The Wedding of Iron Man - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin attacks Tony Stark and lifts him in the air, Hypnotia has suddenly appeared next to Julia when the shot changes. Given that she wasn't visible in any previous shots, even if Hypnotia was standing near Julia, not enough time had passed once Tony was lifted for her to appear in that spot. (00:17:56)
The Wedding of Iron Man - S1-E13
Plot hole: When Mandarin is concluding that Tony Stark and Iron Man are one and the same, he is watching video footage of when he had Tony Stark captive, and Tony first constructed the Iron Man armor and used a dummy that looked like himself in order to fool Mandarin into thinking that Iron Man was rescuing Tony Stark from captivity. If Mandarin had video footage of Tony Stark in that room where he organized his own rescue, then he also would have had footage of Tony Stark constructing the dummy of himself in the first place, and thus would have known Stark was Iron Man from the get go. (00:13:06)
The Wedding of Iron Man - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin destroys MODOK's robotic raven, MODOK is facing the monitor. When the shot changes, he is suddenly facing Mandarin. (00:06:52)
The Wedding of Iron Man - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Tony is concluding that Mandarin has been eavesdropping on Force Works for some time, we see a shot of, from left to right, Century, Julia, and Wanda. After Rhodey says he agrees with Tony, it is now shown from left to right to be Julia, Wanda, and Century. In the next shot, it is back to the original formation. (00:05:31)
Revealing mistake: When the villagers are bringing Mandarin to the doctor in a stretcher, you can see that the animators only drew the top half of his body, and the size of the stretcher is relative to it. When the shot changes, both the Mandarin's body and the stretcher are now the appropriate sizes. (00:21:05)
Continuity mistake: When Justin Hammer pulls out the folded map, the outside of it is a solid brown color. When the shot changes, the map is now a lighter shade of brown and also has grid-lines at the top. (00:13:52)
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man's helmet falls to the ocean floor, it is standing straight up. When the shot changes, the face of the helmet is now pointed up. (00:09:46)
Continuity mistake: When War Machine is surveying the wreckage of Tony's jet, he finds one of Iron Man's gauntlets on the floor of the jet, with the palm facing up. When the shot changes, the gauntlet has rotated so that the outside of the thumb is facing up, and is also now on the ocean floor instead of the jet floor. (00:09:39)
Continuity mistake: When Tony's jet sinks to the ocean floor, it is still intact. When War Machine is approaching it, it is suddenly completely split in half, with the front half positioned at a 90° angle respective to the back half. (00:09:23)
Continuity mistake: When Tony is talking to the press before boarding his jet, the handle to seal the door shut is missing in the wide shot. (00:06:48)
Continuity mistake: When Tony is talking to reporters before boarding his jet, the handle of the door is at a horizontal angle. When the shot changes, the handle has rotated counter-clockwise roughly 45°. When he boards the jet and begins to rotate the handle, it is now back to being at almost the original horizontal angle, just tilted down on the right side slightly. The entire mechanism also moves closer to the window. (00:06:58)
Character mistake: When Tony Stark is boarding his private jet, one of the reporters calls him "Mr. Star." (00:07:04)
Continuity mistake: When Tony Stark is departing in his private jet, you can see in the wide shot that most of the press is standing on the left side of the stairway, with only a couple on the ride side. When the shot changes, several reporters are now on the right side. (00:06:48)
Continuity mistake: When the four captains of industry are climbing the cliff and nearing the top, they are more or less the same distance apart from each other. When the shot changes to them reaching the top, the one on the far left in the previous shot is now suddenly several feet away from the man that was next to him. (00:06:32)
Continuity mistake: When Nick Fury picks up the file folder, the folder is brown and the "Top Secret" label is yellow, with the word "Top" being a in a solid black and bold font and aligned to the left so that the "T" in "Top" is directly above the "S" in "Secret." When Tony is telling Fury all the things Justin Hammer has done to him, the folder is now the same yellow color as the label, the word "Top" is written in block lettering, and it is centered above the word "Secret." (00:05:10)
Continuity mistake: When Tony is telling Nick Fury that Justin Hammer is gunning for him, he is directly facing Fury. When the shot changes, Tony has suddenly rotated in his chair 90° clockwise. (00:05:12)
Continuity mistake: When Nick Fury picks up the file folder, you can see both sides if the folder are blank. A couple of shots later, a label reading "Top Secret" has appeared on the side facing Fury. (00:05:07)
Continuity mistake: When Nick Fury sits down on the table, the clip on the file folder is pointed towards Fury. When the shot changes, it is pointed away from him. (00:05:01)
Continuity mistake: When Tony sits down after greeting Nick Fury, a glass of water is on the table next to him. When the shot changes, a file folder has instantly appeared next to the glass. (00:04:59)
Continuity mistake: When Nick Fury is saying Tony is always up to something new, his toothpick is hanging out of the right side of his mouth. When the shot changes, it is hanging out of the left side. (00:04:53)
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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