War Machine in other media

Television

1990s

• War Machine appeared in the 1994 Iron Man animated series, voiced by James Avery and Dorian Harewood. During season one, Jim Rhodes is a member of Iron Man's "Force Works". When the team disbands in season two's opener "The Beast Within", Rhodes is one of two characters to remain with Iron Man. While the character appeared in his War Machine armor for the bulk of the series, he avoids it for the four episodes between "Fire and Rain" and "Distant Boundaries" appearing only as Rhodes. This character arc had Rhodes dealing with claustrophobia arising from almost drowning in the War Machine armor.
• War Machine made a cameo appearance in the X-Men animated series. He was seen during season two's "Time Fugitives Saga" and in season three's "Phoenix Saga".
• War Machine appeared in the Spider-Man animated series, voiced by James Avery. He was seen in the episodes "Venom Returns" and "Carnage".
• War Machine was featured in The Incredible Hulk animated series, voiced by Dorian Harewood. He was seen in the episode "Helping Hand, Iron Fist".

  2000s

• A teenage incarnation of James "Rhodey" Rhodes is featured as one of the main characters in the animated series , voiced by actor Daniel Bacon. During season one, Rhodes and his family act as a foster home for Tony Stark's after Howard Stark's supposed death. He is also Tony's classmate and best friend at the Tomorrow Academy, a science-intensive high school, and after Iron Man's first appearance he acts as Tony's tactical aide-de-campe and voice of reason. In the season one finale "Tales of Suspense", Rhodey gets his War Machine armor.
• War Machine appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by actor LeVar Burton. He is seen in the episode "Tales of Suspense".

  2010s

• James Rhodes appears in ', voiced by Bumper Robinson. He first appears in the first-season episode "Iron Man is Born!", dons the War Machine armor in the second-season episodes "Alone Against AIM", "New Avengers" and "Avengers Assemble".
• The War Machine armor makes cameo appearances in the Avengers Assemble animated series. In "The Avengers Protocol: Part 1", it's initially selected to be worn by Sam Wilson before choosing to use the Falcon armor instead. The War Machine armor reappears again in the episodes "Exodus" and "Avengers Disassembled".
• War Machine appears in ', voiced by Hidenori Takahashi.

  Film

Animated

• James Rhodes appears in the 2007 animated film The Invincible Iron Man, voiced by Rodney Saulsberry. In the film, Rhodes is an engineer and former army medic.
• War Machine appears in the anime film ', voiced by James C. Mathis III in the English version and Hiroki Yasumoto in the Japanese original.
• War Machine appears in the anime film '.

  Live-action

• Early screenplay drafts written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and David Hayter for New Line Cinema, pitted Iron Man against Howard Stark as War Machine.
• James "Rhodey" Rhodes appears in Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed initially by Terrence Howard and subsequently by Don Cheadle; a contract dispute between Howard and Marvel Studios resulted in Cheadle being cast to portray the character for the rest of his MCU appearances.

  Video games

• War Machine is a playable character in two of the video games in Capcom's Marvel vs. Capcom series. In both games, the character's voice was provided by Wayne Ward.
• * ' - The in-game design was based on Iron Man from Marvel Super Heroes with the palette swapped and the addition of new animations such as a shoulder cannon instead of a chest unibeam, spiked smart bombs, and a new Super Attack. The game also contains a gold colored "hidden character" version that cannot block or fly, but is never stunned and had the beam and missile attacks switched.
• * ' - The character design was modified further, incorporating elements of the Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes hidden character, to differentiate him from Iron Man.
• * ' - Iron Man's theme is a remix of War Machine's from the first Marvel vs Capcom. He also makes a cameo in Hawkeye's ending in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.
• ' by Activision - The War Machine armor is an alternate costume for Iron Man. It also allowed a special bonus when all four characters in the party were in the same themed costumes.
• ' by Activision - War Machine's design is used as an alternate "costume" for Iron Man and in game bonus were similar as those in X-Men Legends II also he is a playable hero on the PC version.
• Iron Man by Sega - James Rhodes, voiced by Terrence Howard, is a non-playable character in the game.
• ' by Activision - War Machine, voiced by Nolan North, is a boss character in the "Anti-Registration" campaign for the game's PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions.
• Marvel Super Hero Squad by THQ - War Machine, voiced by Nolan North, is an unlockable character in the game.
• Iron Man 2 by Sega - War Machine is a playable character voiced by Don Cheadle, with additional dialogue provided by Phil LaMarr. In the game's Wii version, Iron Man and War Machine have slightly different upgrades and different Repulsors. The main differences between the two are that War Machine can be equipped with gatling guns and when War Machine loses all of his health, he cannot be revived like Iron Man can.
• War Machine appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online, voiced by Alimi Ballard.
• War Machine appears in ', voiced by Ty Jones.
• War Machine appears in Hawkeye's ending for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 as a member of the West Coast Avengers. Iron Man's theme song in the game is a remix of War Machine's theme from the first Marvel vs. Capcom game.
• War Machine is a playable character in the Facebook game '.
• War Machine is a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, voiced again by Phil LaMarr.
• War Machine, in his Iron Patriot armor, is a sidekick character that can be summoned via power disc in '.
• War Machine is a playable character in Marvel Heroes, again voiced by James C. Mathis III.
• War Machine is a playable fighter in '.
• War Machine is a playable character in .
• A teenage version of War Machine appears in Marvel Avengers Academy, voiced by Adande Thorne.
• War Machine is a playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers, voiced by Don Cheadle.
• War Machine is a playable character in Lego Marvel Superheroes 2.