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* ConspicuousCG: The first season featured a completely CG-rendered [[TransformationSequence suit-up sequence]] whenever Tony donned his Iron Man armor. It looked very cheap (even for an animated series of its time; The fact that it was done in part with a '''''collage''''' of all places doesn't help its case) and was replaced in season two with a much more fitting and better animated 2D sequence.
* {{Crossover}}: Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
** He also made a cameo appearance in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' as the leader of Avengers.
* {{Crossover}}: Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
** He also made a cameo appearance in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' as the leader of Avengers.
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* ConspicuousCG: The first season featured a completely CG-rendered [[TransformationSequence suit-up sequence]] whenever Tony donned his Iron Man armor. It looked very cheap (even for an animated series of its time; The fact that it was done in part with a '''''collage''''' '''''college''''' of all places doesn't help its case) and was replaced in season two with a much more fitting and better animated 2D sequence.
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* {{Crossover}}: Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' (with a modified version of his season one design that ends up looking quite weird) and an episode of the then-latest ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
** He also made a cameo appearance in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' as the leader of the Avengers.
* {{Crossover}}: Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' (with a modified version of his season one design that ends up looking quite weird) and an episode of the then-latest ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
** He also made a cameo appearance in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' as the leader of the Avengers.
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* OffModel: The first season even [[EpicFail fails]] [[ItGotWorse in]] [[UpToEleven comparison to both]] WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}} or [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four's first season]].
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* OffModel: The first season even [[EpicFail fails]] [[ItGotWorse fails in]] [[UpToEleven comparison to both]] WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}} or [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four's first season]].
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The second season featured much better animation (thanks to switching to a different animation studio) and stories more similar to the comic. It was more {{Arc}} based, and the SuperHero team aspect was downplayed with all the teammates besides Spider-Woman and War Machine resigning after Tony [[FakingTheDead faked his death]] without letting them in on the plan. Mandarin was also downplayed, having small cameos in some episodes as he reclaims his powerful Ten Rings, which were scattered during a confrontation with Iron Man in the season premiere.
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The second season featured much [[AnimationBump better animation animation]] (thanks to switching to a [[KokoEnterprises different animation studio) studio]]) and stories more similar to the comic. It was more {{Arc}} based, and the SuperHero team aspect was downplayed with all the teammates besides Spider-Woman and War Machine resigning after Tony [[FakingTheDead faked his death]] without letting them in on the plan. Mandarin was also downplayed, having small cameos in some episodes as he reclaims his powerful Ten Rings, which were scattered during a confrontation with Iron Man in the season premiere.
* LimitedAnimation: The first season.
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* OffModel: The first season even [[EpicFail fails]] [[ItGotWorse in]] [[UpToEleven fails in comparison to both]] WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}} or [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four's first season]].
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* ShoutOut: The villain Beetle talks like a member of [[TheBeatles a certain rock band]].
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* ShoutOut: The villain Beetle talks like a member of [[TheBeatles [[Music/TheBeatles a certain rock band]].
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** Justin Hammer has some traits of Obadiah Stane. As revealed in "The Origin of Iron Man" 2-parter, he caused the attack on Stark Industries.
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* LegionOfDoom: The first season exclusively featured the Mandarin as the BigBad with the other villains (Blizzard, Blacklash, Grey Gargoyle, Whirlwind, Hypnotia, Living Laser, M.O.D.O.K., and Fin Fang Foom) all working for him and rotating in and out as needed.
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* LegionOfDoom: The first season exclusively featured the Mandarin as the BigBad with the other villains (Blizzard, Blacklash, Grey Gargoyle, Whirlwind, Hypnotia, Living Laser, M.O.D.O.K., Justin Hammer, and Fin Fang Foom) all working for him and rotating in and out as needed.
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* CommutingOnABus: Hawkeye in Season 2. Unlike Scarlet Witch or Century, he appeared in two episodes in-between the premiere and finale.
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* CommutingOnABus: Hawkeye in Season 2. Unlike Scarlet Witch or Century, he appeared in two episodes in-between in between the premiere and finale.
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* EnhanceButton: In "The Beast Withing," Tony finds Fin Fang Foom's shadow in a satellite snapshot by enlarging, isolating, and enhancing it.
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* EnhanceButton: In "The Beast Withing," Within," Tony finds Fin Fang Foom's shadow in a satellite snapshot by enlarging, isolating, and enhancing it.
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* NinjaLog: Iron Man pulls this of on Blacklash in "Silence My Companion, My Death Destination" when he disguises a high-voltage transformer using his hologram.
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* NinjaLog: Iron Man pulls this of on Blacklash in "Silence My Companion, My Death My Destination" when he disguises a high-voltage transformer using his hologram.
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** Strangely subverted with USAgent, who was a member of ForceWorks in the comics but not the show, yet had a figure produced for this toy line, even though it was very rare.
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* OffModel: The first season even [[EpicFail fails]] [[BeyondTheImpossible in comparison]] [[ItGotWorse to both]] WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}} or [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four's first season]].
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* OffModel: The first season even [[EpicFail fails]] [[BeyondTheImpossible [[UpToEleven fails in comparison]] [[ItGotWorse comparison to both]] WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}} or [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four's first season]].
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See Main/IronMan for a list of all the other works with this title.
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See Main/IronMan for a list of all the also ''Comicbook.IronMan'' and ''Film.IronMan'', other works with this title.
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** "Hulk Buster" reuses the climatic explosion from "The Beast Within" and a Hulk transformation from ''Series/FantasticFour''.
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** "Hulk Buster" reuses the climatic explosion from "The Beast Within" and a Hulk transformation from ''Series/FantasticFour''.''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour''.
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The [[TheNineties '90s]] [[AnimatedAdaptation animated adaptation]] based on the MarvelUniverse SuperHero and his alter ego, Tony Stark. (An earlier Iron Man animated series was shown as part of the ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' lineup that ran in 1966.)
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The [[TheNineties '90s]] [[AnimatedAdaptation animated adaptation]] AnimatedAdaptation based on the MarvelUniverse SuperHero and his alter ego, Tony Stark. (An earlier Iron Man animated series was shown as part of the ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' lineup that ran in 1966.)
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The first season dealt with Iron Man and his team of fellow superheroes--Comicbook/WarMachine, [[ComicBook/{{Spider-Woman}} Spider-Woman]], {{Hawkeye}}, ScarletWitch, and Century--battling the forces of the evil Mandarin, such as Whirlwind and Grey Gargoyle. The episodes in this season were mostly one-part stories. Common points of contention for many during this season were the shoddy animation, and that other than the "Origin of Iron Man" two-parter, which modernized his origins, there were no attempts to adapt stories from the comic mythos.
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The first season dealt with Iron Man and his team of fellow superheroes--Comicbook/WarMachine, [[ComicBook/{{Spider-Woman}} Spider-Woman]], ComicBook/{{Spider-Woman}}, {{Hawkeye}}, ScarletWitch, and Century--battling the forces of the evil Mandarin, such as Whirlwind and Grey Gargoyle. The episodes in this season were mostly one-part stories. Common points of contention for many during this season were the shoddy animation, and that other than the "Origin of Iron Man" two-parter, which modernized his origins, there were no attempts to adapt stories from the comic mythos.
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* TheBusCameBack: Even before the finale, Blacklash and Blizzard appeared in the Armor Wars two-parter hijacking a plane. Also, Titanium Man, who only appeared in the first episode of season 1 until his return in the season 2 episode "Distant Boundaries".
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* TheBusCameBack: Even before the finale, Blacklash and Blizzard appeared in the Armor Wars two-parter hijacking a plane. Also, Titanium Man, who only appeared in the first episode of season 1 until his return in the season 2 episode "Distant Boundaries".
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** Ex-KGB who wants to basically bring back the Cold War and win it decides to launch a nuke at a Russian city and make America look responsible, and when stopped, decides to detonate it there, atomizing himself and anyone else in the immediate area, and causing numerous deaths from radiation poisoning. No, this isn't an episode of TwentyFour, it's an episode of a ''kids' cartoon.'' [[spoiler:Crimson Dynamo's swan-song, setting off the animated version of the Armor Wars storyline... which is also one of those episodes that shows Stark's dark side.]]
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** Ex-KGB who wants to basically bring back the Cold War and win it decides to launch a nuke at a Russian city and make America look responsible, and when stopped, decides to detonate it there, atomizing himself and anyone else in the immediate area, and causing numerous deaths from radiation poisoning. No, this isn't an episode of TwentyFour, Series/TwentyFour, it's an episode of a ''kids' cartoon.'' [[spoiler:Crimson Dynamo's swan-song, setting off the animated version of the Armor Wars storyline... which is also one of those episodes that shows Stark's dark side.]]
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* LoveTriangle: A villainous version. Dreadknight and Blacklash both want Hypnotia, whereas Hypnotia wants Tony Stark.
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* OnlySaneMan: Among the Mandarin's usual lackeys, Hypnotia consistently came across as the only one that wasn't an idiot. She also proved to be quite powerful with her hypnotic abilities in various occasions, from hypnotizing an entire village for 24 hours to using delayed-action hypnotism in a video recording.
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* PetTheDog: Blacklash once saved Hypnotia from falling off a building.
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* OffModel: The first season even [[EpicFail fails]] [[BeyondTheImpossible in comparison]] [[ItGotWorse to both]] [[WesternAnimation/XMen X-Men]] or [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four's first season]].
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* TheBusCameBack: Even before the finale, Blacklash and Blizzard appeared in the Armor Wars two-parter hijacking a plane. Also, Titanium Man, who only appeared in the first episode of season 1 until his return in the season 2 episode "Distant Boundaries".
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Fing Fang Foom]].
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**Beetle's case may be justifiable because he was released as part of the Spider-Man toyline, and Marvel toylines from the same time are similar enough to be put together as a same collection, so a Beetle on the Iron Man toyline would have been redundant. What is still strange, is that the Spidey toyline was series-based too, and Beetle didn't appear in the Spider-Man cartoon.
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* KickTheDog: The Mandarin almost kills Blizzard in the first episode for ''freezing his begonias''.
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* ReversePolarity: Iron Man uses this to get away from Mandarin's traps.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouSay[=/=]ChekhovsGun: In "Silence My Companion, Death My Destination", Rachel Carpenter wonders when she will ever need classical music and her mother later gives her a tape of a Van Cliburn performance. Apparently, the music can be used to recharge Iron Man.
* EnhanceButton: In "The Beast Withing," Tony finds Fin Fang Foom's shadow in a satellite snapshot by enlarging, isolating, and enhancing it.
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* FantasticVoyagePlot: "Iron Man, On the Inside," where Tony does this to fix Hawkeye's spinal injury. (This was adapted from a comic book story, but with CaptainAmerica as the patient instead.)
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* TheIgor: {{MODOK}}
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* DeadpanSnarker: Hawkeye.
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* HeyItsThatVoice
** James Avery ([[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 The Shredder]], [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]]) as Rhodey/War Machine for a few episodes.
*** And then Dorian Harewood ([[BikerMiceFromMars Modo]]) replaced him.
** JimCummings as {{MODOK}}, [[TalkingToHimself among others]].
** JenniferHale as Julia Carpenter/Spider-Woman [[TheOtherDarrin for season two]].
*** Or from around the same as this show, [[SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Black Cat]].
** Robert Hays ([[{{Airplane}} Ted Striker]]) as the titular character and his alter ego Tony Stark.
** TomKane as Stark's computer, H.O.M.E.R..
** The Mandarin was voiced by [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Ed Gilbert]] in Season 1 and [[{{Quincy}} Robert Ito]] in Season 2.
** In [[TheOtherDarrin Season 2]], Justin Hammer was voiced by Eferm "[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Alfred]]/[[SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Doctor Octopus]]" Zimbalist, Jr.
** The episode "Hulkbuster" saw both Bruce Banner and Hulk being voiced by RonPerlman.
** James Avery ([[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 The Shredder]], [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]]) as Rhodey/War Machine for a few episodes.
*** And then Dorian Harewood ([[BikerMiceFromMars Modo]]) replaced him.
** JimCummings as {{MODOK}}, [[TalkingToHimself among others]].
** JenniferHale as Julia Carpenter/Spider-Woman [[TheOtherDarrin for season two]].
*** Or from around the same as this show, [[SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Black Cat]].
** Robert Hays ([[{{Airplane}} Ted Striker]]) as the titular character and his alter ego Tony Stark.
** TomKane as Stark's computer, H.O.M.E.R..
** The Mandarin was voiced by [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Ed Gilbert]] in Season 1 and [[{{Quincy}} Robert Ito]] in Season 2.
** In [[TheOtherDarrin Season 2]], Justin Hammer was voiced by Eferm "[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Alfred]]/[[SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Doctor Octopus]]" Zimbalist, Jr.
** The episode "Hulkbuster" saw both Bruce Banner and Hulk being voiced by RonPerlman.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The second season had darker colors, a more mature tone, and spent time developing the more sociopathic aspects of Stark as a character.
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** The Mandarin was voiced by [[{{Gargoyles}} Ed Gilbert]] in Season 1 and [[{{Quincy}} Robert Ito]] in Season 2.
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* LegionOfDoom: The first season exclusively featured the Mandarin as the BigBad with the other villains (Blizzard, Blacklash, Grey Gargoyle, Whirlwind, Hypnotia, Living Laser, M.O.D.O.K., and Fin Fang Foom) all working for him and rotating in and out as needed.
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* LegionOfDoom: The first season exclusively featured the Mandarin as the BigBad with the other villains (Blizzard, Blacklash, Grey Gargoyle, Whirlwind, Hypnotia, Living Laser, M.O.D.O.K., and Fin Fang Foom) all working for him and rotating in and out as needed.
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* MerchandiseDriven: Likely the reason why the first season featured Iron Man and Force Works vs. the Mandarin's LegionOfDoom (it was a very similar setup to ''{{Transformers}}'', ''{{Thundercats}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}''), and ''definitely'' the reason that season 2 gave Iron Man the ability to switch armors on the fly to adapt to any situation. Marvel had looked at the success of the multi-colored Batman toys in the wake of ''Film/BatmanReturns'' and were trying to copy its success with Iron Man by giving him an armor for every occasion. It didn't take off as well as Marvel had hoped.
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* MerchandiseDriven: Likely the reason why the first season featured Iron Man and Force Works vs. the Mandarin's LegionOfDoom (it was a very similar setup to ''{{Transformers}}'', ''{{Thundercats}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}''), and ''definitely'' the reason that season 2 gave Iron Man the ability to switch armors on the fly to adapt to any situation. Marvel had looked at the success of the multi-colored Batman toys in the wake of ''Film/BatmanReturns'' and were trying to copy its success with Iron Man by giving him an armor for every occasion. It didn't take off as well as Marvel had hoped.
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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: See ArsonMurderAndJaywalking above.
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* SwissArmyHero: Iron Man in Season 2, with the power to switch to different armors for different challenges.
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* SwissArmyHero: Iron Man in Season 2, with the power to switch to different armors for different challenges.
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** While not completely toyless, Hawkeye - probably the most prominent hero on the show aside from Iron Man and War Machine - was [[ShortRunInPeru only released outside the US]] and was absurdly rare.
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** The "Armor Wars" two-parter is pretty much this non-stop until Tony has a WhatHaveIDone moment after defeating the heroic Stingray only to find that Stingray was not using his technology.
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* AnimeThemeSong - When broadcast in Japan.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking - When Tony literally says "WhatHaveIDone" after pointlessly fighting the hero Stingray, War Machine tells him, "Well, let's see: near as I can figure, you've trespassed on federal property, assaulted a naval officer, and taken a dip without waiting an hour after mealtime!"
* AvengingTheVillain - Firebrand in "Fire and Rain".
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking - When Tony literally says "WhatHaveIDone" after pointlessly fighting the hero Stingray, War Machine tells him, "Well, let's see: near as I can figure, you've trespassed on federal property, assaulted a naval officer, and taken a dip without waiting an hour after mealtime!"
* AvengingTheVillain - Firebrand in "Fire and Rain".
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* AnimeThemeSong - AnimeThemeSong: When broadcast in Japan.
*ArsonMurderAndJaywalking - ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Tony literally says "WhatHaveIDone" after pointlessly fighting the hero Stingray, War Machine tells him, "Well, let's see: near as I can figure, you've trespassed on federal property, assaulted a naval officer, and taken a dip without waiting an hour after mealtime!"
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* BigBad - Mandarin.
* CanonForeigner - Hypnotia, an {{Expy}} of ''[[TheMightyThor Thor]]'' villainess Enchantress, and Dark Aegis, the main villain of the episode, "Distant Boundries".
* CanonForeigner - Hypnotia, an {{Expy}} of ''[[TheMightyThor Thor]]'' villainess Enchantress, and Dark Aegis, the main villain of the episode, "Distant Boundries".
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* BigBad - BigBad: Mandarin.
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* ConspicuousCG - The first season featured a completely CG-rendered [[TransformationSequence suit-up sequence]] whenever Tony donned his Iron Man armor. It looked very cheap (even for an animated series of its time; The fact that it was done in part with a '''''collage''''' of all places doesn't help its case) and was replaced in season two with a much more fitting and better animated 2D sequence.
* {{Crossover}} - Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
* {{Crossover}} - Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
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* ConspicuousCG - ConspicuousCG: The first season featured a completely CG-rendered [[TransformationSequence suit-up sequence]] whenever Tony donned his Iron Man armor. It looked very cheap (even for an animated series of its time; The fact that it was done in part with a '''''collage''''' of all places doesn't help its case) and was replaced in season two with a much more fitting and better animated 2D sequence.
*{{Crossover}} - {{Crossover}}: Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood - In "The Defection of Hawkeye", the Mandarin sets up evidence that Hawkeye is a traitor, and is completely shocked that Tony and the others trust him regardless.
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* FantasticVoyagePlot - "Iron Man, On the Inside," where Tony does this to fix Hawkeye's spinal injury. (This was adapted from a comic book story, but with CaptainAmerica as the patient instead.)
* ForgingScene - The second intro sequence has one of these.
* GrandFinale - Season two's "Hands of the Mandarin" two-parter, where Mandarin--having finally collected all of his Ten Rings--launches a scheme to make all of the planet's technology useless, which would make his arch-enemy Iron Man ineffective against him. As Mandarin reforms his team of super villains, Iron Man reforms his superhero team and develops new armor to negate Mandarin's anti-technology, and a final confrontation between the two ends in [[spoiler:Mandarin's death]].
* ForgingScene - The second intro sequence has one of these.
* GrandFinale - Season two's "Hands of the Mandarin" two-parter, where Mandarin--having finally collected all of his Ten Rings--launches a scheme to make all of the planet's technology useless, which would make his arch-enemy Iron Man ineffective against him. As Mandarin reforms his team of super villains, Iron Man reforms his superhero team and develops new armor to negate Mandarin's anti-technology, and a final confrontation between the two ends in [[spoiler:Mandarin's death]].
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* FantasticVoyagePlot - FantasticVoyagePlot: "Iron Man, On the Inside," where Tony does this to fix Hawkeye's spinal injury. (This was adapted from a comic book story, but with CaptainAmerica as the patient instead.)
*ForgingScene - ForgingScene: The second intro sequence has one of these.
*GrandFinale - GrandFinale: Season two's "Hands of the Mandarin" two-parter, where Mandarin--having finally collected all of his Ten Rings--launches a scheme to make all of the planet's technology useless, which would make his arch-enemy Iron Man ineffective against him. As Mandarin reforms his team of super villains, Iron Man reforms his superhero team and develops new armor to negate Mandarin's anti-technology, and a final confrontation between the two ends in [[spoiler:Mandarin's death]].
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* NinjaLog: Iron Man pulls this of on Blacklash in "Silence My Companion, My Death Destination" when he disguises a high-voltage transformer using his hologram.
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* PowerTrio - Iron Man, War Machine, and Spider-Woman in Season 2.
* PromotedToLoveInterest - Spider-Woman, almost definitely because she was more {{Toyetic}} than any of Tony's canon love interests.
* PromotedToLoveInterest - Spider-Woman, almost definitely because she was more {{Toyetic}} than any of Tony's canon love interests.
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* PowerTrio - PowerTrio: Iron Man, War Machine, and Spider-Woman in Season 2.
*PromotedToLoveInterest - PromotedToLoveInterest: Spider-Woman, almost definitely because she was more {{Toyetic}} than any of Tony's canon love interests.
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* RatedMForManly - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbnT-cIDVM The second US opening theme]].
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* RingOfPower - The Mandarin. Ten of them!
* SayMyName - The season two premiere "The Beast Within" features Rhodey, in response to his best friend Tony supposedly getting blown sky high, belting out a tortured [[ChewingTheScenery "TONYYYYYYYYYY!"]]
* SayMyName - The season two premiere "The Beast Within" features Rhodey, in response to his best friend Tony supposedly getting blown sky high, belting out a tortured [[ChewingTheScenery "TONYYYYYYYYYY!"]]
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* RingOfPower - RingOfPower: The Mandarin. Ten of them!
*SayMyName - SayMyName: The season two premiere "The Beast Within" features Rhodey, in response to his best friend Tony supposedly getting blown sky high, belting out a tortured [[ChewingTheScenery "TONYYYYYYYYYY!"]]
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* StrongFamilyResemblance - Walter Stark looks like Tony Stark with gray hair.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance - StrongFamilyResemblance: Walter Stark looks like Tony Stark with gray hair.
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* TenMinuteRetirement - Tony has one of these in "The Armor Wars".
* TookALevelInJerkass - Let's just say in Season 2, some of Tony's less admirable personality traits from the comics made their way onto the show.
* TookALevelInJerkass - Let's just say in Season 2, some of Tony's less admirable personality traits from the comics made their way onto the show.
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* TenMinuteRetirement - TenMinuteRetirement: Tony has one of these in "The Armor Wars".
*TookALevelInJerkass - TookALevelInJerkass: Let's just say in Season 2, some of Tony's less admirable personality traits from the comics made their way onto the show.
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* WeWouldHaveToldYouBut - Force Works quits after Tony pulls this on them in the second season premiere.
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* WeWouldHaveToldYouBut - WeWouldHaveToldYouBut: Force Works quits after Tony pulls this on them in the second season premiere.
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* WhatTheHellHero - Tony's buddies are rather ticked after learning he faked his death without letting them know it was a ruse to stop Mandarin's scheme in "The Beast Within."
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* WhatTheHellHero - WhatTheHellHero: Tony's buddies are rather ticked after learning he faked his death without letting them know it was a ruse to stop Mandarin's scheme in "The Beast Within."
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - Rhodey gains a crippling fear of being submerged in water due to watching his friend drown as a young boy, and then getting stuck at the bottom of the ocean in the War Machine Armor.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback - The "Origin of Iron Man" two-parter.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback - The "Origin of Iron Man" two-parter.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Rhodey gains a crippling fear of being submerged in water due to watching his friend drown as a young boy, and then getting stuck at the bottom of the ocean in the War Machine Armor.
*WholeEpisodeFlashback - WholeEpisodeFlashback: The "Origin of Iron Man" two-parter.
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* {{Crossover}} - Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''WesternAnimation/IncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
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* {{Crossover}} - Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''WesternAnimation/IncredibleHulk'' ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
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* {{Crossover}} - Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
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* {{Crossover}} - Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' ''WesternAnimation/IncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
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* EnemyMine: In "The Beast Within," Iron Man and the Mandarin are forced to work together to defeat the dragons.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In "Distant Boundaries," Titanium Man.
-->"My hunger is different than that of Dark Aegis. I want power to command; to lead. He wants power to annihilate!"
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In "Distant Boundaries," Titanium Man.
-->"My hunger is different than that of Dark Aegis. I want power to command; to lead. He wants power to annihilate!"
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Titanium Man in "Distant Boundaries," taking Dark Aegis with him.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Fing Fang Foom]].
* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: In "Hulk Buster," the Leader seeks to eliminate Bruce Banner in the past and claim the Hulk's power for himself.
-->"Our destiny is about to be uncrossed, Banner."
-->"Our destiny is about to be uncrossed, Banner."
* OhCrap: Hulk in his crossover episode when he realizes the time travel has brought him to just before the gamma bomb test.
* StockFootage: Season 1 featured the lengthy ConspicuousCG clip of Tony suiting up as Iron Man and dubbing in new dialogue for different episodes.
** "Hulk Buster" reuses the climatic explosion from "The Beast Within" and a Hulk transformation from ''Series/FantasticFour''.
** "Hulk Buster" reuses the climatic explosion from "The Beast Within" and a Hulk transformation from ''Series/FantasticFour''.
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*ToylessToylineCharacter: For a show meant to shill toys, several:
**On the heroes' side, Scarlet Witch and Stingray.
** Amongst the bad guys, Hypnotia, Justin Hammer, Firebrand, Controller, Stilt-Man, Beetle, and Firepower.
** While not completely toyless, Hawkeye - probably the most prominent hero on the show aside from Iron Man and War Machine - was [[ShortRunInPeru only released outside the US]] and was absurdly rare.
**On the heroes' side, Scarlet Witch and Stingray.
** Amongst the bad guys, Hypnotia, Justin Hammer, Firebrand, Controller, Stilt-Man, Beetle, and Firepower.
** While not completely toyless, Hawkeye - probably the most prominent hero on the show aside from Iron Man and War Machine - was [[ShortRunInPeru only released outside the US]] and was absurdly rare.
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** On the heroes' side, Scarlet Witch and
** Amongst the bad guys, Hypnotia, Justin Hammer, Firebrand, Controller, Stilt-Man, Beetle, and
** While not completely toyless, Hawkeye - probably the most prominent hero on the show aside from Iron Man and War Machine - was [[ShortRunInPeru only released outside the US]] and was absurdly rare.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Tony has these issues with his father, as seen in "Not Far from the Tree."
* WhamEpisode: "The Beast Within" - Fing Fang Foom is written out, the Mandarin's rings are scattered across the world, his LegionOfDoom gets arrested and Iron Man's {{Jerkass}} scheming costs him half his team.
* WhamEpisode: "The Beast Within" - Fing Fang Foom is written out, the Mandarin's rings are scattered across the world, his LegionOfDoom gets arrested and Iron Man's {{Jerkass}} scheming costs him half his team.
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* MerchandiseDriven: Likely the reason why the first season featured Iron Man and Force Works vs. the Mandarin's LegionOfDoom (it was a very similar setup to ''{{Transformers}}'', ''{{Thundercats}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}''), and ''definitely'' the reason that season 2 gave Iron Man the ability to switch armors on the fly to adapt to any situation. Marvel had looked at the success of the multi-colored Batman toys in the wake of ''BatmanReturns'' and were trying to copy its success with Iron Man by giving him an armor for every occasion. It didn't take off as well as Marvel had hoped.
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* MerchandiseDriven: Likely the reason why the first season featured Iron Man and Force Works vs. the Mandarin's LegionOfDoom (it was a very similar setup to ''{{Transformers}}'', ''{{Thundercats}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}''), and ''definitely'' the reason that season 2 gave Iron Man the ability to switch armors on the fly to adapt to any situation. Marvel had looked at the success of the multi-colored Batman toys in the wake of ''BatmanReturns'' ''Film/BatmanReturns'' and were trying to copy its success with Iron Man by giving him an armor for every occasion. It didn't take off as well as Marvel had hoped.
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* ConspicuousCG - The first season featured a completely CG-rendered [[TransformationSequence suit-up sequence]] whenever Tony donned his Iron Man armor. It looked very cheap (even for an animated series of its time) and was replaced in season two with a much more fitting and better animated 2D sequence.
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* ConspicuousCG - The first season featured a completely CG-rendered [[TransformationSequence suit-up sequence]] whenever Tony donned his Iron Man armor. It looked very cheap (even for an animated series of its time) time; The fact that it was done in part with a '''''collage''''' of all places doesn't help its case) and was replaced in season two with a much more fitting and better animated 2D sequence.
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* OffModel: The first season even fails in comparison to both [[WesternAnimation/XMen X-Men]] or [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four's first season]].
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* OffModel: The first season even fails [[EpicFail fails]] [[BeyondTheImpossible in comparison comparison]] [[ItGotWorse to both both]] [[WesternAnimation/XMen X-Men]] or [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four's first season]].
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** He also made a cameo appearance in ''Series/FantasticFour'' as the leader of Avengers.
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The [[TheNineties '90s]] [[AnimatedAdaptation animated adaptation]] based on the MarvelUniverse SuperHero and his alter ego, Tony Stark. (An earlier Iron Man animated series was shown as part of the ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' lineup that ran in 1966.)
This series ran for two seasons from 1994 to 1996 alongside ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' as part of the syndicated ''Marvel Action Hour''. Like FF, it had a bland first season and a significantly improved second.
The first season dealt with Iron Man and his team of fellow superheroes--Comicbook/WarMachine, [[ComicBook/{{Spider-Woman}} Spider-Woman]], {{Hawkeye}}, ScarletWitch, and Century--battling the forces of the evil Mandarin, such as Whirlwind and Grey Gargoyle. The episodes in this season were mostly one-part stories. Common points of contention for many during this season were the shoddy animation, and that other than the "Origin of Iron Man" two-parter, which modernized his origins, there were no attempts to adapt stories from the comic mythos.
The second season featured much better animation (thanks to switching to a different animation studio) and stories more similar to the comic. It was more {{Arc}} based, and the SuperHero team aspect was downplayed with all the teammates besides Spider-Woman and War Machine resigning after Tony [[FakingTheDead faked his death]] without letting them in on the plan. Mandarin was also downplayed, having small cameos in some episodes as he reclaims his powerful Ten Rings, which were scattered during a confrontation with Iron Man in the season premiere.
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!! Tropes present in this series:
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese dub uses a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWP_StfvsGs different opening theme song]].
* AnimeThemeSong - When broadcast in Japan.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking - When Tony literally says "WhatHaveIDone" after pointlessly fighting the hero Stingray, War Machine tells him, "Well, let's see: near as I can figure, you've trespassed on federal property, assaulted a naval officer, and taken a dip without waiting an hour after mealtime!"
* AvengingTheVillain - Firebrand in "Fire and Rain".
* BackForTheFinale: Scarlet Witch, Century and several of the Mandarin's minions
* BettyAndVeronica: Spider-Woman and Scarlet Witch in the first season.
* BigBad - Mandarin.
* CanonForeigner - Hypnotia, an {{Expy}} of ''[[TheMightyThor Thor]]'' villainess Enchantress, and Dark Aegis, the main villain of the episode, "Distant Boundries".
* ClipShow: Both seasons had one - "The Wedding of Iron Man" and "Empowered," respectively.
* CommutingOnABus: Hawkeye in Season 2. Unlike Scarlet Witch or Century, he appeared in two episodes in-between the premiere and finale.
* CompositeCharacter: Julia Carpenter (Spider Woman ) has a lot of traits of Pepper Potts. It's most evident in the second season.
** She's also somewhat of an {{Expy}} for Bethany Cabe, Stark's other red-haired associate at the time.
* ConspicuousCG - The first season featured a completely CG-rendered [[TransformationSequence suit-up sequence]] whenever Tony donned his Iron Man armor. It looked very cheap (even for an animated series of its time) and was replaced in season two with a much more fitting and better animated 2D sequence.
* {{Crossover}} - Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
** He also made a cameo appearance in ''Series/FantasticFour'' as the leader of Avengers.
* DarkerAndEdgier - The second season had darker colors, a more mature tone, and spent time developing the more sociopathic aspects of Stark as a character.
** Ex-KGB who wants to basically bring back the Cold War and win it decides to launch a nuke at a Russian city and make America look responsible, and when stopped, decides to detonate it there, atomizing himself and anyone else in the immediate area, and causing numerous deaths from radiation poisoning. No, this isn't an episode of TwentyFour, it's an episode of a ''kids' cartoon.'' [[spoiler:Crimson Dynamo's swan-song, setting off the animated version of the Armor Wars storyline... which is also one of those episodes that shows Stark's dark side.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood - In "The Defection of Hawkeye", the Mandarin sets up evidence that Hawkeye is a traitor, and is completely shocked that Tony and the others trust him regardless.
* ExiledFromContinuity: The 616 version of Force Works featured U.S. Agent, who presumably did not appear because of rights issues (as the character is tied to CaptainAmerica).
** Likewise, the producers could not use Cap himself in season two's Armor Wars adaptation.
* FantasticVoyagePlot - "Iron Man, On the Inside," where Tony does this to fix Hawkeye's spinal injury. (This was adapted from a comic book story, but with CaptainAmerica as the patient instead.)
* ForgingScene - The second intro sequence has one of these.
* GrandFinale - Season two's "Hands of the Mandarin" two-parter, where Mandarin--having finally collected all of his Ten Rings--launches a scheme to make all of the planet's technology useless, which would make his arch-enemy Iron Man ineffective against him. As Mandarin reforms his team of super villains, Iron Man reforms his superhero team and develops new armor to negate Mandarin's anti-technology, and a final confrontation between the two ends in [[spoiler:Mandarin's death]].
** [[spoiler: It looked more to this troper that Mandarin, with LaserGuidedAmnesia begat by brigands, had his hands chopped off for his rings.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: Spider-Woman, Wanda (season one), and Tony's physical therapist.
* HeyItsThatVoice
** James Avery ([[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 The Shredder]], [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]]) as Rhodey/War Machine for a few episodes.
*** And then Dorian Harewood ([[BikerMiceFromMars Modo]]) replaced him.
** JimCummings as {{MODOK}}, [[TalkingToHimself among others]].
** JenniferHale as Julia Carpenter/Spider-Woman [[TheOtherDarrin for season two]].
*** Or from around the same as this show, [[SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Black Cat]].
** Robert Hays ([[{{Airplane}} Ted Striker]]) as the titular character and his alter ego Tony Stark.
** TomKane as Stark's computer, H.O.M.E.R..
** The Mandarin was voiced by [[{{Gargoyles}} Ed Gilbert]] in Season 1 and [[{{Quincy}} Robert Ito]] in Season 2.
** In [[TheOtherDarrin Season 2]], Justin Hammer was voiced by Eferm "[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Alfred]]/[[SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Doctor Octopus]]" Zimbalist, Jr.
** The episode "Hulkbuster" saw both Bruce Banner and Hulk being voiced by RonPerlman.
* IdentityImpersonator: Tony pulls this one on the Mandarin in "The Wedding of Iron Man." Tony himself appears at the wedding in disguise (so he can change into Iron Man later), while a robot represents Tony Stark.
* TheIgor: {{MODOK}}
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hawkeye
** Iron Man could count, too, given he does jackass things like faking his death and the "Armor Wars" stuff, but he did believe he trying to help people.
* TheLancer: Hawkeye
* LastMinuteHookup: Tony and Julia
* LegionOfDoom: The first season exclusively featured the Mandarin as the BigBad with the other villains (Blizzard, Blacklash, Grey Gargoyle, Whirlwind, Hypnotia, Living Laser, M.O.D.O.K., and Fin Fang Foom) all working for him and rotating in and out as needed.
* MerchandiseDriven: Likely the reason why the first season featured Iron Man and Force Works vs. the Mandarin's LegionOfDoom (it was a very similar setup to ''{{Transformers}}'', ''{{Thundercats}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}''), and ''definitely'' the reason that season 2 gave Iron Man the ability to switch armors on the fly to adapt to any situation. Marvel had looked at the success of the multi-colored Batman toys in the wake of ''BatmanReturns'' and were trying to copy its success with Iron Man by giving him an armor for every occasion. It didn't take off as well as Marvel had hoped.
** Also led to ExecutiveMeddling for comics at the time: ''West Coast Avengers'' was canceled in favor of the more Iron Man-centric ''Force Works'' in preparation for the hoped-for Iron Man fad.
* OffModel: The first season even fails in comparison to both [[WesternAnimation/XMen X-Men]] or [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four's first season]].
* TheOtherDarrin: Dorian Harewood took over for James Avery as War Machine, Whirlwind, and Whiplash early into Season 1. Also, Harewood, Robert Hays, John Reilly (the voice of Hawkeye), JimCummings and Neil Ross (Fin Fang Foom) were the ''only'' cast members to return for Season 2. Virtually everyone else was replaced.
** Century also suffered from this... twice! His original voice actor was among those let go in-between seasons. In "The Beast Within," Jim Cummings takes over voicing the character. But in "The Hands of the Mandarin" two-parter, fellow series regular TomKane had the role instead. (This was most likely because H.O.M.E.R. didn't appear in Part 2 and production wanted Kane to have something to do.)
* PowerTrio - Iron Man, War Machine, and Spider-Woman in Season 2.
* PromotedToLoveInterest - Spider-Woman, almost definitely because she was more {{Toyetic}} than any of Tony's canon love interests.
** The Scarlet Witch, too, though obviously unrequited.
* RatedMForManly - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbnT-cIDVM The second US opening theme]].
** Doubles as CrowningMusicOfAwesome.
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: See ArsonMurderAndJaywalking above.
* RingOfPower - The Mandarin. Ten of them!
* SayMyName - The season two premiere "The Beast Within" features Rhodey, in response to his best friend Tony supposedly getting blown sky high, belting out a tortured [[ChewingTheScenery "TONYYYYYYYYYY!"]]
* ShoutOut: The villain Beetle talks like a member of [[TheBeatles a certain rock band]].
* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Screw This, We're Outta Here]]: Force Works in Season 2 effectively disbands when half the the team (Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, and Century) quits, having become disgusted with Tony faking his own death.
* StrongFamilyResemblance - Walter Stark looks like Tony Stark with gray hair.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: H.O.M.E.R. replaces the female-voiced computer from Season 1.
* SwissArmyHero: Iron Man in Season 2, with the power to switch to different armors for different challenges.
* TenMinuteRetirement - Tony has one of these in "The Armor Wars".
* TookALevelInJerkass - Let's just say in Season 2, some of Tony's less admirable personality traits from the comics made their way onto the show.
*ToylessToylineCharacter: For a show meant to shill toys, several:
**On the heroes' side, Scarlet Witch and Stingray.
** Amongst the bad guys, Hypnotia, Justin Hammer, Firebrand, Controller, Stilt-Man, Beetle, and Firepower.
** While not completely toyless, Hawkeye - probably the most prominent hero on the show aside from Iron Man and War Machine - was [[ShortRunInPeru only released outside the US]] and was absurdly rare.
* TransformationSequence: The first season had out-of-place CGI OnceAnEpisode. The second season had a ''much'' better one in the opening sequence.
* WeWouldHaveToldYouBut - Force Works quits after Tony pulls this on them in the second season premiere.
* WhatTheHellHero - Tony's buddies are rather ticked after learning he faked his death without letting them know it was a ruse to stop Mandarin's scheme in "The Beast Within."
** The "Armor Wars" two-parter is pretty much this non-stop until Tony has a WhatHaveIDone moment after defeating the heroic Stingray only to find that Stingray was not using his technology.
** The first season had an episode where Tony fooled the Mandarin into thinking that Tony Stark and Iron Man were separate people by having Julia (Spider-Woman) marry a robot duplicate with everyone being in on the charade except for Wanda, who was very upset at the deception. And even though she was in on it, [[CerebusSyndrome Season 2]] had Julia rightly point out how she was being jerked around.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - Rhodey gains a crippling fear of being submerged in water due to watching his friend drown as a young boy, and then getting stuck at the bottom of the ocean in the War Machine Armor.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback - The "Origin of Iron Man" two-parter.
* WolverinePublicity: Netflix lists its streaming of ''The Marvel Action Hour'' under Iron Man's name.
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See Main/IronMan for a list of all the other works with this title.
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This series ran for two seasons from 1994 to 1996 alongside ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' as part of the syndicated ''Marvel Action Hour''. Like FF, it had a bland first season and a significantly improved second.
The first season dealt with Iron Man and his team of fellow superheroes--Comicbook/WarMachine, [[ComicBook/{{Spider-Woman}} Spider-Woman]], {{Hawkeye}}, ScarletWitch, and Century--battling the forces of the evil Mandarin, such as Whirlwind and Grey Gargoyle. The episodes in this season were mostly one-part stories. Common points of contention for many during this season were the shoddy animation, and that other than the "Origin of Iron Man" two-parter, which modernized his origins, there were no attempts to adapt stories from the comic mythos.
The second season featured much better animation (thanks to switching to a different animation studio) and stories more similar to the comic. It was more {{Arc}} based, and the SuperHero team aspect was downplayed with all the teammates besides Spider-Woman and War Machine resigning after Tony [[FakingTheDead faked his death]] without letting them in on the plan. Mandarin was also downplayed, having small cameos in some episodes as he reclaims his powerful Ten Rings, which were scattered during a confrontation with Iron Man in the season premiere.
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!! Tropes present in this series:
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese dub uses a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWP_StfvsGs different opening theme song]].
* AnimeThemeSong - When broadcast in Japan.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking - When Tony literally says "WhatHaveIDone" after pointlessly fighting the hero Stingray, War Machine tells him, "Well, let's see: near as I can figure, you've trespassed on federal property, assaulted a naval officer, and taken a dip without waiting an hour after mealtime!"
* AvengingTheVillain - Firebrand in "Fire and Rain".
* BackForTheFinale: Scarlet Witch, Century and several of the Mandarin's minions
* BettyAndVeronica: Spider-Woman and Scarlet Witch in the first season.
* BigBad - Mandarin.
* CanonForeigner - Hypnotia, an {{Expy}} of ''[[TheMightyThor Thor]]'' villainess Enchantress, and Dark Aegis, the main villain of the episode, "Distant Boundries".
* ClipShow: Both seasons had one - "The Wedding of Iron Man" and "Empowered," respectively.
* CommutingOnABus: Hawkeye in Season 2. Unlike Scarlet Witch or Century, he appeared in two episodes in-between the premiere and finale.
* CompositeCharacter: Julia Carpenter (Spider Woman ) has a lot of traits of Pepper Potts. It's most evident in the second season.
** She's also somewhat of an {{Expy}} for Bethany Cabe, Stark's other red-haired associate at the time.
* ConspicuousCG - The first season featured a completely CG-rendered [[TransformationSequence suit-up sequence]] whenever Tony donned his Iron Man armor. It looked very cheap (even for an animated series of its time) and was replaced in season two with a much more fitting and better animated 2D sequence.
* {{Crossover}} - Iron Man appears in a few episodes of ''{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'' and an episode of the then-latest ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' cartoon. The Hulk himself appears in an episode of this show as he teams up with Iron Man to stop The Leader from going back to the past to take Bruce Banner's place in the gamma bomb explosion that created the Hulk.
** He also made a cameo appearance in ''Series/FantasticFour'' as the leader of Avengers.
* DarkerAndEdgier - The second season had darker colors, a more mature tone, and spent time developing the more sociopathic aspects of Stark as a character.
** Ex-KGB who wants to basically bring back the Cold War and win it decides to launch a nuke at a Russian city and make America look responsible, and when stopped, decides to detonate it there, atomizing himself and anyone else in the immediate area, and causing numerous deaths from radiation poisoning. No, this isn't an episode of TwentyFour, it's an episode of a ''kids' cartoon.'' [[spoiler:Crimson Dynamo's swan-song, setting off the animated version of the Armor Wars storyline... which is also one of those episodes that shows Stark's dark side.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood - In "The Defection of Hawkeye", the Mandarin sets up evidence that Hawkeye is a traitor, and is completely shocked that Tony and the others trust him regardless.
* ExiledFromContinuity: The 616 version of Force Works featured U.S. Agent, who presumably did not appear because of rights issues (as the character is tied to CaptainAmerica).
** Likewise, the producers could not use Cap himself in season two's Armor Wars adaptation.
* FantasticVoyagePlot - "Iron Man, On the Inside," where Tony does this to fix Hawkeye's spinal injury. (This was adapted from a comic book story, but with CaptainAmerica as the patient instead.)
* ForgingScene - The second intro sequence has one of these.
* GrandFinale - Season two's "Hands of the Mandarin" two-parter, where Mandarin--having finally collected all of his Ten Rings--launches a scheme to make all of the planet's technology useless, which would make his arch-enemy Iron Man ineffective against him. As Mandarin reforms his team of super villains, Iron Man reforms his superhero team and develops new armor to negate Mandarin's anti-technology, and a final confrontation between the two ends in [[spoiler:Mandarin's death]].
** [[spoiler: It looked more to this troper that Mandarin, with LaserGuidedAmnesia begat by brigands, had his hands chopped off for his rings.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: Spider-Woman, Wanda (season one), and Tony's physical therapist.
* HeyItsThatVoice
** James Avery ([[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 The Shredder]], [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]]) as Rhodey/War Machine for a few episodes.
*** And then Dorian Harewood ([[BikerMiceFromMars Modo]]) replaced him.
** JimCummings as {{MODOK}}, [[TalkingToHimself among others]].
** JenniferHale as Julia Carpenter/Spider-Woman [[TheOtherDarrin for season two]].
*** Or from around the same as this show, [[SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Black Cat]].
** Robert Hays ([[{{Airplane}} Ted Striker]]) as the titular character and his alter ego Tony Stark.
** TomKane as Stark's computer, H.O.M.E.R..
** The Mandarin was voiced by [[{{Gargoyles}} Ed Gilbert]] in Season 1 and [[{{Quincy}} Robert Ito]] in Season 2.
** In [[TheOtherDarrin Season 2]], Justin Hammer was voiced by Eferm "[[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Alfred]]/[[SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Doctor Octopus]]" Zimbalist, Jr.
** The episode "Hulkbuster" saw both Bruce Banner and Hulk being voiced by RonPerlman.
* IdentityImpersonator: Tony pulls this one on the Mandarin in "The Wedding of Iron Man." Tony himself appears at the wedding in disguise (so he can change into Iron Man later), while a robot represents Tony Stark.
* TheIgor: {{MODOK}}
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hawkeye
** Iron Man could count, too, given he does jackass things like faking his death and the "Armor Wars" stuff, but he did believe he trying to help people.
* TheLancer: Hawkeye
* LastMinuteHookup: Tony and Julia
* LegionOfDoom: The first season exclusively featured the Mandarin as the BigBad with the other villains (Blizzard, Blacklash, Grey Gargoyle, Whirlwind, Hypnotia, Living Laser, M.O.D.O.K., and Fin Fang Foom) all working for him and rotating in and out as needed.
* MerchandiseDriven: Likely the reason why the first season featured Iron Man and Force Works vs. the Mandarin's LegionOfDoom (it was a very similar setup to ''{{Transformers}}'', ''{{Thundercats}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}}''), and ''definitely'' the reason that season 2 gave Iron Man the ability to switch armors on the fly to adapt to any situation. Marvel had looked at the success of the multi-colored Batman toys in the wake of ''BatmanReturns'' and were trying to copy its success with Iron Man by giving him an armor for every occasion. It didn't take off as well as Marvel had hoped.
** Also led to ExecutiveMeddling for comics at the time: ''West Coast Avengers'' was canceled in favor of the more Iron Man-centric ''Force Works'' in preparation for the hoped-for Iron Man fad.
* OffModel: The first season even fails in comparison to both [[WesternAnimation/XMen X-Men]] or [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four's first season]].
* TheOtherDarrin: Dorian Harewood took over for James Avery as War Machine, Whirlwind, and Whiplash early into Season 1. Also, Harewood, Robert Hays, John Reilly (the voice of Hawkeye), JimCummings and Neil Ross (Fin Fang Foom) were the ''only'' cast members to return for Season 2. Virtually everyone else was replaced.
** Century also suffered from this... twice! His original voice actor was among those let go in-between seasons. In "The Beast Within," Jim Cummings takes over voicing the character. But in "The Hands of the Mandarin" two-parter, fellow series regular TomKane had the role instead. (This was most likely because H.O.M.E.R. didn't appear in Part 2 and production wanted Kane to have something to do.)
* PowerTrio - Iron Man, War Machine, and Spider-Woman in Season 2.
* PromotedToLoveInterest - Spider-Woman, almost definitely because she was more {{Toyetic}} than any of Tony's canon love interests.
** The Scarlet Witch, too, though obviously unrequited.
* RatedMForManly - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbnT-cIDVM The second US opening theme]].
** Doubles as CrowningMusicOfAwesome.
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: See ArsonMurderAndJaywalking above.
* RingOfPower - The Mandarin. Ten of them!
* SayMyName - The season two premiere "The Beast Within" features Rhodey, in response to his best friend Tony supposedly getting blown sky high, belting out a tortured [[ChewingTheScenery "TONYYYYYYYYYY!"]]
* ShoutOut: The villain Beetle talks like a member of [[TheBeatles a certain rock band]].
* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Screw This, We're Outta Here]]: Force Works in Season 2 effectively disbands when half the the team (Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, and Century) quits, having become disgusted with Tony faking his own death.
* StrongFamilyResemblance - Walter Stark looks like Tony Stark with gray hair.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: H.O.M.E.R. replaces the female-voiced computer from Season 1.
* SwissArmyHero: Iron Man in Season 2, with the power to switch to different armors for different challenges.
* TenMinuteRetirement - Tony has one of these in "The Armor Wars".
* TookALevelInJerkass - Let's just say in Season 2, some of Tony's less admirable personality traits from the comics made their way onto the show.
*ToylessToylineCharacter: For a show meant to shill toys, several:
**On the heroes' side, Scarlet Witch and Stingray.
** Amongst the bad guys, Hypnotia, Justin Hammer, Firebrand, Controller, Stilt-Man, Beetle, and Firepower.
** While not completely toyless, Hawkeye - probably the most prominent hero on the show aside from Iron Man and War Machine - was [[ShortRunInPeru only released outside the US]] and was absurdly rare.
* TransformationSequence: The first season had out-of-place CGI OnceAnEpisode. The second season had a ''much'' better one in the opening sequence.
* WeWouldHaveToldYouBut - Force Works quits after Tony pulls this on them in the second season premiere.
* WhatTheHellHero - Tony's buddies are rather ticked after learning he faked his death without letting them know it was a ruse to stop Mandarin's scheme in "The Beast Within."
** The "Armor Wars" two-parter is pretty much this non-stop until Tony has a WhatHaveIDone moment after defeating the heroic Stingray only to find that Stingray was not using his technology.
** The first season had an episode where Tony fooled the Mandarin into thinking that Tony Stark and Iron Man were separate people by having Julia (Spider-Woman) marry a robot duplicate with everyone being in on the charade except for Wanda, who was very upset at the deception. And even though she was in on it, [[CerebusSyndrome Season 2]] had Julia rightly point out how she was being jerked around.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - Rhodey gains a crippling fear of being submerged in water due to watching his friend drown as a young boy, and then getting stuck at the bottom of the ocean in the War Machine Armor.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback - The "Origin of Iron Man" two-parter.
* WolverinePublicity: Netflix lists its streaming of ''The Marvel Action Hour'' under Iron Man's name.
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