Other mistake: Despite being in the same continuity as the 1992 X-Men animated series, this show depicts Bill Clinton as President of the United States, while in X-Men, the President is Robert Kelly.
And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead - S1-E1
Other mistake: When Tony Stark is typing on the keyboard, some of the keys are depressing without him touching them.
Other mistake: When Tony and Julia and the two tailing reporters walk past the press, they appear out of thin air. They should have either appeared from the courthouse door, which is closed the entire time, or from the left side of the screen. Instead, they appear on screen from just behind the reporter in the foreground, who is not obscuring enough of the screen for Tony and Julia to have gone unseen up until that point. (00:10:03)
Other mistake: When Tony is setting the satellite trap, he sets the timer for twenty seconds. The counter can be seen going from 12 to 10, skipping eleven. (00:10:38)
Other mistake: When Iron Man tells Mandarin that he's been waiting to meet him face to face, they are standing only a few yards apart. Mandarin retorts by saying "Then face this, Iron Man," while firing an energy blast from one of his rings at him. The shot changes and Iron Man is hit by the blast. With how fast the blast was shown traveling and the short distance between the two, Iron Man would have been hit by the blast before Mandarin could have finished saying his comeback line. (00:14:38)
Other mistake: When Century is pressing the button on the control panel to restore gravity to the vessel, you can see his finger doesn't actually touch the button. (00:18:06)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Other mistake: When Iron Man is attacked by Dreadknight, he calls out to Julia saying "He hit a major cyber shot," to which she responds by saying "Who hit what? You're alone out there, Tony." Moments later when Rhodey walks up to Julia, he asks her what's wrong with Tony, and she replies by saying "He thinks Dreadknight attacked him in a terminal reality simulation." Tony never told Julia that it was Dreadknight that attacked him, so she couldn't have known that's who Tony was referring to. (00:04:02 - 00:04:37)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Other mistake: When Iron Man is saying "sound energy, that's it," the mouth hole on his mask can be seen moving in sync with the dialogue. The mouth hole is not designed to move when he talks. Any other time he talks, it remains motionless. (00:16:42)
Silence My Companion, My Death Destination - S1-E4
Other mistake: When MODOK and Mandarin are watching Iron Man fire the missiles at Mandarin's henchmen, they can both be seen floating up and down. MODOK floats up and down due to his use of a hover-chair. Mandarin, however, does not have this ability. (00:18:50)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Other mistake: When the mob is throwing bottles at Stark Industries, the second bottle breaks in midair without actually hitting anything. (00:05:21)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Other mistake: For the first few episodes of this show, Rhodey is voiced by James Avery. However, there are two scenes in this episode with Rhodey providing voiceover, and you can tell he is voiced by Jim Cummings. Presumably Avery wasn't available to record the dialogue for these parts, so they just went with Cummings instead. (00:10:36 - 00:18:06)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Other mistake: When Iron Man is suiting up on his private jet, the environment around him is a lab, which would be far too large to fit on a private jet. (00:17:55)
The Defection of Hawkeye - S1-E8
Other mistake: When Julia is running after Clint through Hammer Hills, she checks in with Tony and team through her watch. When the shot changes to the team watching Julia on the monitor, her hand is visible in the shot. If the video feed of Julia on their end is being transmitted by her watch, then her hand shouldn't be visible to them. (00:12:03)
The Defection of Hawkeye - S1-E8
Other mistake: When Hypnotia is taking pictures of the hypnotized Clint standing next to Justin Hammer, there is camera flash and the sound of a picture being taken indicated for every picture. One of the pictures that Clint is later shown is of Justin Hammer putting a stack of cash in his hand. However, there was no corresponding camera flash or sound of a picture being taken for this particular photo. (00:14:21 - 00:15:56)
Other mistake: When Tony is sealing the door to his jet shut, he rotates the handle in a full circle, and Rhodey does the same thing, but in the opposite direction when he exits the jet. When Tony is sealing the door back shut after Rhodey leaves, he only rotates the handle about 45°. (00:07:07 - 00:08:00)
Other mistake: When Tony Stark is suiting up to rescue War Machine, the device he wears on his chest to keep the shrapnel out of his heart is missing. (00:01:52)
Other mistake: Tony Stark has long hair that goes down to about the base of his neck, but when he puts his helmet on after figuring out what Firebrand's plan is, his hair magically goes entirely inside the helmet without him tucking it. (00:13:00)
Other mistake: When Firebrand is in the back of the police car, his handcuffs are the same yellow-orange color as most of his costume, and half of the front passenger seat is missing. (00:19:19)
Cell of Iron - S2-E3
Other mistake: When Iron Man enters the spaceship through the airlock, he lands in front of the airlock door. When the airlock closes, it somehow does so in front of him, even though it should be behind him. (00:09:00)
Other mistake: When Tony steps out of the mine shaft elevator, the animators have drawn the elevator to be following Tony as he begins walking. (00:04:13)
Answer: Gleaned from the Internet: Some critics criticized the premise of so many one-off battles that were introduced and concluded within one or two episodes. Others felt the first-season plot lines were overly simplistic and never progressed or developed through the season. Also, the rivalry between Iron Man and the Mandarin also failed to capture viewer's attention.
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