"It'sbeenawhilesinceIwas up here in front of you maybe i'll stick to the cards" "There's been speculation that I was involved in the events that occurred on the freeway and the rooftop." "but do you honestly expect us to believe that that was bodyguard in a suit despite the fact that you historically despise bodyguards?" "Yes." "And this mysterious bodyguard was somehow equipped with an undisclosed Stark high-tech powered battle suit?" "Iknowthatit'sconfusing." "It is one thing to question the official story andanotherthingentirelytomakewildaccusationsorinsinuate thatI'masuperhero." "the heroic type." "all the mistakes that I've made largely public." "Thetruthis" "I am Iron Man." "Ivan" "That should be you." "Do not listen to these morons." "I'm sorry." "I can only offer you my knowledge." "IronManstabilizesEast-Westrelations" "7-0at30 knots." "Holdingsteadyat15000feet." "You are clear for exfiltrationNover the drop zone." "Six months later" "It's good to be back!" "You missed me." "Blow something up!" "Blow something up?" "I already did that." "I'm not saying that the world is enjoying its longest period of uninterrupted peace in years because of me." "I'm not saying that from the ashes of captivity never has a greater Phoenix metaphor been personified in human history." "I'm not saying because I haven't come across anyone who's man enough to go toe to toe with me on my best day!" "I love you Tony!" "Please." "It's not about me." "It's not about you." "It's not even about us." "It's about legacy." "It's about what we choose to leave behind for future generations." "And that's why for the next year the best and brightest men and women of nations and corporations the world over to leave behind a brighter future." "It's not about us! is welcome back to the Stark Expo! Howard." "Everything is achievable through technology." "Betterliving." "Robusthealth." "thepossibilityof worldpeace." "I would like to personally introduce you to" "Thecityof thefuture." "technologyholdsinfinitepossibilitiesformankind." "Blood toxicity 19% technology will affect the way you live your life every day." "leisure activities andenjoyingsweetlife." "The Stark Expo." "Welcome." "We are coming to you live from the kick-off of the Stark Expo where Tony Stark has just walked onstage. because this expo goes on all year long." "And I'm gonna be here checking out all the attractions and the pavillions and the inventions from all around the world." "watch out alright." "Open up." "Let's go." "alright." "Thank you." "I remember you." "come on dear friend." "It'll be a pleasure." "See ya buddy." "This is Larry." "nice to see you." "Call me." "Larry King." "Larry!" "my people." "Did it go pretty mellow?" "It wasn't so bad." "it's perfect." "the new model." "does she come with the car?" "I certainly hope so." "Hi." "And you are?" "Marshall." "Irish." "I like it." "Pleased to meet you Tony you mind?" "Where you from?" "Bedford." "What are you doing here?" "Looking for you." "Yeah?" "You found me." "What are you up to later?" "Serving subpoenas." "Yikes." "He doesn't like to be handed things." "Yeah I have a peeve." "You are hereby ordered to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee tomorrow morning at 9 am." "Can I see a badge?" "You wanna see the badge?" "He likes the badge." "You still like it?" "Yup." "How far are we from D.C.?" "D.C.?" "250 miles." "can we pick up now where we left off?" "Mr. Stark?" "dear?" "Can I have your attention?" "Absolutely." "Do you or do you not possess a specialized weapon?" "I do not.You do not?" "well it depends how you define the word weapon." "The Iron Man weapon." "My device does not fit that description." "sir." "As?" "It's a high-tech prosthesis." "that's actually the most apt description I could make of it." "if your priority was actually the well-being" "My priority is to get the Iron Man weapon turned over to the people of the United States of America." "you can forget it." "I am Iron Man." "The suit and I are one." "which is tantamount to indentured servitude or prostitution depending on what state you're in." "I am no expert." "come on!" "I'm not an expert in weapons." "But we have somebody here who is an expert on weapons." "I would now like to call Justin Hammer" "Our current primary weapons contractor." "Let the record reflect that I observe Mr. Hammer entering the chamber and I am wondering if and when any actual expert will also be in attendance." "Absolutely." "I am no expert." "Anthony." "You're the wonder boy." "if I may but you know who was the expert?" "Your dad!" "Howard Stark." "Really a father to us all." "and to the millitary-industrial age." "he was no flower child." "He was a lion." "We all know why we are here:" "Anthony Stark has created a sword with untold possibilities." "And yet I insists it's a shield." "He asks us to trust him as we cower behind it." "Anthony." "I really do. but this ain't Canada. threats that Mr. Stark will not always be able to foresee." "God bless America." "Mr. Hammer." "The committee would now like to invite" "Lieut." "Col. James Rhodes to the chamber." "Rhodey?" "buddy." "Didn't expect to see you here." "it's me." "I'm here." "Deal with it." "Let's move on." "I'll drop it." "I have before me a complete report on the Iron Man weapon compiled by Colonel Rhodes." "paragraph 4?" "senator?" "sir." "My understanding that I was going to be testifying in a much more comprehensive and detailed manner." "a lot of things have changed today." "You do understand that reading a single paragraph out of context does not reflect the summary of my finding?" "Colonel." "I do." "Thank you." "Very well." "The Iron Man presents a potential threat to the security of both the nation and to her interests." "go on to summarize that the benefits of Iron Man far outweigh the liabilities and that it would be in our interest to fold Mr. Stark into the existing chain of command." "if you ask nice." "We can amend the hours a little bit." "the imagery that's connected to your report." "I believe it is somewhat premature to reveal these images to the general public at this time. we'd be very grateful." "Show the images." "Intelligence suggests that the devices seen in these photos are in fact attempts at making manned copies of Mr. Stark's suit." "This has been corroborated by our allies and local intelligence on the ground indicating that these suits are quite possibly at this moment operational." "let me see." "boy I'm good." "Now can I get more screens." "I need them." "Time for a little transparency." "Let's see what's really going on." "What is he doing? I believe that's North Korea." "Can you turn that off?" "Take it off." "Iran." "immediate threat here." "Is that Justin Hammer?" "How did Hammer get in here?" "focus up." "5-10 years away." "Hammer Industries 20." "I'd like to point out that that test pilot survived." "I think we got the point that he's making." "I don't think there's any reason" "I guess." "I'm your nuclear deterrent." "It's working." "We're safe." "America is secure." "You want my property?" "You can't have it!" "But did I you a big favor." "I've successfully privatized world peace." "What more do you want?" "For now!" "I'm tired of all of these ass clowns!" "Fuck you Mr. Stark." "Fuck you buddy." "we're adjourned for today.NOkay" "You've been a delight." "Mybondis withthe people." "AndI willservethisgreatnation atthepleasureofmyself." "OnethingI'veprovenisthatyoucan counton me to pleasure myself." "sir." "Congratulations on the opening ceremonies." "They were such a success." "as was your Senate hearing." "sir?" "You!" "I'll switch your motherboard and turn you into wine rack." "How many ounces a day of this gargle am I supposed to drink?" "sir." "Check palladium levels." "Blood toxicity: 24%" "It appears that the continued use of the Iron Man suit is accelerating your condition." "Another core has been depleted." "they're running out quick." "I have run simulations on every known element and none can serve as a viable replacement for the palladium core." "You are running out of both time and options." "is also killing you." "Ms. Potts is approaching." "I recommended that you inform her of" "Mute." "Is this a joke?" "What are you thinking?" "What?" "What are you thinking?" "I'm thinking I'm busy and you're angry about something." "Do you have the sniffles?" "I don't wanna get sick." "Keep your distance" "Did you just donate our entire modern art collection to the" "Boy Scouts of America?" "Yes it is a worthwhile organization." "but basically yes." "it's my collection." "No offense. considering the time that I've put in over 10 years curating that." "I needed that." "011 things that I really need to talk to you about." "hey stop now the bridgeport's already machining that part." "The expo is a gigantic waste of time." "I need you to wear a surgical mask until you're feeling better is that okay?" "That's rude." "There's nothing more important to me than the Expo." "It's my primary point of concern." "I don't know why you" "The Expo is your ego gone crazy." "look at that." "That's modern art." "That's going up." "You've got to be kidding me." "I'm gonna put this up right now." "Stark is in complete disarray." "Do you understand that?" "our stocks have never been higher then let's double back." "Let's move on to another subject." "you are not taking down the Barnett Newman and hanging that up!" "let's see where I can get" "Ok fine." "My point is I'm already feeling gassy." "which was your idea by the way." "I don't care about the liberal agenda anymore. you do it." "I do what?" "I just figured this out." "You run the company." "I need you to run the company." "Well stop trying to do it and do it." "You will not give me the information that I need" "I need you to do it." "I am trying to do it but" "You're not listening to me." "I'm trying to make you CEO." "Why won't you let me?" "Have you been drinking?" "chlorophyl." "I hereby irrevocably appoint you" "Chairman and CEO of Stark Industries effective immediately." "done deal." "I've given this a fair amount of thought." "believe it or not." "Been doing a bit of a headhunting so to speak trying to figure out who a worthy successor would be." "And then I realized it's you." "It's always been you." "but actually my successor being you." "Congratulations!" "just take it." "drink." "Notary is here!" "Can you please come sign the transfer paperworks?" "I'm on Happy's count!" "Sorry." "What the hell was that?" "It's called mixed martial arts." "It's been around for three weeks." "It's called dirty boxing." "There's nothing new about it." "I promise you this is the only time I will ask you to sign over your company." "I need you to initial each box." "Lesson one:" "Never take your eye off" "That's it I'm done." "Natalie Rushman." "come in to the church." "which it does." "No problem." "I'm sorry." "He's very eccentric." "What?" "Can you give her a lesson?" "No problem." "What?" "Who is she?" "She is from legal and she is potentially a very expensive sexual harassment lawsuit if you keep ogling her like that." "I need an assistant boxer." "I need an assistant." "and I have three excellent potential candidates that are lined up and ready to beat you." "I don't have time to meet." "I need someone now I feel like it's her." "No it's not." "yes." "something like that?" "How do we spell your name Natalie?" "R-U-S-H-M-A-N." "What are you gonna google her now?" "I thought I was ogling her." "you know that?" "Latin" "Who speaks Latin?" "No one speaks Latin." "It's a dead language." "but you can't speak Latin so" "Did you model in Tokyo?" "Cause she modelled in Tokyo." "No." "she's got everything that I need." "Rule number one:" "Never take your eye off your opponent." "Oh my God!" "Happy!" "That's what I'm talking about." "I slipped." "You did?" "Looks like a TKO to me." "I don't know" "I meant your fingerprints." "Right." "hey." "You're the boss." "Mr. Stark?" "No." "Yes." "Ms. Rushman." "Thank you very much." "I want one." "No." "Welcome to the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco." "This year's race will be exciting" "whatever happens the next twenty minutes just go with it." "Mr. Stark?" "Hey" "How was your flight?" "It was excellent." "Oh it's nice to see you." "We have one photographer from the ACM if you don't mind." "When did this happen?" "You made me do it." "I made you do what?" "Smile and you." "Look there." "Stop acting constipated." "You are so predictable." "Do not inflate your nostrils." "you look fantastic." "Why thank you very much." "But that's unprofessional." "What's on the docket?" "We have a 9.30 dinner." "Perfect I'll be there at 11." "Is this ours?" "It can be." "make it ours." "how are you?" "Congratulations on the promotion." "Thank you very much." "those Merlin engines are fantastic." "Thanks." "I got an idea for an electric jet." "You do?" "Then we'll make it work." "You want a massage?" "Oh god no I don't want a massage." "I'll have Natalie make an appointment." "I do not want Natalie to do anything." "By the way I didn't mean to spring this on you." "Thank you very much." "Green is not your best color." "is that you?" "Justin Hammer." "How you doing?" "You're not the only rich guy here with a fancy car." "You know Christine Everhart from Vanity Fair?" "You guys know each other?" "Hi." "Yes." "roughly." "The new CEO of Stark Industries." "Congratulations." "My editor will kill me if I don't grab a quote for our Powerful Women issue.NOh." "Can I?" "Sure." "She's actually doing a big spread on me for Vanity Fair." "you know." "She did quite a spread on Tony last year." "And she wrote a story as well." "It was very impressive." "That was good." "Very well done." "I'm gonna go wash." "Do not leave me." "this is hard." "god that's so awful." "it's the first time you've seen each other since the Senate?" "it's on hold." "That's not what I heard." "What's the difference between on hold and canceled?" "The truth? The truth is I'm actually hoping to present something at your expo." "I'll make sure I get you a slot." "Mr. Stark?" "Yes." "Your corner table is ready." "yes I do." "Hammer needs a 'slot.' we're kidders." "Got any other bad ideas?" "I love Tony Stark." "Tony loves me." "We're not competitors." "Him being out of the picture created tremendous opportunity for Hammer Industries you know." "Everything that Tony and I do is a healthy" "competition." "if you don't drive it?" "Is he driving?" "Natalie!" "Natalie!" "Yes?" "Did you know about this?" "This is the first time I hear it." "I understand." "How can I help you?" "Where is Happy?" "He's waiting outside." "I need Happy." "Right away." "you know" "We're not competitive." "You know what I mean?" "You know what?" "Can you excuse me just one second?" "Why don't you just read me what you wrote?" "I will." "After I make one quick phone call." "Where are you going?" "I'll be right back!" "Thatassholejustgoesinsidethetrack!" "God!" "go!" "Hang on!" "take it." "Where is the key!" "It's in my pocket." "Car!" "Are you okay?" "Yeah." "Were you heading for me or him?" "I wanted to scare him." "Cause I can't tell!" "Are you out of your mind?" "Better security." "Get in the car!" "I was attacked!" "You're a jerk!" "We need better security." "Get in the car!" "Better security measures!" "God it's embarrassing." "First vacation in two years." "Oh my god!" "hit him again!" "Give me the case." "I hit him!" "Give me the case!" "Give him the case!" "god!" "Give me the case!" "Please!" "Come on!" "You'll lose!" "Stark." "We've checked his fingerprints." "Nothing." "Not even a name." "Where are we going?" "There." "He may not understand us." "he has not even spoken." "Five minutes." "Pretty decent tech." "Cycles per second were a little low." "You focused the Repulsor energy through ionized plasma channels." "Effective." "Not very efficient." "But it's passable enough though. or gone right to the black market." "You look like you got friends in low places." "You come from a family of thieves and butchers. try to rewrite your own history and you forget all the lives that Stark family has destroyed." "where did you get this design?" "My father." "Anton Vanko." "Well I've never heard of him." "My father is the reason you're alive." "you took it and you missed." "Did I?" "If you can make god bleed people will cease to believe him." "And there will be blood in the water." "and the sharks will come." "all they have to do is sit and watch as the world will consume you." "Where will you be watching the world consume me from?" "That's right." "A prison cell." "I'll send you a bar of soap. painful way to die." "It'sjustunbelievableitprovesthegenieisoutof thebottle  andthismanhas noidea what he's doing" "Hethinksof theIronManweaponasatoy ." "Iwasat ahearingwhereMr.Starkinfactwasadamant" "never will exist anywhere else atleastfor5-10yearsandherewe areinMonaco  these suits exist now" "Mute." "He should be giving me a medal." "That's the truth." "What is that?" "This is your in-flight meal." "Did you just make that?" "Yeah." "Where do you think I've been for three hours?" "Tony" "What are you not telling me?" "I don't want to go home at all." "Let's cancel my birthday party and" "Chipriani." "Remember?" "Oh yes." "It's a great place to be healthy." "I don't think this is the right time." "We are in a kind of a mess." "Yeah but maybe that's why it's the best time." "I think as the CEO I need to show up." "As CEO you are entitled to a leave?" "Company retreat." "A retreat?" "During a time like this?" "I'm just saying to recharge our batteries and figure it all out." "Tony." "Have fun with the Püree" "Prisoner stop!" "What are you doing?" "here he is!" "There he is!" "What an absolute pleasure." "Welcome." "can we get the handcuffs off my friend here?" "I'm sorry." "I'm such a huge fan of yours." "I didn't wanna make a first impression like this." "He's not an animal." "Come on." "He's a human being." "Thank you." "Leave us." "I'm fine." "My name is Justin Hammer." "I'd like to do some business with you." "Please sit." "Jack?" "sir." "Salmon carpaccio?" "we got it." "I like my dessert first." "I had this flown in from San Francisco." "It's Italian though." "Organic ice cream." "I got a sweet tooth." "Apparently you do too for Tony Stark." "When I saw what you do to Tony Stark on that track that was wow!" "You spoke to me was what you did." "And I know that you knew that I'd be listening." "This is why I couldn't bear to have you shipped off to god knows where." "It would've been such a waste of talent." "But if I might make a suggestion you know you don't just go and try to kill the guy." "I think you go after his legacy." "That's what you should kill." "You and me we're a lot alike in a lot of ways." "The only difference between you and I is that I have resources. you need my resources." "Someone behind you." "A benefactor." "I'd like to be that guy. because I can get a translator." "I don't know if you've been understanding everything I'm saying." "man." "man." "Yes." "I want my bird." "A bird?" "You want a bird?" "I want my bird." "I can get you bird I can get you ten birds. nothing's impossible." "are we talking about is this a bird back in Russia?" "very strong." "despite the events in Monaco." "fax them." "Where is he?" "He doesn't wanna be disturbed." "He's downstairs." "His continuing erratic behavior may lead many people to ask themselves can this man still protect us?" "Iron Man never stopped protecting us." "The events in Monaco prove that." "sir." "Anton Vanko was a Soviet physicist who defected to the United States in 1963." "he was accused of espionage and was deported in 1967." "was convicted of selling Soviet-era weapons-grade plutonium to Pakistan and served 15 years in Kopeisk prison." "No further records exist." "you gotta get upstairNand get on top of this situation right now." "I've been on the phone with the National Guard all day trying to talk them out of rolling tanks and the PCH knocking down your front door and taking these. they're sick of the games." "You said nobody else would possess this technology for twenty years." "somebody else had it yesterday." "It's not theoretical anymore." "Are you listening to me?" "Are you okay?" "Let's go." "Are you alright?" "Yeah I should go to my desk." "See that cigar box?" "Yes." "It's palladium." "Is that supposed to be smoking?" "If you must know it's neutron damage." "it's from that reactor wall." "You had this in your body?" "And how about the high-tech crossword puzzle on your neck?" "Rogue rash." "Thank you." "What are you looking at?" "I'm looking at you." "You wanna do this whole lone gunslinger act and it's unnecessary." "You don't have to do this alone." "You know I wish I could believe that." "I really do." "But you gotta trust me." "I know exactly what I'm doing." "This is where we do it This is my humble abode." "You can work in absolute peace." "right No pressure." "they're combat ready." "I may have done a few miscalculations and take a look around." "you don't wanna do that." "You'll be able to access that as soon as we generate some encrypted passcodes." "Can we generate some encrypted passcodes?" "Let's get some of those" "Jack." "Nevermind." "okay." "Good stuff." "Sorry?" "Software shit." "You're good." "You really blasted and passed the firewall there." "Let me show you where you're gonna be working primarily." "take a look." "isn't it?" "You know they're really just for show and tell." "They're 125.7 million a pop." "could you get somebody to help?" "That's where the pilot goes." "I'm having a tough time finding volunteers." "I'll take care of that just leave it." "What you want them do?" "Long term I want them to put me in the Pentagon for the next 25 years." "I wanna make Iron Man lookN like an antique." "I wanna go to that Stark Expo and take a dump on Tony's front yard." "You know what I'm talking about?" "Ya I can do that." "Yes?" "No problem." "fabulous I love it." "This is our guy." "Didn't I tell you?" "I had a feeling." "Do you know which watch you'd like to wear tonight Mr. Stark?" "I'll give them a look." "I should cancel the party now?" "um sends the wrong message." "Inappropriate." "Is that dirty enough for you?" "Gold faced with the brown band" "The Jaeger." "I'll give that a look." "Bring them over here." "I'll take that." "Why don't you" "I gotta say it's hard to get a read on you." "Where are you from?" "Legal." "Can I ask you a question hypothetically?" "It's a bit odd." "If this was your last birthday party you're everNgonna have how would you celebrate it?" "I'd do whatever I wanted to do." "with whoever I wanted to do it." "I understand." "that will not be necessary." "I'll handle it." "I personally guarantee that within 24 hours" "Iron Man will be back on watch." "Pepper" "I'm gonna go get some air." "What's wrong?" "I don't know what to do." "You gotta be kidding me." "don't call anyone." "This is ridiculous I just stuck my neck up for this guy." "just let me handle it." "or I'm gonna have to." "You know the question I get asked most often is Tony how do you go to the bathroom with the suit?" "Just like that." "Does this guy know how to throw a party or what?" "I love you." "we all thank you so much for such a wonderful night." "We're gonna say Good night now and thank you all for coming." "we didn't bring out the cake we didn't blow out the candle." "You're out of control okayNI'm out of control?" "Trust me on this one okay?" "You're out of control gorgeous" "It's time to go to bed." "Give me a little smooch." "Come on you know you want to." "You just peed the suit." "has a filtration system." "It's not sexy." "okay." "It's time to If you say so." "I'll take this." "You take that." "Pepper Potts." "She's right." "The party is over." "Then again the party was over for me like an hour and a half ago." "The after party starts in 15 minutes! there's the door." "Shoot!" "Shoot!" "Shoot!" "Me!" "I think she wants the Gallanger!" "There you go!" "I'm only gonna say this once." "Get out!" "You don't deserve to wear one of these." "Shut it down!" "Goldstein." "Mr. Stark?" "Give me a fat beat to beat my buddy's ass to" "I told you to shut it down." "put that thing back where you found it before someone gets hurt." "Really?" "but Iron Man doesn't have a sidekick." "Suck at this!" "Had enough?" "Natalie!" "Ms. Potts ever since you came here" "Pepper!" "Let's get out of here!" "You want it?" "Take it!" "Out!" "Put your hand down." "You think you got what it takes to wear that suit?" "Tony." "You wanna be a war machine?" "Take your shot." "Put it down!" "now!" "Drop it Tony Take it!" "Colonel." "Major." "Yeah." "Let's take it inside." "Clear the area." "Sir!" "I'm gonna have to ask you to exit the donut." "I told you I don't wanna join your super secret boyband." "you do everything myself." "How's it workin out for you?" "do I look in the patch or the eye?" "Honestly I'm a bit hungover I'm not sure if you're real or if" "I am very real." "I'm the realest person you're ever gonna meet." "that's not lookin too good." "It's getting worse." "but I don't think we should hold it for too much longer." "You're fired." "That's not up to you." "Tony I want you to meet agent Romanoff Hi" "I'm a Shield shadow and I was tasked to you by Dr. Fury." "I suggest you apologize." "You've been very busy." "you've given away all your stuff." "You let your friend fly away with your suit." "If I didn't know better You don't know better." "I didn't give it to him." "He took it." "He took it?" "You're Iron Man and he just took it?" "Little brother walked in there kicked your ass and took your suit?" "Is that possible?" "According to Mr. Stark's database security guidelines" "There are redundancies to prevent unauthorized usage." "no!" "What do you want from me." "a problem I have to deal with." "you are not the center of my universe." "Yeah I get it." "I have bigger problems than you in the Southwest region to deal with." "Hit him." "Are you gonna steal my kidney and sell it?" "Could you please not do anything awful for 5 seconds?" "What did you just do to me?" "What did we just do for you." "That's lithium dioxide." "It's gonna take the edge off." "We're trying to get you back to work." "it's just to break the symptoms." "Then the lag is gonna be an easy fix." "Trust me I know I'm good at this stuff." "I've been looking for a suitable replacement for palladium." "every permutation of every known element." "I'm here to tell you you haven't tried them all." "hey." "Special delivery." "Candygram!" "I brought you something." "pal." "This is not my bird." "What do you mean?" "That's the bird." "I pulled a lot of strings to get this bird." "It's a great bird." "It's a beautiful bird." "it's not my bird." "I mean this is a gorgeous bird." "learn to let go." "what is that?" "Is that That's not a helmet." "What is that?" "Ivan What's this?" "Jack?" "Is that a helmet?" "It doesn't look like a helmet to me." "How are you supposed to get a head in there?" "could you put your head in there?" "No." "Try to put your head in there." "try to put your head in there." "he can't put his head in there." "That's it's a head." "I need to put a guy in there." "you understand?" "Drone better." "What?" "Drone better?" "Why is drone better?" "Why drone better?" "People make problem." "Ndrone better." "you know I like you." "I got you the bird." "you said no problem." "Now I need suits." "The government wants suits." "you understand?" "That's what the people want." "That's what's gonna make them happy." "man" "Don't get to attached to things." "Learn to let go." "Ivan." "Ivan." "Unbelievable." "This ought to get the Senate off my ass." "It's functional?" "Fully mission-capable." "Good." "Get Hammer down here to weaponize it." "Sir?" "Justin Hammer's making a weapons presentation at the expo." "We'd like this to introduce it." "I don't believe that the expo is the world needs to see this fast." "We've got to make this happen." "but the It's also an order." "sir." "Colonel." "You've made your country proud." "sir." "That thing in your chest is based on unfinished technology." "it's never been particularly effective until" "I've miniaturized it and put it in my" "Howard said that the arc reactor was a stepping stone to something greater." "He was about to kick off an energy race" "That was gonna dwarf the arms race." "something so big that it was gonna make the nuclear reactor look like a AAA battery." "Just him?" "Or was Anton Vanko in on this too?" "Anton Vanko is the other side of that coin." "Anton saw it as a way to get rich." "When your father foundNout he had him deported." "When the Russians found out he couldn't deliver they shipped his ass off to Siberia and he spent the next 20 years on a vodka fuel rage." "Not quite the environment you wanna raise a kid in." "His son you had the misfortune of crossing paths with in Monaco." "You told me I hadn't tried everything." "What do you mean I haven't tried everything?" "What haven't I tried?" "He said that you were the only person with the means and knowledge to finish what he started." "He said that?" "Are you that guy?" "Huh?" "Are you?" "Because if you are then you can solve the riddle of your heart." "but he wasn't my biggest fan." "he was calculating" "He never told me he loved me he never even told me he liked me." "So it's a little tough for me to digest what're you telling me he said the whole future is riding on me and he's passing it down I don't get that." "We're talking about a guy whose happiest day was when he shipped me off to boarding school." "That's not true." "then clearly you know my dad better than I did." "As a matter of fact I did." "He was one of the founding members of The Shield." "What?" "I got a two o'clock." "what's this?" "right?" "No I'm not good." "right?" "Got what?" "I don't even know what I'm supposed to get." "Natasha will remain a floater at Stark with her cover intact and you remember Agent Colson right?" "Yeah." "and Tony" "I got my eye on you." "no contact with the outside world." "Good luck." "Please" "First thing I need a little body work." "I'll put in a little time at the lab." "that'll be nice." "I'm not here for that." "I've been authorized by" "Director Fury to use any means necessary to keep you on premises." "If you attempt to leave Right or play any games" "I will taze you and watch" "Supernanny while you drool into the carpet." "Okay?" "yeah." "Enjoy your evening's entertainment." "Think this is the power source?" "this is not a scientific exercise." "alright?" "sir." "yes!" "yes!" "Is it my birthday?" "You gotta what did you do?" "What did you do?" "Is this what I think it is?" "Yes it is." "I want to know what you're gonna do for us." "What am I gonna do for you? I'm talking about firepower." "Well you're talking to the right guy." "Claridge Hi-Tec semi-automatic 9 mm pistol." "Too downtown?" "I agree." "M-24 shotgun pump action." "you're not a hunter." "What am I talking about?" "I'm getting rid of it." "This is the FN-2000 from Belgium." "They do make something better than waffles." "but I can tell this isn't disco enough for you so I'm gonna put it right here." "smoke." "Hippie control." "You're tough." "Size does matter." "Don't let anyone tell you different." "This is an M134 7.62 minigun." "Six individual barrels." "powder maker." "Our boys in uniform call it Uncle Gazpacho or Puff the Magic Dragon." "Okay." "the Montecristos" "That's a kinetic-kill sidewinder vehicle with a secondary cyclotrimethylenetrinitramineNRDX burst." "It's capable of busting a bunker under the bunker you just busted." "If it were any smarter it would write a book." "A book that would make Ulysses look like it was written in crayon." "And would read it to you." "This is my Rachmaninoff's Third." "it's bafflingly beautiful." "And it's capable of reducing the population of any standing structure to zero." "I call it the Ex-Wife." "That's the best I got." "How are you gonna do this?" "Give me something." "You're like a sphinx." "I can't read you." "I think I'll take it." "Which one?" "All of it." "All of it?" "Action." "Everything is achievable through technology." "robust health." "And for the first time in human history the possibility of world peace." "can be found right here." "City of of Tomorrow?" "Hang on." "I'm Howard Stark." "Andeverythingyou'llneedinthefuture canbefound righthere." "from all of us in Stark Industries I would like to personally" "Tony?" "Whatareyou doingback there?" "Whatisthat ?" "Put it back." "Put it back where you got it from." "Where is your mother?" "Maria go" "Sorry I think we got the" "I'll come in in there" "Are you waiting on me?" "So from all of us in Stark Industries I'd like to personally show you myass." "I'd like to This I can't We have this don't we?" "That looks ridiculous." "Everything is achievable through technology." "Tony" "You're too young to understand this right now so I thought I would put it on film for you." "Ibuiltthisfor you ." "Andsomedayyou'llrealizethat itrepresentsawhole lotmore thanjust people'sinventions ." "It represents my life's work." "This is key to the future." "I'm limited by the technology of my time." "Butonedayyou 'llfigurethis out." "And when you do you will change the world." "Whatisandalwayswill bemy greatestcreation is you." "sir." "$6." "I don't have any take that." "take it." "I don't like people hand me things so if you could just drop that there that would be great." "Are you Iron Man?" "Sometimes." "We believe in you!" "It was an illegal seizure of trademarked property." "Mr. Stark is Here." "He refuses to I don't." "It's fine." "I'll just be a second." "It's our position that Stark has the means to maintain proprietary ownership of the Mark II platform." "When Mr. Stark announced he was the Iron Man he was making a promise to America." "Obviously he did not." "has been appointed CEO of Stark Industries executive." "What are her qualifications?" "No." "Ms. Potts is doing nothing to manage the terrible situation Mute." "don't tell me that we have the best patent lawyers in the country and then not let me pursue this." "I'll get this stuff out of here." "tell the President to sign an order." "We'll talk about it at the expo." "Hammer's giving some presentation tomorrow evening." "Will Tony Stark be there?" "Will I?" "he will not." "I'd like to be." "Got a minute?" "No." "you just got off the phone. 30 seconds." "29 28 but I'm not." "and I'm working on that." "But I haven't been entirely up front with you Can I move this?" "This is crazy I got ferris wheel" "No." "Do you know how short life is?" "And if I never got to express here's what I'm trying to say." "because if you say "I" "I think." "I am trying to run a company." "Do you know have any idea what that entails?" "Yes." "and you've disappeared." "All I'm doing is putting out your fire and taking the heat for it." "I am trying to do the job that you were meant to do." "Did you bring me strawberries?" "Did you know that there is only one thing on earth that I am allergic to?" "uh-uh." "Pepper." "I knew there was correlation between you and this that's what I'm trying to say." "to leave now." "Ms Potts." "come on in." "Wheel's up in 25 minutes." "Thank you." "boss?" "I'm good Hap." "I'll be just another minute." "I lost both the kids in the divorce." "No." "Natalie?" "Here at Stark Enterprises." "isn't it?" "I thought you two didn't get along." "that's not so." "It's just me you don't care for." "No?" "Nothing?" "Actually while you're here maybe you and Natalie could discuss the matter of personal belonging." "Absolutely." "I'm surprised you could keep your mouth shut." "You're good." "You are mind-blowingly duplicitous." "How do you do it?" "You're a triple impostor." "I've never seen anything like it." "Is there anything real about you?" "Do you even speak Latin?" "Fallaces sunt rerum species." "Which means?" "What did you just say?" "It means you can either drive yourself home or I can have you collected." "You're good!" "could you kindly backform a digital wireframe?" "I need a manipulable projection." "sir." "How many buildings are there?" "Am I to include the Belgian waffles stand?" "just show me." "Jarvis?" "Not unlike an atom." "the nucleus would be here." "Highlight the Unisphere." "sir?" "rediscovering a new element. entrances." "Structre protons and neutrons using flags the pavillions as the framework." "Dead for almost 20 years still taking me to school." "The proposed element should serve as a viable replacement for palladium." "Dad." "it is impossible to synthesize." "fellas!" "We're back in hardware mode." "How did you break the perimeter?" "That was like three years ago." "Where have you been?" "me too and it worked." "Colson You and all your Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers." "or break my balls?" "What's this doing here?" "That's it." "Bring it to me." "You know what this is?" "It's exactly what I need to make this work." "Lift the coil." "go!" "Put your knees under it." "There you go." "And" "Drop it." "Okay." "Perfectly level." "I'm busy." "What do you want?" "Nothing." "Good bye." "I've been reassigned." "Director Fury wants me in New Mexico." "the land of enchantment." "So I'm told." "Secret stuff." "Something like that." "Good luck." "Bye." "Thanks." "We need you." "more than you know." "Not that much." "InitializingNprismatic accelerator." "Approaching maximum power." "That was easy." "sir." "You have created a new element." "the reactor has accepted the modified core." "I will begin running diagnostics." "Ivan." "I got Senator Stern here." "Thought we'd swing over and look at some of the drone designs." "The drone is not going to be ready." "Not ready What do you mean?" "It can make presentation not demonstration." "no shoot." "This is a weapons demonstration." "I can make salute." "what do you mean make salute?" "Ivan?" "okay." "and then you promised me drones." "everything will be okay." "This is not what I wanted." "the bird man." "is that right?" "Is that your bird?" "I'm confused." "but now it's like you're best of pals." "don't you?" "You know what?" "Take the bird." "Take his pillows too." "Both of them." "take his shoes." "I took your stuff." "How does that make you feel?" "You feel bad?" "Good." "Cause that's how I feel!" "We had a contract!" "I saved your life and you give me suits." "That was our deal." "And you did not deliver." "I don't know if you're a genius or a fraud." "I don't know what you are!" "really great fell into my lap." "I'd be at your mercy tonight." "and I pimped out myself." "Now your overpriced paperweights are gonna look like a backdrop to my demonstration." "You dig what I'm gettin' at here?" "but I don't speak Russian!" "I'm gonna leave now." "I'm gonna go to the expo." "Maybe I'll even get laid." "See these guys?" "They're your babysitters." "They are not to be trifled with." "we're gonna renegotiate the terms of our agreement." "And you're gonna make good on our arrangements. a dead man." "You got that?" "Maybe you can watch me on TV." "Dummy." "You." "Can we clean up this mess?" "sir." "Phone privileges reinstated." "Lovely." "how you doin'?" "I doubled cycle." "You what?" "You told me double cycle's more power." "Good advice." "You sound pretty spitely for a dead guy." "You too." "Trace it." "Sir." "Now the true history of Stark name will be written." "where he is?" "Accessing the Oracle grid." "Eastern seaboard." "What your father did to my family over 40 years" "I will do to you in 40 minutes." "let's get together and hash it out." "Tri-state area." "Manhattan and outlying boroughs." "I hope you're ready." "Call trace incomplete." "run 'em." "And assemble the suit while you're at it put it together now." "Jarvis!" "It tastes like coconut and metal." "alright." "Thank you Happy." "his presentation will begin shortly in the main pavilion." "That's what I'm talking about!" "Thanks for coming." "for far too long this country has had to place its brave men and women in harm's way." "But then the Iron Man arrived and we thought that the days of losing lives were behind us." "Sadly that technology was kept out of reach." "That's not fair." "That's not right." "lord" "Regardless it was an impressive innovation one that grabbed headlines the world over." "the press is faced with quite a different problem." "They are about to run out of ink." "Get that out of here." "Ladies and gentlemen today I present to you the new face of the United States military!" "The Hammer drone!" "Army!" "Navy!" "Air Force!" "Marines!" "let me tell you. there will always be a need for a man to be present at the theater of war." "today I am proudNto present to you the very first prototype the variable threat response battle suit and its pilot Air Force Lt. Col. James Rhodes." "What?" "is reporting" "We got trouble." "there are civilians present." "I'm here on orders." "Let's not do this right now." "Give them a wave." "All these people are in danger." "We gotta get them out of here." "You gotta trust me for the next five minutes." "remember?" "I think he's working with Vanko." "Vanko is alive?" "Where is he?" "What?" "Where is Vanko?" "Who?" "Tell me." "man?" "it's not me." "I'm locked up." "Get out of here!" "Go!" "The whole system's been compromised!" "Let's take it outside." "No!" "sir." "I'm locked on I have target locked." "On what?" "On you." "Tony on your six." "what's happening?" "The software's been overwritten." "What?" "What do you mean it's been overwritten?" "I think he slaved the drones." "It is impossible." "sir." "sir." "He's locked us out of the mainframe." "Who's locked you out of the mainframe?" "go away." "I got this handled." "Have you now?" "Yes I do." "if your guy hadn't showed up go away!" "Thank you." "Listen we gotta get these bitches outta here." "You're gonna tell me who's behind this." "Who's behind this?" "Ivan." "Ivan Vanko." "Where is he?" "He's at my facility." "no honey." "Don't call the authorities!" "Step aside." "Tell me everything you know." "Go." "How we doing Jarvis?" "Remote reboot unsuccessful." "what's going on?" "Get in the car." "Take me to Hammer Industries." "I'm not taking you anywhere." "I'm driving." "Get in the car." "kid." "You got multiples coming down on you." "Let's get this away from the expo." "When we arrive I need you to watch the perimeter." "I'm gonna enter the facility and take down the target." "Watch the road." "I got it." "a pack has peeled off and headed back to the expo." "Got it." "Tony!" "Watch it." "Stay in the car!" "I'm not staying in the car." "I said stay in the car." "What are you wearing?" "I'm not letting you go in there alone." "You wanna help?" "Keep the car running." "Okay." "you can't come in here!" "Each set of drones is communicating in its own unique language." "Choose one and focus on that." "Have you tried Russian?" "Why don't you try Russian." "I got 'em!" "you're still locked on?" "Yeah." "we're about to get wet on this ride." "wait!" "He's gone!" "had to thin out the herd." "What's your twenty?" "What are you doing?" "I'm rebooting Rhodey's suit." "Tony!" "Reboot complete." "Agent Romanoff." "Well done with the new chest-piece." "I'm reading significantly higher output and your vitals all look promising." "for the moment I'm not dying." "Thank you." "What do you mean you're not dying?" "Did you say you're dying?" "That you?" "I'm not." "Not anymore." "What's going on?" "I was going to tell you." "I didn't want to" "You're gonna tell me you really were dying?" "You didn't let me." "Why didn't you tell me that?" "I was gonna make you an omelette and tell you!" "Tony." "Looks like the fight's coming to you." "Great." "Pepper?" "Are you okay now?" "I'm fine." "Don't be mad." "I will formally I am mad." "apologize when I'm not fending off a Hammeroid attack!" "please" "Rhodes!" "buddy!" "I need you." "They're coming." "Come on let's roll." "Get up." "you can have your suit back." "thanks." "look I'm sorry." "Don't be." "No I should've trusted you more." "I'm the one who put you in this position." "Forget it." "No it's your fault." "I just wanted to say I'm sorry." "partner." "They're coming in hot." "Any second." "What's the play?" "okay." "So let's take the biggest gun up on that ridge." "Got you." "Where do you wanna be?" "Where you going?" "What are you talking about?" "you are not the big gun." "don't be jealous." "No it's subtle with all the bells and whistles." "It's called being a bad ass." "Fine." "Alright." "You go up top." "I'll draw 'em in." "But don't stay down here it's the worst place to be." "this is where you go to die." "nice." "Rhodey" "Get down!" "Wow." "I think you should lead with that next time." "I can only use it once." "It's a one-off." "I told you that five minutes ago." "That's your guy here." "you're placed under arrest." "sir." "I'm trying to help here." "huh?" "That's good." "You start to think like a CEO." "Taking out the competition." "I like that." "You think you're making a problem for me?" "real soon." "I think you should station them at the Southeast and both West exits." "We shut down the seven train in and out of Willets Point already." "have city buses there to ferry people to operating lines." "You coming with us?" "I'm gonna stay until the park is clear." "Heads up you got one more drone incoming." "This one looks different." "Repulsor signature is significantly higher." "Good to be back." "This ain't gonna be good." "I got something special for this guy." "I'm gonna bust his bunker with the ex-wife." "The what?" "Hammer tech?" "Yeah." "We got this." "Rhodes!" "I got an idea." "You wanna be a hero?" "What?" "I can really use a sidekick." "Put your hand up." "This is your idea?" "go go go." "Hit him!" "You lose." "All these drones are rigged to blow We gotta get out of here man." "Pepper?" "I can't take this anymore!" "You can't?" "I can't take this." "look at me!" "My body literally cannot handle the stress." "I never know if you're gonna kill yourself or wreck the whole company" "I think I did okay!" "I quit." "I'm resigning." "That's it." "What did you just say?" "You're done?" "I mean not surprising." "I get it." "You don't have to make any excuses." "I'm not making any excuses." "Well you actually were just making excuses." "I wasn't making an excuse but I'm actually very justified." "You deserve better." "You've taken such good care of me." "so." "Right?" "Thank you." "Yeah." "Thank you for understanding." "Let's start clean up." "I'll handle the transition." "It'll be smooth." "What about the press?" "Because you only had the job for a week." "That's gonna be" "With you it's like dog years." "I know." "I mean it's like the President." "Weird." "No it's not weird." "right?" "Yeah." "I think it was weird." "You guys look like two seals fighting over a grape." "I had just quit You don't have to do that." "I heard the whole thing." "You should get lost." "I was here first." "Get a roof." "I thought you were out of one-liners?" "That's the last one." "by the way." "Thank you." "You too." "my car got taken out in the explosions okay?" "Not okay with thats." "It wasn't a question." "I don't understand" "I don't think I want you looking at that." "I'm not sure it pertains to you anymore." "is agent Romanoff's assessment of you." "Read it." "Personality overview:" "Mr. Stark displays compulsive behavior." "that was last week." "Prone to self-destructive tendencies." "I was dying." "aren't we all?" "Textbook narcissism?" "Agreed." "yes." "I gotta think about it." "Read on." "Tony Stark not recommended?" "That doesn't make any sense." "How can you approve me but not approve me?" "I'm trying to do right by Pepper." "I'm in a stable-ish relationship." "Which leads us to believe at this juncture we'd only like to use you as a consultant." "You can't afford me." "Then again I will waive my customary retainer in exchange for a small favor." "Rhodey and I are being honored in Washington and we need a presenter." "I'll see what I can do." "It is my honor to be here today to present these distinguished awards to Lt. Col. James Rhodes and Mr. Tony Stark who is of course a national treasure." "Thank you Lieutenant Colonel for such an exceptionally distinguished performance." "sir." "thank you for such an exceptionally distinguished performance." "You deserve this." "Oh sorry." "isn't it?" "Let's get a photo." "we've found it." "Original Script: ßy MühàmmáÐ Ü§mâñ EDITED BY GODSOUL_GOM"