-Well, what do you think? -Colorful.
But your dad will invent something else to top this.
You are like dueling evil geniuses.
Not this time, Rhodey. This one's different.
He's gonna freak out.
Come, we'll show him.
Some of us go to school. Ever heard of it?
Sounds awful. I'll call to tell you how it went.
Oh, yeah. I'm holding my breath, starting right now.
[theme song playing]
[♪♪♪]
♪ He is a man on a mission ♪
♪ In armor of high-tech ammunition ♪
♪ Trapped on the edge of an endless game ♪
♪ His teenage life will never be the same ♪
♪ In a dangerous world he does all he can ♪
♪ He's Iron Man ♪
♪ Iron Man ♪
[electronic signal]
TONY: Hey.
Morning, T. Your dad came down about an hour ago.
Thanks, John.
-Hi, Tony. -Hey, Kev.
Hey, Matt, what's up? Hi, Carol.
-Hi, Tony. -Hey, Tony. How's it going?
Hi, Trish.
Look who finally came out of his lab.
Your dad is inside.
TONY: Thanks.
No. Proceed with the earth mover trial run.
I'll be there in an hour. I'll have the ring with me.
Good. See you then.
Are the laser systems I did for the earth mover ready?
Or are you still in "ancient history" mode?
[chuckles] Very funny.
They've already tested the lasers
and use them in the field today. Come to see them with me.
Actually...
I've got something to show you.
At the testing grounds. Something big.
HOWARD: Big? Well, in that case...
Howard!
It's OK, Trish. What can I do for you, Obadiah?
Why did you reject my proposal
for repurposing the earth movers?
The military will pay billions for them, when modified.
Modified?
You want to turn an invention
to improve people's lives into a weapon.
It won't happen.
This is insane, Howard!
You cost the company and shareholders--
A fortune. I know.
But Stark International is my company.
Howard! Please, be reasonable.
It's my company and my word is final.
Ah!
I don't think Obadiah is happy with you.
[chuckles] I think you're right.
I've got one quick stop to make
and then we'll see what's got you so excited.
HOWARD: Some historians have theorized
the Chinese had explorers in the New World
long before the Europeans did.
The archeological site we found,
the artifacts we're recovering,
it's a mystery that's connected to the Makluan Rings.
Wow, is that boring!
They thought the rings were magic, but we're learning
they may actually be a form of technology.
Imagine, technology more advanced than we have now,
but hundreds, thousands of years before
the Industrial Revolution.
For someone supposedly shaping the future,
your hobbies are really old school.
[laughs] Take a look, smart guy.
There's your genius at work down there.
HOWARD: The light laser and targeting system
you invented acts like a scalpel.
HOWARD: Combined with seismographic readings,
the earth mover won't only revolutionize archaeology,
but just imagine the benefits for disaster relief.
Collapsed buildings, cave ins...
Your invention will save lives, Tony.
It made your last invention look like a school project.
And that's why I'm grounding you for a month.
What?
You're so easy, it's not even fun.
Howard.
What? Giving up the magic ring?
Only for the day.
We'll do comparative analysis of it
and the artifacts we've found here at the site.
The more we find about it,
the better chance we have to unlock the ring's secrets.
OK, Tony, let's get to the testing grounds
and see what you've got.
-Yes, Trish? -I'm sorry, Howard.
It's Mr. Stane. He insists on talking to you.
It's OK, Trish. Put him through.
I think I'll have to let Obadiah go.
He's obsessed with weapons.
I bet a million this is about the earth movers again.
You're on.
I'm going to prep before we land.
STANE: I want to talk about the earth mover deal.
Hooray, I'm rich!
It's your last chance to approve this, Howard.
Well, I'll have to refuse one last time, then, Obadiah.
[beeping]
[whirring] Huh?
TONY: Dad!
[rhythmic pulse]
[beeping]
[door opens]
Breakfast is ready, Tony.
Thanks, Mrs. Rhodes. Be right there.
James is downstairs.
Once you've eaten you can go to Stark International,
then head to school.
It'll be OK, Tony. You'll see.
TONY: Can you check? I have a rendezvous.
And you said your name was?
Tony. Tony Stark.
Yeah, you know, as in Stark International?
The company you work for?
They've got an appointment with Mr. Stane.
His name is Stark.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
You can go up.
Finally!
Not you. Just him.
What?! Oh, come on!
It's OK, Rhodey.
Are you up for this?
Yeah.
Hey, it's still my dad's company, right?
[subdued atmosphere]
TONY: Trish!
Huh?
Mr. Stane will see you now, Tony.
OBADIAH: I want them brought up to the specs the military sent.
You have my authorization as CEO.
What's going on, Obadiah? What are you doing with--
Tony, Tony, Tony, don't worry.
Stark International is in good hands.
Nothing you need to be concerned with.
I'm so sorry we didn't have more time to talk
after your father's funeral.
It hit us all so hard.
But I promise I'll take care of everything
until you're legally ready to take over.
I want to get in. My father built this company. He wanted--
This is what your father wanted, Tony.
Living with the Rhodes,
going to school, being a normal kid.
I want all my researches, and my father's notes, and--
All, you and your father worked on, is company property.
Stark International is a business, after all,
not your personal playground.
TRISH: Mr. Stane, your next appointment is here.
I'm glad we had this talk, Tony.
I'll see you again when you turn 18.
-Hey, how did it go? -Grr!
Never mind.
Look at it this way. In two years, you can fire him.
It'll be worth the wait.
Do we have to do this... this school thing?
Can't we ditch or something?
I'll show you the lab I'm fixing up.
No. If Mom heard we skipped your first day of school,
she would crush us. She is a lawyer, remember?
Why would my dad want me to go to school?
It makes no sense. He taught me all I need--
GIRL: Oops!
You know, maybe I should give this a try.
What you're looking at here is widely thought to be
the hardest equation in the world,
and has yet to be solved.
What we're doing today is far less difficult, and--
TONY: Sir...
42?
Uh... [bell rings]
TEACHER: With superconducting transition temperatures,
the physics of solid state matter--
Professor, do you have any other physics books?
This one seems a little... out of date.
[bell rings]
Then the energy pulse gives the system
a simultaneously positive and negative charge,
which allows the generation of... I named it a Starktron.
Do you think there's any way you could go over that again?
What do we have now? This is kind of fun.
I've got English Lit, you've got a free period,
so just hang out, relax.
Check out the rooftop. Some have lunch up there.
Pick you up after class.
Yeah, OK. See you.
Later.
[crackling]
[groans]
[moans]
[grunts]
TONY: Activation...code... Stark02.
COMPUTER: Stark Exo-suit activated.
Scanning. Alert.
Systems detect extensive damage to user's heart and chest.
Treatment in progress.
TONY: Navigation systems, engage autopilot.
Take me... Take me to Rhodey.
-GIRL: Your dad worked there. -Huh?
-What? -You're Tony Stark.
I mean, Anthony Edward Stark.
You worked there too. You never went to school.
Privately tutored after your mom... Uh...
Never mind.
You live with the Rhodes, your legal guardians.
You have, like, a billion patents on file.
You disappeared for a week after the plane crash.
How did you survive a crash?
I... Uh... Just lucky, I guess. How do you know all this stuff?
My dad's on the FBI force investigating Obadiah Stane
after your dad's "accident."
He had most to gain from his death.
Hi! My name's Pepper Potts, by the way!
[panting] Tony! Will you wait up?
Wait, where are you going?
[clattering]
I've never been in this wing before.
My parents maintain this compound for your dad,
but they never let me in.
Tony?
Wow...
This is the lab you've been "fixing up"?
TONY: Yeah.
OK, Tony, you have to take everything Pepper says
with a grain of salt, man.
She's a bit on the crazy side.
Crazy or not, I think she's right.
TONY: I know how to find out the truth.
What will you do with it? Beat Stane up?
Yes. That's exactly what I'm going to do.
I'll beat the truth out of him.
-Really? -No, not really.
The armor has surveillance systems on it.
I can use them to spy on Stane and see what I can find out.
Sucker!
[laughs]
[alarm]
Tony! I'm sorry! Are you OK?
Yeah, I'm fine. It's just a reminder alarm.
I've got to recharge in an hour or so.
This is a bad idea, Tony, for about a billion reasons.
You're hurt. If you don't charge your heart implant, it's over.
I'm fine, Mom!
Fine, except an implant in your heart.
If you run out or the armor loses power,
or if you're hit by lightning,
anything, your heart will give out!
I've got to do this, Rhodey, for my dad.
I couldn't save him, but I can stop Stane.
I can save everything my dad built.
TONY: Yeah!
Hello? Can you hear me? Tony?
TONY: Rhodey, you have got to try this!
Are you getting my feed?
Argh! We'll have to upgrade your system,
and this is incredible!
[alarm beeping]
Uh... Will you hit that building?
TONY: Uh... yeah. I should turn.
Argh! Aaah!
[brakes squeal]
Urgh! OK. OK. No problem. I've got it.
I never really had the chance to actually use the suit before.
RHODEY: You're not exactly filling me with confidence.
TONY: I'm hacking into the Stark mainframe.
Shouldn't be hard. I built half of it.
TONY: I'll download the records prior to the jet crash.
-Yeah, I see them. -Wait.
What? That's... That unbelievable...
TONY: He did it! Stane made the earth mover into a weapon.
And my laser system!
RHODEY: Tony, are you seeing this?
Stark security got an alert. A train has gone out of control.
TONY: Hang on, he's sending out a satellite transmission.
I think he's trying to sell the earth movers.
RHODEY: Tony, something's wrong.
The train is speeding up,
and it's been rerouted onto the private Stark tracks!
It will crash into Stark Tower!
TONY: Hang on... What?!
There's hundreds of people inside that!
It'll hit the power generators.
The entire building could...
I have to stop it!
I can do this. I just have to switch the track, right?
RHODEY: You must slow it down. Let me see if I can find a map.
Argh!
I'm in the city's mainframe, Department of Transportation.
The track switches aren't reacting. That's weird.
RHODEY: Tony, where's the train?
Oh, no! Hang on. I'll access the track schematics on file.
Got it!
[train whistle]
TONY: Crisis averted.
RHODEY: Dude, what did you do?
Switched it to another track.
RHODEY: That line only goes to Stark Tower.
The track you switched to isn't finished.
Instead of crashing in Stark Tower,
it will crash downtown!
TONY: Oops!
Come on, come on, think!
Urgh!
COMPUTER: Medical alert in progress.
Cardio implant energy depleted. Switching to reserve.
RHODEY: Tony, your heart must be recharged! You have to stop!
Argh!
I can't! Too many lives... Won't stop.
Argh!
Aaah!
Never mind.
[car horns]
Hey, come on! Move!
Urgh!
[screaming]
Yeah!
[pigeons cooing]
COMPUTER: Charging in progress.
Piece of cake.
It's already all over the news.
A lot of people have footage of you on their phones.
They're calling you Iron Man. Tony, you're a hero.
My dad always wanted to use technology to help people,
to save lives, and that's what I'm going to do.
That's what Iron Man will do.
I'm going to save Stark International from itself,
and maybe along the way,
I'll find out what happened to my dad.
Master, the plan failed. The train was stopped
before hitting Stark Tower.
We did not retrieve the ring.
It will be your last failure in this life.
Nothing shall stand between the Mandarin and his destiny.
I will retrieve the ring myself.
♪ Iron Man ♪
♪ He's Iron Man ♪
♪ Iron Man ♪
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