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* Doubles as Tear Jerker. Anton Vanko is dying at the beginning of the movie, watching Tony on the TV. He heartbreakingly tells Ivan "That should have been you", and apologizes to Ivan for not giving him a better life, but giving him the knowledge he could use to achieve it. Despite what must have been a really crappy life, Anton loved his son, and Ivan loved him back just as much.

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* Doubles as Tear Jerker.TearJerker. Anton Vanko is dying at the beginning of the movie, watching Tony on the TV. He heartbreakingly tells Ivan "That should have been you", and apologizes to Ivan for not giving him a better life, but giving him the knowledge he could use to achieve it. Despite what must have been a really crappy life, Anton loved his son, and Ivan loved him back just as much.



** The reveal in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' paints Howard's actions in a completely different light. The day Tony went to private school was his happiest not because he got rid of a kid he didn't care for. [[spoiler: He knew HYDRA had infiltrated SHIELD and was trying to kill him so he moved his son out of harm's way.]]

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** The reveal in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' paints Howard's actions in a completely different light. The day Tony went to private school was his happiest not because he got rid of a kid he didn't care for. [[spoiler: He knew HYDRA had infiltrated SHIELD and was trying to kill him so he moved his son out of harm's way.]]



** Making this absolutely HeartwarmingInHindsight is that the kid was none other than [[spoiler:a young Peter Parker before he became Spider-Man]].

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** Making this absolutely HeartwarmingInHindsight is that the kid was none other than [[spoiler:a a young Peter Parker before he became Spider-Man]].Spider-Man]

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** Tony lets Rhodey know about his health after Monaco. Tony lets his best friend see him at his weakest. He lets him know he's dying. He can't let Pepper know, but he can let Rhodey know. There's a reason Tony let Rhodey take the suit.
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* Rhodey objects when Senator Stern asks him to testify to ''some'' of his report. Rhodey filed a full report and he was willing to testify to the '''full''' report. He might disagree with Tony, but Tony is is friend. Rhodey has differing ideas about the future of world peace, and he's scared about his friend's spiral, but '''''hell no''''' Tony is not his enemy.
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* Doubles as Tear Jerker. Anton Vanko is dying at the beginning of the movie, watching Tony on the TV. He heartbreakingly tells Ivan [[ForWantOfANail "That should have been you"]], and apologizes to Ivan for not giving him a better life, but giving him the knowledge he could use to achieve it. Despite what must have been a really crappy life, Anton loved his son, and Ivan loved him back just as much.

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* Doubles as Tear Jerker. Anton Vanko is dying at the beginning of the movie, watching Tony on the TV. He heartbreakingly tells Ivan [[ForWantOfANail "That should have been you"]], you", and apologizes to Ivan for not giving him a better life, but giving him the knowledge he could use to achieve it. Despite what must have been a really crappy life, Anton loved his son, and Ivan loved him back just as much.



** Also, after the revelations in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' when [[spoiler:Tony travels back to 1970 to SHIELD secret headquarters and accidentally runs into his father. While pretending to be 'Howard Potts,' the two strike up a heart-felt conversation about raising children, with Howard Stark expressing the fear that he will be a bad father to the not-yet-born Tony. Tony uses his own newfound experience as a father to Morgan to assuage Howard's fear. When you go back and re-watch Howard's film recording exhorting Tony that "you will change the world," everything comes full circle.]]
* This one takes a bit of FridgeBrilliance. After Rhodey [[spoiler: steals the Mark II Iron Man suit]], Natasha mentions that Tony's security system is designed to prevent unauthorized use of the suits. Thought it's never said explicitly, it's implied that Tony had been planning for Rhodes to inherit the Iron Man title and machinery [[spoiler: after he died.]]
* Tony is [[strike: running]] flying for his life [[spoiler: from his best friend in another suit of armor that has been commandeered by the bad guy]]. The Expo is being evacuated because of the drones attacking. One brave little boy in an Iron Man mask and repulsor toy puts his hand up to fire at the drone. The drone mistakes the kid for Tony and takes aim as well. Then Tony lands behind the kid, takes out the drone with his repulsor so it looks to the kid like he took it out himself, then looks at the little boy, says "Nice work, kid," and goes back to being chased.

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** Also, after the revelations in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' when [[spoiler:Tony Tony travels back to 1970 to SHIELD secret headquarters and accidentally runs into his father. While pretending to be 'Howard Potts,' the two strike up a heart-felt conversation about raising children, with Howard Stark expressing the fear that he will be a bad father to the not-yet-born Tony. Tony uses his own newfound experience as a father to Morgan to assuage Howard's fear. When you go back and re-watch Howard's film recording exhorting Tony that "you will change the world," everything comes full circle.]]
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* This one takes a bit of FridgeBrilliance. After Rhodey [[spoiler: steals the Mark II Iron Man suit]], suit, Natasha mentions that Tony's security system is designed to prevent unauthorized use of the suits. Thought it's never said explicitly, it's implied that Tony had been planning for Rhodes to inherit the Iron Man title and machinery [[spoiler: after he died.]]
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* Tony is [[strike: running]] flying for his life [[spoiler: from his best friend in another suit of armor that has been commandeered by the bad guy]].guy. The Expo is being evacuated because of the drones attacking. One brave little boy in an Iron Man mask and repulsor toy puts his hand up to fire at the drone. The drone mistakes the kid for Tony and takes aim as well. Then Tony lands behind the kid, takes out the drone with his repulsor so it looks to the kid like he took it out himself, then looks at the little boy, says "Nice work, kid," and goes back to being chased.



* Once Rhodey's [[spoiler:suit gets freed from Ivan's control]], he and Tony take on the drones. Despite having fought before, they're laughing and joking and trading quips as they blow up the bots like two pals playing video games.

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* Once Rhodey's [[spoiler:suit suit gets freed from Ivan's control]], control, he and Tony take on the drones. Despite having fought before, they're laughing and joking and trading quips as they blow up the bots like two pals playing video games.



* Turns out the [[spoiler: drones]] have been set to explode after the final battle. Tony himself is surrounded, but what is the first thing to come out of his mouth?

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* Turns out the [[spoiler: drones]] drones have been set to explode after the final battle. Tony himself is surrounded, but what is the first thing to come out of his mouth?



* Tony's pitiful attempt at making an in-flight meal for Pepper after the Monaco attack. As he put it later, [[spoiler: he'd been planning to make her an omelet and tell her that he was dying. Like with the strawberries, the omelet was a clumsy, failed attempt to make her feel better. It took him three hours to make, and he never even really got any credit for trying.]]
* The ending where [[spoiler: the senator has to give Stark and Rhodes medals]] is mostly just funny, but when he thanks Rhodes and tells him he deserves the award he's being totally sincere, despite the fact that Rhodes had done his best to publicly undermine him earlier in the film.

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* Tony's pitiful attempt at making an in-flight meal for Pepper after the Monaco attack. As he put it later, [[spoiler: he'd been planning to make her an omelet omelette and tell her that he was dying. Like with the strawberries, the omelet omelette was a clumsy, failed attempt to make her feel better. It took him three hours to make, and he never even really got any credit for trying.]]
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* The ending where [[spoiler: the senator has to give Stark and Rhodes medals]] medals is mostly just funny, but when he thanks Rhodes and tells him he deserves the award he's being totally sincere, despite the fact that Rhodes had done his best to publicly undermine him earlier in the film.

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