The whole scenario of Pepper Potts saving the day at the climax of Iron Man 3 was just terrible. It was a poor idea, it was extremely contrived and the execution was so unrealistic - even in a comic book movie setting - that it was just ridiculous. We get that Killian infected her with Extremis, but it was extremely convenient that she was one of the few who could successfully house it, we sighed with disenchantment when she conveniently (and predictably) survived her fiery plummet, but we shook our heads with sheer disbelief when she killed Killian by displaying otherworldly skill out of absolutely nowhere. Just when the villain was about to kill Tony Stark, she ambushed a passing Iron Man armour and ripped a missile and a repulsor from it using her Extremis-granted super-strength. She kicked the missiles towards Killian and, with perfect aim, fired the repulsor at it. The impact detonated the missile directly in front of him, blasting him in to a million pieces. Remarkable skill from Tony Stark's former personal assistant...
