After the second episode of Secret Invasion, we're convinced that Rhodey is a Skrull. We combed through the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and all the way back in Iron Man and Iron Man 2, there are a litany of clues that War Machine is a secret villain in the MCU.

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Edited by Harriet Lengel-Enright, Randolf Nombrado, and Lee Mazzio

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Skrulls] have invaded the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Replacing characters we know and love by taking not only their skin, but their memories too. And we think an OG MCU character who’s been around since day one could be one of these Secret Skrulls–Colonel James Rhodes. [clip, Tony “Rhodey?!”]

We went back through the history of the MCU and found out that–holy hell, it makes PERFECT sense if Rhodey had been a Skrull this entire time. So we’re going to present our evidence, and also talk about the eerie fact that Rhodey was recast in 2010’s Iron Man 2.

Doug: Surely that was just a coincidence.

Sure it was. [punch in] or maybe it wasn’t. [punch out] But yeah, it probably was.

We started thinking Rhodey could be a skrull because of how he acted in this scene with Nick Fury. Rhodey is acting really weird, not like himself. [clip, Rhodey being rude and dismissive of Fury]

Now there’ve been plenty of times in the MCU where Rhod ey has been stern or blunt with Tony and other members of the team. But in this interaction with Fury, you can see Rhodey slightly smiling as if he’s enjoying the confrontation and taking pleasure in firing Nick Fury.

The Rhodey I know would never act this way [clip, Mace Windu “it’s not in his character.”]

But I could easily see a Skrull being unable to hide their smile when getting to fire a man they hate so much for his broken promises.

And listen to how he talks about his security [clip, they jump in front of bullets for me]

This just doesn't sound to me like something Rhodey would say. He’s the type of guy that would jump in front of a bullet to save someone's life. So I don't see him making light of something like that. Sounds to me more like a Skrull who’s dismissive of human life. [clip]

So I wanted to go back and compare this interaction between Fury and Rhodey to past interactions from other films. But here’s the thing, there are no other interactions. This scene in Secret Invasion is the first time we’ve ever seen Rhodey and Fury share the screen.

Sure they were both at Tony’s funeral and the battle of Sokovia, but still, we’ve never seen them actually speak or interact with one another, until now.

So for all we know their relationship may have always been adversarial. Rhodey has always had trouble coloring outside the lines in his government role. [clip]

Whereas Nick Fury on the other hand has always had trouble coloring inside the lines. [clip]

So the stark difference in the way Rhodey and Fury conduct themselves while on the job could be an existing rift we’ve never seen. (Zoom in) But I still think he’s a Skrull.

Rhodey being revealed as a Skrull would be an even bigger gut punch than the Everet Ross reveal in episode 1. Now whether Ross has recently been replaced by a Skrull or has been one [clip, the whole time] is yet to be seen. We’ve actually got a great video up on the channel dissecting how long Ross has been a Skrull, so be sure to check that out.

Anyway, Rhodey has been around since the beginning. He was there for three Thanos fights, the time heist, and the death of Tony Stark. He participated in debates over the Sokovia Accords, the final battle with Ultron, and he was even there for this [clip, “I am Iron Man” and point to Rhodey]

Doug: Who’s that guy? That’s not Don Cheadle.

Well remember buddy in the first Iron Man Rhodey was played by Terrance Howard, not Don Cheadle. Cheadle came in as Rhodey in Iron Man 2.

Doug: Oh yeah the recasting thing.

We’ve got a fun theory about how they could retcon this recasting into the MCU with a little help from our old friend, KEVIN [kevin clip].

But first, let’s go back and look at all the signs over the years that Rhodey was actually a Skrull, all along [what!].


Well, let’s go through the history of what we know about Colonel James Rhodes, aka war machne, aka iron patriot, aka, Rhodey.

It’s possible Rhodey has been a Skrull since even before Iron Man 2. Rhodey may have been a Skrull from the moment we met him in the first Iron Man.