5 Times The Boys Directly Made Fun of Marvel & DC
The Boys is one massive satire on the most popular superhero franchises, but these five references were straight-up headshots at Marvel and DC, and they're pretty dark.
5. "Girls Get It Done!"
In Avengers: Endgame, most of the MCU 's female heroes team up for the battle, and that scene was largely laughed at by the fans: those characters were merely a background, with only one of them (Captain Marvel) having her own movie.
The Boys ' female characters are much more fleshed out, but the show couldn't miss the opportunity to taunt Marvel's A-Force failure: for the majority of season 2, you can hear the "Girls Get It Done!" slogan coming from them.
4. Dawn of the Seven
Justice League had to go through some tough times back in the day: with Zach Snyder removed from the project, Joss Whedon overtook it… And everyone hated her version. After a fan campaign, the original director's version was released.
In The Boys, a fictional movie Dawn of the Seven (which references another DC movie, Dawn of Justice), it had the same story: new director Joss released a terrible cut, and then the original director Bourke got to show his version after a campaign.
3. Gross but efficient
Prior to the Avengers: Endgame release, fans came up with a funny theory of taking down Thanos with no extra hassle: it involved Ant-Man shrinking down and, well, sneaking inside of Thanos to then expand, exploding the antagonist in the process.
The Boys made that theory come true but in an even grosser way: Thermite did in fact explode a man from the inside, but he used a different… hole to get into his body. There's up-close footage of the act, too, and let's end the discussion here.
2. O tempora, o mores!
In Marvel, Captain America is a great guy who fights for justice and doesn't discriminate against anyone, but this is thanks to a much-discussed plot hole. Fans have long discussed that he was supposed to carry all the bigotries of the 1940s.
Well, that's why The Boys have Soldier Boy — a character with just the same backstory as Captain America, but he's truly a man of his time: racism, homophobia, and other "pleasant" traits are key to him and this leads to constant freakish remarks.
1. It only takes one step
One of the most iconic DC Comics moments saw Superman saving a girl who was attempting to jump off the building by his sheer compassion and kindness.
It's one of the scenes that are the reason why the Man of Steel is called "the beacon of hope." But The Boys got a Superman of their own, and he's got a different opinion on the matter.
When Homelander found himself in the same situation as the Man of Steel did, he ended up pushing the girl off the edge himself instead of calming her down.