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| Genre | Superhero |
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| Theme music composer | Robert Schwartzman |
| Opening theme | "Iron Man: Armored Adventures Theme" byRooney |
| Ending theme | "Iron Man: Armored Adventures Theme" by Rooney |
| Composer | Guy Michelmore |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 52(list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Release | April 24, 2009 (2009-04-24) – July 25, 2012 (2012-07-25) |
Iron Man: Armored Adventures (also known in early promotional materials asIron Man: The Animated Series) is a French-Luxembourgish-British-American 3D CGI-animated series based on theMarvel ComicssuperheroIron Man. It debuted in the United States onNicktoons on April 24, 2009, and it aired onTeletoon in Canada.[2] The series is story edited by showrunnerChristopher Yost,[3] who also worked onWolverine and the X-Men, and numerous otherMarvel Animation projects. The television show is not related to the 2007 animated filmThe 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 sinceIron Man from 1994 to 1996, and started airing after the success of thelive actionIron Man film, which had been distributed by Nicktoons’ siblingParamount Pictures.
The series follows the adventures of a younger version of Tony Stark and hisalter ego ofIron Man. As Iron Man, he uses his technological inventions to fight other similarly technologically advanced threats. His friendsJames "Rhodey" Rhodes andPepper 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 separateMarvel Anime: Iron Man anime series, which had already finished airing on Japan'sAnimax in 2010.[4][5]
On August 25, 2012, it was revealed thatIron Man: Armored Adventures would air as part ofThe CW's new Saturday morning children's blockVortexx. After November 24, 2012,Vortexx ceased airing the show and replaced it withTransformers: Prime on December 8, 2012.
As of May 2025, both seasons of the show are available onDisney+ (as of January 2021) andAmazon Prime Canada viaCrave.
After a plane crash in which his industrialist fatherHoward Stark disappears after refusing to weaponize the Earth Mover atObadiah Stane's behest, Tony Stark 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 asMandarin,Mr. Fix,Whiplash,A.I.M.,Living Laser, theMaggia,Controller,Crimson Dynamo,Blizzard,Killer Shrike,Unicorn,MODOK,Ghost,Black Knight, andTechnovore. He is assisted in his crime fighting efforts byJames Rhodes andPepper 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 technology for survival, Tony must balance the pressures of teenage life with the duties of being a superhero.
The first season ofIron Man: Armored Adventures has a total of 26 episodes. It focuses on Tony, Pepper, Rhodey, andGene Khan working together to find the fiveMakluan rings. After overthrowing his stepfather Xin Zhang, Gene secretly works undercover to steal the rings from his friends, and ends up betraying them. At the end of the season, Gene discovers that there are five additional rings, while Tony learns that Howard survived, but was captured.
The second season ofIron Man: Armored Adventures has a total of 26 episodes, just like the first season.[6]Black Widow,Hawkeye,Doctor Doom,Magneto, andJustin Hammer appear in this season.[7][8]
The second season covers theArmor Wars saga and Stane International storylines, with Rhodey becoming War Machine during the first half of the season.[9][10][11][12] Meanwhile, Gene forces Howard to help him find the remaining rings. In the second half of the season, Justin Hammer buys Stark International and Iron Man must stop him from weaponizing its projects.
In the series finale, Iron Man and various other heroes work to stop the Makluan aliens from destroying Earth.
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| 1 | 26 | April 24, 2009 (2009-04-24) | January 18, 2010 (2010-01-18) | |
| 2 | 26 | July 13, 2011 (2011-07-13) | July 25, 2012 (2012-07-25) | |
Months before the series' television debut, Marvel had a screening of the first episode atSan Diego Comic-Con.[16] Additionally, several promotional videos were released on the Marvel website.[17]
Popular rock bandRooney recorded the theme song to the series.[18] 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.[18]
The series is made primarily usingcomputer-generated imagery (CGI), in a similar style toSpider-Man: The New Animated Series. The technique is similar tocel-shading animation technique, although the detail and resolution are lower.
The pilot episode was released as a bonus feature inWal-Mart's DVD edition ofIron Man (2008).
Distribution rights to the series in North America was held byVivendi Entertainment.[19] Volume One was released on DVD in the United States on October 20, 2009. The Blu-ray edition was released exclusively through Best Buy Volume Two was released in the United States on January 5, 2010. These two releases were distributed throughGenius Entertainment. 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.
Season Two, Volume One was released on DVD on June 26, 2012, with Volume Two released on September 25, 2012.[20] The Season 2, Volume 3 DVD was released on January 22, 2013.[21] Season 2 Volume 4 and the complete second season set became available April 23, 2013.[22][23]
In the UK, distribution rights to the series were held byITV Global Entertainment. Volume One contains the first 13 episodes (the one-hour pilot being split into two separate episodes) on two discs.[24]
The complete first season was released on Blu-ray in Australia.
The hour-long premiere ofIron Man: Armored Adventures broke Nicktoons Network's record of highest-rated original series by premiering with over 125,000 viewers.[25]
Reviews of the pilot episode have been mixed. Some praise the series for its detailed and layered writing, strong continuity, and character designs.Entertainment Weekly 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."[26]
In 2012,Iron Man: Armored Adventures won the Pulcinella Award for Best TV Series for Teens.[27]
In 2013, it was included onTV Guide's list of the 60 greatest cartoons of all time.[28]
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