Marvel movies are filled with small details and easter eggs that are easy to miss.
In this video we will discuss about 6 little known Marvel movie details you might have
missed, specifically about Iron Man.
#1.
Iron Man’s Fighting Technique One of the greatest fights in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe has to be the one-on-one fight between Tony Stark and Steve Rogers in Civil War.
Most of the audience might have missed it, but their hand-to-hand combat techniques were
heavily foreshadowed in the earlier Marvel movies.
Steve Rogers is extremely good at boxing and can be seen punching a heavy bag off its chain
across the room in Avengers.
During his fight against Tony Stark, he can be seen using the same boxing style combined
with his own unique hand-to-hand style of combat.
On the other hand, in the beginning of Iron Man 3, Tony Stark is seen practicing Wing
Chun.
In real life, Robert Downey Jr. credits Wing Chun, a form of kung fu, for giving him the
strength to overcome his addictions.
In Civil War, Tony Stark is seen using the same Wing Chun techniques in his fight against
Captain America.
#2.
The Ten Rings Group In Iron Man 3, The Mandarin is shown to control
a terrorist organization named “Ten Rings”.
This is the same group that took Tony Stark hostage in the first Iron Man Movie.
You can make out the symbol for The Ten Rings in the background as a terrorist reads off
a list of demands in exchange for their hostage, Tony Stark.
The same symbol makes an appearance when Obadiah meets Raza.
Also, the random guy that gives Ivan a.k.a. Whiplash his passport in Iron Man 2 is listed
in the credits as a Ten Rings agent.
Well technically, the group in Iron Man 3 was a fake group modeled after the Ten Rings
and a lot of Marvel fans were disappointed with the Mandarin twist.
However, in the Marvel short “All Hail the King,” it is revealed that there is a real
Mandarin out there who is very much active.
Therefore it is certain that The Ten Rings Group from the first Iron Man was the real
‘Ten Rings’ and we might get a shot at the real Mandarin in the future.
#3.
Tony’s injured arm In multiple Marvel movies ranging from the
Iron Man to Captain America: Civil War, Tony Stark gets his arm injured several times.
In Civil War, Tony mentions of having a numb left arm.
He is even seen addressing his arm pain near the end of Civil War with an arm sling.
Delving deeper into this detail, in Spider-Man Homecoming, Stark’s left arm is seen shaking
while remotely piloting his armor and later he’s seen nursing it while talking to Peter.
#4.
Pepper Potts’s Necklace In Iron Man 3, the necklace that Tony gives
to Pepper in the end of the movie has the same shrapnels embedded into it that were
removed from his chest cavity.
The scene right before this shows doctors removing a shrapnel from his chest cavity
and the piece they pull out is the 3rd piece from the top.
#5.
Iron Man’s Laser In Iron Man 2, we are introduced to a very
powerful laser weapon in Tony’s Mark 6 suit, which according to him can only be used once
after which he pops out an empty cartridge.
This weapon has a lot of inconsistencies throughout the following Marvel movies.
He uses the same suit in Avengers to the cut thorough the helicarrier’s blades and out
pops the empty cartridge.
Later in the movie, while in the Mark 7 suit, he uses it on the Leviathan hide, but no empty
cartridge pops out, perhaps maybe because he didn’t deplete the cartridge or he upgraded
it to be rechargeable in the new suit or he just wasn’t shown popping out the cartridge.
Again, in Age of Ultron, he is seen using the laser multiple times without changing
any cartridges.
In Captain America: Civil War, however, he is seen using the laser weapon exactly once,
after which an empty cartridge does pop out.
#6.
WHIH News Clip In The Incredible Hulk, a news reporter from
the WHIH news station covers the aftermath of the clash between the U.S. Military and
the Hulk at Culver University.
The same news clip shows up at the end of Iron Man 2 when Tony Stark meets Nick Fury
to discuss the Avengers Initiative.
Also, we would like to mention here that the “WHIH” news station is a fictional news
station in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that has appeared in several other Marvel movies,
all the Marvel Netflix shows, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
In fact, there is even a YouTube channel named ‘WHIH Newsfront’, which is probably owned
by Marvel, where they occasionally post videos in association with the upcoming Marvel movies.