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    Overview

    Friday is one of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe and its sequel The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe names the man Friday, with whom he cannot … See more

    Film and television adaptations

    • The 1935 Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Man Friday features Mickey as Crusoe, with Friday and other islanders as humanized monkey characters.
    • The 1935 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon Robinson Crusoe Isle features Os… See more

    Idiom

    The term Man Friday became an idiom to describe an especially faithful servant or one's best servant or right-hand man. The female equivalent is Girl Friday. The July 1, 1912, edition of the news magazine "Industrial … See more

    Reception

    Friday's relationship with Robinson Crusoe has been the subject of academic analysis. See more