Virginia "Pepper" Potts, later being known by her superhero name Rescue is a supporting character from the Iron Man comic books and movies. She is Tony's secretary, assistant, and longtime friend, and later becomes a armored superhero.
Virginia Potts was called "Pepper" because of freckles and red hair, and was working for Stark Industries when she spotted an accounting error. She informed Tony of the error, and having saved his company a large amount of money, she was promoted by Stark to be his personal assistant. Pepper became infatuated with Stark, but this changed when he hired Happy Hogan, who became his new body guard.
Happy and Pepper argued constantly, and he eventually confessed having an attraction to her, but she rebuffed him saying she was herself to be the future Mrs. Stark. Later on, she spotted Jack Frost breaking in, and Pepper used the telephone to warn Tony. In addition, she was also present when the Crimson Dynamo sabotaged a test launch of a new Stark missile, and again when the Melter attacked the company.
She continued working for Stark, delivering the news to Tony that one of his business associates, Charleton Carter, had backed out of a deal. She was unhappy when Tony pretended to ask her out on a date, as a cover to change into his Iron Man suit, leaving her behind in a locked room instead. She stilled tried impressing Tony, but when she desperately needed to take someone to a employee's dinner, she reluctantly called Happy, who assumed it was a sign that Pepper liked him. Though Tony encouraged their relationship, Pepper managed to go on a date with him.
Pepper was later taken prisoner when the Unicorn attacked Stark Industries, but she was saved by Iron Man. After the fight, Tony and Pepper visited Happy due to the Unicorn injuring him, and Stark questioned was Pepper's sympathy genuine or to make him jealous. When Happy asked Tony to suggest to Pepper that she could go on another date wit him, she jumped to the conclusion that Stark wanted to go out on a date with her instead. The two went out to a fair, which featured an archer named Hawkeye, and Tony stopped a crime there.
In the Legacy of Chris Thorndyke,
And she is reprised by Grey DeLisle in the English dub and Fumie Mizusawa in the Japanese dub.