War Machine/Quote

A collection of quotes of Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes also known as War Machine.

Movies

Iron Man

Spoken by James Rhodes

"As liaison to Stark Industries, I've had the unique privilege of serving with a real patriot. He is my friend, and he is my great mentor. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present this years Apogee Award to Mr. Tony Stark. Tony?"

―James Rhodes^[src]

"That's what I'm talking about. When I get up in the morning and I'm putting on my uniform, you know what I recognize? I see in that mirror that every person that's got this uniform on at my back!"

―James Rhodes to Tony Stark^[src]

"How was the fun-vee? Next time you ride with me, okay?"

―James Rhodes to Tony Stark^[src]

"The future of air combat... Is it manned, or unmanned? I'll tell you in my experience, no unmanned aerial vehicle will ever trump a pilot's instinct."

―James Rhodes^[src]

Dialogue

"What's wrong with you?"
"What?"
"Three hours!"
"I got caught doing a piece for Vanity Fair"
"For three hours! For three hours you've kept me standing here!"
"Waiting on you now. Let's go. Come on."

―James Rhodes and Tony Stark^[src]

"You don’t respect yourself so I know you don’t respect me."
"I respect you."
"You know, I’m just your babysitter so, you know, when you need your diaper changed, let me know — thank you — and I’ll get you a bottle, okay?"

―James Rhodes and Tony Stark^[src]

"No, you see, this isn't a game. You do not send civilian equipment into my active war zone. You understand that?"
"It's not a piece of equipment, I'm in it! It's a suit! It's ME!"

―James Rhodes and Tony Stark^[src]

"That's the coolest thing I've ever seen."
"Not bad huh."

―James Rhodes and Tony Stark^[src]

"I'm just not the hero type. Clearly. With this laundry list of character defects, all the mistakes I've made, largely public."
"Just stick to the cards, man."
"Yeah, okay. The truth is... I am Iron Man."

―Tony Stark and James Rhodes^[src]

Iron Man 2

Spoken by James Rhodes

"This lone gunslinger act is unnecessary... you don't have to do this alone!"

―James Rhodes to Tony Stark^[src]

"I'm only gonna say this once: GET OUT!"

―War Machine to the party guests^[src]

"Oh man, you can have your suit back."

―James Rhodes to Tony Stark^[src]

Dialogue

"I didn't expect to see you here..."
"Well, it's me, and I'm here, so get over it and move on!"

―Tony Stark and James Rhodes^[src]

" I’m only gonna say this once. Get out. You don’t deserve to wear one of these. Shut it down!"
"Goldstein."
"Yes, Mr Stark?"
"Give me a phat beat to beat my buddy’s ass to."
"I told you to shut it down."
"Now, put that thing back where you found it before someone gets hurt. Really? Sorry, pal, but Iron Man doesn’t have a sidekick."
"Sidekick this. Had enough?"

―War Machine, Iron Man and Adam Goldstein^[src]

"You want it? Take it!"
"Put your hand down!"
"You think you got what it takes to wear that suit?"
"We don’t have to do this, Tony."
"You wanna be the War Machine? Take your shot."
"Put it down!"
"You gonna take a shot?"
"Put it down!"
"No!"
"Drop it Tony!"
"Take it!"

―Iron Man and War Machine^[src]

"Unbelievable. This ought to get the Senate off my ass. It’s functional?"
"Fully mission-capable."
"Good. Get Hammer down here to weaponize it."
"Sir?"
"Justin Hammer’s making a weapons presentation at the Expo. We’d like this to introduce it."
"Sir, I don’t believe that the Expo…"
"Colonel, the world needs to see this fast. We’ve got to make this happen."
"Yes, General, but…"
"It’s also an order."
"Yes sir."
"Good work, Colonel. You’ve made your country proud."
"Thank you sir."

―General and James Rhodes^[src]

"I think I'll take it."
"Which one?"
"All of it."

―James Rhodes and Justin Hammer^[src]

"You have *a* big gun, you're not *the* big gun."
"Tony, don't be jealous."
"No, it's subtle, all the bells and whistles."
"Yeah, it's called being a badass!"

―Tony Stark and James Rhodes^[src]

"Thank you Lieutenant Colonel for such an exceptional distinguished performance, you deserve this."
"Thank you sir."

―Senator Stern and James Rhodes^[src]

Iron Man 3

Spoken by James Rhodes

"Tony, I swear, I'm going to blow his face off."

―James Rhodes to Tony Stark^[src]

Spoken about James Rhodes

"Central to my administration's response to this terrorist event, is a newly minted resource. I know him as Colonel James Rhodes, the American people will soon know him as the Iron Patriot."

―President Matthew Ellis^[src]

"If I was building Iron Man and War Machine..."
"It's Iron Patriot now."
"That's way cooler!"
"No it's not."

―Harley Keener and Tony Stark^[src]

Dialogue

"Are you okay?"
"I broke the crayon..."

―James Rhodes and Tony Stark^[src]

"I'm gonna find a heavy-duty comm sat now, I need your login."
"It's same as it's always been, "WarMachine68.""
"And a password, please."
"Well, look, I gotta change it every time you hack in, Tony."
"It's not the '80s, nobody says "hack" anymore. Give me your login."
""WAR MACHINE ROX" with an "X," all caps...Yeah, okay."
"That is so much better than "Iron Patriot.""

―Tony Stark and James Rhodes^[src]

"If you want this suit, you're going to have to pry my cold dead body out of it."
"That's the plan, Colonel."

―James Rhodes and Sweat Shop Agent^[src]

"Give me a suit!"
"Oh I'm sorry, they're only coded to me."
"What does that mean?"
"I got you covered!"

―James Rhodes and Tony Stark^[src]

"Good evening, Colonel. Can I give you a lift?"
"Very funny."

―J.A.R.V.I.S. and James Rhodes^[src]

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Spoken by James Rhodes

"Oh no, I didn't say you could leave."

―War Machine^[src]

"War Machine, comin' at you, right a-..."

―War Machine to Ultron Sentries^[src]

"Okay, what?"

―War Machine after witnessing Vision^[src]

Dialogue

"So I take the tank, fly it right up to the General’s palace, drop it at his feet, I’m like, Boom! You looking for this? Boom! Are you looking... Why do I even talk to you guys? Everywhere else that story kills."
"That's the whole story?"
"Yeah, it's a War Machine story."
"It's very good then."

―James Rhodes and Thor^[src]

"Are you even pulling?"
"Are you on my team?"
"Just represent. Pull."
"All right, let's go."

―James Rhodes and Tony Stark trying to lift Mjølnir^[src]

"He’s in your files, he’s in the internet. What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?"
"Nuclear codes."

―James Rhodes and Maria Hill^[src]

"Now this is gonna be a good story."
"Yup. If you live to tell it."
"You think I can't hold my own?"
"We get through this, I'll hold your own."
"You had to make it weird."

―War Machine and Iron Man^[src]

"Rhodey, get the rest of the people on board that carrier."
"On it."

―Iron Man to War Machine^[src]

Captain America: Civil War

Spoken by James Rhodes

"Congratulations, Cap. You're a criminal."

―War Machine to Captain America^[src]

"Sorry, Cap. This won't kill you, but it ain't gonna tickle either."

―War Machine to Captain America^[src]

"Okay now I'm pissed!"

―War Machine^[src]

"Okay, tiny dude is big now. He's big now."

―War Machine^[src]

Spoken about James Rhodes

"Give me back my Rhodey!"

―Iron Man to Ant-Man^[src]

"How's Rhodes?"
"We fly him to Columbia Medical tomorrow, so... fingers crossed."

―Sam Wilson and Tony Stark^[src]

Dialogue

"Tony, if someone dies on your watch, you don't give up."
"Who said we're giving up?"
"We are if we're not taking responsibility for our actions. This document just shifts the blame."
"I'm sorry, Steve, that... that is dangerously arrogant. This is the United Nations we're talking about. It's not the World Security Council. It's not S.H.I.E.L.D.. It's not HYDRA-"
"No, but it's run by people with agendas and agendas change."

―Steve Rogers, Tony Stark and James Rhodes^[src]

Avengers: Infinity War

Spoken by James Rhodes

"I got two heat signatures breaking through the tree line."

―War Machine scanning the Black Order's arrival outside the dome^[src]

"Sam! Sam, where you at?!"

―James Rhodes^[src]

"What is this? What the hell is happening?"

―James Rhodes^[src]

Dialogue

"Still no word on Vision?"
"Satellites lost him somewhere over Edinburgh."
"On a stolen Quinjet with four of the world's most wanted criminals."
"You know they're only criminals because you chose them to call them that, right, sir?"
"God, Rhodes. Your talent for horse-shit rivals my own."
"If it weren't for those Accords, Vision would have been right here."
"I remember your signature on those papers, Colonel."
"That's right. And I'm pretty sure I paid for that."
"You having second thoughts?"
"Not anymore."
"Mr. Secretary."
"You got some nerve. I'll give you that."
"You could use some of that right now."
"The world's on fire, and you think all's forgiven?"
"I'm not looking for forgiveness. And I'm way past asking for permission. Earth just lost their best defender. So we're here to fight. If you wanna stay in our way... we'll fight you, too."
"Arrest them."

―Thaddeus Ross, James Rhodes, Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff^[src]

"Hey, Cap, we got a situation here."
"God, I love this place."
"Yeah, don't start celebrating yet, guys. We got more incoming outside the dome."

―Falcon, Winter Soldier and War Machine^[src]

"Focus that fire on the left flank, Sam."
I'm doing it."

―War Machine and Falcon^[src]

Captain Marvel

Spoken by James Rhodes

"So that... thing just stopped doing whatever the hell it was doing."

―James Rhodes^[src]

Dialogue

"I thought we bypassed the battery."
"We did. It's still plugged in, it just... it just stopped."
"Reboot and send the signal again."
"We don't even know what this is."
"Fury did. You tell me the second you get a signal. I wanna know who's on the other end of that thing."

―Steve Rogers, James Rhodes, Bruce Banner and Natasha Romanoff^[src]

Avengers: Endgame

Spoken by James Rhodes

"Canopy! Canopy! Canopy!"

―War Machine ejecting the Mark VI armor^[src]

"See you on the other side, man!"

―James Rhodes to Rocket Raccoon^[src]

Dialogue

"He used the stones again."
"Hey, hey, hey, hey. We'd be going in short-handed, you know?"
"Look, he still got the stones, so..."
"So let's get 'em. We use them to bring everyone back."
"Just like that?"
"Yeah. Just like that."
"Even if there's a small chance that we can undo this, I mean we owe it to everyone who's not in this room to try."

―Black Widow, Hulk, War Machine, Captain Marvel and Captain America^[src]

"If we do this, how do we know it's gonna end any differently than it did before?"
"Because before you didn't have me."
"Hey, new girl? Everybody in this room is about that superhero life. And if you don't mind my asking, where the hell have you been all this time?"
"There are a lot of other planets in the universe, and unfortunately, they didn't have you guys."

―Hulk, War Machine and Captain Marvel^[src]

"If we can do this; you know, go back in time; why don't we just find baby Thanos, you know, and..."
"Okay, first of all, that's horrible."
"It's Thanos!"
"And secondly, time doesn't work that way. Changing the past doesn't change the future."
"We go back, we get the stones before Thanos gets them, Thanos doesn't have the stones! Problem solved!"
"Bingo."
"That's not how it works!"
"Well that's what I heard."
"Who told you that?"
"Star Trek, Terminator, Timecop, Time After Time..."
"Quantum Leap?"
"A Wrinkle in Time, Somewhere in Time..."
"Hot Tub Time Machine?"
"Hot Tub Time Machine, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, basically any movie that deals with time travel!"
"Die Hard? No, that's not one..."
"Look, this is known!"
"I don't know why everyone believes that, but that isn't true. Think about it. If you go into the past, that past becomes your future, and your former present becomes the past, which can't now be changed by your new future!"
"Exactly!"
"So, Back to the Future is a bunch of bullshit?"

―War Machine, Hulk, Scott Lang, Clint Barton and Nebula^[src]

"Did we get 'em all?"
"Are you telling me this actually worked?"

―Hulk and War Machine^[src]

Comics

Iron Man: Fast Friends

Spoken about James Rhodes

"Is Rhodey coming along? He's cute."

―Celeste^[src]