10 boys characters that change the most from beginning to end

Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson The boys Ran from 2006-2012, with a huge character list and a plot full of changing motivations and betrayals. Because of this, it’s no surprise that many characters end up significantly different from where they started.

From the boys themselves to the seven, each character went through some pretty horrific events throughout the story of The boys. The weak characters finally reveal how strong they really are, and some strong characters are brought lower than anyone thought possible. At the end of the comic, few characters are left standing, and These are the top 10 characters that have undergone the most changes Before the story finally found its end.

10

Robert Vernon, aka Tech Knight

He showed some soups are true heroes

There are tons of heroes in The boys universe that are based on well-known Marvel and DC superheroes and there is no doubt that Tek Knight is based on both Batman and Iron Man. This actually made him unique The boys‘ comic continuity as the only known ‘supe’ who doesn’t actually have powers, instead using an armored flight suit. Maybe because of the difference, Tek Knight is also one of the few Supes who turns out to be an actual hero.

Tek Knight starts out as the average supe, indulging in all kinds of debauchery as a member of Payback (The boys‘ version of The Avengers.) Tek Knight’s story involves him developing a brain tumor that causes his sexual urges to grow out of control. This ultimately leads to a fantasy where Tek Knight is able to save the Earth from an approaching meteor that threatens the planet. In fact, Tech Knight was killed by a wheelbarrow that fell from a building, but he still died pushing a young mother and her baby to safety. Tek Knight starts out as a playboy supe, but he actually sacrifices himself to save an innocent (Albeit while fantasizing an even grander victory.)

9

Vasily “Vas” Vorishikin, aka Love Sausage

He started as a joke but was much smarter than people thought

Of all the soups the boys encounter, Love Sausage is by far the most likable. Unlike the Seven, he is not a corporate superhero, but instead someone who truly tried to make the world a better place as a member of the Russian group’s Glorious Five Year Plan. He loved fighting crime with his powers of enhanced strength and weapons, and he was a great ally to the boys when their mission pitted them against the criminal underworld of Russia.

His early appearances mostly portrayed Love Sausage as a lovable goofball. Between the ridiculous things he says and the reason for his name, it was easy to not agree with him. Surprisingly, it turned out that not only love sausage was one of the purest soups in the world, but also one of the smartest. Love Sausage was one of the first characters to realize the genocidal plan that Billy Butcher was on the verge of executing, and it was only thanks to his investigation that Yuji was able to keep his former friend.

Unfortunately, Butcher suspects that Love Sausage knows what he is trying to do, and he ends up killing the hero rather than let the news get out. Love Sausage is introduced as a joke character, but he is eventually revealed to be a tragic hero who foils Butcher’s plans.

8

Queen Meow

Queen Maeve was slowly learning how to care again

Queen Maeve was by far one of the strongest characters in The boys universe, really second only to Homelander and Black Noir. Her story involved her learning how to care again after being broken down for so long. Maeve was one of the first members of the Seven and learned very quickly that they were not here to make the world a better place. She spends the Vast Most of the comic is self-medicating with booze and drugs, and refusing to care about anything her fellow Supes get up to. Maeve’s attitude is a result of her abuse by Homelander, but also the Seven’s disastrous mission on 9/11.

Her attitude changes slowly after she meets Starlight. Maeve sees herself in Starlight when she still believed that being a hero meant something, and she stands up for Starlight at several points in the comic. When Homelander finally begins his plan to take over the United States, it is Maeve who fights Homelander, buying Starlight enough time to escape. Queen Maeve is introduced as a cynical, amoral celebrity, but ends up sacrificing herself as a true hero.

7

Annie January, aka Starlight

From a bright “hero” to a self-possessed unbeliever

Starlight truly believed that being a superhero and being in the Seven meant something. She thought the seven were the greatest heroes on earth and that being on the team meant she could make a difference in the world – partly because her parents raised her to believe becoming a superhero was all that mattered. She was proven wrong when the first thing that happened after she joined the Seven was being attacked by her fellow teammates.

It takes Annie a long time to come to terms with this, and her view of the world slowly starts to shift. She goes from a naive fan-girl, to one who no longer believes in heroes or even in God. Although this seems like a dark development for Starlight, it ultimately makes her a stronger person. In the world of The boysThe innocent and naive are often used by those in control, like Vogt. Starlight starts out as a starry-eyed believer in the Supe lie, and ends up a stronger, wiser man happy to live out of the spotlight.

6

French and the female

While they seem to be monsters, they are the heart of the comic

French and the female (known as Kimiko in the TV show) are introduced as the two most brutal members of the boys team. The female was a character who absolutely loved violenceSo much so that when she wasn’t working for Butcher, she was working for the local mob just to have more people to kill. Francie’s first appearance in the comic has him savagely beating two men in a bar before being recruited by Butcher.

The story goes out of its way to show how absurdly violent they are, but it also reveals their deep pain and desire to help each other as found family. Over time, the two became the core of the team, with Franchi forming a father-daughter relationship with the female. It was a legitimately touching and sweet relationship, and despite their ridiculously violent tendencies, the two of them really bring out the best in each other… at least until Butcher bombs the Boys’ base, killing them for one last moment of connection French and the female were introduced as butcher’s attack dogs, but ended up The boys Most tragic and sympathetic character.

5

James Stilwell

The Boys’ Real Villain Gets His Comeupance (Eventually)

James Stillwell essentially functions as the avatar of Vought – a corporation made meat. He is completely and utterly cold and calculating, existing only to serve the interests of the company. He is one of the few characters in The boys Who is not afraid of Homelander at all, leading the Homelander to declare him as the only other superhuman in the world. Throughout the story, Stillwell is the face of the company, only occasionally stepping out of the shadows to make decisive moves like massacring the entire G-Men team once they threaten to harm Vogt’s reputation. It could even be argued that he was the ultimate villain all along.

Even when faced with a murderous homelander, Stillwell never cracks. But at the end of the story, Stillwell finally shows emotion when he realizes that supes are an inherently bad product—a fatal flaw that Vogt can never fix—which causes him to break down. He is next seen in The boys‘ Epilogue series Dear Becky, where he lives on a pineapple plantation after a breakdown that ended his corporate life. James Stillwell goes from being The boys‘ Most composed, self-possessed villain to be unable to hurt anyone ever again.

4

Homelander

From vapid fame to genocidal tyrant

Homelander in the comics starts out as a petulant teenager whose terrible actions are all the result of impulsive, selfish decisions. He’s essentially a slow celebrity who knows he can get away with anything as long as he doesn’t make waves with Vogt, and spends most of his time enjoying his wealth and fame. On 9/11, he and the seven even tried to save people, although Homelander’s lack of experience caused him to panic and cause the disastrous destruction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Throughout the comics though, Homelander has transformed from a celebrity to someone with dreams of taking over America. Due to Black Noir’s manipulations, Homelander believes he is blackmailing and committing gruesome murders. Believing that he is already a murderer, he begins to test whether he is truly worthy of terrible deeds, committing darker and darker atrocities, and he also begins to shoot under Vogt’s control.

His gaslighting by Black Noir ends with his poorly planned attempt to seize the White House, and his subsequent assassination by the team that plotted against him from the beginning. Homelander begins as a sad celebrity and ends his life as a brutal assassin trying to stage a coup on the White House.

3

Black noir

From silent background character to main villain

The Seven has a lot of different members, but the most often overlooked in the comics is Black Noir. While all the other characters have a defined personality or a specific role in someone’s story, Black Noir is a blank one. He never speaks, and he simply follows Humlander around, almost like a personal body. Fans initially took this as a parody of DC’s Batman, with Black Noir being so mysterious and brooding, he barely had a personality. But, just what the story wanted them to think…

Ultimately, it is revealed that Black Noir is a clone of Homelander, created to kill him if he ever turns on Vogt. His misdeeds include the rape of Butcher’s wife, and he quickly dispatches Homelander before being killed in turn by Butcher. Black Noir started out as a boring background character, but later revealed himself to be the horrifying villain of the entire saga.

2

Billy Butcher

From mentor to maniac

throughout The boysNo character gets more screen time than Billy Butcher. He is one of the main protagonists of the comic and acts as a mentor and big brother to Yuji. Butcher is constantly leading his team in combat against the Supes and Vogt, as well as doing his best to look out for teammates. Although he is inarguably brutal, he has some surprisingly deep feelings to share about love, and he is committed to keeping Yuji safe in a dangerous world.

Butcher was a pretty decent leader and really seemed to care for Yuji, which is why his reveal was The boys Final antagonist was so surprising. Instead of killing Black Noir and retiring, satisfied with his revenge, Butcher goes on a genocidal rampage, killing nearly all of his friends as he enacts a plan to kill off every Supe on Earth. Butcher went from a cool anti-hero with understandable motivations to an outright monster (though the point of The boys is that these two aspects of his personality are not so easily disentangled.) Butcher starts off as the cool, capable leader of The boysBut ends up killing the team as he embraces his darkest impulses.

1

Hugh “Like Hughie” Campbell

Hughie finally finds his strength

of all the letters in The boysYugi is the one who has changed by far the most. Hughie started out as a gullible coward whose wild theories about aliens and government cover-ups never came close to touching the true secrets of the world he lives in. of pursuing revenge. But after meeting Butcher and joining the boys, Yuji slowly becomes a much stronger character.

With Butcher’s help, Hughie eventually murders A-Ban, causing the death of his girlfriend, and he manages to help bring down the Seven. Even more impressive, he realized Butcher’s terrible plans and was the only one left to stop him. After Butcher’s death, Yuji became the new leader of the Boys, watching over the superhero community and Vogt. in Dear BeckyHe finally marries Starlight, having realized what he wants from life by putting his confused feelings about Butcher to rest. Hughie begins as cowardly comic relief, but his experiences bring his strength to the surface and expose his unshakable moral core.

The boys Revels in its ultra-violence and crude humor, but the story really cares about its characters, exposing them to immense hardships that ultimately reveal the core of who they are.