John Rambo

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action hero fictional character film character

John Rambo is a fictional Vietnam War veteran and highly skilled but troubled combat specialist who became iconic as the central character of the "Rambo" action film series.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rambo	3
John Rambo (novel character)	1
John Rambo is sent on a mission to Vietnam to document possible American POWs and ends up attempting to rescue them.	1
Vietnam veteran John Rambo	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	action hero ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ
appearsIn	First Blood ⓘ surface form: First Blood (film) Rambo (2008 film) ⓘ Rambo III ⓘ Rambo: First Blood Part II ⓘ Rambo: Last Blood ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	survival ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ war ⓘ
basedOn	John Rambo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Rambo (novel character)
build	muscular ⓘ
characterTrait	loner ⓘ traumatized veteran ⓘ troubled ⓘ
conflict	Vietnam War ⓘ
creator	David Morrell ⓘ
culturalImpact	influenced the portrayal of one-man army heroes in action cinema ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Rambo film series ⓘ surface form: Rambo universe
firstAppearanceIn	First Blood ⓘ surface form: First Blood (novel)
firstAppearanceYear	1972 ⓘ
firstFilmAppearanceIn	First Blood ⓘ surface form: First Blood (film)
firstFilmAppearanceYear	1982 ⓘ
franchise	Rambo film series ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hairColor	dark brown ⓘ
hasCondition	post-traumatic stress disorder ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	being an iconic action film character ⓘ depicting the struggles of Vietnam War veterans ⓘ
occupation	combat specialist ⓘ soldier ⓘ
portrayedBy	Sylvester Stallone ⓘ
rank	Special Forces soldier ⓘ
seriesTitle	Rambo film series ⓘ surface form: Rambo
settingOfBackstory	Vietnam War ⓘ
skill	guerrilla warfare ⓘ hand-to-hand combat ⓘ knife fighting ⓘ marksmanship ⓘ survival skills ⓘ
unit	Green Berets ⓘ
weapon	assault rifle ⓘ bow and arrow ⓘ survival knife ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Rambo → basedOn → John Rambo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Rambo (novel character)

First Blood → character → John Rambo ⓘ

Rambo III → character → John Rambo ⓘ

Rambo: First Blood Part II → character → John Rambo ⓘ

Rambo: Last Blood → character → John Rambo ⓘ

Sylvester Stallone → createdCharacter → John Rambo ⓘ

Rambo: Last Blood → follows → John Rambo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rambo

Rambo III → hasFranchiseCharacter → John Rambo ⓘ

Rambo: First Blood Part II → mainCharacter → John Rambo ⓘ

Rambo: Last Blood → mainCharacter → John Rambo ⓘ

Sylvester Stallone → notableRole → John Rambo ⓘ

Sylvester Stallone → notableWork → John Rambo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rambo

First Blood → notableWorkFor → John Rambo ⓘ

Rambo: First Blood Part II → plotSummary → John Rambo ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Rambo is sent on a mission to Vietnam to document possible American POWs and ends up attempting to rescue them.

Rambo: First Blood Part II → portrays → John Rambo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnam veteran John Rambo

Rambo: Last Blood → prequel → John Rambo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rambo