Tony Stark: It's good to be back!
[from trailer]
Tony Stark: Contrary to popular belief, I know exactly what I'm doing...
[generates a new arc reactor, amidst a glass-splintering explosion]
Tony Stark: Oops!
Pepper Potts: You know, there's only 8,011 things that I really need to talk to you about.
Pepper Potts: My point is, we have already awarded contracts to the wind farm people.
Tony Stark: Yeah. Don't say "wind farm." I'm already feeling gassy.
Justin Hammer: This isn't a helmet, this is a head... Ivan, what's going on?
Ivan Vanko: Drone better.
Justin Hammer: Drone better? What, why drone better? Ivan, I got an order for suits, not drones!
Iron Man: Rhodey, get down!
[activates an energy blade that cleaves through all the droids]
Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes: Mm. I think you should lead with that next time.
Iron Man: Yeah, sorry, Boss, I can only use it once. It's a one-off.
Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes: [aiming their repulsar beams at each other] Put your hand down.
Tony Stark: You think you got what it takes to wear that suit?
Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes: We don't have to do this, Tony.
Tony Stark: You wanna be the War Machine, take your shot.
Ivan Vanko: I want my bird.
Justin Hammer: Yeah, sure. We can get you a bird.
Ivan Vanko: I want *my* bird. *My* bird.
Tony Stark: [Tony has just been told by a US Marshal that tomorrow he has to attend court in front of the US Armed forces committee] Show me the badge.
Happy Hogan: [to the US Marshall] He likes the badge.
U.S. Marshal: [shows her badge] Still like it?
Tony Stark: Yeah.
Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes: I got something special for this guy. I'm gonna bust his bunker with the Ex-Wife.
Tony Stark: The what?
Tony Stark: Sorry, pal, but Iron Man doesn't have a sidekick.
Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes: Sidekick *this*!
[hits Tony with barbell]
[after reviewing Hammer's inventory of weapons]
Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes: I'll take it.
Justin Hammer: Which one?
Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes: All of it!
Tony Stark: Trust me, I know. I'm good at this stuff. I've been looking for a suitable replacement for palladium. I've tried every combination, every permutation of every known element.
Nick Fury: Well, I'm here to tell you, you haven't tried them all.
Justin Hammer: We all know why we're here - in the last six months Anthony Stark has created a sword with untold possibilites, and yet he insists it's a shield. He asks that we trust him as we cower behind it.
Jarvis: It would appear that the same thing that is keeping you alive is also killing you, sir.
Tony Stark: [to Pepper] I am appointing you CEO, why aren't you listening to me? You know, I've been lately thinking what legacy I want to leave behind, and who should do what when I'm gone. And I think, in terms of Stark Enterprises, that you should take over it. You've always managed to handle it, so far it's been good. I hereby irrevocably make you CEO of the company.
Natalie Rushman: Will that be all, Mr, Stark?
Tony Stark, Pepper Potts: No...
[Pepper talking over Tony]
Pepper Potts: Yes. Yes, that will be all, Ms. Rushman.
Ivan Vanko: Hey, Tony. Before you go, palladium in the chest, painful way to die.
[after a moment's pause, Tony leaves; Vanko chortles to himself]
