195* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's surprisingly good with the Iron Man armor, though.
196* DumbJock: He's a jock and really dumb.
197* HiddenDepths: He can identify classical music due to his mother being a concert cellist.
198* HopelessSuitor: Tries to court Whitney with no success.
199* NoIndoorVoice: He seems incapable of saying "THE KHAN" without shouting.
200* ParentalAbandonment: They left him alone while they were out of town on his birthday.
201[[/folder]]
202
203[[folder:Roberta Rhodes]]
204!!Roberta Rhodes
205[[quoteright:294:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1_roberta_rhodes_3236.jpg]]
206
207-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CatherineLoughHaggquist
208
209Mother of Rhodey. She becomes Tony's guardian after his father disappears.
210----
211* AlliterativeName: First and last name both begin with the letter R.
212* HelloAttorney: She's an attractive lawyer.
213* LikeBrotherAndSister: She and Howard Stark are as close as siblings.
214* MamaBear: She is very protective of her son Rhodey and his friend Tony, who ended up in her custody after Howard's [[spoiler:supposed]] death.
215* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She does anything in her power to make Obadiah Stane and others get their just deserts for their shady practices.
216* SassyBlackWoman: She can be this, especially if riled, but otherwise is pretty nice.
217[[/folder]]
218
219[[folder:Howard Stark]]
220!!Howard Stark
221[[quoteright:264:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/howard_stark_1_9473.jpg]]
222
223-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredHenderson
224
225Tony's father and the head of Stark Industries.
226----
227* ActualPacifist: After Tony was born. Before that, he invented weapons.
228* AdaptationalNiceGuy: This version of Howard is a much better parent than his counterpart from the comics.
229* TheAtoner: Before Tony's birth, he was a weapons manufacturer just like Stane, but after Tony was born, he realized how important the sanctity of life was and worked to preserve it.
230* BadassNormal: [[spoiler:Managed to help banish Dr. Doom into another dimension, then invented a gun that could neutralize the Makluan rings (that didn't entirely work, but it's the thought that counts).]]
231* DeathByOriginStory: The series starts with him perishing in a plane crash. [[spoiler:Only not really. It's eventually revealed that he survived.]]
232* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Wants to use Tony's inventions to save lives, speaks in a gentle voice and, in a flashback at the end of season one, pleaded for Tony's life even in the face of his own imminent death.
233* HonorBeforeReason: Related to the screwing of money below. Weapons are profitable, but Howard's morals don't allow him to sell them knowing what they'll do to people.
234* MillionairePlayboy: Averted. Unlike his son, or more accurately how his son is in other universes, Howard has no romantic interests after the death of his wife.
235* NeverFoundTheBody: Mentioned in passing once. Since it was a plane crash, it makes sense.
236* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Wanted to study the Rings and how they produce energy, thinking of the good it could do. It got him killed[[note]]actually kidnapped[[/note]]. Left the company to his best friend in an effort to make sure Stane wasn't out of a job upon his death. Stane immediately went out and began selling weapons, which is horrifically wrong for a large number of reasons and deeply disrespects Howard's memory. Basically, BeingGoodSucks in this universe.
237* OddFriendship: He and Obadiah Stane are friends despite having diametrically opposed business philosophies.
238* PapaWolf: Make no mistake; You mess with his son and you life is forfeit.
239* PosthumousCharacter: Seen mostly in flashbacks after the plane crash. [[spoiler:Until he was revealed to be alive.]]
240* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: He values doing the ethical thing over doing the profitable thing. The episode "Designed Only for Chaos" reveals that Tony's birth is the reason why Howard became this way; he wanted his child to be proud of him rather than be ashamed of him as a heartless weapons manufacturer.
241* SecretSecretKeeper: Howard's comments imply that he knows his son's secret, but it isn't stated ''directly''. [[spoiler:He comes out and says it in the finale, having figured out at a glance that no one but Tony could have invented the armor.]]
242%%* SkilledButNaive
243* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Though his survival is only revealed at the end of season 1.]]
244* SurvivalMantra: "Weapons don't solve problems, they only create more."
245* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Howard is a concerned parent and sworn pacifist in and out of the dark.
246* WideEyedIdealist: Far more than his son is.
247[[/folder]]
248
249[[folder:T'Challa / Black Panther]]
250!!T'Challa a.k.a. the ComicBook/BlackPanther
251[[quoteright:317:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/armored_black_panther_3069.jpg]]
252
253-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JeffreyBowyerChapman
254
255The king of Wakanda after his father was murdered.
256----
257* BadassFamily: He comes from a line of kings.
258* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: PlayedWith. His suit allows him to tank machine gun fire with absolutely zero damage and other things that'd kill anyone not wearing it. However, his incredible fighting ability, bullet timing and laser dodging are apparently all natural.
259* CruelMercy: He decides in the end that having his father's killer suffer the ensuing Wakandan media circus is a more fitting punishment than taking his life.
260* DarkIsNotEvil: He's a superhero who wears black and has talons.
261%%* {{Determinator}}
262* DiplomaticImpunity: Goes around attacking whoever he feels has wronged him and/or his country, using this trope to avoid punishment on the international stage.
263%%* DontYouDarePityMe: To Tony, very angrily.
264%%* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Very much so.
265%%* HeroicBSOD
266* HotBlooded: Since his father was just murdered and he has none of the emotional support that Tony did, this isn't too surprising.
267* GoodIsNotNice: T'Challa has no problem knocking people unconscious to get them out of his way and even threatened to reveal Tony's secret identity if he continued to interfere in Wakandan matters.
268* JumpedAtTheCall: Since it gave him a shot at vengeance.
269* KnightInSourArmor: He's a good guy, but a bit of a grouch.
270* MirrorCharacter: Though he denies it, his situation is nearly identical to Tony's and they act extremely similar.
271* {{Pride}}: His biggest flaw and defining character trait. It's very clear that his reluctance to accept help from anyone isn't helping as much as he thinks. Luckily, [[CharacterDevelopment he's getting better about it]].
272* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In first appearance, he sought out revenge against Moses Magnum for killing his father. His desire for was so great, he threatened to reveal Tony’s secret identity if he interfered. Luckily, he gets out this at the end of the episode.
273* SecretPublicIdentity: It's public knowledge that the Black Panther is the king of Wakanda, so T'Challa doesn't bother trying to hide it. He actually wears the suit (sans mask) in public during a press conference.
274* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Way over on the cynical side. Might be getting better, though.
275* StealthHiBye: Pulls this off on Tony often.
276* ThisIsUnforgivable: Both murder and betraying your home country are this in his eyes.
277* ThouShaltNotKill: He prefers to let his father's murderer face the ensuing Wakandan media circus rather than kill him.
278* TragicHero: Much like Tony, his father was killed by a weapons dealer, with T’Challa becoming a superhero to avenge him.
279%%* {{Tykebomb}}
280* UnstoppableRage: All the time, and it's directed at himself as well as his enemies.
281[[/folder]]
282
283[[folder:Nick Fury]]
284!!ComicBook/NickFury
285-->'''Voiced by:''' Dean Redman
286The head of S.H.I.E.L.D.
287----
288* BadassNormal: He's a normal human being with no powers and is the head of an organization that competently deals with superhuman threats.
289* CompositeCharacter: He is an amalgam of mainstream and [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate Nick Fury]]. He's black and has facial hair like Ultimate Nick Fury as well as a full head of hair with graying temples like mainstream Nick Fury.
290* EyepatchOfPower: Wouldn't be Nick Fury without the eyepatch.
291* {{Jerkass}}: When first introduced, he tries to prevent Iron Man from stopping the Living Laser so SHIELD do it themselves (and fail miserably), threatens to arrest him and is willing to have the space station explode with his men still inside to prevent the Living Laser from using it. Then, next episode, we learn he keeps a dying Living Laser prisoner under awful conditions.
292* TookALevelInKindness: As the story goes on, he becomes slightly more sympathetic; in later episodes, he learns about Iron Man's real identity, but decides to not oppose his carrier, even congratulating him. Then Ross is introduced, and makes him look sympathetic by acting even more of a {{Jerkass}} than him.
293[[/folder]]
294
295[[folder:Bruce Banner / The Hulk]]
296!!Bruce Banner/[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Hulk]]
297-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MarkGibbon
298----
299* BadassBookworm: As Bruce Banner, he's very smart and can use his intellect to a strategic advantage.
300* BloodKnight: The Hulk really enjoys fighting and causing destruction.
301* GeniusBruiser: [[spoiler:As Grey Hulk, he has Banner's intelligence combined with Hulk's strength.]]
302* HeroWithBadPublicity: He's not evil, but is constantly seen by the public as a dangerous menace.
303* HulkingOut: Naturally, being the {{Trope Namer|s}}. Banner becomes the Hulk when enraged.
304[[/folder]]
305
306[[folder:Clint Barton / Hawkeye]]
307!!Clint Barton/ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}
308-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndrewFrancis
309
310A former Olympic master archer turned mercenary after his brother, Bernard, incurred a serious debt with the Maggia. Ever since, Hawkeye has been taking up merc jobs with Black Widow.
311----
312* CoolShades: He's got a nice pair of shades.
313* ImprobableAimingSkills: He is an excellent shot with his bow and arrows.
314* TheStraightAndArrowPath: The man favors the use of bow and arrow, even against technologically advanced opponents such as Iron Man.
315[[/folder]]
316
317[[folder:Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow]]
318!!Natasha Romanoff[=/=]ComicBook/BlackWidow
319-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AshleighBall
320
321A former Russian spy trained for assassination ever since the age of nine, turned thief for hire, taking up merc jobs with Hawkeye.
322----
323* ActionGirl: Can hold her own against Iron Man in a fight.
324* MsFanservice: Wears a sexy form-fitting SpyCatsuit.
325[[/folder]]
326
327[[folder:Jean Grey]]
328!!Jean Grey/Annie Claremont
329-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/VenusTerzo
330
331A new student at Tomorrow Academy. But something doesn't seem right about her...
332----
333* HeroOfAnotherStory: At the end of her episode, Professor X visits her and recruits her to his school.
334* MindOverMatter: Much like the comics, Jean is telekinetic.
335* MythologyGag: The first name in Jean's alias is from Jean's late friend in the comics, Annie Richardson, who was killed in an accident that first triggered Jean's telepathic powers.
336* RoleReprise: Venus Terzo previously voiced Jean in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''.
337* {{Telepathy}}: As in the comics, she can read minds, as she talked to Tony and Rhodey through her telepathy at points.
338* {{Tuckerization}}: The last name Jean uses for her alias is from famed ''X-Men'' writer Creator/ChrisClaremont.
339[[/folder]]
340
341!Villains
342
343[[folder:Obadiah Stane]]
344!!Obadiah Stane[[spoiler:/Iron Monger]]
345[[quoteright:321:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1086524-obadiah_stane_6916.jpg]]
346
347-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MackenzieGray
348
349A colleague of Howard Stark and his successor as head of Stark Industries after his disappearance.
350----
351* AbusiveParents: Verbally and emotionally to Whitney. He ''does'' care for her, but he's really bad at expressing it.
352* AdaptationalHeroism: Stane in the comics was a complete [[TheSociopath sociopath]] [[TheUnfettered with absolutely zero moral qualms]]. This one at least ''has'' some standards, cares about his daughter and [[spoiler:has a genuine friendship with Howard Stark]].
353* AntiVillain: Surprisingly, he has shades of Type I. While he is a CorruptCorporateExecutive who's not above using illegal ways to reach his goals, he is still more of a businessman than a straight-up villain, and there ''are'' some lines he is unwilling to cross. Plus, he lacks Justin Hammer's psychotic traits.
354* AscendedExtra: In the comics, though he was integral to a major story arc, he was only around for 37 issues before getting KilledOffForReal. Here, he's one of the three most prominent villains in the series, along with Gene and Hammer.
355* BaldOfEvil: As in the comics, Stane is an evil man who is bald.
356* BigBad: Shares the role of central antagonist with Gene and later Justin Hammer.
357* CassandraTruth: Anytime he claims not to be involved in anything evil or immoral, no one believes him. To be fair, he pretty much deserves it most of the time.
358* ConvenientComa: Partway through the second season, he ends up in a coma.
359* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Though he would claim to just being a regular businessman, Stane breaks many laws in his quest to make Stark International one of the biggest weapons dealer on the planet. This actually makes it harder for him to turn a profit (Stark International is losing money at the start of the second season and is only turned around by [[spoiler: stealing the Iron Man armor designs]]) and also resulting in Blizzard dedicating his life to making Stane either miserable or dead.
360* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His relationship with his daughter Whitney is.... complicated. But deep inside, he does care about her.
361* EvenEvilHasStandards: Stane objects to the public endangerment involved in capturing Iron Man. Though he sells weapons, he says he is no murderer. Unless the line goes fuzzy at [[spoiler: [[KlingonPromotion company heads and their sons]]. Perhaps his demands in the first episode were coincidence. Turns out to [[NotMeThisTime not be his fault]] as he was in fact ''warning'' Stark. In fact the idea of Tony going to School was an idea of ''Howard's'' and he was just respecting his friend's last wishes.]] For the most part his comment is accurate. He may commit a few illegal acts, but draws the line at murder.
362* {{Greed}}: He wants to turn the Stark family's inventions into weapons despite the the tech being so far ahead of the curve that only Tony and Howard know how it works. In the two-part premiere, he nearly blows up half of the state of New York trying to show off said technology to the military.
363* {{Jerkass}}: He might not be as bad as Tony thinks, but he is still quite a dick.
364* NearVillainVictory: Stane managed to almost convince the board to make him the permanent CEO of Stark International after successfully selling the Iron Monger to General Ross. [[spoiler: But then Tony enters with evidence that Stane collided with the Ghost, resulting in the board firing Stane to avoid associating with supervillains]].
365* OddFriendship: His friendship with his complete antithesis Howard Stark.
366* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Here, Madame Masque is Stane's daughter rather than Count Nefaria's.
367* ToxicFriendInfluence: Him being Howard's antithesis meant that he also repeatedly tried to sway Howard towards weaponizing his projects for profit. With the reveal that Howard used to manufacture weapons prior to Tony's birth, it seems like Stane was trying to push his friend towards returning to his old ways.
368* ThouShaltNotKill: Claims to follow this. No one believes him, mostly because he's a ruthless businessman who doesn't seem to care about anything but money.
369* UngratefulBastard: Despite Iron Man saving his life many times, he will never thank him nor will he stop trying to get his hands on the armor's design.
370* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When Tony finally gets him fired by exposing his deal with Ghost and he discovers Tony and Iron Man are the same, Stane steals an Iron Monger suit and goes on a rampage in an attempt to find Tony.]]
371[[/folder]]
372
373[[folder:Temugin "Gene" Khan / The Mandarin]]
374!!Temugin "Gene" Khan/The Mandarin (True Heir)
375[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/photo213_1393.jpg]]
376
377[[quoteright:267:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/818015-mandarin_super_97.jpg]]
378
379-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VincentTong
380
381A descendant of the original Mandarin.
382----
383* AdaptationalHeroism: The Mandarin in the comic is an EvilOverlord motivated by megalomania, as well as an {{Abusive Parent|s}}. This one is on the receiving end of the abuse (though that's also because he's based on the Mandarin's son), has redeeming qualities and genuinely believes he can make the world a better place by ruling it.
384* AntiVillain: Combines traits of [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type I, II and III.]]
385* ArchEnemy: To Tony, in theory at least. In practice, it's much more complicated.
386* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:In Season 2's ending, he realizes that ruling the world may not be for him, and decides to instead use the Makluan rings for benevolent reasons instead of the selfish goals of before.]]
387* BecauseDestinySaysSo: His main reason for going after the rings is that he was convinced by his mother than reuniting them was his destiny. [[spoiler:Eventually deconstructed when he actually gets them, as he starts to realize that, other than being motivated by his destiny, he has ''no clear idea'' of [[AndThenWhat what he intends to do with them]].]]
388* CompositeCharacter: He merges elements from both the comic book incarnation of the Mandarin and his son Temugin.
389* CoolShades: He wears neat-looking shades.
390%%* DeadpanSnarker
391* EnemyMine: Played with in the first season: he teams up with Tony several times, but both are unaware of each other's identity. [[spoiler:Played straight for a very short time in "Mandarin's Quest." And played straight again in "Doomsday."]]
392* {{Expy}}: He's moody, one of his rings grants him a PlayingWithFire power, has an abusive warlord of a father, a MissingMom, and he goes through [[spoiler: a redemption arc later in the series]]. Sounds an awful lot like [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Prince Zuko]], doesn't he?
393* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:At the end of season 1.]]
394** HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:At the end of season 2, he decides that, given the Makluan Overlord's problems, he wants to protect the world, not conquer it.]]
395* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Albeit several generations removed. The original Mandarin was given alien DNA to make the rings work, and that DNA was passed to Gene. He's functionally human, just with a little bit of alien for compatibility.]]
396* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Attempted this when Gene pushes Pepper out of the way of Fin Fang Foom and is apparently killed. Ironically, his sacrifice is what allowed him to acquire the fifth Makluan Ring and then betray the very friends he was helping.]]
397%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tony.
398* {{Hypocrite}}: After getting the tenth ring, he accuses Tony of pretending to be his friend. The reverse was actually closer to the truth.
399* KickTheDog: Gene's treatment of poor Happy can be seen like this.
400** His treatment of [[spoiler:Howard Stark]] in the second season is worse. It's like the writers want to erase any sympathy the audience might have for him.
401** It seems Gene himself, however, sincerely believes that he has good motives. He just won't tolerate people trying to keep him from obtaining the rings to act on them.
402** Of course his justification doesn't prevent the last guardian of the rings [[spoiler:Makluan Overlord's son from dying by his hands.]]
403* IDidWhatIHadToDo: The way he attempts to justify everything he does - he thinks getting all the rings will allow him to do great good (with vague goals that even he realizes he doesn't know when he thinks he has them all), and so any manipulation and if he thinks manipulation, lies, kidnap and attempted murder are necessary to accomplish that he will do so with little hesitation.
404* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: People very rarely refer to him by his actual name.
405* MeaningfulName: His real name is adapted from Temujin, the birth name of UsefulNotes/{{Genghis|Khan}} '''[[UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan Khan]]'''.
406* MirrorCharacter: To Tony. Both of them are high-profile rich kids who have lost a parent, have taken said parent's responsibilities and have a secret identity.
407* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Nearly played straight and then subverted for dramatic effect. When he finally obtains the first five rings, which he believed was the entire set, he essentially has a [[WhatNowEnding reaction]], realizing that merely having the rings has done nothing, [[MotiveDecay that he has no actual goal or motive for wanting them,]] and that having them has only [[HeelRealization caused him and others pain]] and [[LonelyAtTheTop leave him without any friends or companionship.]] And then, literally seconds before realizing this couldn't have been what his mother wanted for him, he discovers that there are five more rings... and then rather than admit fault in himself he immediately snaps back and becomes obsessed with finding the rest. [[spoiler:In the second season finale, after a failed attempt at world domination, he finally realizes that his motives were not as pure as he had tried to convince himself, and thus sets out to be a true hero.]]
408* NobleDemon: He actually has morals and believes he's doing the right thing.
409* ParentalAbandonment: His mother was killed by Zhang. We have no clue as to what happened to his biological father. And Zhang is pretty much evil.
410* PetTheDog: They may be at odds in the second season, but Gene has gone out of his way to save his former friends even when it would benefit him to let them die. He also saves the world at the end of "Doomsday" trying to deliberately invoke this trope in front of Tony.
411* PoweredArmor: His Mandarin suit is a [[ClarkesThirdLaw quasi-magical]] suit of armor that enables him to fight on par with Iron Man.
412* RingOfPower: Starts out with one; is trying to collect all five of them. Then all ten of them after learning there are five others.
413* SmugSnake: He acts a lot like Zhang, though he'd never admit it.
414* TheUnfettered: He will get the rings, no matter how many manipulations, betrayal, tests and opponents he will have to go through.
415* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Gene's father is based on the original Mandarin -- who was Temugin's biological father in the comics.
416* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: What Gene is using as an excuse to get all the rings whereas Tony believes that it's all a lie to justify his actions.
417* YoungerAndHipper: Both the original Mandarin and Temugin were adults in the comics, whereas this Mandarin is a high school student.
418[[/folder]]
419
420[[folder:Xin Zhang / The Mandarin]]
421!!Xin Zhang[=/=]The Mandarin (TheUsurper)
422-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VincentTong
423
424Leader of the Tong and Gene's stepfather.
425----
426* AbusiveParents: He is not very nice or caring toward his stepson Gene.
427* DecompositeCharacter: He is the evil {{Abusive Parent|s}} part of the Mandarin from the comics.
428* EvilOldFolks: He's elderly and cruel to his stepson.
429* JerkassHasAPoint: Jerkass he may be, but he's not wrong about Gene in "World On Fire"; he compares Gene to a jackal, clawing at Tony's scraps. It also doesn't help Gene when Zhang also points out that Tony is the real one worthy of the rings, having actually passed the tests as opposed to Gene who just stole the activated rings after each passed test.
430* KarmaHoudini: So far, anyway. Unless you count being dumped, alone in the fields of South America. Though it's likely that Rhodey would have alerted the authorities to the man's location.
431* PutOnABus: He wasn't actually seen since the season 1 finale (though he appears in "Mandarin's Quest" as a hallucination).
432* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: He's based on the original Mandarin in the comics -- who was Temugin/Gene's biological father.
433* TheUsurper: Not a Khan as stated by Gene. It's heavily implied that he killed Gene's mother, which would explain how he got the ring.
434* VirtueIsWeakness: Calls out Gene for being a more merciful Mandarin in the criminal underworld, and mocks him when refusing to answer his questions.
435--> "''The '''true''' Mandarin would have '''taken''' the answers from me.''"
436[[/folder]]
437
438[[folder:Arthur Parks / The Living Laser]]
439!!Arthur Parks/The Living Laser
440[[quoteright:346:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ironmanaa_ep07b_5823.jpg]]
441
442-->'''Voiced by:''' Louis Chirillo
443----
444* AbusiveParents: He had a verbally abusive, spirit-breaking mother.
445* AdaptationalHeroism: He is still a villain, but he has much more [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds sympathetic motivations]] and redeeming qualities than his comic book counterpart.
446* AdaptationalSympathy: Arthur Parks is a much more sympathetic character in this cartoon series than in the original comic. Arthur Parks in the comics became a criminal because he was obsessed with two women, The first being his former fiancé Lucy Barton, who he believes left him because he did not have enough money, and The Wasp (Janet van Dyne), who he became infatuated with when he saw her superhero identity. And outside of his obsession, he was just a ruthless criminal and mercenary. In the cartoon, he has a genuine excuse for being abused by his mother, and it’s implied that he was unpopular with his peers growing up, causing him to grow up to be a criminal to get respect for himself. And it’s clear that he’s not after money or power, just respect. And it’s also clear that Arthur is a mentally ill man who needs help and is not malicious. And unlike his comic counterpart, he is not obsessed with women. The closest he came to that type of obsession is his platonic gratitude to teenage Tony Stark for helping him, but even then, it’s clear that he genuinely cares for Tony for the kindness he showed Arthur and ultimately, unlike his counterpart, redeemed himself to save Tony‘s life and stop being a villain.
447* BerserkButton: Tony bluntly telling him that his mother was right about him made him mad enough that Tony was able to beat him.
448* BlackEyesOfCrazy: [[spoiler:His dark half has these in "Look into the Light".]]
449* ButtMonkey: In his backstory. This was why he snapped in the first place.
450* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:He's split in half in "Look into the Light", gaining an EnemyWithout.]]
451* CardCarryingVillain: Wants to do evil purely for the recognition due to his mental issues.
452* EvilRedhead: At least until his HeelFaceTurn.
453* FreudianExcuse: His mother's treatment led to an extraordinarily bad inferiority complex, which led him to commit crime in part to get attention and in part, to be successful and prove her wrong. This is what led him to become the Living Laser.
454* FromNobodyToNightmare: Arthur started out as a random Maggia Mook. Then he got his hand on an experimental suit from Stark Industries, and he ended up transformed into a powerful EnergyBeing who caused massive damages, almost blowing up Manhattan at some point.
455* HeelFaceTurn: Turns good once he realizes Iron Man only ever tried to help him.
456* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Or villainous. In his first appearance, after gaining the power suit, he wore a mask that came with the suit. Then when Iron Man defeated him in his first encounter, he confiscated the vest and even the mask. Arthur is never seen wearing his mask again in his later appearances.
457* HeroicSacrifice: Played heartbreakingly straight...[[spoiler:though it doesn't stick]].
458* HiddenDepths: When first introduced, he was a random mook who happened upon a super suit that made him into a supervillain. Later episodes flesh out his motivations, revealing he was the ButtMonkey to everyone as a kid (down to his own mother) and always wanted to be recognized as somebody.
459* IJustWantToBeSpecial: The main reason he's even a villain at all. Arthur suffers from a troubling inferiority complex and was constantly looked down upon by everyone, even his own mother. He just wants to be somebody, even if being a villain is what it takes.
460* LightEmUp: His main power.
461* LightIsNotGood: Pre-HeelFaceTurn, he's a villain with light-based powers.
462* LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Splits into light and dark halves in "Look into the Light".]]
463* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The first time Iron Man meets him, he's defeated relatively quickly despite his powerful suit. Then the suit's side effects turn him into an EnergyBeing, and he almost kills Iron Man in their rematch.
464* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:He dies a few minutes after reconciling with Iron Man and helping him defeat MODOK. Only to be revived later thanks to Mr. Fix.]]
465%%* SingleIssuePsychology
466* VillainousBreakdown: In "Fun With Lasers", he goes absolutely ballistic after being tricked and trapped by Iron Man.
467-->'''Living Laser:''' You can't hold me! I'm the Living Laser! You hear me?! I'm ''THE LIVING LASER!''\
468''[Parks impotently bounces about the telescope but is unable to escape]''\
469'''Living Laser:''' '''''[[SayMyName IRON MAAAAAAAAAAN!]]'''''
470* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: How he becomes a supervillain. Arthur and some other Maggia Mooks steal some tech, he accidentally opens one of the crates, decides it's a good idea to put on the mechanical vest that was inside, and activate it when he doesn't have a clue what it does.
471* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: He already had a massive inferiority complex, though, so it's hard to say for sure.
472* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: As dangerous and unstable as he is, it's still easy to sympathize with him for all the mistreatment and abuse he's gone through.
473[[/folder]]
474
475[[folder:Ghost]]
476!!Ghost
477[[quoteright:252:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ghost_iron_man_armored_adventures_1164.png]]
478
479-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson
480
481A mercenary infamous for getting the job done.
482----
483* AdaptationalBadass: Ghost was no slouch in the comics, but this incarnation easily is one of the most competent and effective villains in the whole series.
484* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed, but Ghost is an AxCrazy saboteur in the comics, whereas here he's a very pragmatic PunchClockVillain.
485%%* BadassLongcoat
486* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:A master of this; most of his appearances, he ends up succeeding in the mission he is given and getting what he wanted with total KarmaHoudini.]]
487** Though in a way, one could see [[spoiler:Tony and friends revealing their secret identities as karma, as Ghost was planning on using that for his retirement and he obviously can't profit on the information becoming public knowledge.]]
488%%* CasualDangerDialogue
489%%* CombatPragmatist
490* CrazyPrepared: His suit has a 5 minute battery back-up in case his own EMP tech is used against him.
491* DeadpanSnarker: He delivers some particularly enjoyable snark about how A.I.M. wasn't able to make their M.O.D.O.C. project less uglier despite all their tech.
492* {{Determinator}}: Of a more passive variety. He will always follow through with a contract, no matter how long he has to wait or how many times he has to retreat. [[SubvertedTrope Unless, of course, you give him a better offer.]]
493* {{Intangibility}}: His armor can enable him to phase through walls.
494* InTheHood: He wears a hood.
495* InvisibilityCloak: His technology enables him to become invisible.
496* InvincibleVillain: He consciously avoids the usual [[Main/VillainBall villain pitfalls]] and operates on an intellectual capacity far above all the other villains (and heroes) on the show combined. It helps being smart (he figures out the titular heroes’ identity and blackmails him with it; knows that he [[Main/ChronicHeroSyndrome cares more about saving people]] than fighting [[Main/MonsterOfTheWeek bad guys]] and uses this to [[Main/ManipulativeBastard his advantage]]) and having [[Main/CrazyPrepared contingency plans in case anything goes wrong]]. Sure, he might occasionally suffer minor losses, but he [[Main/TheBadGuyWins ALWAYS achieves his goals in the end]]. It also helps being [[Main/MagnificentBastard extremely charismatic]].
497* OnlyInItForTheMoney: So much so that he can be bribed out of killing people.
498* PunchClockVillain: He has few concerns with his contact's objectives and only cares about being payed. If you are able to give him more money than his original hirer did, he will gladly accept to give up his original mission.
499%%* ScarilyCompetentTracker
500* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When A.I.M.'s Scientist Supreme told him to fight Iron Man, he phased through the floor instead, mockingly pointing out he wasn't being paid nearly enough. He also consistently avoids direct combat with Iron Man if he can help it.
501* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Keeps Iron Man's secret identity to himself in order to blackmail him. Given that Tony is exposed to the public at the end of season two, that plan fell through.]]
502[[/folder]]
503
504[[folder:Count Nefaria]]
505!!Count Nefaria
506[[quoteright:303:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/count-nefaria_1151.jpg]]
507
508-->'''Voiced by:''' Russell Roberts
509
510The leader of the Maggia.
511----
512* AdaptationalBadass: The below is fairly evened out by the fact that he's not just one of the leaders of the Maggia, he's ''the'' leader. Despite his downgrade from the comics, Nefaria at least retains NervesOfSteel whenever he confronts ''the Mandarin'' during a peace conference. He becomes TheStoic whenever Mandarin tries to use his teleportation to move around and look intimidating. Hell, he wasn't even afraid to confront Iron Man and the Guardsmen when they foiled one of his robberies, despite the fact that he was beaten easily. In the comics, he was only the head of one of the major families (the other two families being headed up by ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villains Silvermane and Hammerhead).
513* AdaptationalWimp: Relatively. In the comics, Count Nefaria was one of the chief solo antagonists of the Avengers, able to go toe-to-toe with them all at once. He also gained powers thanks to genetic engineering. Here, he has no powers to speak of, is easily intimidated by a ''laser rifle'', and can be taken out by Iron Man with no effort.
514* AristocratsAreEvil: Though his title of "count" is the only sign of his aristocracy.
515* BigBadWannabe: Is cited as the leader of one of the most powerful crime organizations in the city, but is always one-upped by Iron Man or whoever happens to be the true big bad at the moment. [[spoiler: [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Then he was transformed into a zombie]] by Hammer, basically ending his threat there.]]
516* BeardOfEvil: Two-pronged beard, at that.
517* TheDon: He's a crime boss.
518* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Thanks to both Iron Man's constant interference and Justin Hammer's criminal empire, he is ruined by the middle of season 2. [[spoiler:[[FromBadToWorse Then Justin turned him into a zombie]].]]
519* TheRival: His Maggia is a prominent rival to the Mandarin's Tong.
520* ShockAndAwe: Nefaria's cane isn't just for show, as shown in Season 2; he can fire bolts of electricity from it ala [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], and used this on one of the Guardsmen.
521* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the comics, Madame Masque is his daughter, not Stane's.
522* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Dresses to impress in a pristine white suit even while robbing.
523[[/folder]]
524
525[[folder:The Black Knight]]
526!!The Black Knight
527[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/armored_black_knight_5373.jpg]]
528
529-->'''Voiced by:''' Alistair Abell
530----
531* BlackKnight: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's in the name.]]
532* TheDragon: He's Count Nefaria's top enforcer in season one.
533* EnergyBall: His lance can fire one in his second appearance. [[HomingProjectile It even tracks his target.]]
534* EnigmaticMinion: Absolutely nothing is known about him except that he's a top enforcer for the Maggia.
535* TheQuietOne: The guy doesn't talk at all, as lampshaded by Tony.
536* SilentAntagonist: He doesn't speak a word in any of his appearances.
537* SwordBeam: His lance shoots crescent blasts.
538[[/folder]]
539
540[[folder:Killer Shrike and Unicorn]]
541!!Killer Shrike and Unicorn
542[[quoteright:348:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iron_man_armored_adventures_season_1_3_8811.jpg]]
543
544-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TyOlsson (Killer Shrike), Creator/MichaelDaingerfield (Unicorn)
545----
546%%* EnergyWeapon: Unicorn
547* {{Flight}}: Killer Shrike can fly.
548%%* HandBlast: Killer Shrike
549* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: They occasionally do get to match Iron Man in a fight, but for the most time, they are low-rank villains.
550* InventionalWisdom: Tony immediately calls attention to the flawed logic of linking your flight system to your weapons.
551%%* PunchClockVillain
552* SuperSpeed: One of Unicorn's armor upgrades that debuted on "Hostile Takeover".
553[[/folder]]
554
555[[folder:Whiplash]]
556!!Whiplash
557[[quoteright:308:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0220743cf3d475245780abfbd1229bde_9241.jpg]]
558
559-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PeterKelamis
560----
561* AdaptationalBadass: And ''how''. The Whiplash from the comic was basically just a guy with whips and a lame costume. Armored Adventures redesigned him as a very competent and dangerous henchman with energized whips who almost killed Iron Man in his first appearance. Interestingly, [[Film/IronMan Iron Man 2]] later makes an AdaptationalBadass of the same villain (making [[BadassBookworm him]] [[GeniusBruiser even more]] [[TheChessmaster badass]] in the process) and used the electro-whips as well.
562* CombatTentacles: His whips are much too versatile to be considered mere whips.
563* TheDragon: He is Mr. Fix's right-hand man.
564* HeroKiller: Well, not exactly, but he did trash Iron Man's armor. [[spoiler:Twice]].
565* HoverBoard: Has one with saw blades on it.
566* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Justin Hammer disposed of him in a fit of paranoia, thinking he was blackmailing him.]]
567* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His armor is red and black.
568[[/folder]]
569
570[[folder:Mr. Fix]]
571!!Mr. Fix
572[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_fix_whiplash_imaa_489.jpg]]
573
574-->'''Voiced by:''' Donny Lucas
575----
576* AdaptationNameChange: His codename in the comics is "The Fixer".
577* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Gets this thanks to Justin Hammer. He triggers the ExplosiveLeash he planted in him before uploading Fix's consciousness into his computer, trapping him as Hammer's digital slave forever. Downplayed in that Fix wasn't ''nearly'' as helpless in this state as Hammer thought he was.]]
578* ArmsDealer: His business consists in building and selling high-tech weaponry to super-villains and criminals as a whole.
579* BaldOfEvil: He is bald.
580* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Engineers one to get vengeance on Hammer. He poses as an unknown blackmailer, threatening to expose Hammer's criminal activities to the world. Justin, quickly devolving into paranoia, dismantles his own forces, leaving him vulnerable to attack by Iron Man and Titanium Man, allowing them to record his raving and expose his evil to the entire world.]]
581* BeardOfEvil: He has a goatee.
582* BrainUploading: [[spoiler: After Justin activates the nanites in order to keep exploiting him, his consciousness is uploaded into a computer terminal.]]
583* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Iron Man apparently deletes him after he uses zombie gas on Hammer.]]
584* {{Cyborg}}: He has cybernetic parts.
585* DemotedToDragon: Well, he never really was the BigBad, but in season 2, Justin Hammer forces him to work for him using an ExplosiveLeash.
586* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: He ends up betraying Justin as payback for what he did to him and helps Iron Man ruin his public image before [[FateWorseThanDeath turning Justin into a zombie]].]]
587* ExplosiveLeash: The reason he's a Dragon rather than an independent agent. [[spoiler: Justin triggers it in "Titanium vs. Iron". After that, Justin could always delete him from the mainframe.]]
588* GadgeteerGenius: A villain who creates his own tech.
589* WouldHurtAChild: More than willing to send his super-powered assistant to murder Pepper just to cover his tracks.
590[[/folder]]
591
592[[folder:Donald Gill / Blizzard]]
593!!Donald Gill/Blizzard
594[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/villains-blizzard_5489.jpg]]
595
596-->'''Voiced by:''' David Orth
597----
598* AnIcePerson: He's an ice-themed villain.
599* AntiVillain: Type II, though a strong part of it actually is a façade.
600* CompositeCharacter: Former Stark employee like the original Blizzard, [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Gregor_Shapanka_(Earth-616) Gregor Shapanka]], but has the identity of the better known Blizzard, Donald Gill.
601* CorruptedCharacterCopy: As a power-armoured, disfigured supervillain with an icy theme, freeze-ray and a past as a disgruntled cryonicist seeking retribution against a CorruptCorporateExecutive he used to work for, Blizzard is ''Armoured Adventures''' answer to the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries DCAU's Mr. Freeze]]. Though unlike Freeze, Gill is faking a sympathetic backstory and said Executive was fully justified in shutting him down, due to Gill being a nut job.
602* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even though he is himself a murderer, even he is shocked when Justin Hammer [[spoiler:kills Mr. Fix.]]
603* GoodScarsEvilScars: Half of his face has been disfigured due to an experiment from Stane.
604* ILied: In his first appearance, he claims that Stane took his research and weaponised it as justification for his revenge. But then it’s revealed that the machine was always a weapon, and Gill simply wants revenge for being fired.
605* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:Like Whiplash, he was offed by Justin Hammer, who was being blackmailed and became paranoid as a result.]]
606* MadScientist: Let’s face it, when the series’ equivalent of Alex Luthor fires you for instability, you are definitely this.
607* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulated Tony/Iron Man into helping him attacking Stane in his first appearance. Later, when Stane attempted to force him to find a cure for Whitney, he faked submission only to betray him.
608* TwoFaced: When not covered up by his helmet, his face is shown to be horribly scarred on one side.
609[[/folder]]
610
611[[folder:Basil Sandhurst / The Controller]]
612!!Basil Sandhurst/The Controller
613[[quoteright:308:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/612c09a641ea62d4c462580bf14bce16_175.jpg]]
614
615-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelKopsa
616----
617* ManipulativeBastard: Both literally and directly; he can use his MindControlDevice to use people, but he's pretty good at regular manipulation as well.
618%%* MadScientist
619* MindControlDevice: His basic M.O. is using technology to control people's minds.
620* RedEyesTakeWarning: His victims have red eyes and black lips, though this may simply be a cue for the viewer.
621* TheStarscream: He is affiliated with A.I.M. and tries to turn against the organization.
622[[/folder]]
623
624[[folder:Technovore]]
625!Technovore
626[[quoteright:347:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f1dbef3df117303e11b6ed8c0f2db76e_3801.jpg]]
627
628-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TabithaStGermain
629----
630* AIIsACrapshoot: And ''how''. Rhodey even lampshades it when Tony talks about the virus for the first time.
631* TheCracker: Hacks Tony's phone by assimilating Rhodey's headpiece.
632* CompositeCharacter: Its design includes elements that are quite reminiscent of Ultron.
633* CreateYourOwnVillain: Literally: Technovore originally was a virus developed by Tony to deal with Project Pegasus after they weaponized the Crimson Dynamo technology for Stane. Then the virus consumed Pegasus' data and became a sentient creature.
634* CannibalismSuperpower: Intended to eat Tony and Rhodey to assimilate their intellects.
635* DemBones: Is skeletal in appearance.
636* HandBlast: Integrates Iron Man's repulsor gauntlets into itself, but never actually uses them.
637* GreyGoo: Is composed of nanorobots infected with the Technovore virus, and consumes and integrates foreign technology into itself.
638* TheEndOrIsIt: After Tony seemingly destroyed it, it's revealed that part of Technovore survived inside the clothes of the Project Pegasus head.
639* JaggedMouth: Silhouetted by its ThroatLight.
640* SkeleBot9000: The Technovore has a very skeletal appearance.
641* YouWillBeAssimilated: Though it only does this to technology, not living beings.
642[[/folder]]
643
644[[folder:Iron Man OS 7.4B]]
645!!Iron Man OS 7.4B
646
647-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LisaAnnBeley
648----
649* AIIsACrapshoot: Takes control of Iron Man's armor after his rematch with Whiplash corrupts experimental software he installed into the armor.
650* AnimatedArmor: It's capable of moving of its own accord, even without Tony inside.
651* ComputerVoice: Has a female cybernetic voice, the same as Iron Man's normal AI, but speaks in a CreepyMonotone and is fully self-aware.
652* CurbStompBattle: Whiplash didn't even have the chance to implement his upgraded whips against it before it trashed him and Mr. Fix.
653* KilledOffForReal: It sacrifices itself to jumpstart Tony's heart, and he subsequently reprograms his armor to prevent it from resurfacing ever again.
654* MurderTheHypotenuse: Hacks Pepper's and Tony's phones to send him away and lure her to the Armory to be disposed of. Tony realizes something's wrong and shows up too late to stop it from hurting Rhodey.
655* MythologyGag: Is an adaptation of the sentient, psychotic Safe Armor from the comics.
656* NotQuiteDead: The armor's eyes glowing on their own as it's put into storage hints the AI might still exist in some capacity.
657* PoweredArmor: ''Is'' the Iron Man armor given sentience.
658* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After mortally wounding Tony while trying to kill Rhodey, the armor sacrifices itself to act as a defibrillator.
659* RoboticSpouse: Pretty much what it wants to be. Its statement that all of Tony's "biological needs will be met" has creepy overtones even without his {{Robosexual}} quip.
660* ThirdPersonPerson: Refers to itself as "this Unit".
661* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appeared in the episode ''Man and Iron Man'' before being debugged by Tony.
662* {{Yandere}}: It puts Pepper on its hit list based solely on the number of texts she sends Tony and tries to lure her to the lab so it can kill her, [[CurbStompBattle utterly thrashes]] Whiplash and Mr. Fix and is implied to have severely injured - if not killed - the former, almost kills Rhodey when he tries to debug it, and tries to [[IfICantHaveYou lock Tony inside itself to protect him from himself]].
663[[/folder]]
664
665[[folder:M.O.D.O.C.]]
666!!M.O.D.O.C.
667[[quoteright:222:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/370px-m_o_d_o_k_iron_man_armor_adventures_2645.png]]
668
669-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LeeTockar
670----
671* AchillesHeel: Though his psychic powers make him nearly invincible, find a way to immunize yourself to them and he is a more or less regular opponent. The two times he was unable to use them on Iron Man, he was defeated with ease.
672* {{Cephalothorax}}: A fact lampshaded by Ghost.
673%%* {{Cyborg}}
674* DegradedBoss: [[spoiler:In season two, he becomes Justin Hammer's remote controlled "plaything".]]
675%%* ElectronicSpeechImpediment
676* FunWithAcronyms: '''M'''ental '''O'''rganism '''D'''esigned '''O'''nly for '''C'''onquest.
677* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:He learns Iron Man's identity in his first appearance... only to immediately forget it by the end.]]
678* NeverSayDie: Censorship concerns over mentioning death in children's media is presumably the reason his acronym was changed to M.O.D.O.C. instead of the M.O.D.O.K. from the comic (where "K" stands for "Kill")
679%%* PsychicPowers
680%%* PsychoPrototype
681* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: [[spoiler:Played with: when first brought back to life, his first move was to fire the Controller, than overthrow the A.I.M. leader before taking control of the organization himself. Ironically, they were planning to make him their leader anyway.]]
682* VillainDecay: His first battle with Iron Man was a quite one-sided CurbStompBattle, and he was only defeated thanks to the help of [[spoiler:a reformed Living Laser]]. The two other times Iron Man faces him however, he is defeated relatively easily. Somewhat justified in that Iron Man figured out how to bypass his psychic attacks, which were his most dangerous asset.
683[[/folder]]
684
685[[folder:Justin Hammer]]
686!!Justin Hammer[[spoiler:/Titanium Man]]
687[[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/justin-hammer_6090.jpg]]
688[[caption-width-right:324:[[labelnote:Spoiler]][[quoteright:324:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iron-man-the-hammer-falls-cart-e_4222.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]]
689-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelAdamthwaite
690
691The young owner of Hammer Multinational.
692----
693* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The Hammer from the comic is an old man; This one is twenty-one years old and very good-looking.
694* AdaptationalBadass: While the Justin Hammer in the comics is in no way harmless, he is still an old man and NonActionBigBad. This one, on the other hand, [[spoiler: possesses his own armor, the Titanium Man, which he uses to fight Iron Man on numerous occasions.]]
695* AxCrazy: Slides into being dangerously insane as his VillainousBreakdown takes hold.
696* ArmsDealer: He sells weapons.
697* BadBoss: He does not take failure well, regardless of whose fault it actually is.
698* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: He buys out Stark International in "Hostile Takeover". It sticks for quite a while, though he ultimately loses it.]]
699* BewareTheSillyOnes: Justin may seem like a goofy, eccentric young adult, but he's a surprisingly dangerous and evil foe.
700* BigBadEnsemble: Alongside Stane, Hammer is one of the primary antagonists of the second season.
701** BigBadWannabe: While a major threat throughout most of Season 2, he's not half as smart as he thinks he is, often getting humiliated in fights, and doesn't even come into any sort of contact with the protagonists' quest for the Makluan Rings.
702* BrilliantButLazy: Justin apparently has a habit of only working every other day, which his secretary points out is endangering his company's bottom line.
703* ButtMonkey: Any time he goes into combat, he's going to end up either severely humiliated or face major setbacks.
704* CompositeCharacter: Of Justin Hammer and Boris Bullski, the original Titanium Man.
705* TheDragon: Subverted. He merely pretends to be a hired thug as Titanium Man, but Iron Man and War Machine don't find out they're one and the same until "The Hammer Falls".
706* EvilCounterpart: To Tony; both are young geniuses with ownership on companies (though Tony is still too young to own Stark Industries at this point while Hammer already owns his), both are opposed to Stane, both are involved in secret in the Supervillain/Superhero business, [[spoiler: and both have their own armor and superhero[=/=]villain aliases]]. Moreover, Hammer really looks and acts like a younger, evil version of adult Stark in the comic. For this reasons, Justin sees Tony as a kindred spirit at the beginning of the show. Tony begs to disagree.
707* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: He is betrayed by Mr Fix and turned into a zombie using his own virus.]]
708* {{Jerkass}}: Big time; he makes ''Stane'' look like a nice guy by comparison.
709%%* ManipulativeBastard
710* NiceJobFixingItVillain: His growing paranoia in being blackmailed during the episode "The Hammer Falls" causes him to lash out and kill or incapacitate most of his henchmen giving Iron Man and his allies a massive benefit.
711* OlderThanTheyLook: In the BadFuture Andros Stark came from, he didn't seem any older. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by Andros explaining how [[TechnologyMarchesOn technology will march on]].
712* PlotIrrelevantVillain: His actions are generally self-contained to New York and messing with Tony, with no involvement in the MythArc about the Makluan Rings at all. This aspect is ''very'' noticeable by "The Hammer Falls", [[spoiler: where everything he's done to menace Tony is wrapped up with him being exposed and essentially being killed off before the final episodes]].
713* PsychopathicManchild: Pretty much all the time, especially when things don't go out his way. He gradually loses all common sense as the series goes, becoming more and more AxCrazy. [[spoiler: By "The Hammer Falls", he goes into full VillainousBreakdown thanks to Fix messing with him, to the point he has no scruples about unleashing a ZombieApocalypse on New York.]]
714* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: He bungee-jumps out of his office window just to screw with his secretary. Nick Fury even lampshades his eccentricities during Justin's presentation, basically asking the other military figures, "Are we seriously buying weapons from this guy?" [[spoiler: Ironically, this is mostly what gets him in the end; he is betrayed by Mr. Fix ''[[TheDogBitesBack as revenge for digitizing him on a whim]]'', loses all the supervillains working for him because ''he'' took them down out of paranoia, and he exposes his true colors to the world on live television ''himself'' thanks to Iron Man recording him acting crazy. He pretty much destroyed himself with his own crazy behavior.]]
715* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:He sure didn't have much sanity to begin with, but he gradually becomes more insane as the story goes on.]]
716* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He feels that he can't be touched as long as he has money.
717* SelfMadeOrphan: His father died under mysterious circumstances, and Justin comments about admiring the Roman emperor Nero for doing anything to gain power. Nick Fury even suspects that Justin killed his father to take control of Hammer Multinational.
718* SmugSnake: He ''is'' a pretty real threat, but he is way too confident for his own good.
719* TronLines: [[spoiler:The Titanium Man armor has glowing green circuit-like markings on it.]]
720* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In part due to going YoungerAndHipper with Hammer, Sasha is his assistant. In the comics, Sasha was Hammer's ''granddaughter''.
721* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: The appropriately titled episode "The Hammer Falls" is pretty much about this; he gradually loses the little bit of sanity he has left, becoming more and more paranoid as a mysterious blackmailer is pressuring him. It turns out to be Mr. Fix, engineering a breakdown in Justin as revenge.]]
722* YoungerAndHipper: Much like in ''Film/IronMan2'', he's around Tony's age--albeit in the series's case, also like Tony, this Hammer is also a teenager.
723[[/folder]]
724
725[[folder:Victor Von Doom / Doctor Doom]]
726!!Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom
727[[quoteright:346:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iron-man-doomsday-clip-2_635.jpg]]
728
729-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChrisBritton
730
731The leader of Latveria.
732----
733* ActuallyADoombot: The {{Trope Namer|s}} doesn't disappoint.
734* AdaptationalBadass: Putting aside Doom's magical abilities, Iron Man and Doom are generally portrayed as being roughly equal in an armor-vs-armor brawl, with Iron Man getting the slight upper hand in the comics for most of their fights. In this series, even with Doom not using magic, he can give Iron Man the CurbStompBattle with advanced tech alone that Tony never got in the comics. Even with Gene by his side, Iron Man still doesn't fare any better against Doom and has to rely on a miracle to save him in any scenario against the Latverian dictator.
735* ArcVillain: Of "The Might of Doom" and "Doomsday" in the second season.
736* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He runs Latveria because no one alive has the power to take it from him.
737* BigNo: Predictably, when he's foiled at the end of "Doomsday".
738* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Doom has black sclera.
739* CurbStompBattle: Doom vs. Iron Man round one is a clear win for Doom, as Tony is left unconscious for three hours afterwards and must be bailed out by War Machine dropping in as a distraction and Pepper remote controlling the armor.
740** Tony and Gene vs. Doom doesn't go so well either. On top of wielding the Darkforce Makluan Ring (which he claims is the most powerful, considering [[ThinkingUpPortals it can open up gateways to other dimensions]] along with channeling pure darkness), Doom's armor is more than capable of withstanding even Gene's other rings.
741* TheDreaded: Obadiah Stane admits he's terrified of Doom and even Gene would rather avoid challenging him, and for good reason.
742* EmperorScientist: Dictator of a country and a brilliant scientist whose inventions, especially in the field of weaponry, has set Latveria, considered by some to still be a developing country, on track to be a superpower.
743* EvilIsPetty: To an unbelievable degree. Tony managed to build a component in his armor that surpasses the one in Doom's and Doom's ego is so massive he cannot accept it and tries to blow up New York and the rest of the Eastern Seaboard just to get rid of his Western competition.
744* FreudianExcuse: Just like in the comic, he is attempting to get his family's souls back.
745* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:After trying to bargain his family's souls for those of Iron Man, Howard Stark and the Mandarin, he ends up having his own soul trapped in the demon's dimension.]]
746* LargeAndInCharge: This version of Doom is HUGE! He easily stands both head and shoulders over Obadiah Stane.
747* LensmanArmsRace: One-sided on Doom's part, since Stark International doesn't seem to be "competing" with Latveria. The only reason Doom even thought of helping Stane out with the Monger core is because he wants to destroy his "tech competition" in the West, turning the core into a bomb that would've ''obliterated New York''.
748* TwentyFourHourArmor: Never seen out of his armor.
749* InTheHood: He wears a hood.
750* LargeHam: He ''is'' Dr. Doom, after all.
751* MagicFromTechnology: His magic is derived from quantum mechanics, essentially weaponizing ClarkesThirdLaw.
752* RoguesGalleryTransplant: His usual enemies, the Fantastic Four, aren't involved in either of his encounters with Iron Man and make no appearances other than Tony mentioning Reed Richards in two episodes and Pepper comparing her armor's stealth capabilities to the Invisible Woman.
753* ThinkingUpPortals: One of Doom's abilities is to be able to summon a pixelated portal leading to Dormammu's dimension, allowing ''something'' to come through and manhandle Tony. While he doesn't demonstrate this again after his debut episode, the Darkforce Makluan Ring he acquires serves as a formidable substitute, as he uses it to open a gateway to Yogthulu's dimension (and inadvertently create a worldwide crisis of portals randomly opening up, not that he cares).
754* ThirdPersonPerson: He frequently refers to himself as "Doom".
755[[/folder]]
756
757[[folder:Magneto / Max Eisenhardt]]
758!!Magneto/Max Eisenhardt
759-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RonHalder
760
761The Master of Magnetism.
762----
763* AdaptationalWimp: In this version he can only control a positive field ''or'' a negative field, not both at once.
764* AntiVillain: He only does what he does to ensure mutantkind's safety.
765* CoolHelmet: One of the best looks for his helmet yet.
766* CurbStompBattle: His first 2 fights with Iron Man.
767* DarkAndTroubledPast: Though unlike most versions, it's implied he was a victim of the Weapon X program, rather than the Holocaust.
768* FreudianExcuse: He talks about being experimented on and tortured by humans, and he's not about to let the same happen to any other mutants.
769* HumansAreBastards: His philosophy.
770* ManOfKryptonite: A man who controls magnetism vs a man in metal armor. Do the math.
771* {{Mutant}}: You got a problem with that?
772* PowerFloats: He uses his magnetic powers to achieve levitation.
773%%* SelectiveMagnetism
774%%* SocialDarwinist
775* TruerToTheText: Name wise at least. This one of the few adaptations to use Magneto’s original name from the comics, Max Eisenhardt, while Erik Lehnsherr, the name he usually goes by is more of an alias.
776* WellIntentionedExtremist: As always, he just wants to put an end to bigotry toward mutants.
777* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Iron Man has a ''very'' hard time escaping his grip.
778[[/folder]]
779
780[[folder:Rhona and Andy Erwin]]
781!!Rhona and Andy Erwin[[spoiler:/Rhona Burchill/Mad Thinker]]
782[[quoteright:348:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/armored_mad_thinker_7009.png]]
783-->'''Voiced by:''' Brenna O'Brien (Rhona), Brett Dier (Andy)
784
785Rhona's a classmate of Tony's who has a grudge against him; Andy's her brother.
786----
787* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler:At the end of her episode, it is hinted that the Rhona taken into custody was one of her robots, meaning that the real Rhona is still out there somewhere.]]
788* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Rhona is insanely jealous of Tony for seemingly being smarter than her, and turns the school into a deathtrap as a way of proving she's smarter than him.
789* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Just look at the traps she imagined for Tony and the others. Not to mention that she did this in the past already.]]
790* BadassBookworm: Not on Tony's level, but she comes close.
791* CompositeCharacter: Combines elements of Clytemnestra Erwin from the main Marvel Universe and the Ultimate Universe version of the Mad Thinker.
792* {{Disneyfication}}: [[spoiler:Ultimate Universe Rhona actually took some of Robert's, her brother, brain matter to enhance her own with no real care to his well being. In this series, Andy is just her creation pretending to be her brother and she seems to care deeply for him. Her being an orphan was also invented for this series and she also had a disfigurement of a large bloated head from the self-enhancement.]]
793* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:She attempted to kill Tony and his friends through a school full of traps and death games. Why? Because Tony took her place as the school's smartest student. And because she felt like Tony was mocking her even though he hardly even noticed her presence until she and her brother started getting actually aggressive.]]
794* EarlyBirdCameo: She and her brother can be seen in school scenes throughout the show before they make their formal debut.
795* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:When she is arrested at the end of her debut episode and taken by a doctor, the doctor's [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes glow red]], indicating that this is just one of her robots.]]
796* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She does care about her brother, Andy, [[spoiler:even though he is a mere robot she created in an attempt to replace her dead family.]] Notably, even when Andy deliberately undercuts her attempts to kill Tony by making her game fairer, she doesn't punish him for it.
797* EvilCannotComprehendGood[=/=]PsychologicalProjection: Interprets all of Tony's actions through her own sociopathic lens.
798* EvilGenius: Highly intelligent and very little redeeming qualities.
799* EvilIsPetty: Turning her high school into a deathtrap and kidnapping Tony and his friends to prove that she's smarter than him is pretty much a dead giveaway.
800* GadgeteerGenius: Smart enough to create highly advanced traps, build very realistic androids, and reproduce [[ComicBook/AntMan Dr. Pym]]'s shrinking ray. [[spoiler:The last one was never used so it's [[WildMassGuessing anyone's guess]] if she was bluffing or not about that]].
801* GenderFlip: [[spoiler:This Mad Thinker is based on the ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' version, rather than the classic version, who's a grown man.]]
802* MeaningfulName: Andy, [[spoiler:short for "android". Though he ''was'' a real living being before Rhona made a robot copy of him.]]
803* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Stark initially didn't see her as more than a weird and aggressive schoolmate who was no more than a nuisance. [[spoiler:Just try imagining his reaction when she turns out to be an EvilGenius with a [[ArtificialHuman robot brother]] who tried to kill him and his friends.]]
804* SmugSnake: She won't admit that Tony's smarter than her and will keep acting arrogant as much as she can.
805* SuddenlyShouting: "I can do whatever I want, ANTHONY!"
806* TokenGoodTeammate: Rhona heavily stacks the deck against Anthony and his friends, but Andy makes the game fairer by adding in some "lifelines" that Tony can use to get help from his friends.
807* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Tony says as much to Rhona, pointing out that she could do all sorts of good with her genius. Rhona does ''not'' take it well, thinking that Tony is just patronizing her.
808[[/folder]]
809
810[[folder:Mallen]]
811!!Mallen
812-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndrewFrancis
813
814A former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, fired for his aggressive behavior. Out of spite, he stole their experimental super-soldier serum, Extremis, and injected himself with it, mutating him into a superhuman.
815----
816* AxCrazy: The reason he was discharged from S.H.I.E.L.D. Injecting himself with Extremis doesn't help. In fact, he starts hallucinating.
817* BaldOfEvil: He loses his hair after injecting himself with Extremis.
818* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Develops them along with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]] after injecting himself with Extremis.
819* BreathWeapon: He can spit a jet of flames hot enough to scorch the Mark II armor.
820* CurbStompBattle: {{No Sell}}s all of Iron Man's weapons and easily beats the steel out of him.
821* EvilMakesYouUgly: He has sickly pale skin and scar-like markings post-Extremis injection.
822* DrivenByEnvy: Thinks that by wrecking the city and killing Iron Man he can convince Fury to take him back in.
823* EmpoweredBadassNormal: As an ex-[=S.H.I.E.L.D.=] agent - one of their best agents - he was already a certified badass, but after [[TranshumanTreachery taking the Extremis]]…
824* PlayingWithFire: One of the powers he gains from Extremis.
825* PowerEchoes: Post-Extremis injection his voice gains a reverberating effect.
826* PsychoSerum: The Extremis Enhancile.
827* ShockAndAwe: One of the powers he gains from Extremis.
828* SparedByTheAdaptation: He was killed in the comics, but merely knocked out and taken into custody in the cartoon.
829* SuperSpeed: He can move fast enough to dodge bullets.
830* SuperToughness: He can withstand bullets and Iron Man's Repulsor beams.
831* VomitIndiscretionShot: Pukes up blood, uncensored.
832[[/folder]]
833
834[[folder:Andros Stark / Iron Man 2099]]
835!Andros Stark/Iron Man 2099
836[[quoteright:324:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iron_man_2099_9109.jpg]]
837
838-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlessandroJuliani
839
840Tony's grandson from the future, who was sent back into the past in order to prevent his grandfather from creating a virus named Vortex that would almost eradicate humanity.
841----
842* AdaptationalHeroism: The comic version of Andros was a straight villain; this version, while acting antagonistic toward Tony, is a HeroAntagonist.
843* AntiVillain: Type III, with shades of Type IV; he attempted to kill Tony under the belief that it would prevent a cataclysm which eradicate most of humanity in the future. He was even willing to explain Tony why he needed to kill him before proceeding to do so. (Albeit he said he was protocol-required to do so whenever he needed to kill somebody in the past to prevent a BadFuture from happening) The fact he was unwilling to harm innocent bystanders makes it even more difficult to see him as a villain; actually, it went so far that Tony even wondered if Andros wasn't right.
844* BadassBookworm: Well, he is Tony's grandson.
845* BadFuture: In the future where he comes from, humanity has been almost eradicated by a virus accidentally created by Stark and SHIELD; Oh, and Justin Hammer is the president.
846* HeroAntagonist: He's targeting his grandfather because he believes him to be responsible for eventually destroying the world in his timeline.
847* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Even if he rewrote the timeline to undo his dumb mistake, he is the only villain in the series to successfully kill Iron Man.]]
848* HeroicSacrifice: He is perfectly aware of the fact that killing Tony will erase him from existence, but considers his own life an acceptable price to save humanity. [[spoiler:He ends up doing just that to undo his mistake.]]
849* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:When he learns that the main reason Tony created Vortex in the first place was to defeat him, he remorsefully declares himself responsible for causing the BadFuture.]]
850* KidFromTheFuture: Tony Stark's grandson from the year 2099.
851* PoweredArmor: And an even more advanced one than Tony's, to boot.
852* PragmaticAdaptation: In the comics, Andros came from the year 2093. The change to 2099 was likely done to tie into the more familiar ''ComicBook/Marvel2099'' universe.
853* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: His purpose is to try and alter the future for the better by killing his grandfather.
854* StableTimeLoop: Andros has resolved to prevent a disastrous future in which Vortex, a computer virus Tony invented, has infected every computer in the world and subsequently wiped-out humanity. He plans to do this by killing Tony ''before'' he invents Vortex. He succeeds in killing Tony only to fall prey a trap Tony had set, infecting Andros' armor with a nanovirus chip designed to disable it. When Andros recognizes the virus as Vortex, he realizes that Tony invented it to use on him, [[ItsAllMyFault and that traveling back in time is what caused Vortex to exist in the first place.]] Horrified, [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong he travels back again to just before killing Tony and warns him, who then destroys the chip containing Vortex instead, saving the future.]]
855* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks a lot like an older version of his grandfather, but with green eyes.
856* {{Transhuman}}: [[spoiler: He's running a higher version of Extremis than Tony's]]. He's not an example of TranshumanTreachery, though, as he's trying to save humanity by killing Tony.
857* UnwittingPawn: To Justin Hammer, who tries to use him to eliminate Iron Man on his terms.
858* WellIntentionedExtremist: Even if he is trying to kill his own grandfather when he was a teenager, he's only doing it to save the world from being destroyed.
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860
861[[folder:Thaddeus Ross]]
862!General Thaddeus Ross
863-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EricBauza
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865* AdaptationalVillainy: Debatable, since the comic book portrayal of Ross is major case of DependingOnTheWriter, but this is definitely one of the nastiest versions of him.
866* BullyingADragon: Not only does he do it with the Hulk as usual, but he also acts rude toward both Iron Man and Nick Fury.
867* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: He panics and cowers before the Gray Hulk when his plan goes to pieces. This is notable because most versions of Ross aren't cowardly, despite his other flaws]].
868%%* FourStarBadass
869* GeneralRipper: He's a military leader who doesn't care about who gets harmed in the crossfire.
870* {{Jerkass}}: He deliberately sabotages Tony's attempts to cure the Hulk and almost destroys the city twice with his interference, but is completely unrepentant.
871* WellIntentionedExtremist: Subverted; Not only is he far too heinous toward the Hulk to be this, but he actually wants to dissect him in order to create more like him.
872[[/folder]]
873
874[[folder:The Makluans]]
875!The Makluans
876* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original comics, the Makluans were peaceful and good-natured. Fin Fang Foom and his colleagues actually ''left'' their home to try and conquer other races with their amazing technology, [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch which none of their fellow Makluans were interested in.]] In this show, ''[[AlwaysChaoticEvil all]]'' [[AlwaysChaoticEvil the Makluans are bastards]] ([[spoiler:except for the Emperor’s son]].
877* AdaptationalWimp: Of sorts. In the original comics, Fin Fang Foom and his fellow Makluans are all giant forty-foot long dragonlike creatures with terrifying strength. However, in this show they're all just a couple of feet taller than the average human and are easier to fight head-on, albeit still dangerous.
878* AliensAreBastards: Subverted with the Makluan Emperor's son, but played straight with pretty much all the other representants of the species seen. ''Especially'' [[EvilOverlord their emperor]].
879* AlienInvasion: The Season 2 finale involves them trying to conquer Earth.
880* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy:[[spoiler: The original Mandarin, strongly hinted to be Ghengis Khan, was given the ability to use the Makluan Rings by the Makluan prince, who altered his DNA so he would be part Makluan.]]
881* BigBad: The Makluan Emperor is the main villain by the end of the series.
882* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Subverted; when informed his son was killed, the Makluan Emperor reveals it was his son and seems saddened... [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk only to reveal he regrets he couldn't kill him himself]].]]
883* NonStandardCharacterDesign: As opposed to most of the rest of the cast, who are cel-shaded and somewhat simplistic, the Makluans employ almost realistic shading and more detail, presumably to emphasize their alien nature.
884* OutsideContextProblem: ''Nobody'' saw those guys coming.
885* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: They basically look like six-eyed lizards.
886* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Fin Fang Foom is seemingly not a normal member of their species at all.
887[[/folder]]

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