Nicholas Joseph F.U.R.Y, Functioning Unit Responding to You, is a Life-Model Decoy created by Nicholas Fury during his time as the S.H.I.E.L.D's director that suffered a glitch that cause him to be independent. The unit overcome the initial limitation by cannibalizing parts that suited his needs, including an internal power converter that turn matter to usable energy and two mechanized tentacles off the schematics created by Doctor Octopus.