10 Greatest Callbacks In MCU History
4. Tony Stark Has A Heart - Avengers: Endgame
And here we are back at Tony Stark’s funeral. Held on the beautiful lake by his and Pepper’s home, the scene set what otherwise would have been a lovely day if not for saying goodbye to the greatest superhero Earth had ever seen.
Almost every living hero was there to pay their respects, even some that had never actually met the man, and they all watched on as Pepper lowered the wreath of flowers onto the water to drift away. These weren’t just flowers however, this was something very special to Pepper’s heart.
In the very first Iron Man movie, even before she and Tony were ever together romantically, she cared an awful lot about her boss. When he upgraded his arc reactor and no longer needed the original he binned it, showing no sentiment toward it at all.
Pepper however, picked it out of the trash can and had it mounted on a plaque. “Proof that Tony Stark has a heart”. This is what floated across the water as a painfully bittersweet reminder of just how far Tony Stark came on his journey since first becoming Iron Man 11 years earlier.