"What are you going to do, make ape sounds and knock planes out of the sky? (dialog, Pepper) Probably the best episode in the series, very sharp writing. Edgy.
Ironically more fun than many full length features (with real people) that came later.
A criticism of this series is that they turned the main character's life into a waking nightmare, everything that can go wrong does, his father disappears, one of his best friends turns out to be a fiend wanting to control the world with magic, and his Iron Man designs are stolen and used against him.
Plus his teachers are mad at him.
In this episode, they abandoned some of the weaker arcs and nicely combined action and characterization. Woulda made a great movie.
Sad that the writers find their inner muse so late in the series.