tony quoting and responding to machiavelli in his jericho speech
tony giving biblical names to his weapons (jericho, seraphim tactical satellite)
pre-captivity sequence set at the caesar’s palace hotel in las vegas. opens with tony casting dice (julius caesar + alea iacta est)
stane playing a piece by antonio salieri, who was rumored to have killed mozart out of rivalry, at the piano in tony’s house
the entire icarus situation during tony’s first sustained flight (JARVIS = daedalus, tony [icarus] flying toward the moon [sun] until his armor [wings] freezes [melt])
the vintage airplane pictures in tony’s office, the airplane models in his workshop, and the deleted scene where he has pepper follow him around with hand sanitizer, all of which may be callbacks to howard hughes, original inspiration for the character of tony stark
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