10 Biggest Ever Sacrifices In MCU Movies

On reflection, Tony was always going to die. He had struggled for years with the question of being able to give up being Iron Man - to the point that it seemed almost a dangerous compulsion - and his plans to save the world and the universe usually involved him not being there to see it saved. It all stems back from Captain America challenging him on never being the one to lie down on the wire.

Ever since then, he's tried to sacrifice himself a couple of times and he finally succeeded at the climax of Endgame. But when it finally came, it was different. Tony HAD retired from being Iron Man and had settled down with Pepper and had a child. He had finally put aside his concerns at being tied to existence by love and gone for a life of happiness that it didn't seem he felt he deserved.

When he snapped his fingers and gave up everything to take down Thanos, he was throwing away his own happy ending - one that had come at monumental cost - and it was utterly devastating to watch. He might have been flawed, but he redeemed himself in some style.