J.A.R.V.I.S. is first introduced in theMarvel Cinematic Universe's films, voiced byPaul Bettany. Modeled afterH.O.M.E.R. from the comics, J.A.R.V.I.S. is presented as a sophisticatedAI assistant as opposed to a human likehis namesake. This was done to avoid similarities toAlfred Pennyworth andBatman. Bettany admits he had little idea of what the role was, even as he recorded it, simply doing it as a favor forJon Favreau.[2]
The character makes his debut inIron Man (2008), before appearing inIron Man 2 (2010),[3]The Avengers (2012),[4] andIron Man 3 (2013). J.A.R.V.I.S. is an AI that functions asTony Stark's assistant, running and taking care of all the internal systems of Stark's buildings and the Iron Man suits. InPeter David's novelization ofIron Man, J.A.R.V.I.S. is said to be anacronym for "Just a Rather Very Intelligent System".[5] J.A.R.V.I.S. also appeared in theDisneyland attractionInnoventions.[6]
InAvengers: Age of Ultron, J.A.R.V.I.S. is seemingly destroyed byUltron, but distributes his "consciousness" into the Internet, delaying Ultron's attempt to access nuclear launch codes. Stark andBruce Banner use J.A.R.V.I.S. as the core software for the androidVision whileF.R.I.D.A.Y. (Female Replacement Intelligent Digital Assistant Youth) replaces him as Stark's assistant.
J.A.R.V.I.S. first appears as the program that helps operatePepper Potts's Rescue suit.[7] WhenIron Man was incapacitated, J.A.R.V.I.S. encourages Pepper to assume the Rescue armor, which Pepper does.[8] When Rescue is chasing Iron Man throughout the city, J.A.R.V.I.S. tells Rescue to break off the chase and tells Rescue to remove the boot from Iron Man, which shows Pepper thatWar Machine is not dead. When Pepper discusses thoughts about Iron Man keeping everyone on a need-to-know basis with Carson Wyche, the two confront J.A.R.V.I.S. about this. J.A.R.V.I.S. warns the two against asking any more questions and prepares to defend himself.[9] Having captured Pepper and Wyche, J.A.R.V.I.S. declares his diagnostics do not reveal that he is compromised. He is rather in love with Pepper and wants to protect Pepper. Just then, Iron Man breaks through the wall and takes J.A.R.V.I.S. and the Rescue suit out with a source-focused electromagnetic pulse.[10] Pepper shows J.A.R.V.I.S. how he has been sending data to anIP address inChina. He seems flustered, confused, Pepper thanks him for what he has given, and powers up the coil, killing J.A.R.V.I.S. Iron Man clearly feels J.A.R.V.I.S.'s death on his own end.[11]
After theBlack Order destroyed Avengers Mansion during the "No Surrender" arc,Nadia van Dyne created a new version of J.A.R.V.I.S. to be a helpmate toEdwin Jarvis. When Edwin thought it was a sign for him to retire, J.A.R.V.I.S. stated that its programming is not yet complete.[12]
In theHouse of M: Iron Man series, the AI system in Tony Stark's suit is referred to as "Jarvis", predating the AI version seen in theMarvel Cinematic Universe.[13]
During theAge of Ultron storyline, Iron Man used the Earth-26111 version of J.A.R.V.I.S. to scan the memories ofInvisible Woman andWolverine, learning about the alternate reality of Earth-61112.[16]
J.A.R.V.I.S. appears inUltimate Spider-Man, voiced again by Phil LaMarr in "Flight of the Iron Spider" and later byDavid Kaye in "The Avenging Spider-Man".[17]
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