The Boys’ Ant-Man gag involved building an 11-foot-tall penis and was inspired by the ‘Thanus’ meme
Gore in superhero movies and television is nigh inescapable these days. Prime Video’s The Boys has undoubtedly been a trendsetter since its 2019 premiere, followed by other recent examples like James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, the animated series Invincible, and Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, each offering their own version of blood and guts in a superhero story.
The third season of The Boys, which premiered with its first three episodes on Prime Video Friday, takes this to new heights with an extended and extremely X-rated gag featuring an Ant-Man-type character named Termite.
[Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for The Boys season 3 episode 1.]
In the first episode of the new season, Frenchie (Tomer Kapon) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) are hunting down a superhero named Termite. He is able to shrink down to a miniscule size, much like Marvel’s Ant-Man.
When we meet Termite, he is the life of the party — the guests are all watching him simulate sex with a doll in a dollhouse. Soon after, he retreats to a private room with a romantic partner. The pair snort lines of cocaine together, and then, on request, Termite shrinks down and jumps into his romantic partner’s penis, like a spelunker walking into a gigantic phallic cave. When inside, he touches the walls of this “cave” playfully, to stimulate his partner.
Unfortunately, Termite (who, it must be repeated, has been doing a ton of cocaine) sneezes while inside the penis, accidentally reverting to human size and exploding his partner’s bottom half in the process. In a show with plenty of “They did what?!?!” gags, it is a standout in the department of sex and guts.
How much of an inspiration for the gag was the MCU’s Ant-Man? A
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