War Machine in other media

Adaptations of War Machine in other media
Created by	David Michelinie John Byrne Bob Layton
Original source	Comics published by Marvel Comics
First appearance	(as James Rhodes) Iron Man #118 (Jan. 1979) (as Iron Man) Iron Man #170 (May 1983) (as War Machine) Iron Man #282 (Sept. 1992)
Films and television
Film(s)	Iron Man (2008) Iron Man 2 (2010)
Television show(s)	Iron Man (1994) Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2009)
Games
Video game(s)	Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (1997) Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000) Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 Iron Man (2008) Iron Man 2 (2010)

This lists all appearances of the Marvel Comics character War Machine (James Rupert Rhodes) in other media.

Television

Iron Man

Main article: Iron Man (TV series)

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Iron Man and War Machine in a 1995 episode (entitled "The Hands of the Mandarin, Part 1") of the Iron Man animated series.

War Machine has appeared in the Iron Man animated series voiced by James Avery in Season 1, Jim Cummings in a few episodes of Season 1, and Dorian Harewood in Season 2. While Rhodes was active as War Machine in Season 1, he remained out of armor for the majority of Season 2 due to reliving a tragic drowning experience while being trapped underwater in the Season 2 episode "Fire And Rain". Rhodes eventually overcame his fear and donned the War Machine armor once again in the episode "Distant Boundaries".

X-Men

Main article: X-Men (TV series)

In the X-Men Season 2 episode "Time Fugitives Part 1", War Machine is shown in a brief cameo aboard a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier with Nick Fury and G. W. Bridge. They are seen watching a U.S. Senate committee hearing on mutants being blamed for infecting non-mutants with a "mutant plague" (genetically engineered by Apocalypse masquerading as a member of the Friends of Humanity). He is also seen in the Season 3 episode "Child of Light" in another brief cameo.

Spider-Man

Main article: Spider-Man (1994 TV series)

James Avery reprises his role of War Machine in the Spider-Man Season 3 "Sins Of The Fathers" episodes "Venom Returns" and "Carnage". Rhodes was supervising the security of the interdimensional travel experiment presentation at Stark Enterprises before he and his men were attacked by Venom and later by Carnage. He suits up as War Machine and assisted Spider-Man in fighting Venom and Carnage, who were sent by Baron Mordo to steal the interdimensional transporter device. When the two made their escape with the device, War Machine prevented J. Jonah Jameson from unmasking Spider-Man but is injured from the fight. Tony Stark asks Spider-Man to get War Machine to a doctor and later dons the Iron Man armor to help Spider-Man stop Baron Mordo, Venom, and Carnage from releasing Dormammu from his dimension.

The Incredible Hulk

Main article: The Incredible Hulk (1996 TV series)

Dorian Harewood reprises his role of War Machine in The Incredible Hulk Season 1 episode "Helping Hand, Iron Fist". He originally stops Rick Jones from seeing Tony Stark at Stark Enterprises, but takes him to Stark after Jones explained that he needed Stark's help to find Bruce Banner. He later alerts Stark of the arrival of General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Gabriel Jones, and a squad of Hulkbusters. War Machine fights some of the Hulkbusters alongside Jones and Iron Man.

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes

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The War Machine armor makes a cameo in the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "Shell Games".

Iron Man: Armored Adventures

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James "Rhodey" Rhodes in Iron Man: Armored Adventures.

A teenage James Rhodes is featured as one of the main characters in the animated series Iron Man: Armored Adventures voiced by Daniel Bacon. After losing his father Howard Stark, teenage Tony Stark is sent to live with the Rhodes family and attends the same science-intensive high school as Rhodes, the Tomorrow Academy. Rhodes knew about the Stark Exo-Suit a.k.a. the "Iron Man" armor since the beginning, and often shows concern when Stark does something dangerous, such as siding with Blizzard in the episode "Cold War" or adding reverse engineered supervillain tech to the Iron Man armor in the episode "Seeing Red". As Iron Man's systems operator, he assists Stark via computer and can use a remote system to assume control of the Iron Man armor when Stark is unable to do so. In the episode "Field Trip", Rhodes states he knows everything there is to know about the armor and can replace the suit batteries, and in "Man and Iron Man", Rhodes was capable of breaking down the systems. Though he is not a prodigy like Stark, Rhodes did ace his test on fusion and is a history buff. It is hinted in the episode "Pepper, Interrupted" that he has a crush on Whitney Stane, the daughter of Obidiah Stane and the true identity of Madame Masque. In the two-part episode "Tales Of Suspense," Rhodes pilots the War Machine armor to deliver the Iron Man suit to Tony and help him fight Fin Fang Foom and Zhang, the current Mandarin. It may also seem that he is the only one who is aware of the unrevealed love between Stark and Pepper Potts, often commenting the other is "jealous" when Stark is spending time with Whitney Stane or when Potts was spending time with Gene Khan, the stepson of Zhang and descendant of the original Mandarin.

The Super Hero Squad Show

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War Machine appears in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "Tales of Suspense" voiced by LeVar Burton. It should be noted that throughout the episode, Rhodes is never referred to as "War Machine" nor is his armor shown to have advanced weaponry. He has been watching over Stark Industries while Iron Man was with the Super Hero Squad. When Iron Man returns to Stark Industries following Doctor Doom's first part of discrediting Iron Man, he encounters James Rhodes in his War Machine armor first thinking that War Machine was the one discrediting Iron Man until Iron Man recognizes James' voice. Iron Man and War Machine team up to fight Doctor Doom, Melter, and Crimson Dynamo. The first fight doesn't go well and they both end up captured. They managed to break free and are assisted by the other Super Hero Squad members into defeating the villains.

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

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James Rhodes appears in the series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes voiced by Bumper Robinson. In the trailer released at San Diego Comic-Con International, he is shown trying to convince Tony Stark that he does not have to fight evil by himself.

Film

Ultimate Avengers 2

Main article: Ultimate Avengers 2

In the animated sequel to Ultimate Avengers, Ultimate Avengers 2, Tony Stark's Iron Man armor is damaged by Herr Kleiser and the Chitauri in Wakanda, so he replaces it with the War Machine armor. Stark's butler Edwin Jarvis disapproves of the choice, as the War Machine armor is slow and cumbersome by Iron Man standards, but its durability and heavy firepower prove useful especially in the final battle.

The Invincible Iron Man

Main article: The Invincible Iron Man (film)

James Rhodes appears in the 2007 animated movie The Invincible Iron Man voiced by Rodney Saulsberry. In this film, Rhodes is an engineer and former army medic who accompanies Tony Stark to an excavation site in China to unearth a lost city, but having brought weapons to provide security for the site on the insistence of Stark's father, they are captured by a group called the Jade Dragons, who seek to sink the city again as its rise is part of a prophecy regarding the resurrection of the Mandarin. He only partly builds the weapon his captors ask him to construct to sabotage their efforts. When elemental spirits are released from the temple to find the rings the Mandarin needs to be reborn, Stark and Rhodes escape using a suit of armor developed to keep Stark's heart beating after it was impaled by shrapnel. Rhodes' experience as an army medic aids in its creation. Rhodes subsequently helps Stark coordinate his attempts to track down the remaining rings before the elementals get them. Towards the conclusion of the film, Rhodes allows himself to be arrested to give Stark time to stop the Mandarin, subsequently being appointed head of the Special Engineering branch after all charges against Stark are dropped. A black suit of armor with many guns similar to the War Machine armor's design is seen in the pan of Stark's arsenal.

Iron Man

Main article: Iron Man (film)

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Terrence Howard as James "Rhodey" Rhodes in Iron Man

Terrence Howard portrays James Rhodes in the 2008 Iron Man film. In the film, Rhodes has the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and serves with the U.S. Air Force as the United States military's chief liaison to Stark Industries and their weapons division. Like his portrayal in the Iron Man comic book, he is also Tony Stark's best friend and one of his most trusted allies along with Virginia "Pepper" Potts. Rhodes is depicted in the film wearing a "Brass Rat", the MIT school ring, indicating that in the film, he and Stark were graduates of the same college, and on his other hand he wears an Air Force Academy ring. Though the War Machine armor makes no appearance in the film, two nods to Rhodes being War Machine are made. During a scene when Rhodes looks at the Iron Man Mark II armor, he merely says, "Next time, baby!". The second nod comes when animation of War Machine's shoulder cannon appears during the film's end credits. Director Jon Favreau told Ain't It Cool News that War Machine would appear in the sequels and Howard was cast with this in mind.

Iron Man 2

Main article: Iron Man 2

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Don Cheadle as James "Rhodey" Rhodes in Iron Man 2

Don Cheadle portrays James Rhodes in the 2010 sequel Iron Man 2. After a contract dispute involving Terrence Howard, the part of Rhodes was recast and Cheadle was selected for the role. The War Machine armor is featured in the film and was first revealed in footage shown at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. In a departure from the comic book portrayal of the armor's origin story, the movie version of the War Machine armor is a reverse engineered version of the Iron Man Mark II armor called the Variable Threat Response Battle Suit. In the film, Rhodes is under pressure by the U.S. government to convince Tony Stark to relinquish ownership of the Iron Man armor while remaining loyal to Stark despite frustration. When an intoxicated Stark in the Iron Man armor endangers the lives of all the guests at his birthday party, Rhodes is forced to don the Iron Man Mark II armor to intervene. After the intervention turns into a brutal fight that wrecks Stark's home, Rhodes leaves with the Mark II armor and hands it over to the military. The confiscated Mark II armor is reverse engineered into the heavily armed War Machine armor at Edwards Air Force Base by the U.S. Air Force and the armor's heavy weapons arsenal of ballistic weaponry was provided by defense contractor Justin Hammer of Stark Industries' rival company Hammer Industries. The armor is taken for a demonstration at the Stark Expo with Rhodes as its pilot. However his armor is secretly under the control of Ivan Vanko and Rhodes is forced to fight Stark against his will. The War Machine armor's software is rebooted by S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Natasha Romanoff and enables Rhodes to regain control over his armor. Rhodes teams with Stark to fight against Hammer's unmanned drones, and later Vanko himself in his own suit of armor. Through their combined efforts, they subdue Vanko and escape his suicidal attack unharmed, and Stark allows Rhodes to keep the War Machine armor

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Poster for Iron Man 2 featuring the War Machine armor

The markings on the War Machine armor include its serial & production number of "AF47 001", the "ED 445 FLTS" tail code designation of the 445th Flight Test Squadron, and the modern and heritage United States Air Force logos. The armor is equipped with heavier external armor plating, non-weapons grade flight stabilizers, enhanced jet boots that could theoretically reach speeds up to Mach 8, an arc reactor in the chest, and multiple external weapons such as dual arm-mounted dual arm-mounted 9mm submachine guns, a M134 7.62 mm minigun on the right shoulder, and the left shoulder deployed bunker buster missile launcher.

Video games

• War Machine is a playable character in Capcom's Marvel vs. Capcom series of video games. In Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, his in-game design was a palette swap of Iron Man in Modular Armor as depicted in Marvel Super Heroes with the addition of new animations such as a shoulder cannon instead of a chest unibeam, spiked smart bombs, and a super move, the "War Destroyer", which retracts from his back and launches missiles & rockets to hit foes from above. There is also a hidden character known as "Mega Armor War Machine"; a gold armored version of War Machine that could not block or fly, but was never stunned by any hits. The "Mega Armor War Machine" switched the shoulder cannon and "Proton Cannon" super move's projectiles to missiles instead of a beam and changed his crouching punch missile cannon into a beam cannon. In Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, War Machine had the switched weapons of the "Mega Armor" variant to further differentiate him from Iron Man. He was voiced by Wayne Ward in both games.
• The War Machine armor is an alternate costume for Iron Man in the games X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance by Activision. In the former, it is his "Age of Apocalypse" costume, which, when worn alongside three other party members who are in their AoA appearances, will grant a special bonus to all the characters. In the latter, if it is worn along with three other member's "Alternate Identity" costumes, it grants a special bonus to all characters.
• James Rhodes appeared as a non-playable character in the video game Iron Man by Sega and was voiced by Terrence Howard.
• War Machine appears in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 voiced by Nolan North for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions. Based on his Stanetech Based Armor design, Rhodes is a member of Iron Man's Pro-Registration forces and is a boss character for the Anti-Registration storyline. In the Anti-Registration Campaign, he assists Bishop into attacking the old HYDRA base where the Anti-Registration group is hiding in New Jersey. The Anti-Registration heroes later fight him alongside Iron Man at Geffen-Meyer Chemicals. In the Jailbreak cutscene, he is knocked down by Hercules.
• War Machine appears in the Marvel Super Hero Squad video game voiced again by Nolan North.
• War Machine is a playable character in the video game Iron Man 2, voiced by Don Cheadle, with additional dialogue provided by Phil LaMarr.

Toys

• The first action figure of James Rhodes was the Secret Wars Iron Man action figure produced by Mattel in 1984.
• Toy Biz produced two figures of War Machine with removable armor for the Iron Man animated series action figure line.
• In 1997, Toy Biz produced an "unmasked" War Machine figure with removable helmet for the Marvel - Hall Of Fame line of action figures.
• In 1999, Toy Biz produced a War Machine figure that was packaged with Mega Man for the Marvel Vs. Capcom line of action figures.
• Toy Biz has made two versions of War Machine in the Marvel Legends line of figures. The first version of War Machine was based on his appearance in the comic U.S. War Machine and was released for Series 9. The second War Machine figure was a chase variant of Modular Armor Iron Man (mirroring his design from Marvel Vs. Capcom) with Rhodes' face sculpted behind the faceplate and different colors. The figure was packaged with a red repaint of the Mandarin for Series 2 of the Faceoff Series. When the Marvel Legends line was continued by Hasbro, a figure of Ultimate War Machine based on his appearance in Ultimate Iron Man was produced for the Ares Series.
• In the Iron Man movie tie-in toy line by Hasbro, War Machine makes an appearance as a Wal-Mart exclusive figure. Though the figure is referred to as the "Stealth Operations Suit" armor, the figure has War Machine's black & silver paint job, War Machine's weapons, and the toy description lists Jim Rhodes as the pilot of the armor. Hasbro later released the War Machine mold repainted in Iron Man colors as the "Hot Zone" armor.
• For the 3 3/4 inch Marvel Universe toy line, Hasbro produced a Secret Wars 25th Anniversary two pack with James Rhodes as Iron Man packaged with Julia Carpenter as Spider-Woman.
• Diamond Select Toys has created figures of James Rhodes for the Marvel Minimates line of block styled figures. Series 21 included Rhodes as he appeared in the Iron Man film packaged with the Iron Man Mark II armor. For Series 23, Rhodes' Mark II War Machine armor was a chase variant figure packaged with Spymaster, who was usually packaged with the Mark I War Machine armor worn by Tony Stark. Series 35 includes Rhodes' War Machine armor as depicted in the Iron Man 2 film packaged with Iron Man Mark V and Rhodes in his U.S. Air Force uniform packaged with an Air Assault Drone.
• Hasbro released 3 3/4 inch War Machine figures for the Iron Man 2 movie tie-in toy line. Two of the figures are for the line's Movie Series with one featuring Don Cheadle's likeness. A third is the comic book universe's Mark I War Machine armor for the line's Comic Series. The first Movie Series has two variant figures with either red or blue eyes, chest arc reactor, and palm repulsors. Other figures in the line include a 8 inch War Machine figure, a 6 inch War Machine figure as a Wal-Mart exclusive, a 3 3/4 inch "Hall Of Armor" War Machine figure as a Target exclusive, and a 3 3/4 inch "Omega Factor Armor" War Machine figure in a Kmart exclusive "Advanced Tactical Armor" Concept Series box set.
• Diamond Select Toys released a Marvel Select 7-inch War Machine action figure along with the Iron Man Mark IV (as a Borders exclusive) and the Iron Man Mark VI armor from the Iron Man 2 film.
• In 2010 Hasbro released a Transformers: Crossovers War Machine figure which is supposed to be an upgraded version of his armor from the second Iron Man film, which is larger and turns into a stealth jet.