Iron Man (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

**Iron Man** (real name **Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark**) is the protagonist of the Infinity Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is the main protagonist of The *Iron Man* films and *The Avengers* film series, a minor character in *Incredible Hulk* and the deuteragonist of Spider-Man: Homecoming. In the franchise, Stark begins the series as a shallow, arrogant and uncaring man and a play boy. However, he gradually becomes an altruistic superhero and wins the affections of Pepper Potts, whom he eventually married and later, has a daughter, Morgan with. Tony acts as a mentor towards Peter Parker and his best friend is James Rhodes while having a rivalry with Steve Rogers, who worked closely with Tony's father, Howard Stark.

## Background

### Personality

Tony Stark used to be arrogant, self-centered, didn't care for many people, except close friends and had an attachment to his mom while having a strained relationship with his father. He was quite arrogant and did not care what happened when his weapons went out. However, when he sees the damage it did, Tony decides to stop making weapons. However, by The Avengers, Tony has become less arrogant and more concerned for the welfare of others, including his own friends. However, he often sparred with Steve once in a while, before deciding to ultimately trust him with his life. After his experience with Loki, Tony developed post-traumatic stress disorder and became protective of the Earth.

By the Avengers Civil War, due to Ultron's attack on Earth, Tony became distant and hardened towards his friends and allies. Despite that, he cared deeply for his friends and family. It included the following reasons: For one, he warned Natasha that she should run before Ross discovered that she helped Steve and Bucky, who were fugitives of the law. He was also uncomfortable when he witnessed Wanda being treated in the Raft. For Steve, Tony was willing to legally end their feud rather than fight. Even when it was revealed that Steve was aware that Bucky killed Tony's parents, Stark warned his former teammate to stand aside but matched his former friend's aggressiveness during their fight. After Steve left a cellphone for Tony to call him, Stark decided to no longer hunt him or Bucky down and was slightly involved in his former teammates escape. Due to these past experiences, Tony felt guilty for his treatments and saw how far he fell from his previous friends. His recent behavior also caused Pepper to break off her relationship with Tony.

During Spider-Man: Homecoming, Tony became a mentor towards Peter Parker and often saw him as a son figure. He connected well with Peter Parker, even recruiting him for his battle during the Avengers Civil War. As a mentor, Tony encourages Peter and teaches him life lessons and how to become a superhero. However, Stark became slightly upset that Peter had taken things to far and nearly endangered other citizens. Tony told Peter that he didn't want the young man to be him, Stark wanted him to be better. Later impressed by Peter's fight with Vulture, Tony offered him a position in the Avengers, but Parker declined.

He was usually quick in befriending the Guardians of the Galaxy and Doctor Strange, and watched in despair as the team and Strange turned to dust. Tony was infamous at being sarcastic, similar to heroes Doctor Strange and Star-Lord. He usually gave people nicknames (Loki: Reindeer Games, Hawkeye: Legolas, Thor: Point Break, Star-Lord: Flash Gordon, etc.). Despite his arrogant streak, Tony was very protective of his friends. His greatest nightmare was seeing his friends die in front of him, especially the Guardians of the Galaxy and Doctor Strange despite hardly knowing them.

At the end of his life, Tony sacrificed his life so other innocent ones may live, showing a selfless side he had all along.

### Appearance

Stark was a man about in his late forties. He was musclar, had brown hair and eyes. A lot of women were attracted to him. He was quite handsome, as several women had been attracted him.

### Powers and Abilities

* **Flight:**
* **Superhuman Strength:**
* **Superhuman Reflexes:**
* **Armor Systems:**
* **Energy Conversion Power Recharge:**
* **Self-Contained Life-Support System and Environmental Protection:**
* **Heads Up Display (HUD):**
* **Armor Summon:**
* **Mini Thrusters:**
* **EMP Projectiles:**
* **Powered Clamps:**

## Appearances

### *Iron Man*

Tony Stark is known as a billionaire playboy who doesn't play by the rules. He is the CEO of Stark Industries, and usually tested his machines as weapons for war. He was kidnapped by the Ten Ring. However he escapes thanks to Yinsen, who tragically loses his life. He is rescued by Rhodes, returning home and announcing that he will no longer be making manufacture weapons and ignores Obadiah Stane's warnings against it and also keeps the original reactor to his improvised armor suit from his former mentor. He learns that Stane was arm trafficking to criminals, including the Ten Rings, who receive the Jericho and attacking Yinsen's home Gulmira. He flies to Afghanistan and saves the villagers, but is shot at by two F-22 Raptor flighter jets and reveals his secret identity to Rhodey over the phone. Stane goes behind Stark's back and takes pieces of Stark's suit to the Ten Ring

Tony has Pepper find out where the illegal transaction and shipments have taken place. Apparently, Tony's abduction has a more twist to it: Stane hired the Ten Rings to kill Stark, but the group reneged. Tony is ambushed by Stane, taking the reactor from Tony's chest. However, Tony manages to get the original reactor to replace it. Stark fights Stane, but is outnumbered. They continue to fight but Potts is able to overload the reactor powering the Stark Industries building. He later reveals himself to be Iron Man, the name the press gave him.

Later returning home, he finds Nick Fury there, claiming he is not the only superhero out there and asks him about the Avengers Initiative.

### *Avengers: Endgame*

Twenty-two days after their defeat on Titan, Tony and Nebula have been stranded on the *Benatar* and have developed a friendship of sorts. They begin running low on supplies when suddenly, the duo are rescued by Captain Marvel . She brings them down from space, to earth, where Tony is reunited with Pepper. He is weakened from the fight, and informs Steve that he lost Peter.

Five years after the Avengers ambushed Thanos on Titan II, Stark is revealed to have married Pepper and have married and had one daughter, Morgan. One day, Steve, Natasha and Scott Lang approach Tony to go back in time and retrieve the Infinity Stones. However, Tony refuses, in favor of being with his wife and daughter. The trio decide to return to Avengers tower and enlist Hulk to do the project themselves. However, the following night, when Tony sees a picture of him and Peter from six years ago, Tony Finds a problem to the time-travelling situation and how it can work with Scott's Quantum tunnel. He decides to help his friends but also records a message to his family if he does not survive the mission.

## Relationships

### James Rhodes/War Machine/Iron Patriot

Rhodey is Tony's best friend and an officer of the US military. He often argues with Tony. He even stated that Iron Man can't do this alone, but Tony never listens. After Rhodes became paralyzed, Tony was shown helping him walk.

### Pepper Potts

Pepper is Tony's personal assistant of Stark International and the Avengers Mansion. She always worries about Tony fighting alone against villains who stole his tech. Tony and Pepper eventually entered a romantic relationship. However, they have since "taken a break" after Stark's continuous Avenger work. After some months apart, the two got together and married each other, having a daughter named Morgan.

### Morgan Stark

Morgan is Tony's four year old daughter and only child. She brought joy into his life.

### J.A.R.V.I.S.

J.A.R.V.I.S. (Just A Really Very Intelligent System) is Tony's AI butler and caretaker of the Avengers Mansion and Stark International. Jarvis sometimes argues with Tony over when he will build another armor. He always assists him when Tony is fighting villains. J.A.R.V.I.S. would later be inputted into Vision, in an attempt to stop Ultron. J.A.R.V.I.S. is then replaced by F.R.I.D.A.Y..

### Steve Rogers/Captain America

Steve is Tony's ally, teammate, and friend in the Avengers. As for their social relationship, they might as well be considered as "frenemies" due to their personality clashes. Despite their differences, they truly care for and respect each other. When Scarlet Witch shows Tony a vision of the Avengers lying in the ground, injured and dying, Tony is especially affected by Steve's apparent death, as he quickly rushes to the latter's side, checking for a pulse. Their friendship is put to the test and severely damaged after the events of *Captain America: Civil War*. However, Steve sent a letter of apology for everything that had happened, telling Tony that if he ever needed his help, he'd be there. Tony, in turn, allowed Steve and the other Avengers to escape from the Raft, possibly showing sighs of forgiveness on Tony's part.

### Bruce Banner/Hulk

Bruce and Tony are good friends, getting along as soon as they meet, and share an interest in technology. Tony even encouraged Bruce to see the Hulk as a blessing, rather than a curse. After the Battle of New York, Bruce (as the Hulk) is the one to catch Tony when he's falling to the ground from space. Bruce would later assist Tony in creating Vision.

### Nick Fury

Fury is Tony's former boss (of the Avengers) and the two have shown an interesting alliance and Tony agrees (or sometimes disagrees) with Nick's decisions for S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers. However, Tony has supplied with him along with S.H.I.E.L.D. some weapons from his suit. After Tony creates Ultron, Fury tells Tony that he cares about him.

### Peter Parker/Spider-Man

After recruiting Peter for his team during the Avengers Civil War, Tony starts mentoring Peter in hopes of helping him become a better hero that he himself had been.

### Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange

Strange and Iron Man both hardly got along throughout *Infinity War*. However, Strange sacrificed the Time Stone to Thanos in exchange for not harming Stark.

### Thanos

Thanos is the enemy that was anonymous to Stark and the Avengers ever since Loki Laufeyson tried to take over Earth.

## Navigation

**Guardians of the Galaxy:**  Star-Lord • Groot • Rocket Racoon • Gamora • Drax the Destroyer) • Yondu Udonta • Nebula • Mantis • Kraglin Obfonteri
**Masters of the Mystic Arts:**Doctor Strange • The Ancient One • Wong
**Wakandans** Black Panther • Zuri • Okoye • Ayo • Nakia • Shuri • Ramonda • T'Chaka • M'Baku • Wakandan Tribes • Dora Milaje
**Allies of the Avengers:**Pepper Potts • Hope van Dyne • Korg • Miek
**Asgardians:**Loki Laufeyson • Valkyrie

**Marvel Cinematic Universe****Iron Man** • Pepper Potts • War Machine • Happy Hogan • J.A.R.V.I.S. • Ho Yinsen • Howard Stark • Maria Stark • Iron Monger • Phil Coulson • Nick Fury • Black Widow • Christine Everhart • Whiplash • Justin Hammer • Spider-Man • Hulk • Harley Keener • Aldrich Killian • Matthew Ellis • Maya Hansen
**Groups**
Ten Rings • Stark Industries