Appearances
Featured Characters:
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵ (First appearance chronologically)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Grandmaster (First appearance)
- Topaz (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- The Watcher
- Stark Industries (Named only)
- Pepper Potts (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- God (Yahweh) (Mentioned)
- Wizard of Oz (Mentioned)
- NASCAR (Mentioned)
- Phil Coulson (Referenced) (Deceased)
- Maria Stark (Referenced)
- Howard Stark (Mentioned)
- Atticus Finch (Mentioned)
- Grinch (Mentioned)
- Biff (First appearance)
- Tasba (First appearance)
- Snuffy (First appearance; dies)
- Nikos (First appearance)
- Jeffery (Mentioned)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Statue)
- Beta Ray Bill (Statue)
- Dark-Crawler (Statue)
- Ares (Statue)
- Bi-Beast (Statue)
- Man-Thing (Statue)
- Thanos (First appearance; dies)
- Ultron (Earth-29929) (Only in recap)
- Guardians of the Multiverse (Only in recap)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Earth-29929) (Only in recap)
- Black Panther (N'Jadaka/Erik Stevens) (Earth-32938) (Only in recap)
- Captain Carter (Peggy Carter) (Earth-82111) (Only in recap)
- Star-Lord (T'Challa) (Earth-21818) (Only in recap)
- Thor (Earth-72124) (Only in recap)
- Doctor Strange Supreme (Stephen Strange) (Earth-91233) (Only in recap)
Races and Species:
- Watchers
- Humans
- Leviathans
- Sakaaran Natives
- Numerous unidentified alien species
- Kronans
- Chincillas
- Snuffys
- Zen-Whoberis
- Titans
- Asgardians (Only in recap)
- Korbinites (Statue)
- Olympians (Statue)
- Man-Things (Statue)
- Chitauri (Mentioned)
- Hamsters (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Earth-TRN908 (First appearance chronologically)
- Earth-29929 (Only in recap)
- Earth (Only in recap)
Items:
- Iron Man Armor
- Iron Man Armor MK VII
- Iron Man Sakaarian Armor
- Arc Reactor
- Tony Stark's New Element
- Melt Stick
- Infinity Stones (Only in recap)
- Power Stone (Only in recap)
- Space Stone (Only in recap)
- Mind Stone (Only in recap)
- Time Stone (Only in recap)
- Reality Stone (Only in recap)
- Soul Stone (Only in recap)
- Panther Habit (Only in recap)
- Captain Carter's Shield (Only in recap)
- Captain Carter's Uniform (Only in recap)
- Mjolnir (Only in recap)
- Black Widow's Batons (Only in recap)
- Cloak of Levitation (Only in recap)
Vehicles:
Events:
Synopsis
In the fateful year of 2012, Tony Stark emerged as the unlikely hero who thwarted the cataclysmic threat to New York. Redirecting a nuclear missile toward the Chitauri mothership, he valiantly saved the city from impending doom. Yet, in an unforeseen turn of events, the wormhole sealing the breach snapped shut before Stark could make his triumphant return to Earth.
Stranded and marooned on the enigmatic world of Sakaar, Stark found himself at the mercy of the whimsical and authoritative Grandmaster, the planet's ruler. His forced stay took a dramatic turn when Stark, driven by his inherent need to help, intervened in a perilous death race to rescue Korg, one of the racers. Amidst the chaos, he crossed paths with Gamora, dispatched by the menacing Thanos to eliminate Stark for his interference in stopping the Chitauri. The Grandmaster's formidable enforcer, Topaz, swiftly captured both Gamora and Stark, subjecting them to imprisonment. But Stark, never one to yield to confinement, engineered a daring escape. Learning of Gamora's dire mission, a sense of obligation to right his unintended wrongs took hold of Stark, compelling him to champion Sakaar's liberation from the Grandmaster's iron grip. Harnessing his ingenuity, Stark rallied unlikely allies, enlisting the help of Korg and Valkyrie in his quest. A renewed Iron Man suit took shape under Stark's skillful craftsmanship, signaling his determination to challenge the Grandmaster in a high-stakes race for Sakaar's throne. The Grandmaster resorted to a repertoire of deceitful maneuvers, attempting to thwart Stark's bid for victory. Despite the odds stacked against him, Stark emerged triumphant, outmaneuvering the Grandmaster to claim the coveted title.
In a heart-stopping climax, Valkyrie made a selfless sacrifice, colliding with Topaz to shield Stark from harm, inadvertently causing her staff to strike and liquefy the Grandmaster. With Valkyrie rightfully crowned as Sakaar's new sovereign, Stark stood alongside Gamora in a courageous face-off against Thanos, the tyrannical patriarch.In a resounding act of defiance against her oppressive lineage, Gamora chose to carve her destiny, wielding Topaz's staff to vanquish Thanos once and for all. In the aftermath of this decisive confrontation, the once-all-powerful Grandmaster, now reduced to a puddle, pleaded for salvation, entreating Topaz to gather his amorphous form.Notes
- This episode was originally planned to be part of the first season, but was moved to the second season due to production delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic.