War Machine (Earth-20080502)

Colonel James Rupert Rhodes, commonly known as Rhodey, is a U.S. military officer and jet pilot in the U.S. Air Force. He is the best friend of Tony Stark/Iron Man and the liaison between Stark Industries and the military in the Department of Acquisitions.

Iron Man
James Rhodes is Tony Stark's best friend, and Tony refers to him as "Rhodey". Rhodey is also one of the first people to discover Tony Stark's Iron Man identity.

Iron Man 2
Rhodes, as part of the government, is forced to convince Tony Stark into giving away the Iron Man suit and is later forced to face his friend in his new suit, the War Machine, while also helping him.

The Avengers
Rhodes appears in the post-credits scene, where he returnes to New York, finding the battle already over he located Stark in a Shawarma Palace where he was introduced to the Avengers.

Personality
Rhodey is Tony Stark's best friend, but when he returned from his kidnapping in Afghanistan Rhodes believed he needed to only calm down after the disastrous events while working as a Colonel and believes in piece. When Tony sent in his flying "equipment" a military flight, Rhodey argued about Stark's use of non-military equipment, only for his friend to horrify him with the fact that the equipment was actually him. Rhodes had to cope with Stark again in an arguing matter when Stark refused to give up the Iron Man costume. Rhodes also went far by donning Stark's War Machine to fight him, but soon when a new enemy arose, they must work together.

Appearances/Actor

 * Earth-20080502 (4 films)


 * Iron Man- Terrence Howard
 * Iron Man 2- Terrence Howard
 * The Avengers- Terrence Howard (cameo)
 * Iron Man 3- Terrence Howard

Trivia

 * Unlike the Main Marvel Cinematic Universe and Aboodash56's Marvel Cinematic Universe, who is normally played by Don Cheadle, this version of Rhodes is portrayed by Terrence Howard, who played Rhodes in 2008's Iron Man.