Season 4 of The Boys is nearly at its finish, and it’s already even weirder, wilder, and bloodier than ever earlier than. Primarily based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson‘s comedian ebook collection of the identical identify, the hit Prime Video collection has launched to us among the vilest, most ridiculous, and sure, most diabolical superheroes we’ve ever seen on display screen.
Within the fourth season of the present, viewers have been launched to newcomers Sister Sage (Susan Heyward) and Firecracker (Valorie Curry), each of whom have change into part of The Seven for his or her devious plans. Homelander (Antony Starr) and Victoria (Claudia Doumit) have teamed up, and it is as much as The Boys to stop them from making supes the dominant species on the planet. However moreover Vought’s crowning jewel, the Seven, led by none aside from the worst of the worst, Homelander (Antony Starr), how do among the non-Seven supes rank when it comes to energy?
The Boys
- Launch Date
- July 26, 2019
- Creator
- Eric Kripke
- Seasons
- 4
13 Gecko
Performed by David William Thompson
Gecko (David William Thompson) appeared briefly in Season 2 as Annie’s (Erin Moriarty) outdated good friend from her Capes for Christ days. The character didn’t appear in The Boys comics. He works as an S&M intercourse employee on the down low, a fairly straightforward gig for him seeing as how he seems to really feel little to no ache whereas getting his limbs hacked off. Gecko has the facility of regeneration, so he can regrow physique elements as quickly as they’re severed.
He found out find out how to make this into a fairly profitable enterprise enterprise, permitting his prospects to cut off no matter physique half they need. He’ll even allow you to chop off his dick — as a result of why the hell not, proper? Gecko could not have probably the most helpful energy, however it’s fairly metallic if you concentrate on it.
12 Termite
Performed by Brett Geddes
Alright, hear me out on this one. Termite (Brett Geddes) is principally The Boys‘ model of Marvel’s Ant-Man, so you may think about how helpful he may be if he had completely different priorities. Like Ant-Man, Termite has the facility to considerably cut back his dimension. He can shrink down so that he’s sufficiently small to, say, crawl inside a person’s penis after which sneeze, unintentionally inflicting stated man to explode.
Termite was exterminated by The Boys after discovering him bloodied in the course of the first episode of the third season. Think about if as an alternative of utilizing his powers to dive into orifices, he used them to do one thing extra heroic. Not less than he would not have to fret about splattering anybody’s organs all around the room by chance. R.I.P. his poor date.
11 Mesmer
Performed by Haley Joel Osment
The Mesmerizer, a.ok.a. Mesmer (played by former child star Haley Joel Osment) is a former member of the Teenage Kix and former little one star of the TV present “The Mesmerizer.” Mesmer possesses the facility of telepathy, however sadly, he should have bodily contact with the particular person whose thoughts he desires to learn.
Requiring bodily contact is unquestionably a downfall, however nobody goes to argue that telepathy isn’t one of many top-tier superpowers. In lots of superhero comedian books, telepathy is likely one of the most typical superpowers, as seen with X-Males’s Professor X and in DC’s Martian Manhunter. Sadly, Mesmer is lifeless, having been brutally murdered by Butcher (Karl City), however he additionally was a straight-up snitch, so it is not an excessive amount of of a loss.
10 Doppelganger
Performed by Dan Darin-Zanco
Doppelganger (Dan Darin-Zanco) has the power to shapeshift into an ideal copy of anybody and is even capable of completely mimic anybody’s voice. Sadly, it turns into painful if he stays in a single kind for too lengthy, as we noticed in Season 2 when he struggled to keep up his Emmy-worthy efficiency as Madelyn Stillwell (Elisabeth Shue), which Homelander compelled him into for his personal perverse fantasies.
Doppelganger is, by nature, stealthy, and enjoys utilizing his powers to trigger humiliation, so there wasn’t a lot of a cause to grieve after Homelander snapped his neck with the convenience of somebody breaking off a bit of that Equipment Kat bar. Nonetheless, it has been revealed that Doppelganger’s powers aren’t unique to him, as there’s one other shapeshifter in Season 4 of the present.
9 Kenji Miyashiro
Performed by Abraham Lim
Kenji (Abraham Lim) is Kimiko’s (Karen Fukuhara) youthful brother, also referred to as the “Supe-Terrorist” or “Tremendous-Villain.” Together with Kimiko, Kenji was kidnapped by the Shining Gentle Liberation Military, a terrorist group, at a younger age. In one of many best Kimiko episodes of the show, it was revealed that Kenji and Kimiko’s mother and father have been killed, and the siblings have been compelled to hitch the Military.
Like Kimiko, Kenji is extraordinarily highly effective. He possesses the facility of telekinesis, so he can transfer objects as heavy as a small ship freighter with solely his thoughts alone. He additionally has enhanced sturdiness. Sadly, Stormfront (Aya Money) breaks his neck and kills him in entrance of Kimiko, shortly after the siblings are reunited.
8 Zoe Neuman
Performed by Olivia Morandin
Zoe Neuman (Olivia Morandin), is the daughter of the feared head popper Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit). Launched in Season 3, Zoe is raised underneath the watchful eye of Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito) and her mom. It’s revealed in Season 4 that Zoe is the love little one of Victoria and former Vought scientist Sameer Shah, who misplaced his place after pursuing Stan’s adopted little one.
Whereas there’s a lot but to be uncovered with Zoe, it has been revealed in Season 4 that she’s additionally a secret supe, like her mother. Whereas Frenchie (Tomer Capone) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) are attempting to get data from Victoria’s room, Zoe seems and assaults CIA brokers utilizing her tentacles from her mouth. Think about 4 monstrous mouths erupting from her personal, every outfitted with razor-sharp enamel primed to shred flesh and bone. This grotesque energy is simply the tip of the iceberg and Zoe may be a touch to Victoria’s secret plan.
7 Kimiko Miyashiro
Performed by Karen Fukuhara
Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara), an official member of The Boys, is an authorized badass. With superhuman energy, sturdiness, and agility, Kimiko is a drive to be reckoned with. To not point out, Kimiko has insanely highly effective regenerative talents, as we first see in Season 1 the place she is ready to survive deadly dagger wounds from Black Noir in only a matter of minutes.
Sadly, due to her talents, Butcher usually makes use of her as his personal private weapon. Kimiko has suffered sufficient for one lifetime and deserves far more – particularly, a quiet, peaceable life in Marseilles with Frenchie (Tomer Capon) if we’ve any say in it. Within the current season, her backstory is explored extra, allowing Kimiko’s character to grow from simply being Frenchie’s companion.
6 Cindy
Performed by Ess Hödlmoser
Cindy (Ess Hödlmoser) appeared very briefly in Season 2, Episode 6, however she undoubtedly left an enduring impression. Cindy was a affected person on the Sage Grove Heart the place Vought, particularly Stormfront, are injecting Compound V into check topics. Cindy seems to have an influence similar to Congresswoman Neuman in that she will be able to implode folks telekinetically.
She additionally has superhuman sturdiness and seems to be utterly bulletproof. After she escapes and casually crushes a guard to bloody smithereens, we final see her hitchhiking barefoot away from the power. Creator Eric Kripke confirmed on X that this isn’t the final we are going to see of Cindy, and we won’t wait to see what havoc she could wreak on Vought sooner or later.
5 Sam Riordan
Performed by Asa Germann
Launched in Gen V, Sam Riordan (Asa Germann) was trapped and experimented on in a hidden facility. Nonetheless, his spirit by no means broke. When he lastly escapes, the world discovers a colossus fueled by years of struggling. Sam’s energy dwarfs even his brother, the legendary Golden Boy (Patrick Schwarzenegger). With a single punch, he can ship grown males flying, showcasing the uncooked energy coursing by means of his veins.
Even bullets bounce off Sam, which is proof of his near-invulnerability. Nonetheless, probably the most terrifying side of his energy is not bodily – it is the unpredictable nature fueled by his schizophrenia. The world turns into a twisted stage the place individuals are mere puppets in his thoughts, which results in devastating penalties just like the infamous puppet massacre scene in Gen V. Along with his transient look in The Boys Season 4, it’s clear that he has aligned with Homelander.
4 Cate Dunlap
Performed by Maddie Phillips
One other character who has crossed from Gen V to The Boys is Cate Dunlap (Maddie Phillips). In Gen V, she had a romantic connection to Golden Boy and emerged as a pivotal determine at Godolkin College, with her powers of compulsion with a single contact. However like most supes, she has a tragic backstory. On a tenting journey when she was a child, she unknowingly used her powers on her little brother, asking him to go away and by no means return.
Whereas her powers are awe-inspiring, her previous is a haunting reminder of their harmful potential. She then lives with fixed concern and a have to put on gloves. Her involvement within the supe rebellion and her eventual alliance with Homelander in The Boys Season 4 spotlight her willingness to embrace her darker aspect. It’s fascinating to see the sort of villainous role Cate will play in The Boys.
3 Ryan Butcher
Performed by Cameron Crovetti
It’s admittedly a bit dangerous placing Ryan (Cameron Crovetti) so excessive on this record at this level, as a result of we nonetheless know little or no about what he can really do. That being stated, we all know that as Homelander’s son, he has warmth imaginative and prescient highly effective sufficient to burn Stormfront to a crisp within the Season 2 finale. He additionally has tremendous senses, notably superhuman listening to. He additionally has superhuman odor as a result of he can detect that Butcher’s blood “smells humorous” after he injects himself with Compound V24.
Most significantly, showrunner Eric Kripke confirmed in an interview with TV Guide that Ryan’s lasers are much more highly effective than Homelander’s, which leads us to consider that Ryan could at some point be the one to take his psychotic father down. That’s, if Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) does not get to him first.
2 Victoria Neuman
Performed by Claudia Doumit
Ah, Congresswoman Victoria Neuman, the notorious Head Popper. Victoria’s powers are just like Cindy’s, although we nonetheless do not know sufficient about Cindy at this level to verify which of the 2 supes is extra highly effective. Victoria is ready to make folks’s heads explode by way of telekinesis, a horrifying superpower for somebody to have, particularly if that somebody is able of energy.
One weak spot in Victoria’s energy, nonetheless, is that it looks as if she should have a direct line of sight to her victims, as we noticed when her former greatest good friend Tony (Kyle Mac) tried to cowl her eyes in order that she could not use her powers on him. Regardless, the power to actually explode heads is a fairly rattling formidable energy to have. Her superpowers, motivation, and manipulation have made her one of the best TV show villains within the present TV panorama.
1 Soldier Boy
Performed by Jensen Ackles
Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles), America’s biggest hero lengthy earlier than Homelander, is actually a human nuclear bomb. It is laborious for any supe to compete with that, even Homelander himself. In response to Vought, Soldier Boy supposedly died heroically in 1984 attributable to a nuclear energy plant meltdown when in truth, Soldier Boy was captured by the Russians and experimented on for many years till the Boys unintentionally launched him from his cryogenic chamber. Soldier Boy does not seem to have aged a day.
Not solely does he possess superhuman energy and superhuman sturdiness, however he additionally has the terrifying capability to emit highly effective radiation-infused power blasts from his chest. His nuclear blasts, mixed along with his trauma-induced rage after many years of torture, actually make Soldier Boy probably the most harmful, most formidable non-Seven supe.
