Welcome to watch mojo and today we're breaking down the origins of iron Heart for this video, we'll be looking at how Riri Williams went from teenage genius to flying around in her own super suit.

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Riri Williams named after her late father had seen her fair share of tragedy before she ever put on a metal suit at just 15, she'd already lost a father, a stepdad and a best friend.

But Riri was a certified tech prodigy and was determined to do something constructive with her grief.

So she put her brains to work designing her very own iron suit to rival Tony Stark's admittedly she had to steal a few parts from her university, but she eventually succeeded in making a working prototype.

Later she showed off her knack for crime fighting when she stopped two inmates from escaping prison.

Not too shabby for a first mission, in fact, it was so impressive that it caught the attention of Tony Stark himself, he tracked down Riri and officially brought her on as his protege though, she quickly proved herself more than a mere sidekick.

During the second Civil War storyline, Riri came into her own by Al eyeing with Iron Man's ideology in the hero versus hero conflict.

Later, when Tony fell into a coma, Riri took it upon herself to continue her mentors legacy, albeit with a new name iron Heart.

Of course, it helped that she had Tony's consciousness in an Ai chip.

For any time she needed a good pep talk.

I told you PJs, I'm not Tony, Yeah, but who are you not Tony?

I am so confused.

He's my Ai system.

His name is literally not Tony because he's not Tony.

Riri may have worn a strikingly similar suit, but she was not just a new Tony that became abundantly clear when her heroics drew shield to her front door, they recruited her to invade the impoverished country Latvia area to take down a dangerous fugitive.

Riri made relatively quick work of the actual villain, but then stayed in the nation long enough to negotiate a peace treaty between Latvia area and Shield.

By the time Riri left the country was having its first free election ever.

This storyline proved instrumental in showcasing that Riri could fight with her heart just as much as her brain.

But soon enough, there was a new kind of trouble brewing, namely an ultra nationalists lookalike of Captain America who allied with Hydra and tried to conquer the whole world.

It was definitely an all hands on deck situation, which led Riri to join the underground resistance there, she befriended the teenage superhero team the champions and became something of an honorary member.

Unfortunately, a botched operation left Riri and the others in a prison cell for most of the action, but in the final battle, they made up for lost time by busting quite a few hydra heads with the real Captain.

America reinstated the Champions.

Eventually thanked Riri by officially inducting her into their ranks with a new team, a new purpose and even a new suit.

Riri was positively soaring with the group.

In fact, she ended up getting a bit too close with one of her teammates.

The android Viv Vision developed romantic feelings for Riri, but the introverted tech genius didn't have the social skills to politely refute the advance.

The resulting tension weighed on the whole team and left Riri emotionally conflicted.

Her mind became so vulnerable that she fell prey to the mind control powers of the villain Blackheart.

Iron Heart unwillingly fought all of the champions and may have caused some serious damage If Viv had knocked her out of it after the traumatic battle, Riri and Viv finally accepted that they were better off as friends.

I'm terrible at this.

Maybe we could hang sometime like not as interns afterwards, things quieted down a bit and Riri completed more solo ventures until suddenly zombies.

Yeah, the dead were rising and Riri took it upon herself to investigate why she stopped the outbreak by defeating the villain Eclipse, but quickly learned there was a much larger plot afoot.

A consultation with Doctor Strange led her to Wakanda in search of the ancient Wellspring of Power There, she discovered that the Wellspring was leaking and unleashing, endless shadowy monsters onto the world.

So, teamed with Shuri Okoye and silhouette, Iron Heart set off to reseal the Wellsprings Energy.

But it's never that easy.

The four discovered that the secret society, the 10 Rings, was trying to open the Wellspring for good.

The hero sliced and diced their way to stop them, but came to a screeching halt due to a surprising family matter.

One of the villains, Dune was actually reraise father all those years ago, he faked his own death to saddle up with the shady organization.

The family reunion got cut short when Riri, confused and angry, accidentally fell into the well spring.

Inside she faced her inner turmoil and later re emerged to save the Wellspring, Wakanda and the entire world.

After handily cleaning up the 10 Rings, she parted ways with Suri and the others as a new friend to their country.

Afterwards, Riri took a well deserved vacation, accept it quickly turned into a forced retirement.

The government passed the underage superhuman welfare act, which outlawed teenage vigilantes.

That meant Riri and the champions had to either hang up the capes or be branded as outlaws, fearing the retribution that would befall her mother.

Riri, seemingly powered off her suit for good.

Her controversial decision had many of the hotheaded teen heroes believing she was a double agent.

The Champions confronted her, but only succeeded in giving away her address with no more choice in the matter.

Riri went on the run with the others.

Later, the real traitor ended up being the presumed dead Viv vision.

She ensured the champions were never far from capture, thankfully, the team got a welcome assist from the X men who know a thing or two about hiding from the government under their protection.

Riri got to meet her idol Storm, who inspired the young girl to face her enemies head on.

I have faith in the Champions later reconciled with Viv and waged a war on the new law in the headlines instead of on the battlefield.

Eventually the mounting pressure repealed the bill for good, letting Riri and the others continue their heroic endeavors.

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Iron Heart hasn't had many chances to show off her stuff outside of the comics.

My heart's not lost.

Just a bit broken.

Well, when you're ready, if you want a friend, you know where to find us an animated special.

A few video game appearances and the infrequent guest spot is really all she has to her name though.

That's changing very soon with newcomer Dominique thorne taking over the role for a lengthy fight in the M.

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The scientific prowess that exists in Wakanda is most certainly in line with Riri and her genius and I think that the combination of the two is what makes the second iteration of this movie additionally exciting.

She'll first appear in the hotly anticipated black panther Wakanda forever before headlining her own series on Disney Plus in a post Iron Man.

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You re re is the perfect choice to bring some tech back to the next phase of the franchise.

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