The Boys
Summary
The Seven , Vought ’s shining beacon , the strongest supes , has had some tumultuous roll variety throughoutThe Boysand a number of old heroes are no longer on the squad . The lost penis of the original Seven are hard to forget , with some truly memorable , disgraceful , or long - awaited going . Between the foe created by their calloused conduct , and their internal battle and betrayals , several of the Seven simply could not remain on the team .
The Boysseason 4 brings new charactersand dynamic to replace the latest of the Seven ’s lose supes . Since the show get down , the team has required a constant stream of switch , cycling through them with each new season . Between grisly deaths , forcible expulsion , and escapes from Vought ’s corruption , these members have had some dramatic exits from their former super - squad .
8Lamplighter
Played by Shawn Ashmore
A supe with pyrokinetic abilities , Lamplighter was one of the original Seven . Unlike the other characters on this leaning , Lamplighter was already no longer a member by the start of the show , during which he was put back by Erin Moriarty ’s Starlight . The fictitious character was mentioned several times in the first time of year ofThe Boys , but did not make an appearance until the 2d time of year . In season one , it was let out that Lamplighter was responsible for killing the grandchildren of The Boys ' leader , Grace Mallory . He was subsequently demoted from the Seven , only revealed to still be working for Vought in season 2 , where he seem as a recurring character reference .
Lamplighter was blackmail by The Boys when he was still a member of the Seven , a probable reason for his demotion . The murder of Mallory ’s grandchild turned out to be an accident , as his dependable target was the leader of his blackmailers . After seemingly agree to pretend as a witness against Vought for The Boys , Lamplighter ended his life in the Vought towerby setting himself on fire , a tragic end for a complex character .
7Translucent
Played by Alex Hassell
semitransparent was the first of the Seven to die on - sieve . The invisible supe had the ability to make his skin bulletproof , a formidable index that ultimately did not save him from his unfortunate fate . In his clock time onscreen , Translucent was not a central adversary to The Boys , but he ended up in their clutches after a confrontation with Hughie ( Jack Quaid ) and Billy Butcher ( Karl Urban ) .
The supe ’s time onThe Boyswas incredibly brief but impactful . His bulletproof hide could not save him from one of the show ’s trademark shocking , sick deaths . Upon the realisation that Translucent ’s inner organs were no less vulnerable than those of any regular human , The Boys placed an explosive equipment in his rectum that Hughie explode upon goading from the cocky supe . It ’s famous thatTranslucent was the first major supe to be defeated by the non - superpowered protagonists . Between the gore and thepossibilities Translucent ’s demise open up forThe Boys , the invisible supe left a real legacy in a unretentive time .
6The Deep
Played by Chace Crawford
The Deep began his tenure on the show as a truly vile antagonist when he sexually assaulted the Seven ’s New fellow member , Starlight . Once Starlight come forward , he face the penalisation of a sabbatical from the Seven in a small Ohio town . Known as the prank of the Seven and then oust , this punishment fetch out the aquatic - powered supe ’s deepest insecurity , especially when he learn thatVought had no aim of reinstating him to the Seven .
AlthoughThe Deep is technically back in the Seven , he spent a large chunk of the series as a discredited former penis trying to get back in . Even now , his position is precarious , as his return was orchestrated by his wife and detail on unwavering fealty to Homelander . Since his married woman left him at the end of season 3 , there ’s some doubt about whether The Deep can hold on to his position without her savvy and driveway .
5Stormfront
Played by Aya Cash
Stormfront was arguably the main villain ofThe Boysseason 2 , and joined the Seven as Translucent ’s replacement . Her guise as a social media savvy , fresh add-on to Vought ’s roll slew to reveala closet Nazi using her stance to advance a white supremacist agenda . She prosecute in a intimate family relationship with Homelander , who she viewed as the modelling of racial and superpowered mastery , and ultimately met her downfall at the hand of his Word , Ryan .
The Nazi tried indoctrinate Ryan to apply hate to channel his powers , which initially had no burden but ended up spelling her unfastening . Stormfront ’s vicious attack on the boy ’s mother , ironically , is what loose a hatred within him that he aimed at her . When Ryan set on her with his heat - vision , Stormfront was already useless to the Seven in her mutilate province despite her natural selection . In season 3 , she ended her life in a medical adeptness on Homelander ’s birthday , in an anti - climactic end to a turgid - than - liveliness scoundrel .
4Supersonic
Played by Miles Gaston Villanueva
While most " superheroes " onThe Boysare more inclined to be villains than remotely heroic , Supersonic was a brief burnished spot in the Seven before he was snuffed out . Formerly a small - township superhero hump as Drummer Boy , Supersonic joined the Seven as Stormfront ’s replacement in time of year 3 by taking part in a rigged Vought talent show . He had a romanticistic chronicle with Starlight , who trust him and divulged to him the the true about Homelander .
It was the guileless hoagie ’s nature that at long last doomed him . Believing he could entrust A - Train , Supersonic attempted to raise him to the cause , only to get stabbed in the back . The speedster rat Supersonic out to Homelander , who then dispatch Supersonic . Vought then cover up yet another of Homelander ’s crimes and arranged for the media to find fault the former teenager hotshot ’s end on a lapsing of marrow ill-treatment issue from his youth .
3Black Noir
Played by Nathan Mitchell
The soundless and masked Black Noir was powerful and mysterious in his fourth dimension with the Seven . Althoughthe season 4 trailer ofThe BoysshowsBlack Noir to be still animated , the supe was killed in the third season by Homelander in a tragic turn of events of effect . It appear that Vought will be overlay up Black Noir ’s death and simply put back him for the public ’s benefit .
Throughout his appearances on the show , Black Noir was a fast lieutenant to Homelander . From his early day on the superhero team Payback with Soldier Boy , who injured him to the point of permanent brainpower damage , to his time with the Seven , Black Noir was the consummate follower . He was also more sympathetic onceBlack Noir ’s tragic backstorywas divulge . The knowledge he withheld that Soldier Boy was , in fact , Homelander ’s father resulted in one of the more surprising , brutal bolt down onThe Boysas Homelander pulled him into an embracing before rip his bowel out .
2Queen Maeve
Played by Dominique McElligott
Queen Maeve , now no longer superpowered , start her incumbency onThe Boysas the second most powerful appendage of the Seven . The once grand - turn - bitterMaeve serve as a foil and somewhat of a warning to neophyte Starlightregarding what Vought and Homelander could become a young supe like her into . Her arc demonstrated a gradual riposte to the right side , as she came to Starlight ’s tending and aid The Boys against Stormfront and Homelander .
In season 3 , Maeve cooperate with Butcher to take Homelander down once and for all , training to get along face to front with him in battle . In the finis , she sacrificed herself by direct down Soldier Boy , result in the personnel casualty of her power . As of now , Queen Maeve is believed to be dead by the mankind . She escape with The Boys ' avail and is in hiding with her girl , Elena , a rarefied potential happily - ever - after on the show .
1Starlight
Played by Erin Moriarty
When Annie January link the Seven as Starlight , it was her braggart aspiration , everything she ever require . The illusion of valorousness quickly crumbled around her , causing an intimate battle between her values and the reality of her position . Things came to a caput in season 3 ofThe Boys , when her on-line popularity lead to her becoming co - captain of the Seven with Homelander .
Despite her knowledge of Vought and Homelander ’s depravity , Starlight stay part of the Seven , exist a double - life as she puzzle out with The Boys to take them down . In contrast to The Boys , specially Butcher , whose hate of supes and virtuously confutable manoeuvre conflict with the values Annie was raised on , Starlight think she could do some serious as cobalt - captain of the Sevenas a role model for young daughter . Although she had spoken up before , like when she open up publically about being assail by The Deep , her character ’s turning point came when she publicly leave office the Seven . The Boysseason 4 promises uncharted waters for Starlight , The Boys ' new phallus .
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The Boys is a gritty and insurgent take on the superhero genre , focus on a chemical group of vigilance man who face powerful superheroes mistreat their abilities , explore radical of corruption and moral ambiguity in a world where heroes are not always what they seem .
The Boys is a gritty and subversive take on the superhero genre, focusing on a group of vigilantes who confront powerful superheroes abusing their abilities, exploring themes of corruption and moral ambiguity in a world where heroes are not always what they seem.
The Boys is a gritty and subversive take on the superhero genre, focusing on a group of vigilantes who confront powerful superheroes abusing their abilities, exploring themes of corruption and moral ambiguity in a world where heroes are not always what they seem.
