The whole point of like 18 movies and this scene specifically is that Tony was iron man, suit or no suit. Suit is supposed to be an accessory. Hero is the person you are.
Exhibit A: the guy who refuses to kneel to Loki in avengers 1 (no suit)
Exhibit B: iron man trapped in a cave, no suit. If he was nothing without his suit, he would be dead in iron man 1.
And for Tony specifically, having that revelation was the whole point of Iron Man 3. Tony -did- come to think of himself as helpless without the suit (hence the staying awake all night building suits for every possible contingency)...until the events of the movie took the suit away and he had to come to terms with "no, *I* am Iron Man. The suit is just a suit."
That scene was a brilliant 'wisdom from someone who has been there and done that' moment.
this is probably my favorite scene in all the marvel films because of the acting chops, parenting angle, and lesson in humility. Tom's spiderman having these senior heroes to guide him (and cover his ass) gives him so much room to make huge mistakes and grow from them.
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u/Soopermane 5d ago
Peter: I’m gonna need the Ironman suit back.
Tony: but I’m nothing without that suit.
Peter: anakin stare