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8. Christmas For J.A.R.V.I.S - Iron Man 3
You may have already noticed this cute moment in Iron Man 3, wherein Tony Stark leaves out a stocking for J.A.R.V.I.S. We know what you’re thinking—yes, this is a Shane Black penned flick, and as the action icon’s long onscreen history can attest, every thriller is better if it’s set a Christmas.
He’s right too, just look at Lethal Weapon and Tony Stark’s own big screen comeback, Robert Downey junior vehicle Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. But that’s not the point.
The point is that the stocking indicates Tony sees his AI (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) as a person, which may initially seem like another “uh oh Tony’s a lonely genius” moment, but actually serves to foreshadow J.A.R.V.I.S eventual transformation into Vision circa Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Not only does this little touch foreshadow J.A.R.V.I.S becoming the famous android, but the colours of the stocking are also the same ones of Vision in the comics—red and green, tipping canny viewers off to the AI’s eventual fate.