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Knowlessman hey i dunno, why don't you tell me Since: Jun, 2013
hey i dunno, why don't you tell me
Nov 7th 2013 at 8:44:26 AM •••

What's this about Tony going Transhuman in 3? He put sensor doohickeys in his arm so he could signal the suit to fly to him, but does that really count?

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Oct 26th 2012 at 12:45:51 AM •••

Moved the first Iron Man film to Iron Man. And suddenly I am getting an urge to instead rename it Iron Man again and name the overall film page Iron Man Trilogy. Not sure about going ahead with it, however. Thoughts?

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ashlay Since: Apr, 2011
Oct 26th 2012 at 5:59:51 AM •••

What if there's another Iron Man 1 in 5 years? something to consider anyway. transfer's complete, so no rush.

And don't do trilogy. No one's said this franchise is only going to be 3 films. Also tabs up top won't work. And you'll have to change ~1000 links.

Edited by ashlay
CaptainCrawdad Since: Aug, 2009
Oct 10th 2013 at 5:50:46 PM •••

I thought pages for series and such were put under Franchise/TitleOfTheFranchise

There's going to be a lot of people accidentally linking the series page when they mean to link the first film.

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Kalaong Since: Jan, 2001
Jan 19th 2013 at 4:50:21 PM •••

Whoa, meta! Check this out! Reviewers are reading TV Tropes when they write reviews!

Gregzilla Since: May, 2010
Oct 23rd 2012 at 10:17:05 AM •••

Question that I mentioned on the main page in an edit comment: Why does only the third movie have its own page? Should people start to shift it out to the other films as well? Like "Iron Man 1", "Iron Man 2", and "Iron Man 3" pages, and a central "Iron Man" page for all of them. Or just an Iron Man 2 page, or shifting the 3 stuff back to the main one.

What do you guys think?

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jaytrps Since: Dec, 1969
Oct 23rd 2012 at 11:38:46 AM •••

I was thinking the same thing. Why would Iron Man 3 have a separate page? Are we trying to imply what Marvel said about Iron Man 3 being different than the earlier two movies. I would like it if Iron Man 3 became part of the main Iron Man page. All in one place.

Gregzilla Since: May, 2010
Oct 23rd 2012 at 1:12:25 PM •••

Agreed. Can someone move it over and mark off the other page as gone? I'm not sure how to do the latter.

Yes, there's a trailer for 3, and the second phase films all have their own pages. ...so? Iron Man, for some reason, didn't, and the other films are FILMS, not trailers, and are together.

PaulA Since: Jan, 2010
May 1st 2010 at 3:15:30 AM •••

Would it make sense to split the tropes list into "The first movie contains examples of" and "The second movie contains examples of"?

Of is there too much overlap?

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Nemo Since: Jan, 2001
May 1st 2010 at 3:25:23 AM •••

I imagine if we only list tropes that apply to the second movie (but not the first), in the second movie section it would avoid overlap.

WillLorus Since: Aug, 2009
May 13th 2010 at 10:02:36 AM •••

This makes me wonder if the whole page should be changed into something like 'Iron Man Trilogy' or something similar. The title of Iron Man could fool people into thinking this is more about the first film than the second and they could ruin the film for themselves. There is a warning on the page but the title seems to get more attention.

Mad_Alice Since: Feb, 2010
Jun 21st 2010 at 8:55:58 PM •••

So I was really bored one afternoon and separated all of the tropes on this page into examples found in the first film, the second film, and finally ones that are used in both. I didn't change a single word, just the order, but I haven't applied the changes since it would alter the page so drastically.

With the permission of my fellow tropers I would like to go ahead and apply the changes, but if you guys don't think it's a good idea then no harm no foul and I just wasted an hour one afternoon. What do you guys think?

FastEddie MOD Since: Apr, 2004
Jun 21st 2010 at 9:20:01 PM •••

Go for it.

Our kind of crazy.

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orangejuicer Since: May, 2010
Oct 8th 2010 at 1:48:17 PM •••

Whoever put it into folders, thank you. Thank you so much.

Gregzilla Since: May, 2010
Oct 23rd 2012 at 10:16:04 AM •••

(Made a mistake, was making a new comment. This can be ignored.)

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metaphysician Since: Oct, 2010
Mar 22nd 2012 at 3:44:48 PM •••

So, should we start adding some of the rumors filtering out for the next movie?

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Tekka Since: Jul, 2010
Jan 21st 2012 at 6:00:16 PM •••

So does anyone know what Tony's drinking in the second movie, while trying to hold back his palladium poisoning? Blended seaweed or algae? Liquified bean sprouts? Chlorophyll?

Statalyzer The Keenest Of Them All Since: Jul, 2009
The Keenest Of Them All
Jan 9th 2012 at 10:11:08 PM •••

What is up with calling the bird a "burd"?

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MrDeath Since: Aug, 2009
Jan 10th 2012 at 7:48:57 AM •••

Because that's roughly how Ivan pronounces it with the accent, or at least how it's been memetically mutated.

Rhyvurg Since: Sep, 2009
Aug 3rd 2011 at 11:23:55 PM •••

Is there a Hypocritical Bitch trope? Because Natasha would qualify for it in spades. Before his birthday party, she was fully aware of the fact he's dieing but encourages him to act like it's his last night on Earth, then at the end has the nerve to criticize his behavior in her little evaluation report. Say it with me now, B-I-T-C-H.

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MrDeath Since: Aug, 2009
Aug 4th 2011 at 7:13:07 AM •••

No, we don't put on tropes just so you can call a character a bitch.

Also, you're missing the point. Telling him to act like it's his last night was a test. A test he failed. He could have spent his "last night" doing something good, like being with his good friends, or making sure his tech is in good hands, but instead he gets shitfaced and throws a huge party which endangers pretty much everyone at it.

Rhyvurg Since: Sep, 2009
Aug 4th 2011 at 7:40:24 PM •••

His behavior up to that point suggests he wasn't all that interested in taking the high road anyway, what reason would she have to expect a sudden turn around when she goads him on with a statement dripping with innuendo? It's like for that scene she completely forgets everything about the person she's talking to.

MrDeath Since: Aug, 2009
Aug 5th 2011 at 6:55:36 AM •••

She's an agent of SHIELD. One specifically ordered to keep an eye on Stark and evaluate him for the Avengers Initiative. She's not just some random woman who's doing this on her own.

Again, she is testing him. Just because his behavior up to that point suggests something doesn't mean you don't do the tests. It's a What You Are in the Dark moment, plain and simple.

Statalyzer Since: Jul, 2009
Jan 9th 2012 at 10:10:19 PM •••

She didn't exactly encourage what he specifically did.

Edited by Statalyzer Watch out where you step, or we'll be afoot.
GhostlyRoxxor Since: Dec, 1969
May 7th 2011 at 5:21:14 PM •••

Would anyone happen to have a link to download Rhody's ringtone for Tony?

Tahaneira Since: Oct, 2009
Feb 25th 2011 at 11:37:54 AM •••

I have no idea as to the accuracy to modern tanks, so I thought I should put this here first: anyone else think the tank hitting the man-sized fast-moving flying object in the first movie with one shot falls under Improbable Aiming Skills?

MCE Grin and tonic Since: Jan, 2001
Grin and tonic
May 17th 2010 at 3:27:04 PM •••

Probably a Call-Back but I'm not sure of the exactly line.

Stark: No, you can't come in this one, the is the fun-vee, the humdrum-vee is back there.

(After finding stark wandering the desert) Starks military friend: Hows the fun-vee?

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beeftony Since: Oct, 2009
May 17th 2010 at 3:56:21 PM •••

Rhodes: How was the Fun-Vee? Next time, you ride with me.

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ishidan Since: Oct, 2009
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Eban Since: Jan, 2001
Oct 14th 2010 at 8:37:30 AM •••

Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny! Anyone else think Tony displays classic ADD behavior? He can't seem to focus on mundane things, he's constantly rambling and moving around. A better portrayal than usual for Hollywood though.

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MrDeath Since: Aug, 2009
Oct 4th 2010 at 8:57:17 AM •••

Okay, so, anyone know why neither of these movies are on any of the premium movie channels?

angakkuq Since: Dec, 1969
Jul 16th 2010 at 2:28:39 AM •••

On Stark being his own guinea pig: It's implied in the first movie and outright stated in the novelization that Tony went to Rhodey to ask him to be the test pilot. Explains the "What about a pilot without the plane?" line nicely.

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Etherjammer Since: Jan, 2001
Jul 17th 2010 at 9:34:51 PM •••

Also, I'm not sure how being his own guinea pig makes him an anti-hero. Wouldn't saying "I'm too important to test on myself" and getting other people to do the dangerous testing for him be more in line with the trope?

Ramidel (Before Time Began)
Jun 14th 2010 at 1:48:17 AM •••

Out of curiosity, why is the page locked? It's not on the lock list and I don't see any edit wars in the history.

I despise hypocrisy, unless of course it is my own.
ishidan Since: Oct, 2009
Jun 13th 2010 at 11:44:25 AM •••

Trope identification help: we know that Whiplash is the name of the villain in the sequel. In the first movie, Iron Man is engaged by a flight of two F-22s as he's coming back from blowing up the terrorist compound. The mission name of the F-22s that try to shoot him down are Whiplash 1 and Whiplash 2. (Whiplash 1 is the one that gets its wing destroyed when Iron Man is shaken off of Whiplash 2, Whiplash 2 is the one that gets the most hits on Iron Man)

Also, add a Barrier Busting Blow: Iron Man pulls one against the terrorist leader. After seeing his flunkies obliterated, the leader takes cover behind a concrete wall and tries to call for help on a noisy satellite phone. Instead of going around the wall, Iron Man goes for the drama and first punches through the wall then pulls the terrorist leader through the resulting hole.

WillLorus Since: Aug, 2009
May 20th 2010 at 2:59:32 AM •••

Can we use this as a trope for the series? My argument for it is below but if someone disagrees please say. I'm trying to prevent an edit war.

I think that we can call those characters Badass Normals when you consider that we know they share a universe with characters like The Hulk and literal magic using Gods. This tells us in the movie Marvel Universe, Tony, Rhodey and Natasha are badass normals if they work with SHIELD and are being considered for the Avengers. The film heavily implies that Fury is dealing with all sorts of super-human related things in addition to just Tony which further suggests that they are out of their depth in terms of powers etc.

SNES Since: Oct, 2009
May 9th 2010 at 3:48:15 PM •••

What constitutes a spoiler for the first movie now that the second movie is out? I mean, it was a twist at the end of Iron Man that he outed himself (as a superhero), but that's pretty central to the plot of the sequel. And you see Nick Fury in the trailer for 2, so it's not so much a secret anymore that both he and S.H.E.I.L.D. are involved.

  • I think it's perfectly acceptable to list these facts under You Should Know This Already and unmask the spoilers. Obadiah Stane's villainy, however, should stay hidden.

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beeftony Since: Oct, 2009
May 10th 2010 at 12:54:48 AM •••

There are still people who haven't seen either film and want to read up on them first before they go see them. The spoilers should stay up for the sake of those people.

MrDeath Since: Aug, 2009
May 10th 2010 at 1:52:43 PM •••

If you were concerned about spoilers, you wouldn't be checking out what tropes were in the movie before you saw it. Kinda defeats the purpose.

WillLorus Since: Aug, 2009
May 13th 2010 at 9:58:36 AM •••

Don't some of the trailers to the first film show Obadiah in armour anyway? There's certainly a scene where he visits the leader of the Ten Rings. Obadiah's villainy is pretty obvious from the trailers, if I recall correctly, so should such things remain hidden by spoilers? Not to mention the fact that all comic readers immediately know from the name where things are going.

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beeftony Since: Oct, 2009
May 14th 2010 at 4:05:28 AM •••

By that logic, why have spoilers at all? Oh, wait, because some people like researching what a movie is basically about before seeing it. Major plot twists deserve to be put in spoilers. General information does not.

WillLorus Since: Aug, 2009
May 16th 2010 at 7:17:28 AM •••

I agree that general information does not need to be put in spoilers. I'm saying that if you were to research the film say, by watching the trailer, it would be fairly obvious that Obadiah was a villain. It seems fairly obvious early on in the movie as well, at least that's how it appeared to me. The reveal that he was a villain doesn't come as a major plot twist and the film is not ruined by finding out beforehand. The film is about Tony and his journey, that still remains in tact and unspoiled. Your Mileage May Vary though.

beeftony Since: Oct, 2009
May 16th 2010 at 1:48:25 PM •••

I remember being surprised when I first saw the film. It's not that obvious to everybody.

Servitor_2152 Since: Jan, 2001
May 13th 2010 at 12:08:43 AM •••

  • Narm: The scene of Vanko laughing wickedly while getting dragged off the racetrack is deflated some what when you notice his shoe slipping off.

... I'm sorry, but the scene is deflated because his shoe is coming off? The man's just had the crap kicked out of him by a guy in Powered Armor, and he still has the cast-iron balls to laugh about it, and the impact is lessened because his shoe is coming off?! Have our standards for Narm really dipped this low?

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WillLorus Since: Aug, 2009
May 13th 2010 at 9:54:51 AM •••

I don't really consider the shoe thing to be Narm as that never really struck me as diminishing the impact, considering the circumstances. However, the first scene of the film where Anton Vanko dies did lead to a such a moment when Ivan threw his head in the air and, screamed...I think. It seemed pretty over the top to me, even given the circumstances, just one step up above falling on your knees and shouting NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

beeftony Since: Oct, 2009
May 14th 2010 at 4:01:54 AM •••

That's because Ivan Vanko doesn't cry. He yells to scare the sadness away.

Still pretty Narmy, though.

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