41 Greatest Moments In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

37. Iron Man 2 – Pepper tosses Tony his suitcase armor

When Tony Stark is attacked by Ivan Vanko, a.k.a Whiplash, on the Monaco Grand Prix race track, it’s up to Happy Hogan and Pepper Potts to get save him. Tony is able to use his quick reflexes to evade Vanko for a bit, but quickly runs out of places to run.

In the nick of time, Happy crashes his car into Vanko and saves Tony. While Pepper is yelling at Tony to get in the car, Vanko continues his assault. Happy pulls his car backward and forward, hitting Vanko multiple times in a bid to quell his attacks. Now seeing his friends in danger, Tony tells Pepper to toss him his suitcase.

With Happy’s desperate maneuvering of his car and Vanko’s wild whip cracking, Pepper has a hard time giving Tony the required item. When Vanko slices the side of the car off, Pepper is able to toss the suitcase to Tony. Tony activates the suitcase and plunges his fists into the receiving receptacles.  As the suit wraps and builds around him, Tony is quickly transformed into Iron Man — now making it an even fight.

(Write-up by Steve Lam, Bam Smack Pow staff writer)

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