Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy Debut Is A Major Dean Winchester Easter Egg
Caution: spoilers ahead for The Boys season 3, episode 3
Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy introduction in The Boys season 3 drops a perfect nod to Supernatural's Dean Winchester. For 15 seasons, Jensen Ackles was the scourge of paranormal monsters and pastry-based desserts alike as Dean Winchester, but when the brotherly bloodshed came to an end in 2020, he quickly landed an exciting gig on The Boys, reuniting with Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, who currently serves as Amazon's ringmaster for all things supe-related.
Ackles plays Soldier Boy — a Vought legend who found fame during World War II but vanished in the 1980s under mysterious circumstances. Soldier Boy appears throughout The Boys season 3's opening two episodes through old photographs and corny archive footage, but makes his onscreen debut proper in episode 3 («Barbary Coast») when Grace Mallory recounts the devastating Payback incident in Nicaragua. Mallory remembers Soldier Boy and his calamitous crew arriving at the camp in a grand, over-the-top entrance, immediately whipping her troops into a frenzy like a violent version of The Beatles. Soldier Boy, of course, makes an almighty splash as the man of the hour.
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The pomp and bombast of Soldier Boy's entrance fits perfectly with Vought's culture in The Boys, but for Supernatural fans, it's also a massive Easter egg and a homage to Jensen Ackles' iconic role as Dean Winchester. The very first time Soldier Boy appears, he's holding a grenade launcher being loaded by loyal sidekick, Gunpowder. The grenade launcher — or rather lack of one — was a recurring motif for Dean Winchester in Supernatural. Sam and Dean carried a small arsenal in the
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