THE Marvel cinematographic universe (MCU) has traveled a long way since Iron Released in 2008 and 2025, many scenes featuring this flagship character are very different. Over the past 17 years, the MCU has developed and has changed a lot. And some of these changes have changed the way the past scenes are experienced today.
In that spirit, it is worth revisiting the character who started everything, Tony Stark. Its history launched the MCU, and throughout the Infinity saga, its bow seemed imitated the changes and developments of the wider franchise. Iron Man was sacrificed in 2019 Avengers: end of gameBut its inheritance continues.
And now, years after the character left the MCU behind, revisiting his story and looking at the greatest moments of his solo trilogy appears in a whole new light. Especially considering the number of other people he inspired and the influence that his choices had on the world very long after the death of the character.
Iron Man obtains his first costume
In IronOne of the most emblematic moments of Tony Stark by Robert Downey Jr. is when the character is kidnapped and forced to build a weapon for terrorists. All this sequence is tense, but with the help of Yinsen, Tony manages to secretly make a super costume that would become the Mark I.
But, in 2025, Iron heart Delivered a similar scene where Riri Williams calls for help from friends and builds an impressive costume, despite limited resources. Yes, Riri was not kidnapped, but with a pressure to join a group of criminals, the scenes feel similar.
Now, looking at Tony’s work in the cave, it is easy to see how these two moments connect, at the opposite ends of the MCU and at 17 years apart. And this connection finally helps to improve the entire MCU and its connective nature.
Tony Stark’s self -destructive unleashing in Iron Man 3
Speaking of high pressure situations, Tony Stark has gone through a lot Iron And Iron Man 3. As the third entry of his saga came out, Tony had fought in the battle of New York and given the threats that existed beyond his world.
This leads Tony to make fairly self -destructive choices on time Iron Man 3 rolled. From the invitation of terrorist attacks against his house, to the construction of new costumes in an obsessive way and to the ignorance of his partner, Pepper Potts. Tony was not at his best.
Likewise, Riri Williams, a spiritual successor to the character of Tony Stark, has also gone through a period of self -destruction that seems to be in progress in the MCU. After being expelled from the MIT, Riri joined a gang to earn money, but after having separated from these low -level criminals, Riri chose to follow an even darker path.
At the end of Iron heartRiri concludes an agreement with the mysterious figure known as the Mephisto, the Marvel version of the Literal Devil. I hope Riri will recognize his error before it is too late and will avoid catastrophic traps like Tony Iron Man 3.
Iron Man says goodbye to his many costumes
Later, in Iron Man 3Tony fortunately begins to see the error of his ways, and at the end of the film, he makes the difficult decision to throw his many costumes and avoid being too anxious. Except that he did not stop building and his anxiety stung again.
Shortly after getting rid of its many different costumes, Tony returns to work by doing more. Including a costume specially designed to combat Hulk and a costume to protect your beloved pepper. Obviously, Tony is no less anxious after the end of the film, and the great gesture of destroying his costumes ends up feeling hollow.
Creation of Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron
However, it is not even the worst thing that his anxiety had Tony made. Living a nightmare on several occasions where his friends and loved ones would die, Tony wanted to find a way to prevent any future attack or threat that could cause serious damage. And so, he created Ultron.
Ultron was to be a first line of defense. A incredibly powerful artificial intelligence that could help predict and defend itself against potential threats to the human race. However, when Ultron has seen the destruction and damage that humans have caused each other, he updated his directive to eliminate people like Avengers.
While the MCU version of Tony built a defective Ultron that has become a threat, there was an appearance in Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness of several robots that look like the Ultron robots from Age of Ultron. This suggests that, in another reality, Tony’s Ultron Plan worked.
“I am Iron Man”
At the end of the very first Iron Film, RDJ offers this emblematic line which not only would redefine the way in which superhero stories are told, but also shape the entire MCU in the future. Although he received a covering story to help preserve his secret identity, Tony savoring being the hero known as Iron Man, which results in this emblematic quote.
However, the character develops a lot after this moment. Yes, Tony begins like a selfish and indulgent billionaire, but over time, he begins to align himself more on his identity as a superhero than the personality of Tony Stark whom he initially exposed for the world.
And so, when Tony repeats this line Avengers: end of gameHe landed in a completely different way. Tony does not boast himself and he does not try to pretend to be a hero, he says a fact and affirms his identity. It’s a powerful moment and an appropriate way of ending the character’s story in the MCU.
The death of Iron Monger
Obadiah Stane was a friend close to Tony’s father when Tony was younger, and they worked together at Stark Industries for years. However, on the death of Howard Stark, Obadiah was elected to take her place until Tony is old enough to enter the role.
However, Obadiah clearly grew up to feel the young Stark, and he formulated a plan to kill Tony. Drive crazy by ambition and jealousy, Obadiah would continue to build his own iron suit, but the iron costume was defective, and he finally died by attacking Tony Stark.
However, Iron heart revealed that the public did not receive the real account of the death of Obadiah. Instead, it is largely reported that Obadiah died in tragic circumstances and that her heritage has been preserved. However, his son, Ezékial Stane, was informed of the truth about his father.
The funeral and the legacy of Iron Man are about to appear very different
Speaking of the inheritances of the characters of the MCU, the inheritance of Tony has inspired and guided several other characters since his death End of game. In addition to Peter Parker and Riri Williams, there are many other characters whose life has been affected by that of Tony.
This can be seen clearly on the funeral places of Tony, where heroes and friends come together to celebrate Tony’s life. Many people have come out to support and remember him, and this scene stands out as one of the most touching of the whole MCU. However, this scene seems a little different knowing that RDJ returns as a very different character.
RDJ was thrown into the role of Doctor Doom, and he made his debut in a faceless cameo at the end of The Fantastic Four: First steps. But this villain should have a much more important role in Avengers: Doomsday And Avengers: secret warsWhere it is likely that he meets the ancient friends and allies of Tony Stark.
Obviously, it could make things move in the MCU in the future, and potentially affect and modify Tony’s inheritance in the MCU. However, as much as things change throughout the franchise, Iron And its history remains one of the most powerful and most important in the history of the franchise.
