History Main / GirlFriday

* Riho from ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}'' was this for both Shido and Yayoi. Once she [[spoiler: gets turned into a vampire]], though, [[ILoveYouVampireSon she turns into something more for Shido]].

%% * {{Gender Flip}}ped with Kosei Hida, Meifon Li's {{Bishonen}} assistant from ''Anime/AngelLinks''.
%% * Eirote to Seness in ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess''.
%% * Kaya in ''Manga/MidnightSecretary'' to T.

* Shario Finieno fulfills this role under Enforcer Fate Testarossa before and after ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''. Notably, as a member of the Enforcer corps herself, Shari has long acquired enough experience to strike out on her own but, for whatever reason, sticks to supporting Fate's investigations instead. The reformed [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Number]] Wendi, meanwhile, seems to have become a Girl Friday to Teana Lanster (herself a former apprentice of Fate) by the time of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce''.

* Hisako Arato of ''Manga/FoodWars'', albeit through the lens of a cooking manga. She's Erina's secretary and helps arrange all her affairs, provide emotional support and complete menial tasks like picking up Erina's shoujo manga. Her experience proves helpful during her Stagiaire shift with Soma, when she helps organize the reservation system at an overly busy restaurant, giving it a modern update to allow younger customers easier access.

* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'': Barbara Gordon would sometimes act like this for Franchise/{{Batman}} when she was Oracle, being his source for communication and intel. Though she would frequently get impatient and sick of his constant thankless demands, and often needed to remind him that she is not his personal secretary. This was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}, who also called on her frequently for communication and intel, while also [[UnresolvedSexualTension trading flirty banter]].
%%** ComicBook/HarleyQuinn sometimes acts as this for ComicBook/TheJoker.

* ''Comicbook/{{Streetfighter}} II'' has Gibson, Guile's CanonForeigner assistant.
* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' has Raitha, the Silver Adept's personal secretary, fits this trope to a tee -- a typical day's work includes rescheduling the Adept's appointments, plotting the most expedient interdimensional travel routes, and placating angry gods while the boss is out.

* In ''Fanfic/GreyjoyAllaBreve'', Amanda Honn is this to Theon Greyjoy. The fact that she is a very smart redhead means Theon has to resist the urge of calling her Pepper Potts.
* In ''Fanfic/FlashByNorthwest'', where the seven founding Justice League members are pulled into a noir detective story, Wally is cast as the detective while Diana is his Girl Friday. The trope itself is discussed between them on a number of occasions, in the context of Humphrey Bogart detective movies.

* ''Film/HisGirlFriday'': Hildy is the titular woman, in an intentional comparison to ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe''. She married to and worked for Walter as an IntrepidReporter before they got divorced and she decided to settle down to a bland, quiet life with an insurance salesman.

* ''Film/PhantomLady''. In a rare case of a film noir with a [[GenderFlip female protagonist]], secretary Carol Richman (Creator/EllaRaines) sets out on her own investigation to prove the innocence of her boss, engineer Scott Henderson (Alan Curtis), after he is [[FrameUp framed for murder]], tried, and sentenced to death.

* In ''Film/PowerOfThePress'', Edwina Stephens is the personal secretary to ''New York Gazette'' publisher John Cleveland Carter, and his confidant. When Carver is shot, Edwina delivers the will granting Ulysses Bradford majority ownership to Bradford personally, and persuades him to honour Carver's wishes by taking on the position of publisher. She also pretty much keeps he paper running until Bradford gets up to speed on running a big city paper, and is the only person willing to stand up to DaEditor Griff Thompson and ensure he does what Bradford wants, rather than what he thinks is best.

%% * Margo Lane and Radio/TheShadow.
* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand'', Jubal Harshaw has three girl Fridays.
* Leisl is this to Sasha to some extent in the ''Literature/{{Ravenloft}}'' novel ''Vampire of the Mists'', although it is strongly implied that they get a RelationshipUpgrade by the end.
%% * Effie Perine, Sam Spade's assistant in ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon''.
* Velda, Literature/MikeHammer's SexySecretary. Digs up information, carries a gun which she uses on a couple of occasions, UnresolvedSexualTension.

%% * Sophie Collins to Tessa Gray in ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices''.
%% * ''Literature/{{Insupu}}'' has two examples. Grace becomes this for TheSmartGuy Pete after discovering the raffia threads. Inverted with {{Tomboy}} Diana and FunPersonified Thomas.
* ''Literature/AgentToTheStars'' has Miranda to Tom. Their relationship is purely professional, although there is plenty of friendly playfulness going on (as one can expect behind a Hollywood talent agent and his experienced secretary). It's not until halfway through that their mutual experiences cause them to get closer in other ways ([[spoiler:although she doesn't know about aliens at that point yet]]). They get even closer by the end, to the point where she doesn't want Tom to see [[spoiler:Joshua "swimming around" in her brain in an attempt to learn how a female human's brain works in order to take over the brain-dead Michelle's body]].
* In the ‘’Creator/DonaldWestlake’’ novel ‘’Trust Me On This’’, Tabloid reporter served as this to her editor Jack, helping him search for TheMole a rival reporter placed on there team and doing a lot of the legwork in spying and dishing out bribes. This is zigzagged due to aids doing a lot of this for her own career and ambition, and by TheReveal that she’s willing to go to criminal lengths, such as setting fires at buildings a wake is being held in, just to get pictures. Main character Sara Joslyn (Jacks eventual girlfriend) plays this a bit straighter.

%% * Cordelia Chase begins ''Series/{{Angel}}'' as one of these before becoming an ActionGirl.
%% * Natalie and Sharona from ''Series/{{Monk}}''. Natalie is even called by the trope name in "Mr. Monk Goes To The Office".
%% * Chloe Sullivan from ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
%% * In ''Series/Supergirl2015'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Danvers]] starts out as Catherine Grant's assistant before becoming a super-hero.
* ''Series/{{Suits}}'' has Donna for Harvey, as well as Amy for Mike [[spoiler: when he leaves Pearson Specter to become an investment banker at the end of Season 3]]. Norma also appears to be this for Louis, although [[TheGhost she never appears onscreen]].

%% * Gail Koner of ''Series/{{Profit}}'', who [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] in "Chinese Box" to become Jim Profit's BattleButler.
%% * Betty Suarez (''Series/UglyBetty'') is this for Daniel Meade.

* As ''Series/VeronicaMars'' has the HighConcept of "high-school [[FilmNoir Noir]] with [[GenderFlip all the genders flipped]]", its Girl Friday role is filled by Wallace Fennell. Veronica also fulfills some of this trope's roles by helping her father, Keith Mars, with his Private Detective business. Her own investigations are technically something she does on her own time, usually ([[ObfuscatingStupidity but not always]]) without his knowing.
* On ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', April has this type of relationship with Ron as his assistant. But since Ron's job consists of sitting at his desk doing nothing, April's explicitly stated duty is to keep him from ever doing any work. Since she's equally adept at avoiding work, their partnership works out perfectly.
* On ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', Astrid has elements of this in her usual role, but in the StorybookEpisode "Brown Betty", Walter casts her as the full-fledged version to Olivia's HardBoiledDetective.
%% * Guinevere from ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' is often this to Merlin, especially in the first few episodes.
%% ** Merlin is a genderswapped version of this to Arthur.
* On ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', Brian's assistant Cynthia is clearly the person he depends most on in his work, though he later starts depending more on Ted as well even though he is technically only his accountant (perhaps because he knows Ted privately as well as professionally).
%% * Most of the Doctor's female companions in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
%% * Miss Lenore Case of ''Series/TheGreenHornet'' of course, qualifies as this.
%% * In the J-Drama adaptation of ''Series/DeathNote'', Himura Shoko starts off this way, before it's revealed that [[spoiler: she's a double-agent working for [[SplitPersonality Near/Mello]]]]
* Starting in the second series, Lizzie Stark is this for [[TheDon Tommy Shelby]] in ''Series/PeakyBlinders''. She's his secretary and willing to look the other way at his extra-legal activities.

%% * Cortana from ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' is an interesting variation, given that she's a military AI.
%% * Another (quite literal) Girl Friday is Nigel's FairyCompanion Friday from ''VideoGame/{{Landstalker}}''.
%% * ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
%% * Maya Fey/Ema Skye and Trucy Wright for Phoenix Wright and Apollo Justice, respectively.
%% ** Miles Edgeworth unwillingly gets one in his own game, in the form of [[GentlemanThief Lady Thief]] Kay Faraday.
%% ** To some extent, the detectives are these to their prosecutors. So Ema Skye is also one to Klavier seven years onward.

%% * Ingrid Hunnigan in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4.''
%% * Jenny (to the player, and despite actively ''trying'' to be awful at her job) and Alexa (to Dr. F., in a more straightforward example) in ''VideoGame/{{MySims}} Agents''.
%% * Snow White to Bigby throughout a good portion of ''VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs''.
%% * Literally the name of Stenchler's assistant in ''VideoGame/SewerShark''.
* In ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing New Leaf'', your character is made the mayor of the town upon arrival, and Isabelle is right there from the start to assist you with it as your secretary. She has some shades of the DitzySecretary, but she seems to handle most of the paperwork behind the scenes, even working on holidays.
%% * Miss Pauling from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is this to the Administrator, though she has many, many other responsibilities as well.
* Diana Burnwood of the ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' series is definitively [[ProfessionalKiller Agent 47's]] closest ally, acting as his handler in [[MurderInc the ICA]] and general MissionControl. If 47 is a far deadlier, more serious Franchise/JamesBond, Diana is a deadlier, more serious Moneypenny in her Posh accent and [[PlatonicLifePartners quasi-sexual relationship with the lead]], and one who [[TheChessmaster operates on a much more sophisticated list of personal motivations and schemes]], to a point where it's often muddy as to who's the sidekick in their dynamic.

* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'': In the first installment, Zettai Ryoiki no Tobira, Coco Nutmilk more or less fills this role towards Tact Mayers. Since Lester Coolduras (Tact's subcommander in the first trilogy) is now commanding the Elsior by himself, Coco is left to try and rein in Tact's antics on her lonesome aboard the Luxiole. She's often prodding him into taking care of his non-combat duties (especially paperwork), and is not above threatening to tell Tact's wife that he might be trying to have too much fun.

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%% * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': This is what Terry would ''like'' Max to be, but she's a little too ([[FauxActionGirl Faux]]) ActionGirl to be content with it.
%% * Janine is all over this trope in most incarnations of the Ghostbusters franchise, but particularly in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' and ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters''.
%% * From ''WesternAnimation/TheSuper6'' we have Super Scuba's [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Mermaid Friday]], Bubbles.
%% * ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''. Zhu Li to Varrick. Her job description seems to be "Zhu Li, do the thing".
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%% * Eirote to Seness in ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess''.

* The version of Pepper Potts portrayed by Creator/GwynethPaltrow (shown in the page image) in the ''Film/IronMan'' movies very much applies. In ''Film/IronMan2'', Tony realizes she already basically runs Stark Industries so he makes her CEO, with her own Girl Friday, Natalie Rushman.

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* Shirakawa in ''Manga/ElfenLied''. Faithful/attracted to her boss, and despite being cold and distant [[spoiler: is TheMole in the facility meant to gain information about the potential genocidal research there.]]

* %% Leisl is this to Sasha to some extent in the ''Literature/{{Ravenloft}}'' novel ''Vampire of the Mists'', although it is strongly implied that they get a RelationshipUpgrade by the end.

* Mimi from ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' is this for Rin, since they’re both immortals. Mimi also has taste for vodka.

* Mimi from ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' is this for Rin, since they’re both immortals