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In the movie canon Tony needs the Arc Reactor in order to prevent the shrapnel to kill him...

But in Iron Man 3, he has it removed so easily; why didn't he do it before?

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  • Yes, but the acepted answer there says something in the lines of "So maybe we really need to believe that the shrapnel can truly not be removed, else Tony will die." and...
    – jsedano
    May 1, 2013 at 22:58
  • I somehow don't believe the Extremis process hinted at in the movie could be considered "easily" removed. If it is anything like the comic version, Tony as we know him, nearly ceases to exist... May 1, 2013 at 23:12
  • But Tony didn't had Extremis...
    – jsedano
    May 1, 2013 at 23:31
  • I think this question need to be reopened, because the old questions accepted answer became in applicable now. May 3, 2013 at 6:12

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