Iron Man: Armoured Adventures
Iron Man: Armored Adventures is a 3D CGI animated television series based on the Marvel Comics’ superhero Iron Man. It debuted in the USA on the Nicktoons Network on April 24, 2009, and has already begun airing on Canadian network Teletoon. The series is story edited by showrunner Christopher Yost, who also worked on Wolverine and the X-Men, and numerous other Marvel Animation projects. The television show is not related to 2007 animated film The Invincible Iron Man, and has a different voice cast, but some story parallels and uses the same musical score during some instances. It is the first Iron Man television series since Iron Man from 1994-1996 and airs in the aftermath of the successful live action Iron Man film.
The series follows the adventures of teenage child prodigy Tony Stark, and his alter ego of Iron Man, as he uses his technological inventions to stop villains such as Mandarin, Mr. Fix, and Iron Monger. His friends, Jim ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes and Pepper Potts help him on his courageous, and dangerous adventures.
In Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Tony Stark becomes Iron Man as a teenager, and Pepper Potts and Jim Rhodes are also teenagers. In mainstream Iron Man, Tony Stark becomes Iron Man later on in his life, 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, dies in the first episode in a plane crash. Tony also injures his heart in this crash, as opposed to being injured by a trap in war. He also invents the Iron Man armor at home. In previous incarnations, Tony invented a beta version of the suit to escape after being captured due to the trap explosion leaving him defenseless. Tony also invented his magnetic chest plate, whereas Ho Yinsen created it in previous versions.
Due to Tony Stark never going to war and hence being captured and saved by Ho Yinsen, it thus makes the character Ho Yinsen redundant.
Iron Man’s original armor in the series is very similar to Iron Man’s armor in the recent live action film. The notable difference is that his armor is less complex, and has less yellow. Apart from that, the armor is very similar in color. 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 armor that Iron Man uses in special occasions, including the Silver Centurion Armor, the Stealth Armor and the Dynamo Buster Armor.
