Termite

―Termite to Frenchie[src]

**Termite** is a recurring character in *The Boys*, serving as a cameo character in Season 1 and a minor antagonist in Season 3 of the Amazon series *The Boys.* He was a supe with the power to shrink in size.

## The Boys

### Background

His early life is unknown; however, it can be assumed that much like the rest of the supes working for Vought International, he was injected with Compound V as an infant which in turn, granted him the ability to reduce his size. During his time with Vought, Termite performed as an actor in several romantic comedies and drama films including *Big Crazy Love*, *Big Crazy Love 2*, *Big Heart*, *Pocket Romance*, *Little Hero*, and *Smallest Heart*. He would often throw huge parties with Bryan Singer in Hollywood Hills, California.

### Season One

Termite is seen running through a few cups and diving into a woman's vagina as Hughie Campbell and Billy Butcher walk through the bar filled with Supes.

### *Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman*

During the January airing of Seven on 7, Cameron Coleman announced Termite's new movie, *Pocket Romance* which is available at Vought+.

### Season Three

At a party, to entertain the crowd, Termite shrinks to have sex with a plastic doll, while the crowd watched. Later at the same party, he went into the back room with his love interest, Peter to snort cocaine. He got naked and shrank down while Peter pulled down his pants revealing his penis. Termite then hopped inside Peter's penis to sensitize it and pleasure him. However, when inside, he sneezed and unintentionally blew up Peter, much to his distraught.

Frenchie then ran into the room and saw what happened, believing that Termite murdered Peter intentionally. Termite told him he couldn't leave and attacked him before he could leave. He shrunk and jumped into Frenchie’s pants by his buttocks. The Female then came in and managed to grab him before he bit her hand. Finally, Billy Butcher catches him, in miniature form, in a bag of cocaine and shakes it. Butcher then pours Termite out as the supe begins to overdose. Reluctantly, Butcher lets him live and tells Frenchie to call the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs.

After that, Termite is sent to a Global Wellness Center for rehabilitation.

Mother's Milk and Starlight come across him at Herogasm, where he is seen coming out of a woman's vagina covered in vaginal fluid. He is later caught in an explosion caused by Soldier Boy, leaving him powerless and burned, which prevents him from returning to his original size. He was calling out for help, when Homelander arrives and steps on him, killing him instantly.

### Legacy

Termite's death was believed to have been an overdose. In February 2023, Temite's latest film, *Pocket Romance*, was rereleased for streaming on Vought+ once more in celebration of his legacy. Later on, the rest of his movies would later be available to watch on the streaming service.

## Personality

Like most "heroes", Termite is very irresponsible with the usage of his super powers (such shrinking to perform idiotic stunts and risky sex acts) and psychopathic to some degree, as he was willing to kill Frenchie and Kimiko purely for discovering his manslaughter. However he was devastated when he bisected Peter, but he evidently did not learn his lesson as during Herogasm he is seen emerging from someone's private parts, despite the inherent danger the act entails. He is also a hedonist and bisexual.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Size Reduction**: Termite was able to manipulate his bodily size. He can make himself smaller and return to his original size at will and within a very short period of time. He can shrink himself to the size of a doll and even make himself so small that he can enter a man's penis. Similar to Hughie Campbell, Termite was restricted to the organic matter which made up his own body and was therefore unable to manipulate the size of his clothing, which would often leave him naked. While shrunken, Termite's terminal velocity was quite low, allowing him to survive fatal heights. Additionally, he's able to leap incredibly far.
* **Superhuman Strength**: Termite was shown to exhibit superhuman strength as he was able easily fling around Frenchie and Kimiko with relative ease. His physical strength does not appear to change, regardless of the size of his body.
* **Superhuman Durability**: Termite had superhuman durability, allowing him to withstand any form of damage when returning to his original size. This was demonstrated when Termite was inside his partner and unintentionally reverted back to his original form, blowing his partner up in the process while he remained completely unscathed.

### Abilities

* **Acting**: Termite is the lead actor of Pocket Romance, a romance movie available at Vought+.

## Weaknesses

### Psychological

* **Cocaine Addiction**: Termite is addicted to coke, using the substance can cause him to sneeze and limit his control over his powers. When shrunk, he is more likely to have an overdose as any small amount of cocaine can become huge relative to his size.

### Biological

* **Sneezing**: While sneezing, Termite can lose control over his powers making himself return to his original size.
* **Proportional Potency**: When shrunk, hazardous substances have an increased potency and lethality. Such as Butcher's small bag of cocaine reacted like a "John Belushi amount", causing him to have an overdose.
* **Power Loss:** Following Soldier Boy's attack at Herogasm and his radioactive blast, Termite's powers were neutralized while he was at a small size. Because his powers include size restoration, he was stuck at that scale forever.
* **Limited/Basic Durability:** Termite's enhanced durability was also neutralized at Herogasm, leaving him even more vulnerable at his small scale, as demonstrated when Homelander effortlessly and instantly squished him to death with his foot. It is likely that even if his powers were intact, he could not withstand the pressure, as he expressed fear when Butcher moved to crush him with his hand.

## Relationships

* Peter † - Boyfriend and Accidental Victim
* TNT Twins †
* The Boys
	+ Frenchie - Attempted Victim
	+ The Female
	+ Billy Butcher - Attempted Killer
* Soldier Boy - Unintended Attempted Killer (lost control of his powers)
* Homelander - Killer

## Trivia

* He is a parody of Ant-Man, an insect-themed superhero with size-alteration abilities in Marvel Universe.
	+ Both characters can shrink to incredibly small sizes. Just like Ant-Man, Termite is not limited to one set size whenever he shrinks and can shrink to different sizes.
	+ Whilst Ant-Man requires a suit to shrink and grow, Termite has actual powers bestowed to him by Compound V.
* Termite accidentally killing a man by expanding inside of him and attempting to crawl into Frenchie's anus to do the same thing to him are a homage to a popular Marvel meme, where MCU fans theorized Ant-Man would do this to Thanos in the 2019 film *Avengers: Endgame.* According to series showrunner Eric Kripke in an interview with *Variety*, he credits script writer Craig Rosenberg for the idea during a writer's room meeting.