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''Iron Man: Armored Adventures'' (also known in early promotional materials as ''Iron Man: The Animated Series'') is a 3D CGI-animated series based on the
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Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...
. It debuted in the United States on Nicktoons on April 24, 2009, and it aired on
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in Canada. The series is story edited by showrunner Christopher Yost, who also worked on '' Wolverine and the X-Men'', and numerous other
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projects. The television show is not related to the 2007 animated film '' The Invincible Iron Man''; it has a different voice cast, but some story elements are similar and the show uses the same musical score as the film in some instances. It is the first Iron Man television series since ''Iron Man'' from 1994 to 1996, and started airing after the success of the live action ''Iron Man'' film. The series follows the adventures of a younger version of Tony Stark and his
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of
Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...
. As Iron Man, he uses his technological inventions to fight other similarly technologically advanced threats. His friends James "Rhodey" Rhodes and Pepper Potts help him on his courageous and dangerous adventures. The second season of this series premiered on July 13, 2011, running concurrently with the English dub of the completely separate '' Marvel Anime: Iron Man'' anime series, which had already finished airing on Japan's Animax in 2010. On August 25, 2012, it was revealed that ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures'' would air as part of
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's new Saturday morning children's block
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. After November 24, 2012,
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ceased airing the show and replaced it with '' Transformers: Prime'' on December 8, 2012. As of January 2021, both seasons of the show are available on
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.


Synopsis

After a plane crash in which his industrialist father
Howard Stark Howard Stark is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a background character in stories featuring Iron Man and stories featuring Captain America. He is the fou ...
disappears after refusing to weaponize the Earth Mover at
Obadiah Stane Iron Monger is an alias used by multiple fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character to use the alias is Obadiah Stane, who first appeared in ''Iron Man'' #163 (Oct. 1982). The Iron Mong ...
's behest, 16-year-old genius Tony uses a high-tech suit of armor he has constructed and investigates a charge that Stane may have been involved in his father's death. As Iron Man, Tony spends his time stopping Stane's plans and saving the world from other villains such as
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, Mr. Fix, Whiplash, A.I.M., Living Laser, the Maggia,
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, Crimson Dynamo, Blizzard,
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,
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,
M.O.D.O.K. MODOK (also written as M.O.D.O.K.; an acronym for Mental/Mobile/Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first MODOK is George Tarleton, a former e ...
,
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, Black Knight, and
Technovore Technovore is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, typically as an enemy of the superhero Iron Man. While Technovore made its animated debut in the TV series ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures'', it has since m ...
. He is assisted in his crime fighting efforts by James Rhodes and Pepper Potts. Tony's activities as Iron Man usually result in his needing to make up excuses as to why he is constantly late or missing from school and other activities. Dependent on his phenomenal technology for survival, Tony must balance the pressures of teenage life with the duties of being a superhero.


First season

The first season of ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures'' has a total of 26 episodes. Tony Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Pepper Potts, Gene Khan, Happy Hogan, Whitney Stane,
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,
The Hulk The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of ''The Incredible Hulk'' (May 1962). In his comic book ...
, and
S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage, special law enforcement, and counter-terrorism agency appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in ''Strange Tales'' #135 (August 1965), it often deals ...
all appear in this season. The first season focuses on the
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saga as Tony Stark,
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, James Rhodes, and Gene Khan work together to get the 5 rings. Upon overthrowing his stepfather Xin Zhang, Gene secretly works undercover to steal the rings from his friends, and ends up betraying them (which upsets Pepper). The season also features the Madame Masque Saga, which comes to a conclusion in the episode "Best Served Cold". Tony's feud with Obadiah Stane comes to a partial conclusion in that episode as well. The season ends with two primary cliffhangers in the episode "Tales of Suspense". The now-friendless Gene discovers that the original Mandarin had 5 other rings besides the original 5. Tony finds out that his father, Howard, survived the plane crash and is being held prisoner, while the armory is destroyed during Xin Zhang's attack limiting Tony's resources to find and rescue his father. This season featured Makluan Guardian versions of
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, Ultimo, Firebrand, and
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who guard the rings the Mandarin hasn't obtained yet.
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,
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, Rick Jones,
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, and
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make guest appearances.


Second season

The second season of ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures'' has a total of 26 episodes, just like the first season. Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff, Hawkeye,
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, Magneto and
Justin Hammer Justin Hammer is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a villainous entrepreneur, head of Hammer Industries and a frequent adversary of the superhero Iron Man. As he ex ...
appear in this season.
General Nick Fury Colonel Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury Sr. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Jack Kirby and writer Stan Lee, he first appeared in '' Sgt. Fury and his Howling Command ...
,
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, Mr. Fix, Whiplash and
Obadiah Stane Iron Monger is an alias used by multiple fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character to use the alias is Obadiah Stane, who first appeared in ''Iron Man'' #163 (Oct. 1982). The Iron Mong ...
return. The second season covers the
Armor Wars "Armor Wars" is a seven-issue Iron Man story arc written by David Michelinie and Bob Layton with art by Mark D. Bright and Barry Windsor-Smith and published by Marvel Comics. The arc first appears in ''Iron Man'' #225–232. Publication history ...
saga and Stane International storylines. The first half of Season 2 reflecting the Armor Wars has Tony and Rhodey as his definite partner War Machine fighting many people who have stolen Stark's armor tech and seek to exploit the stolen Iron Man specs for their own purposes. The enemies young Stark fights during this version of the Armor Wars include the
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who steals Iron Man specs and knows that Tony Stark is Iron Man. Ghost sells the specs to both Justin Hammer and Obadiah Stane but says he will not reveal Iron Man's true identity until Tony turns 18. Justin Hammer makes an armor with the Iron Man specs with the armor being called
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. Doctor Doom joins forces with Stane to attain the Iron Man armor operating system. Stane builds the Iron Monger armor which is revealed actually to be a direct upgrade from Crimson Dynamo armor (version 3) and is much larger than in the
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and live action movie realities. The Armor Wars conclude as Obadiah Stane discovers the identity of Iron Man. Stane steals Iron Monger and is intent on destroying Tony once and for all. While Tony is fighting the Armor Wars,
Howard Stark Howard Stark is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a background character in stories featuring Iron Man and stories featuring Captain America. He is the fou ...
is shown to be alive and forced by Gene to find the other 5 Makluan Rings. Gene continues to find and secured the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth rings for himself during this time. This part of the season also included Makluan Guardian versions of Melter,
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, Grim Reaper, and
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who guard the remaining Makluan Rings. The second half of season 2 showcases the printed page storyline of loosely based on the "Stane International" story arc. Justin Hammer (instead of Obadiah Stane) successfully buys control of Stark International. Stark, Rhodey and Potts all agree to fight against Hammer and his weaponization of Stark International's projects. Unlike the printed page version, Stark and Rhodes reject the title of Circuits Maximus for the new start-up and settle on "Stark Solutions" (opposite to Stark Enterprises of the printed page). By the end of the second season,
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has assumed the armored identity of Rescue. On March 25, 2013, Marvel Animation announced April 23, 2013, the release of the "Complete Season 2" 4-DVD box set.


Episodes


Main cast

*
Adrian Petriw Adrian Roman Petriw (born August 5, 1987) is a Canadian television, film and voice actor. He is best known for his voice role of Tony Stark / Iron Man in the television series '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures'', Commander Gren in ''The Dragon Pri ...
as Anthony "Tony" Stark / Iron Man * Daniel Bacon as James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine * Vincent Tong as Gene Khan, Xin Zhang / Mandarin *
Anna Cummer Anna Cummer (born January 2, 1977) is a Canadian actress. She was born in Singapore to Canadian parents. She spent half of her adolescence in Southeast Asia and the other half in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She finished high school in Hong ...
as Patricia "Pepper" Potts / Rescue * Mackenzie Gray as Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger


Supporting cast

* Alistair Abell as Happy Hogan, Black Knight * Michael Adamthwaite as
Justin Hammer Justin Hammer is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a villainous entrepreneur, head of Hammer Industries and a frequent adversary of the superhero Iron Man. As he ex ...
/
Titanium Man The Titanium Man is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original Titanium Man first appeared in ''Tales of Suspense'' #68 (September 1965) and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. Ficti ...
,
J.A.R.V.I.S. J.A.R.V.I.S. (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) is a fictional character voiced by Paul Bettany in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film franchise, based on the Marvel Comics characters Edwin Jarvis and H.O.M.E.R., respectively the househ ...
* Ashleigh Ball as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow * Eric Bauza as Thunderbolt Ross * Lisa Ann Beley as Iron Man Onboard Computer, Abigail Brand *
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (born October 21, 1984) is a Canadian actor, model, and television personality. He is known for appearances in films and television, most notably as Jay in the Lifetime dark comedy-drama series ''Unreal'' (2015–2018) and ...
as
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* Christopher Britton as
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*
Louis Chirillo Louis Chirillo is an American-Canadian former actor. He is of Colombian descent. He is famous for voicing Keefe in '' Zoids: Fuzors''. He has also voiced Shaman in '' ''Pucca' and Dukey on the first through the fourth seasons of ''Johnny Test' ...
as Arthur Parks / Living Laser * Michael Daingerfield as
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* Michael Dobson as
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, Makluan Warrior * Brian Drummond as
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, Makluan Warrior * Mark Gibbon as
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* Andrew Francis as Rick Jones, Hawkeye * Catherine Haggquist as Roberta Rhodes * Ron Halder as Professor Abraham Klein, Magneto,
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* Fred Henderson as
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* Peter Kelamis as Whiplash *
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as Dr. Basil Sandhurst / Controller * Paula Lindberg as Sasha *
Donny Lucas Donald James "Donny" Lucas is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for voicing Disco Kid in '' Punch Out!!'', Zed in ''League of Legends'', Mr. Fix in '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures'', and the Lucius Fox A.I. in ''Batwoman''. Early ...
as Mr. Fix *
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as Whitney Stane / Madame Masque * Richard Newman as Dr. Anton Harkov *
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as Rhona Burchill / Mad Thinker * Mark Oliver as
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/ Crimson Dynamo * David Orth as Donnie Gill / Blizzard * Ty Olsson as
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*
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as
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* Russell Roberts as Count Nefaria *
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as
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,
Technovore Technovore is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, typically as an enemy of the superhero Iron Man. While Technovore made its animated debut in the TV series ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures'', it has since m ...
* Venus Terzo as Jean Grey *
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as Professor Zimmer *
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as MODOK * Dale Wilson as Senator Robert Kelly *
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as
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Production


Pre-release

Months before the show's television debut, Marvel had a screening of the first episode of the series at the
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. There was also a room where the public could meet, and talk with the Co-Producer Josh Fine and Head Writer Chris Yost among others involved in the production of the show. The trailer of the show was also released o
Marvel's official website
as well as numerous behind-the-scene and teaser trailers on the website in the weeks before the US television debut.


Theme song

Popular rock band
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recorded the theme song to the series. The song originally could be downloaded from Teletoon's website. A provided "secret code", Tony would be needed to access the theme. This "secret code" was shown onscreen during Canadian broadcasts of the first few episodes of the first season. The music video for the theme song features clips of Rooney singing, along with clips of Iron Man from the show.


Animation style

The series is made primarily using
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(CGI), in a similar style to
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's '' Spider-Man: The New Animated Series'' and Nicktoons' original series ''
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''. The technique is similar to
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animation technique although the detail and resolution are lower.


Comparison to previous incarnations


Origin differences

In ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures'', Tony Stark becomes
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as a teenager, and Pepper Potts and James Rhodes are also teenagers. In the mainstream Iron Man continuity, Tony Stark becomes Iron Man later on in his life as a grown man, and is a long time friend with Pepper, whereas in this series, Pepper and Tony have just met. Traditionally, Tony's parents were accidentally killed in a car crash, whereas in this series, Tony's father,
Howard Stark Howard Stark is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a background character in stories featuring Iron Man and stories featuring Captain America. He is the fou ...
, disappears in the first episode in a plane crash suggesting Howard's death. Howard lives to see his son become the armored hero Iron Man and even helps his son in his adventures in this reality. Howard uses the advanced technology of one of the alien Mandarin rings that he discovers for the basis of his many creations that he later locks away in his vault such as the light armor of the Living Laser. In the mainstream incarnation, Howard never met the Mandarin nor had any of his ten rings. Tony also injures his heart in this crash, as opposed to being injured by an explosion in war. Tony invents the Iron Man armor at home. In previous incarnations, Tony invented an alpha version of the suit to escape after being captured due to the trap explosion leaving him defenseless. In the show,
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was a Stark International medical specialist who saved Tony by installing the technology that saved him instead of Yinsen meeting Tony in the war being held captive. Ho Yinsen is different from his comics counterpart; he is unaware of Tony's double life as Iron Man.


Iron Man's armor

Iron Man's original armor in the series is very similar to Iron Man's armor in the 2008
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, although the helmet design is different, and the armor is less yellow. The armor appears to be convertible from its ability to spread over Tony from various parts he puts on. This armor generates a force field around Iron Man from his repulsors. There are also numerous alternate armors that Stark uses in special occasions, including the Silver Centurion Armor, the Stealth Armor and the Hulkbuster armor (which was originally named the Dynamo Buster armor). In the second season, the armor was changed to look similar to the second live action film's armor, but sharing more similarities with the
Extremis ''Extremis'' is a six-issue story arc from the comic book series ''Iron Man'' (vol. 4), published in issues one through six in 2005 and 2006 by Marvel Comics. It was written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Adi Granov. ''Extremis'' elevate ...
armor. The abilities of the armor in how Tony can call it to himself are also reminiscent of the Extremis storyline. One of the other main changes of the armor is the circular unibeam is now a triangular unibeam.


DVD releases

The pilot episode was released as a bonus feature in Wal-Mart's edition of the live-action
Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...
movie. Volume One was released on DVD in the United States on October 20, 2009. The Blu-ray edition was released exclusively through Best Buy. In the UK, Volume One contains the first 13 episodes (the one-hour pilot being split into two separate episodes) on two discs. Volume Two was released in the United States on January 5, 2010. The Complete Season One was released in the United States on May 4, 2010. The Complete Season One set included an unreleased pair of Volume Three and Four DVDs. The Complete First Season was released on Blu-ray in Australia. Season Two, Volume One was released on DVD on June 26, 2012, with Volume Two released on September 25, 2012. The Season 2, Volume 3 DVD was released on January 22, 2013. Season 2 Volume 4 and the complete second season set became available April 23, 2013.


Reception

The hour-long premiere of ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures'' broke Nicktoons Network's record of highest-rated original series by premiering with over 125,000 viewers. Reviews of the pilot episode have been mixed. Some praise the series for its detailed and layered writing, strong continuity, and character designs. ''
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'' gave the series debut a B+ grade, saying, "What could've been a clunky retrograde reboot works surprisingly well, thanks to some smart writing and stellar CG butt-kickery."


Awards

In 2012, ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures'' won the Pulcinella Award for Best TV Series for Teens. In 2013, it was included on ''TV Guides list of the 60 greatest cartoons of all time.


References


External links


DQ Entertainment page


at Animated Superheroes
The trailer for ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures''
at Marvel.com
IGN - A Modern History of Iron Man
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