Throughout the MCU ’s 23 - part “ Infinity Saga , ” Tony Stark and Steve Rogers well hadthe most important relationship in the Avengers . Steve was the leader of the squad and Tony did n’t meet well with others , so they were   antagonistic   towards each other from jump . They spring up into unbelievable champion found on reciprocal respect before being torn apart as that friendship was test , and they eventually let go of their gall towards each other and made amends as theyjoined force to save the world , once and for all . Here are 5 Times Tony Stark And Steve Rogers Were Best Friends ( And 5 Times They Were Each Other ’s Worst Enemy ) .

Best friends: “I lost the kid.” “Tony, we lost.” (Avengers: Endgame)

When we enamor up with Tony Stark inAvengers : Endgame , having been stranded on Titan with Nebula following the Snap at the end ofInfinity War , he ’s looking emaciated and defeated . The Benatar has run out of fuel and solid food ration , so Tony records a content that he believes will be his dear farewell to Pepper . He drifts off to catch some Z’s , to the full expecting to break down in the nighttime . When Carol Danvers shows up to bring through him , she give him a second chance at life . Pepper survived the Snap , so Tony did n’t lose everything . But he almost did . He gravely tells Steve , “ I lose the youngster , ” and Steve corrects him : “ Tony , we lost . ”

Worst enemies: Tony taking Steve’s shield from him (Captain America: Civil War)

At the last ofCaptain America : Civil War , Tony Stark is heartbroken to unwrap that Bucky Barnes obliterate his parents while function as the Winter Soldier , and worse yet , Steve Rogers have it away about it . This leads to a brutal competitiveness between the three that cease with Tony lying in the dirt , feeling ticktock and betrayed , as Steve leaves with Bucky .

Tony demands that Steve impart his shield behind , becausehis beginner made it for himand he does n’t merit it . Steve merely drop the shell to the floor , relinquish it to Tony without an argument , and walk off with his friend .

Best friends: Tony giving Steve’s shield back (Avengers: Endgame)

InAvengers : Endgame , after a five - year time jump , Scott Lang emerges from the Quantum Realm with a plan to travel through clip , take in the Infinity Stones , and bring through everybody who pall in the Snap . He takes this idea to Steve Rogers , who deal it to Tony Stark . Although he ’s ab initio loath , Tony accepts the challenge and enjoin Steve that he wants to rent go of the resentment he feels towards him because it ’s not healthy . So , Tony return to the Avengers ’ compound and   gives   Steve ’s shield back to its rightful proprietor . Then , Tony jest , “ Will you keep that a little quiet ? Did n’t impart one for the whole team . ”

Worst enemies: Arguing on the Helicarrier (The Avengers)

When Tony Stark and Steve Rogers first meet inThe Avengers , they do n’t get along . Essentially , Tony and Steve are two entirely unlike citizenry . One is a loyal soldier , the other privatized world pacification . One is a gentleman out of his metre , the other is a futurist . Joss Whedon did a phenomenal line of showing their ideologies jar , including two brilliant lines that would be paid off attractively seven years later ( 11 in storey years ) inAvengers : Endgame .   Steve told Tony , “ You ’re not the cat to make the sacrifice play . ” Tony wouldmake the sacrifice represent to economize the universefrom Thanos in the conclusion . Tony told Steve , “ You ’re a lab rat , Rogers . Everything special about you come out of a bottle . ” Steve would prove this to be untruewhen he was suitable of lifting Mjolnir .

Best friends: Chopping wood together (Avengers: Age of Ultron)

Not all Marvel fans were taken with the roundabout way to Hawkeye ’s farm inAvengers : Age of Ultron , with some feeling that it decelerate down the plot andplaced the focus on the least interesting character . However , it provides an important aroused juncture for Steve Rogers and Tony Stark . Steve induce a glimpse of the family aliveness he fear he ’ll never have , while Tony discuss his worst nightmare with an incognito Nick Fury . The pair also bond as they chop woodwind together . Tony tells Steve not to take wood from his cumulus , despite the fact that Steve ’s voltaic pile is much bigger than Tony ’s .

Worst enemies: “S**t!” “Language…” (Avengers: Age of Ultron)

In the possible action scene ofAvengers : Age of Ultron , as Earth ’s mightiest hero sandwich storm the Hydra compound of Baron von Strucker in Sokovia , Tony is strike with the chemical compound ’s refractive shields and cries out , “ S**t ! ” Then , a motorcycle - straddle Steve sternly tells him , “ Language … ” For the relief of the motion-picture show , Tony and the other Avengers wo n’t let Steve live that one down . It was a funny import , but also stand for the key differences between the quality . The cardinal dynamic is that Steve is old - fashioned and Tony is a futurist . Steve is all about censoring bad language , but Tony has no such queasiness .

Best friends: Steve sending Tony a cell phone (Captain America: Civil War)

Tony and Steve ’s relationship was torn asunder inCaptain America : Civil War , and surprisingly , it was n’t mended again by the end of the movie . But Steve did volunteer Tony an olive outgrowth , sending him a guardianship package via FedEx with a short letter attached to ittelling Tony that if he ever necessitate him to join him in a battle , he ’ll be there .

As he sifted through the FedEx computer software to see what Steve had sent him , Tony received a call from General Ross , telling him there ’d been a breach at the Raft . Knowing that this rift was Steve Rogers fall in his Friend out of the navigation prison , Tony put the General on hold .

Worst enemies: Tony blaming Steve for the Snap (Avengers: Endgame)

When he returned from space after the Snap and reunite with Steve Rogers , having been personally get the better of by Thanos , Tony Stark blamed him .   The way he see it , Earth could ’ve been protected from Thanos if he ’d been allowed to create a planet - wide security measures system like he proposed inAvengers : Age of Ultron . Tony secernate Steve , “ What we ask was a suit of armor around the world ! Remember that ? Whether it impacted our wanted freedoms or not , that ’s what we needed ! … I say we ’d fall behind . You said , ‘ We ’ll do that together , too . ’ suppose what , Cap , we miss . And you were n’t there . ”

Best friends: “Do you trust me?” “I do.” (Avengers: Endgame)

The most important part of the “ Time Heist ” inAvengers : Endgamewas traveling back to New York in 2012 , because three Infinity Stones were there at that time : the Mind Stone , the Space Stone , and the Time Stone . Iron Man , Captain America , Ant - Man , and the Hulk were on this extraction team . The Hulk got the Time Stoneand Cap pay off the Mind Stone , but Iron Man and Ant - Man dropped the ball on the Space Stone , accidentally allowing Loki to disappear with it . Tony concocted a plan to travel to a military fundament in 1970 , where S.H.I.E.L.D. kept the Space Stone and Hank Pym had some Pym Particles that would allow them to get back to the present . Tony asked Steve , “ Do you trust me ? ” and Steve say , “ I do . ”

Worst enemies: “He’s my friend.” “So was I.” (Captain America: Civil War)

When Tony Stark   plant out Bucky Barnes assassinate his parents when he was brainwash by Hydra , all Tony wanted to do is drink down Bucky . The truce the lineament just made was immediately confuse out the windowpane as a brutal fight erupted between Tony and Bucky . Steve Rogers had a choice to make . Tony is his novel friend and associate , butBucky is his childhood best friend . Steve   could either allow Tony vote down Bucky or fight Tony to save Bucky . He   went with the latter choice , because Bucky has been there for Steve since he was a kid . As he began fight down Tony , Steve say , “ I ’m sorry , Tony . You know I would n’t do this if I had any other choice , but he ’s my admirer . ”Tony bluntly said , “ So was I. ”

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