War Machine (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

## War Machine

Undo Thanos' fingersnap and restore everyone killed by the fingersnap back to life (succeeded).

## Relationships

### Friends / Allies

Tony Stark/Iron Man, Pepper Potts, Obadiah Stane (formerly), Steve Rogers/Captain America, Bruce Banner/Hulk, Thor, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Sam Wilson/Falcon, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Vision, T'Challa/Black Panther, Nebula, Rocket Raccoon, Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Gamora, Groot, Okoye, Wong, Winter Soldier, Dora Milaje, Einherjar, Valkyrie, Korg, Miek, Doctor Strange, Mantis, Drax the Destroyer

### **Enemies**

Obadiah Stane, Whiplash, Justin Hammer, Aldrich Killian, Ultron, Steve Rogers/Captain America (temporarily), Clint Barton/Hawkeye (temporarily), Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (temporarily), Sam Wilson/Falcon (temporarily), Thanos

## Personal Information

### Occupation

M.I.T. Student (graduated)
Colonel of the USAF
Liaison of Stark Industries (formerly)
Member of the Avengers (formerly, team disbanded)

### Affiliations

Avengers
Stark Industries (liaison)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (graduated; formerly)

### Paraphernalia

War Machine Armor

**War Machine** (real name **James "Rhodey" Rhodes**) is a major protagonist in the *Marvel Cinematic Universe*. He is a US army colonel turned vigilante, Tony Stark's best friend and a member of the Avengers.

He is the tritagonist of the *Iron Man* film series, a major character in *Avengers Age of Ultron* and *Captain America Civil War*, one of the tritagonists of *Avengers: Infinity War*, a cameo character in both *Captain Marvel* and *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier* and one of the deuteragonists of *Avengers: Endgame*. He will also up here in *Secret Invasion* in some capacity and the main protagonist of the upcoming film *Armor Wars.*

## Overview

James Rhodes is a vigilante and a colonel in the US Army. After years of serving as a liaison between the US Army and Stark Industries, Rhodey wanted to have a more active role in helping others, actually after learning that Tony Stark was Iron Man from the start of Stark's career as vigilante. He used one of the Iron Man suits created by Tony, becoming the War Machine. Rhodey was allowed to keep the suit after teaming up with Iron Man and was key in helping Tony defeat his enemies, Justin Hammer, Whiplash and Aldrich Killian and AIM. He recreated his armor as the Iron Patriot in response to the Chitauri Invasion back in 2012 before reverting back to War Machine.

By 2015, Rhodey became an active member of The Avengers, especially in the fight against Ultron during the Battle Of Sokovia. He ensured many innocent civilians were evacuated as much as possible when Ultron launched his attack. In 2016, Rhodey was one of the supporters and signers of the Sokovia Accords, crashing with Captain America's allies when they protected the Winter Soldier. However, after being paralyzed and given special braces to walk again, Rhodey grew disillusioned with the U.S. Government. Choosing to disobey Thaddeus Ross, Rhody aided Steve Rogers, no longer wanting hostilities to last between them. He later helped the Avengers and the Wakandans during the battle of Wakanda in stopping Thanos' minions from achieving the Mind Stone. However, this failed when Thanos himself arrived and took the Mind Stone. Rhodey was one of the survivors of the Blip, calling out for Sam Wilson to respond and only found out that Sam was one of the victims. When the Avengers had arrived and attacked Thanos, they were too late and found he had already used all six Infinity Stones to destroy themselves. Forced to live in a world without this he loved, Rhodey continued operating as a member of the Avengers under Natasha Romanoff's leadership. In 2023, James and his teammates travelsed in time to collect all six Infinity Stones through the Quantum Realm. Though the mission was a success after Bruce Banner used the Stones to resurrect their fallen friends, Rhodes had returned to the present day with Nebula from 2014, who transported her allies into the present. During the battle of Earth, James lost his best friend when Tony used all six Infinity Stones to destroy Thanos and their forces. Attending his friend's memorial service, Rhodey attended a ceremony at the Smithsonian Institution where Sam Wilson handed over Captain America's shield to the U.S. government