The Boys just found a way to become even more irreverent and disrespectful towards pop culture and that's what gives the series its strength. It's certainly not afraid to turn the tables around and show people what would happen if their favorite superheroes were given a more realistic context. The Boys does this through parodies of existing superheroes.

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It seems they have no shortage of ammunition for such an endeavor. As each new season passes, they keep finding ways to make more depraved, perverted, and problematic versions of some of the most popular superheroes. It's their clever way of saying they're fed up with fed up with superhero saturation.

8 Black Noir Is A Superpowered Batman

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The Seven is mostly a parody of the most popular members of the Justice League and Batman just happens to be one of those. He gets his own cheeky villain parody through Black Noir, a silent superhuman ninja who's most certainly made to be an angsty version of the bat.

The funny thing is, even Black Noir fails at this, as later seasons have revealed a certain embarrassing weakness as well as his own goofiness. In a way, this also somewhat mirrors Batman's angst going out of style. He's literally a privileged guy dressed as a bat, much like how Black Noir is a pretend ninja who beats up and kills poorer people.

7 Homelander Is A Sociopathic Superman

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There have been many alternate Supermen who were explorations for what the superhero could have been if he wasn't raised the old-fashioned American farmer way. However, Homelander is poised to take the cake as he has become what Batman feared Superman would become.

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He's a superpowered man-child with parental issues, and his typical tantrums involve lasering people in half. On top of that, he also easily became a poster boy for racism and elitism, something that Superman kept trying to avoid in his own comic books. Homelander easily went to the extreme end of the Superman morality spectrum.

6 The Deep Is What Everyone Thinks Of Pre-Jason Momoa Aquaman

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Before Jason Momoa reinvented the role, Aquaman was the biggest joke among superheroes. There were more awkward and ridiculous guys and gals, but Aquaman was the superhero whose primary powers involved talking to fish. The Boys cranks this cruel joke to 11 with The Deep.

It works wonderfully since The Deep can hear the thoughts and emotions of his nautical friends. Relationships with marine life have a deep impact on him, so much so that he doesn't consume seafood anymore. This caricature for Aquaman ironically makes more sense; the real Aquaman would have waged countless wars against humanity if only he was more sympathetic toward marine life like The Deep.

5 Soldier Boy Is Both Captain America And Winter Soldier But immoral

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Of course, the most recent parody from The Boys is by far one of the most clever as it not only poked at one big character but also his nemesis. Soldier Boy is an immoral, drunk, and lecherous Captain America. At the same time, he's also the Winter Soldier after the Russians nabbed him and turned him into a different kind of weapon.

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Like Captain America, Soldier Boy also supposedly fought in many of the wars waged by the US (whether hot or cold). The difference is, Soldier Boy explores what Captain America's writers tried to actively avoid with the character. Because in reality, the CIA and the military would have squeezed every ounce of usefulness from Soldier Boy and his supposed participation in Korea, Vietnam, and eventually the USA's proxy war with the Soviets.

4 Queen Maeve Is A Depressed Wonder Woman

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On another note, Queen Maeve is more than just a depressed and suicidal version of Wonder Woman. She's a bitter take on how the toxicity of patriarchal systems eventually wears down even the boldest and bravest. The show tackled this by making Homelander Maeve's oppressor.

At the same time, Vought was intent on turning Maeve into a feminist icon; in turn, she was made a slave to her perceived image. Because behind the curtains, she just couldn't do anything against Homelander and Vought. It's quite a powerful parody since Maeve, instead of being made a villain version of Wonder Woman, was turned into a victim as she wages an uphill and losing battle (even though she's not helpless or disempowered).

3 A-Train Is An Insecure Version Of The Flash

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For much of his tenure in the Justice League, The Flash is usually introduced as the World's Fastest Man. This gimmick sets him apart from other superheroes, since Superman can also do what he does— so he gets to do it slightly better. A-Train is what happens when The Flash makes this moniker his defining trait.

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The issue here is that A-Train as a Flash parody is barely worth his moniker anymore. He's a washed-out and injured superhero who ruined his life by trying to stay at the top of his game. In a way, A-Train also shares something in common with The Flash; he used to have a "hyper" personality, but A-Train's was more of a result of his image and his drug addiction.

2 Eagle The Archer Is A Self-Aware Hawkeye

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Eagle the Archer didn't see much action as he was mostly relegated to a mentor role for The Deep during the latter's rehabilitation. However, his crimes were quite despicable. Being The Boys's version of Hawkeye, Eagle also has a penchant for having too precise an aim.

In the series, Eagle went on to criticize just how useless his specialty is in the face of modern weaponry. Unlike Hawkeye, he questions why his superiors forced him to use a bow, especially when guns (both lethal and non-lethal) could do a better job.

1 Termite Is An Addicted Ant-Man

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By far one of the most macabre parodies from The Boys, Termite is a blasphemy against someone like Ant-Man. He has the same subatomic shrinking powers, except Termite goes on to demonstrate how destructive this can be when used under the influence of narcotics.

In a rather outlandish accident, Termite blows up a person by expanding from within that person's private parts. Apparently, it's a nod to the meme about Ant-Man defeating Thanos by expanding from within him after entering through an "orifice".

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