Amazon Prime X-Ray Trivia

Amazon Prime X-Ray is a feature that displays information about actors in a scene, music being played in the soundtrack, and offers exclusive bonus content and trivia. When a viewer is watching The Boys, this trivia can supply canonical information that is not present in the actual plot but was developed by writers to build the world of Vought and its heroes.
==The Boys==
===Season One===
Episode 	Scene 	Trivia
The Name of the Game 	Scene 3 	"The Name of the Game" is the title of the first volume of the epic, irreverent comic book series "The Boys." The show's poster — with all five Boys looking Badass and out for blood — is a recreation of the first book cover.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 3 	"Invisible Force 2: You Can't Kill What You Can't See" is the upcoming second installment in Vought Studio's "Invisible Force" franchise starring Translucent. Critics already have their panties in a twist, projecting it'll rake in over $50 million — just on opening weekend.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 3 	For the shot where Queen Maeve shatters an armored truck, SPX filmed a real truck smashing into a steel pole that was later removed by VFX. Queen Maeve was then shot in front of a green screen in the same location and comped into the real folding truck.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 3 	Once inside the truck, Maeve was put on tracks that moved forward (keeping her in the same place). Wind and VFX-added elements make it appear like the truck is wrapping around her bulletproof body.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 4 	Pretty sweet opening, huh? Just minutes long but took three days of filming and months of editing to get the stunts and visual effects just right.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 4 	In the comics, Hugh Campbell's a Scottish conspiracy theorist, who goes by the nickname "Wee Hughie." For the series, the writers gave him a job in Sales and Installation at Bryman Audio-Visual.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 4 	Jess Salgueiro, who plays Robin, Hughie's girlfriend, is originally from Winnipeg, Canada. You've seen her in shows like "The Strain" and "Orphan Black."
The Name of the Game 	Scene 4 	According to Stefan Fleet, Head of VFX, this one shot was a blend of 15 takes filmed within the exact same repeated motion on a robotic camera arm called "The Bolt." VFX used a special camera called a Phantom that filmed at 500 frames per second to achieve super-slow motion.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 4 	All the flying blood and guts you see, including the viscera that hits Hughie's face was 100% computer-generated. The shot took just under 8 months to complete.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 4 	That's A-Train who just ran through the love of Hughie's life. In the comics, Hughie also watches A-Train eviscerate his girlfriend, leaving nothing but her severed forearms to remember her by.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 5 	Wait. Starlight's gotta audition for The Seven? They hiring a Supe... or an actress?
The Name of the Game 	Scene 6 	That's Simon Pegg playing Hughie's dad! A cheeky casting choice -- in the comics, illustrator Darick Robertson based Wee Hughie's look on Pegg's likeness.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 7 	Countess has been Starlight's competition since her Little Miss Superhero Pageant days.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 8 	Hughie's dad is watching "T.J. Hooker," a cop drama starring William Shatner and Heather Locklear that ran for five seasons from 1982 to 1986. Throwback!
The Name of the Game 	Scene 9 	See that staff the Lamplighter's holding? It grants him the power of pyrokinesis -- he can harness nearby fire and blast flames in any direction — making him a walking, talking inferno. Definitely NSFW on for kids...
The Name of the Game 	Scene 10	A-Train may be a murderer, but he's also got his own beer -- Speeding Bullet Ale — and cereal -- Frosted A-Trains. The two were created by the Props Department.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 13	You might wanna remember that Teddy Bear Nanny Cam... it could "pop up" later...
The Name of the Game 	Scene 13	The crew used pop street signage and digital billboard fills to recreate Times Square hundreds of miles away from New York in Dundas Square, Toronto.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 14	Psh, Big Game. What a jerk. Reason why he and A-Train are such chums? They came up in the young Supe team "Teenage Kix" together.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 15	You might recognize Starlight and Queen Maeve's first meeting in the Seven Tower bathroom from the comic.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 15	Translucent is an OG Eric Kripke creation. In the comics, the original Seven include: The Homelander, Queen Maeve, A-Train, The Deep, Black Noir, Jack from Jupiter, and The Lamplighter.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 18	Hughie and Annie are adorable AF. Who doesn't love a good meet-cute on a park bench? It's an iconic moment from the comics the writers wanted to make sure got to screen.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 20	Antony Starr dyed his hair blonde and kept a clean-shaven face to play Homelander. Prior to "The Boys," Starr was known for his dark, rugged appearance in "American Gothic," "Banshee," and "Banshee Origins."
The Name of the Game 	Scene 21	The "red pill, blue pill" metaphor Hughie and Butcher are talking about comes from "The Matrix." In the movie, the blue pill would've allowed Neo to stay in the Matrix and remain blissfully ignorant of reality, while the red pill would show him the truth.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 21	Sweet ride. Billy Butcher drives a vintage Cadillac in the comics, too.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 21	Production Designer Dave Blass added a Latin inscription to the relief carving of The Seven in the hallway. It reads: "Fiat justitia ruat caelum," which translates to: "Let justice be done though the heavens fall."
The Name of the Game 	Scene 23	For this shot, production built a duplicate Bryman Audio-Visual set on a sound stage. Stunts created a special rig that flew a camera at high speed on a rail and a giant green wrecking ball through all the shelving at the exact same time.
The Name of the Game 	Scene 23	To pull of a fight sequence with an invisible superhero, VFX had a stunt double in green, VFX-tracking suit stand-in for Translucent for the majority of the fight rehearsal and VFX reference. They then pulled him out and Karl Urban did all of his own fight choreography fighting against nothing, repeating the same movements numerous times to capture all the shots.
Cherry 	Scene 5 	In the comics, Billy Butcher is the leader of a CIA-backed organized called 'The Boys.' In the show, he's an independent contractor... meaning he officially works for no one... and has no government protection or support. Sorry Hughie!
Cherry 	Scene 5 	All The Boys' episode titles come from the comics. For instance, this episode, "Cherry," is the title of Issues #3-6 of the comics.
Cherry 	Scene 5 	Cherie, Frenchie's lover and loyal assistant, was inspired by Marie from the comics. She was the love of Frenchie's life — until she broke his heart when she started dating his nemesis, Black Pierre.
Cherry 	Scene 5 	Frenchie, aka "The Frenchman," doesn't have a job in the comics; he's a veteran of the French Foreign Legion recently returned from war.
Cherry 	Scene 5 	The outline of Translucent's body becomes visible when Butcher shocks him with an electric cattle prod because his skin is made of highly conductive carbon meta-material that bends light. Remember Fallon in Episode 101?
Cherry 	Scene 7 	Much like reality shows, Vought actually scripts every public appearance Seven members make -- even ones that seem "unscripted."
Cherry 	Scene 7 	Translucent is known to sneak off to places his visible self would never be allowed, like restrooms (remember Episode 101?), women's clinics, sorority houses, etc. And because these creepy benders happen so frequently, Stillwell and Ashley are not immediately alarmed when he is reported missing.
Cherry 	Scene 8 	Black Noir is the enigmatic, silent member of The Seven. Whether or not his silence is voluntary is unknown...
Cherry 	Scene 8 	For anyone who's been on a film set, Starlight's "Crime Itinerary" might look familiar — that's because it's a call sheet, but instead of making a movie, Vought's making a save.
Cherry 	Scene 9 	Tony Cicero's is a national chain serving up a variety of Italian foods, from spaghetti & meatballs to pizza. All with endless soup and breadsticks, of course. They're probably best known for their dessert dish, cinnamon roll breadsticks, served with sugary icing dipping sauce. YUM.
Cherry 	Scene 10	The Props Department created all seven Kuddle Buddiez for production. They are not available for purchase... yet.
Cherry 	Scene 11	When it comes to superheroes, no one is stronger — or more terrifying — than The Homelander. He can fly at Mach speed and cut you in half with his laser eyes. He's also got x-ray vision and super-hearing. He can even hear your heart beat, making him a superhuman lie detector...
Cherry 	Scene 12	Props also made nine Vought Commemorative Cups — one for each member of The Seven (including Lamplighter) and a Seven team cup.
Cherry 	Scene 14	In the comics, Frenchie's trademark is his goggles.
Cherry 	Scene 16	That's Fentanyl in those Homelander Junior Seven Kuddle Buddiez. In 2017 alone, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized over 1,500 pounds of Fentanyl at various ports and border crossings throughout the country. While 1,500 pounds may not sound like much, it's actually huge considering that a single dose of Fentanyl is only .000035 ounces -- and just twice that amount is deadly.
Cherry 	Scene 16	In the comics, Susan Rayner is the Deputy Director of the CIA and also has a, erm... complicated history with Billy Butcher.
Cherry 	Scene 18	The water glass Hughie offers Translucent is the Vought Homelander Commemorative Cup. Go figure.
Cherry 	Scene 18	The weapon Frenchie's holding is a sawed-off 12-gauge pump-action shotgun. As an arms dealer, he has a variety of illegal weapons at his disposal.
Cherry 	Scene 19	Samaritan's Embrace is a charitable organization that's closely affiliated with Vought. Stretchy Supe Ezekiel serves as the organization's pastor and spokesperson.
Cherry 	Scene 20	Starlight's palm blasts were created through a combination of practical on-set lighting effects and digital VFX in post-production. Special palm lights were built for Erin Moriarty's hands, which were triggered by a remote switch, which would cast reactive light on camera. VFX then erased the palm lights and created the light blasts digitally.
Cherry 	Scene 21	In the comics, The Boys manage to kill a number of superheroes. The first Supe Wee Hughie kills is Blarney Cock, a rooster-like Supe and member of Teenage Kix.
Cherry 	Scene 23	Starlight's secret identity is Annie January from Des Moines, Iowa.
Cherry 	Scene 26	Doppelgänger is not a hero from the comics, but a creation of the writers' room. They are gender-fluid, their preferred pronouns being "they," "their," and "them."
Cherry 	Scene 27	Crime Analytics is the central nervous system of the Vought crime-stopping machine. It's where trained analysts vet leads, crunch satellite data, and study COMP-STATs to predict when and where crimes might occur.
Cherry 	Scene 28	The Supe that Cherie is watching on TV is Gunpowder, a firearms enthusiast, who also appears in the comics.
Cherry 	Scene 28	VFX Supervisor, Stephan Fleet, crouched in this cage and worked out the actions to make sure the cup movements were real. The special effects team then used a long stick and some tubing to simulate the actions and make a real cup appear as if it was held by Translucent.
Cherry 	Scene 28	Fogo de Chão is a fine dining, full-service Brazilian steakhouse or churrascaria that currently operates 40 locations in the United States, 8 locations in Brazil, 2 in Mexico, and 2 in the UAE.
Cherry 	Scene 28	"Cherry Bomb" was the 1976 hit single on The Runaways' self-titled debut album -- a fitting outro for an episode entitled "Cherry."
Get Some 	Scene 3 	The title of this episode -- "Get Some" -- is the titles of Issues #7-10 of the comics.
Get Some 	Scene 3 	Gross. For you TV buffs out there, Butcher and Frenchie shoveling Translucent's exploded guts is reminiscent of Episode 103 of "Breaking Bad," when Walter and Jesse clean up a drug dealer's bloody remains. Fun fact: George Mastras, who wrote this episode, was also a writer on "Breaking Bad."
Get Some 	Scene 4 	That's "Stop!" by Jane's Addiction from 1990.
Get Some 	Scene 5 	Vought marketing writers Seth and Evan were named after Executive Producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
Get Some 	Scene 6 	Shockwave, A-Train's rival speedster, is an Eric Kripke creation.
Get Some 	Scene 6 	After The Seven team members were cast for the show, Darick Robertson recreated comic book posters ― like the ones in Hughie's room ― with the actors' likenesses.
Get Some 	Scene 7 	Writer George Mastras pulled from his own experience working as a counselor in a juvenile detention center to write Mother's Milk's opening scene.
Get Some 	Scene 7 	Eagle-eyed viewers will notice how organized Mother's Milk's desk is. Much like in the comics, Mother's Milk is neat and meticulous AF. OCD much?
Get Some 	Scene 8 	In the comics, Mr. Edgar is also the CEO of Vought. His office is located on the 82nd floor of Seven Tower.
Get Some 	Scene 9 	The Supe on the Pack-n-Go moving truck is The Lamplighter. Just like with celebrities in real life, Supe endorsements are everywhere in the world of "The Boys."
Get Some 	Scene 9 	Mother's Milk's annoyingly catchy ringtone is "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley (1987). And, yes, by reading this piece of trivia, you just got Rick-rolled!
Get Some 	Scene 9 	While Butcher describes her as a B-list, washed up Supe in Episode 102, Popclaw was once the Golden Girl of Teenage Kix, a teen Supe on the rise. Then she made some bad life choices that knocked her from the top of Vought's ranks and landed her in rehab...
Get Some 	Scene 9 	Hughie tells Popclaw his name is "Gary" ― that's his boss at Bryman Audio-Visual.
Get Some 	Scene 9 	"Terminal Beauty 3" is the third installment in the steamy "Terminal Beauty" trilogy. It stars Popclaw as a big city private detective who falls for a rambunctious con man played by Billy Zane.
Get Some 	Scene 10	In the comics, Queen Maeve has a harem of male sparring partners who also serve as her... playthings. We meet them in Issue #23, "We Gotta Go Now."
Get Some 	Scene 10	A huge amount of preparation and planning goes into every scene of "The Boys," even one as simple as Homelander and Queen Maeve walking through an office building. The show's production staff came up with company names to put on each of the office doors in case they were visible on camera, which the studio's legal department had to then research and clear for use. The cleared names were put onto nameplates by the Props Department.
Get Some 	Scene 12	For the Race of the Century, it would've been too expensive to hire thousands of extras to fill the stands, so VFX digitally created the majority of the fans in the stadium bleachers.
Get Some 	Scene 12	To provide fans with plenty of A-Train and Shockwave merch, the Writers' Office spent a week brainstorming dozens of individual slogans and mottos for the two Supes, which the Art Department then used to create signs, hats, and t-shirts to display in the crowd shots.
Get Some 	Scene 12	Super-suit designer Laura Jean Shannon, who designed all the heroes' super suits, based Starlight's new skimpy uniform on the one found in the comic.
Get Some 	Scene 12	In the comics, Hughie only learns that Annie January is Starlight when she tells him the truth about her real identity.
Get Some 	Scene 13	For the race, the show's producers wanted to recreate the pomp and pageantry that precedes sporting events. A-Train's walk from the locker room to the track with his entourage was designed to resemble a boxer's walk to the ring.
Get Some 	Scene 14	Brittany Allen, who plays Popclaw, won an Emmy for her portrayal of Marissa Chandler on "All My Children."
Get Some 	Scene 14	As a visual reference for the moment when Popclaw engages in fatal cunnilingus, accidentally face-sitting her landlord to death, SPX watched videos of watermelons being crushed for a point of reference.
The Female of the Species 	Scene
3 	Fans of the comic will recognize that adorable English bulldog as Terror -- Butcher's canine sidekick.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 5 	Jennifer Esposito, who also plays CIA Deputy Director Susan Raynor, is also known for her roles in "Crash," "Spin City," "Blue Bloods," and "The Affair."
The Female of the Species 	Scene 7 	Mother's Milk also wears dark sunglasses in the comics.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 7 	Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980), referenced here by Frenchie and Mother's Milk, was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the fathers of existentialism and known for his open relationship with prominent feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 7 	Jack Quaid, who plays Hughie, is 6'1'' tall.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 8 	The Deep's secret identity, or civilian name, is Kevin.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 9 	Butcher casually refers to the mystery woman played by Karen Fukuhara, as "The Female," which is her name in the comics.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 10	MS-13, aka Mara Salvatrucha, is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles in the 1970's and 80's to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the area. The gang has since grown into a larger drug and human trafficking operation and spread to other areas of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 11	Cherie gives Frenchie halothane gas to knock out The Female. Halothane, sold under the brand name Fluothane, is a volatile general anesthetic agent.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 14	Jessie T. Usher's portrayal of lightning-fast runner A-Train isn't the first time he's played an athlete. In the series "Survivor's Remorse," he played Cam Calloway, a basketball prodigy who gets signed to a lucrative professional basketball contract.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 16	In the bowling alley, Hughie's startled reaction to the commotion in the nearby lane is common for people suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
The Female of the Species 	Scene 17	The scenes on the hijacked plane were filmed aboard an actual jet fuselage that was brought into the sound stage in Toronto. It took 4 days to film the full sequence.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 17	The airplane hijacking and the Supes' botched rescue attempt were adapted from "I Tell You No Lie, G.I." (Issue #21) of the comics.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 18	Mother's Milk is speaking Tagalog, the standardized national language of the Philippines.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 19	Starlight is a Christian superhero who has a long history with the Supe-sponsored religious organization Capes for Christ.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 20	Jitter Bean is a coffee shop franchise from the comics.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 21	Robin's ghost was inspired by Griffin Dunne's character in "An American Werewolf in London" (1981).
The Female of the Species 	Scene 23	Dolphins are notoriously horny animals. They are known not only to have sex for pleasure but also masturbate and engage in pansexuality.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 24	In the comics, Butcher, M.M., and Frenchie also use a gas grenade to capture The Female.
The Female of the Species 	Scene 25	When the Coast Guard is seen searching the bay, debris from the plane crash was added digitally by VFX so the water could stay pollution-free during filming. Deep would be proud.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 3 	The exterior shots of Havana, Cuba are stock footage. Popclaw's Havana hotel was built on a soundstage in Toronto.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 3 	The title of this episode, "Good for the Soul," is the title of Issues #15-18 from the comics.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 3 	Clyde Chestnut Barrow and Bonnie Elizabeth Parker were infamous criminals and lovers who robbed fifteen banks and killed nine police officers from 1931-1934. They were shot to death in an ambush near Bienville Parish, Louisiana following one of the most spectacular and highly publicized manhunts the nation had ever seen.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 5 	In Issue #38 of the comics, "The Instant White-Hot Wild," Frenchie prepares a similar chicken dinner for The Female.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 6 	In the comics, "Believe" is a Christian festival attended by Homelander and Starlight and infiltrated by Frenchie and The Female (Volume 7, Issues #44-47).
Good for the Soul 	Scene 8 	The religious, super-stretchy hero Ezekiel was inspired by Oh Father from the comics.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 11	Drummer Boy and Starlight also dated in the comics. They were both members of the Young Americans -- a Christian superhero team -- along with Holy Mary, General Issue, and The Standard.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 12	Morgan Freeman played God in "Bruce Almighty" (2003) and "Evan Almighty" (2007)
Good for the Soul 	Scene 14	To construct the "Believe" Expo, the production crew brought in a massive exhibition tent, a Jumbotron, a stage, and lighting rigs to an open field location outside Toronto. They also put up multiple smaller tents and booths to serve as informational and vendor points throughout the enormous set.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 17	That's the "Terminal Beauty 3" DVD. The movie's description on the back reads: "Popclaw shines as a razor-sharp private detective, unraveling a web of lies in the biggest case of her life. Billy Zane plays a smooth-talking con man with too many secrets and a dark, mysterious past. When these two find themselves caught up in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, all rules go out the window..."
Good for the Soul 	Scene 17	Told ya you'd see that bear again. It's the same nanny-cam featured in Bryman Audio-Visual in Episode 101, the electronics store Hughie used to work at.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 19	In the scene where Ezekiel stretches his arm out to grab Hughie by the throat, an actor wearing a green screen suit stood between them while filming, using his own arm as an extension of actor Shaun Benson's. The green screen actor was then removed digitally by VFX.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 22	To make Homelander levitate on stage, actor Antony Starr wore a harness connected to wires. The wires were then digitally removed by VFX in post-production.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 25	The attention to detail and planning that goes into a production cannot be overstated. At Mercer Hospital, when Butcher pickpockets a nurse's ID badge, the name on the badge isn't visible, but it was there: Sandy King. The Writers' Office and the Art Department coordinated to clear a name through Sony Legal and then create the badge, just in case it happened to show up on camera.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 26	When Starlight competed in the Heartland Beauties Luck of the Irish Pageant, the power went out and Starlight lit up the stage with the glow from her hands. Her dazzling, hand-lit performance won her the talent portion of the competition.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 28	The Deep is stress-eating junk food while watching news coverage about his failed rescue of the dolphin from Oceanland. Chace Crawford has joked that if he could have a superpower in real life, it would be the ability to eat as much junk food as he wants and never gain weight or deal with health problems because of it.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 32	The scene featuring a baby with ocular laser powers was so VFX-heavy, even the camera movements were implemented in post- production.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 34	In The Female's hand-to-hand fight with Black Noir in the alley, we get a glimpse of both Karen Fukuhara's and Nathan Mitchell's respective abilities; she is trained both in karate and sword fighting, and he holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Nathan won the gold medal in the ITF Jr. Black Belt National Championships at the age of 15.
Good for the Soul 	Scene 34	Tomer Capone has said that if he had a superpower in real life, it would be the ability to heal people.
The Innocents 	Scene 3 	The title of this episode, "The Innocents" is the title of Issues #40-43 of the comics.
The Innocents 	Scene 3 	Vought's "unscripted" producer Courtenay cites Heidi and Spencer, referring to celeb-reality couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt.
The Innocents 	Scene 4 	In the world of the TV series, Gretchen Scaramucci, Hughie's high school classmate, is now living happily with her girlfriend in New York City. They operate an online cookie and muffin basket delivery service and have two kids. #wherearetheynow?
The Innocents 	Scene 7 	(Former) Vought Publicist Ashley Barrett was the Social Chairwoman of her college sorority until the pledge she tells Starlight about brought those glory days to an unceremonious end.
The Innocents 	Scene 8 	Soon after A-Train outran that bullet, his older brother, Nathan, began coaching him.
The Innocents 	Scene 9 	Starlight brings up something from Queen Maeve's backstory in Episode 106: the time she saved a school bus from falling off a bridge with her bare hands, breaking every bone in her right arm. It was a miraculous save that was in the national spotlight for weeks, and earned Maeve her place in The Seven.
The Innocents 	Scene 10	Laz Alonso and Karen Fukuhara are foodies who bond while snacking all day on set. But they "half" the cookies so neither one goes overboard. Laz's favorite? PBJ + J (second J = pickled jalapeñо).
The Innocents 	Scene 10	Frenchie identifies Mother's Milk's most enduring idiosyncrasy as his obsession with order and detail, which stems from his background in the military. Laz Alonso says he also embodies similar characteristics in real life; whenever he visits friends' houses, he finds himself unable to resist the urge to start cleaning.
The Innocents 	Scene 11	The Association of Collateral Damage Survivors (ACDS) is an emotional support organization with group meetings throughout the United States and around the world. Its purpose is to offer emotional support to those who've been directly or indirectly harmed by superheroes while carrying out their duties.
The Innocents 	Scene 11	Seth Reed is the Vought Marketing Writer we met in Episode 103. He joined his local ACDS chapter following a very, very unfortunate incident with Ice Queen.
The Innocents 	Scene 12	"Black Noir: Insurrection" is eyeing a massive opening weekend at the box office, projected to gross over $40 million.
The Innocents 	Scene 12	"The Mesmerizer" was a critic's favorite TV procedural that ran for three seasons in the 1990's. Mindreading Supe Mesmer's trademarked catchphrase was "There are no secrets from me."
The Innocents 	Scene 12	"Heroes and Headliners" is an annual autograph show held at the American Adventures Inn in Trenton, New Jersey. Mesmer is a regular there, as are Billy Zane and Tara Reid.
The Innocents 	Scene 15	Stillwell half jokes that the baseball Homelander hurls into the great beyond will kill somebody when it lands in Boston. She's referring to an incident a few years back when Homelander threw a football too forcefully and it struck a small passenger plane mid-flight, forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing.
The Innocents 	Scene 16	As viewers can see from the poster on his wall, Mesmer published an album of his own solo music during his teen years. It was aptly called: "Feeling Your Feelings."
The Innocents 	Scene 16	The song Mother's Milk uses for Butcher's ringtone is "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner.
The Innocents 	Scene 19	In the comics, Vought also fabricated Homelander's all-American backstory, one where he grew up in a nuclear family in an idyllic, suburban home, when in reality he was born in a Vought laboratory and raised by scientists.
The Innocents 	Scene 21	Despite being an "eco-warrior," The Deep drives a gas-guzzling Hummer. Hypocrisy much?
The Innocents 	Scene 22	Butcher asks Raynor for office space in Manhattan's Flat Iron Building -- the same landmark where The Boys have their office in the comics.
The Innocents 	Scene 24	Laz Alonso has said that if he could have a superpower in real life, it would be Mesmer's power -- the ability to read others' minds and know when they're lying.
The Innocents 	Scene 26	One of Jack Quaid's favorite parts of the show is Hughie and Starlight's relationship - how two people from opposite worlds develop real feelings for each other.
The Innocents 	Scene 26	According to Erin Moriarty, if she could have a superpower in real life it would be to have a shield around her that would allow her to travel to the most dangerous and unseen parts of the world, like the dark and mysterious depths at the bottom of the ocean.
The Innocents 	Scene 26	That's "Big Shot" (1978) by Billy Joel, one of Hughie's favorite artists.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 3	The title of this episode, "The Self-Preservation Society" is the title of Issues #31-34 of the comics.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 4 	The Lincoln Grand Hotel, where Hughie and Starlight have their liaison, is the same hotel Senator Calhoun stayed at and had his one- night stand with the shapeshifting Supe Doppelgänger in Episode 102 -- an incident Stillwell used to blackmail him into supporting Supes in the military.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 5 	In the comics, Hughie and Starlight can't go to her apartment in Seven Tower because she doesn't want Hughie to find out she's a Supe -- so they go to Hughie's rented room in a rundown neighborhood.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 6 	In the comics, Homelander knows who Billy Butcher and The Boys are from the beginning. It's established early on in the comics that The Boys and The Seven have been in an uneasy armistice for some time.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 7 	Executive Producer and Showrunner Eric Kripke is originally from Ohio, and thought it would be fun to have The Deep reassigned to Sandusky.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 8 	In 1998, Ben Johnson participated in a charity race against two racehorses and a car. Johnson was outrun by the horses but he did beat the car after it experienced mechanical difficulties.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 9 	Antony Starr has said that part of his approach to Homelander is to portray him as someone who sees himself as a father figure to the other members of The Seven. Homelander thinks they're like children who require his firm guidance and discipline.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 9 	Nathan Mitchell, who plays Black Noir, has said that it's a great challenge for him to portray the role precisely because Black Noir never speaks - he interprets the character through the subtleties of body movement and gestures.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 9 	In the comic version of "The Self-Preservation Society," Queen Maeve also comes to Starlight's defense when Black Noir, A-Train, The Deep and Jack from Jupiter gang up on Starlight.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 10	Karen Fukuhara has said that Karl Urban and Tomer Capon love to play backgammon on set. She and Laz Alonso are learning the game so they can play, too.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 10	Karen Fukuhara has said that if she could have a superpower in real life, it would be to know everything, like having Google inside her own mind.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 11	The Art Department was dedicated to creating a realistic looking world for the story, which included making toys that looked as if they could have come right off the shelves of an actual toy store, such as the A-Train 2016 Comicon Edition action figure Hughie owns.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 13	Elisabeth Shue was the perfect choice to play the deft deal-making Madelyn Stillwell. She received her B.A. in Government from Harvard University.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 14	Cedar Point is the second oldest amusement park in North America, dating back to 1870. Known as "America's Roller Coast," the park boasts a world-record 72 rides, including 17 roller coasters - the second most in the world behind Six Flags Magic Mountain. Its newest roller coaster, Steel Vengeance, was unveiled in 2018.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 15	To achieve the gruesomely realistic effect of Mesmer's head being bashed open on a sink, a special silicone lookalike head was created from a cast of Haley Joel Osment's. Under the silicone skin on the stunt head was a skull made from fiberglass and steel, which was designed to collapse more and more with each impact. The Special Effects team pumped fake blood through tubes installed in the interior of the head, punctuating the goriness of the scene.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 16	Grace Mallory is an adaptation of Greg Mallory from the comics. In both cases, Mallory was a CIA Case Officer who decided to start investigating superheroes. Mallory recruited Butcher, Mother's Milk and Frenchie to form The Boys long before Hughie ever joins the team.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 17	The moment when Starlight asks Queen Maeve if "it would kill her to make her a martini" comes directly from a moment in the comics Issue #22, the conclusion of "I Tell You No Lie, G.I."
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 19	When Hughie's father says "Jings," it's a nod to the Scottish slang exclamation Wee Hughie often says in the comics.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 20	Dr. Jonah Vogelbaum's Greenwich, CT mansion is actually the Parkwood Estate in Oshawa, Ontario. You might recognize it as the mansion from the 1995 Adam Sandler cult classic "Billy Madison."
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 20	Dr. Jonah Vogelbaum greets Homelander by calling him "John." This is the same birth name of Homelander in the comics.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 20	In the comics, Dr. Vogelbaum was a European scientist who was rescued by Vought and brought to America at the end of World War II to perfect the Compound V formula he'd been forced to engineer for the Nazis.
The Self-PreservationSociety	Scene 22	In the comics, Rayner and the CIA are aware of Compound V from the beginning and even have samples of it on hand. In fact, when Butcher administers Compound V to Hughie in the comics, he obtains the sample from Rayner.
You Found Me 	Scene 3 	The title of this episode, "You Found Me" is the title of Issue #72 of the comics.
You Found Me 	Scene 3 	While this sequence is set in Tal Rifaat, Syria, it was filmed in Ontario, Canada.
You Found Me 	Scene 4 	Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer, played by the inimitable Jim Beaver, is Showrunner Eric Kripke's nod to both "Supernatural" Executive Producer Robert Singer and the character Jim plays on the show, also named Bobby Singer.
You Found Me 	Scene 5 	In "The Self-Preservation Society" comic, James Stillwell puts a bounty on The Boys' heads and dispatches the Supe team Payback to kill them.
You Found Me 	Scene 6 	In the comics, Starlight tells Hughie that when she was born, she unintentionally blinded her parents, leaving them unable to care for her. So she was given to foster parents to raise. At the encouragement of Vought, Starlight's foster parents made her enter competitions as a child so that they could profit from her superpowers.
You Found Me 	Scene 8 	Like Greg Mallory in the comics, Grace Mallory also lost her grandchildren, who were brutally burned to death by Lamplighter.
You Found Me 	Scene 10	To prepare for his portrayal of A-Train, Jessie T. Usher discussed the character extensively with showrunner Eric Kripke in the months leading up to production. Jessie wanted to add a depth and richness to A-Train's character by capturing the insecurity of an elite athlete desperate to maintain his position at the top.
You Found Me 	Scene 13	The shots of Starlight sitting alone in the church are reminiscent of the comic artwork from Issue #15, "Good for the Soul," when Starlight is having a crisis of faith after her brutal introduction to The Seven.
You Found Me 	Scene 14	To achieve the shot of A-Train pulling a train, Jessie T. Usher pulled practical chains in front of a large green screen. The train was added digitally in post-production.
You Found Me 	Scene 15	Nathan Mitchell likes writing songs, studying astrology, and jamming on the ukulele in his spare time.
You Found Me 	Scene 15	In the comics, James Stillwell manages Homelander by acting as a stern authority figure backed by the money and power of Vought. In the TV adaptation, Madelyn Stillwell has developed her own way of dealing with Homelander - one that's far more... oedipal.
You Found Me 	Scene 17	In the comics, Mr. Edgar, Vought CEO, is also a mentor figure to Stillwell.
You Found Me 	Scene 18	Did you know it's possible to pick a lock using a metal wire from a permanent retainer? The most basic form of a lock picking set involves two components: 1) a tension wrench, which can be fashioned out of a firm piece of metal wire, that applies turning pressure on the lock, and 2) a rake, which can also be fashioned out of a piece of metal wire, and is used to manipulate the pins inside the lock like the teeth on a key would.
You Found Me 	Scene 20	Tomer Capon, like Frenchie, is also very familiar with firearms. Tomer served as a battalion combat soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces and later a squad commander in the Paratroopers Brigade.
You Found Me 	Scene 20	A-Train's fast-motion visual effect is achieved either through retiming work with special VFX plates or, for more complicated shots, by animating, compositing, and blending a digital double for Jessie T. Usher's A-Train in post production.
You Found Me 	Scene 21	When Homelander arrives at Stillwell's house and confronts Butcher, Homelander points out that Butcher's not afraid -- he's angry. Butcher is silent the entire time. This moment was inspired by a meeting between Butcher and Homelander in the comics, Issue #19, "I Tell You No Lie, G.I."
===Season Two===
Episode 	Scene 	Trivia
The Big Ride 	Scene
4 	The title of this episode, "The Big Ride" is the title of Volume 9, Issues #48-51 of the comics.
The Big Ride 	Scene
4 	That's Bruce Novakowski playing Doug Friedman, the lawyer from Vought who first appeared in Episode 101. Also, Giancarlo Esposito, playing Vought CEO Stan Edgar, and Jim Beaver, playing Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer, who both first appeared in Episode 108.
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4 	Remember Super Terrorist Naqib from Episode 107? He's played by Samer Salem, who also appeared in the shows "Condor" and "Imposters."
The Big Ride 	Scene 5 	That's really Erin Moriarty singing "Never Truly Vanish", Starlight's new hit single -- out now on #Voughtify!
The Big Ride 	Scene 6 	As sad as it is, this isn't the first time the bartender at Paddy O'Shamrock's has had to threaten The Deep with calling TMZ.
The Big Ride 	Scene 8 	That's "Pressure" by Bill Joel! The song was released in 1982 on "The Nylon Curtain" album. Not only is Hughie a huge Billy Joel fan, but so is The Boys Showrunner Eric Kripke!
The Big Ride 	Scene 8 	A-Train has been in a coma since his Compound V-induced heart attack in Episode 108.
The Big Ride 	Scene 8 	Did you catch the "Terminal Beauty 3" movie poster? That was the movie former Teenage Kix hero Popclaw was best known for. And remember the Supe called Liberty from that "Autumn Breeze" feminine hygiene wash poster. She'll come up again!
The Big Ride 	Scene 8 	Did you spot the "Church of the Collective" poster in the subway car? Remember that! It'll come up again soon!
The Big Ride 	Scene 8 	"Capes for Christ" is the religious Superhero organization sponsored by Vought and run by the stretchy Supe Ezekiel, whom we last saw at the Believe Expo in Episode 105.
The Big Ride 	Scene 9 	At over 36,000 feet deep, the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean is the deepest trench in the world. So The Deep has a point - it is a dark and lonely place to go for a swim.
The Big Ride 	Scene 9 	Eagle the Archer is a Superhero from the comics, a member of the Supe team Payback. He's played by Langston Kerman.
The Big Ride 	Scene 10	In the world of The Boys, Chris Hansen's news investigation show, "A Closer Look with Chris Hansen", tackles some of the toughest news stories around, and is particularly renowned for its dramatic reenactments of actual events.
The Big Ride 	Scene 11	In Season 1, Homelander had a certain Oedipal fetish for Madelyn Stillwell's breast milk. Here he uses his laser eyes to thaw and enjoy the last bottle she ever pumped.
The Big Ride 	Scene 11	The last time we saw Vought Publicist Ashley Barrett was in Episode 106, when Madelyn Stillwell fired her for Starlight's surprise speech at Believe. Now she's back and giving Stillwell's office a makeover.
The Big Ride 	Scene 11	The Superhero Blindspot is a creation of the show and does not appear in the comics. As his name implies, he is a blind Superhero. But his extraordinary sonar hearing, agility, and martial arts skills make him a formidable foe.
The Big Ride 	Scene 12	Gecko is a creation of the show and does not appear in the comics. He's a lab rat in Vought's research laboratories on the 67th floor of Seven Tower. His superpower is the ability to regenerate body parts and heal quickly from injuries. He's been the subject of virtually every product test you can imagine, from being burned with chemicals for GalGear by Vought® beauty products, to being shot with bullets for Vought Arms (R).
The Big Ride 	Scene 13	In the world of the show, Mother's Milk was trained as a combat field medic when he was in the Marine Corps. This is one of the differences between M.M. in the comics and in the show: in the comics, he was in the Army.
The Big Ride 	Scene 15	Carol Mannheim is the Outreach Director for the Church of the Collective. Before discovering the Collective fourteen years ago, Carol was a therapist in New York, who worked with numerous celebrity clients. But when she began her courses at the Church of the Collective, she believed it to be far more helpful than therapy, so she left her practice behind. It was her experience in counseling celebrities that made her the perfect candidate to oversee the recruitment of high-profile public figures into the Church. She's played by Jessica Hecht.
The Big Ride 	Scene 15	The Church of the Collective is a secretive and mysterious religion in the world of The Boys, which began as a self-help group in the 1950s. It quickly attracted a large following throughout the world, including many prominent figures and celebrities, who embraced its "New Science of Self-Renewal" as "an exploration of the human mind." The Church is a creation of the show, and does not appear in the comics.
The Big Ride 	Scene 16	The Clarkson Avenue Haitian Kings are a street gang based in East Flatbush, New York. Frenchie made a deal with them for safe harbor, since The Boys are still wanted by law enforcement after things went sideways in Episode 108.
The Big Ride 	Scene 16	This shout out to Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in "The Hunger Games" series, is very meta given Jack Quaid played her antagonist Marvel in the first movie.
The Big Ride 	Scene 17	Big Game was also a character in the comics. He made a brief appearance in Episode 101, in the surveillance video from the secret Supe sex club where A-Train joked about killing Hughie's girlfriend, Robin.
The Big Ride 	Scene 17	"Vought Summertime Clubhouse" is a show starring teenaged Superheroes, currently in its 34th season. It's now available for streaming on Vought+(R), along with the entire Vought library! And remember, at Vought+ We bring Superheroes home!
The Big Ride 	Scene 18	Stormfront was a male character in the comics, but was adapted as a woman in the world of the show. She's played by Aya Cash.
The Big Ride 	Scene 19	Mother's Milk is referring to the movie "Say Anything" (1989), starring John Cusack and Ione Sky. Incidentally, John Cusack's sister, Ann, plays Starlight's mother, Donna January.
The Big Ride 	Scene 19	That's Jennifer Esposito, playing Susan Rayner, whom we met in Episode 102. She and Butcher have a long and complicated history in both the comics and the show. But after things went bad between them, he sent her an Edible Arrangement - a slight for which she never forgave him.
The Big Ride 	Scene 19	KABOOM! Rayner's head explosion was achieved through a combination of multiple green screen plates shot on location and a LOT of practical special effects blood. Then CGI visual effects enhanced the effect in Post Production.
The Big Ride 	Scene 20	Congresswoman Victoria Neuman is played by Claudia Doumit, who played Jiya in the show "Timeless", where she worked with Eric Kripke, Co-Showrunner of "Timeless" and now Showrunner of "The Boys."
The Big Ride 	Scene 20	Stan Edgar's assistant, Samantha, was named after Showrunner Eric Kripke's assistant, Samantha.
The Big Ride 	Scene 20	Soldier Boy in the comics first appeared in World War II at the Battle of the Bulge as a member of the very first group of Superheroes created by Vought American to help in the fight against the Nazis.
The Big Ride 	Scene 20	Tek Knight is a Superhero in The Boys comic universe and a member of Payback, but unlike the rest of the Supes, he has no actual powers. His real name is Robert Vernon, an incredibly wealthy normal human who spent vast sums of money to create his own superpowered supersuit. In the comics, he is killed while stopping an asteroid from hitting Earth.
The Big Ride 	Scene 20	We saw Butcher's wife, Becca, in Episodes 104 and 107. Becca was one of Vought's social media managers, responsible for Homelander's Twitter takeover.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 3 	The title of this episode, "Proper Preparation and Planning", is the title of Issues #48-49 of the comics.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 3 	Remember Tony Cicero's Family Restaurant from Episodes 102 and 103? It's where The Boys held Translucent captive before ass-bombing him. Tony Cicero's is a large national restaurant chain, featuring affordable Italian food for the whole family. But they're probably best known for their famous Cinnamon Roll Breadsticks dessert, served with sugary icing dipping sauce!
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 3 	Rayner's obituary begins: "Susan Rayner, a career official at the Central Intelligence Agency, died Tuesday in New York. She was 42. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Survived by her husband, Andrew, and children Aaron and Grace, Rayner will be remembered for her fierce dedication to the CIA, and to American national security.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 3 	Among the many liquor bottles in the Haitian Kings' basement is a brand created by the show called "The King's Pardon Rum." The term "The King's Pardon" comes from old pirate lore, when a pirate's life of crime on the high seas could be forgiven with a pardon from a king and he would be free to enjoy the rest of his days and his treasure in peace.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 4 	Cameron Crovetti, who plays Becca and Homelander's son, Ryan, got his start as an actor on "Big Little Lies," where he and his twin brother Nicholas play the sons of Nicole Kidman's character. His character, Ryan, is a creation of the show as Homelander doesn't have a son in the comics. In addition to acting, Cameron is also a competitive gymnast.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 6 	The call letters Starlight is reciting were given to the show by Sony's Legal Department and are not existing stations. Generally, any call letters that begin with W indicate a TV or radio station East of the Mississippi, while call letters beginning with K indicate a station to the West.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 7 	An Edible Arrangement! Wonder who sent it...
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 7 	That's Grace Mallory, the former CIA Case Officer who founded The Boys. We last saw her in Episode 108.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 8 	Recognize the voice? That's Patton Oswalt!
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 9 	Queen Maeve and Elena first met when Maeve busted a robbery at the bank where Elena works. After they started dating, Elena listed Queen Maeve's alias "Maggie Shaw" as her emergency contact.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 11	"The Colonel" is also how The Boys referred to Mallory in the comics. In both the show and the comics, Mallory held the rank of Colonel because of her past military service.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 12	After winning the VH1 Educator of the Year Award, Melissa Dabrowski returned home and met a local police detective. The two are now happily married with four kids. #wherearetheynow?
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 13	GalGear by Vought(R) encompasses a vast array of products for women, and includes a line of feminine hygiene products by Vought International.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 16	The phone that Homelander's giving Ryan is a Vphone by Vought(R). Along with smartphones, Voughtronics(R) offers a wide array of consumer electronics.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 17	Halothane is a fast-acting inhalational anesthetic, commonly used on patients to induce unconsciousness before surgery.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 17	In the comics, The Female, known as Kimiko in the show, did not have a brother. Kenji is a creation of the show.
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 20	Karen Fukuhara, who plays Kimiko, worked with sign language expert, Amanda Richer to create a unique sign language for the character. Amanda was also the sign language coach on the 2017 film "The Shape of Water."
Proper Preparation and Planning 	Scene 21	A-Train and Starlight's contentious relationship is similar to the relationship between the two characters in the comics. In the comics, A-Train assaulted Starlight more than once, and the two are bitter enemies.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 3 	The title of this episode, "Over The Hill With The Swords Of A Thousand Men" is the title of Volume 11, Issues 60-65 of the comics.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 3 	That's Billy Joel in his music video for "You're Only Human," Hughie's favorite Billy Joel song. Hughie loves its inspiring message of resilience and perseverance. It was released in 1985.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 3 	That's a vintage Budweiser advertisement featuring a Superhero named Liberty. In the world of The Boys, Vought has licensed its Supes out to companies for advertisements since they first came into existence during World War II.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 3 	Kenji's wearing a Spuds Mackenzie t-shirt. Spuds Mackenzie was the centerpiece of a Bud Light advertising campaign in the 1980s.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 3 	Kimiko and her long-lost brother, Kenji, were kidnapped when they were children by the Shining Light Liberation Army, a terrorist organization based in the Philippines. The SLLA took them to a training camp to turn them into Super-Terrorists. We first learned about the SLLA in Episode 106, when Mesmer read Kimiko's mind. The SLLA are responsible for multiple terrorist attacks in the Philippines.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 3 	Abraham Lim, who plays Kenji, speaks fluent Japanese.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 6 	The large pictures that "Dawn of The Seven" director Adam Bourke is using in his pitch demonstration are known as "storyboards" in Hollywood parlance. Storyboards are used by film and TV crews to help visualize shots before shooting.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 6 	Paul Greengrass, a British director known for his use of handheld camera shots to capture a sense of realism, directed "United 93", about the hijacking of a passenger plane on 9/11 and "Captain Phillips", about the hijacking of a US containership by Somali pirates.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 7 	Thomas Roberts is one of the most trusted news anchors in the world in The Boys. He's been working for NNC News, the biggest cable news network in the world of The Boys, for ten years.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 7 	Dr. Jonah Vogelbaum, whom we met in Episode 107, was one of the pioneers of Compound Vat Vought and the scientist who helped raise Homelander in a laboratory. He is played by John Doman - and he'll turn up again this season, stay tuned!
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 7 	You can't see it now because the VFX team digitally scrubbed it out, but there was land in the background of this shot when it was filmed on Lake Ontario. The land was removed because it was rural and didn't look like New York City.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 9 	Abraham Lim was the first Asian-American to be cast on Ryan Murphy's TV show "The Glee Project." It was his first television audition, for which he submitted his own self-made audition tape. Abraham's first love has always been music and singing.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 9 	That's a Homelander TurboRush Energy Drink! It contains Superheroic amounts of Ginseng, Vitamin B, Tyrosine, Beta-Alanine, a complete amino acid profile, and a turbo rush-inducing 400 mg of caffeine! Homelander TurboRush: Prepare for lift-off!
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 10	Queen Maeve's father owns and operates his own Taco Bell franchise in Barstow, California.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 11	Steve Boyum, Director of Episode 203, rode in the helicopter with the pilot. A licensed helicopter pilot, Boyum wanted to ensure that he could interact directly with the pilot to keep the scene and the action fluid.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 11	Yep, you heard that right. The name of the yacht is "My Big Wet Dream." Funny story about the boat: Its real owner, who leased it to the production, was eager to take it on a trip, so when filming ended, he picked it up right from set, and immediately set out on his voyage.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 14	Filming on the water is an incredibly challenging, expensive, and even dangerous process. At the time of the shoot, Lake Ontario was bearing the brunt of heavy winds, which were creating high waves. Shooting had to be postponed for a week because of it
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 15	In the comics, Homelander also had a contentious relationship with Vought executive management. James Stillwell, whom Madelyn Stillwell in the show was based on, continually struggled to keep Homelander from flying off the handle (pun intended).
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 16	Yep, that's Karl Urban himself piloting the speedboat to make the sequence as realistic as possible.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 16	Remind you of anything? Maybe an unfortunate dolphin who was riding in a van with The Deep in Episode 104? Moral of the story? If you're a sea mammal, DO NOT go for a ride with The Deep. Ever.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 16	Production Designer Arv Greywal worked with Ron Stefaniuk and his team at STEFFX Studio in Toronto for nearly 3 months to build the Whale set.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 16	The Whale measured 56 feet long, 12 feet wide, 9 feet high, and weighed nearly 3,500 pounds. It was built with Styrofoam slabs on a plywood framing. The skin was fabricated with soft foam and covered in silicon to give it a life-like appearance.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 16	The Whale's movements and internal organs were manually operated by five puppeteers working inside the Whale, using mechanical levers. And, just like the actors, the five puppeteers all got covered in fake blood and gore.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 16	The internal organs of the Whale were created through a combination of manually operated prosthetics and VFX. The beating heart was enhanced with CGI in Post Production.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 16	Those tunnels were actually a set built entirely by the Art Department from scratch on a parking lot near the main studio in Toronto. One of the biggest challenges of shooting in there was the summertime heat -- it was especially hard on the actors in their supersuits.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 18	This moment in the tunnels, where Kenji buries Homelander under the rubble, was done entirely with visual effects. The VFX team used heavy CGI simulations for the debris and the ground breaking open. Homelander was briefly hung on a wire rig to appear to be floating above the ground.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 19	Yikes, Stormfront's got some scary superpowers! In addition to the power of flight, Stormfront has the ability to generate and control sizzling hot, violet tendrils of plasma!
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 19	Stormfront destroying the housing tenement was done with a mixture of practical special effects, stunts, and visual effects. The crashes through the walls and some of the explosions outside the building were done by the Special Effects team on the day. All of Stormfront's powers and most of the external building damage were done later on in Post Production by the VFX team.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 19	Both Karen Fukuhara and Aya Cash were wearing safety cables while filming on the rooftop. The cables were digitally removed by VFX in Post Production.
Over the Hills With the Swords of a Thousand Men	Scene 20	Samaritan's Embrace is Vought's sponsored Christian charity. We first heard about Samaritan's Embrace in Episode 102, when we saw a commercial featuring Ezekiel, asking for donations for children in third-world countries.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 5 	The title of this episode, "Nothing Like It In The World" is the title of Volume 6, Issues 35-36 of the comics.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 5 	In real life, Dan Duran is a Canadian reporter and actor who's appeared in numerous movies, including "Dawn of the Dead," "X-Men: Dark Phoenix," and "Arrival." In the world of The Boys, he's an anchor on Vought News, the corporate propaganda spin outlet for Vought International.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 5 	In the comics, Frenchie never tried to kiss Kimiko because their relationship was always platonic, with Frenchie acting like a protective older brother.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 6 	In the world of The Boys, NNC News features some of the best news anchors in the business. Nneka Elliot is a household name in Canadian news and one of the most trusted reporters in the world of The Boys.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 6 	OMG! Elisabeth Shue returning as Madelyn Stillwell?! What is she doing back after what happened to her in Episode 108? Stay tuned!
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 7 	The Writers' Office and Art Department coordinated to create hundreds of unique, individual hand-written messages of remembrance for the East Park memorial.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 8 	Whenever Homelander's feeling down, his go-to movie is "Taxi Driver," starring Robert DeNiro. Homelander relates to DeNiro's character, Travis Bickle, because both of them feel a threat to their white male privilege -- and both feel entitled to lash out with violence because of it.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 8 	This isn't the first time we've seen Doppelganger impersonating Madelyn Stillwell. It first happened in Episode 102, when Stillwell blackmailed Senator Calhoun by having Doppelganger seduce him.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 9 	Mother's Milk: "What about us, hmm? We're the Spice Girls, Right?" 
Mother's Milk is referring to Episode 104, when Butcher compared how, just like the Spice Girls, The Boys didn't work well individually, but as a team they were gold. Butcher used the Spice Girls as a comparison because they were Becca's favorite.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 10	Queen Maeve convinced Homelander not to kill Starlight in Episode 107, when he learned that she'd been dating Hughie.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 11	Anika, played by Ana Sani, was the Vought Crime Analyst in Episode 102 who helped Homelander find the Tony Cicero's restaurant where The Boys were holding Translucent captive.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 11	What's up with Black Noir? Who doesn't love Almond Joys?! Stay tuned, it'll come up again!
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 12	Amy Burtenshaw now runs her own successful ice cream delivery service in New York City, with guaranteed office and home delivery in 30 minutes or less. #wherearetheynow?
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 12	Mother's Milk: "She can't come with us, Hughie. She's chipped."
Mother's Milk is referring to the tracking chips that Vought implanted in all of its Superheroes, so they'll always know where they are. Considering the amount of money Vought has Invested in their Supes, it's no surprise.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 12	Annie's second cousin, Sally, is a dairy plant distribution manager in Youngsville, North Carolina, just outside of Raleigh. The two haven't spoken since they were teenagers, after Annie beat Sally in a song contest
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 13	It's Shockwave! He's the speedster Supe who raced against A-Train in Episode 103! He's played by Mishka Thébaud, who's also appeared in the shows "12 Monkeys" and "Schitt's Creek."
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 13	Vought+(R) was launched in 2019 and is the biggest and most successful streaming service on the planet, featuring the entire Vought library. According to its mission statement, Vought+ is dedicated to entertaining people of all ages. And be sure to tune into Vought+ this fall for the new reality TV series "Citizen Starlight!"
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 14	Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" was released in 1989. Coincidentally, the name of the album was "Storm Front"! The song was a #1 hit in the United States in 1989 and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year!
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 18	Mother's Milk: "Listen, any part of your body, and I mean any part... when you dry wipe, you're not cleaning anything. You're just smearing shit all over your skin."
Mother's Milk is right! According to microbiologist Dr. Dave Westenberg, our clothes are constantly picking up microbes from every surface they touch, so supplying those microbes with nutrients by wiping food from our hands onto our clothes only adds fuel to the fire!
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 20	Almond Joy is one of the top 20 candy bars, according to a Los Angeles Times 2019 ranking. They're also Anika the Vought Crime Analyst's favorite candy bar!
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 20	Like in the comics, the show's version of Mother's Milk is meticulous and highly organized. But in the show, his compulsions have been taken even further with his extreme germaphobia.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 21	In 2019, Ed Sheeran was named the UK's artist of the decade. His song "I Don't Care" with Justin Bieber hit #1 on July 26, 2019.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 22	Carol Brady, played by Florence Henderson, was the mother on "The Brady Bunch," a sitcom about a wholesome, all-American family that premiered on September 26, 1969 and ran for five seasons.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 22	In the comics, Butcher also credited Becca with having saved him from his wayward life, so when he believed he'd lost her to Homelander, it sent him on a bloody quest for vengeance against all Superheroes.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 24	"In Depth with Maria Menounos" is a popular syndicated daytime talk show in the world of The Boys. Homelander and Queen Maeve are regular guests.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 24	#StormChasers is the hashtag Stormfront's loyal followers use to identify themselves on social media
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 25	The Art Department and Writers' Office worked together to create handmade signs for the crowd at Stormfront's rally. Some of the slogans you don't see on camera include, "#Stormchasers don't buy your bullshit!," "Super Terrorists? You've got a storm coming!," and "Don't want my kids on the next memorial!"
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 26	In the comics issues #35-36, "Nothing Like It In The World," M.M. also goes into detail about his family's history with Vought when he opens up to Hughie. In the comics, his father also died at his desk, though not over a typewriter.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 26	The Raleigh Tribune is a fictitious newspaper created by the show, but the Writers' Office actually wrote multiple articles to fill out the entire front page. One of the articles you can't see because it's folded in half is, "World, Meet Stormfront! The Seven Soars To New Heights With Historic Third Female Member!"
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 27	For the role of Stormfront, Aya Cash's hair was shaved on one side of her head to create half of a "high fade" haircut.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 28	Becca also hid that she'd been raped by Homelander from Butcher in the comics. She knew it would only send Butcher on a warpath and wouldn't do anyone any good.
Nothing Like It in the World 	Scene 32	To achieve the visual effect of two Homelanders in the same shot, the show's production team employed motion control to capture multiple moving takes at once. Then in Post Production, the VFX team did a mixture of split-screening, face replacement, and CGI animation for the morphs.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 4 	The title of this episode, "We Gotta Go Now" is the title of Volume 4, Issues #23-30 of the comics.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 5 	Butcher had a self-destructive streak in the comics before he met Becca, starting bar fights and getting himself into trouble. This scene harkens back to that brutal side of him.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 5 	Vought Fresh Farms(R) provides a plethora of products, from frozen fruits and vegetables to fresh milk. Here, Butcher is opting for a bag of frozen peas. And remember, Heroes Eat Their Veggies!
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 5 	Maeve: Eau de Toilette(R). Where the salt of the earth meets the aroma of a Queen. Notice the Vought and Supe-specific products? One that you can't see on camera is Black Noir's Signature Shaving Kit from Gentlemen by Vought: For a Superpowered Shave!
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 5 	And there's an advertisement for Starlight's Wish(R) line of skin care products!
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 6 	That's "Outlander," Season 1, Episode 11: "The Devil's Mark" (Not "Eat My Dick!")
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 8 	That's Greg Grunberg playing himself in the role of Agent Pearson in "Dawn of the Seven." Grunberg is well known for playing the role of Matt Parkman on the hit series "Heroes." But he's also appeared in many of J.J. Abrams' movies - the two have been friends since kindergarten.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 9 	In the comics, Butcher didn't have an aunt; Judy is a creation of the show. She's played by Barbara Gordon, who has also appeared in the show "American Gods" and in the movie "Skinwalkers."
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 9 	Comic fans rejoice! It's Terror, Butcher's beloved English bulldog from the books!
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 10	The gold color of those pages is not an accident. Those are Revised Goldenrod Script Pages. Screenwriters use a color system for revisions.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 11	Katie Couric is well known in the world of The Boys for her many in-depth interviews with Superheroes, where she's able to get them to open up and reveal what makes them tick.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 12	In the comics, Kimiko's character, known as The Female, was also a hired assassin.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 14	A bánh xèo is a Vietnamese fried pancake, similar to a crêpe, made from a batter of rice flower, water and turmeric powder.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 15	Seth Reed and Evan Lambert, played by Malcolm Barrett and David Reale, are the same Vought Marketing team who pitched Starlight her 2.0 look in Episode 103. Seth and Evan are named after Seth Rogen and his producing partner Evan Goldberg, who are both Executive Producers on the show.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 16	"Home Alone" (1990) is a movie starring Macaulay Culkin. His character builds home-made booby traps to fend off would-be burglars, played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, after his family leaves him home alone.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 17	In the comics, Frenchie also intervened to try to stop The Female from carrying out murder-for- hire jobs. But Cherie, seen here acting as Kimiko's business agent, doesn't exist in the comics.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 18	That's Goran Visnjic playing Alastair Adana, the Chairman of the Church of the Collective. Visnjic played the role of Garcia Flynn in the show "Timeless," where he worked with Eric Kripke, Co- Showrunner of "Timeless" and now Showrunner of "The Boys."
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 19	Paella is a traditional Spanish dish comprised of rice, beans, various meats, olive oil, and seasoned with saffron and rosemary.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 19	The Vought Studios(R) production facility in New York is the largest studio on the east coast, featuring a massive backlot with prebuilt sets including an Antarctic science station, a Tibetan monastery, a Moon landscape, and the largest water tank in the United States for filming ocean scenes. Public tours available daily, from 10 to 4!
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 21	It's a good thing the doctors and pharmacies on Judy's prescription bottles aren't real and were created with the Sony Legal Department's help, because she's running one of the largest prescription drug rackets on the East Coast!
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 24	In the comics, Butcher's younger brother Lenny also had a calming effect on Butcher; he once even talked Butcher out of killing their abusive father.
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 24	Black Noir's assigned ringtone for Stan Edgar is "The Hallelujah Chorus!"
We Gotta Go Now 	Scene 27	Comic fans will remember that Butcher used to command Terror to "Fuck it!" A perfect example is in Volume One, "The Name of the Game", when Terror clobbers a little old lady's poodle in the park.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 4 	The title of this episode, "The Bloody Doors Off" is the title of Volume 12, Issues #66-72 of the comics.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 4 	The Golden Girls," starring Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, was a sitcom that premiered on September 14, 1984 and ran for seven seasons. It won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1986. Fun fact: Even though Estelle Getty played Bea Arthur's mother, she was actually over a year younger than Bea.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 4 	Frenchie's backstory in the show is different from his backstory in the comics, where he was a veteran of the French Foreign Legion, who returned home from war only to find that he'd lost the love of his life to his worst enemy.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 5 	Jeff Jaffe, the owner of Harold Jaffe Jewelers in Toledo, Ohio, is a friend of Showrunner Eric Kripke. That's him in the background making a cameo appearance!
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 5 	Frenchie's goggles are a nod to Frenchie in the comics, who always has a pair of goggles on his head, and puts them over his eyes when engaging in violence.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 7 	Janine is Mother's Milk's daughter, whom we met in Episode 107. She and Mother's Milk's wife, Monique, are currently in witness protection.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 7 	Kimiko and Starlight first met in Episode 108, when Starlight rescued The Boys from the CIA black site prison.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 9 	The guy rapping is Chris Lennertz, the actual Music Composer for The Boys. He and Showrunner Eric Kripke were fraternity brothers. Chris was also the Composer on "Supernatural" and "Revolution."
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 11	Behemoth is a Supe created by the show; he doesn't exist in the comics. But Malchemical and Cold Snap are from the comics! Malchemical appeared in Volume 7, "The Innocents," and Cold Snap appeared in Volume 4, "We Gotta Go Now!"
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 11	After he and his two best friends, Cherie and Jay, are arrested for bank robbery, Frenchie's recruited by Grace Mallory for his ability to cleverly take down Supes. In the comics, Butcher recruits Frenchie after a bar fight.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 13	The .50 caliber sniper rifle Butcher is pointing at Starlight is the same one he used to shoot her in Episode 107, the incident she referred to earlier in this episode.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 16	What's going on at Sage Grove? Are those all Supes? And did you notice the Tiny Hero? We saw a Tiny Hero in Episode 101 at the secret Supe sex club!
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 16	If that sounds like Russian, it's because it is! That Supe is the show's adaptation of the character Love Sausage from the comics, a Russian Supe who appeared in Volume 2, "Get Somel"
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 16	It's Lamplighter, former member of The Seven! Deep announced his retirement in Episode 101 when Lamplighter was replaced by Starlight. He's played by Shawn Ashmore. You might recognize him as Iceman from "X-Men."
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 16	Cindy, played by the show's Stunt Coordinator's Assistant, Ess Hödlmoser, is a character created by the show and does not exist in the comics. But yikes, those telekinetic superpowers!
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 17	Starlight's superpowered energy blasts rely on her ability to draw on a local power source.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 19	The Renewal Center is the headquarters of the Church of the Collective. The name comes from their belief in "renewing one's inner light."
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 19	The documentary A-Train is referencing, Inner Lights Out: Escaping the Church of the Collective, was released to critical acclaim in 2017. In response, the Collective filed over 400 separate lawsuits for defamation against the filmmaker. The litigation is still ongoing.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 21	Lamplighter's supersuit in the show is quite different from his suit in the comics, where he wears a brightly colored supersuit without a hood.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 23	In the comics, members of The Seven knew what Lamplighter had done to Mallory's grandchildren, so as a peace offering, they handed him over to Mallory.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 24	Serge! Yes, the show gave Frenchie a name! Comic fans will remember that Frenchie was never named in the books.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 25	Starlight and Butcher's contentious relationship is a creation of the show. In the comics, Starlight and Butcher never meet.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 26	Love Sausage's... ahem, "Superpowered Extending Love Muscle" was created with a combination of prosthetics on set and VFX in Post Production. It finally retracted back into his pants after Kimiko cold-cocked him (pun intended!) with her blood money Bossy ring!
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 26	Propofol is a powerful anesthetic, often referred to as "the milk of anesthesia" because of its white, oily color. The doctors at Sage Grove found that they had to exercise caution with the dosage because it could have adverse, synergistic effects when it reacts with Compound V.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 28	Deep's mackerel friends found this Go-Pro footage from Flight 37 - the plane crash in Episode 104 -- deep in the Atlantic. Fun fact: The footage was ingeniously created by stitching together actual dailies of the Season 1 hijacking scene, with new footage of the male passenger.
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 29	In the comics, Mallory killed The Lamplighter. But it looks like the show's writers wanted to explore Frenchie's argument to let him live...
The Bloody Doors Off 	Scene 30	In the comics, Stormfront was a male character who was administered Compound V as a boy in the Hitler Youth by Dr. Vogelbaum. In the show, Frederick Vought gave Stormfront the first successful Compound V injection in the same time period.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 4 	The title of this episode, "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker" is the title of Volume 10 of the comics.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 6 	Remember Jitter Bean from the comics? It's the biggest coffee chain in the world of The Boys!
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 7 	Fun fact: When The Deep heard they were making "Deep Does It in the Blowhole" back in 2011, he wanted to star in it himself. But Madelyn Stillwell, his manager at the time, talked him out of it.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 7 	In the comics, Butcher's mother left his father and met another man, whom she was with until her death.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 8 	No power! Those glowsticks don't have the energy Starlight needs to activate her superpowered energy blasts. Where is she exactly? Stay tuned!
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 9 	"Homebanger: Red, White, and Anal" was a wildly successful cuckold video produced in 2015, with more than 500 million downloads to date!
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 10	That's the famed Soldier Boy statue in Vought Square Park. The inscription on the statue's base reads: " True American Superhero. True American. True. God Bless Soldier Boy."
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 10	"SJW" is an acronym for the pejorative term "Social Justice Warrior."
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 11	This shot, featuring a parody of Seven member Jack From Jupiter from the comics, was composed to reflect one of Darick Robertson's panels from the books, in "Over The Hill With The Swords Of A Thousand Men" Part 5.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 12	In the comics, Butcher's brother, Lenny, was killed when he was hit by a bus in a random accident.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 12	Butcher also hated his abusive father, Sam, in the comics. In the show, Sam is played by John Noble. This moment is a reunion for Karl Urban and John Noble, who both appeared in "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King."
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 16	We last saw Dr. Jonah Vogelbaum in Episode 107 when Homelander paid him a visit to learn the truth about his son.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 18	The Props Department built Frenchie's anti-tank missile from scratch. It's modeled on a Type 79 Hyundai-MAT anti-tank missile system.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 18	Irvin Yalom, the psychiatrist Frenchie cites, is a professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University and a renowned expert in existential psychiatry.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 19	Eagle-eyed viewers will remember that in Episode 104, we learned that A-Train put a plastic blow- up dolphin with lipstick on its blowhole in Deep's bed. The goldfish is A-Train's gesture of apology for that, among other things...
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 21	This scene is a nod to the Queen Maeve in the comics, who would often indulge in heavy drinking and sexual debauchery.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 24	Lamplighter was expecting to see his own statue on the Seven relief, but Eagle-eyed viewers will remember that his statue was replaced by Starlight's in Episode 201.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 25	Room 42D is Vought's solitary confinement cell for Supes and Lamplighter has an intimate familiarity with it after spending many hours there for his past infractions.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 27	Yes, Black Noir has a tree nut allergy! That's why he made Anika throw her Almond Joy in the trash in Episode 204! Nathan Mitchell, who plays Black Noir, also has a tree nut allergy, which was the inspiration for the idea.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 29	In addition to lasagna and Pride Bars, The Brave Maeve Pride(R) line of food products also includes Brave Maeve Pride Instant Mashed Potatoes, Brave Maeve Pride Instant Coffee (because you can't be proud when you're tired!), and Brave Maeve Pride Ready-to-Eat Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 31	In the comics, Butcher actually did take a piss on his father's coffin, in Volume 10, "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker."
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 33	This fraught moment between Homelander and Dr. Vogelbaum stems from their complicated relationship. Growing up in the Vought laboratory, Dr. Vogelbaum was the closest thing Homelander had to a father.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 33	Oh no, Ashley's assistant, Deanna, too! Poor Ashley's having a really bad day.
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker 	Scene 33	Oh no, Shockwave! We last saw him after his meeting with Ashley in Episode 204. Guess he won't be doing "Vought-for-Tots" now!
What I Know 	Scene 4 	The title of this episode, "What I Know" is the title of Volume 7, Issue #39 of the comics.
What I Know 	Scene 4 	New York City Sheriff Ed Flanagan recently won reelection after receiving an endorsement from Homelander, along with campaign funding from the Vought Non-Partisan Committee for Change.
What I Know 	Scene 4 	Like Homelander said, if you find yourself caught in an Active Super Villain situation, follow the L.A.W. Lock. Arm. Wait. (The term Lock. Arm. Wait, is a registered trademark of Vought International.)
What I Know 	Scene 4 	On sale now at VoughtOnline(R) and at Vought Hero Stores(R) everywhere, bulletproof HeroPacks(R) for kids! Give your child - and their books! - Super protection!
What I Know 	Scene 8 	Famous cartoon adversaries "Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner" were Looney Tunes characters who played a never-ending game of cat-and- mouse in the desert. They first appeared in 1949.
What I Know 	Scene 8 	Did you notice the Junior Seven Kuddle Buddiez dolls? We first saw them in Episode 102!
What I Know 	Scene 12	"Monsieur Charcutier" is what Frenchie calls Butcher in the comics, meaning "Mr. Butcher" in French. The Haitians, being French speakers, call him that, too.
What I Know 	Scene 14	Jambon-Beurre is a wildly popular French sandwich, traditionally consisting of just three Ingredients: a baguette roll, sliced ham, and butter. As we saw in Episode 105, when Frenchie prepared a roast chicken for Kimiko, he has an affinity for good food and for sharing it with others.
What I Know 	Scene 17	It's Planet Vought! Everyone's favorite Superhero- themed family restaurant! Established in 2001, there are now Planet Vought restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, Orlando, Chicago, Houston, Las Vegas, London, Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, and Dubai! Incidentally, that song is "Can't Stop the Rhythm" by Adomania - Indy Urban, son of "The Boys" star Karl Urban, is a member of the band!
What I Know 	Scene 18	In the comics, Hughie's mother never died or left the family. Actually, his mother and father are still happily married and living together back in Scotland.
What I Know 	Scene 18	Notice the logo on that file folder? It's from the Church of the Collective!
What I Know 	Scene 20	The incident Homelander's referring to happened at Vought's Annual Executive Retreat in 1997, where Vought's science team introduced young Homelander to company leaders.
What I Know 	Scene 21	Frenchie is unboxing VoughtSonic(R) wireless speakers, which feature ultra bass, superior fidelity, and hands-free voice control.
What I Know 	Scene 21	The origami mouse figures hold a special meaning for Kimiko - she and her brother, Kenji, would make them for each other as gifts during their time in the Shining Light Liberation Army training camp. So when she found the origami mouse figure at the docks in Episode 201, she knew it was made by her brother.
What I Know 	Scene 28	The signal that Frenchie's broadcasting on the VoughtSonic(R) speakers is over 190,000 Hz. Normal human hearing capabilities average between 20 to 20,000 Hz. But Superheroes like Homelander and Ryan, who have a hearing range of nearly 200,000 Hz, would find Frenchie's signal excruciatingly painful.
What I Know 	Scene 32	This moment where Kimiko laughs is the first time we've ever heard her make a sound in the show. In the comics, she laughed for the first time in Issue #66, when she found out that Hughie had been masturbating to leaked nude photos of Queen Maeve.
What I Know 	Scene 34	This is the first time we've seen Butcher and Stormfront together in the same scene. Fun fact: the first time Aya Cash met Karl Urban was on location for Episode 203, when Karl was covered in fake blood and guts for the whale scene.
What I Know 	Scene 34	Becca stabbing Stormfront in the eye is a nod to what happened to Stormfront in the comics. But it was Kimiko/The Female who plucked out Stormfront's eye with her bare hands in Volume 6, "The Self-Preservation Society."
What I Know 	Scene 34	In the comics, Becca was also killed by her own Superhero child with its laser eyes, when it blasted its way out of her womb while she was pregnant.
What I Know 	Scene 35	Look, it's Starlight's original supersuit! It was what she wore until Vought forced her to adopt the sexier Starlight 2.0 outfit in Episode 103.
What I Know 	Scene 36	Stormfront's PDR, or "Private Data Reserve", from the Church of the Collective is exactly what A-Train gave to Hughie and Annie! As we learned in Episode 205, Stormfront used to be a member of the Church.
What I Know 	Scene 38	According to legend, St. Christopher is the patron saint of travelers, and is believed to keep people safe when his likeness is worn as a talisman.
What I Know 	Scene 39	The penguin doll Mother's Milk is carrying is a callback to the drawing of a penguin that his daughter Janine gave him in Episode 107.
What I Know 	Scene 41	This scene, with Homelander masturbating atop a skyscraper, was the infamous scene from Season 1 that had to be cut from Episode 102. According to Showrunner Eric Kripke in his Reddit AMA, "Antony was the BEST in that scene. Amazon seemed to think it wasn't necessary. I thought it told me something about his psyche."
===Season Three===
Episode 	Scene 	Trivia
Payback 	Scene 3 	That's the Soldier Boy Statue we saw in Season 2, Episode 7 at Homelander and Stormfront's rally. And we'll see it again in Season 3! Remember that!
Payback 	Scene 4 	In case you forgot, A-Train ran down the love of Hughie's life, Robin Ward, like roadkill in Season 1, Episode 1, starting Hughie's journey with The Boys.
Payback 	Scene 10	That's Termite, a superhero who can shrink down to miniature size! Eagle-eyed viewers might remember seeing him in the secret supe sex club that Butcher and Hughie went to in Season 1, Episode 1, as well as in Volume 5 of the comics, "Herogasm!"
Payback 	Scene 11	These shots of Termite shrunken to miniature size on the table and crawling into the tip of the penis are almost entirely CGI. The VFX team did a tremendous amount of research into what these objects would look like from Termite's perspective at that miniscule level. The inside of the urethra was built practically, the last design of our late, great, beloved Production Designer, Arv Greywal.
Payback 	Scene 11	To achieve the effect of Peter's eviscerated upper body, a silicon cast was made of the actor. Then silicone viscera was created, from blood to intestines to assorted organs, and packed into the dummy's hollow rib cage, so that when it flopped onto the bed, the blood and guts would spill out of it.
Payback 	Scene 14	It's Hughie's Dad, played by Simon Pegg! The last time we saw him was in Season 1, Episode 7, when he was going into protective custody with the CIA!
Payback 	Scene 15	That's Secretary of Defense Robert Singer, played by the inimitable Jim Beaver, whom we first met in Season 1. And now he's running for President!
Payback 	Scene 15	The logo on Hughie's coffee cup is from Jitter Bean, the ubiquitous coffee brand from the comics!
Payback 	Scene 17	Cameron Coleman, played by Matthew Edison, has his own show now! The Cameron Coleman Hour on VNN is bringing you the kind of fair and balanced news reporting you've come to expect from him after his Seven on 7 monthly news reports!
Payback 	Scene 17	You can listen to an in-depth interview with The Deep as he discusses his memoir, Deeper, on Audible.com with VNN Today host, Hailey Miller!
Payback 	Scene 19	The birthday gift Mother's Milk is giving to his daughter, Janine, is a Flava Flav clock on a chain!
Payback 	Scene 20	Fans of the comics will remember that "Dakota" Bob Shaefer was President of the United States. In the show, "Dakota Bob" is Robert Singer!
Payback 	Scene 21	Fans of the comics will recognize the supe names Cold Snap and Stacker from the G-Men, and Airburst from the Godolkin sub-group, G-Wiz!
Payback 	Scene 22	Shout out to the comic fans once again! That's the Flatiron Building, the iconic edifice located in New York City, and home to The Boys' offices in the comic books!
Payback 	Scene 24	Starlight is from Des Moines, lowa (not Kansas).
Payback 	Scene 26	That's right, comic book fans, it's Supersonic, formerly known as Drummer Boy, who is Starlight's ex-boyfriend in both the comics and the show!
Payback 	Scene 32	A-Train's favorite shake flavor at Shake Shack is vanilla with extra whip cream. Just like every other superhero, A-Train knows the food at Shake Shack is way better than Vought-a-Burger!
Payback 	Scene 34	Comic book fans will remember Soldier Boy from the comics. In the world of the show, he was the most powerful superhero before Homelander, and he was supposedly killed while stopping a nuclear power plant in Ohio from melting down in 1984. Looks like there's more to the story... stay tuned!
Payback 	Scene 34	In the comics, Butcher was injected with permanent Compound V all along, as were the rest of The Boys. It's what gave them the power they needed to take on the Supes.
Payback 	Scene 35	This scene with Butcher and Homelander sitting down, face-to-face, was inspired by the famous coffee shop scene between Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in the movie "Heat."
Payback 	Scene 36	The Writers' Office and the Art Department spent weeks creating news articles, police reports, and other materials to fill out Mother's Milk's murder wall documenting Supe crimes and malfeasance.
Payback 	Scene 37	To achieve the effect of Tony's jaw having been exploded by Neuman, the actor's jaw was painted green so the VFX team could create the blood and gore in post-production.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 2 	The inimitable Billy Zane is a regular on the TV shows and movies in the world of The Boys. In addition to co-starring opposite The Deep in "Not Without My Dolphin," he also co-starred opposite Popclaw in "Terminal Beauty" parts I, II, and III.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 2 	Lean Lady Frozen Dinners by Vought, a frequent sponsor of VTV's programming for women, offers low-fat, low-carb, low-calorie meal choices for women who are watching their figures. Try the new Mushroom-Stuffed Cauliflower Ravioli with Tangy Basil Marinara today!
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 4 	That's right, it's Homelander's birthday! Every year, Vought presents Homelander's Annual Birthday Spectacular program, which always features Black Noir on the keyboards, playing Mozart's Piano Concerto Number 23 in A major, accompanied by the Vought Symphony Orchestra! And, as is tradition, Vought bakes up the world's biggest birthday cake for their biggest superhero, cuts it live from Vought Square, and shares it with the people of New York! #HomelanderBDay!
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 8 	The choreographer working with Supersonic is Amy Wright, the actual dance instructor and choreographer who trains the actors for their dance routines in the show!
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 9 	It's the Vought Seven Tower play set! 523 pieces of family fun! (WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD! Not safe for children under age 6!)
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 9 	That photograph was taken in 1983 at the world premiere of Vought Studios' blockbuster movie, "Red Thunder!" That's Soldier Boy, America's greatest superhero before Homelander! He's flanked by two of his teammates from the superteam Payback! Crimson Countess, the love of his life, and his trusty sidekick, Gunpowder!
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 10	Just like in the comics, Mother's Milk's family has a tragic history with Vought. That newspaper article is a clue to what happened, but the real story will be revealed in a future episode. Stay tuned.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 12	The Soldier Boy Ahoy! show has been a mainstay at Voughtland for over twenty years. Crimson Countess has been singing in the show from the beginning, since she retired from superhero work. Five days a week, she honors Soldier Boy, the love of her life, by singing America's Son in his memory.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 13	It's true! Chimpanzees are physically incapable of crying!
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 16	Notice the logo on the jacket the Stage Manager is wearing? That was the crew gift on "Terminal Beauty III," Popclaw's last movie before her tragic death. The Stage Manager was the 2nd AD on that movie.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 19	A-Train: "What? She said it was 'well told!'" 
Seth: "Yeah, that's code for 'She fucking hated it.'" 
Seth is right! "That was well told" is something that writers in Hollywood dread hearing when they pitch ideas to studio and network executives! It's Hollywood code for "hated it"!
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 19	In Season 1, Episode 6, when Butcher took Hughie to the support group meeting for the survivors of collateral damage caused by superheroes, Seth was there, and he told the story of how he lost his penis while having sex with superhero, Ice Princess, when she turned to negative 346 degrees, the same temperature as liquid nitrogen. It's a painful memory for Seth, and wasn't very nice of A-Train to bring up.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 20	It's Madelyn Stillwell's son, Teddy! For everyone who's wondered how he survived that explosion at the end of Season 1 and ended up 17 miles away, now you know! He teleported away from the danger!
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 22	Red River is an orphanage for the super-abled. Nearly all the children there became orphans after accidentally killing their parents with their superpowers before they learned how to control them. And, as you can see from the pictures here of Victoria Neuman's decapitated mother and father, that's how she ended up at Red River, back when she was still "Nadia."
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 23	The "cleaning crew" Stan Edgar is referring to is Vought Special Services (VSS). There's a VSS team in every major American city, and their sole job is to clean up the bodies and other illicit messes that superheroes leave behind, which Vought doesn't want the public to know about. As you can imagine, they work around the clock, and they're always busy.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 24	Yeehaw! It's fun for the whole family! While their parents shop for guns, these lucky youngsters are having a blast with special coloring books from the Vought Rifle Association, that teach children about the joys of firearms, and to cherish their 2nd Amendment rights!
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 26	The superhero Gunpowder in the comics was a member of the superteam Teenage Kix, and wasn't anyone's sidekick. In Gunpowder's adaptation for the show, he was Soldier Boy's sidekick from the time he was a teenager.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 28	"The Only Man in the Sky is Me" is a quote from Homelander in the comics, Volume 7, Issue 47.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 33	The origami we first saw in Season 2 was the art that Kimiko's brother, Kenji, used to create. Here, Kimiko carries on the tradition.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 36	Gunpowder's license plate, "2A4EVER", stands for "2nd Amendment Forever". In case it wasn't already obvious from all the crazy talk in his lecture at the convention earlier, and the insane number of guns he carries, he takes the 2nd Amendment way too seriously!
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 36	Two cars were used to film this scene, and the visual effect was the joint effort of the SPFX team on set and the VFX team in post-production. The first car was intact, and the second was sliced in half ahead of time and rigged with hydraulics by the show's SPFX team. The VFX team covered the slice seam on the second car with CGI in post- production, so that the car would appear intact up until the moment Butcher lasers it in half. Then the hydraulics actually separated the car in two. The VFX team then enhanced the laser slice with sparks, burning, and charring in post.
The Only Man In The Sky 	Scene 37	That was Supersonic performing "You Got Your License to Drive (Me Crazy)," his former boyband, Super-Sweet's 2013 hit single! The original song was written by composer Christopher Lennertz, and performed by Miles Gaston Villanueva!
Barbary Coast 	Scene 2 	"Barbary Coast" is the title of Volume 9, Issues 52 and 53 in the comics.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 8 	When Mother's Milk tells Frenchie to "police your shit" because the Flatiron is a historic building, it's a reference to a line from Mother's Milk in the comics, Volume 1, "Cherry Part 1."
Barbary Coast 	Scene 8 	The sign on the door, "Greywal & Co." is an homage to the show's beloved Production Designer, Arv Greywal, who passed away while designing Season 3. His many fantastic works include the Flatiron offices, the giant penis in Episode 1, and Lucy the Whale in Season 2, Episode 3.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 9 	Silver Kincaid is the show's adaptation of the character of the same name from the comics in Volume 4, Issue 23, "We Gotta Go Now." But in the comics, Silver Kincaid was American, not British, and she was a member of The G-Men.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 10	It's true! Salsa IS more popular than ketchup!
Barbary Coast 	Scene 14	Global Wellness Imaging Center is a subsidiary of Global Wellness Services, which is a subsidiary of Vought International. Among Global Wellness Services' many divisions of medical services was the Sage Grove Center, from Season 2, Episode 6 (which, of course, Vought vehemently denies having any connection with).
Barbary Coast 	Scene 14	That's A-Train's older brother, Nathan, played by Christian Keyes. The last time we saw him was at the end of Season 1, when the two brothers had a falling out over A-Train abusing Compound V.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 14	Notice the name on Nathan's jacket: The Southview Roadrunners! The Roadrunners were the mascot for Showrunner, Eric Kripke's junior high in Toledo, Ohio!
Barbary Coast 	Scene 17	100% Colombian Black Noir Dark Roast coffee was one of the top selling coffees in the United States in the 1980s, known for its bold, rich, aromatic flavor. It is thought that some drug traffickers used coffee shipments to smuggle cocaine, because the scent of coffee would prevent drug-sniffing dogs from detecting the narcotics.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 18	Nicaragua was a flashpoint in the Cold War during the 1980s. The Contra Rebels, who were allied with the United States, were at war with the Sandinista regime, which was allied with the Soviet Union. Controversy over how the Contra Rebels funded their combat operations continues to this day.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 19	That's Jensen Ackles playing Soldier Boy! Jensen and Showrunner, Eric Kripke, first worked together on "Supernatural."
Barbary Coast 	Scene 19	It's a young Stan Edgar! He's been working for Vought since the company was still called "Vought-American."
Barbary Coast 	Scene 19	"That's Incredible!" was an American reality TV series starring Kathy Lee Crosby, John Davidson, and Fran Tarkenton, that ran from 1980-1984. It showcased amazing feats by humans and animals.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 19	William J. Casey was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1981-1987.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 20	Yes, Black Noir used to talk! What happened to him since then? Stay tuned!
Barbary Coast 	Scene 23	The "Live+3" ratings that Homelander mentions refer to the ratings within the three days after a program airs on television. The Live+3's take into account DVR and on-demand viewing, which are critical metrics for networks and their advertisers to gauge a program's success.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 24	The original "Charmed" was a TV series that ran from 1998-2008, and starred Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs, and Shannen Doherty.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 30	The pistol Grace Mallory is using is a Browning Hi Power 9mm, which was commonly used by American special forces and intelligence officers, like her, during the Cold War. It has a high magazine capacity of 13 rounds, compared to the then standard-issue 1911.45 pistol with its 7 or 8-round capacity.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 34	That's the St. Christopher medallion that Butcher gave to Ryan at the end of Season 2; the same one that Becca gave to Butcher years earlier, when she told him it would keep him safe.
Barbary Coast 	Scene 36	Comic fans, rejoice! It's Little Nina! Based on the character of the same name in Volume 2 of the comics!
Barbary Coast 	Scene 36	"Vincent Cassel", Frenchie's safe word in the show, is a nod to his battle cry in the comics!
Barbary Coast 	Scene 40	This moment with Butcher vomiting on Hughie was created by putting a pump on the other side of Karl Urban, which sprayed the fluid in Jack Quaid's face. The pump was controlled by the SPFX team. The crew had to do two takes because the first time the fluid sprayed, it came out in too neat and narrow a stream, lacking the explosive splashiness of vomit.
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 3 	Solid Gold was a music variety TV show that ran from 1980-1988, and featured countless celebrities and music stars. Here, Soldier Boy appears on a 1981 episode of the show, performing Blondie's "Rapture."
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 7 	Per the FCC's website regarding obscene, profane, and indecent broadcasts, "Whoever violates Section 508(a) of the Act shall be fined no more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. These penalties are in addition to any civil penalties or other enforcement action that may be assessed by the FCC."
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 10	Starlight's VoughtSonic V-Fidelity Speaker System is one of VoughtSonic's best-selling products, featuring Bluetooth connectivity, built- in V-Bass, and 2.1 "Super V-Sound," all in a compact, space-saving package! VoughtSonic: Rock like a supe!
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 12	The A-Train Turbo Rush Energy Drink commercial was inspired by Pepsi's infamous 2017 commercial starring Kendall Jenner.
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 13	The HBO half-hour series, "Entourage," ran from 2004 to 2011. And, as you can see, Frenchie was not a fan.
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 15	The title of this episode, "Glorious Five-Year Plan," comes from Volume 2 in the comics, in which The Boys travel to Russia. As you can see from all the graffiti, the Russians have despised American superheroes since their inception during World War II with the advent of Soldier Boy.
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 19	It's a meeting of The Seven with seven superheroes! For the first time since Season 1, Episode 1!
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 20	As reported by Cameron Coleman in the December, 2021 episode of "Seven On 7," Eagle the Archer rebranded himself to become Eagle the Rapper. His debut album, "Bullseye Beats," is streaming exclusively on Voughtify!
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 20	The Deep is referring to the PDR, or "Private Data Reserve" file on Stormfront that A-Train stole from the Church of the Collective's Internal Research Bureau, which meticulously documented her Nazi past. The Church of the Collective maintains PDR on all its members.
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 20	As you may recall from The Deep's run-in with a woman named Molly in Sandusky, Ohio back in Season 1, Episode 7, his gills are very, very sensitive.
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 21	In the comics, Mother's Milk was also in the brig when Butcher and Mallory recruited him into The Boys. In the comics, however, it was because Mother's Milk had accidentally killed an opponent during a boxing match. The comics version of Mother's Milk was born with Compound V in his veins and didn't know his own strength.
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 27	Marseilles is Frenchie's hometown in France in the world of the show. But in the comics, Frenchie was from a town called Franglais, as seen in Volume 6, Issue 37.
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 30	This scene was partly inspired by the moment in Volume 12, Issue 72 of the comics when Vought executive James Stillwell is bitterly disappointed by the newest superhero team being rolled out, called "True", and then stands at a window, overlooking the city, where he mutters to himself, "Bad product."
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 32	Mother's Milk just named two of his favorite 80s movies! "Red Dawn" (1984) was an action movie about a Russian-led invasion of the United States, and the young rebels who fought back. And Rocky IV (1985) was the fourth installment in Sylvester Stallone's Rocky movie series, and featured Rocky taking on and then defeating the lethal Russian boxer, Ivan Drago, in an epic boxing match of East vs. West.
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 32	Another shout-out to the comic book fans! It's Jamie the Hamster! But in the comics, the supe Blarney Cock was keeping poor little Jamie up his butt. Hughie rescued the friendly hamster and kept him as a pet.
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 32	And speaking of Blarney Cock, this is another reference to the comics! The first time Hughie killed someone in the comics was in Volume 1, Issue 6, when Hughie punched his fist through Blarney Cock's stomach!
Glorious Five Year Plan 	Scene 36	To create Supersonic's mutilated corpse, a silicone body cast of actor Miles Gaston Villanueva was created and dressed in Supersonic's supersuit. Then a crushed skull structure with acrylic bone and jaw pieces was placed in the silicone head.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 3 	The title of this episode "The Last Time to Look on this World of Lies" is the title of Volume 10, Issue 4 in the comics.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 7 	An EBITDA margin is the percentage of a company's revenue that can be considered profit. The acronym stands for "earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization."
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 8 	Barb, the outgoing head of Vought's Crime Analytics Department, holds dual degrees in criminal psychology and statistical analysis, speaks four languages, and previously worked for the FBI and NSA. But it's comforting to know that Crime Analytics is now under the capable leadership of The Deep, who can talk to fish!
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 10	Len Bias was an all-American basketball player who played for the University of Maryland, and was the No. 2 pick in the 1986 NBA Draft. But just two days after he was selected by the Boston Celtics, he died from a cocaine overdose.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 10	As Annie told Hughie in Season 2, Episode 4, her top three candies are Almond Joy, Charleston Chew, and Bit-o-Honey!
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 11	This scene is set at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, Russia's second busiest airport. It opened on August 11, 1959, and was initially meant to be the main hub of the Soviet Air Force, but was later converted for civilian use.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 12	In the comic books, Butcher and Queen Maeve never had sex. But she did work with him as an informant in The Seven, helping to plant bugs and cameras in the Seven's headquarters, and to provide information.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 13	Little Nina's gift of chocolate limes for Kimiko is a reference to the comics. In Volume 6, Issue 34, Frenchie left chocolate limes for The Female (Kimiko) while she was in a coma in the hospital. When Wee Hughie visited her, and tried to eat some of the chocolate limes, she woke up, grabbed his arm, and broke it!
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 17	The superhero Blue Hawk is a creation of the show, and does not appear in the comics. As Cameron Coleman reported in the January, 2022 episode of "Seven On 7," Blue Hawk was getting his own law enforcement reality TV series, "Red, White, and Blue Justice," where viewers would follow him as he patrolled the streets of Trenton, New Jersey.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 17	Blue Hawk just referred to "Coach Brink," a celebrated professor at Godolkin University. You'll learn more about Godolkin very soon.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 18	This is the first time Soldier Boy has been back in New York in 40 years. And as you can see from his surprised facial expression, a lot has changed.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 19	That's Dan Duran, one of Vought News Network's stalwart news anchors. We saw him reporting on VNN throughout Season 2!
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 22	This shot of the smoldering building that Soldier Boy blew up was done both practically and with VFX. The crew took over a block of space in Toronto, and placed debris on the ground to set the stage for the shot. But everything above ground was done with CGI in post-production by the VFX team.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 25	Comic fans, rejoice! IT'S THE LEGEND! Played by the legendary Paul Reiser! In the comics, The Legend was one of The Boys' sources for intel on Vought and the Supes, because he used to work at Victory Comics, a division of Vought-American.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 25	In the comics, Steel Knight was one of the first superheroes Vought-American created, and was killed at the Battle of the Bulge with the original Soldier Boy. Later, Vought re-booted all of the superheroes who were killed there, and called the superteam "Payback." But the name "Steel Knight" was changed to "Tek Knight."
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 25	Shannon Tweed is a Canadian actress known for her work on Falcon Crest, among numerous other television roles in the 1980s.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 25	Yes, The Legend has a prosthetic leg, similar to the character in the comic books! You're welcome, comic fans!
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 25	The Legend sure does love to name-drop! Kelly LeBrock is an English actress, probably best known for her role as Lisa in the iconic 1985 movie, "Weird Science."
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 26	Cameron Coleman, known for his fair and balanced news reporting, was recently honored by NeoCon News Quarterly as the number one journalist under 50 to watch!
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 27	Comic fans will remember that Homelander's given name in the comics was John.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 28	Mother's Milk's father died in 2004 at the age of 55, hunched over his typewriter, fighting Vought until his last breath.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 29	The Global Wellness Retreat in Malibu, California, is one of Vought's two luxury rehabilitation facilities, the other being located on Martha's "Vineyard. It's a high-end subsidiary of the Global "Wellness Center, which provides rehabilitation services for superheroes struggling with addiction at its more than 200 locations nationwide.
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 31	Frenchie and Kimiko are watching "Girl Crazy," the classic 1943 musical starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney! The song is "I Got Rhythm," performed by Judy Garland!
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 32	What a musical number! It only took one day to shoot this sequence, but Karen Fukuhara and Tomer Capon rehearsed on their own six times, with an additional two rehearsals with the other dancers. Eagle-eyed viewers might also notice that Tomer Capon is wearing non-slip dance shoes, not Frenchie's usual boots!
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 36	Yes, that's right! SirCumsALot779 is SETH ROGEN! And yes, he's using Starlight's Wish Lotion! This was the last footage shot for Season 3!
The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies	Scene 41	In the comic books, Soldier Boy and Crimson Countess were teammates in Payback, but they weren't lovers. The romantic storyline for the two of them was created by the show.
Herogasm 	Scene 4 	The video of Supes and celebrities singing John Lennon's "Imagine" was inspired by the infamous "Imagine" video made by celebrities in 2020, shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 quarantine in the United States.
Herogasm 	Scene 5 	Ashley's mention of "Kurt and Goldie" is a reference to the celebrity couple of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, who began dating in 1983 while working together on the movie "Swing Shift."
Herogasm 	Scene 8 	Soldier Boy's enjoying a Big Homie Burger with bacon and a side of Freedom Tots from Vought-a-Burger!
Herogasm 	Scene 9 	Kimiko's enjoying a Brave Maeve Rainbow Pop, a delicious popsicle treat with a joke on every stick!
Herogasm 	Scene 10	The poster on Mother's Milk's wall that reads, "Move on over or we'll move on over you" was created in 1965 as the poster of the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, which was also known as the Black Panther Party. The organization provided the foundation for the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, which was founded in Oakland, California later in 1965 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton.
Herogasm 	Scene 11	The rough cut of the "A-Train to Africa" promo is designed to look like actual rough cuts in Hollywood production, with a super-imposed image of a celebrity over stock footage, the time code in the upper left corner, and the "TEMP VFX" notation in the lower right. We aim for realism on "The Boys," people!
Herogasm 	Scene 14	Shout-out to the comic book fans! This scene is based on the moment in Volume 9, Issue 49 of the comics, when Homelander has a conversation with himself in the mirror!
Herogasm 	Scene 15	That was a clip from "Red Thunder" (1983), one of Payback's biggest movies! In the movie, Soldier Boy leads his superteam, Payback, to Afghanistan to help take the fight to the Soviets! You can see an extended version of this clip in X-Ray's bonus tab!
Herogasm 	Scene 17	TNT are twins Tommy and Tessa, who were also members of Payback in the 1980s. They were a creation of the show, and do not appear in the comics. Their power is launching fireballs, which they do by joining hands and shouting, "TNT detonate!"
Herogasm 	Scene 18	Hailey Miller, whom you'll remember for her interview with The Deep on the "Voices on Voughtify" podcast, is one of Vought News' most trusted news personalities, and has been the host of "VNN Today" for the past five years. She's known for her in-depth interviews with guests. But judging by how angry Ashley is, this might have been Hailey's last interview.
Herogasm 	Scene 20	The bar fight Nina mentions happened in a pub on Sopelana Beach on the Basque Coast, where Frenchie was working as a DJ one summer. Frenchie saw two guys getting aggressive with a woman one night, so he came to her defense. That scar on his head might look nasty, but you wouldn't want to see what those two dudes looked like after Frenchie was through with them.
Herogasm 	Scene 20	In the comics, Little Nina and Frenchie had no history together. Her intimate knowledge of him and their relationship is a creation of the show.
Herogasm 	Scene 20	This brutal fight between Kimiko and Russian mobster, Yevgenny, culminating in Kimiko stabbing him with the nail, looked so real because Karen Fukuhara was actually hitting Tyler Williams, the actor playing Yevgenny. To achieve the effect, a safety plate of fiberglass and foam was fitted onto Yevgenny's chest, with blood lines built in. Kimiko was wielding a rubber nail.
Herogasm 	Scene 21	This backstory for Mother's Milk is a creation of the show. In the comics, Mother's Milk and his brother were both born with Compound V in their blood because their mother had been exposed to it while working in a facility that had previously been owned by Vought. After M.M.'s brother died because his powers killed him, Mother's Milk's father started his legal crusade against Vought.
Herogasm 	Scene 22	Does that appendage look familiar? That's because it was wrapped around Mother's Milk's neck and nearly strangled him to death last season at the Sage Grove Center! That's right, it's Love Sausage!
Herogasm 	Scene 23	It's the 70th anniversary of HEROGASM! The annual, epic orgy from Volume 5 of the comics, where Supes get down and dirty! Watch out for flying dildos and bodily fluids!
Herogasm 	Scene 23	Fun fact: the voice of the man who yelled "Throwin' ropes!" is none other than Showrunner Eric Kripke!
Herogasm 	Scene 27	Okay, seriously, what is it with The Deep and octopi this season?! According to VFX Supervisor, Stephan Fleet, one of the hardest things to do in VFX is have creatures interacting with people. These shots of The Deep with the octopus were done with a puppet, which was then replaced with CGI by the VFX team.
Herogasm 	Scene 32	Notice the t-shirt Mother's Milk is wearing now that he's changed clothes. "The TNT Smile-Time Hour" was a kids' show, produced by Vought Studios, that aired on VBS in the late 80s and early 90s, starring Tommy and Tessa. Each week, the Twins would sing and dance, play fun games, tell jokes, and teach kids important life lessons... and now they're giving out those t-shirts to guests at an orgy.
Herogasm 	Scene 37	This epic fight at Herogasm took five days to shoot! Countless meetings, rehearsals, and pre- viz recordings headed up by the show's amazing stunt team, led by stunt coordinator John Koyama, set the stage for the incredible sequence!
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 4 	The title of this episode, "Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed" is from Volume 10, Issue 5 of the comics.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 5 	This 1967 "Pop, Look, and Listen" episode featuring Soldier Boy performing Roaring Lion's "From a Logical Point of View," was inspired by Robert Mitchum's 1957 album, "Calypso - Is Like So..." Fun fact: Showrunner Eric Kripke has the album cover framed on his office wall!
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 5 	For anyone who needs a quick refresher on the American historical references The Legend just cited, firefighters used fire hoses to disperse civil rights protestors in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, National Guard troops opened fire on Vietnam War protestors at Kent State University in Ohio in 1970, and President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 6	Howard Hughes (1905-1976) was an American film director, pilot, and businessman. As dramatized in Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic, "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Hughes would store mason jars filled with his own urine.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 9 	The pistol Soldier Boy carries is a 1911-style 45ACP. It was the standard issue sidearm for American military personnel until the adoption of the Beretta 9mm pistol in 1985. But the popular 45 pistol is still used by many in the armed forces to this day.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 10	Remember when Black Noir was sketching that drawing of a beaver in Episode 4? Now you know! He hallucinates Buster Beaver and his furry forest friends! They're Black Noir's best pals!
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 13	In 1986, Mindstorm was on a walkabout in the desert near Barstow, California, trying to get away from hearing the thoughts of other people, when he came across a motorcycle gang's meth lab. The gang tried to kill him, so Mindstorm put all 16 of them into a coma, and they died of terminal dehydration in the desert sun, while trapped in an endless series of nightmares.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 14	The game Butcher and his little brother, Lenny, are playing is Three Card Monte, a notoriously rigged card game in which the dealer always wins.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 14	Just like in Volume 10 of the comics, "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker," and as we learned in Season 2, Episode 7, Butcher's father, Sam, was physically and emotionally abusive to his sons. It's the dark origin story of Billy Butcher.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 18	This isn't the first time The Deep and Cassandra have talked about "spicing up" their sex life. They took a swing at role-playing six months earlier, with The Deep playing the sea god, Neptune, and Cassandra playing a mermaid. But Cassandra couldn't get the latex mermaid suit off and nearly drowned in the swimming pool, and Deep inadvertently poked himself in the gills with his trident spear while trying to help her. The mishap freaked them both out, and they haven't tried anything weird since.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 18	Ambrosius may not look it, but she's actually very, very sensitive. Octopi have emotions, too. It's true!
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 19	Eddie Murphy wasn't the first actor to be cast in the role of Axel Foley in "Beverly Hills Cop." In 1984, Sylvester Stallone was set to star in the movie, but he dropped out just two weeks before principal photography was scheduled to commence. And a mere two days later, Eddie Murphy was cast.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 20	This scene was inspired by the moment in Volume 10, Issue 1 of the comics, when Butcher struck a teacher at school.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 21	"Shell shock" was the term initially used to describe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during World War I, and the condition was derided as a form of cowardice. British psychologist Charles S. Myers was the first clinician to persuade the military to take the condition seriously.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 24	Those aren't someone else's hands in a close-up shot! Antony Starr was taught how to milk a cow for this scene!
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 25	It takes anywhere from 3 to 6 months to recover from a heart transplant surgery. But, lucky for A-Train, superheroes heal faster than regular humans.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 26	Novichok is a deadly neurotoxin developed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, which induces muscle spasms that can stop the heart, causes fluid buildup in the lungs that can be lethal, and can damage organs and nerve cells.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 28	Now you finally know what happened to Black Noir! He was brain-damaged by Soldier Boy in Nicaragua in 1984!
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 28	These hybrid shots of Black Noir interacting with the animated characters are a combination of traditional animation layered in with live action. After the two were combined, the VFX team created visual enhancements, such as shadows, to bring the animated characters into the live action world.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 32	In 1986, Mindstorm starred in his own live stage show at the Planet Vought Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, called "Mental Magic with Mindstorm", which was taped before a live studio audience, and aired on VBS. In the show, Mindstorm would hypnotize audience members on stage, getting them to do funny, and often weird, things. The show ran for nearly two seasons, but was abruptly cancelled after a man Mindstorm had hypnotized to think he was a bull, later ran through a storefront window when he saw a red oriental rug on display.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 33	That's who Butcher saw on his TV in Episode 2, and in flashes throughout this season: his little brother, Lenny.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 33	Lenny's death by suicide was a story created by the show. In Volume 10, Issue 4 of the comics, we learn that Lenny was killed by a bus in a random accident.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 34	To achieve the effect of Soldier Boy brutally smashing Mindstorm's head in with his shield, a collapsible head was set on a silicone body. The head was made of foam, and was packed full of blood-filled bladders, which popped when the shield came down on it. Six resettable foam heads were created, and the crew used all of them.
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 35	Notice the movie poster on the wall? "Whiskey Sunrise" was Crimson Countess's signature movie, which premiered in 1987. Produced by The Legend, the movie is about a superhero (Crimson Countess) sent to stop a war between rival cartels for control of the drug trade in Southern California. And it looks like an easy win for Countess ... until she falls for the wrong man!
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed 	Scene 38	Soldier Boy being Homelander's father is a storyline created by the show. In the comics, the two were not related.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 3 	The title of this episode, "The Instant White-Hot Wild", is from Volume 6, Issue 38 of the comics.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 3 	Ryan: "But aren't you mad at me? For what I did?"
Ryan is referring to the last time he and Homelander saw each other in Season 2, Episode 8, right after Ryan mutilated Stormfront, the love of Homelander's life, with his laser eyes.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 6 	Soldier Boy is drinking milk mixed with Coca- Cola, a popular hangover remedy from long ago. It began at the Ritz-Carlton in New York in 1938!
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 8 	The 2021 Bugatti Chiron costs nearly $3 million!
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 13	Butcher is referring to the moment in Season 2, Episode 5, when his Aunt Judy pointed out that Hughie is the "spittin' image of Lenny."
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 16	The names of the runners in the track meet that Nathan is watching on TV are the names of crew members from the show's Post-Production and VFX departments!
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 17	Yes, of course Vought has its own gasoline brand! Vought Petroleum's V-Boost additive helps to cleanse your car's fuel system and deliver super performance! And don't forget to use your Vought Rewards Credit Card every time you fill up to earn points toward your next vacation to any Voughtland theme park in the United States and its territories! Vought Petroleum: It's not just gas, it's SUPER fuel!
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 22	"The Manhattan" was supposedly invented in 1880 at New York City's Manhattan Club. This classic cocktail is made by mixing 2 ounces of rye whiskey, 1 ounce of sweet vermouth, 2 dashes of Angostura bitters, 1 dash of orange bitters, and then garnishing with either a brandied cherry or a lemon twist. Cheers!
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 22	"An American in Paris" (1951) starred Gene Kelly and Leslie Carron, and won a total of six Oscars, including Best Picture. Despite being set in Paris, the movie was shot almost entirely at MGM Studios in Los Angeles, on 44 sets built for the production.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 23	This shot of Black Noir's intestines hanging out of him and the blood spurting was done almost entirely in post-production with CGI by the VFX team.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 25	Ashley's condition, Trichotillomania, is a psychological disorder in which the sufferer experiences an overwhelming urge to pull their hair out.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 26	The Deep killing presumptive Vice-Presidential nominee, Lamar Bishop, is the first time we've ever seen The Deep kill anyone (aside from a variety of unintended sea creature murders).
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 28	This archival footage was set at Langenstein Concentration Camp, a sub-camp of Buchenwald, which was liberated by the American military in 1945.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 28	That was Cameron Coleman's news desk! Guess he'll have to build a new set so he can keep bringing us his "fair and balanced" news reporting.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 31	Frenchie's goggles are a nod to Frenchie's goggles in the comics. In the show, Frenchie puts them on whenever he's doing some chemistry, like making the special bullet to use on Translucent in Season 1, Episode 2, or working with tools, like when he cuts Starlight's tracking chip out for her in Season 2, Episode 6.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 32	Gross! To achieve Homelander poking Maeve's eye out, a safety plate was placed over Maeve's eye, and then a silicone prosthetic was applied. A bloodline was placed between the safety plate and the silicone eyelid. Wardrobe then made a special glove for the stunt man with a shortened thumb so that it looked like it was sinking into the eye socket deeper than it actually was. The prosthetic eye had to be lubricated so that the thumb would sink in easily. And yes, everyone on set squirmed!
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 37	This is the first time Starlight has ever flown in the show! Comic fans will remember that Starlight could fly in the comics!
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 37	At the end of Season 2, Ryan chose Butcher over Homelander. This is a reversal of that epic moment, as Ryan chooses to leave with Homelander instead.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 41	Famed actor, singer, dancer, and comedian, Sammy Davis Jr. lost his left eye in a car accident in 1954. He wore a glass eye after that.
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 41	It's Maeve's girlfriend, Elena, played by Nicole Correia-Damude! The last time we saw her was in Season 2, Episode 7!
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 44	It's Hailey Miller, host of VNN Today, whom we first met in Episode 5! Guess Ashley didn't fire her after all!
The Instant White-Hot Wild 	Scene 47	We saw the Soldier Boy Statue toppled in the opening shot of Dawn of The Seven in Episode 1 this season! Now it's been toppled for real!
=== Season Four ===
Episode 	Scene 	Trivia
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 7 	The idea to give Zoe Neuman braces was not originally scripted. It was pitched in pre- production by Prosthetics Supervisor, Zane Knisely. Why is this significant? Stay tuned!
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 9 	Homelander's favorite musical artist is Smash Mouth, followed closely by Uncle Kracker and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 9 	The big black mass Homelander is referencing is the prognosis Butcher received in the Season 3 finale from the effects of Temp V.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 10	This is the first time we are seeing Zoe's powers after she was injected by Compound V in Season 3, Episode 4 by her mother, Victoria Neuman.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 15	You might recall that we first saw Annie January fly in the Season 3 finale.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 18	The plaque you're seeing is dedicated to former CIA Deputy Director, Susan Rayner, who died in Season 2, Episode 1 when her head was popped by Victoria Neuman.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 21	Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays Joe Kessler. This is a reunion for Jeffrey and Showrunner Eric Kripke who worked together on the CW Network's longest-running TV series, "Supernatural," where Jeffrey played the Winchester family's patriarch, John Winchester.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 25	The debacle at Godolkin University that Ashley references, occurs in the Season 1 finale of "Gen V." Homelander saved the day. We owe our lives and safety to the greatness of the truest American.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 28	He's Got a Magnetic Attraction... To Action." That's right. Polarity, played by Sean Patrick Thomas in "Gen V," makes a brief appearance on a cardboard cutout in this abandoned Vought Video store.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 36	The audiobook Sage is listening to on the toilet is a real book written by Saul Kripke, a renowned philosopher and logician who is also a distant cousin of Showrunner Eric Kripke.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 36	This is the first time in the history of the TV series that we've seen Homelander wearing clothes other than his Supersuit or his birthday suit.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 38	This scene of Sage speaking with Todd and the other Hometeamers, Dirk and Greg, was the first scene shot for Season 4.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 39	Although New York City may be Planet Vought's flagship location, there are a dozen locations spread across the United States with one opening in Cleveland inside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in December 2024.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 39	Deep's "Whoa... bats" line was not originally scripted. Chace Crawford improvised during filming.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 39	Yes, you heard that correctly. This is the first time Black Noir, played by Nathan Mitchell, has spoken in the series in present-day.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 41	The voice of the catheter commercial's narrator belongs to David Kaldor, the editor of this episode.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 50	Ambrosius is voiced by none other than Academy awarding winning actress, Tilda Swinton. This is not a joke.
Department of Dirty Tricks 	Scene 53	Just in case you forgot: Becca is Butcher's wife who died in the Season 2 finale.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 2 	This episode's title "Life Among Septics" is said during a conversation between Butcher and Hughie in Issue 5 of the comics.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 2 	The setting for this opening scene was inspired by the acclaimed HBO TV series "The Wire."
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 2 	Will Ferrell plays the movie version of Coach Brink in "Training A-Train." Viewers of "Gen V" might remember that the real Brink is a Professor at Godolkin, played by actor Clancy Brown.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 5 	All of Voughtality's products are made with organic ingredients. Pure, non-toxic, healthy and nourishing. Voughtality doesn't cut corners, s0 your body feels as fresh as Mother Earth. Voughtality: For a Super You!
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 11	Sister Sage's real name is Jessica Bradley, which loyal readers of the comics will recognize due to Jessica's pivotal role in the comic books.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 13	When the stunt team rehearses scenes for the series, in real life, they create 3D environments out of cardboard boxes to mimic the actual set that will be created. It's 100% coincidence that one of the boxes in this scene has an Amazon logo on it.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 13	"Koy" is played by Emmy Award winning John Koyama, the Supervising Stunt Coordinator for The Boys. Friends and colleagues call him "Koy" in real life as well.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 18	In the world of The Boys, TruthCon is held annually in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The convention's slogan is: "There Are No Conspiracies Or Coincidences."
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 20	Another "Supernatural" reunion! This time between Eric Kripke and Rob Benedict who appeared in 20 episodes over the span of the series.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 22	Actor Rob Benedict wants us to remind everyone that he studied Shakespeare at Northwestern University. There is no contractual obligation for us to carry out this request. This is merely a kind gesture.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 23	This is the first time A-Train and his brother, Nathan, have seen each other since the Season 3 finale where Nathan cast A-Train out of his life.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 28	Frenchie's line, "If you must inflict pain, perhaps I can endure so others don't suffer," is from Volume 9 of the comics.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 31	Many people assume that fecal particles entering the eye are the primary cause of Pink Eye. Kids, wash your hands and don't be gross! (Also, your parents shouldn't be letting you watch this series.)
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 31	No matter how many times he clones himself, the original Splinter Prime is always identifiable by the Firecracker logo tattooed on his right arm.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 32	The dance occurring at the bat mitzvah celebration is called "the hora." The hora is associated with joy and is performed at all types of Jewish special occasions where the celebrant is raised in a chair as everyone dances around them.
Life Among the Septics 	Scene 35	Cherie, played by Jordana Lajoie, makes an appearance for the first time since Season 3, Episode 6. Cherie was one of Frenchie's colleagues, when he worked for Little Nina, and sometimes a lover too.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 2 	Sister Sage and Firecracker's supersuits were designed by Laura Jean ("LJ") Shannon. LJ has designed all of supersuits for the series. She is also known for her work on the movies "Iron Man" and "Elf."
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 11	Senator Berns is named after the show's Writers Assistant, Matt Berns.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 13	Without blowing some dude to get there" is a reference to when The Deep sexually assaulted Starlight in the first episode of the series.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 14	Vought Tournament of Heroes was created entirely for the TV series. The game has over 100 million daily users. (And it's inspired by the popular fighting video game Mortal Kombat.)
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 14	Homelander would not be pleased to learn that Ryan is playing Tournament of Heroes as Lamplighter and not as him. In his recent interview with TIME Magazine, Homelander revealed that he only plays the game as himself.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 15	Ashley's dress, featuring a flame print, is a personal favorite of costume designer, Michael Ground.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 15	Homelander installed Deep as the Head of Crime Analytics in Season 3, Episode 5.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 20	The idea for Frenchie's drug trip was originally escripted to have rainbows but a bath theme emerged in post-production as it felt more specific to Frenchie's character.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 20	Little Nina used to employ Frenchie as a hitman. She also used to be Frenchie's dominatrix. In the comics, Little Nina's full name is Nina Namenko.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 22	Lenny is Butcher's younger brother who he was very protective of when they were kids.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 23	Anika has worked in Crime Analytics since Season 1. We first met her when Madelyn Stillwell was searching for Translucent after he'd gone missing.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 26	The music and lyrics for "Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas" were written by composer Christopher Lennertz. Three Tony Award nominated actors provide vocals: Shoshana Bean, Andrew Rannells and James Monroe Iglehart.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 28	All of the Vought on Ice skating costumes were designed by series costume designer, Michael Ground. Over 250,000 individual crystals were glued on, by hand, to make them come to life.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 29	The choreography for Vought on Ice was done by choreographer, Amy Wright. Amy also choreographed the "I Got Rhythm" dance number from Season 3, Supersonic's dance on Homelander's birthday, and Soldier Boy's performance on the Solid Gold show.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 34	That is a legitimate Bloomin' Onion. The Props department sourced it from the nearest Outback Steakhouse over two hours away, outside of Buffalo, New York.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here	Scene 34	Honey Boy is a 2019 film written by Shia LaBeouf about a child television star and his relationship with his abusive, alcoholic father.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 3 	This episode is written by Geoff Aull. With an encyclopedic knowledge of the world of The Boys, Geoff serves as the Lore Master for the Vought Cinematic Universe.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 3 	Fudgie the Whale is a signature ice cream cake from Carvel. Its tagline is "The king of all ice cream whales."
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 6 	Viewers will recognize the Godolkin Four: Marie, Andre, Emma, and Jordan, from spin-off TV serie "Gen V." They were last seen in the "Gen V" Season 1 finale at a mysterious hospital.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 8 	The Ray Charles album "Crying Time" was originally released in February 1966.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 10	According to American national treasure, Guy Fieri: "Flavortown is a mythical place, a state of mind, where fun and food meet in perfect harmony." Now, it's also a delivery-only restaurant.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 15	Since leaving the Seven and a very lucrative salary, Starlight's finances have been tight and what funds she does have, she pumps back into the Starlight House.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 18	Now presenting ... Hughie and Kimiko's first team-up! The writers were keen to find a way to pair these two and demonstrate Hughie's growing skillset over the past four seasons of the series.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 20	Up Where We Belong" was originally recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for the 1982 film, An Officer and a Gentleman. It reached number 1 on the Billboard 100 chart that year.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 24	You might remember that it was Cameron Coleman who recommended leaving a floater in Homelander's toilet in Season 4, Episode 3.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 25	"You're getting dick blood on my boots" was a line pitched by Executive Producer and Season 4, Episode 1 writer David Reed.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 27	Tala, played by Erika Prevost, is speaking Tagalog. It is an Austronesian language spoken in Luzon and neighboring islands.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 33	The birth that Barbara describes is exactly what occurred in the comic book when Becca gave birth to Homelander's Superchild. The birth kills Becca in the comics, while, in the TV series, Bесса lives long enough to witness Ryan's early childhood.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 36	The Soviet Union officially banned lobotomies in 1950, yet they are still legal in Delaware and Colorado.
Wisdom of the Ages 	Scene 41	Hughie might've realized that shooting his dad up with Compound V wouldn't solve his problems, but someone else didn't...
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 3 	V52 is Vought's Fan Festival that was first held in 1952, two years after the founding of Vought American.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 4 	Vought is set to release 32 projects during phases 7-10 alone!
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 11	Viewers of "Gen V" will remember that Butcher appeared in a secret Godolkin lab during a mid- credits scene in the "Gen V" Season 1 finale. "The Woods," as the lab is known, is where Dean Indira Shetty stationed Dr. Cardosa so that he could develop a virus capable of killing supes.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 12	Ezekiel's In Memoriam, which features the hit Sarah McLachlan song "I Will Remember You" was inspired by the iconic ASPCA commercials that feature another hit song of hers "In the Arms of an Angel."
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 14	Stan Edgar, played by the massively talented Giancarlo Esposito, was last seen in Season 3, Episode 4 when his daughter, Victoria Neuman, betrayed him. Stan has been serving time in the Mahoney State Prison since then.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 16	In addition to the one in Acapulco, Hugh Sr. has purchased multiple time shares, including ones in Panama City Beach, Florida and Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 16	Hughie's cat, Jar Jar, is named after Jar Jar Binks from "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace." Hughie always preferred the prequels to the original trilogy.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 17	The rabbit Butcher frees is Mr. Fuzzy Buzzy, which is a named pulled from the comics. In the comics, Mr. Fuzzy Buzzy was a wolverine who killed the president.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 19	Noah Baumbach is an acclaimed director known for "The Squid and the Whale," "Francis Ha" and "Marriage Story." He also wrote the movie "Barbie" with his wife, Greta Gerwig.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 23	Actress Karen Fukuhara rehearsed catching chickens a number of times to prepare for this scene.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 26	Victoria Neuman's birth name is Nadia, a name which is still unknown to the general public.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 28	Tek Knight, played by Derek Wilson, was first seen at Godolkin University in Season 1, Episode 4 of "Gen V" while filming an episode of his TV show "The Whole Truth."
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 31	Hugh Senior's favorite drink is Diet Kiwi Snapple.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 36	Sam Riordan & Cate Dunlap are characters in the spin-off, "Gen V." They're both college students at Godolkin University and widely known as "the Guardians of Godolkin."
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 44	The writers room often referenced Shaun of the Dead when discussing Hugh Senior's killing spree in the hospital.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 45	The VFX team used a baboon as a reference for how they wanted the sheep to look when they open their mouths and scream.
Beware the Jabberwock, My Son 	Scene 51	"Wee Hughie" is a nod to Hughie's nickname in the comics.
Dirty Business 	Scene 3 	The set where Butcher is holding Dr. Shah captive was formerly the Starlight House. Production Designer Mark Steel and his team converted it into an abandoned Vought Fresh Farms. Vought Fresh Farms' most popular product is their Jamaican seasoned corn nuts.
Dirty Business 	Scene 8 	For the first time in the history of the series, the production team was able to shoot in Toronto without deliberately trying to make it look like New York.
Dirty Business 	Scene 11	Senator Calhoun, played by David Andrews, was last seen in Season 1. Stillwell blackmailed him by using Doppelganger to seduce him. Her goal was to get superheroes into the military.
Dirty Business 	Scene 13	As in the comics, Tek Knight's real name is Robert Vernon.
Dirty Business 	Scene 14	This is the first time we've seen any of The Boys in a supersuit. Except Starlight, of course.
Dirty Business 	Scene 17	Webweaver's supersuit was designed by costume designer, Michael Ground.
Dirty Business 	Scene 25	For those who aren't familiar: what "Webweaver" is performing on that stunning German Chocolate cake is formally known as "a Cake Fart." #TheMoreYouKnow
Dirty Business 	Scene 27	Christopher Cross is Tek Knight's favorite Yacht Rock artist. It really gets him in the mood.
Dirty Business 	Scene 29	Tek Knight possesses super-deductive and observation abilities. Or as the writers room would say "Sherlock Holmes on Meth."
Dirty Business 	Scene 34	It's a dream of Tek Knight's to have David Cronenberg direct one of his films.
Dirty Business 	Scene 36	You can get your very own "Live, Laugh, Love" mug with free 2-Day Shipping using Vought Express.
Dirty Business 	Scene 39	Eagle-eyed viewers might have noticed Firecracker's prescription for Metoclopramide when Frenchie was flipping through her bag in Episode 4.
Dirty Business 	Scene 41	While it was not originally planned, it was Executive Producer Phil Sgriccia's idea to shoot all scenes featuring Jeffrey Dean Morgan with him and without him.
==Gen V==
===Season One===
Episode 	Scene 	Trivia
God U. 	Scene 4 	History is made! A-Train joins The Seven as the first African American member, replacing Mister Marathon. Those were such kind words from Senior VP of Hero Management Madelyn Stillwell. The future is surely bright and bloodless for both of them.
God U. 	Scene 7 	Meet Marie Moreau, first seen in Season 3, Episode 2 of The Boys, on the computer screen, when Hughie visits the Red River facility. Everything is connected in the Vought Cinematic Universe.
God U. 	Scene 8 	According to Vought, Queen Maeve spent her final days at the Global Wellness Service's Malibu retreat, before heroically sacrificing herself to stop Soldier Boy. In reality, she was held captive at Vought Tower. She escaped the city with Elena, after the blast, and is presumed dead by everyone except The Boys, Ashley, and Anika.
God U. 	Scene 10	Hello again, Vanessa! Hughie met her in The Boys Season 3, Episode 2, while investigating the orphanage where both Victoria Neuman and her mysterious friend Tony grew up. Marie isn't the only other character we know who was raised here. Hughie was surprised by a teleporting Teddy Stillwell during his visit, and Red River appears in an episode of The Boys Presents: Diabolical. That episode is titled "An Animated Short Where Pissed-Off Supes Kill Their Parents."
God U. 	Scene 11	If you recognize the name "Godolkin," it's probably because you've read The Boys comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. John Godolkin was the founder of a superhero team called the G-Men.
God U. 	Scene 12	Godolkin University was founded in 1965. Vought will tell you it's a prestigious university training a new generation of Supes, but really it's just a pipeline for their crimefighting and entertainment divisions.
God U. 	Scene 13	Production Designer Matthew Davies used the look of reinforced concrete, one-inch thick steel shudders, blast doors and low ceilings in the Godolkin University dorm rooms. The rooms were designed to feel oppressive like a hybrid between a typical college dorm room and a prison cell.
God U. 	Scene 15	The Godolkin University stadium was designed as a combat arts field where gladiatorial-style contests take place between student Supes. The stadium contains a boxing ring, a sumo wrestling ring, a US wrestling ring, a fencing strip, and a martial arts octagon.
God U. 	Scene 21	Meet Professor Brinkerhoff. Queen Maeve, A-Train, and The Deep all studied under "Professor Brink," before graduating and joining The Seven. Want to make it in the big leagues? Hit the books! God U is only charging $700 for Brinkerhoff's Hero Ethics textbook, an absolute steal!
God U. 	Scene 25	This statue is of Crimson Countess, the preeminent supe actress of her day, best known for popular films like "Crimson," "Hero Seeking Hero," and "Payback." The music video for her hit song, "Chimps Don't Cry," has more than 1 million views on the Vought International YouTube channel. The Crimson Countess School of Performing Arts at Godolkin University was named to honor her achievements.
God U. 	Scene 33	The middle section of Vought Tower is still under construction following Soldier Boy's blast in The Boys Season 3, Episode 8. Reconstruction is on schedule and will come in under budget, according to CEO Ashley Barrett.
God U. 	Scene 51	Marie's burgundy leather trench coat was custom designed as an homage to Butcher's signature black coat. The style is a mix of the 1970's and 90's. The coat could have belonged to Marie's mother who in turn may have thrifted it. Details include aging and distressed areas -- rips, repairs, and blood stains, especially on the cuffs and hem where her blood tendrils emerge and then splash to the ground. The burgundy colour is a reference to her blood power. In total, Costume Designer Laura Montgomery and her team made 8 jackets to accommodate for stunts and special effects. This trench coat is Marie's armor.
God U. 	Scene 54	Turbo Rush! Not only does it have the power to keep you up all night studying for that History of The Seven exam you forgot you had tomorrow, it can also bring people together - even police and protesters -- in peace, love and understanding! Share a can, and watch the full commercial, starring A-Train, on Vought International's YouTube channel.
First Day 	Scene 4 	It's our favorite SheEO, Ashley Barrett. Ashley has risen through the ranks, over the years, and was finally named top boss at Vought, after Stan Edgar was ousted by Victoria Neuman and Homelander, in The Boys Season 3. She's also a great cook. Her paella is legendary!
First Day 	Scene 9 	It's not enough to just be a good hero at God U, to climb the rankings you have to look the part too. Costume Designer Laura Montgomery based the look of Jordan's jacket on a Japanese Sukajan style that became popular after WWII. Graphic Designer Jess Stein worked with the costume team to create the graphics on the front and back. The two animals on the chest are the komainu (dog-lion) and falcon. They represent the duality in Jordan's powers of strength vs. agility. As a personal touch, Montgomery added the city of Kumamoto to the map on the back. Kumamoto is where her family is from.
First Day 	Scene 11	Courtenay Fortney is one of the masterminds behind Vought's reality television productions. She's responsible for hit series like "Super in America," much to the annoyance of A-Train and Queen Maeve, whose personal lives Courtenay dragged into the limelight in The Boys Season 1. She'll respect the privacy of innocent university students, of course!
First Day 	Scene 15	Despite production delays, rewrites and having to recast a Nazi supe, Director Adam Bourke's cinematic masterpiece, "Dawn Of The Seven," finally premiered in The Boys Season 3. The sun set on Bourke pretty quickly, though. Now he's out of the spotlight and standing in the dimly lit theater of the Crimson Countess School of Performing Arts.
First Day 	Scene 17	Meet Indira Shetty, Dean of Godolkin University. She's played by Shelley Conn, who you might recognize from another great Prime series, Good Omens. Gen V executive producer Eric Kripke loves the book Good Omens, and drew some inspiration from it for his first TV series, Supernatural. Supernatural stars Jensen Ackles, who joined The Boys Season 3 as Soldier Boy. Who wants to play 6 degrees of separation from Jensen Ackles?
First Day 	Scene 19	This is Cameron Coleman, the face of VNN. Before he got his own show on the network, "The Cameron Coleman Hour," Coleman kept fans up to date between Season 2 and 3 of The Boys with the Vought-funded webseries "Seven on 7." Go watch it on Vought International's YouTube channel, for some completely unbiased reporting.
First Day 	Scene 21	Emma isn't the first supe we've met who can change size in the Vought Cinematic Universe. Who can forget Termite? He is famous for his... uh ... powerful appearance in the premiere episode of The Boys Season 3. Let's all hope that Emma doesn't sneeze!
First Day 	Scene 28	On the outside, Sage Grove appears to be a psychiatric hospital, but that image is far from the truth. This was revealed by The Boys in Season 2, Episode 6, when they discovered that Stormfront was experimenting on innocent people with Compound V. Lamplighter helped to burn the evidence (literally).
First Day 	Scene 36	Hailey Miller is another broadcaster for Vought alongside Cameron Coleman. She is the host of both "VNN Today" and "One on One with Hailey Miller." Her most viral interview was with Cassandra Schwartz, ex-wife of The Deep, about her book "In 2 Deep: My Journey To Freedom."
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 4 	Is that... Yes, it is! M.M.'s old foe, Love Sausage. The last time we saw him was at Herogasm in The Boys Season 3, Episode 6. This is a few years earlier, before the Sausage was burnt by Soldier Boy's blast, back when he was a patient at the Sage Grove Center.
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 11	It seems like Godolkin might not be a safe space for you to thrive, like Dean Shetty says it is. Poor Ron, known as a lover of dogs and master of the grill to his friends, is the janitor Andre witnessed being killed by "campus security" at the end of the last episode. Where's his gala, huh?
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 15	Vought-A-Burger is Vought's fast food chain, located at Godolkin University in the Student Union. A recent addition to the menu, Deep's Calamari Poppers have quickly turned into a best seller due to their premium, wild-caught taste.
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 16	To raise money for #THINKBRINK foundation, gala attendees can bid on some incredible Vought products including The Deep's hit memoir "Deeper," a moving tell-all about his escape from the Church of the Collective.
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 21	Courtenay Fortney makes invading the private lives of Supers her top priority, happily exploiting their trauma in the name of television. She produced "Citizen Starlight," which Vought ordered to recuperate their image after Starlight revealed she was sexually assaulted in The Boys Season 1, Episode 5.
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 24	From a kids' lunchbox to other specialty toys featured in The Boys Season 3, Black Noir's product lines are bringing in a wide range of customers and generating substantial year-over-year revenue growth for Vought.
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 37	Deep also attended Godolkin, where he ranked in the Top 10 occasionally. The Lord of the Seven Seas split his time between the campus swimming pool and pretending to study for his philosophy classes. He remembers his time at the school as "totally dope" and considered Professor Brink one of his closest "brosephs."
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 39	Recognize those posters in Sam's room? "Payback" is a film that premiered in the early 80s, starring the titular team and its leader, Soldier Boy. Stream the remastered film on Vought+, now featuring a special message advising viewers to separate the character from the traitor.
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 39	"Waterworld is a 1995 film, starring Kevin Costner, about the year 2500 where the world is now under water due to rising sea levels. Also known as The Deep's wet dream.
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 41	The fact that Supes were made not born was revealed to the public in The Boys Season 2, Episode 3 after Annie and Hughie leak the information to news sources. Parents agreed to Vought's terms when Supes were infants, forever changing the trajectory of their once normal lives.
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 42	For Emma's miniature look Costume Designer Laura Montgomery wanted to make a top that resembled plastic doll clothing. She used formed leather for the main costume, with a painted pattern and debossed faux stitching and button details. The costume team also created a plastic version of the top that would hold its shape when submerged in liquid.
#ThinkBrink 	Scene 45	The prosthetic ear Emma crawls out of was built practically on set by Prosthetics and Make-Up Designer, Colin Penman and team. It stood about 15 feet tall and contained 1000 gallons of fake blood. Special Effects specialist JR Kenny, built a rig under the ear that used gravity to flood the ear. The overflowing blood was caught in a basin, then pumped back up, to be recycled indefinitely.
The Whole Truth 	Scene 5 	Andre's reference to Maeve here is most memorably on display in the opening minutes of The Boys pilot episode, where she jumps down out of nowhere to split apart an armored truck. If Sam is anywhere close to Maeve in strength, this group is in trouble, as she went toe-to-toe with Homelander himself in the Season 3 finale.
The Whole Truth 	Scene 7 	Stardust Drive-In captures Vought in all its 2000s glory, they've got all the retro Payback arcade games like Soldier Boy Shootout and Black Noir: Final Combat. No way these kids have ever played those, but Hughie Campbell probably did!
The Whole Truth 	Scene 8 	True crime lovers, buckle up! It's time for The Whole Truth with Tek Knight. Once a Godolkin student himself, Tek Knight now uses his powers of deduction to navigate the world of crime, relentlessly hollowing out a tunnel towards the truth. He's played by Derek Wilson, who was also in the TV adaptation of Preacher, another Garth Ennis comic brought to life by the producers of The Boys!
The Whole Truth 	Scene 14	No penises are safe in the Vought Cinematic Universe, folks. Just ask Peter, Termite's boyfriend, from The Boys Season 3, Episode 1. Oh, wait. You can't.
The Whole Truth 	Scene 21	The Gen V graphics team produced candy packaging for GroundHawk Gummy Hammers, Polarity Peanut Butter Cups and Lamplighter Licorice to dress the abandoned Stardust Drive-In Set.
The Whole Truth 	Scene 24	It's Avenue V with television's Jason Ritter! Airing on Vought Kids Network, this show shaped and scarred childhoods across America. Prosthetics Make-Up Designer Colin Penman and his team started the design of The Deep's puppet with cartoon renders. They pulled elements into the puppet design that aren't normally included, like biceps.
The Whole Truth 	Scene 27	Fans of the The Boys comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson will recognise Tek Knight's obsession. One of his famous lines there is "Gentlemen, if it has a hole... I can (words we can't include on a family-friendly streaming service)."
The Whole Truth 	Scene 29	Oil A Brasil reference. Beloved Brazilian actor Marco Pigossi plays Dr. Edison Cardosa, who works in The Woods under the direction of Dean Shetty. A first look at his character debuted at CCXP, Brasil's Comic-Con, in December 2022 as part of the first ever footage released for Gen V.
Welcome to the Monster Club	Scene 7 	The sounds you hear during this intimate scene involve layers of unusual sound effects. For the build up, Sound Designer Daisuke Sawa used wet tomato bites, wet lip movement and stomach slosh. Bottle squirts and pitched-down mud pot blurps were added. Anyone feel like a snack?
Welcome to the Monster Club	Scene 10	Buster Beaver's Pizza is every family's favorite spot, "where kids make the rules!" You might also remember Buster and his gang as Black Noir's animated friends in Season 3 of The Boys, always keeping him company despite him never saying a word.
Welcome to the Monster Club	Scene 17	A Big Homie with Bacon from Vought-A-Burger is the go-to hangover cure on campus at God U. Wonder if a Mocha Noir shake helps cure weird, unexplained memory loss...
Welcome to the Monster Club	Scene 18	Rankings of the Top 10 students are updated weekly and based on careful analysis of talent and skill, with an emphasis on brand awareness and mentions on social media. That's why Marie was such a unique case for Vought. She was dominating online conversation, but didn't even have an Instagram profile they could capitalize on. It all comes down to likes, comments and shares in the end.
Welcome to the Monster Club	Scene 19	To bring this sequence to life, the storm drain set was built with deep trenches where the puppeteers could hide to manually manipulate the puppets. All of the puppets, with the exception of Sam, had rod controlled arms. Sam had "live" hands. That means the puppeteer's hands were inside the puppet's hands. This allowed the Sam puppet to really grab onto and tear up the guard puppets. Special Effects Coordinator JR Kenny and his team rigged the puppets with small air cannons that would blast out glitter and confetti on cue!
Welcome to the Monster Club	Scene 20	Vought have used trackers to keep an eye on the whereabouts of Supes. Like Marie, Annie - with the help of Frenchie and Hughie - cut hers out in The Boys Season 2, Episode 6.
Welcome to the Monster Club	Scene 25	The Mesmerizer was a hit show in the 90s, starring Mesmer as Lieutenant Howser. While it only ran for three seasons, it became a beloved classic, with fans lining up at conventions just to shake Mesmer's hand and have their thoughts read. That was until Billy Butcher bashed his head in Penn Station's bathrooms in The Boys Season 1, as payback for exposing them to Homelander. RIP, Lieutenant.
Jumanji 	Scene 9 	Mindstorm trapped Butcher in his own memories in The Boys Season 3, Episode 7, and now the God U gang are inside Cate's head as a result of her powers being pushed to the limits.
Jumanji 	Scene 10	It's American icon turned radicalized enemy of the state, Soldier Boy! Well, the version of him Inside Cate's head who isn't stowed away in a secret government facility somewhere after almost destroying Vought Tower in The Boys Season 3.
Jumanji 	Scene 11	Polarity's hit movie "Area 51" is a 90s classic where he was a member of a secret organization that fought aliens. They made 3 sequels: "Area 52," "Area 53," and "Area 51: Reborn." Classic Vought.
Jumanji 	Scene 14	Cate was isolated by her family for nine years, out of fear. She found solace in the stories of Queen Maeve, Soldier Boy and Crimson Countess. Tales of love, freedom, and America ... Shame they were all a load of marketing rubbish.
Jumanji 	Scene 16	Derek Luh and London Thor teamed up to play Jordan Li. They learned all of the lines and choreography for each other's parts so they would understand the whole character, and assure the transitions between them would be seamless.
Jumanji 	Scene 19	Someone tried to make this place less hellish by painting a mural of trees and cuddly woodland animals, but they're chipped and faded now which only makes the place more unsettling.
Sick 	Scene 6 	Presidential candidate Robert Singer and VP running mate Victoria Neuman continue their campaign. Be sure to vote Singer-Neuman 2024, everyone!
Sick 	Scene 8 	In Season 1, Episode 4 of The Boys, Homelander let all 123 people aboard Trans-Oceanic Flight 37 die. He and Maeve would be unable to save them all, which would have harmed his and Vought's image. Shetty's husband, Paul, and daughter, Lily, were on the plane.
Sick 	Scene 10	Grace Mallory! We always love seeing her on our screens. You'll recognize her from The Boys, where she is the CIA operative that the team reports to. No idea who that rage-filled fellow Brit she mentions is.
Sick 	Scene 13	During Polarity's violent seizure, his magnetic powers go on the fritz, causing every metal object in the television studio to become a dangerous projectile.
Sick 	Scene 17	The Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs (FBSA) is a government agency opened by the White House to monitor and investigate Supes. Run by Victoria Neuman, Hughie Campbell worked there in the time between The Boys Season 2 and Season 3, before realizing Neuman was a supe herself.
Sick 	Scene 17	To find out what really happened at the Congressional hearing, watch The Boys Season 2. It's mind-blowing.
Sick 	Scene 19	In The Boys Season 3 finale, Homelander murdered a Starlight supporter in broad daylight for throwing something at his son, Ryan. While his supporters and, of course, Vought defend his actions, the country is fractured because of it.
Sick 	Scene 23	Growing up at Red River isn't the only thing Marie and Neuman share, they have the same powers.
Sick 	Scene 26	If you've watched The Boys Season 2, you're very familiar with Congresswoman Neuman's head popping abilities. Now Dr. Cardosa is as well.
Guardians of Godolkin 	Scene 7 	Welcome to the Supe Hospital inside Vought Tower. You may recognise this area from The Boys Season 3, Episode 7 where A-Train recuperated after his heart transplant from Blue Hawk.
Guardians of Godolkin 	Scene 9 	It's Ashley again, and Also Ashley! Played by Sabrina Saudin, Also Ashley works directly by Ashley Barrett's side in Season 3 of The Boys, offering her boosts of confidence by agreeing with everything she says.
Guardians of Godolkin 	Scene 19	We first learned that frequencies can affect Supes' sensitive hearing in Season 2, Episode 8 of The Boys, when a distant pile of speakers distracted Homelander long enough for Butcher and Becca to rescue Ryan.
Guardians of Godolkin 	Scene 25	Dawn of The Seven is the most expensive film Vought Studios has ever made, between the reshoots, practical use of superheroes in place of VFX, and extensive ADR for Black Noir. Vought has not confirmed the exact budget, but rumors have placed it anywhere between $400-700 million for production alone.
Guardians of Godolkin 	Scene 32	Last time we saw Bourke and Ashley together was when they were, uh, busy in the bathroom in The Boys Season 3, Episode 1 after the "Dawn of The Seven" premiere. Nothing like a red alert crisis to bring lovers together again!
Guardians of Godolkin 	Scene 35	We may just see a pair of floating glasses here, but we've seen Maverick's face before at his father's, Translucent, funeral in Season 2, Episode 1 of The Boys.
Guardians of Godolkin 	Scene 39	It's the only man in the sky himself, Homelander! He's not a God U alum, as he spent most of his childhood in a lab and then went straight to The Seven. But he'll fly in from time-to-time for a photo opp with his statue, or in this case, clean up a huge mess for Ashley.
Guardians of Godolkin 	Scene 40	Meet the new Guardians of Godolkin, Cate and Sam. Still too many syllables...
Guardians of Godolkin 	Scene 44	Oi, oi... what does this mean for The Boys Season 4?
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