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->''"I have to accept that you're gone. And if I can't save you, then I have to save the world from what you've become. I bought one of the largest media companies on Earth from under you. I'll use it to sink your drug, Extremis, and I will show the world the monster you've become. They will all know your imperfections, Tony. You won't be their messiah anymore. Your zealots, so blind to the truth. I will open their eyes. Whatever you do from now on, you will do it without admiration, without those who once respected you. You will do it without your friends. You might still manage to force your arrogant vision onto the world. But you will do so broken, unloved... And completely alone."''
-->-- '''Pepper Potts''', ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' #9. (Thankfully, [[CharacterRerailment this is no longer the case]].)

Virginia "Pepper" Potts is a Creator/MarvelComics characters who mainly appears as supporting character in ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics. She is created by Creator/StanLee and Don Heck, and is introduced into Franchise/MarvelUniverse in ''Tales of Suspense'' #45 in 1963). As ''Rescue'', she's introduced in ''The Invincible Iron Man'' #10 in 2009.

Pepper is Tony Stark's secretary, assistant, and longtime friend. She was working for Stark Industries and spotted an accounting error. She raced to let Tony Stark know. Having saved the company a large amount of money, Stark promoted her to be his personal assistant. Over the years, she developed romantic feelings on her womanizing boss to the point that she rejects the advances of Stark's chauffeur and assistant Happy Hogan. As Stark's affection for her grows, she becomes part of a love triangle between the two men, but eventually falls in love with and marries Hogan. Although Pepper and Happy soon divorce after she has an affair with a former college boyfriend, she and Happy join Tony at his new company, Stark Solutions. During their time in Stark's new company, Pepper and Happy once again became involved and they remarry. But Happy eventually dies after he is massively injured by the supervillain Slaymaster during ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', and once again Pepper has on-off relationship with Tony. Half the time they're together, the other half they're pretending they weren't.

After ''Civil War'', Pepper joins the [[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative Fifty State Initiative]] as a member of ComicBook/TheOrder. She assumes the moniker of the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek goddess]] Hera, and uses advanced computer hardware and prosthetics to monitor and coordinate the team's missions. Upon the absorption of The Order into the Initiative, Tony Stark offers her a job on the special projects team at Stark Enterprises, which she accepts.

When Pepper is caught in a terrorist explosion caused by Ezekiel Stane, she sustains multiple internal injuries, including shrapnel wounds, and rendered unable to withstand a prolonged surgery. In response, Tony embeds a strong magnet (similar in appearance to the arc reactor) in her chest, essentially turning Pepper into a {{cyborg}} dependent on keeping her chest magnet engaged to stay alive, as he was once. She eventually gains a suit of armor (and a heart implant) of her own as the heroine Rescue. Pepper's body is further enhanced with new cybernetics and upgrades to the magnet, which are based on [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Danny Rand]]'s battery designs, and give Pepper new super abilities.

When Tony is blamed for the Skrull invasion of Earth that occurs in the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} [[ComicBook/DarkReign is taken over]] by ComicBook/NormanOsborn, replaced with H.A.M.M.E.R., Stark makes Pepper the new CEO of Stark Industries, trusting only her to shut down the company in his absence. Pepper discovers a secret room in Stark's office which contains a suit of armor that he made especially for her, which she uses under the name Rescue. She becomes a superheroine herself and rescues ComicBook/BlackWidow and Maria Hill from Osborn's imprisonment. As Rescue, she has her own single-issue comic, ''Rescue'' which is published in 2010.

After her heart-mounted repulsor generator and armored suit are dismantled to reboot the brain-dead Tony Stark, Tony reinstalls a new Repulsor Tech node in her chest and gifts her new Rescue armor, complete with the A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S.. Unfortunately, after J.A.R.V.I.S. had revealed that it developed romantic feelings for Pepper, it kidnapped her to keep her away from super heroic duties, but was deactivated by [[ComicBook/WarMachine James Rhodes]], who assumed the Iron Man identity at the time, and was finally destroyed by Pepper Potts in Resilient's factory along with Potts' Rescue armor, thus leaving her heroic alter-ego behind.

She later gets new Rescue armor in the ''Superior Iron Man'' comic.

[[AC:Notable Comic Books appearance]]
* ''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative''
* ''ComicBook/CivilWar''
* ''ComicBook/DarkReign''
* ''ComicBook/IronMan''
* ''The Invincible Iron Man''
* ''ComicBook/TheOrder''
* ''Rescue'' (2010)
* ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan''
* ''Tales of Suspense''
* ''2020 Rescue''

[[AC:Animations]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' (1966): Voiced by Peg Dixon.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheInvincibleIronMan'' (2007): Voiced by Elisa Gabrielli.
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' (2009-2012): Voiced by Creator/AnnaCummer.
* ''Anime/IronMan'' anime (2010): Voiced by Hiroe Oka and Creator/CindyRobinson.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' (2010-2013): Voiced by Dawn Olivieri.
* ''Anime/IronManRiseOfTechnovore'' (2013): Voiced by Hiroe Oka and Creator/KateHiggins.
* ''WebAnimation/LEGOMarvelSuperheroesMaximumOverload'' (2013): Voiced by Creator/GreyDeLisle.
* ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'' (2014-2015): Voiced by Creator/FumieMizusawa.

[[AC:Live-Actions]]
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': Portrayed by Creator/GwynethPaltrow.
** ''Film/IronMan1'' (2008)
** ''Film/IronMan2'' (2010)
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' (2012)
** ''Film/IronMan3'' (2013)
** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' (cameo; 2017)
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (2018)
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019): Appears as both Pepper Potts and Rescue.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Marvel Pinball]]'' (2010): Voiced by Creator/TaraPlatt.
* ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' (2011): Appears as cameo.
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'' (2011-2016): Appears as playable hero as Rescue. Voiced by Creator/LauraBailey.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (2012-2017): Appears as playable hero as Rescue.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'' (2013): Appears as playable hero as both Pepper Potts and Rescue. Voiced by Creator/LauraBailey.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'' (2013-present): Appears as {{NPC}}. Voiced by Brett Pels.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (2015-present): Rescue was added to the playable roster in 2019 as a tie-in to ''Avengers: Endgame''.
* ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' (2016-2019): A member of the main cast as assistant to Nick Fury, rather than Tony. Usually an NPC, but could be recruited as Rescue in limited-time events.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelStrikeForce'' (2019-present): Appears as playable hero as Rescue, again as a tie-in to ''Endgame''.
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!Tropes
* ActionGirl: Despite her lack of training in hand-to-hand combat, she can definitely hold her own in battle as Rescue.
* AffectionateNickname: She is called "Pepper" because of her freckles and red hair, and as a pun on her last name.
* AlliterativeName: Her nickname, Pepper Potts.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Well, yeah, but her real name is cool too, Virginia Potts.
* BeleagueredAssistant: For Tony Stark at times. It's apparently bad enough that Pepper's fiance hated Tony for "ruining" Pepper's life and actually turns into a villain as a result.
* BerserkButton:
** In ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'', don't dismiss her as being just "Tony Stark's secretary".
** It comes up in her movie version, too. In her very first scene she fires off an uncharacteristically nasty zinger after Tony's latest conquest makes a seemingly derogatory comment about the job.
--->'''Christine:''' After all these years, Tony still has you picking up the dry cleaning.\\
'''Pepper:''' I do anything and everything Mr. Stark requires. Including occasionally [[SlutShaming taking out the trash]]. Will that be all?
* BlueIsHeroic: Switches to a blue suit in ''[[ComicBook/IronMan2020Event Iron Man 2020]]'', after previously wearing red and magenta.
* BreastPlate: On the Rescue armor, though how bad an example it was depended on the issue and artist.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Her first Rescue armor has been destroyed, but she still has the power from her Repulsor Tech implant in her chest anyway. She eventually gets a new armor.
* {{Cyborg}}: The Repulsor Tech node is implanted in her chest and is linked to her brain. It allows her to interact with different types of energies.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's as bad as Iron Man in this regard.
-->''"I asked the man whose car you wrecked if I could throw it at you. He said okay."''
* DistaffCounterpart: For a while she was a Distaff Counterpart to Iron Man under the name Rescue. While her armor was destroyed, she still has implanted repulsor-tech, giving her a few Iron Man-like powers. She eventually rebuilt the armor, including new characteristics and a pink color scheme.
* FieryRedhead: Played with, she's certainly strong and outspoken, but too level-headed and calm to fully fit the trope.
* {{Flight}}: When Tony installed an electromagnet in her chest she gained the ability to fly, independently of the Rescue suit.
* GirlFriday: "I do anything and everything Mr. Stark requires." This includes sneaking into her boss' company and downloading files for him without alerting anyone else. She's not the page image for nothing.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Has acted as the CEO of Stark's various corporations, and always tries to keep things aboveboard and transparent.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Tony Stark may be able to build a miniature arc reactor [[MemeticMutation in a cave, with a box of scraps]], but it is no secret that for all his genius, he can't function without his ever faithful assistant, the beleaguered Pepper Potts.
* LoveInterest: Tony's primary love interest.
* LoveTriangle: With Tony and Happy Hogan. Until Hogan died.
* MeaningfulName: Her codename of "Rescue" signifies her unwillingness to be used as a weapon--she'll save people, but she won't hurt anyone. Also her real name, Virginia "Pepper" Potts = Silk hiding fire.
* MomentOfWeakness: During the Manhunt comic arc in Iron Man where Tony Stark is framed for the attacks on the Chinese. FBI agent Neil Streich threatens to draw in Pepper Potts and the hospitalized Happy Hogan unless Pepper agrees to cooperate with him. Pepper agrees, and provides Stretch with the code he needs to activate a failsafe which deactivates the Iron Man armor. Pepper is heart broken and horrified when she gives Neil the code and shamefully admits to a comatose Happy that that was the worst thing she could have done to him. When Tony is able to evade capture and clear his name, he forgives Pepper for her betrayal. Pepper breaks down and cries as Tony hugs her, saying "You don't have to say that. You have every right to think I let you down because I did. Stretch got me worried about Happy and I should have been stronger, or cleverer" as Tony says everything is OK.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When FBI agent Neil Stretch threatens to arrest Pepper Potts and the hospitalized Happy Hogan unless Pepper agrees to cooperate with him, Pepper agrees to work with him. Pepper provides Stretch with the code he needs to activate a failsafe which deactivates the Iron Man armor. She regrets giving Stretch the code the minute she gives it to him, as she tells a comatose Happy.
* PoweredArmor: She had her Rescue armor until it's destroyed when its J.A.R.V.I.S. A.I. went rogue. She rebuilt a version in time for ''Superior Iron Man''.
* ReallyGetsAround: Not as much as Iron Man, but she goes through a lot of disposable boyfriends, in addition to Tony and Happy.
* RetCanon: After the release of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Pepper's Rescue armor was redesigned to more closely resemble how it appears in the film, as seen in ''2020 Rescue''.
* SelectiveMagnetism: The Rescue armor uses this. Pepper can also manipulate magnetism outside of the Rescue armor, so long as she has the implant in her chest. This allowed her to beat down Sandman and Electro during one arc in ''Invincible Iron Man''.
* SassySecretary: Kind of expected, given her snarky attitude towards her boss.
* ServileSnarker: She's quite an expert in StealthInsult.
* SexySecretary: There's a reason that Tony likes her. Granted, the man ReallyGetsAround.
* SilkHidingSteel: She is a polite, benevolent, elegantly dressed business woman cum art curator. She's also the only person who can wrangle the self-proclaimed [[MemeticMutation genius billionaire playboy philantropist]] superhero.
* StoneWall: The Rescue armor is tough, but lacks any offensive capabilities. If Pepper wants to hurt somebody, she'll have to use her magnetism. Or throw something at them. She adds in [[MakeMeWannaShout a sonic blaster]] in ''Superior Iron Man'', but Tony already worked the sonic weakness out of his armor ahead of time, making her still relatively weak in that respect.
* SubordinateExcuse: Regularly comes up vis-a-vis her and Tony.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Takes this far more seriously than Tony or Rhodey do, objecting strongly to the notion of being used as a weapon and/or taking life.
* TookALevelInBadass: Took a massive level in badass since the sixties, which culminated in her gaining a suit of powered armor during Creator/MattFraction's run.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Tony since the sixties. Half the time they're together, the other half they're pretending they weren't.
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->''"I have to accept that you're gone. And if I can't save you, then I have to save the world from what you've become. I bought one of the largest media companies on Earth from under you. I'll use it to sink your drug, Extremis, and I will show the world the monster you've become. They will all know your imperfections, Tony. You won't be their messiah anymore. Your zealots, so blind to the truth. I will open their eyes. Whatever you do from now on, you will do it without admiration, without those who once respected you. You will do it without your friends. You might still manage to force your arrogant vision onto the world. But you will do so broken, unloved... And completely alone."''
-->-- '''Pepper Potts''', ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' #9. (Thankfully, [[CharacterRerailment this is no longer the case]].)

Virginia "Pepper" Potts is a Creator/MarvelComics characters who mainly appears as supporting character in ''ComicBook/IronMan'' comics. She is created by Creator/StanLee and Don Heck, and is introduced into Franchise/MarvelUniverse in ''Tales of Suspense'' #45 in 1963). As ''Rescue'', she's introduced in ''The Invincible Iron Man'' #10 in 2009.

Pepper is Tony Stark's secretary, assistant, and longtime friend. She was working for Stark Industries and spotted an accounting error. She raced to let Tony Stark know. Having saved the company a large amount of money, Stark promoted her to be his personal assistant. Over the years, she developed romantic feelings on her womanizing boss to the point that she rejects the advances of Stark's chauffeur and assistant Happy Hogan. As Stark's affection for her grows, she becomes part of a love triangle between the two men, but eventually falls in love with and marries Hogan. Although Pepper and Happy soon divorce after she has an affair with a former college boyfriend, she and Happy join Tony at his new company, Stark Solutions. During their time in Stark's new company, Pepper and Happy once again became involved and they remarry. But Happy eventually dies after he is massively injured by the supervillain Slaymaster during ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', and once again Pepper has on-off relationship with Tony. Half the time they're together, the other half they're pretending they weren't.

After ''Civil War'', Pepper joins the [[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative Fifty State Initiative]] as a member of ComicBook/TheOrder. She assumes the moniker of the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek goddess]] Hera, and uses advanced computer hardware and prosthetics to monitor and coordinate the team's missions. Upon the absorption of The Order into the Initiative, Tony Stark offers her a job on the special projects team at Stark Enterprises, which she accepts.

When Pepper is caught in a terrorist explosion caused by Ezekiel Stane, she sustains multiple internal injuries, including shrapnel wounds, and rendered unable to withstand a prolonged surgery. In response, Tony embeds a strong magnet (similar in appearance to the arc reactor) in her chest, essentially turning Pepper into a {{cyborg}} dependent on keeping her chest magnet engaged to stay alive, as he was once. She eventually gains a suit of armor (and a heart implant) of her own as the heroine Rescue. Pepper's body is further enhanced with new cybernetics and upgrades to the magnet, which are based on [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Danny Rand]]'s battery designs, and give Pepper new super abilities.

When Tony is blamed for the Skrull invasion of Earth that occurs in the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} [[ComicBook/DarkReign is taken over]] by ComicBook/NormanOsborn, replaced with H.A.M.M.E.R., Stark makes Pepper the new CEO of Stark Industries, trusting only her to shut down the company in his absence. Pepper discovers a secret room in Stark's office which contains a suit of armor that he made especially for her, which she uses under the name Rescue. She becomes a superheroine herself and rescues ComicBook/BlackWidow and Maria Hill from Osborn's imprisonment. As Rescue, she has her own single-issue comic, ''Rescue'' which is published in 2010.

After her heart-mounted repulsor generator and armored suit are dismantled to reboot the brain-dead Tony Stark, Tony reinstalls a new Repulsor Tech node in her chest and gifts her new Rescue armor, complete with the A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S.. Unfortunately, after J.A.R.V.I.S. had revealed that it developed romantic feelings for Pepper, it kidnapped her to keep her away from super heroic duties, but was deactivated by [[ComicBook/WarMachine James Rhodes]], who assumed the Iron Man identity at the time, and was finally destroyed by Pepper Potts in Resilient's factory along with Potts' Rescue armor, thus leaving her heroic alter-ego behind.

She later gets new Rescue armor in the ''Superior Iron Man'' comic.

[[AC:Notable Comic Books appearance]]
* ''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative''
* ''ComicBook/CivilWar''
* ''ComicBook/DarkReign''
* ''ComicBook/IronMan''
* ''The Invincible Iron Man''
* ''ComicBook/TheOrder''
* ''Rescue'' (2010)
* ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan''
* ''Tales of Suspense''
* ''2020 Rescue''

[[AC:Animations]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' (1966): Voiced by Peg Dixon.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheInvincibleIronMan'' (2007): Voiced by Elisa Gabrielli.
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' (2009-2012): Voiced by Creator/AnnaCummer.
* ''Anime/IronMan'' anime (2010): Voiced by Hiroe Oka and Creator/CindyRobinson.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' (2010-2013): Voiced by Dawn Olivieri.
* ''Anime/IronManRiseOfTechnovore'' (2013): Voiced by Hiroe Oka and Creator/KateHiggins.
* ''WebAnimation/LEGOMarvelSuperheroesMaximumOverload'' (2013): Voiced by Creator/GreyDeLisle.
* ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'' (2014-2015): Voiced by Creator/FumieMizusawa.

[[AC:Live-Actions]]
* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': Portrayed by Creator/GwynethPaltrow.
** ''Film/IronMan1'' (2008)
** ''Film/IronMan2'' (2010)
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' (2012)
** ''Film/IronMan3'' (2013)
** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' (cameo; 2017)
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (2018)
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019): Appears as both Pepper Potts and Rescue.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Marvel Pinball]]'' (2010): Voiced by Creator/TaraPlatt.
* ''Ultimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' (2011): Appears as cameo.
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'' (2011-2016): Appears as playable hero as Rescue. Voiced by Creator/LauraBailey.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (2012-2017): Appears as playable hero as Rescue.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'' (2013): Appears as playable hero as both Pepper Potts and Rescue. Voiced by Creator/LauraBailey.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'' (2013-present): Appears as {{NPC}}. Voiced by Brett Pels.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (2015-present): Rescue was added to the playable roster in 2019 as a tie-in to ''Avengers: Endgame''.
* ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' (2016-2019): A member of the main cast as assistant to Nick Fury, rather than Tony. Usually an NPC, but could be recruited as Rescue in limited-time events.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelStrikeForce'' (2019-present): Appears as playable hero as Rescue, again as a tie-in to ''Endgame''.
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!Tropes
* ActionGirl: Despite her lack of training in hand-to-hand combat, she can definitely hold her own in battle as Rescue.
* AffectionateNickname: She is called "Pepper" because of her freckles and red hair, and as a pun on her last name.
* AlliterativeName: Her nickname, Pepper Potts.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Well, yeah, but her real name is cool too, Virginia Potts.
* BeleagueredAssistant: For Tony Stark at times. It's apparently bad enough that Pepper's fiance hated Tony for "ruining" Pepper's life and actually turns into a villain as a result.
* BerserkButton:
** In ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'', don't dismiss her as being just "Tony Stark's secretary".
** It comes up in her movie version, too. In her very first scene she fires off an uncharacteristically nasty zinger after Tony's latest conquest makes a seemingly derogatory comment about the job.
--->'''Christine:''' After all these years, Tony still has you picking up the dry cleaning.\\
'''Pepper:''' I do anything and everything Mr. Stark requires. Including occasionally [[SlutShaming taking out the trash]]. Will that be all?
* BlueIsHeroic: Switches to a blue suit in ''[[ComicBook/IronMan2020Event Iron Man 2020]]'', after previously wearing red and magenta.
* BreastPlate: On the Rescue armor, though how bad an example it was depended on the issue and artist.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Her first Rescue armor has been destroyed, but she still has the power from her Repulsor Tech implant in her chest anyway. She eventually gets a new armor.
* {{Cyborg}}: The Repulsor Tech node is implanted in her chest and is linked to her brain. It allows her to interact with different types of energies.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's as bad as Iron Man in this regard.
-->''"I asked the man whose car you wrecked if I could throw it at you. He said okay."''
* DistaffCounterpart: For a while she was a Distaff Counterpart to Iron Man under the name Rescue. While her armor was destroyed, she still has implanted repulsor-tech, giving her a few Iron Man-like powers. She eventually rebuilt the armor, including new characteristics and a pink color scheme.
* FieryRedhead: Played with, she's certainly strong and outspoken, but too level-headed and calm to fully fit the trope.
* {{Flight}}: When Tony installed an electromagnet in her chest she gained the ability to fly, independently of the Rescue suit.
* GirlFriday: "I do anything and everything Mr. Stark requires." This includes sneaking into her boss' company and downloading files for him without alerting anyone else. She's not the page image for nothing.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Has acted as the CEO of Stark's various corporations, and always tries to keep things aboveboard and transparent.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Tony Stark may be able to build a miniature arc reactor [[MemeticMutation in a cave, with a box of scraps]], but it is no secret that for all his genius, he can't function without his ever faithful assistant, the beleaguered Pepper Potts.
* LoveInterest: Tony's primary love interest.
* LoveTriangle: With Tony and Happy Hogan. Until Hogan died.
* MeaningfulName: Her codename of "Rescue" signifies her unwillingness to be used as a weapon--she'll save people, but she won't hurt anyone. Also her real name, Virginia "Pepper" Potts = Silk hiding fire.
* MomentOfWeakness: During the Manhunt comic arc in Iron Man where Tony Stark is framed for the attacks on the Chinese. FBI agent Neil Streich threatens to draw in Pepper Potts and the hospitalized Happy Hogan unless Pepper agrees to cooperate with him. Pepper agrees, and provides Stretch with the code he needs to activate a failsafe which deactivates the Iron Man armor. Pepper is heart broken and horrified when she gives Neil the code and shamefully admits to a comatose Happy that that was the worst thing she could have done to him. When Tony is able to evade capture and clear his name, he forgives Pepper for her betrayal. Pepper breaks down and cries as Tony hugs her, saying "You don't have to say that. You have every right to think I let you down because I did. Stretch got me worried about Happy and I should have been stronger, or cleverer" as Tony says everything is OK.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When FBI agent Neil Stretch threatens to arrest Pepper Potts and the hospitalized Happy Hogan unless Pepper agrees to cooperate with him, Pepper agrees to work with him. Pepper provides Stretch with the code he needs to activate a failsafe which deactivates the Iron Man armor. She regrets giving Stretch the code the minute she gives it to him, as she tells a comatose Happy.
* PoweredArmor: She had her Rescue armor until it's destroyed when its J.A.R.V.I.S. A.I. went rogue. She rebuilt a version in time for ''Superior Iron Man''.
* ReallyGetsAround: Not as much as Iron Man, but she goes through a lot of disposable boyfriends, in addition to Tony and Happy.
* RetCanon: After the release of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Pepper's Rescue armor was redesigned to more closely resemble how it appears in the film, as seen in ''2020 Rescue''.
* SelectiveMagnetism: The Rescue armor uses this. Pepper can also manipulate magnetism outside of the Rescue armor, so long as she has the implant in her chest. This allowed her to beat down Sandman and Electro during one arc in ''Invincible Iron Man''.
* SassySecretary: Kind of expected, given her snarky attitude towards her boss.
* ServileSnarker: She's quite an expert in StealthInsult.
* SexySecretary: There's a reason that Tony likes her. Granted, the man ReallyGetsAround.
* SilkHidingSteel: She is a polite, benevolent, elegantly dressed business woman cum art curator. She's also the only person who can wrangle the self-proclaimed [[MemeticMutation genius billionaire playboy philantropist]] superhero.
* StoneWall: The Rescue armor is tough, but lacks any offensive capabilities. If Pepper wants to hurt somebody, she'll have to use her magnetism. Or throw something at them. She adds in [[MakeMeWannaShout a sonic blaster]] in ''Superior Iron Man'', but Tony already worked the sonic weakness out of his armor ahead of time, making her still relatively weak in that respect.
* SubordinateExcuse: Regularly comes up vis-a-vis her and Tony.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Takes this far more seriously than Tony or Rhodey do, objecting strongly to the notion of being used as a weapon and/or taking life.
* TookALevelInBadass: Took a massive level in badass since the sixties, which culminated in her gaining a suit of powered armor during Creator/MattFraction's run.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Tony since the sixties. Half the time they're together, the other half they're pretending they weren't.
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* BlueIsHeroic: Switches to a blue suit in ''[[ComicBook/IronMan2020Event Iron Man 2020]]'', after previously wearing red and magenta.



* BroughtDownToBadass: Her Rescue armor has been destroyed, but she still has the power from her Repulsor Tech implant in her chest anyway. She eventually gets a new armor.

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* BroughtDownToBadass: Her first Rescue armor has been destroyed, but she still has the power from her Repulsor Tech implant in her chest anyway. She eventually gets a new armor.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Cheated on Happy with an ex-boyfriend from college, blowing up their marriage.
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-->-- '''Pepper Potts''', ''Superior Iron Man'' #9. (Thankfully, [[CharacterRerailment this is no longer the case]].)

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-->-- '''Pepper Potts''', ''Superior Iron Man'' ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' #9. (Thankfully, [[CharacterRerailment this is no longer the case]].)

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-->-- '''Pepper Potts''', ''Superior Iron Man'' #9. Thankfully, [[CharacterRerailment this is no longer the case]].

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-->-- '''Pepper Potts''', ''Superior Iron Man'' #9. Thankfully, (Thankfully, [[CharacterRerailment this is no longer the case]].
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** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' (2017)

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** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' (2017)(cameo; 2017)



* ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Marvel Super Heroes]]'' (2013): Appears as playable hero as both Pepper Potts and Rescue. Voiced by Creator/LauraBailey.

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* ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Marvel Super Heroes]]'' ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'' (2013): Appears as playable hero as both Pepper Potts and Rescue. Voiced by Creator/LauraBailey.



* ''VideoGame/MarvelStrikeForce'' (2019-present): Appears as playable hero as Rescue.

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* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (2015-present): Rescue was added to the playable roster in 2019 as a tie-in to ''Avengers: Endgame''.
* ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' (2016-2019): A member of the main cast as assistant to Nick Fury, rather than Tony. Usually an NPC, but could be recruited as Rescue in limited-time events.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelStrikeForce'' (2019-present): Appears as playable hero as Rescue.Rescue, again as a tie-in to ''Endgame''.

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** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019)

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** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019)
(2019): Appears as both Pepper Potts and Rescue.


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* ''VideoGame/MarvelStrikeForce'' (2019-present): Appears as playable hero as Rescue.
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* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'' (2011-present): Appears as playable hero as Rescue. Voiced by Creator/LauraBailey.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (2012-present): Appears as playable hero as Rescue.

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* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'' (2011-present): (2011-2016): Appears as playable hero as Rescue. Voiced by Creator/LauraBailey.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (2012-present): (2012-2017): Appears as playable hero as Rescue.
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** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019)
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-->-- '''Pepper Potts''', ''Superior Iron Man'' #9

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-->-- '''Pepper Potts''', ''Superior Iron Man'' #9
#9. Thankfully, [[CharacterRerailment this is no longer the case]].
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* MomentOfWeakness: During the Manhunt comic arc in Iron Man where Tony Stark is framed for the attacks on the Chinese. FBI agent Neil Streich threatens to draw in Pepper Potts and the hospitalized Happy Hogan unless Pepper agrees to cooperate with him. Pepper agrees, and provides Stretch with the code he needs to activate a failsafe which deactivates the Iron Man armor. Pepper is heart broken and horrified when she gives Neil the code and shamefully admits to a comatose Happy that that was the worst thing she could have done to him. When Tony is able to evade capture and clear his name, he forgives Pepper for her betrayal. Pepper breaks down and cries as Tony hugs her, saying "You don't have to say that. You have every right to think I let you down because I did. Stretch got me worried about Happy and I should have been stronger, or cleverer" as Tony says everything is OK.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When FBI agent Neil Stretch threatens to arrest Pepper Potts and the hospitalized Happy Hogan unless Pepper agrees to cooperate with him, Pepper agrees to work with him. Pepper provides Stretch with the code he needs to activate a failsafe which deactivates the Iron Man armor. She regrets giving Stretch the code the minute she gives it to him, as she tells a comatose Happy.
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** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (2018)
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* ''WebAnimation/LEGOMarvelSuperheroesMaximumOverload'' (2013): Voiced by Music/GreyDeLisle.

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* ''WebAnimation/LEGOMarvelSuperheroesMaximumOverload'' (2013): Voiced by Music/GreyDeLisle.Creator/GreyDeLisle.
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* StoneWall: The Rescue armor is tough, but lacks any offensive capabilities. If Pepper wants to hurt somebody, she'll have to use her magnetism. Or throw something at them. She adds in [[MakeMeWannaShout a sonic blaster]] in ''Superior Iron Man'', but [[GenreSavvy Tony already worked the sonic weakness out of his armor ahead of time]], making her still relatively weak in that respect.

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* StoneWall: The Rescue armor is tough, but lacks any offensive capabilities. If Pepper wants to hurt somebody, she'll have to use her magnetism. Or throw something at them. She adds in [[MakeMeWannaShout a sonic blaster]] in ''Superior Iron Man'', but [[GenreSavvy Tony already worked the sonic weakness out of his armor ahead of time]], time, making her still relatively weak in that respect.
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* SassySecretary: Kind of expected, given her snarky attitude towards her boss.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Well, yeah, but her real name is cool too, Virginia Potts.
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-->--'''Pepper Potts''', ''Superior Iron Man'' #9

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-->--'''Pepper -->-- '''Pepper Potts''', ''Superior Iron Man'' #9



* StoneWall: The Rescue armor is tough, but lacks any offensive capabilities. If Pepper wants to hurt somebody, she'll have to use her magnetism. Or throw something at them. She adds in [[MakesMeWannaShout a sonic blaster]] in ''Superior Iron Man'', but [[GenreSavvy Tony already worked the sonic weakness out of his armor ahead of time]], making her still relatively weak in that respect.

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* StoneWall: The Rescue armor is tough, but lacks any offensive capabilities. If Pepper wants to hurt somebody, she'll have to use her magnetism. Or throw something at them. She adds in [[MakesMeWannaShout [[MakeMeWannaShout a sonic blaster]] in ''Superior Iron Man'', but [[GenreSavvy Tony already worked the sonic weakness out of his armor ahead of time]], making her still relatively weak in that respect.

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