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Tony sent Pepper to get some files off his work computer. Why couldn't he do that himself?
Tony did not want to tip his hand to Obadiah Stane that he was suspicious of him. Obadiah had been cordial up to that point (and given that Obadiah tries to kill him afterward, Tony's fears would have ...
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Did Iron Man kill American soldiers?
According to the film's official novelisation, the tank (along with all the other Stark-tech) was operated by elements of the Ten Rings terrorist group.
It was one of the Stark products that had ...
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Iron Man. 3 gigajoules per second
3 GJ/s (gigajoules per second) is an average of 3 gigawatts - that is, 3 billion watts.
How much is that, you ask? Oh, well, about the largest power plants you'll find run at 1 GW.
To put it ...
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What song is Obadiah playing on the piano?
IMDB Trivia states that:
Obadiah Stane plays on the piano a musical piece written by eighteenth century composer Antonio Salieri. Salieri is best known as a jealous rival of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...
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What happened to the other Jericho Missiles?
When we cut to the next scene we see Stark and his small armoured convoy (with no missile in tow) being driven back to the Bagram Air Force Base, presumably to catch the next flight out of the country....
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How did Rhodey survive?
Rhodey wasn't in the Humvee behind Stark's, at least not at the point that it was attacked.
There appear to be four Humvees in immediate view as well as a Jeep. Humvee #1 is totally destroyed in the ...
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How much does the Iron Man Mk 1 suit weigh?
The original Iron Man Mk1 suit is described as being approximately 1500 pounds (over half a metric ton) when fully loaded with ordnance and fuel.
ARMOR DESCRIPTION: MARK I:
ORIGINAL EXOSKELETON ...
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Tony sent Pepper to get some files off his work computer. Why couldn't he do that himself?
Machavity’s point #1 is a good explanation, but I don’t think point #2 is on the money. Although VPNs might not have been as common in 2008, remote access was definitely well established. I was ...
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What is Tony Stark's PhD field subject?
In comic book canon, I have seen a reprinted and posted page where Stark is in a private meeting with Captain America, Dr. Reed Richards, Dr. Stephen Strange and Professor Xavier.
Drs. Richards and ...
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What happened to the other Jericho Missiles?
Bringing three missiles to the test makes sense, given that Stark wanted to showcase the missiles as an operable platform which could be purchased and deployed quickly.
The missiles are mounted on ...
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What exactly are Iron Man's Repulsor blasts?
In MCU canon we have very little to go on, on what the repulsor's actually are. When describing the Jericho missile system he states:
Tony Stark: Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is ...
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Why is the code to open Tony's workroom a three-digit number and does it have any meaning in or out of universe?
did Tony not care about security protocols"
For all we know, each button press is actually taking samples from her skin, and running various analyses for identity, physiological arousal, ...
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Why would Obadiah sell the most sophisticated weapons of Stark Industries to the terrorists?
Obadiah wants what Tony has.
There is a fair bit of speculation in this, because we don't really get to see all the background on what the Ten Rings is up to besides that they seem to get an awful ...
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What element saved Iron Man from his blood poisoning?
Badassium
This can be seen in Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week Volume 8:
Fury: He's working on a patent for "Badassium," but has encountered several bureaucratic obstacles.
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Why does Obadiah ask Tony to keep a low profile and Tony agree to it?
Keeping Tony away from others lets Obadiah manipulate the situation.
Offscreen, Obadiah calls for the board of Stark Industries to remove Tony, conveniently while Tony is not attending board meetings ...
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Did Killian start the ten rings we see in Iron Man 1?
Killian did not start the Ten Rings terrorist group seen in the original Iron Man. Rather, in coming up with ways to cover up the failed Extremis experiments, Killian and the A.I.M. think-tank ...
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What was Obadiah's actual plan after Pepper discovered his attempt to kill Tony?
Obidiah’s plan was always “a new world order” as he said. Remember he left a resignation letter with Tony before taking his heart-reactor. That was the alibi. Later, in a power suit he was in the arc ...
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Did Iron Man kill American soldiers?
As answered above, the tank is crewed by the Ten Rings. They got it from Stark Industries along with all of their other weapons. There are a couple of them just parked in the Stark parking lot for ...
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How does Tony power his Mark III suit when he's not got an arc reactor for it?
The arc reactor in his body is the one that is powering the suit. He doesn’t need an extra one when that is already doing the job. The one in his body is only essentially an electromagnet and doesn’t ...
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What is Tony Stark's PhD field subject?
TL;DR: We don't know for certain exactly what field he studied in at MIT. However, we know he has a degree from MIT where he graduated summa cum laude. He won the Robot Design Award four years in a ...
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Tony sent Pepper to get some files off his work computer. Why couldn't he do that himself?
In addition to the accepted answer:
After Tony announced that Stark Industries was exiting weapons production he was ousted as CEO by his own Board of Directors, who secured an injunction to lock him ...
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Iron Man has deadstick flaps when he freezes up in "Iron Man" (2008), but Rhodey in "Civil War" doesn’t?
The two failure scenarios had a pretty fundamental difference - the arc reactors powering the suits. In Iron Man Tony's suit had iced up and stopped functioning but was otherwise undamaged, including ...
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Iron Man has deadstick flaps when he freezes up in "Iron Man" (2008), but Rhodey in "Civil War" doesn’t?
When Iron Man was testing the first suit (the first one built after he returned to the US, colored plain steel), he was trying to go as high as possible. His suit was blocked by ice, and then, after ...
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Why does Obadiah ask Tony to keep a low profile and Tony agree to it?
Upon returning from captivity Tony announces Stark Industries will no longer produce weapons, and the stock price plummets.
Obadiah asks Tony to lay low, to prevent the price from dropping anymore (...
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Was Obidiah Stane with HYDRA?
There aren't any known links between Obadiah Stone and HYDRA, but Stone is known to have business relations with the Ten Rings, which is the villainous group in Iron Man.
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Why couldn't Pepper put the electromagnet back into Tony's chest?
The new unit appears to be a complete upgraded replacement for the old unit including the electromagnet that was at the end of the old one.
Tony Stark: This is what will be keeping me alive for the ...
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Why didn't Tony Stark die immediately after having the Arc Reactor removed?
The arc reactor slowed the shrapnel down long enough to stop it from killing Tony when Obadiah pulled the arc reactor out of him, Tony would have still had plenty of time to put in a new one in since ...
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