Film guide · 2025
The parts that are hard to follow from the film alone, explained with a story summary, a character map and key terms.
Riri first appeared in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Tech genius Riri clashes with the magic-wielding Hood.
A major figure appears at the end.
Who's who in Ironheart (2025), with Riri at the center.
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Riri Williams (Ironheart)Center ・ Dominique ThorneGenius inventor
Parker Robbins (The Hood)Main ・ Anthony RamosLeader of a crew
Joe McGillicuddyMain ・ Alden EhrenreichEngineerFace photos are freely licensed photos of the actors from Wikimedia Commons, cropped to a square and resized. Non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site, and people without a photo are shown with a placeholder (initials).
Riri is expelled from MIT over her armor research.
Back home, Riri struggles for money.
Riri joins Parker's crew.
Riri realizes how dangerous the Hood is.
Riri faces a bargain to get back someone she lost.
Contains spoilers about the ending.
Parker's cloak draws its power from a demonic source.
Riri's best friend, who was killed in a shooting. Riri built her armor's AI based on her.
In the finale, the demon lord Mephisto appears and offers Riri a deal.
Riri's hometown of Chicago is a big part of the series.
Riri rebuilds and upgrades her armor again and again.
Nothing related to Doomsday.