The original Iron Man arrived in 2008: kickstarting a Marvel Cinematic Universe, saving Marvel Studios, and launching RDJ to international stardom. Personally, Iron Man 1 blew my poor teenage mind (I think I saw it five times in theater), and it practically enslaved me to years of continuing Marvel fandom. However, an aspect that I never really see discussed when talking about the many strengths of the greater MCU is just how sweet it looks when someone puts on an Iron Man mask.

It’s pretty fucking sweet.

Iron Man set the standard with the full on, straight up, facing the camera clink. Iron Man 2 perfected the quip-and-clink, and introduced War Machine for the tasteful double event. The Avengers saw the addition of alternate helmet acquisition methods, and Iron Man 3 took those past their reasonable, logical extremes. The most recent movies are somewhat lacking in traditional face-mask closing due to Stark not being directly in the spotlight, but still sprinkle some good ones in.

I went through all six movies where Iron Man appears, and cut out every moment that someone puts a mask on (or gets a mask put on them). The only question is, which one is the best? Here’s the rundown of the definitive power rankings.

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27. Eject (Iron Man 3)

Starting us off in last place is a bit from the last fight of Iron Man 3. It’s a novel fighting maneuver, but this one loses points for not being a traditional mask-down closing, his head being off screen at the moment the eyes light up, and the fact that there are a bunch of better “getting a suit while falling through the air” scenes. Overall, a weak effort.

26. Sneaky Slide (Iron Man 3)

Similar, but this one has the head on screen, with its eyes turned away. Also, the slightly more angular mask adds a bit of spice.

25. Panic Attack (Iron Man 3)

One of the better full body suit acquisitions. Sweet

view from behind stepping in, and a quick swivel to see the eyes light up. Still, not very traditional.

24. Punch Clink (Captain America: Civil War)

You barely get to see the actual mask flip up and around Stark’s head. This one is mostly carried by the moment, as Tony begins the fight to avenge his parent’s death.

23. Drop On Out (Captain America: Civil War)

It’s a full body, but you get a glimpse of a clink. Again, carried by the moment in the movie, and follows the tradition of the mask being the last piece to fit into place. It’s a fine bit, and probably the most typical of these we can expect to see going forward in new movies.

22. Stop Stopping (Iron Man 3)

The first real clink! Pretty average, but pales in comparison to other times where the character wearing the suit gets to speak the line. You also don’t get a great angle on the actual mask coming down, as Pepper turns away.

21. Bird Guy (Iron Man 2)

Mickey Rourke barley misses out on cracking the top 20. You get a good view of the mask and it’s in a combat situation. However, the movement of the mask doesn’t feel as weighty, and loses points due to the fact that Whiplash is at his most compelling when he doesn’t have an Arc Reactor strapped to his chest.

20. Keep the Skies Clear (Iron Man)

This one, from the first Iron Man, is the original line and clink. Tony takes off to the final confrontation with Jeff Bridges, and we get a nice view of the mask coming down. However, there’s something really off about the angle that his head is at when it happens, and watching it over and over in gif form makes me think that this is either bad CG or an actual metal helmet that just weighed too much for RDJ’s neck.

19. I Got You Covered (Iron Man 3)

Now this is how #20 is supposed to look. My, how far we’ve come in the five years and multiple movies between them. I think of this one as the baseline to judge against: all the ones that are worse had some sort of problem, and all off the ones that are better have something unique that makes them cool.

18. Protect Pepper (Iron Man 3)

This is a cool scene, as it’s the first time Tony uses the gimmick of Iron Man 3 (moving in and out of suits crazy fast) in a life or death situation. It’s touching that he puts the armor on Pepper, and more importantly, you get a good view of the mask snapping into place. The slow-mo detracts from it a bit, but I think it’s alright.

17. Blow Mk 42 (Iron Man 3)

This is pretty cool, as it’s the only time on the list Stark weaponized the suit itself. You even get a little joke as Killian’s scream is cut off by the mask popping on. Good stuff.

16. Wasn’t a Question (Iron Man 2)

They had to sneak one more quip-clink in at the end of Iron Man 2. This one establishes War Machine as a character that will return in later films, and that he really has this whole “talking then lowering his mask” thing down.

15. We Have a Hulk (The Avengers)

I’m pretty sure Shane Black saw this scene from the Avengers, thought it was awesome, and then decided to make an entire movie out of it. I like this one, and it’s a good moment in a good movie, but just teases you with the mask movement then quickly switches to a first person view. It misses out on being in the top half, but probably could have cracked the top 10 if it had shown the entirety of the motion.