[theme song playing]
[♪♪♪]
♪ He's 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]
[wind blowing]
[seagulls screaming]
[rapid beeping]
[electricity crackling]
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Lightning Storm!
This weapon will boost
Stark International revenues by 8%.
It'll reach the market in 14 months.
Then cancel its development.
What? We'll make millions.
Tony Stark turns 18 in less than a year,
at which point he'll take over.
You need to think short term, Obadiah.
Stark doesn't have to take over.
The Board can vote him out!
Why would we, Stane?
Under your watch, quarterly earnings have fallen,
and Hammer is eating up our market share.
But Tony Stark is a child!
He doesn't know how to run this!
You're yesterday, Stane. Tony Stark is tomorrow.
He's a genius,
and this company's best bet against Hammer.
We've said this before, Stane.
We're not interested in fireworks.
We want armor. Battle-ready armor.
Iron Man!
Always Iron Man!
If I could just get my hands on that stupid suit!
Argh!
Uh?
GHOST: You just need the right hands.
That's why I've hired a Ghost.
Can you do what needs to be done?
I've never failed.
In 24 hours, the Iron Man armor will be yours.
Churchill gambles everything on an all-out effort
to evacuate which French city?
James?
Umm... I know this...
Mister Rhodes, your grades are slipping.
It would behoove you to study tonight.
You need to do well tomorrow.
Mr. Stark? Care to answer?
Tony Stark!
Um, what was the question?
World War II? Churchill? Evacuation?
Ignoramus.
[giggles]
Churchill, right. Evacuated Dunkirk.
You can retreat and lose a battle, but still win the war.
[laughs]
[hisses at Tony]
I'm telling you, that girl hissed at me.
I don't know her!
Girls don't usually hate on you until they get to know you.
How do you not know Rhona and Andy Erwin?
[mockingly] The Goth Twins?
They've only been in our class forever.
No wonder she hates you.
Come on, she can't actually hate me.
Check her Myface status.
"Tony S. is ruining my existence.
Must. Be. Destroyed."
Okay, that sounds a teeny bit like hate.
She used to be the smartest kid in class. Till you.
Don't worry about it. I'm sure she's not really
a super scary psycho freak or anything.
Hopefully.
Right...
Well, I gotta study for that test.
Test. Good idea, Rhodey.
[thrilling music]
Thanks for helping me retest the scanners and guidance software.
I've worked out the kinks.
Hmm? Oh, has it only been...
Four hours?!
So...
[yawns]
...tired.
I can only take so many software tests before my brain goes soft.
[annoyed grunt]
Can you guys keep quiet for five seconds?
I've gotta focus.
As sick as being War Machine is, it has brought my grades down.
You'll be fine, Rhodey.
This may come as a shock, but most people aren't mega-brains
who never crack a book and still ace everything.
[signal beeping]
-Should I go after him? -For what? Speeding?
[ominous music]
[suspenseful music]
Whoa!
I felt like something hit the chopper.
You see anything?
Negatory. We're clean.
A little bait for the trap...
[countdown starting]
Y'know what? I'm ready to call it a night anyway.
-We'll study together. - Good.
I don't pass that history test, I'm history.
[energy blast]
Mayday! Mayday! We're losing power!
Dispatch, we're going down! 46th at the East River!
POLICE RADIO: All units respond!
Tony? I think your night shift might not be over yet.
[distressed yell]
[effort grunt]
Gotcha!
You guys okay in there?
And you wanted to go after him!
So what happened?
I have no idea.
The whole panel went dead!
[signal beeping]
Circuits are fried.
You guys must be buying
your copters from Hammer.
GHOST: Who says you can't catch a fish in the East River?
Hey guys, I found this EMP bomb on the bottom of the copter.
I'll examine it back at the Armory.
Weird. Well tell me about it in the morning.
I... I can't keep my eyes open anymore.
[yawns]
Amateurs.
"Go to bed already!"
[laugh] Thanks, Pep.
COMPUTER: Diagnostic analysis indicates an EMP,
an electromagnetic pulse device.
The high-intensity short-ranged pulse
destroys electrical machinery.
Thanks, I know what it does.
The question is, who did it?
That would be... me.
[gasp] Well, well, well...
What an interesting turn of events.
Oh no! Ghost!
Who would've thought Tony Stark is Iron Man?
[sinister laugh]
Anthony Edward Stark.
I figured you and Iron Man had a connection
when he rescued you last year.
But this is unexpected, to say the least.
I... It... It's not what you think!
Sorry, the camera doesn't lie. Say cheese.
This is a big misunderstanding.
See, I've been helping Iron Man out with tech upgrades.
And sometimes when he's not here I try on the armor just for fun.
[laugh]
You should try out for the school play.
Nice acting, kid.
I'm 17, I have a heart condition!
How can I be Iron Man?!
Second thought, forget acting.
You should just stick to building weapons I can steal.
[effort grunts]
Uh!
You didn't think I had a back-up plan, Ghost?
Nice goin' kid.
You couldn't stop me as Iron Man,
what hope do you have without the armor?
At least you can't steal it!
Why steal bulky armor when I can just snatch yer specs?
All of the Iron Man designs on one handy little drive.
No!
Ah! Aaah!
Look on the bright side, Stark.
I'll name my new yacht after you!
DATA PROBE: All armor files copied.
TONY: My helmet?!
Now ya can't use your armor to come after me.
See you around, kid...
...when you turn 18.
Huh!
[phone ringing]
[gasp] What?!
TONY: Rhodey! It's the Ghost!
The Ghost was just here, in the Armory!
What?!
He got the armor specs, and the Mark 2 helmet!
What?!
Someone must've hired him to steal it!
I have to stop him!
Tony, where are you going?
You don't know where he went.
You don't know who he's working for! A.I.M., Stane, Nefaria...
I... I can track the helmet.
RHODEY: I'm gonna get Pepper too.
Rhodey, it's not just the armor It gets worse. He also knows...
[signal] Hold on!
GHOST: Tell me, Stane.
What do you want more than anything in the world?
Correct.
Time to break out your checkbook.
You'll be making me a very rich man.
That number has been disconnected.
Please hang up and try again.
Nice outfit.
Nice place. The roaches make you feel at home?
[pain yells]
Uh!
You're not going anywhere!
Oh--
Ah.. Ha ha!
That's a big ouch. Big... ouch.
[suspenseful music]
[gunshots]
PEPPER: Tony, are you there?
Rhodey told me. What's going on?
Found Ghost. Can't talk.
Gotta stop him from uploading those specs to a network.
If I don't find them,
any criminal will be able to build his own armor!
Well, any criminal with a gazillion dollars to spare.
Maybe not so helpful.
Right. I totally know what you mean though, Tony.
I got that cute jacket last week,
and then Whitney comes to school with the exact same...
Oh. I'm just saying, so not cool.
[suspenseful music]
Ow!
[metal cracking]
Oh, good. Irony.
[♪♪♪]
Ah!
Uuuuh!
No, no, no!
Got ya, you slippery jerk.
-I'm on my way. -I'll try to save you a piece.
There won't be much left when I'm done.
GHOST: You're not very good at this.
Ah!
See you again soon, Tony.
Oh! Not again!
Uh...
Ah!
Tony, are you okay? He's getting away!
He was paid to leave you alone last time. Do it again!
Whitney paid him ten mil.
I don't have access to that kind of coin. Yet.
If you have a few million lying around...
Um, I have 4$ in bus tokens.
Go kick his butt!
[suspenseful music]
Ghost!
Why even bother, kid?
Uh!
[pain yells]
[all three] Now it's time we end this game
and say... goodnight.
[gunshots]
They can't all be real...
[effort grunts]
[charging screams]
COMPUTER: Analysis indicates sustained hard-light holograms.
Solid holograms, just like those Madame Masque used!
GHOST: Soligrams, if you will. The latest in decoy tech.
Hey Rhodey, you almost here?
Anytime now buddy, I'm running out of ideas!
I got 50 calibers worth of ideas.
[laser blasts]
Uh!
TONY: Go airborne!
RHODEY: I'm with you!
[laser blasts and gunshots]
Did we get him?
He's off the radar.
He... he's gone.
He got away!
All of that... for nothing!
I blew it. Now he has the armor specs. It's over.
I lost!
-You can't see it that way, man. -Rhodey...
I'm so sorry.
Sorry for what?
He doesn't just have the specs. He has my identity.
And if he has me, then he has everyone I care about.
You, your folks, Pepper, Whitney...
What are you saying?
He saw me taking off the armor, Rhodey.
He knows I'm Iron Man.
[police sirens]
Well, the way I see it, there's only one thing to do now.
What?
Go to school. The test starts in a couple of hours.
The test? I don't have time for that!
I have to find the Ghost and stop him
before he sells Iron Man!
You've been going nonstop all night, just reacting,
And you've been losing.
So step back, regroup, think about what to do,
then go after him.
Churchill. World War II. You're right, Rhodey.
You may not need school, but I do.
My mom will ground me for weeks if I don't pass.
Then kiss War Machine goodbye!
Now come on,
We'll get this off and get ready for class.
TONY: Who commanded the Allies in the Invasion of Normandy?
Name three battles Captain America fought in 1942.
What French city did Churchill evacuate?
Ugh!
You still have 42 min till the end of class, Mr. Stark.
-Do you want to double check? -No, I'm good.
[dramatic music]
[murmurs] Hammer...
TEACHER: Eyes on your test, Miss Stane.
Stane?
Oh no!
Mr. Stark, where are you going?!
And don't say--
TONY: Bathroom!
OBADIAH: Complete Iron Man designs!
Stark International will be the supplier
of the world's premier military battle-suit!
Well done, Obadiah.
Maybe you can lead this company.
Errr, won't Iron Man have something to say about this?
I think not.
Our top lawyers have looked into this
and the Iron Man technology has never been patented.
It's mine!
I mean ours.
Argh!
No!
[enraged yell]
[energy buzzing]
[breathing heavily]
Hey dudes, dudettes.
-How'd ya do? -Pretty well I think.
I wonder how Tony did.
I hope he's okay. Maybe we should check on him.
See you later.
What're ya worried about him for?
Did you see how fast he finished?
Heh, Tony has nothing to worry about.
[menacing music]
Done deal. I don't know how you got those specs, Ghoul--
It's the Ghost.
For how much I paid you, I can call you whatever I want.
Don't push your luck, blondie.
You are about to make me the richest man on Earth.
How can I score any bigger than this?
Time to retire.
Ow!
[tense music]
You again!? Don't you know when to quit?
Uh!
So you sell the specs to both Stane and Hammer?
Which one did you double-cross?
Stane, if you must know.
And now they have my armor and my identity!
I get you're angry, Tony.
But it's nothing personal, just business.
Time to end this.
I've got a private plane I just bought waiting for me.
Nice try.
I already re-calibrated my armor to your little soligrams.
I think you forgot something.
What the...
[beeping]
No!
[trigger clicking]
[enraged yell]
Oh yes. Now you're as solid as me.
Actually a lot less solid. Squishable, in fact.
Please, don't hurt me, Tony!
You're pathetic, Gho--
Oh! Aaah!
COMPUTER: Warning. Armor defenses penetrated.
[triumphant laugh]
I got a back-up generator for just such occasions, kid.
Five minutes of power.
Long enough to tear that mechanical heart
I'm grabbing right through your chest.
TONY: You can't... You're bluffing.
You go solid and yank it out,
my armor cuts your hand off at the wrist.
I should tear you apart. Why not?
I have nothing left to lose!
I didn't sell your identity, kid!
You're my investment in the future
and my insurance policy.
What?!
Next year you take over the Stark fortune.
Your secret identity will be worth
exponentially more than it is now.
Then I should do more than take down your tech!
Ha, you're no killer, kid!
Besides, anything happens to me,
that video I shot automatically gets uploaded to the internet.
In a heartbeat.
So what's it gonna be, hero? Make your decision.
Tony, where've you been? Did you find him?
Did you get the specs back?
No. Ghost sold the specs to Stane and Hammer.
He said... He said he'll wait
till I'm 18 to blackmail me over my identity.
You should... call the cops!
I could call my dad and have the feds come down hard.
If I call them, everyone will know I'm Iron Man.
Trying to avoid that, remember?
Besides, I never patented the armor.
What do you mean?
That means it's all up for grabs.
Anyone can create their own Iron Man.
Then I say suit up
and steal those plans back from Stane and Hammer.
Uh! Uh! Uh!
Or wreck their place trying.
Yikes. Don't mess with the Pepper.
Guys, I don't know what to do.
This could be the worst day of my life.
No, you've had at least 5 or 6 worse things happen to you.
[sigh]
Tony. I shouldn't have made you take the test.
I should've come along.
You didn't make me do anything, Rhodey.
I got myself into this, and I have to get myself out.
-How? -By doing whatever it takes.
As Pepper said.
As I said?
All I know is one thing.
This battle with Stane and Hammer,
it's about to become an all-out war.
[solemn music]
♪ Iron Man ♪
♪ He's Iron Man ♪
♪ Iron Man ♪
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