The Boys Reveals The Sad Origin Of Homelander’s Catchphrase
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for The Boys season 3's finale
He might be a despicable, irredeemable villain, but The Boys confirms Homelander's classic catchphrase has a much sadder origin than you'd expect. Until his very public birthday meltdown in The Boys season 3, Homelander's was adored as a humble bastion of morality, his public reputation immaculate. As part of Homelander's presentation package, Vought devised a patriotic all-American persona with red, white and blue costume to match. The Boys also gives him an appropriately family-friendly catchphrase: "YOU guys are the real heroes."
At no point did The Boys bother hiding the many similarities between Homelander and Soldier Boy. And yet, somehow, the revelation that Vought's World War II legend actuallyfathered Homelander still landed as a huge surprise. Not only was Homelander Vought's spiritual successor to Soldier Boy, he was the actual successor to Soldier Boy, inheriting much more than just a nauseatingly patriotic theme and some lucrative sponsorship deals.
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The Boys season 3's finale proves exactly where Homelander's corny catchphrase came from. Finally knowing his biological roots, Homelander flicks through archive footage of his father in "The Instant White-Hot Wild," finding an old reel from Soldier Boy's «liberation» of Nazi prisoners. With the camera square on him, Soldier Boy plays modest, dropping the line, "These boys here, they're the real heroes." Viewers can probably assume Soldier Boy didn't invent this signature line on his own merit. The Payback leader was too deep in bennies and mature women to be coming up with anything by himself. We can, therefore, assume Vought concocted
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