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Repulsors are units that can project energy into space. They are the main features and weapons used by Tony Stark's Iron Man armors in the Marvel Cinematics Universe. So far, only one type was developed, which is the Repulsion Mark I.

Functionality

The Repulsors are units connected through Tony's Arc Reactor, to get it's energy and it can be used as a flight source as well as a weapon. It uses pre-pulsion as it's main function.

History

Iron Man (film)

While working on a propulsion system for the Mark II, Tony inadvertently creates the repulsors instead. He integrates them into the Mark III suit as weapons after testing them out on parts of his house and uses them in battle against the Ten Rings and Iron Monger, though he fails to defeat the latter with them due to his suit having a lack of power because of him using his old Arc Reactor.

Iron Man 2

Fighting each other, Stark and Rhodey learn that if two suits fire their repulsors at each other, it will create a massive explosion in between. During the final battle with Ivan Vanko, Rhodey in his War Machine armor and Stark in the Mark VI, defeat Vanko by firing their repulsors at each other with Vanko in the middle, creating an explosion that disables Vanko, but doesn't kill him. He subsequently self-destructs himself and his drones.

Iron Man 3

When his house comes under attack, Stark dons his prototype Mark 42 suit and uses its repulsors to defend his house, unsuccessfully. He later uses a portable repulsor to blast Eric Savin, apparently killing him, but he survives due to his Extremis powers.

This is apparently only a one-use repulsor though as Stark discards it afterwards. When Stark summons his suit, his right repulsor is the first piece to arrive and he uses it and a machine gun to kill the guards holding him hostage. During the final battle, all the suits of the Iron Legion use their repulsors against the Extremis Soldiers, ultimately killing them all.

While rescuing the President, Rhodey uses one of Iron Patriot's repulsors to cause the armor, himself and the President to swing to safety from an explosion. Detecting that Pepper Potts has Extremis, the Mark IX suit targets her with its repulsors, but she takes it down by punching it through the arc reactor. Pepper then takes its right repulsor and blasts a missile she kicked in front of Aldrich Killian, creating an explosion that kills him.

Notes

  • The Repulsors were based off on the technology with the same name in the comics.

Trivia

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