History Awesome / IronMan2

** As the hearing continues and Tony's {{rival}}, Justin Hammer, tries to testify against him by showing evidence of other "Iron Man" suits being built, Tony effortlessly ''hacks into federal computers with a PDA'' and zooms satellite imagery in enough as well as show video feeds '''from the ground''' (i.e. he hacked into those either ahead of the trial or alongside hacking the federal computers) to show that these suits are nothing to worry about -- including Hammer's own pathetic attempts. Tony then goes on to espouse how much of a hero he really is for having taken care of several threats as Iron Man and finishes it off with this grand statement:

** As the hearing continues and Tony's {{rival}}, Justin Hammer, tries to testify against him by showing evidence of other "Iron Man" suits being built, Tony effortlessly ''hacks into federal computers with a PDA'' and zooms satellite imagery in enough to show that these suits are nothing to worry about -- including Hammer's own pathetic attempts. Tony then goes on to espouse how much of a hero he really is for having taken care of several threats as Iron Man and finishes it off with this grand statement:

** Doubles as a meta moment too, as Creator/RobertDowneyJr had been studying Wing Chun.

[[caption-width-right:350:OneManArmy? How about [[BackToBackBadasses ''Two''-Man Army?!]]]]

** The scene crosses over with SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, being set to an excellent mix by DJ AM that includes [[Music/{{Queen}} "Another One Bites The Dust"]], "It Takes Two", and [[Music/DaftPunk "Robot Rock"]].

* Somebody attempts to hit her while her back is turned, and without looking she beats him with ONE MOVE. Then she does it again with a can of mace.

** Thanks to the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', this is retroactively even ''more'' awesome, since [[spoiler: Tony essentially trolled an ''agent of HYDRA''!]].

* A weapons expert fed Creator/SamRockwell all his lines about the different weapons Hammer is supposed to outfit the Mark II with, and with a lesser actor, they might have sounded wooden or rote, but Rockwell sounds every bit the weapons manufacturer magnate he's supposed to be. [[spoiler: Even if every line is bullshit, and Hammer is just faking it, judging from his lack of awareness of safety and features for the weapons, it's still impressive.]]

** Thanks to ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', this is retroactively even ''more'' awesome, since [[spoiler: Tony essentially trolled an ''agent of HYDRA''!]].

* During the climax, Tony and Rhodey, fully armoured BackToBackBadasses, find themselves trapped in a "killbox" surrounded by armoured drones on all sides. What did they do? Tony unleashed Iron Man-fu, repulsor blasts all over, and finished them off with a 360 degree death blossom. War Machine [[MoreDakka let the hot lead fly]], and his shoulder cannon fired behind him taking out multiple targets. The two of them lit up the screen and the audience let out a holy shiiit.

** During the fight Pepper corners Natalie and starts yelling at her. When Tony and Rhodey crash through the floor behind them Pepper screams and ducks to the side but Natalie drops into a [[AssKickingPose fight stance]].
** The scene crosses over with SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic being set to an excellent mix by DJ AM that includes [[Music/{{Queen}} "Another One Bites The Dust"]], "It Takes Two" and [[Music/DaftPunk "Robot Rock"]].

* Tony Stark has a problem: he is slowly dying from the arc reactor in his chest, powered by palladium -- which is poisoning him. No suitable element exists as an alternative, and the technology to create an element that would be a suitable alternative doesn't exist, so what does Tony do? He ''invents'' the technology needed to create a brand new element to custom requirements, '''props it up with a replica of Captain America's shield''', and ''makes'' the right element himself!

* Whiplash has another one. We last see him without his shoes, pillows, and parrot and there are two big guards keeping an eye on him until Hammer returns from the expo so they can re-negotiate the terms of his work. When next we see him call Tony to taunt him, both guards are [[GoryDiscretionShot partially seen]] hanging from the ceiling!

* Black Widow unleashed in all her glory. During the climax, Black Widow enters Hammer's head office to get to Vanko. She goes through the assembled security like a hot knife through butter, with a mix of martial arts, smoke bombs, taser mines and street fighting. The fact she finishes the last guard with a casual spray of mace and an annoyed look on her face makes it one badass SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

** And then, he energizes his whips and ''cuts a F-1 race car almost in half.''
** Near the end of the fight he tops it by [[CuttingThroughEnergy slicing Iron Man's repulsor blasts]] [[ImplausibleFencingPowers out of the air]] [[ParryingBullets before they hit him]][[http://postimg.cc/image/727w6kr41/ .]]

* One random little kid standing up to a rampaging robot with his toy Iron Man repulsor. Whether he thought it would work or he was trying to scare it off is irrelevant; that kid has a pair of brass ones. Tony dropping in, shooting the Hammeroid, and going "Nice work, kid!" to the kid before leaving was just the icing on the cake. Whoever that kid is, that has to have been ''the best night of his life''.

** Turns out it wasn't a random little kid. WordOfGod [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tom-holland-officially-confirms-spider-man-was-in-iron-man-2_us_59508ea4e4b0da2c731c7080 reveals]] that it was actually a young [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]. Just goes to show even at the age of 7 or 8 without powers Peter was a hero.

* The Mark V suit. Seriously, the briefcase-TransformationSequence has got to be one of the most salivating TechnologyPorn moments in the history of film. Can the suit really fit into it? Does the suit's weight difference between briefcase and suit make any sense? Does it make sense for him to go through a twenty-second-long TransformationSequence while Ivan Vanko could easily give him a good smack with his whips? [[RuleOfCool Who cares?]] It was so awesome that when it was revealed in one of the trailers, bloggers the world over had a {{nerdgasm}} and used that screenshot for their posts.

* The briefcase suit. Seriously, the briefcase-TransformationSequence has got to be one of the most salivating TechnologyPorn moments in the history of film. Can the suit really fit into it? Does the suit's weight difference between briefcase and suit make any sense? Does it make sense for him to go through a twenty-second-long TransformationSequence while Ivan Vanko could easily give him a good smack with his whips? [[RuleOfCool Who cares?]] It was so awesome that when it was revealed in one of the trailers, bloggers the world over had a {{nerdgasm}} and used that screenshot for their posts.

** Let's give a hand to the SFX people for pulling off something that's been done for forty years in the comics but seemed impossible to do on film: [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome making suitcase armor look realistic]].

* The Senate hearing for Stark. From the beginning, he is unflappable and verbally serves the chair of the committee several times:
-->'''Stark:''' I ''am'' Iron Man. The suit and I are one. To turn over the Iron Man suit would be to turn over myself, which is tantamount to indentured servitude or prostitution, depending on which state you're in. You can't have it.

'''Stark:''' On prostitution? Of course not, you're a Senator, come on!
** As the hearing continues and Stark's {{rival}}, Justin Hammer, tries to testify against him by showing evidence of other "Iron Man" suits being built, Stark effortlessly ''hacks into federal computers with a PDA'' and zooms satellite imagery in enough to show that these suits are nothing to worry about -- including Hammer's own pathetic attempts. Stark then goes on to espouse how much of a hero he really is for having taken care of several threats as Iron Man and finishes it off with this bold statement:
--->'''Stark:''' I have successfully privatized world peace! ''[gives V for Victory sign]''

** Let's give a hand to the SFX people for pulling off something that's been done for forty years in the comics but seemed impossible to do on film: make suitcase armor that looked realistic.

[[caption-width-right:350:OneManArmy? How about ''Two''-Man Army?!]]

** Near the end of the fight he tops it by [[CuttingThroughEnergy slicing Iron Man's repulsor blasts]] [[ImplausibleFencingPowers out of the air]] [[ParryingBullets before they hit him]][[http://postimg.org/image/727w6kr41/ .]]

* After ousting Terrence Howard from the franchise, Don Cheadle immediately steps into the part of Rhodey with one line: [[TheOtherDarrin "It's me. I'm here. Get over it and move on."]] And he's been there ever since.

* AC/DC only has two songs in the movie, but John Debney definitely earned his paycheck with the score!

** Just for the sake of squee, the top speed of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Phantom_Coupé Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé]] is '''155 mph.''' The ''average'' speed of the [[http://www.vivaf1.com/monaco.php Monaco Grand Prix]] is '''158 mph''' -- and the top speed is 180. That means he was dodging cars coming at him at a combined speed of '''''OVER 300 MILES PER HOUR.''''' Creator/JonFavreau may have made himself something of a ButtMonkey in combat, but behind the wheel, he essentially made himself ChuckYeager. If there's anyone better than Harold "Happy" Hogan in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, they can [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture drive cars through time]].

* A weapons expert fed Sam Rockwell all his lines about the different weapons Hammer is supposed to outfit the Mark II with, and with a lesser actor, they might have sounded wooden or rote, but Rockwell sounds every bit the weapons manufacturer magnate he's supposed to be. [[spoiler: Even if every line is bullshit, and Hammer is just faking it, judging from his lack of awareness of safety and features for the weapons, it's still impressive.]]

--> ''These are the Cubans, baby. This is the Cohibas, the Montecristos. This is a kinetic-kill, side-winder vehicle with a secondary cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment RDX]] burst. It's capable of busting a bunker under the bunker you just busted. If it were any smarter, it'd write a book, a book that would make ''Ulysses'' look like it was written in crayon. It would read it to you. This is my Eiffel Tower. This is my Rachmaninoff's Third. My Pieta. It's completely elegant, it's bafflingly beautiful, and it's capable of reducing the population of any standing structure to zero. I call it "The Ex-Wife."''

** GeniusBonus on Hammer's sales pitch speech. Two things he says gives away just how full of crap he is, and how much intelligence he truly possesses. First, he rattles off the full chemical name, then follows it up with the letter abbreviation of the same name. He is just quoting a spec sheet. Second, ''Ulysses'' '''was''' written in crayon. James Joyce's eyes were failing him, and he used crayon so he could see his writing better.

* Whiplash has another one. We last see him without his shoes, pillows, and parrot and there are two big guards keeping an eye on him until Hammer returns from the expo so they can re-negotiate the terms of his work. When next we see him call Tony to taunt him, both guards are [[GoryDiscretionShot partially seen]] hanging from the ceiling!

* Whiplash has another one. We last see him without his shoes, pillows, and parrot and there are two big guards keeping an eye on him until Hammer returns from the expo so they can re-nego