Timeline (TV Show)

This article covers the in-universe timeline for the television adaptation of *The Boys*, and it's spin off, *Gen V*.

## 1919

* Benjamin, later known as Soldier Boy, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a wealthy father who owned half the steel mills in the state.
* Klara Risinger, later known as Liberty and Stormfront, is born in Berlin, Germany to Adele Risinger.

## 1923

### October

#### 4

* John Charles Carter, later known as Charlton Heston, is born.

## 1933

* Klara Risinger begins attending social gatherings of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) where she met several prominent Nazi officials, including Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Joseph Goebbels.

## 1939

* Adolf Hitler personally appointed Frederick Vought as the chief physician of the Dachau concentration camp, giving him access to human subjects that he used to test his early prototypes of Compound V.

## 1939 to 1940

* Frederick Vought and Klara Risinger meet each other. The two fall in love and get married and had a daughter named Chloe.
* Frederick Vought gave Klara the first successful injection of Compound V, making her the first supe in the world.

## 1940

* Frederick and Klara Vought attended a Berlin State Dinner. In attendance were several prominent Nazi officers, including Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, and Heinrich Himmler.

## 1944

* Frederick Vought loses faith in Germany's ability to win the war and defected to the Allies. By this point, he had already developed a field-tested version of Compound V while his contemporary J. Robert Oppenheimer was still developing the atomic bomb.
* Benjamin enlisted in the United States Army and was able to get himself dosed with Frederick Vought's field-tested version of Compound V by exploiting his father's connections in the military.
* Benjamin becomes Soldier Boy, America's first superhero and the strongest man alive. However, due to how much he was worth to the company, the U.S. government used Soldier Boy mostly for war propaganda and black operations instead of letting him fight the Nazis.

### June

#### 6th-11th

* Operation Overlord
	+ The Allied forces launch the invasion of German-occupied western Europe, landing in Normandy, France.
	+ Soldier Boy's regiment, the 116th Infantry Regiment fought in the Normandy landings, on Omaha Beach, where they suffered heavy casualties. Meanwhile, Soldier Boy is believed to have fought in Normandy with this unit but was actually being used for war propaganda.

### In or Between April 12, 1945, and Before April 28, 1945

* An executive order was drafted by President Harry S. Truman to establish the date April 28 as Soldier Boy Day as a way of honoring his “heroic” efforts during the war. However, Ben intervened and had the day known as National Superhero Day as a way of honoring all superheroes instead.

### April

#### 28

* The first annual National Superhero Day is celebrated.

### Between September 2, 1945 to December 31, 1945

* Following the end of World War II, Frederick Vought establishes Vought-American.
* Klara Risinger establishes herself as Liberty.

## 1950s

* The Church of the Collective is established by Alastair Adana's grandfather as a self-help group. 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".

## 1951

* *The Soldier Boy Story*, a pseudo-biopic about Soldier Boy, is released.

## In or Before 1952

* Soldier Boy and Liberty befriend each other.

## 1952

* Soldier Boy and Liberty established the first-ever Herogasm, an annual orgy sex party for superheroes.

### March

#### 20

* The 24th Academy Awards were held. *The Soldier Boy Story* was nominated for Best Picture but lost to *An American in Paris*. Despite this, Ben got to have anal sex with Jane Wyman in the coat room.

## 1960

* The Red River Institute is established.

## 1961

### July

#### 1

* Diana Frances Spencer, later known as Princess Diana, is born.

## 1963

### April 3 – May 10

* The Birmingham campaign takes place. During this period of civil unrest, Soldier Boy went to Birmingham under the orders of the U.S. government and sprayed a water hose on civil rights activists.

## 1969

* A baby boy, who would grow up to become Gunpowder, is born.

## 1970

### May

#### 4

* A violent incident later known as the Kent State massacre occurs. Soldier Boy travels to Kent State under the orders of the U.S. government and killed several anti-war demonstrators during the shootings. The killings took place during a peace rally opposing the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War in Cambodia by the United States military forces.

## 1971

* Vought-American establishes several charities as fronts to smuggle Compound V to several hospitals across the United States.

## 1972

* During a rainstorm, Liberty unjustifiably stopped Myron Hunter, a black man, and falsely accused him of being involved in a robbery due to racial profiling. Liberty proceeded to violently attack Myron, causing his death in front of his sister, Valerie, who witnessed the murder. Although Valerie urged her parents to take legal action, her family dismissed the idea, thinking it would be pointless. Vought-American, fearing a PR disaster, sent a lawyer to the Hunter family, who offered to compensate them with $2,000 in restitution for their loss. They accepted the money and kept silent about the incident.

## 1975

* Billy Butcher is born in the United Kingdom to Sam and Connie Butcher.

## 1976

### October

#### 8

* *Marathon Man*, produced by The Legend, is released in the United States.

## 1979

* Liberty abruptly left the public eye, presumably in response to the increasing backlash against her openly racist views and ideologies.

## 1980s

* Colombian Black Noir Dark Roast becomes one of the top-selling coffees in the United States. Drug traffickers in South America used the coffee shipments to smuggle cocaine into the States.

## 1980

* Jonah Vogelbaum called Soldier Boy to his lab and asked him to ejaculate his sperm into a cup, claiming that he needs it to study his genetics. Unbeknownst to Soldier Boy, Vogelbaum would use his sperm to create the first-ever artificially created superhuman baby, intended to surpass Soldier Boy.
* A baby boy, who would grow up to become Translucent, is born. The infant is given Compound V, giving him carbon skin that bends light allowing him to turn invisible at will.

### March

#### 3

* *That's Incredible!* debuts its first episode.

## 1981

* Jitter Bean is established.
* William J. Casey becomes the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

### Spring

* An artificially conceived boy, born from the sperm of Soldier Boy, America's first and most renowned superhero, as well as an unknown egg donor, is brought into the world. The newly born boy is given the name "John."

## 1982

* Tony Cicero’s Family Restaurant is established.
* *Ghosts of Hanoi*, starring Soldier Boy, is released.

### June

#### 25

* *Blade Runner*, featuring the fictional Tyrell Corporation, is released.

### July

#### 12

* In Queens, New York, Soldier Boy, and Swatto assaulted a homeless man in a park. The homeless man wanted to press charges against the two, but then mysteriously vanished.

## 1983

* *Red Thunder* is released, starring Soldier Boy and his team, Payback.
* Soldier Boy attended the premiere of *Red Thunder* along with his sidekick, Gunpowder, and his girlfriend, Crimson Countess.
* *Red Thunder II* is released.
* Black Noir tried to step into the limelight by auditioning for the film *Beverly Hills Cop*, but Soldier Boy's interference led to his losing the role to Eddie Murphy. Upon discovering this, Earving confronted Soldier Boy, causing a physical altercation during which Soldier Boy viciously beat Earving, despite the vocal protests of the rest of Payback. The incident further fueled the team's resentment towards Soldier Boy, who had declared that he would be the only star on the team.

### April

#### 15

* *Flashdance*, featuring the original song ‘’Maniac’’, is released.

### August

#### 9

* Gunpowder sent a confidential complaint to Vought-American’s Human Resources department, alleging a persistent and relentless pattern of "Soldier Boy's habitual abuse." Along with the complaint, Gunpowder requested to be transferred from Payback to another superhero team.

## 1984

* Soldier Boy filmed an anti-drug ad that was approved by the Vought Ad Council. In the PSA, he warned people against taking drugs, claiming that "Anyone who takes drugs is a loser." However, he had several complications on set due to his spoiled attitude and quick temper and remarked on his hypocrisy in making an anti-drug video even though he himself was an addict.
* Marilyn McCoo hosted an episode of *Solid Gold* featuring Kim Carnes, the Oak Ridge Boys, Wayland Flowers and Madame, the Solid Gold Dancers, and a special guest appearance by Soldier Boy. In the episode, Soldier Boy performed a rendition of Blondie's "Rapture".
* The members of Payback take a group photo before leaving for Nicaragua.
* Operation Charly
	+ Vought-American assigned Payback to Nicaragua to support the CIA in their illegal drug trade, which was all part of Operation Charly. This was a test to see if supes could be successfully integrated into military operations. Black Noir, who had grown tired of Soldier Boy's abusive behavior, secretly met with Stan Edgar with the intention of removing Soldier Boy from the equation. The two men agreed to his request, since they already had a replacement lined up. Noir then informed Mindstorm, Crimson Countess, and the TNT Twins of his plan to betray Soldier Boy and get rid of him by handing him over to the Russians. However, he refrained from involving Gunpowder and Swatto due to their unwavering loyalty to Soldier Boy. Russians and Sandinistas attacked the camp, with Claudio and Swatto losing their lives in the ensuing chaos. Mindstorm used his abilities to create a distraction that left Soldier Boy vulnerable to Countess's sleep gas, allowing the Russians to capture him.

* To hide their involvement in Soldier Boy’s capture, Payback claimed that he was killed by a super weapon used by the Russians. To cover their involvement in Soldier Boy’s “death”, Vought fabricated a cover story being that he heroically sacrificed his own life to save America from a nuclear power plant meltdown in Ohio.
* Following his capture by the Russians in Nicaragua, Soldier Boy was posthumously awarded a Vrammy for Best Special Guest Performance.

### December

#### 5

* *Beverly Hills Cop*, starring Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley, and produced by Don Simpson, is released.

## 1985

### March

#### 1

* Kevin Moskowitz, later known as The Deep, is born. The Deep's parents arranged to have him injected with Compound V.

## 1986

* *Mental Magic with Mindstorm*, starring Mindstorm, debuts its first episode at a hotel casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
* During a secluded walkabout in Barstow, California, Mindstorm encountered a meth lab belonging to a motorcycle gang. They attempted to kill him, but before they could have the chance, Mindstorm used his powers to entrap all sixteen of them into a coma. The motorcycle gang died of terminal dehydration in the desert sun while trapped in an endless series of nightmares.

### January

#### 24

* While under Russian control, Soldier Boy was recorded and experimented on by Russian scientists, who state that the subject has extremely durable skin, including internally, and that he continues to exhibit high amounts of radiation. A scientist prepares to see if the same applies to his cornea, raising a blade up to his eye; however, Ben escapes his restraints and kills the scientist. Attempting to escape, Soldier Boy, runs for the door, but he is immediately knocked unconscious when the Russians flood the room with Novichok.

### March

#### 26

* Maggie Shaw, later known as Queen Maeve, is born. Maggie’s father had her injected with Compound V, and the money he received from exploiting his daughter fueled his gambling habit.

## 1987

* *Whiskey Sunrise*, starring Crimson Countess and produced by The Legend, is released.

### January

#### 14

* Reggie Franklin, later known as A-Train, is born. Reggie’s parents arranged to have him injected with Compound V.

## 1990s

* *The Mesmerizer*, starring Mesmer, airs its first episode. The series lasted for three seasons.

## 1990

* Soldier Boy was recorded and experimented on by the Russians again. They fired an AK-47 into his mouth and burned him with a torch, all of which failed to damage him.

## 1992

### April

#### 24

* Hugh Campbell Jr. is born as the first and only child of Hugh Campbell Sr. and an unnamed woman.

## 1993

* Translucent reads from the Torah on his bar mitzvah while invisible.

## 1994

* Kevin Moskowitz discovered his abilities when he walked by the pet store in the mall and suddenly found himself able to understand the desperate pleas for their lives from the goldfish swimming inside. His mother reassured him that these newfound powers were a natural gift he had possessed from birth.

### March

#### 16

* John had a mother-like figure, but he killed her when he accidentally hugged her too tight, breaking her spine. Prior to her death, he had already caused similar incidents to countless other female tutors, a behavior that was usually motivated by indignation, but this time by isolation-induced depression.

## 1995

### April

#### 21

* Matthew Culbert, later known as Gecko, is born.

## 1995-1996

* Annie January, later known as Starlight, is born in Des Moines, Iowa as the only child of Donna January and an unnamed man. Desiring for their child to be special, Annie's parents decided to take Vought's offer to inject her with Compound V and be turned into a supe.

## 1997

### August

#### 19

* Oh-Father was publicly accused of sexually assaulting children, and the allegations were serious enough to be reported in local newspapers.

## 1998

### October

#### 7th

* *Charmed*, starring Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan, debuts its first episode.

## 1999

* John becomes the newest member of The Seven and is presented by Stan Edgar and Madelyn Stillwell to the public as "The Homelander". Following his introduction, Black Noir came onto the stage and immediately stole John's spotlight, much to his and Stillwell's anger. Following this, Stillwell convinced John not to let Black Noir upstage him, and to simply go by "Homelander", minus the "The".
* Homelander and Black Noir team up on their first mission; stopping a group of terrorists called the Chemical Liberation Front who have taken hostages at a chemical plant. Refusing to wait for Black Noir, Homelander immediately went inside and subdued two of the terrorists, breaking one of their noses in the process. He then confronted the rest. When they refused to back down, Homelander twisted their guns. However, one of the terrorists still held a hostage at gunpoint, despite the gun not working anymore. Homelander, horribly underestimating his abilities, used his heat vision to heat up the gun, causing it to explode, killing the hostage and destroying the man's hand. When the man's associate started screaming at him, he lost his mind and clamped his hand over her mouth, accidentally ripping out her jaw. This leads the hostages screaming at him and calling him a monster, resulting in him killing everybody in a fit of rage, leaving only one hostage still alive. Black Noir then appeared in the doorway. Thinking that he will rat him out to Vought, Homelander attempted to kill Black Noir with his heat vision, accidentally bringing down the entire plant. After pulling himself out of the rubble, Homelander saw the hostage crawl out of the wreckage and towards a still-alive Black Noir. To Homelander's surprise, however, Noir coldly snapped the woman's neck while comforting her. Noir then helped Homelander come up with an excuse to cover up the failure of the mission. This event led to a mutual respect and respect eventual genuine friendship between the two. However, Homelander's lack of control deeply hardened him and possibly added to his already unstable mind.

## 2001

* Planet Vought is established by Vought International.

## 2005

* Annie January participates in Vought International’s Little Miss Hero Pageant.

## 2009

* Barbara is employed at Vought International as the head of Crime Analytics.

## 2011

* The Deep heard that a porno based on him was in the works and decided that he wanted to star in it as himself. Madelyn Stillwell, however, talked him out of it.
* *Deep Does It in the Blowhole* is released.
* Vought International hosted a Christmas party at Vought Tower.
* A few days after the party, Becca met with Homelander in a private room where he raped her. After that night, Becca was troubled on how to handle the situation.

## 2011 or 2012

* Frenchie and Malchemical engaged in a conflict with each other, leaving the latter defeated by the former.
* One month after defeating Malchemical, Frenchie engaged in a conflict with Cold Snap, leaving the latter defeated by the former.

## 2012

### January

#### 24

* Becca Butcher disappeared without a trace. Months following her disappearance, she was assumed dead by her family.

### After January 24, 2012

* Becca Butcher went to Vought for help and confirmed she was pregnant with Homelander's child. Madelyn Stillwell and Jonah Vogelbaum oversaw the procedure. Vought made her sign a form of discrepancy where she couldn't tell anyone about the procedure, not even her husband.
* Grace Mallory visited William Butcher and sparked within him a desire for vengeance against superheroes, by providing him with the knowledge that Homelander had raped his wife Becca and that Vought International was involved with her disappearance. She worked with Butcher, and together they founded the Boys, which operated for an undetermined amount of time, between 2012 and 2015.
* At his apartment in Chelsea, New York, Frenchie (two months after defeating Cold Snap, and three months after defeating Malchemical), Cherie, and Jay spend time doing drugs, smoking, and laughing together about *The Golden Girls*. Frenchie then asked the two if they want to go rob a bank.
* Frenchie, Cherie, and Jay attempt to rob a bank, but they run into Behemoth, a supe whose powers are activated by rage. Frenchie subdues the raging supe by using weaponized Xanax. His victory is short-lived, and he and his friends are arrested.
* While waiting in the interrogation room, Frenchie is visited by Grace Mallory. Mallory was impressed by Frenchie’s ingenuity in creating weapons that can counter a Supe's powers so she offered him a choice: He can either rot for 25 years in prison or come work for her. Frenchie wasn't convinced and refused the offer. Mallory then proposed a new offer, she would send his friends (Cherie and Jay) to ADX Florence, a maximum-security prison, if he didn't reconsider. Frenchie assumed it was a bluff, but Mallory assured him it wasn't. As Grace prepared to leave the room, Frenchie stopped her and questioned what kind of work they would be doing.

### September

* After a grueling and messy process, Becca Butcher successfully delivered the baby, who she named Ryan.
* After giving birth, Vought placed Becca and Ryan in a secret facility run by Dr. Park.

## 2014

* Nubian Prince stops a staged bank robbery being committed by Groundhawk. The pair fight until Nubia, Queen of Thunder, shows up and works with Nubian to defeat Groundhawk. This was the start of the pair’s whirlwind romance.
* Nubian Prince and Nubia get married.
* Maya Nubian is born to Nubian Prince and Nubia.

## 2015

* Mother's Milk decides to propose to his girlfriend Monique.
* Mother's Milk shows off his engagement ring to his teammates, much to the team’s delight.
* The Boys attended a meeting with Lamplighter, where they blackmailed the hero. To prevent his reputation from being ruined, Lamplighter was coerced into becoming a spy for the Boys.
* After the Lamplighter incident, Grace Mallory would disband the Boys.
* After leaving the CIA, Marvin Milk would eventually get married to Monique and focused on raising their daughter, Janine. To make a living, he would get a job as a Juvenile Detention Center Counselor.
* A-Train graduates from Godolkin University and, upon graduating, is drafted into The Seven, replacing Mister Marathon.
* Marie Moreau's powers manifested during her first period. Unable to control her powers, Marie accidentally killed both of her parents, leaving herself and her sister, Annabeth, the only survivors of the accident. As a result of this, Marie would be separated from her sister and relocated to the Red River Institute.

## 2016

* Because of his criminal history and frequent drug use, Mesmer lost custody of his daughter, Cleo. Though he wanted to reunite with Cleo, he became more focused on trying to regain his fame, and only made his living by going to conventions to sign DVD copies of *The Mesmerizer*.

## 2017

* *Inner Lights Out: Escaping the Church of the Collective*, a documentary exposing the beliefs and practices of the Church of the Collective, is released.

## 2019

* *Translucent: Invisible Force 2*, starring Translucent, is released.
* *G-Men: World War*, starring the G-Men, is released.
* *Queen Maeve: Her Majesty*, starring Queen Maeve, is released.
* *Rising Tide*, starring The Deep, is released.
* *Black Noir: Insurrection*, starring Black Noir, is released.

### Mid-2019

* Crash of Transoceanic Flight 37
	+ Transoceanic Flight 37 from Paris to Chicago was hijacked mid-air by three terrorists over the Atlantic Ocean. In response to this, Vought sent Homelander and Queen Maeve to take care of the situation and save the hostages. Vought used this as an effort to convince the public and the U.S. Government that supes are needed in the military.
	+ Homelander and Queen Maeve broke into the plane and successfully killed the hijackers until they went inside the cockpit. One hijacker was still alive holding the pilot at the gunpoint, the co-pilot was killed. Homelander killed the hijacker with his laser eyes in the process also destroying the plane's cockpit.
	+ Since the plane's flight systems were destroyed and neither of them knew how to fly a plane, Queen Maeve suggested that Homelander lifts the plane, but Homelander said that he can't since there is nothing to push the plane against. He decided to flee the plane, but Queen Maeve was unwilling, she pleaded to Homelander that he should at least save a mother and her daughter, but he refused because he believed the kids will rat them out, so he gave her an ultimatum, either flee with him or die with them. Queen Maeve reluctantly decided to leave them on the plane to die and fled with Homelander.

* After the incident, Homelander told the news that the plane had already fallen when they arrived and they didn't make it in time, because they wasted time trying to get the necessary authorization from the authorities. He then promises that if the government allows superheroes to join the military, such incidents will never happen again. With this speech, Homelander gains massive support from the public, possibly more than he and Maeve would have gotten if they had been successful.
* 2019 Believe Expo is held.

## 2020

* The Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs is established.

## 2021

### September

* The grand opening of Vought A Burger in Logan, Utah was held, with Homelander as the guest of honor.

### November

* Gunpowder establishes the Junior Shooting Program in partnership with the Vought Rifle Association.
* On a telecast of Vought News Network's *Seven on 7*, a Gunpowder was reported by Cameron Coleman, focusing on his new Junior Shooting Program that was developed in partnership with the Vought Rifle Association.
* Homelander is named the "Sexiest Hero Alive" by *V-PLE*.

## 2022

* The events of season three of *The Boys* take place.
* *Not Without My Dolphin*, starring the Deep and Billy Zane, is released.

### January

#### 7th

* On the last segment of *Seven on 7*, Cameron Coleman announced that the show would be coming to an end, as he told viewers and fans that his new show, *The Cameron Coleman Hour* would be coming soon exclusively to VNN.

#### **22nd**

* Marie Moreau is accepted into Godolkin University.

### July

#### 4

* Stormfront commits suicide after biting off her tongue, causing her to drown in her own blood.
* The news of Stormfront’s death is announced on live television.
* Homelander sees the news of Stormfront’s suicide and is distraught that she killed herself on his birthday. Enraged, he forces Chelsea, the woman he was supposed to save, to commit suicide shortly after hearing the news.
* After Homelander sees Stormfront’s body carried off, he lies down in her blood-stained bed.
* Assassination of Gunpowder
	+ Billy Butcher confronts Gunpowder a second time, now empowered by V24. Gunpowder doesn't hesitate to shoot Butcher three times in the chest and drop the latter to the ground. Butcher then recovers quickly and begins to beat Gunpowder until he reveals information about Soldier Boy. Gunpowder downplays his abuse as out-of-control "hazing" and confirms Soldier Boy's death at the nuclear power plant was staged. He also claims he doesn't know the full details, but he directs Butcher to question Grace Mallory since the CIA was in charge when that happened, and she might know information about it. Gunpowder pleads for his life, but Butcher refuses to spare the supe and repeatedly beats his face while the former loses consciousness. Butcher keeps going until his heat-vision activates and he bisects Gunpowder's head and his car.

### August

#### 26th

* Our Sheet promotes their next line of products, "Mickey's Kicks", shoes made by kids for kids for the back-to-school season.

### September

#### 9th

* Vought International announced that Godolkin University’s student union and dorm rooms will be redesigned via generous contributions from donors.

#### 19th

* Citizens United for National Togetherness awards Todd the Lifetime Achievement award for his unwavering support for Vought International and Homelander.

#### 23rd

* *Dawn of the Seven* is rereleased back into theaters. First as a 4:3 black and white version, then an enhanced 3D version, and then finally "The Fun Cut" with 2 hours of additional material along with the addition of The Deep.

### October

#### 1st

* On Soy Sauce Day 2022, Kirei Shoyu announced that their soy sauce has returned in bulk stock, thanks to The Deep personally escorting a cargo shipment across the ocean.

#### 8th

* On World Octopus Day, The Deep hosted an announcement video inside Vought Tower, announcing the establishment of the Timothy Foundation, an initiative sponsored by Vought International dedicated to cleaning the world's oceans and making them safer for its undersea mollusks.
* On World Octopus Day, Vought A Burger announced that they will be serving up Octo-Pies.

### December

#### 7th

* A-Train hosted an announcement video inside Vought Tower, announcing the 2022 Voughtify Recapped, celebrating the top five songs of the year, with the top three all being A-Train originals.

#### 15th

* Vought International announced that VoughtCoin can be used to purchase digital collectible cards of Homelander.

#### 25th to 27th

* Vought++ announces an exclusive 72-hour marathon of *The War on Christmas* starring Black Noir in celebration of Christmas.

### February

#### 1st

* Classified documents containing proprietary trade secrets were found casually lying around Stan Edgar's vacation home in the Bahamas. This allegation is reported by Vought News Network.

### March

#### 8th

* On International Women's Day, Vought International proudly announces that 7% of the company's staff as being female.

### April

#### 24th

* Cameron Coleman signs a multi-million, two-decade extension with Vought News Network.

### June

#### 15th

* Homelander stands trial for the murder of the Starlight supporter.

### July

#### 10th

* A press conference from last year featuring Black Noir announces his, as well as Homelander's and Starlight's, upcoming appearances in the fourth batch of post-launch content for *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II*.

## 2024

* The events of season four of *The Boys* take place.