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* CategoryTraitor: Killmonger considers him one for being loyal to the military despite them being his "oppressors". Rhodey tells him that he has to be a part of the system in order to change it but Killmonger shuts him down and tells him that he'll burn the system down before killing Rhodey.

* DeadAlternateCounterpart: While his Sacred Timeline self is still alive and well, he gets murdered by Killmonger as part of a FrameUp that will instigate a war between Wakanda and America.

!!Armors
[[folder:In General]]
!!''War Machine Armors''
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/IronMan2'' | ''Film/IronMan3'' | ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' | ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' | ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''[[note]]In a video recording[[/note]] | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Film/ArmorWars''

The heavily weaponized suits of PoweredArmor used by James Rhodes.

* AchillesHeel: Given how Tony develops it similarly to the Iron Man armor, it shares the same weakness of becoming completely unusable if the Arc Reactor powering it gets destroyed. In ''Captain America: Civil War'', Vision accidentally shoots it with the Mind Stone and destroys it while Rhodey's flying, disabling the suit and causing him to fall at high speeds while being completely and utterly helpless, resulting in his paralysis after hitting the ground.
* ArmCannon: In addition to the PowerPalms, the War Machine armors have all kinds of firearms in their arms.
* {{BFG}}: War Machine's iconic weapon. Tony seems to think he's compensating for something. Rhodey's reply is "It's called being a badass."
* BottomlessMagazines: No matter how often Rhodey shoots, he never runs out of ammunition for his armors' weapons.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Even though Rhodey is a decent fighter with military training, it's when he wears his War Machine suit that he becomes a powerful superhero capable of decimating armies of Hammer Drones, Ultron Sentries, and Outriders single-handedly.
* CollapsibleHelmet: At first, the armor's face plate can only slide up or down. Starting with ''Civil War'', the helmet can fully retract into the suit.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The War Machine armor is a menacing black and gray, complete with an overdose of guns and [[RedEyesTakeWarning a red-eyed helmet]], but Rhodey's a MilitarySuperhero who's more grounded than his best friend Iron Man.
* DisabilityNegatingSuperpower: After ''Civil War'', all the War Machine armors have built-in walking aids that allow the semi-paralyzed James Rhodes to walk.
* FlyingBrick: The suit allows Rhodey to fly, have tremendous superhuman strength, and take a lot of damage plus it's equipped with a lot of guns and explosives.
* FlyingFirepower: Even more so than Iron Man, as War Machine is the same armor but equipped with more conventional weaponry such as a machine guns, missiles, or bombs.
* HeadsUpDisplay: Similar to Iron Man, all War Machine armors have this, albeit colored green rather than blue.
* HeartLight: Just like Iron Man, the War Machine armors have arc reactors on their chestplates that serve as their power sources.
* ImmuneToBullets: Best demonstrated in the final battle of ''Iron Man 2''. No matter how much the Hammer Drones strafe the War Machine armor, it has little to no effect.
* InfraredXrayCamera: Rhodey repeatedly demonstrates that he can use his armors to detect the heat signature of the people in the surrounding area.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: While capable of using the same repulsor energy as Iron Man, the War Machine armor favors the use of heavy ordnance via wrist mounted firearms and a shoulder mounted minigun.
* LightningBruiser: It's almost as fast as Tony's suits and is incredibly strong and sturdy. It also has more firepower and ammunition.
* MoreDakka: The key difference between the Iron Man and War Machine suits. The War Machine is equipped with at least five different kinds of guns. While more heavily armed, these guns are mostly conventional weaponry compared to the more advanced tech in the Iron Man suit, keeping the playing field level. Among the armors, Mark VII is the king of this trope, being much bulkier than previous War Machine armors, and seems to have double the armament of even the previously most loaded armor, the Mark IV.
* PoweredArmor: Probably the most powerful ones that can be found on Earth outside of Iron Man's.
* PowerPalms: Much like Iron Man's, the War Machine armors have repulsor blasters in their palms that are mostly used for flight stabilization, but can also serve as powerful weapons.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: While the Mark 2 eyes light up blue like all Iron Man suits, after it's converted into the War Machine armor, the eyes become red. It helps to make it clear that, even though Rhodey is certainly one of the good guys, he's still someone you really don't want to have as your enemy.
* RocketBoots: Naturally, all War Machine armors have reactors on their feet and backs that allow them to fly.
* SavedForTheSequel: At the end of the first ''Film/IronMan1'' film, Rhodey looks at the Iron Man Armor Mark 2 and briefly contemplates using it to help Iron Man, but he finally changes his mind and says, "Next time, baby". Indeed, he wears the suit and becomes War Machine in [[Film/IronMan2 the sequel]].
* ShoulderCannon: War Machine's trademark weapon is the big gun on his shoulder. It's ''a'' big gun, but not ''the'' big gun.
* SuperSpeed: The War Machine armors are fast enough to catch up with Iron Man armors.
* SuperStrength: Just like Iron Man's, the War Machine armors greatly enhance their user's strength.
* WalkingArmory: He's not called "War Machine" for nothing. His first armor alone gets a whole scene where Justin Hammer presents all of its weapons, which include the iconic 7.62-mm minigun, an M24 shotgun, a semi-automatic 9 mm pistol, two FN F2000 tacticals, a 40 mm GrenadeLauncher, and the self-guided missile known as the "Ex-Wife". Later armor models add ''even more'' weapons.
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[[folder:War Machine Armor: Mark I]]
!!''War Machine Armor: Mark I''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/IronMan2''

The first War Machine suit, which was made from the Iron Man Mark 2 Armor.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the comics it took Rhodey till the '90s to take on the mantle of War Machine after being a trusted ally of Stark for years and after [[LegacyCharacter replacing Tony as Iron Man for a while]]. In the MCU it was the first suit he wore as soon as in his second appearance.
* BeamOWar: Rhodey and Tony cause this by firing their repulsors at each other on two occasions during ''Iron Man 2''. The first time at the end of the brawl at Tony's birthday party, and later in the final fight against Whiplash.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Subverted with the Ex-Wife missile. Despite being introduced in an earlier scene and being hyped up as War Machine's greatest weapon, it ends up being completely useless against [[BigBad Whiplash]] during the final fight.
** Played straight with the aforementioned BeamOWar, which becomes crucial at the end to defeat Whiplash.
* CombinedEnergyAttack: At the end of the final fight, both Rhodey and Tony use their repulsors on Whiplash at the same time, resulting in a powerful deflagration that overwhelms him.
* CompensatingForSomething: This is what Tony thinks about all the guns strapped on Rhodey's upgraded War Machine armor in ''Iron Man 2''.
* CrapolaTech: The Ex-Wife. Then again, it's Hammer Tech, what else did you expect?
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: This suit started off as the Iron Man Armor Mark 2, before Justin Hammer worked on it and turned it into something completely different.
* EyeColourChange: The Iron Man Armor Mark 2, like all Iron Man armors, had glowing blue eyes. But when the suit is turned into the War Machine Armor Mark I, the eyes become [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]].
* FakeSpecialAttack: The "Ex-Wife" bunker-buster warhead. After all the hype (and a brief [[TechnologyPorn launch sequence]] with massive backblast) it just bounces off Whiplash's armor and sizzles in a nearby puddle. With a [[ToiletHumor farting noise]], no less!
-->'''Tony:''' Hammer Tech?\\
'''Rhodey:''' [''dejectedly''] Yeah.
* GatlingGood: The Mark I's signature weapon is its shoulder-mounted and auto-targeting minigun.
* GrenadeLauncher: One of the weapons added by Justin Hammer to the first War Machine Armor is a grenade launcher, although Rhodey doesn't use it much and it's not clear where exactly it is mounted.
* HackYourEnemy: Rhodey's suit is victim of this towards the end of the second film, when Ivan Vanko uses his hacking skills to take control of it and send it after Tony.
* TheWorfBarrage: When War Machine fires the "Ex-Wife" missile at Whiplash, which Hammer has previously claimed was his ultimate weapon, it harmlessly bounces off Whiplash's armor.
* WreckedWeapon: During the final battle of ''Iron Man 2'', the armor's minigun gets sliced in two by Vanko's whips.
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[[folder:Iron Patriot Armor]]
!!''Iron Patriot Armor''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/IronMan3''

Rhodey's new suit when he dons the identity of Iron Patriot.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, the Iron Patriot armor was originally used by Norman Osborn, a.k.a. the Green Goblin, a supervillain who was at best a KnightTemplar.
* AmericanRobot: It's a PoweredArmor rather than a robot, but otherwise it plays the trope straight.
* BlueIsHeroic: The suit's color is primarily blue.
* CaptainPatriotic: The Iron Patriot was designed by the government specifically to appeal to American patriotism.
* FailsafeFailure: When Killian heats up the Iron Patriot suit, Rhodey gets ejected from it, even though he really doesn't want to.
* GrandTheftPrototype: In ''Iron Man 3'', the Iron Patriot armor is hijacked from Rhodey by [[BigBad Aldrich Killian]] and [[TheDragon Eric Savin]]. In the climax, Rhodey goes and takes back his suit with nothing but a pistol, saving the President's life at the same time.
* MissionControl: Much like an actual deployed fighter jet, Iron Patriot has a dedicated support staff feeding him intel and keeping him up to speed. Bizarrely, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse they're not heard from during the extended period that he goes missing]], nor when someone else is in the suit.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Invoked. The suit is painted red, white, and blue, like the American flag, because it tested better with "focus groups". Significantly, it plays up the blue more (making it near-identical to [[Characters/MCUCaptainAmerica Captain America]]'s suit color schemes), in contrast to the original ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' armor used by Norman Osborn, where red is more dominant.
* SoleSurvivor: At the end of ''Iron Man 3'', this is the only armor that was not blown up.
* {{Sucksessor}}: Everyone thought War Machine was much cooler, including Rhodey himself.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: This suit is painted with American flag colors and motifs.
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[[folder:War Machine Armor: Mark II]]
!!''War Machine Armor: Mark II''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

Rhodey's suit during the events of ''Avengers: Age of Ultron''.
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* FacepalmOfDoom: Does this to one of the Ultron Sentries during the final battle, flying towards it hand forward and blasting its face with a repulsor.
* ImmuneToMindControl: This suit cannot be hacked by Ultron thanks to a new encryption drive developed by Tony.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: If Rhodey's stories are to be believed, he used this armor to lift an entire tank and bring it to a General's palace.
* PaletteSwap: This armor is essentially the Iron Patriot Armor in War Machine's traditional colors.
* SnapBack: It's never explained why Rhodey went back to being War Machine after becoming Iron Patriot in ''Iron Man 3''.
* SoLastSeason: Considering Rhodey's previous armors were hijacked by villains in his last two films, this time Tony doesn't take any risks and gives Rhodey a new encryption drive for his suit to ensure that Ultron could not hack into it, as shown in a deleted scene.
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[[folder:War Machine Armor: Mark III]]
!!''War Machine Armor: Mark III''
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[[caption-width-right:300:Mark III]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' | ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' [[note]]Cameo in a video recording[[/note]]

The suit worn by Rhodey during the Avengers' Civil War.
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* ArmoredCoffins: The armor turns into this when the Arc Reactor is accidentally shot down by Vision while Rhodey is flying at several thousand feet up, leaving him trapped in a lifeless and blind suit as it plummets towards the ground. We even get a brief shot from his POV as he falls to the ground, unable to do anything.
* CarryABigStick: This suit's arsenal includes a massive stun baton, giving Rhodey more options at close range.
* EyeLightsOut: After the Arc Reactor is hit by Vision's energy blast, the glow of the armor's eyes fades out.
* KillTally: The upper-right side of its chestplate is marked with white icons--revealed to be stylized versions of {{Comicbook/Ultron}}'s head--presumably representing the number of Ultron drones he destroyed during the [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Battle of Sokovia]].
* MidSeasonUpgrade: This armor incorporates much more firepower than its predecessors, there is a stun baton that can be pulled out from a compartment on the right shoulder, sonic pulse weapons on the backs of the gloves, as well as new missile and artillery compartments all over the suit.
* ScarredEquipment: Rhodey's War Machine armor is dented and scratched in ''Civil War'', in contrast to Tony's absurdly shiny armor. This serves as a nice, subtle nod to the different roles Iron Man and War Machine play.
* SonicStunner: The suit's got one in its gauntlet, in case of any non-lethal fights. It works on Wanda, not so much on Giant-Man.
* StaticStunGun: A melee variant. Another addition to Rhodey's arsenal in ''Civil War'' is a huge electric baton/warhammer for close-quarters combat and to easily incapacitate opponents.
-->'''Rhodey:''' Sorry Cap, this won't kill you, but it ain't gonna tickle either.
* WreckedWeapon: Captain America breaks Rhodey's stun baton during the airport battle. Also, the whole armor is heavily damaged after being hit by Vision's beam attack.
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[[folder:War Machine Armor: Mark IV]]
!!''War Machine Armor: Mark IV''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

The suit used by Rhodey during the Battle of Wakanda and the Ambush on Thanos.
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* BreakingOldTrends: This is the very first (and only) War Machine armor to be used by Rhodey in more than one film.
* DeathFromAbove: Rhodey can lay down the hurt more than ever in ''Infinity War'', as this armor is equipped with a pack of bombs, making him able to do bombing runs.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: This suit has two shoulder mounted missile launchers that help Rhodey decimate the Outriders at a tactical chokepoint in ''Infinity War''.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: This armor includes a built-in walking aid that can help the semi-paralyzed Rhodey walk properly. It also has reinforced durability, and it incorporates many new weapons, such as the bomb dispensers in its back and the multiple missile launchers.
* SuperToughness: It seems that after what happened to Rhodey in the airport battle, Tony decided to improve the durability of this armor. During the Battle of Wakanda, it was durable enough to withstand a powerful blow from Cull Obsidian's hammer and the subsequent crash landing with no damage to Rhodey. Even more impressive, the suit remained operational after Thanos used the power of the Space Stone against it.
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[[folder:War Machine Armor: Mark V]]
!!''Cosmic Iron Patriot Armor''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

The suit worn by Rhodey during the Battle of Earth.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Though we don't see much of this suit in action during the film, we get to learn more about its weapons and upgrades in the full script of ''Avengers: Endgame'' and the artwork ''The Art of Avengers: Endgame''.
** While the suit's original design was ultimately not used in the film, it's possible to see what it looked like and what its weapons and upgrades were in the concept art from illustrator Phil Saunders.
* BiggerIsBetter: This armor is larger and bulkier than any of its predecessors.
* BlueIsHeroic: Like the previous Iron Patriot armor, it's primarily blue.
* DeletedRole: This armor's original design was supposed to appear in ''Avengers: Endgame'' during the scenes on Morag, but its appearance was eventually scrapped.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Before Rhodey puts the armor on, it can be briefly seen in the background when Ant-Man receives a distress call from Rhodey after Thanos attacks the base, which explains how Rhodey gets a new suit during the final battle after the Mark VI was damaged.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: According to the full script for ''Avengers: Endgame'' released by Marvel, this suit's recolored design has been upgraded with alien technology, presumably from either Rocket or Captain Marvel.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: A piece of concept art shows that this suit can fire a lot of missiles, just like its predecessor.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: At the end of the film, Rhodey is seen rushing into battle with this armor and we can safely assume that he used all of its weaponry to kill plenty of Thanos's minions, but we don't actually get to see any of it. The only time he can be seen before the end of the final battle is when he is bombarded by Thanos's spaceship alongside Professor Hulk.
* PrimaryColorChampion: This suit has a red, white, and blue color scheme, similar to the Iron Patriot armor.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: From what is shown in the concept art of ''Avengers: Endgame'', this suit's original design appears to be visually similar to the Mark IV.
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[[folder:War Machine Armor: Mark VI]]
!!''War Machine Armor: Mark VI''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

The suit used by Rhodey for the majority of ''Avengers: Endgame''.
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* BehindTheBlack: Despite being in full War Machine armor, Rhodey manages to sneak up on Star-Lord and punch him in the head from off-screen during the Time Heist in ''Endgame''. To be fair, Quill was probably too busy listening to his Walkman and dancing like an idiot to notice him.
* NonActionGuy: Of all the War Machine Armors, this is the only one that is never seen used in any fight scene (unless you count sucker punching Star-Lord on Morag).
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the suit was damaged during Thanos's attack of the Avengers Facility, Rhodey had to abandon it in the wreckage. It's unknown if the suit could have been recovered after the final battle or not.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: He tends to uses the expressions "Watch your six" or "On my six" or some variations of it in almost every movie in which he appears:

* TheCavalry: Shows up in the climatic fight of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', acting as point defense for the Helicarrier.
* CelebrityParadox: ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' is mentioned in ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}''. Don Cheadle appeared in one episode of the show and Rhodes made a cameo in TheStinger of ''Captain Marvel''.

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!!''Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes, USAF / ComicBook/WarMachine / Iron Patriot''

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* FailSafeFailure: When Killian heats up the Iron Patriot suit, Rhodey gets ejected from it, even though he really doesn't want to.

* SuckSessor: Everyone thought War Machine was much cooler, including Rhodey himself.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Mark II]]

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* WreckedWeapon: Captain America breaks Rhodey's stun baton during the airport battle.
** Also, the whole armor is heavily damaged after being hit by Vision's beam attack.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see him as played by Terrence Howard]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/terrence_howard_rhodey.png [softreturn] ''"You do not send civilian equipment into my active war zone. You understand that?"''[[/labelnote]]]]

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Is noticeably a lot ruder and snarkier in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' than in previous entries, thanks to the collective trauma of surviving the Snap and then enduring the five years of the Blip; for example mocking Thor's weight gain and [[WhatTheHellHero snarking at Carol for talking such a big game despite not having been there for Earth]] (though he does relent on the latter when Carol points out she has to be a one-woman Avengers team for all the other planets of the universe. He's back to being a lot more polite in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''.

* WrittenInAbsence: War Machine is the only established superhero of Phase 1 not to appear in ''Film/TheAvengers2012''. While his absence is never explained during the film (he's not even mentioned), the Iron Man 3 tie-in comic reveals that he was in Hong Kong during the final battle dealing with a bio-terrorist attack perpetrated by the Ten Rings. It is then revealed at the end of the comic that Rhodey arrived in New York after the battle and met up with the rest of the Avengers eating shawarma and was invited to eat with them.

* PopCulturedBadass: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he reveals himself to be a pop-culture geek, frequently name-dropping movies like ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' and ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' while going over plans. Specifically in this exchange during a time travel experiment:

* AdaptationalHeroism: Not Rhodey himself because he's a hero in the comics. This trope applies only to the Iron Patriot Armor. In the comics, it was originally used by ComicBook/NormanOsborn, a supervillain who was at best a KnightTemplar.

** Rhodey also makes a small appearance alongside several other Avengers in the post-credit scene of ''Film/CaptainMarvel''.

* CelebrityParadox: ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' is mentioned in ''Film/CaptainMarvel''. Don Cheadle appeared in one episode of the show and Rhodes made a cameo in TheStinger of ''Film/CaptainMarvel''.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TerrenceHoward (''Film/IronMan1''), Creator/DonCheadle (''Film/IronMan2'' onwards)[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Creator/JavierRivero [''Iron Man''], Óscar Flores [''Iron Man 2'' onwards] (Latin-American Spanish dub), Rafael Calvo (European Spanish dub), Creator/WataruTakagi [''Iron Man''], Kosuke Meguro [''Iron Man 2'' onwards] (Japanese dub), Lucien Jean-Baptiste [''Iron Man''], Sidney Kotto [''Iron Man 2'' onwards] (European French dub), François L'Écuyer (Canadian French dub), Jorge Lucas (Brazilian Portuguese dub), Peter Ivaschenko [''Iron Man''], Mikhail Tihonov [''Iron Man 2'' onwards] (European French dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TerrenceHoward (''Film/IronMan1''), Creator/DonCheadle (''Film/IronMan2'' onwards)[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Creator/JavierRivero [''Iron Man''], Óscar Flores [''Iron Man 2'' onwards] (Latin-American Spanish dub), Rafael Calvo (European Spanish dub), Creator/WataruTakagi [''Iron Man''], Kosuke Meguro [''Iron Man 2'' onwards] (Japanese dub), Lucien Jean-Baptiste [''Iron Man''], Sidney Kotto [''Iron Man 2'' onwards] (European French dub), François L'Écuyer (Canadian French dub), Jorge Lucas (Brazilian Portuguese dub)[[/labelnote]]

* {{Foil}}: To Killmonger himself. Both are black men who served in the military and had to deal with racism on their way to the top. However, while Rhodey joined out of love for his country and believed that he can help reform the corrupt system from within, Killmonger joined only to get a high position as a means to an end and believes that the system should be destroyed. Moreover, Rhodey is sincere in wanting to help other African-Americans while Killmonger only ''claims'' that he wants to help them but [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist has no problem killing other black people like his cousin to further his true goals.]]

* ButNotTooBlack: Inverted with his recasting; Don Cheadle is noticeably darker than Terrence Howard.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TerrenceHoward (''Film/IronMan1''), Creator/DonCheadle (''Film/IronMan2'' onwards)[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Creator/JavierRivero [''Iron Man''], Óscar Flores [''Iron Man 2'' onwards] (Latin-American Spanish dub), Rafael Calvo (European Spanish dub), Creator/WataruTakagi [''Iron Man''], Kosuke Meguro [''Iron Man 2'' onwards] (Japanese dub), Lucien Jean-Baptiste [''Iron Man''], Sidney Kotto [''Iron Man 2'' onwards] (European French dub), François L'Écuyer (Canadian French dub), Jorge Lucas (Brazilian Portuguese dub)[[/labelnote]]

* AceCustom: On the receiving end of this trope. The War Machine Armor he uses in Iron Man 2 and 3 is Tony's Mk. II, up-gunned and up-armored. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], because, since the War Machine armor serves as Tony's buffer from the government and military so they stop hounding him from giving them his Iron Man tech, Tony can't afford to give them the most extreme levels of technology he knows he can't trust them with, especially in light of the events of ''The Winter Soldier'' up to ''Civil War''. Thus, the latest War Machine armors are definitely advanced, but not too advanced.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Rhodey was introduces to the Iron Man-comics in 1979, when Iron Man already was an established hero. They became close friends after Tony saved Rhodey's life and Rhodey learned his secret identity as one of the first allies. In the MCU they met and befriend way before Tony became Iron Man.

* BadassNormal: Like Tony, he has no superpowers but is still considerably capable in a fight, being a trained military who thinks on his feet and can perform some downright impressive shooting.
* BashSiblings: With Iron Man and highlighted at the end of ''2''; best friends and fellow armor users fighting robots and terrorists. He eventually becomes this with the rest of the Avengers.

* BrokenPedestal: In ''Civil War'', he mentions Ross' awards and is all out for the Sokovia Accords the latter explained, implying that he admired Ross at least. By ''Infinity War'', he’s grown tired of how discourteous and priggish Ross is and implies he regrets signing the Accords. He then proceeds to cut him off when Ross orders the arrest of the remaining Avengers to team up with them once more.
* BroughtDownToBadass: In ''Iron Man 3''. He's stripped of his suit, and winds up on an oil tanker armed with only a pistol against Extremis-empowered soldiers. He proceeds to go and get his suit back and rescue the President. It’s worth noting that both he and Tony are without their armor in this situation with Rhodey doing most of the heavy lifting in their fight with AIM until the House Party arrives.

* ButtMonkey: A minor one, but still there. He spends most of ''Iron Man'' being taunted by Tony, and then is later forced to make up a BS excuse to cover up a Tony-related incident. In ''Iron Man 2'', he's forced to utilize Hammetech in the War Machine armor, meaning Vanko takes over his armor, and his touted "Ex-Wife" super-bunker-buster weapon fails epicly at the worst moment. He's not present for ''Avengers'', and by ''Iron Man 3'' is forced to take on a new identity which everyone mocks, before his armor is hijacked by the villains. In ''Age of Ultron'', he's gently mocked by Tony and Thor at the party, and his attempt to play TheCavalry at the final battle is upstaged by the much more powerful Vision. It reaches its apex when he's crippled from a glancing blow from the Vision in ''Civil War''. It’s finally gone by ''Infinity War'', where he is clearly the heaviest hitter Team Wakanda has (now that he’s finally able to use his full arsenal) until Thor shows up.

** He also tells him another one right before the final battle of ''Iron Man 3''

* CelebrityParadox: ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' was mentioned in ''Film/CaptainMarvel''. Don Cheadle appeared in one episode of the show and Rhodes made a cameo in TheStinger of ''Film/CaptainMarvel''.

* ColonelBadass: Promoted to full bird Colonel by the end of ''3''.

** He's not above attacking his his opponents from behind, as seen in ''Iron Man 2'' when he grabs a kitchen counter and hits Tony with it while he's busy screaming at his party guests.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: The words "ComicBook/WarMachine" are only used in ''Film/IronMan2'' as an offhanded insult from Tony to Rhodey. Averted in ''Film/IronMan3'', where "War Machine" is his official codename and Tony is incredulous that Rhodey actually adopted it just from that remark. Or rather, his ''official'' codename in ''3'' is "Iron Patriot", which Rhodey claims "tested better with focus groups"; but a number of people state they liked "War Machine" better. By ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', he's just "War Machine" again and uses the name in a BadassBoast.

* DentedIron: In ''Civil War'', he received a permanent injury to the spine as a result of his long fall. While Tony installs him a mobility harness to help him move around, he still hasn't recovered from the injury itself by ''Infinity War'', to the point he considers it a harsh price to pay for signing the Sokovia Accords.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: He is pretty annoyed when he tells the Avengers about his own heroic adventures during the party in ''Age of Ultron'' and they are not particularily impressed.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: When it looks like Rhodey, Rocket and Professor Hulk are going to drown after Thanos's bombardment of the Avengers Facility, Rhodey tells Rocket he'll see him on the other side.

* {{Foil}}: To Sam Wilson / The Falcon. Both of them are African-American superheroes and former airmen who serve as the main partners to Tony and Cap respectively, and unquestioningly back their friend in dire situations. However, they do also have a few significant differences.

** Both of them have also been CaptainPatriotic superheroes. Rhodey was made the Iron Patriot by the government, a title Rhodey didn't like much and eventually went back to his old War-Machine title. Meanwhile, Sam refused to be Captain America and the government instead chose someone else to hold the title, which results in Sam eventually stepping up to the role after Steve's successor has an international incident.

** During the flight to Afghanistan, Tony proposes to drink some alcohol, but Rhodey reject the offer as they should focus on their work... only for the next scene to show both of them completely plastered.
** After Tony accidentally caused the destruction of a F-22 Raptor, he suggests to Rhodey to blame it on a "training exercise". Rhodey tells him it isn't that simple. Cut to him delivering a statement to the press about an "unfortunate training exercise".

* HiddenDepths: He's apparently quite the movie buff, listing a bunch of sci-fi movies in an attempt to explain his (incorrect) ideas about the nature of time travel in ''Endgame.''
* HoldingYourShoulderMeansInjury: After being shot by one of the Iron Legion robots and thrown out of a window during Ultron's attack of Stark Tower, he's seen holding his right arm in the following scene to indicate he's been severely injured.
* HollywoodTactics: Notably {{Averted}} in ''Infinity War''. While the rest of the Wakandan Army breaks formation and charges pell-mell at the Outrider horde, Rhodes tactically takes advantage of the chokepoint and blasts dozens of outriders into oblivion himself.

** The last thing he tells Hawkeye and Black Widow before they depart for Vormir is to “watch each others’ six.”

* {{Irony}}: In ''Endgame'', he passive-aggressively refers to Scott as “Regular-Sized Man”, evidently still sore over Ant-Man becoming giant and throwing him like a toy in ''Civil War''. When 2014 Thanos blows up the Avengers Compound, and Rhodey, Hulk and Rocket are trapped under rubble, it’s Scott shrinking and becoming giant that saves the three of them from either drowning or being crushed to death.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: In ''3'', he nails several difficult shots with a pistol, including a distant light bulb and some cables.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While he is needlessly tactless when chewing out Fury and firing him in the wake of Gravik's bombing of Russia, but he isn't wrong that Fury's blunders have landed the US in hot water that could snowball into a far worse worldwide situation that can't be solved with a single suit of armor.

* KillTally: In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', his suits has been [[https://imgur.com/MtsXc2K engraved]] with twenty-four heads of Ultron, referencing the drones he destroyed in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. [[GeniusBonus This resembles the practice of marking downed enemy fighters on his jet.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After being captured by A.I.M. and ejected from his suit, Rhodey attempts to put up a fight and proceeds to drop-kick Savin.Then Killian shoots a stream of fire at him from his mouth, making him immediately realize that he can't win that fight.

* LastSecondWordSwap: He was about uses the word "dick" in a conversation with Tony at the restaurant, but some kids approach their table, so he stops himself and says "dictator" instead.

* MilitarySuperhero: Colonel of the United States Air Force and War Machine.

* MissedHimByThatMuch: He just barely misses seeing Sam disintegrate due to the power of the Infinity Gauntlet in ''Infinity War'', and was actively looking for him at the time.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong:

** In ''Age of Ultron'', Rhodey is shown feeling inadequate amongst his fellow Avengers, [[OvershadowedByAwesome due to their stories being significantly more action-packed than his]]. He also seems interested in Mjölnir's worthiness enchantment, as he helps Tony when he tries to lift the hammer during the party.

** Tony tends to bring this out in him. During the Senate hearing in ''2'', there's a moment where Tony just looks at him and you can see Rhodey hiding a smile, trying not to crack up in public.

* OddFriendship: By ''Endgame'', he's formed a friendship with, of all people, Nebula. They get partnered up in the Time Heist, she calls him by his nickname while warning “there’s an idiot in the landing zone”, and he sympathizes with her condition and compares it to his own.

** When some people in Pakistan starts mocking him while he is busy communicating with Tony in ''Iron Man 3'', Rhodey points his ShoulderCannon at them while continuing his conversation.

* OpenSaysMe: When Iron Patriot is sent to Pakistan to find the Mandarin in ''Iron Man 3'', he enters a house suspected of being a Ten Rings hideout by breaking down the doors. Later, he also goes to a sweatshop and shoots at the doors with his repulsors to opent it.

** In the climax of the very same movie, he had a small BigDamnHeroes moment, taking out the stray Ultron drones... only to be upstaged by Vision in grandiose fashion.

* RapidFireNo: His reaction the first time Tony invited him to come and see the Iron Man armor he was working on.

* TheRemnant: Downplayed in ''Endgame'' --while Rhodey isn't the only Avenger left alive, he's the only non-founding member that survived the ''Infinity War''. The rest are all dead now until 5 years later.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: During ''Infinity War'', when Ross orders him to arrest Steve, Sam and Natasha when they return in ''Infinity War'', Rhodey realises they've all got bigger problems (namely Thanos and his minions invading Earth) and [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt basically tells Ross where he can go]], accepting a court martial from Ross to help the Avengers.

* ShootingSuperman: Considering he's a superhero who primarily uses firearms, he tends to fruitlessly shoot at opponents that are ImmuneToBullets quite often, like Whiplash, Giant-Man or Thanos. To be fair, he's probably more trying to slow them down than to actually kill them.

** During the escape of Killian's mansion in ''Iron Man 3'', Rhodey dives through a glass doorway and shoots two guards, without suffering any apparent injuries.

'''Rhodey:''' Stay on my six, cover high and don't shoot me in the back.
* StrongAndSkilled: Rhodey is both incredibly strong because of the War Machine suit and is a skilled combatant. He's an even more skilled fighter than Tony because while his suit isn’t as versatile or as powerful, he's a trained Air Force Colonel, while Tony's fighting skills are more above average.

* TakeUpMySword: In ''Iron Man 2'', the SecretlyDying Tony gave Rhodey some training to become the next Iron Man, even giving him clearance to use the Mark II armor. This was fortunately subverted since Tony was able to save his own life, but Rhodey kept the suit for his new War Machine persona.

** When Captain Marvel finally returns to Earth for the first time since 1995, Rhodey is quick to criticize her for not being around during previous events. Unlike the above examples, Carol actually has a justifiable retort against him, notting that not every planet in the universe has people like the Avengers protecting them.

* WouldHurtAChild: PlayedForLaughs. Generally this is not the case, but Rhodes proposes to the surviving Avengers that they should just use the Time Machine to go back to when Thanos was a baby and then strangle him with a tightrope, complete with pantomiming and "choking noises." Professor Hulk was rightfully ''horrified'' by this idea -- although Scott and Clint seem to be open to it. Rhodes defends his idea on the grounds it's ''Thanos''.

* WrongGenreSavvy: In ''Endgame'', he expects the Temple of the Power Stone to be full of spikey death traps like something out of Indiana Jones. The actual security system consists of a single flesh-melting force field that Nebula easily circumnavigates with her metal prosthetics.
* WrongTimeTravelSavvy: In ''Endgame'', Rhodey's knowledge in time traveling, like Scott Lang, comes from movies and he believes that they should just go back in time to kill Thanos when he was a baby.

* {{Foil}}: To Killmonger himself. Both are black men who served in the military and had to deal with racism in their way to the top. However, while Rhodey joined out of love for his country and believed that he can help reform the corrupt system from within, Killmonger joined only to get a high position as a means to an end and believes that the system should be destroyed. Moreover, Rhodey is sincere in wanting to help other African-Americans while Killmonger only ''claims'' that he wants to help them but [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist has no problem killing other black people like his cousin to further his true goals.]]
* InternalReformist: When called out by Killmonger for fighting for a country that oppreses black people, Rhodey responds that one cannot fix the system without being a part of it.

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/IronMan2'' | ''Film/IronMan3'' | ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' | ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' | ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' [[note]]In a video recording[[/note]] | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Film/ArmorWars''

* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Even though Rhodey is a decent fighter with military training, it's when he wears his War Machine suit that he becomes a powerful superhero capable of decimating armies of Hammer Drones, Ultron Sentries and Outriders single-handedly.

* HeartLight: Just like Iron Man, the War Machine armors have an arc reactor on their chestplate that serves as their power source.

* InfraredXrayCamera: Rhodey repeatedly demonstrated that he can use his armors to detect the heat signature of the people in the surrounding area.

* SuperSpeed: The War Machine armors are fast enough to catch up with Iron Man armors.
* WalkingArmory: He's not called "War Machine" for nothing. His first armor alone gets a whole scene where Justin Hammer presents all of its weapons, which include the iconic 7.62-mm minigun, a M24 shotgun, a semi-automatic 9 mm pistol, two FN F2000 tacticals, a 40 mm GrenadeLauncher, and the self-guided missile known as the "Ex-Wife". Later armor models add ''even more'' weapons.

* PrimaryColorChampion: Invoked. The suit is painted red, white and blue, like the American flag, because it tested better with "focus groups". Significantly, it plays up the blue more (making it near-identical to [[Characters/MCUCaptainAmerica Captain America]]'s suit color schemes), in contrast to the original ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' armor used by Norman Osborn, where red is more dominant.

Rhodey’s suit during the events of ''Avengers: Age of Ultron''.

** While the suit's original design was ultimately not used in the film, it's possible to see what it looked like and what its weapons and upgrades were in the Concept Arts from illustrator Phil Saunders.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Before Rhodey puts the armor on, it can be briefly seen in the background when Ant-Man receives a distress call from Rhodey after Thanos attacked the base, which explains how Rhodey gets a new suit during the final battle after the Mark VI was damaged.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: One of the Concept Arts shows that this suit can fire a lot of missiles, just like its predecessor.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: At the end of the film, Rhodey is seen rushing into battle with this armor and we can safely assume that he used all of its weaponry to kill plenty of Thanos's minions, but we don't actually get to see any of it. The only time he can be seen before the end of the finale battle is when he is bombarded by Thanos's spaceship alongside Professor Hulk.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: From what is shown in the Concept Arts of ''Avengers: Endgame'', this suit's original design appears to be visually similar to the Mark IV.

* AssInAmbassador: When he acts as an Envoy from the US to the EU and UK he is less than gracious, refusing to address their concerns or take them seriously. He also threatens, off-mic at least, to suit up and carpet bomb Slovakia because their representative is giving him the stink eye.

* BerserkButton: In ''Secret Invasion'' when he addresses the representatives of the world, he grows disproportionately angry about the Slovakian rep rolling her eyes at his statements. He at one point threatens a War Machine delivered carpet-bombing if she keeps it up.

* SecretKeeper: He reveals to Fury in ''[[Recap/SecretInvasion2023S1E2Promises "Promise"]]'' that at some point in his military career he was discreetly let into the know about Skrulls and their use in S.H.I.E.L.D. and the American government.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Is noticeably a lot ruder and snarkier in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' than in previous entries, thanks to the collective trauma of surviving the Snap and then enduring the five years of the Blip; for example mocking Thor's weight gain and [[WhatTheHellHero snarking at Carol for talking such a big game despite not having been there for Earth]] (though he does relent on the latter when Carol points out she has to be a one-woman Avengers team for all the other planets of the universe. He's back to being a lot more polite in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''...before looping back around to irritability in ''Secret Invasion'' as a result of dealing with the Skrull conspiracy and Nick Fury's perceived culpability in the matter.

** In ''Secret Invasion'', he rebukes Fury's reckless actions for their negative effects on the stability of the world. He also bluntly shuts him down when he attempts to appeal to their shared race, stating that their job is to be better then their "mediocre" predecessors, regardless of race.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Is noticeably a lot ruder and snarkier in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' than in previous entries, for example mocking Thor's weight game and [[WhatTheHellHero telling Carol off for helping other planets dealing with the Snap instead of staying on Earth]]. He's back to being a lot more polite in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''...before looping back around to irritability in ''Secret Invasion'' as a result of dealing with the Skrull conspiracy and Nick Fury's perceived culpability in the matter.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Is noticeably a lot ruder and snarkier in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' than in previous entries, for example mocking Thor's weight game and [[WhatTheHellHero telling Carol off for helping other planets dealing with the Snap instead of staying on Earth]]. He's back to being a lot more polite in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''.

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