10 Reasons Why Iron Man Is Actually A Supervillain

Every Marvel fan is aware that the MCU contains a few narrative holes, but as a fan, minor discrepancies are easy to overlook. One thing that cannot be overlooked is Iron Man's tendency to be a jerk. Tony Stark has managed to fuel the MCU's black market weapons trade over the course of a decade, he's inspired a slew of villainous copycats to develop their own robot suits, and he's ultimately to blame for Earth being attacked many times.
Most of the Avengers' difficulties can be traced back to Tony Stark. He hit a bullseye on Earth by revealing his true identity as Iron Man. It's no surprise that aliens continue to try to destroy the world.

1. He Creates Ultron

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Tony sees a vision of a terrible future in which all of the Avengers are dead and the Earth is destroyed because he didn't "do more," and he vows to construct the Ultron global defense program to safeguard the globe. His intentions were good, but his execution was at best poor. Tony and Bruce take a yellow stone from Loki's scepter and, without ever examining it, just put it into an artificial intelligence entrusted with preserving the planet.

2. He Is Really Trivial

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Tony plays the part of a hero, yet he exhibits all of the hallmarks of a villain. His pettiness is one of the most prominent of these qualities. He can't seem to let go of any slight, big or small. His pettiness is responsible for the creation of villains such as Hammer and Killian, as well as destroying his friendship with Steve in Civil War
Tony can't stop himself, even though he knows Bucky was brainwashed when he killed his parents and that Zemo gave them the film of their murders as a ruse to invite the heroes to fight. He follows ahead with Zemo's plan and engages in a no-holds-barred brawl with Bucky and Steve, perhaps irreparably damaging their bond.

3. Due To Backing The Sokovia Accords, He Makes It Too Easy To Attack Earth

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Tony offers his entire support behind the Sokovia Accords and the idea to give the UN authority over the Avengers, feeling terrible about his own role in prior world-threatening incidents. When Tony compels the Avengers to sign the Accords, he causes a schism in the team, which is exploited by both Helmut Zemo and Thanos in their pursuit of the Infinity Stones.
Tony purposefully builds a gap amongst Earth's finest heroes by pressing the issue of the Accords, ensuring that there is no organized organization of first responders ready when the Black Order attacks.

4. His Mindset Brings Out The Worst In People

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Villains created by heroes unwittingly are a classic cliche, but Tony makes adversaries since he is about to be punched. His attitude is off-putting and lends a touch of venom to every scenario, whether he's humiliating Justin Hammer or tormenting Aldrich Killian. It's natural to want to knock him down a peg because he's so cocky about his job and position in life. Because Tony is one of the most powerful persons on the earth, his opponents use extreme measures to bring him down.

5. His Idleness Boosts The MCU's First Supervillain

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Tony is merely an egotistical creep who is so lackadaisical in the monitoring of Stark Industries that he doesn't even recognize his firm has become the world's largest armaments dealer before aliens attack Earth, before Iron Man, and before the Avengers Initiative is even a glint in SHIELD's eye.
Tony's lack of monitoring not only aids in the arming of gangs and terrorists throughout the world, but it also aids in the transformation of Obadiah Stain into the contemporary MCU's first supervillain. Tony defeats his old tutor, but his arrogance sets a precedent for future laser-shooting opponents to face Iron Man.

6. He Really Wants To Be In The Spotlight

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Tony becomes the MCU's first contemporary superhero after constructing the Mark III Iron Man suit and beating Obadiah Stain (at this point Captain America is still frozen in ice). Tony attends a news conference instead of focusing his energies on where he can help people next.
Tony is effectively announcing to the rest of the globe that Earth is in desperate need of larger and worse villains.

7. He Made His Rivals Better

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Tony has a knack for making his opponents want to improve at their art rather than smashing them to dust or getting them to put up their black hats. He intimidates C-list villains into becoming serious dangers, and he motivates intergalactic criminals to boost their game by developing super weaponry capable of defeating opponents that mankind has yet to envision.
Tony creates new foes by attempting to combat fights before they occur. Before he started trying to save the planet, Earth appeared to be a reasonably peaceful place.

8. He Make Himself As A Target

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Tony is quite proud of the fact that he is one of the heroes who is rescuing the planet. He owns Stark Tower and manages Stark Industries, and he claims to be Iron Man. This isn't a person who uses the term "humility" in their vocabulary.
He's effectively given the MCU's bad men a bullseye on which they can direct their rage. If he had merely kept his secret identity, he could have probably rescued the Earth from at least one attack.

9. He Lets His Friends Die For Him

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Tony, for a hero, allows his allies to suffer a lot of collateral harm while assisting him. If Yensin hadn't sacrificed himself to aid Tony in his escape from the Ten Rings in Iron Man, there would be no Iron Man. After supporting Tony in the huge airport combat in Captain America: Civil War, Rhodey Rhodes becomes severely crippled.
In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter Parker idolizes Tony, and Tony repays him by returning his spider costume and essentially dismissing his warnings about the Vulture's growing heists. After fighting the Vulture with dramatically underpowered technology, Peter is lucky to escape, and his prize is to crumble into dust in Tony's arms on a faraway planet in Infinity War.

10. He Lets Thanos Go To The Earth

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According to the Russo Brothers (the directors of Infinity War), Tony is aware that he played a role in attracting a menace as powerful as Thanos, and he holds himself accountable for the destruction of half the universe. According to Joe Russo, who spoke to The Telegraph India:
"Tony is the most desperately driven, down to the core, to react against something like Thanos, although all the heroes will face a threat, no matter who it is or where it comes from. But I think this is intrinsic to Tony’s psychology, and because Tony started it all with Iron Man, he has a special connection to the threat that’s facing him."

11. He Pesters Loki Into Attacking New York

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Tony's determination to win at any cost puts Earth in danger on a regular basis. When Tony meets Loki in The Avengers, it's as if he's a high school bully who can't go a day without instigating a battle with the strange kid. The Norse deity will undoubtedly accelerate his onslaught on Earth as a result of his preoccupation with dunking on him every time they meet.
Tony basically challenges Loki to take action, which Loki gladly accepts by establishing an inter-dimensional vortex above New York City and inviting in an extraterrestrial army.