Every time Tony Stark learned from his mistakes

"I nearly died twice in space." "My army wasn't strong enough." "I lost someone to a high fall." "Tennessee's weather sucks."

"Lost to a guy on steroids with a salad plate" I FUCKIN LOST IT! LMFAO

"Lost to a guy on steroids with a salad plate" pure comedy gold 🤣

Stark was the embodiment of "Know your limits, but don't limit yourself"

The fact that Tony took three of these mistakes from his life and added as a precautionary measure in Peter's suit after one month of knowing him just showed how much he really cared about him.

"Lost to a guy on steroid with his salad plate" this had me laughing to the core 🤣🤣🤣

One thing a lot of people miss is that during Age of Ultron, the Hulkbuster couldnt slow down the Hulk. So when he built the nano suit, he added more power and more blasters. When his arc reactor was taken out of his chest in the first film, he started adding individual ones to each bit of tech. When he realized that having each piece of the suit fly to him was too unreliable, he made the nano suit so its always with him. During the attack on his mansion, he couldnt aim the rocket in his suit. So he made them auto targeting in the nano suit. And finally, in the first movie, when hes fixing up his hand repulsor, he accidently fires it and realizes it can also be a weapon not just flight stabilizers. Everyone tends to view him as just the guy with money and tech, but hes really the epitomy of always learning from his mistakes. He always grows from his failures. Its why hes one of my favorites

Another one was the addition of multiple smaller backup arc reactors on all suits after the mark 46 including the iron spider suit and subsequent war machine armours. It proved extremely useful in the event the main chest reactor is destroyed or damaged. It was another way of ensuring that the suit could continue to basic function in a fight or at least slow a fall in the case of Rhodey's incident in civil war.

"lost to a guy on steroids with a salad plate " kept me dying

Everyone is talking about how amazing stark is and how he was beautifully written. No one is talking about the "Lost to a guy on steroids with a salad plate"

Marvel was something else back then

I love that Tony was impressed that his own improvement took a lightning bolt without failing him

Back when character development was a crucial point of the plot. Tony was a genius, and geniuses don't tolerate failures.

This really goes to show that genius isn't about knowing everything, it's about learning and adapting

Tony really heard the “fool me once” quote and decided he was never gonna lose a rematch

This just shows how much the Writers actually cared about Iron Man

I would add another one: in Infinity war Tony tries to steal the Infinity Gauntlet from Thanos, but he fails; in Endgame he only steals the stones.

The writers did an awesome job with details in all the movies really. But the attention to Tony's drive to keep testing his limits and failing is perfect. He's always thinking about tomorrow's improvements and yesterday's mistakes.

Two points that were missed here: In Age Od Ultron the Hulkbuster’s repulsers weren’t powerful enough to keep the Hulk at bay forcing him to fight hand to hand, so in Infinity War his nanotech suit has significantly more ranged firepower to keep enemies like Coal Obsidian away. And in relation to Rodey falling, Tony’s flight systems weren’t fast enough to catch him so in Infinity War he upgraded them to have a higher top speed. Because Tony learns from his mistakes.

I really like the one with cap. Tony realized that no matter how advanced his armor is, if he gets in close quarters, someone like cap, who can react faster, hit harder, take more punishment, and has hand to hand knowledge will always beat him. Friday outright says that Tony can’t beat Steve hand to hand. So to fix this he gives himself melee weapons and upgrades that let him trap an opponents arms or legs, allowing him to fight back should his enemies close in. And close quarters has always been something he’s struggled with until then. Every time an enemy gets close enough to put their hands on him, he’s at a disadvantage and usually has to rely on his repulsors to knock them back so he can fire at them.