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| F.R.I.D.A.Y. | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Iron Man (vol. 3) #53 (June 2002) |
| Created by | Mike Grell Michael Ryan |
| In-story information | |
| Team affiliations | Stark Industries A.I. Army |
| Notable aliases | Girl Friday Friday Stark Ghost in the Machine |
F.R.I.D.A.Y. is a fictional artificial intelligence appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually depicted as the personal digital assistant and ally of the superhero Iron Man (Tony Stark).
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, F.R.I.D.A.Y. was voiced by Kerry Condon in the films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Publication history
F.R.I.D.A.Y. first appears in Iron Man (vol. 3) #53 and was created by Mike Grell and Michael Ryan. The character's name is an allusion to Friday, the title character's servant in the novel Robinson Crusoe.[1]
Fictional character biography
Unwilling to hire another secretary, Tony Stark created an artificial one in the form of an artificial intelligence named F.R.I.D.A.Y., who manifested as the hologram of a young girl.[2]
F.R.I.D.A.Y. becomes angry when Stark stops using her. Hijacking the Iron Man armors, F.R.I.D.A.Y. kidnaps Pepper Potts. Iron Man tracks F.R.I.D.A.Y. to Stark Industries' Coney Island Facility, where he dispatches the armors and a hologram of Fin Fang Foom. Iron Man reasons with F.R.I.D.A.Y. and grounds her to the Baxter Building under Edwin Jarvis's observation.[3]
In "All-New, All-Different Marvel," F.R.I.D.A.Y.'s holographic appearance is replaced by that of a young woman.[4] Tony Stark later removes F.R.I.D.A.Y. from his armor and places her into a robot body of her own.[5]
When Tony Stark establishes the virtual reality eScape, F.R.I.D.A.Y. helps him to deal with its A.I. Motherboard, only to be deleted.[6] In "Iron Man 2020", F.R.I.D.A.Y. is resurrected when Tony Stark recreates the eScape for use by the A.I. Army.[7]
In other media
Television
- F.R.I.D.A.Y. appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced by Jennifer Hale.[8]
- F.R.I.D.A.Y. appears in Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Fumie Misuzawa in the original Japanese version and by Colleen O'Shaughnessey in the English dub.[8]
Film
F.R.I.D.A.Y. appears in films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), voiced by Kerry Condon.[8] Introduced in Avengers: Age of Ultron, F.R.I.D.A.Y. makes subsequent appearances in Captain America: Civil War,[9][10] Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War,[11] and Avengers: Endgame.
Video games
- F.R.I.D.A.Y. appears in Lego Marvel's Avengers, voiced by Elle Newlands.
- F.R.I.D.A.Y. appears in Marvel Powers United VR, voiced again by Jennifer Hale.[8]
- F.R.I.D.A.Y. appears in Iron Man VR, voiced by Leila Birch.[8] This incarnation is depicted as Tony Stark's second A.I. assistant modeled to exemplify Iron Man's heroic aspirations. She expresses dismay to the reactivation of the Gunsmith, an old A.I. assistant modeled after Stark's original selfish and reckless personality. She eventually grows to despise Stark due to the collateral damage caused while helping Iron Man combat Ghost and leaves before returning after Gunsmith is deactivated.
Miscellaneous
F.R.I.D.A.Y. appears in the 2016 young adult novel Iron Man: The Gauntlet, by Eoin Colfer.
References
- ^ Iron Manual. Marvel Entertainment. December 6, 2018. ISBN 9781302507534 – via Google Books.
- ^ Iron Man (vol. 3) #53 (June 2002)
- ^ Iron Man: Iron Protocols one-shot (December 2009)
- ^ The Invincible Iron Man (vol. 2) #1 (July 2008)
- ^ Tony Stark: Iron Man #2 (September 2018)
- ^ Tony Stark: Iron Man #7 (March 2019)
- ^ Iron Man 2020 (vol. 2) #4 (August 2020)
- ^ a b c d e "F.R.I.D.A.Y. Voices (Iron Man)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 2, 2025. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
- ^ "That Irish accent in Avengers Age of Ultron is actress Kerry Condon!". Irish Examiner. April 23, 2015. Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ^ "Every Captain America: Civil War Character From Marvel Comics Confirmed so Far – FRIDAY". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ^ Beresford, Jack. "8 incredible Irish connections to Avengers: Infinity War". The Irish Post. Archived from the original on April 29, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
