The Boys (TV series)

The Boys is set in a universe where superpowered individuals (referred to as "Supes") are recognized as heroes by the general public and work for Vought International, a powerful corporation that markets and monetizes them. Outside their heroic personas, most are corrupt, self-serving, and recklessly cause collateral damage. The series primarily focuses on two groups: The Boys, CIA-sponsored black ops agents looking to bring down Vought and its corrupt superheroes, and The Seven, Vought's premier superhero team and the Boys' most powerful adversaries.

In the first season, after his girlfriend is accidentally killed by one of The Seven, led by the narcissistic and unstable Homelander (Antony Starr), Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid) is enlisted by Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), who despises all superpowered beings, and joins the vigilante team known as The Boys. As a conflict ensues between the two groups, Annie January / Starlight (Erin Moriarty), a young and hopeful heroine, is forced to face the truth about the heroes she admires after she joins The Seven.{{cite web |url=https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-boys-season-1-recap |title=Everything You Should Remember About 'The Boys' Before Season 2 |last=Stefansky |first=Emma |publisher=Thrillist |date=September 5, 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}

In the second season, on the run from the law, hunted by the Supes, and desperately trying to regroup and fight back against Vought, The Boys try to adjust to a new normal in hiding, with Butcher nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Annie, now aiding The Boys, must navigate her place in The Seven as Homelander sets his sights on taking complete control. His power is threatened with the addition of Stormfront (Aya Cash), a social media-savvy new Supe, who has an agenda and secret past of her own.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/the-boys-season-2-trailer-amazon-1234572143/ |title='The Boys' Season 2 Trailer: Amazon's Superhero Series is Back With a Vengeance |last=Hersko |first=Tyler |website=IndieWire |date=July 8, 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}

In the third season, one year after the Stormfront scandal, The Boys work for Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit)'s Bureau of Superhero Affairs to apprehend problematic Supes, having been at peace with The Seven; Butcher and Homelander itch to turn this peace and quiet into "blood and bone". When The Boys learn of a mysterious anti-Supe weapon, it sends them crashing into The Seven, starting a war and chasing the legend of the premier superhero: Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles).{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/videos/the-boys-season-3-official-trailer |title='The Boys': Season 3 – Official Trailer |website=IGN |date=May 16, 2022 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}

In the fourth season, six months after Soldier Boy's defeat, The Boys work with the CIA to assassinate Neuman in an effort to stop her from taking over the government. Concurrently, Neuman is under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca's son and his position as leader of The Boys; the rest of the team is fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it's too late.{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-boys-season-4-trailer-welcomes-us-back-to-its-chaotic-world-on-the-brink-of-disaster |title='The Boys' Season 4 Trailer Welcomes Us Back to Its Chaotic World on the Brink of Disaster |last=Bankhurst |first=Adam |website=IGN |date=December 3, 2023 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}

{{See also|List of The Boys characters}}

• Karl Urban as William "Billy" Butcher{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/the-boys-cast-everything-to-know-7556119 |title='The Boys' Cast: A Guide to All the Actors from Season 1 to Season 4 |last=Sager |first=Jessica |magazine=People |date=June 14, 2024 |access-date=June 16, 2024}}{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Boys': Karl Urban to Play Lead Billy Butcher in Amazon's Superhero Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/the-boys-karl-urban-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-billy-butcher-1202359273/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=April 5, 2018 |date=April 5, 2018 |archive-date=April 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406101913/https://deadline.com/2018/04/the-boys-karl-urban-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-billy-butcher-1202359273/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a40544669/karl-urban-the-boys-season-3-interview/ |title=Karl Urban Does 'The Boys' for Himself and No One Else |last=Romano |first=Evan |website=Men's Health |date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} – The leader of The Boys. A former SAS operative who mistrusts all superpowered individuals, he has a particular hatred towards Homelander, who he believes is responsible for the disappearance of his wife, Becca; Luca Villacis and Josh Zaharia portray younger versions of Butcher in the third season.{{cite web |last=Singh |first=Olivia |date=July 1, 2022 |title='The Boys' star Karl Urban opens up about the 'tragedy' of Butcher's childhood that's finally unpacked in Episode 7 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-boys-season-3-karl-urban-butcher-lenny-backstory-interview-2022-6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423035723/https://www.businessinsider.com/the-boys-season-3-karl-urban-butcher-lenny-backstory-interview-2022-6 |archive-date=April 23, 2024 |access-date=July 1, 2024 |website=Business Insider}}
• Jack Quaid as Hugh "Hughie" Campbell Jr.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Boys': Jack Quaid to Star in Amazon Superhero Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/the-boys-jack-quaid-cast-amazon-superhero-series-1202312390/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 11, 2018 |date=March 6, 2018 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306214828/https://deadline.com/2018/03/the-boys-jack-quaid-cast-amazon-superhero-series-1202312390/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a44375605/jack-quaid-superman-the-boys-interview/ |title=Jack Quaid, Champion of the Nerds |last=Rosenberg |first=Josh |website=Esquire |date=July 8, 2023 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} – A member of The Boys and a civilian tech specialist who joins the team after his girlfriend, Robin, is run over and unintentionally killed by A-Train while the latter was high on Compound V. He mainly serves as the moral compass and voice of reason of The Boys.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-hughie-campbell-proved-hero/ |title=10 Times The Boys' Hughie Campbell Proved He Can Be a Hero |last=Steel |first=Tom |website=CBR |date=July 18, 2022 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}
• Antony Starr as John / Homelander{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Boys': Antony Starr, Chace Crawford, Dominique McElligott & Jessie Usher Cast in Amazon's Superhero Drama Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/the-boys-chace-crawford-antony-starr-dominique-mcelligott-jessie-usher-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-1202244980/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 11, 2018 |date=January 17, 2018 |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118000328/https://deadline.com/2018/01/the-boys-chace-crawford-antony-starr-dominique-mcelligott-jessie-usher-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-1202244980/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/antony-starr-the-boys-interview |title=Antony Starr on becoming the worst superhero ever in 'The Boys' |last=Allen |first=Barry |website=GQ |date=September 5, 2020 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} – The extremely powerful leader of The Seven; notable powers include flight, heat vision, and superhuman strength.{{cite web |url=https://gamerant.com/the-boys-best-strongest-member-of-the-seven/ |title='The Boys': Every Member of The Seven, Ranked by Their Power |last=Leroy |first=Kath |website=Game Rant |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=July 3, 2024}} Beneath his public image as a noble hero, he is egotistical and megalomaniacal, and he cares little about the well-being of those he professes to protect; Rowan Smyth and Isaac Weeks portray a young John in the second and fourth season, respectively.
• Erin Moriarty as Annie January / Starlight{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |last2=Petski |first2=Denise |title='The Boys': Erin Moriarty Cast in Amazon's Superhero Drama Series Based on Comic Book |url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/the-boys-erin-moriarty-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-comic-book-1202229406/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 11, 2018 |date=December 18, 2017 |archive-date=December 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221001152/https://deadline.com/2017/12/the-boys-erin-moriarty-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-comic-book-1202229406/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/arts/television/erin-moriarty-the-boys.html |title=Erin Moriarty is a Woman Among 'The Boys' |last=Spencer |first=Ashely |website=The New York Times |date=June 14, 2024 |access-date=July 8, 2024 |url-access=limited}} – A sincere superheroine with energy manipulation, light-based powers, and superhuman strength who joins The Seven. One of the few heroes who values protecting society, she questions her loyalty to The Seven after learning of their true character; Maya Misaljevic portrays a young Annie in the third season.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-starlight-britney-spears-flashback-song-reason/ |title=Why 'The Boys' Uses a Britney Spears Song for Starlight's Backstory |last=Elvy |first=Craig |website=Screen Rant |date=June 3, 2022 |access-date=July 1, 2024}}
• Moriarty also portrays a variation of the Shapeshifter Supe in the fourth season.{{cite web |url=https://comicbookclublive.com/2024/07/11/shapeshifter-the-boys-actors-naomi-frenette-erin-moriarty-more/ |title=Who Plays the Shapeshifter on 'The Boys'? Well, Several People |last=Zalben |first=Alex |website=Comic Book Club |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=July 15, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1617656/the-boys-season-4-introduces-new-villain/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Introduces a New Villain with a Familiar Power |last=Meenan |first=Devin |website=/Film |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=July 15, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a61582103/the-boys-starlight-clone-twist/ |title=That Major Starlight Clone Twist in 'The Boys' Season 4, Explained |last=Romano |first=Evan |website=Men's Health |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=July 15, 2024}}
• Dominique McElligott as Maggie Shaw / Queen Maeve{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/will-maeve-return-in-boys-season-4/ |title=Why Maeve Likely Won't (& Shouldn't) Return in 'The Boys' Season 4 |last=Elvy |first=Craig |website=Screen Rant |date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} (seasons 1–3) – A veteran member of The Seven with superhuman strength and reflexes, and durability. Once desiring to protect innocent lives, she has become disillusioned and suffers from burnout.
• Jessie T. Usher as Reggie Franklin / A-Train{{cite web |url=https://awardsradar.com/2023/06/13/interview-jessie-t-ushera/ |title=Interview: Jessie T. Usher Dissects His Off-the-Rails Character A-Train on 'The Boys' |author=lukonianlogic |publisher=Awards Radar |date=June 13, 2023 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} – A speedster member of The Seven. He is determined to maintain his status as the fastest speedster in the world, which results in him becoming addicted to Compound V.
• Laz Alonso as Marvin T. "Mother's" Milk / M.M.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Boys': Laz Alonso to Co-Star in Amazon Superhero Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/the-boys-laz-alonso-to-co-star-in-amazon-superhero-series-1202311477/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 11, 2018 |date=March 6, 2018 |archive-date=March 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309173603/https://deadline.com/2018/03/the-boys-laz-alonso-to-co-star-in-amazon-superhero-series-1202311477/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://laconfidentialmag.com/laz-alonso-the-boys-season-three-interview |title=How 'The Boys' Brought Laz Alonso's Life Full Circle |last=Bosselman |first=Haley |website=LA Confidential Magazine |date=June 3, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} – A member of The Boys responsible for organizing and planning their operations. Formerly a medic in the United States Marine Corps, he joined The Boys after Soldier Boy caused his grandfather's death and his attorney father working himself to death attempting to bring Vought down; Elias Leon Leacock portrays a young M.M. in the third season.
• Chace Crawford as Kevin Moskowitz / The Deep{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/chace-crawford-boys-deep-octopus-sex-interview-captain-america-1235054128/ |title=Chace Crawford Went from 'Gossip Girl' to Octopus Sex on 'The Boys' — and He Loves It |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 7, 2024 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} – A member of The Seven who possesses aquatic telepathy and amphibious physiology. He is looked down upon by the other members of The Seven due to his status as the group's token aquatic hero; Patton Oswalt voices The Deep's gills.{{cite web |last=Hood |first=Cooper |date=September 6, 2020 |title='The Boys': Why Patton Oswalt is Perfect for the Role of [Spoiler] |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-season-2-patton-oswalt-perfect-cameo-explained/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908025332/https://screenrant.com/boys-season-2-patton-oswalt-perfect-cameo-explained/ |url-status=live}}
• Tomer Capone as Serge / Frenchie{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |title='The Boys': Tomer Capon to Play Frenchie in Amazon's Superhero Drama Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/the-boys-tomer-capon-cast-frenchie-amazon-superhero-drama-series-1202417127/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=June 25, 2018 |date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627200128/https://deadline.com/2018/06/the-boys-tomer-capon-cast-frenchie-amazon-superhero-drama-series-1202417127/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-breakout-tomer-capone-frenchie-interview/ |title='The Boys' Breakout Tomer Capone on How His Audition for the Show Almost Got Him Arrested |last=Oganesyan |first=Natalie |website=TheWrap |date=June 18, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} – A member of The Boys and an international arms trafficker skilled in chemistry, infiltration, munitions, and ordnance. Coerced into joining the group to protect his criminal friends and to assuage his own guilt, he seeks redemption for his past crimes by fighting against Vought.
• Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko Miyashiro / The Female{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |title='The Boys': 'Suicide Squad's Karen Fukuhara Cast in Amazon's Superhero Drama Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/the-boys-karen-fukuhara-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-1202350607/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 21, 2018 |date=March 21, 2018 |archive-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321220204/https://deadline.com/2018/03/the-boys-karen-fukuhara-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-1202350607/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/karen-fukuhara-the-boys-anti-asian-hate-crimes-interview-2022 |title=Karen Fukuhara Has Always Had a Voice |last=Truong |first=Kimberly |website=InStyle |date=June 8, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} – A mute member of The Boys with super strength and regenerative healing. Involuntarily injected with Compound V as part of a scheme to create superpowered terrorists, she joins The Boys after they free her; Momona Tamada and Ai Barrett portray a young Kimiko in the first and fourth season, respectively.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-best-female-characters-ranked/ |title=10 Best Female Characters in 'The Boys', Ranked |last=Pellme |first=Arantxa |website=CBR |date=July 5, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}
• Nathan Mitchell as Earving / Black Noir{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a42423423/the-boys-nathan-mitchell-black-noir-controversy/ |title='The Boys' star Nathan Mitchell reacts to Black Noir fan controversy |last1=Anderton |first1=Joe |last2=Opie |first2=David |publisher=Digital Spy |date=January 8, 2024 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} (seasons 1–3) and Black Noir II{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |title='The Boys' boss says this star will play 'a whole new character' in Season 4 after that intense finale |url=https://ew.com/tv/black-noir-nathan-mitchell-recast-the-boys-season-4/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720020526/https://ew.com/tv/black-noir-nathan-mitchell-recast-the-boys-season-4/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/features/the-boys-black-noir-nathan-mitchell-1236061016/ |title=Black Noir Unmasked: 'The Boys' Star Nathan Mitchell Talks New Noir's Powers and 'Gen V' Connection |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |website=Variety |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/the-boys-black-noir-nathan-mitchell-almost-going-down-with-character-8676030 |title=Black Noir speaks! 'The Boys' star Nathan Mitchell on 'New Noir' and almost going 'down with the character' |last=Romano |first=Nick |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024}} (seasons 4–5) – A mysterious member of The Seven who possesses combat prowess and enhanced stealth.{{cite web |url=https://gamerant.com/the-boys-strongest-payback-members/ |title='The Boys': Every Member of Payback, Ranked by Their Power |last=Sheehan |first=Gabriel |website=Game Rant |date=July 3, 2024 |access-date=July 3, 2024}} Formerly a member of Payback, he was severely disfigured during his team's mutiny against Soldier Boy, rendering him mute and forcing him to conceal his physical appearance behind a dark costume. Before the final showdown with Soldier Boy, he is murdered by Homelander and is swiftly succeeded by an actor replacement, who is also a Supe able to fly, as a cover-up. Fritzy-Klevans Destine portrays a young, unmasked Black Noir in the third season.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/how-old-is-black-noir-in-the-boys/ |title=How Old is Black Noir in 'The Boys'? |last=Pitman |first=Robert |website=Screen Rant |date=June 30, 2022 |access-date=July 1, 2024}}
• Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='The Boys': Elisabeth Shue to Co-Star in Amazon Superhero Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/the-boys-elisabeth-shue-amazon-superhero-series-1202392059/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=May 16, 2018 |date=May 16, 2018 |archive-date=May 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517031937/https://deadline.com/2018/05/the-boys-elisabeth-shue-amazon-superhero-series-1202392059/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-show-elisabeth-shue-stillwell-death/ |title=How Elisabeth Shue's Madelyn Stillwell Left 'The Boys' |last=Armitage |first=Helen |website=Screen Rant |date=December 13, 2021 |access-date=July 8, 2024}} (season 1; guest season 2) – The charismatic, scheming vice president of Vought International who is responsible for managing The Seven.
• Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/the-boys-promoted-claudia-doumit-colby-minifie-series-regulars-season-3-1234606186/ |title='The Boys' Ups Claudia Doumit & Colby Minifie to Series Regulars for Season 3 |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=October 30, 2020 |access-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030172913/https://deadline.com/2020/10/the-boys-promoted-claudia-doumit-colby-minifie-series-regulars-season-3-1234606186/ |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-season-4-colby-minifie-interview/ |title=How 'The Boys' Breakout Colby Minifie Became a 'Crucial Part of the Show' as Vought CEO Ashley Barrett |last=Harris |first=Raquel 'Rocky' |website=TheWrap |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=August 6, 2024}} (seasons 2–5; recurring season 1) – A publicist for Vought International who later becomes its CEO.
• Aya Cash as Klara Risinger / Liberty / Stormfront{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=July 19, 2019 |title='The Boys' Renewed for Season 2 by Amazon; Aya Cash Closes Deal as Stormfront |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/the-boys-renewed-season-2-amazon-aya-cash-closes-deal-stormfront-1202649409/ |access-date=July 19, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=July 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719235155/https://deadline.com/2019/07/the-boys-renewed-season-2-amazon-aya-cash-closes-deal-stormfront-1202649409/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gq.com/story/aya-cash-the-boys-season-2-stormfront-x-men-interview |title=Aya Cash on Taking 'The Boys' by Storm, White Feminism and X-Men |last=Tharpe |first=Frazier |website=GQ |date=October 10, 2020 |access-date=June 22, 2024}} (season 2; guest season 3) – The first successful Compound V subject and member of The Seven with plasma-based abilities.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-gen-v-unique-powers-ranked/ |title=The Most Unique Supe Powers from 'The Boys' & 'Gen V' |last=Frost |first=Amber |website=CBR |date=June 26, 2024 |access-date=July 3, 2024}} Once a member of the Nazi Party, she holds bigoted views towards minorities and the non-superpowered.
• Claudia Doumit as Nadia Khayat / Victoria Neuman{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2024/07/20/the-boys-role-that-victoria-neuman-actor-initially-auditioned-for/ |title='The Boys' Role That Victoria Neuman Actor Initially Auditioned For |last=Lammers |first=Tim |website=Forbes |date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024 |url-access=limited}} (seasons 3–4; recurring season 2) – A congresswoman who secretly works for Vought as a superpowered assassin with head-popping powers and the ability to control the blood of anyone; Elisa Paszt portrays a young Nadia in the third season.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/the-boys-season-3-episode-2-recap-the-only-man-in-the-sky/ |title='The Boys' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: A Loaded God Complex and a Gun Convention |last=Sisti |first=Nicholas |website=Collider |date=June 5, 2022 |access-date=July 1, 2024}}
• Jensen Ackles as Ben / Soldier Boy{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/casting-news/jensen-ackles-cast-the-boys-season-3-soldier-boy-2912836/ |website=TVLine |last=Webb Mitovich |first=Matt |title=Jensen Ackles Joins 'The Boys' Season 3 as 'The Original Superhero' |access-date=August 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817170128/https://tvline.com/2020/08/17/jensen-ackles-cast-the-boys-season-3-soldier-boy/ |archive-date=August 17, 2020 |date=August 17, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=June 7, 2021 |title='The Boys': First Look at Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-boys-jensen-ackles-soldier-boy-1234963966/ |access-date=June 10, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607173113/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-boys-jensen-ackles-soldier-boy-1234963966/ |url-status=live}} (seasons 3 and 5; guest season 4){{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/the-boys-season-4-finale-post-credits-scene-cameo-8678169 |title='The Boys' Season 4 Finale post-credits scene brings back major character ahead of final season |last=Romano |first=Nick |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 18, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/the-boys-season-5-soldier-boy-tease-eric-kripke/ |title=Soldier Boy's 'The Boys' Season 5 Role Teased by Showrunner After Season 4 Cameo |last=Al-Ghamdi |first=Abdullah |website=Screen Rant |date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=July 26, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/the-boys-jensen-ackles-return-soldier-boy-season-5-1236023598/ |title='The Boys': Jensen Ackles to Return as Series Regular in Fifth & Final Season |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 26, 2024 |access-date=July 26, 2024}} – Vought's original premier superhero and the leader of Payback who possesses superhuman strength and is able to generate radiation. Thought to have been killed during the Cold War, he was secretly betrayed by his team and captured by the Soviets in order for Vought to replace him with Homelander, his biological son.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-homelander-soldier-father-season-3-twist-explained/ |title=Homelander's Soldier Boy Twist Fully Explained |last=Elvy |first=Craig |website=Screen Rant |date=July 3, 2022 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}
• Cameron Crovetti as Ryan{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-boys-valorie-curry-susan-heyward-cameron-crovetti-series-regulars-season-4-amazon-series-1235082491/ |title='The Boys': Cameron Crovetti Upped to Series Regular, Valorie Curry, Susan Heyward also Cast in Amazon Series |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=August 1, 2022 |access-date=August 1, 2022 |archive-date=August 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801181435/https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-boys-valorie-curry-susan-heyward-cameron-crovetti-series-regulars-season-4-amazon-series-1235082491/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-homelander-son-recast-season-2-why/ |title='The Boys': Why Homelander's Son Was Recast for Seasons 2 & 3 |last=Bea Milner |first=Sarah |website=Screen Rant |date=August 11, 2022 |access-date=June 16, 2024}} (seasons 4–5; recurring seasons 2–3) – Homelander and Becca's son, known as the first natural-born Supe, who forms a close bond with Billy Butcher; Parker Corno portrayed Ryan in the first season finale.
• Susan Heyward as Jessica "Sage" Bradley / Sister Sage{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-season-4-sister-sage-explained/ |title=Who is Sister Sage and Why Does Homelander Need Her Powers? |last=Matadeen |first=Renaldo |website=CBR |date=June 15, 2024 |access-date=June 16, 2024}} (seasons 4–5) – A misanthropic Supe with greatly enhanced intelligence, proclaimed as the smartest person on the planet, who is recruited by Homelander and replaces Ashley as CEO of Vought International.{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-boys-season-4-new-vought-ceo-sister-sage/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Makes a Supe the New Vought CEO |last=Perry |first=Spencer |website=ComicBook.com |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=July 18, 2024}}
• Valorie Curry as Misty Tucker Gray / Firecracker{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-boys-valorie-curry-interview-character-1235925749/ |title=A Lesbian Actress Playing an Anti-Gay, Anti-Trans Superhero on 'The Boys'? Count Her In! |last=Spitznagel |first=Eric |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 22, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}} (seasons 4–5) – An alt-right Supe influencer with a personal vendetta against Starlight, and a competent public agitator and conspiracy theorist.{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1609302/the-boys-firecracker-marjorie-taylor-greene/ |title='The Boys' New Character Firecracker Was Inspired by One of the Worst American Politicians |last=Ettenhofer |first=Valerie |website=/Film |date=June 25, 2024 |access-date=July 18, 2024}}
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Joe Kessler{{cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=August 25, 2022 |title='The Boys': Jeffrey Dean Morgan Joins Season 4 Cast |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-boys-jeffrey-dean-morgan-season-4-cast-1235099840/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=August 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825153053/https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-boys-jeffrey-dean-morgan-season-4-cast-1235099840/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/the-boys-season-4-kessler-character-kripke-explained/ |title=Jeffrey Dean Morgan's 'The Boys' Season 4 Character Explained by Eric Kripke: 'You Need Another Butcher' |last=Rudoy |first=Matthew |website=Screen Rant |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=June 16, 2024}} (seasons 4–5) – A deceased CIA case officer and soldier for the U.S. Armed Forces. During the War on terror, Kessler became acquainted with Butcher, but was left for dead by Butcher and killed during a battle in the Panjshir Valley. Years later, as a side-effect of his Temp V-enhanced brain tumor, Butcher begins hallucinating Kessler amid the ongoing battle against the Supes.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/the-boys-jeffrey-dean-morgan-joe-kessler-twist-explained-eric-kripke-8673601 |title='The Boys' Eric Kripke unpacks that Jeffrey Dean Morgan Season 4 twist |last=Romano |first=Nick |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 4, 2024 |access-date=July 5, 2024}}

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A film adaptation of Garth Ennis's comic book series The Boys was in various stages of development between 2008 and 2016, initially at Columbia Pictures with Adam McKay directing and a budget of $100 million until the project was abandoned over creative differences between the studio and McKay. Paramount Pictures secured the rights in August 2012 and revived the production,{{cite web |last=Melrose |first=Kevin |date=August 16, 2012 |title=Paramount Rescues 'The Boys' |url=https://www.cbr.com/paramount-rescues-the-boys/ |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417074340/https://www.cbr.com/paramount-rescues-the-boys/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Matt |date=August 17, 2012 |title=Adam McKay's 'The Boys' Finds a New Home at Paramount |url=https://collider.com/adam-mckay-the-boys-paramount/ |access-date=April 17, 2022 |website=Collider |language=en-US |archive-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417074340/https://collider.com/adam-mckay-the-boys-paramount/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=April 6, 2016 |title='The Boys' Drama Based on Comic Book Set at Cinemax with Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Eric Kripke, Original Film & Sony |url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/the-boys-drama-series-comic-book-cinemax-seth-rogen-evan-goldberg-eric-kripke-original-film-sony-1201732097/ |access-date=March 11, 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219035113/https://deadline.com/2016/04/the-boys-drama-series-comic-book-cinemax-seth-rogen-evan-goldberg-eric-kripke-original-film-sony-1201732097/ |url-status=live}} but in April 2016 the film adaptation was cancelled and it was reported that Cinemax would be developing a television series adaptation of the comic book instead. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who at the time were working on the series Preacher (also based on a comic book series by Ennis), were recruited as executive producers and directors for the pilot episode. Eric Kripke, a longtime fan of Ennis's work, was hired as the series showrunner and head writer.

On November 8, 2017, Amazon Studios acquired the rights to the television adaptation after Cinemax chose not to move forward with it.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=November 8, 2017 |title=Amazon Orders 'The Boys' Superhero Drama Series Based on Comic from Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen |url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/amazon-the-boys-superhero-drama-series-eric-kripke-evan-goldberg-seth-rogen-1202204073/ |access-date=March 11, 2018 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129184433/https://deadline.com/2017/11/amazon-the-boys-superhero-drama-series-eric-kripke-evan-goldberg-seth-rogen-1202204073/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Turchiano |first=Danielle |date=November 8, 2017 |title=Amazon Greenlights Eric Kripke's Superhero Drama 'The Boys' |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/amazon-eric-kripke-the-boys-evan-goldberg-seth-rogen-1202610061/ |access-date=March 11, 2018 |website=Variety |archive-date=August 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831035614/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/amazon-eric-kripke-the-boys-evan-goldberg-seth-rogen-1202610061/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Scott |first=Ryan |date=December 20, 2021 |title=The Reason Cinemax Dropped 'The Boys' |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/712973/the-reason-cinemax-dropped-the-boys/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=/Film |language=en-US |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214194610/https://www.slashfilm.com/712973/the-reason-cinemax-dropped-the-boys/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Selcke |first=Dan |date=January 3, 2022 |title=Why 'The Boys' didn't go forward at Cinemax |url=https://winteriscoming.net/2022/01/03/why-the-boys-did-not-go-forward-cinemax/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |publisher=WinterIsComing.net |language=en-US |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214201234/https://winteriscoming.net/2022/01/03/why-the-boys-did-not-go-forward-cinemax/ |url-status=live}} Sharon Tal Yguado, who had been hired that year to supervise future franchises made by Amazon, expressed her hopes that the series would offer a different take on the superhero genre at a time when Hollywood was saturated with superhero shows. That same day, Amazon greenlit the production of the first season of eight episodes, each with an estimated budget of $11.2 million.{{cite web |last=Mallik |first=Esita |date=December 9, 2023 |title='The Boys' Episodes' Estimated Budget Revealed: Before Season 4's Release Check Out the Alleged Cost of Creating the Karl Urban-Led Series |url=https://www.koimoi.com/television/the-boys-episodes-estimated-budget-revealed-before-season-4s-release-check-out-the-alleged-cost-of-creating-the-karl-urban-led-series |access-date=December 13, 2023 |publisher=Koimoi |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210205623/https://www.koimoi.com/television/the-boys-episodes-estimated-budget-revealed-before-season-4s-release-check-out-the-alleged-cost-of-creating-the-karl-urban-led-series/ |url-status=live}} Production was expected to begin in spring of 2018 for a planned release in 2019. Amazon Studios also committed to a run of at least five seasons, in line with Kripke's plans,{{cite web |last=Hood |first=Cooper |date=October 12, 2020 |title='The Boys' Showrunner Has Plans for at Least 5 Seasons |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-show-plans-5-seasons-eric-kripke-future/ |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228065431/https://screenrant.com/boys-show-plans-5-seasons-eric-kripke-future/ |url-status=live}} hoping to replicate the success of hit genre dramas like Game of Thrones (2011–2019), Stranger Things (2016–present), and The Walking Dead (2010–2022). On April 30, 2018, it was reported that Dan Trachtenberg was hired to direct the first episode of the series, replacing Rogen and Goldberg, who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts but the duo would remain as executive producers.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/the-boys-dan-trachtenberg-direct-first-episode-superhero-drama-series-amazon-seth-rogen-evan-goldberg-1202378652/ |title='The Boys': Dan Trachtenberg to Direct First Episode of Superhero Drama Series for Amazon |last=Petski |first=Denise |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=April 30, 2018 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}

A second season was announced on July 19, 2019, at San Diego Comic-Con a week before the series premiere,{{cite tweet |number=1152348394519556096 |title=Season 2 is coming and bringing a whole new diabolical supe to The Seven. Aya Cash suits up as Stormfront. #TheBoysTV #SDCC |user=TheBoysTV |date=July 19, 2019 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}{{cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=July 19, 2019 |title='The Boys' Lands Early Season 2 Renewal at Amazon |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the-boys-renewed-season-2-amazon-1203273839/ |access-date=June 21, 2021 |website=Variety |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202441/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the-boys-renewed-season-2-amazon-1203273839/ |url-status=live}} with Kripke having already started to write the scripts.{{cite web |last=Barnhardt |first=Adam |title='The Boys' Showrunner Was Really Stressed Making Season 2 |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-boys-creator-eric-kripke-stressed-season-2/ |date=August 29, 2020 |access-date=April 22, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422053805/https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-boys-creator-eric-kripke-stressed-season-2/ |url-status=live}} In December 2019, a teaser trailer confirmed that the second season would be released in 2020,{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |date=December 5, 2019 |title='The Boys' Season 2 teaser trailer is bigger, bloodier, more bonkers |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/12/05/the-boys-season-2-teaser-trailer/ |access-date=December 13, 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804234343/https://ew.com/tv/2019/12/05/the-boys-season-2-teaser-trailer/ |url-status=live}} and another trailer released in June 2020 confirmed that it would premiere that September.{{cite web |last=Tisdale |first=Jerrica |date=June 18, 2020 |title='The Boys': 7 Quick Things We Know About Season 2 |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2548343/the-boys-quick-things-we-know-about-season-2 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |website=CinemaBlend |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613172058/https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2548343/the-boys-quick-things-we-know-about-season-2 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Gemmill |first1=Allie |last2=Kleinman |first2=Jake |date=June 29, 2020 |title='The Boys' Season 2 release date, trailer, premiere for the violent superhero show |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/the-boys-season-2-release-date-trailer-cast-spoilers-review |access-date=June 13, 2021 |website=Inverse |archive-date=December 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208030053/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/the-boys-season-2-release-date-trailer-cast-spoilers-review |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-2-finale-digital-cover/ |title=Let's hear it for 'The Boys': How the superhero satire crafted its gutsiest season yet |last=Romano |first=Nick |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 10, 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010133655/https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-2-finale-digital-cover/ |url-status=live}} Seeking to make the series a topic of conversation for longer, and hoping to replicate the success of various series, Kripke and the producers convinced Amazon to release episodes on a weekly basis.{{cite web |last=Shannon Miller |first=Liz |date=June 26, 2020 |title=Why It's Great News That 'The Boys' Season 2 Will Be Released Weekly |url=https://collider.com/the-boys-season-2-release-date-weekly/ |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=Collider |language=en-US |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410012614/https://collider.com/the-boys-season-2-release-date-weekly/ |url-status=live |quote=We cannot WAIT to show you season two. It's crazier, stranger, more intense, more emotional. In fact, it's too much — so the Surgeon General has insisted we air the first three episodes on September 4, then air the remaining five episodes weekly after that. We wanted to give you time to freak out, digest, discuss, come down from the high, before we give you another dose. We only have your well-being in mind. Hope you love the season as much as we do.}}{{cite web |last=Downey |first=Ryan |date=September 8, 2020 |title=Why 'The Boys' Season 2 Has Weekly Release Dates |url=https://thestreamingadvisor.com/why-the-boys-season-2-has-weekly-release-dates/ |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=The Streaming Advisor |language=en-US |archive-date=December 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217225853/https://thestreamingadvisor.com/why-the-boys-season-2-has-weekly-release-dates/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Warner |first=Sam |date=September 10, 2020 |title='The Boys' boss wanted to avoid 'sugar rush of a binge' with Season 2's weekly release schedule |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33978005/the-boys-season-2-amazon-prime-weekly-release/ |access-date=December 13, 2023 |publisher=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214010505/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33978005/the-boys-season-2-amazon-prime-weekly-release/ |url-status=live}}

A third season was announced at the after-show for San Diego Comic-Con@Home in 2020.{{cite web |last=White |first=Peter |title='The Boys' Renewed at Amazon for Season 3, Streamer Sets Aisha Tyler-Hosted Aftershow – Comic-Con@Home |url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/the-boys-renewed-amazon-for-season-3-aisha-tyler-aftershow-1202993636/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=July 23, 2020 |date=July 23, 2020 |archive-date=July 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723234802/https://deadline.com/2020/07/the-boys-renewed-amazon-for-season-3-aisha-tyler-aftershow-1202993636/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Turchiano |first=Danielle |date=July 23, 2020 |title='The Boys' Renewed for Season 3 at Amazon, Adds After-Show |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-boy-renewed-season-3-amazon-after-show-1234711666/ |access-date=June 21, 2021 |website=Variety |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008082615/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-boy-renewed-season-3-amazon-after-show-1234711666/ |url-status=live}} Kripke revealed in October 2020 that he was writing the scripts for the third season,{{cite web |last=Hood |first=Cooper |date=October 8, 2020 |title='The Boys' Season 3 is Currently Being Written Confirms Showrunner |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-season-3-update-scripts-eric-kripke/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=Screen Rant |archive-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227031906/https://screenrant.com/boys-season-3-update-scripts-eric-kripke/ |url-status=live}} shortly after Amazon had announced the spin-off series Gen V (2023–present),{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=September 24, 2020 |title='The Boys' Spinoff Put on Fast-Track Development at Amazon Following Mothership's Record Season 2 Launch |url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-boys-spinoff-fast-track-development-amazon-record-season-2-launch-ratings-1234584256/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=March 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329173356/https://deadline.com/2020/09/the-boys-spinoff-fast-track-development-amazon-record-season-2-launch-ratings-1234584256/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=September 24, 2020 |title='The Boys' Spinoff Series Set at Superhero College in Development at Amazon |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-spinoff-series-superhero-college-amazon/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202200735/https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-spinoff-series-superhero-college-amazon/ |url-status=live}} which served as a bridge between the third and fourth seasons of The Boys,{{cite web |last=Khalili |first=Isabel |date=October 14, 2023 |title=How Does 'Gen V' Connect to 'The Boys'? |url=https://www.cbr.com/gen-v-the-boys-connection/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218052733/https://www.cbr.com/gen-v-the-boys-connection/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Khalili |first=Isabel |date=December 9, 2023 |title=How 'The Boys' Season 4 is Connected to 'Gen V' |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-s4-genv-connection/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209183000/https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-s4-genv-connection/ |url-status=live}} with the latter being announced in June 2022 and planned for release in 2024.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/the-boys-renewed-season-4-amazon-ratings-spinoffs-1235042784/ |title='The Boys' Renewed for Season 4 by Amazon; Vernon Sanders on Show's Ratings Growth & Spinoffs' Status |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=June 10, 2022 |access-date=June 10, 2022 |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610190746/https://deadline.com/2022/06/the-boys-renewed-season-4-amazon-ratings-spinoffs-1235042784/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=June 10, 2022 |title='The Boys' Renewed for Season 4 at Amazon |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-boys-season-4-renewed-amazon-1235290494/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610234434/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-boys-season-4-renewed-amazon-1235290494/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Bankhurst |first=Adam |date=November 8, 2023 |title='The Boys' Season 4 First Posters Put the Spotlight on Homelander and Butcher |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-boys-season-4-first-posters-put-the-spotlight-on-homelander-and-butcher |access-date=June 22, 2024 |website=IGN |language=en-US |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109080203/https://www.ign.com/articles/the-boys-season-4-first-posters-put-the-spotlight-on-homelander-and-butcher |url-status=live}}

On May 14, 2024, ahead of the fourth season premiere, Amazon announced that the series was renewed for a fifth season.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-boys-renewed-season-5-amazon-1235914651/ |title='The Boys' Renewed for Season 5 at Amazon |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=May 14, 2024 |access-date=May 14, 2024}} On June 11, 2024, Kripke announced that the fifth season would serve as the final season.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-boys-season-5-final-season-1236033418/ |title='The Boys' to End with Season 5 on Amazon |website=Variety |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 11, 2024}} Kripke revealed the news on Twitter, tweeting: "#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season! Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought. Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax."{{cite tweet |number=1800543513735471143 |title=#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season! Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought. Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, cause the end has begun! |user=therealKripke |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=July 30, 2024}}

In June 2024, Rogen and Goldberg recalled McKay's prior involvement and the original page-to-screen adaptation plan. It was revealed that there were serious plans to have The Boys become a three-film trilogy; the first film went as far as a finished screenplay and even demo animatics of scenes. However, the planned trilogy, like many superhero films in pre-MCU Hollywood, was scrapped. "I wouldn't change how it worked out because the show is amazing. But [McKay] was doing really cool stuff. It just came down to it being 2008, not 2018. I just don't think [Hollywood was] ready for it yet", explained The Boys comic book co-creator and illustrator Darick Robertson.Multiple sources:

• {{cite magazine |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/is-the-boys-secretly-the-best-show-on-tv/ |title=Is 'The Boys' Secretly the Best Show on TV? |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |magazine=Rolling Stone India |date=June 14, 2024 |access-date=June 24, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-boys-film-trilogy-adam-mckay-1236046644/ |title='The Boys' Co-Creator Says Film Trilogy Version from Adam McKay Got Axed in Pre-MCU Hollywood, First Movie Was Fully Written: It Was 'Really Cool Stuff' |last=Sharf |first=Zack |website=Variety |date=June 24, 2024 |access-date=June 25, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/adam-mckay-the-boys-film-trilogy-1235019798/ |title=Adam McKay Wrote a 'The Boys' Screenplay in 2008: Comic Book Creator Says Hollywood Wasn't 'Ready' for Satirical Superheroes |last=Bergeson |first=Samantha |website=IndieWire |date=June 25, 2024 |access-date=June 26, 2024}}
• {{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/12/how-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-swallowed-hollywood |title=How the Marvel Cinematic Universe Swallowed Hollywood |last=Schulman |first=Michael |magazine=The New Yorker |date=June 5, 2023 |access-date=June 24, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/iron-man-movies-pre-mcu-ideas-story/ |title=Every Canceled Idea from Marvel's Pre-MCU 'Iron Man' Movies |last=Young |first=Kai |website=Screen Rant |date=September 24, 2022 |access-date=June 24, 2024}} Back in December 2015, McKay himself elaborated on the difficulties he went through with his pitch, telling IndieWire: "I took it to every studio, every production financing place in town. And they were always like, 'No.' I had this crazy pre-viz reel that I'd done, and it was insane, like superheroes doing cocaine. And they all said, lazily, 'So it's like Watchmen?' And then eventually I started realizing that no one was going to do it and I started pitching the craziest aspects of it, embracing the fact that they hated it."{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/interview-adam-mckay-talks-the-big-short-making-a-bourne-style-financial-drama-angering-judd-apatow-more-100043/ |title=Adam McKay Talks 'The Big Short', Making a 'Bourne'-Style Financial Drama, Angering Judd Apatow & More |last=Schmidlin |first=Charlie |website=IndieWire |date=December 8, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2024}}

In July 2024, setting up the series' final season, Kripke commented on the then-upcoming season four finale's impact, stating: "There's a sort of seismic change at the end of season four; nothing in the world is going to be the same."{{cite web |url=https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/the-boys-season-4-finale-will-change-the-world-forever-2819863/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Finale will 'change the world forever' |last=Frew |first=Cameron |website=Dexerto |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024}} Following the finale's release, Kripke confirmed that he's "been planning five years all along, because there's no way a show goes one more season after the events of that finale".{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-boys-season-4-finale-really-shows-you-that-weve-been-planning-5-years-all-along-creator-says |title='The Boys' Season 4 Finale 'Really Shows You That We've Been Planning 5 Years All Along', Creator Says |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |website=IGN |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024}} He also said: "I always look at it as of the five seasons, we're kind of at that point, that's sort of the end of the second act of a movie where everyone's really at their low point, and they've all faced their own personal demons. Now, [The Boys] need to really come together in the fifth season and save the world." Vernon Sanders, one of Amazon MGM Studios' top executives, stated that the fifth season of The Boys was always planned as the series' final, explaining: "We've had this incredible success because of [Kripke's] vision and execution and he's told us for a while that he believes this really should be a five-season series."{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-ending-eric-kripke-decision/ |title='The Boys' Ending With Season 5 Was Showrunner's Choice |last=Dodge |first=John |website=CBR |date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}

The series takes place in a universe where most of the superpowered people (referred to as "Supes") pretend to be heroic to ensure that they are loved by the public, while working for Vought which is a company that monetizes and markets them, but in reality, outside their heroic personas, they are actually corrupt celebrities who abuse their powers out of selfishness for personal gain, which serves as a deconstruction of the superhero genre and the idealisms of heroism that they are supposed to represent in contrast to DC and Marvel.{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Travis |title=How Amazon's new superhero TV show, 'The Boys', was shaped by Trump, Me Too, and 'sweet, sweet Bezos money' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-boys-showrunner-eric-kripke-interview-trump-me-too-amazon-2019-7 |date=July 17, 2019 |access-date=April 20, 2022 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417074343/https://www.businessinsider.com/the-boys-showrunner-eric-kripke-interview-trump-me-too-amazon-2019-7 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Abdelhamid |first=Bac |date=September 13, 2023 |title=How 'The Boys' Destroyed Marvel Forever: The Controversial Impact of the Superhero Parody |url=https://medium.com/@stellar.alchemist/how-the-boys-destroyed-marvel-forever-the-controversial-impact-of-the-superhero-parody-af1bbc4a3e60 |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=Medium |language=en-US |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214140529/https://medium.com/@bac.abdelhamid/how-the-boys-destroyed-marvel-forever-the-controversial-impact-of-the-superhero-parody-af1bbc4a3e60 |url-status=live}} The series attempts to more realistically portray how superheroes would enmesh themselves into contemporary culture, with many of them having an influence as political figures, over-worshipped celebrities, and profitable marketing tools for a hyper-consumerist society.{{cite web |last=Chamas |first=Nader |date=June 29, 2022 |title='The Boys': A Realistic Take on Superheroes and an Indictment of the American Mediascape |url=https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/the-boys-amazon/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=Hollywood Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214140529/https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/the-boys-amazon/ |url-status=live}} Many of the Supes that appear in the series are also a direct parody from very popular superheroes from Marvel and DC intending to give them more depraved, problematic and realistic counterparts, with each season introducing a new Supe that is derived from a popular superheroic character.{{cite web |last=Elvy |first=Craig |date=September 7, 2019 |title=Which DC & Marvel Heroes are Parodied in 'The Boys'? |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-amazon-marvel-dc-hero-character-parody/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102031608/https://screenrant.com/boys-amazon-marvel-dc-hero-character-parody/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Natividad |first=Sid |date=June 24, 2022 |title='The Boys': 8 Best Superhero Parodies in the Series |url=https://gamerant.com/the-boys-best-superhero-parodies-in-the-series/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=Game Rant |language=en-US |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331075029/https://gamerant.com/the-boys-best-superhero-parodies-in-the-series/ |url-status=live}}

While trying to remain faithful to the source material, the series departs from the comic book series storyline in order to retain a sense of realism; Kripke considered that some of the concepts and characters from the comics were too fantastic for portrayal in the television adaptation, and set rules for the writers about ideas that would and would not be allowed.{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |title='The Boys' showrunner unpacks the finale cliffhanger, cameos, and Season 2 plans |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/07/30/the-boys-season-1-ending-cameos-season-2/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |quote=Kripke wanted to also avoid 'fridging', which sees women being killed off as motivation for male heroes. |date=July 30, 2019 |access-date=September 21, 2019 |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601050921/https://ew.com/tv/2019/07/30/the-boys-season-1-ending-cameos-season-2/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=McGuire |first=Liam |date=September 22, 2020 |title='The Boys' Version of Martian Manhunter Was Too Unbelievable for the Show |url=https://screenrant.com/the-boys-martian-manhunter-jack-jupiter/ |access-date=April 20, 2022 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US |archive-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420172123/https://screenrant.com/the-boys-martian-manhunter-jack-jupiter/ |url-status=live}} Another reason for changes to the television adaptation was because of differences between the 2000s time-period of the comic book and the late 2010s of the television series.{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |title=Superheroes gone wild! 'Supernatural' creator previews 'The Boys', his super-R-rated new show |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/05/24/the-boys-eric-kripke-celebrity-politics/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US |date=May 24, 2019 |access-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-date=November 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123121600/https://ew.com/tv/2019/05/24/the-boys-eric-kripke-celebrity-politics/ |url-status=live}} Kripke tailored the storylines of the third season finale, intending the series to run for five seasons,{{cite web |last=Ridlehoover |first=John |date=August 18, 2020 |title='The Boys' Showrunner Thinks Five Seasons is a Good Run for the Series |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-showrunner-five-seasons-series/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819024035/https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-showrunner-five-seasons-series/ |url-status=live}} with further adaptations of the comic book series planned for spin-offs that would take place in the same universe as the main series.{{cite web |last=Dick |first=Jeremy |date=October 12, 2020 |title='The Boys' Showrunner Wants at Least 5 Seasons |url=https://movieweb.com/the-boys-season-5-plans-eric-kripke/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=MovieWeb |language=en-US |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505030146/https://movieweb.com/the-boys-season-5-plans-eric-kripke/ |url-status=live}}

Following the success and renewal of the spin-off series Gen V, which would connect the third and fourth seasons of the main series, Kripke revealed that he was reconsidering his original plans, and that the main series could run beyond five seasons, given its success. He also made light of his initial plans for another similar series, Supernatural (2005–2020), for which he also served as showrunner: "I have since realized that literally no one in history is worse at predicting the amount {{sic}} of seasons of a show, like literally. I have learned my lesson and I've stopped predicting how many seasons these shows go. You will find out in hindsight."{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Dais |date=October 20, 2023 |title='Gen V's Big Format-Shattering Episode Does What 'The Boys' Can't for One Simple Reason |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/gen-v-episode-6-flashbacks-visions-explained-showrunners-interview |access-date=December 16, 2023 |website=Inverse |language=en-US |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216141001/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/gen-v-episode-6-flashbacks-visions-explained-showrunners-interview |url-status=live}}

After the announcement that the fifth season will be the conclusion of the series, Kripke told Entertainment Weekly: "I'm excited to finally execute a five-season plan", referencing how he had a five-season plan for Supernatural before it then continued on for an additional ten seasons without his involvement as showrunner. As for his reasoning, Kripke said: "Part of it is such a wonky stupid screenwriter thing but three and five are the big magical numbers for writing. Three is movie acts, TV acts are five. Jokes are a runner of three for five. Five just seems like a good round number. It's enough to tell the story but also bring it to a climax without wearing out its welcome. It's been hard because I haven't been able to tell everyone. I was thrilled to finally be able to get the word out there." He also referenced the previous season's ending feeling very much like the penultimate season, stating: "That was part of my argument: No one can watch [season 4] without feeling at the end like 'It's ending next year right?' So we might as well announce it so people can watch it with that cool epic heading-toward-the-end feeling, which is what I'm hoping for."{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/the-boys-eric-kripke-why-season-5-the-end-8661509 |title=Eric Kripke on why Season 5 will be the end of 'The Boys' |last=Highfill |first=Samantha |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024}}

In an interview with GamesRadar+ at the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con, Kripke teased the "super big, apocalyptic" fifth and final season: "That's the fun of the final season. You can blow the doors off it. There's no guarantee who's going to survive because you don't have to keep [the cast] for another season. So you can have really shocking, big things happen all the time. The writers, as we're starting to cook it up, we're really enjoying that." Kripke admitted, though, that "so many series finale [sic] suck. It's really hard to land the plane", and added: "I am very grateful to Amazon for giving me the opportunity to end it on our own terms but, for sure, I feel lots and lots of pressure to end it well. Because if we can stick the landing, then people will be like, 'That was a great show.' But if we shit the bed, people will say: 'It was a good show, but then it shit the bed.' For the legacy of the show, I really want to land the plane. It's hard to land the plane! I feel an incredible amount of pressure."{{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/superhero-shows/the-boys-final-season-stakes-eric-kripke-sdcc-interview/ |title='The Boys' showrunner teases the high stakes of the final season: 'There's no guarantee on who's going to survive' |last=Russell |first=Bradley |website=GamesRadar+ |date=July 28, 2024 |access-date=July 30, 2024}}

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In December 2017, it was reported that Erin Moriarty had been cast in the lead role of Annie January / Starlight. In January 2018, it was reported that Antony Starr, Dominique McElligott, Chace Crawford, Jessie T. Usher, and Nathan Mitchell had joined the main cast. In March 2018, it was reported that Laz Alonso, Jack Quaid, and Karen Fukuhara had been cast in series regular roles. In April 2018, it was reported that Karl Urban had been cast in the series' lead role of Billy Butcher. In May 2018, it was reported that Elisabeth Shue had been cast in the series regular role of Madelyn Stillwell. In June 2018, it was reported that Tomer Kapon had joined the main cast in the role of Frenchie. In August 2018, it was reported that Jennifer Esposito had been cast in the recurring role of CIA Agent Susan Raynor.{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |title='The Boys': Jennifer Esposito Cast in Amazon's Superhero Drama Series |url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/the-boys-jennifer-esposito-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-1202455048/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=August 30, 2018 |date=August 30, 2018 |archive-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227105545/https://deadline.com/2018/08/the-boys-jennifer-esposito-cast-amazon-superhero-drama-series-1202455048/ |url-status=live}} In October 2018, it was announced during the annual New York Comic Con that Simon Pegg had been cast in the role of Hughie's father.{{cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |title=Simon Pegg Joins Amazon's 'The Boys'; Makes Surprise On-Stage Appearance – New York Comic Con |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/simon-pegg-the-boys-amazon-series-cast-1202477257/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=October 5, 2018 |date=October 5, 2018 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221024105/https://deadline.com/2018/10/simon-pegg-the-boys-amazon-series-cast-1202477257/ |url-status=live}} According to Robertson, Hughie was drawn in the comics to resemble Pegg after he saw Pegg in the sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), but Pegg thought he was too old to play the role of Hughie in the television series.{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a28481482/the-boys-amazon-simon-pegg/ |title=Why *that* cameo in Amazon's 'The Boys' is more significant than it looks |last=Longridge |first=Chris |date=July 26, 2019 |publisher=Digital Spy |access-date=July 27, 2019 |archive-date=June 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603230526/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a28481482/the-boys-amazon-simon-pegg/ |url-status=live}}

In July 2019, alongside the renewal of the second season, it was reported that Aya Cash would be joining the series as a gender-swapped version of Stormfront, following contract negotiations that began when the second season was announced.{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=July 12, 2019 |title='The Boys': Aya Cash in Talks for Stormfront Role in Likely Season 2 of Amazon Series |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/the-boys-aya-cash-in-talks-for-stormfront-role-in-likely-season-2-of-amazon-series-1202645539/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422065445/https://deadline.com/2019/07/the-boys-aya-cash-in-talks-for-stormfront-role-in-likely-season-2-of-amazon-series-1202645539/ |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |date=March 9, 2020 |title=Stormfront strikes 'The Boys' in exclusive Season 2 first look |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-2-aya-cash-stormfront-photos/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=April 8, 2020 |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201222645/https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-2-aya-cash-stormfront-photos/ |url-status=live}} The reason why Stormfront was changed was in order to make the character of Homelander feel even more hurt from having his spotlight stolen.{{cite web |last=Chase |first=Stephanie |date=August 7, 2020 |title='The Boys' boss say Stormfront was gender-swapped to explore new hate groups |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a33546688/the-boys-boss-stormfront-gender-swapped/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |publisher=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214131815/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a33546688/the-boys-boss-stormfront-gender-swapped/ |url-status=live}} In September 2019, Claudia Doumit and Goran Višnjić were cast in recurring roles for the second season.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/the-boys-timeless-goran-visnjic-claudia-doumit-to-recur-season-2-amazon-series-1202711123/ |title='The Boys': 'Timeless' Alums Goran Visnjic & Claudia Doumit to Recur on Season 2 of Amazon Series |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=September 5, 2019 |access-date=September 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317020825/https://deadline.com/2019/09/the-boys-timeless-goran-visnjic-claudia-doumit-to-recur-season-2-amazon-series-1202711123/ |url-status=live}} A month later, Patton Oswalt was announced in an unspecified role,{{cite web |last=Bankhurst |first=Adam |title='The Boys' Season 2 Casts Patton Oswalt in Secret Role |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/18/the-boys-season-2-casts-patton-oswalt-in-secret-role |website=IGN |access-date=June 22, 2024 |date=October 18, 2019 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124155440/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/18/the-boys-season-2-casts-patton-oswalt-in-secret-role |url-status=live}} later revealed to be the voice of Deep's gills.

In August 2020, it was reported that Shawn Ashmore was cast as Lamplighter for the second season.{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/casting-news/the-boys-season-2-shawn-ashmore-as-lamplighter-photo-2910513/ |title='The Boys' Season 2: Shawn Ashmore to Play Lamplighter — See First Photo |website=TVLine |last=Webb Mitovich |first=Matt |date=August 10, 2020 |access-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810162816/https://tvline.com/2020/08/10/the-boys-season-2-shawn-ashmore-as-lamplighter-photo/ |url-status=live}} A week later, Jensen Ackles joined the cast for the third season as Soldier Boy.{{cite web |last=Porter |first=Rick |date=August 17, 2020 |title=Jensen Ackles Joins 'The Boys' at Amazon |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jensen-ackles-joins-the-boys-at-amazon-4047036/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214131815/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jensen-ackles-joins-the-boys-at-amazon-4047036/ |url-status=live}} The character of Soldier Boy would be different from the comics as he would be portrayed as the "Homelander before Homelander", according to Kripke.{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Spencer |date=October 9, 2020 |title='The Boys' Showrunner Teases Supernatural's Jensen Ackles Will Be Worse Than Homelander in Season 3 |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-boys-showrunner-teases-supernaturals-jensen-ackles-homelander-season-3/ |access-date=June 21, 2021 |website=ComicBook.com |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517202243/https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-boys-showrunner-teases-supernaturals-jensen-ackles-homelander-season-3/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Zogbi |first=Emily |date=October 10, 2020 |title='The Boys' Showrunner Calls Jensen Ackles Season 3 Character 'Homelander Before Homelander' |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-jensen-ackles-season-3-homelander-soldier-boy/ |access-date=June 21, 2021 |website=CBR |archive-date=September 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904064006/https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-jensen-ackles-season-3-homelander-soldier-boy/ |url-status=live}} Discussing his character on the Inside of You podcast in January 2022, Ackles described Soldier Boy as a "jackass", explaining: "He's a grandpa. He's from the '40s. He fought in World War II and he's just this curmudgeon, bigoted asshole."{{cite web |last=Dominguez |first=Noah |date=January 20, 2022 |title='The Boys' Jensen Ackles Describes Soldier Boy, His 'Bigoted A-hole' Supe |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-jensen-ackles-soldier-boy-ahole-supe/ |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=CBR |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120092801/https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-jensen-ackles-soldier-boy-ahole-supe/ |url-status=live}} In October 2020, Doumit and Colby Minifie were promoted to series regulars for the third season.

In March 2021, Katia Winter joined the cast in the recurring role of Little Nina for the third and fourth season.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/the-boys-katia-winter-cast-little-nina-season-3-amazon-1234722363/ |title='The Boys': Katia Winter to Play Cult Role from Comics in Season 3 of Amazon Series |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=March 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326165518/https://deadline.com/2021/03/the-boys-katia-winter-cast-little-nina-season-3-amazon-1234722363/ |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |url-status=live}} In June 2021, Miles Gaston Villanueva, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Nick Wechsler were cast as Supersonic, Gunpowder, and Blue Hawk, respectively, for the third season in undisclosed capacities.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-casts-three-new-superheroes-meet-supersonic-blue-hawk-gunpowder/ |title='The Boys' casts 3 new superheroes: Meet Supersonic, Gunpowder, and Blue Hawk |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Holub |first=Christian |date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624014631/https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-casts-three-new-superheroes-meet-supersonic-blue-hawk-gunpowder/ |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |url-status=live}} Two days later, Laurie Holden joined the cast as Crimson Countess in a recurring role for the third season.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-boys-laurie-holden-recur-season-3-amazon-1234781652/ |title='The Boys': Laurie Holden to Recur in Season 3 of Amazon Series |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Del Rosario |first=Alexandra |date=June 25, 2021 |access-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625165901/https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-boys-laurie-holden-recur-season-3-amazon-1234781652/ |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |url-status=live}} In October 2021, Frances Turner, Kristin Booth, and Jack Doolan joined the cast as Monique and twins Tessa and Tommy ({{aka}} the TNT Twins) in recurring roles for the third season.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/the-boys-frances-turner-kristin-booth-jack-doolan-season-3-recurring-1234850110/ |title='The Boys': Frances Turner, Kristin Booth & Jack Doolan Join Season 3 as Recurring |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Del Rosario |first=Alexandra |date=October 5, 2021 |access-date=October 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005201515/https://deadline.com/2021/10/the-boys-frances-turner-kristin-booth-jack-doolan-season-3-recurring-1234850110/ |archive-date=October 5, 2021 |url-status=live}}

In July 2022, it was reported that Mitchell (who portrayed Black Noir in the first three seasons), despite his character's death in the third season finale, would continue to portray Black Noir but as a new entity of the character in a main capacity for the fourth season (as Black Noir II). In August 2022, it was reported that Cameron Crovetti had been promoted as a series regular while Valorie Curry and Susan Heyward were cast as new series regulars for the fourth season as Firecracker and Sister Sage, respectively. Later that month, Jeffrey Dean Morgan was cast in an undisclosed role, later to be revealed as Joe Kessler.{{cite web |url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/how-is-the-boys-joe-kessler-different-in-the-comics/ |title=How is 'The Boys' Joe Kessler Different in the Comics? |last=McMullen |first=Chris |website=Escapist Magazine |date=June 18, 2024 |access-date=June 24, 2024}} In December 2022, Rob Benedict and Elliot Knight joined the cast in undisclosed capacities for the fourth season,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/the-boys-rosemarie-dewitt-rob-benedict-elliot-knight-cast-season-4-simon-pegg-returns-1235186095/ |title='The Boys': Rosemarie DeWitt, Rob Benedict & Elliot Knight Board Season 4; Simon Pegg Sets Return |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |date=December 1, 2022 |access-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201180132/https://deadline.com/2022/12/the-boys-rosemarie-dewitt-rob-benedict-elliot-knight-cast-season-4-simon-pegg-returns-1235186095/ |url-status=live}} alongside Rosemarie DeWitt, who was revealed to play Hughie's mom (Daphne Campbell).{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/jack-quaid-the-boys-season-4-interview-gen-v-prime-video/ |title='The Boys' Star Jack Quaid Says It Was Cathartic to Explore Hughie's 'Core Trauma' and 'Campbell Family Chaos' in Season 4 |last=Harris |first=Raquel 'Rocky' |website=TheWrap |date=May 15, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/jack-quaid-the-boys-season-4-hughies-mom-rosemarie-dewitt-8651236 |title=Jack Quaid on 'The Boys' Season 4 bringing in Hughie's mom: 'Campbell family chaos' |last=Romano |first=Nick |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-boys-rosemarie-dewitt-daphne-season-4-1235934078/ |title=Rosemarie DeWitt on Her Key 'The Boys' Role and What She Wasn't Prepared For |last=Patterson |first=Demetrius |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 28, 2024 |access-date=June 28, 2024}}

In June 2024, after much speculation and discussion online, Jared Padalecki confirmed that he will appear in the fifth and final season.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/jared-padalecki-the-boys-season-5-reaction/ |title=Jared Padalecki Seems to Confirm 'Supernatural' Reunion in 'The Boys' Season 5 |last=Dick |first=Jeremy |website=CBR |date=June 22, 2024 |access-date=July 1, 2024 |quote=We have talked [about a role]{{nbsp}}... I think at this point in my acting life, I only want to work on projects that I really care about or with people that I really care about, and obviously Eric [Kripke] and I are indelibly connected forever{{nbsp}}... I will be ready when he makes the phone call. I'll just say 'Okay, when am I flying out?'}}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/the-boys-jensen-ackles-jared-padalecki-reunion-8668798 |title='The Boys' boss knows a Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki reunion would 'break the internet': 'It's occurred to me' |last=Romano |first=Nick |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 25, 2024 |access-date=July 1, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://cosmicbook.news/jared-padalecki-confirms-the-boys-season-5 |title=Jared Padalecki Confirms 'The Boys' Season 5 |last=Harrigan |first=Will |website=Cosmic Book News |date=June 28, 2024 |access-date=July 1, 2024 |quote=Well, I'll say this: Kripke and I texted today. It's not been written yet, but I think he was saying [the final season] doesn't even film until 2025. So yeah, I'm going to go play in Kripke's newest playground. I had a great time the first time around, so I'm sure I'll have a great time here again. I love the show. I think it's hilarious and exciting. But you were asking what my plans for the future were — and I love Jensen and Eric Kripke. Obviously, I'll be indebted to [Kripke] and entangled with him forever. I met my wife because of him. I was Sam Winchester because of him. Supernatural happened because of him. So working with him on a show that I enjoy, I'm like, 'Yeah, when do I fly out?' But I don't think we would film until at least January.}} Kripke previously expressed interest in bringing Padalecki on board, stating: "I feel like I have to complete my game of Supernatural Pokémon."{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-boys-supernatural-jared-padalecki-eric-kripke-1236014798/ |title='The Boys' Creator Wants a Jared Padalecki Reunion in Season 5: 'I Have to Complete My Game of 'Supernatural' Pokémon |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |website=Variety |date=May 22, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024}} During SDCC in July 2024, Kripke told Variety: "I have been talking to Jared, we've been texting back and forth. I don't know yet if it'll be a one-episode guest spot or something bigger. We're still trying to figure out what would be the best role for him. But I'm gonna bring in Jared."{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-boys-soldier-boy-final-season-5-vought-rising-trump-attack-1236087070/ |title='The Boys' Showrunner on New Spinoff, Soldier Boy's Big Role in Final Season and 'Horrible Coincidences' in Assassination Storyline |last1=Maas |first1=Jennifer |last2=Jackson |first2=Angelique |website=Variety |date=July 26, 2024 |access-date=July 26, 2024}}

In September 2024, it was announced that Daveed Diggs had been cast in an undisclosed role for the fifth and final season.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/the-boys-season-5-daveed-diggs-casting-exclusive-8716153 |title='The Boys' Season 5 adds Daveed Diggs in Mystery Role (Exclusive) |last=Romano |first=Nick |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 24, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-boys-season-5-cast-daveed-diggs-1236154518/ |title='The Boys' Season 5 Casts Daveed Diggs |last=Otterson |first=Joe |website=Variety |date=September 24, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/daveed-diggs-the-boys-1236098050/ |title=Daveed Diggs Joins 'The Boys' for Fifth & Final Season |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=September 24, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024}} His casting was confirmed by the series' official Twitter account.{{cite tweet |number=1838610222728012015 |title=New S5 crumbs... let's all welcome Daveed Diggs to The Boys family, shall we? He'll be playing a character in the show. That's all ya get for now |user=TheBoysTV |date=September 24, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024}}

In October 2024, it was announced that Mason Dye had been cast as Bombsight for the fifth and final season.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-boys-season-5-cast-mason-dye-bombsight-1236179906/ |title='The Boys' Season 5 Casts 'Stranger Things' Alum Mason Dye |last=Otterson |first=Joe |website=Variety |date=October 16, 2024 |access-date=October 18, 2024}}

File:The Boys Season 2 filmed at Pecaut Square Toronto I Want My Compound V.jpg at Pecaut Square in Toronto in July 2019]]

Although situated in New York City as in the comics, it was confirmed that the series would be filmed in Toronto, Canada.{{cite web |last=Watson |first=Fay |date=July 26, 2019 |title='The Boys' on Amazon location: Where is 'The Boys' filmed? Where's it set? |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1157369/The-Boys-Amazon-Prime-location-Where-is-The-Boys-filmed-Where-is-it-set-series |access-date=April 21, 2022 |website=Daily Express |language=en-GB |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421193333/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1157369/The-Boys-Amazon-Prime-location-Where-is-The-Boys-filmed-Where-is-it-set-series |url-status=live}} In November 2017, it was announced that filming for the series was slated to begin in 2018 with hopes of releasing it in 2019. Though the series was mainly shot in Toronto, it was confirmed that additional filming would take place across the Golden Horseshoe area, including Mississauga and Hamilton.{{cite web |last=Shinuda |first=Jonah |date=November 8, 2020 |title=Did you know Prime's biggest TV series 'The Boys' was partially filmed in Mississauga? |url=https://www.insauga.com/did-you-know-primes-biggest-tv-series-the-boys-was-partially-filmed-in-mississauga/ |access-date=June 11, 2021 |website=Insauga |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612022200/https://www.insauga.com/did-you-know-primes-biggest-tv-series-the-boys-was-partially-filmed-in-mississauga |url-status=live}}

Filming for the first season started on May 22, 2018, mainly in Toronto and at several tourist locations, such as Roy Thomson Hall, Yonge–Dundas Square, Lower Bay Station, and Sherbourne Common. In order to make it look like New York City and create fictional places of the series universe such as the Seven Tower, some locations were digitally altered through CGI, including the interiors of several buildings. Other locations of interest included Sherbourne Common, the Cathedral Church of St. James, and the Parkwood Estate.{{cite web |last=Moon |first=Ra |title=Where was 'The Boys' Filmed? Guide to All the Filming Locations |url=https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2019/07/the-boys-filming-locations-toronto.html |access-date=June 11, 2021 |website=Atlas of Wonders |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612022204/https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2019/07/the-boys-filming-locations-toronto.html |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title='The Boys' filming locations in Canada |url=https://filipinosincanada.com/2020/09/04/the-boys-filming-locations/ |publisher=Filipinos in Canada |access-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612042059/https://filipinosincanada.com/2020/09/04/the-boys-filming-locations/ |url-status=dead}} Filming for the first season wrapped on October 11, 2018.{{cite web |last=Flook |first=Ray |date=October 17, 2018 |title=As 'The Boys' Wraps Season 1 Filming, Did Karl Urban Confirm Season 2? |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/boys-season-1-filming-wraps-season-2/ |access-date=April 21, 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421202455/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/boys-season-1-filming-wraps-season-2/ |url-status=live}}

Filming for the second season started on July 17, 2019,{{cite web |title=Current Productions |url=https://www.iatse873.com/current_productions |publisher=IATSE 873 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101160158/https://www.iatse873.com/current_productions |archive-date=November 1, 2019}} and followed the similar strategy of being filmed at tourist locations and edited using CGI. Some places of interest included the Meridian Arts Centre, the Wet 'n' Wild Toronto Waterpark, and the Scottish Rite Club. To create the Sage Grove psychiatric hospital, the crew filmed at the Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care complex.{{cite web |last=Fleischer |first=David |date=October 14, 2020 |title=Every Toronto location that shows up in the second season of Amazon's 'The Boys' |url=https://torontolife.com/culture/the-boys-filming-location/ |access-date=June 12, 2021 |website=Toronto Life |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612230323/https://torontolife.com/culture/the-boys-filming-location/ |url-status=live}} To accommodate the sentiments of the citizens of Toronto, filming at Mel Lastman Square was ultimately relocated by the Toronto City Council, as the location was close to the place where the Toronto van attack occurred on April 23, 2018.{{cite web |last=Bell |first=Amanda |title='The Boys' Season 2 Violent Scene Cancelled Due to Outcry from Toronto Residents |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-boys-toronto-violent-scene-season-2-production/ |date=November 6, 2019 |access-date=June 22, 2022 |publisher=TV Guide |language=en-US |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622005936/https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-boys-toronto-violent-scene-season-2-production/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Stone |first=Sam |date=November 7, 2019 |title='The Boys': Toronto Demanded Show Relocate to Film Extremely Violent Scene |url=https://www.cbr.com/boys-relocate-violent-scene-toronto/ |access-date=April 24, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424023818/https://www.cbr.com/boys-relocate-violent-scene-toronto/ |url-status=live}} Filming for the second season wrapped on November 15, 2019.{{cite web |last=Mancuso |first=Vinnie |date=November 15, 2019 |title='The Boys' Season 2 Wraps Filming, Eric Kripke Releases Short Film |url=https://collider.com/the-boys-season-2-filming-wraps/ |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=Collider |language=en-US |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424012716/https://collider.com/the-boys-season-2-filming-wraps/ |url-status=live}}

Filming for the third season started on February 24, 2021{{cite web |last=Fogarty |first=Paul |date=June 8, 2021 |title='The Boys' Season 3 release date: How Amazon's filming schedule hints at 2022 arrival |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/06/08/the-boys-season-3-release-date-amazon-prime-video-filming-schedule/ |access-date=June 21, 2021 |publisher=HITC |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205215/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/06/08/the-boys-season-3-release-date-amazon-prime-video-filming-schedule/ |url-status=dead}} and was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic, though precautions were implemented to ensure the safety of the cast and crew.{{cite web |last=Romano |first=Evan |date=May 7, 2021 |title=Season 3 of 'The Boys' is Officially in Production |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a34128728/the-boys-season-3-release-date-cast-spoilers/ |access-date=June 14, 2022 |website=Men's Health |language=en-US |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614230400/https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a34128728/the-boys-season-3-release-date-cast-spoilers/ |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |date=April 8, 2022 |title=Everything We Know So Far About 'The Boys' Season 3 |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-3-everything-we-know/ |access-date=June 14, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614230400/https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-3-everything-we-know/ |url-status=live}} Locations for the season included Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Saint George Manor, and Canada's Wonderland Medieval Faire. Filming for the third season wrapped on September 10, 2021.{{cite web |last=Boccella |first=Maggie |date=September 10, 2021 |title='The Boys' Season 3 Has Finished Filming, According to Karl Urban |url=https://collider.com/the-boys-season-3-filming-ended-karl-urban/ |access-date=September 10, 2021 |website=Collider |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709080029/https://collider.com/the-boys-season-3-filming-ended-karl-urban/ |url-status=live}}

Filming for the fourth season started on August 22, 2022.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-4-everything-we-know/ |title=Everything We Know So Far About 'The Boys' Season 4 |last=Romano |first=Nick |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=November 8, 2022 |access-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411073541/https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-4-everything-we-know/ |url-status=live}} Pegg concluded filming his scenes on January 18, 2023.{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-boys-star-simon-pegg-wraps-filming-season-4/ |title='The Boys' Star Wraps Filming on Season 4 |last=Perry |first=Spencer |website=ComicBook.com |date=January 18, 2023 |access-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412202159/https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-boys-star-simon-pegg-wraps-filming-season-4/ |url-status=live}} Filming on the finale began on February 12,{{cite web |url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-boys-eric-kripke-confirms-season-4-finale-filming-underway/ |title='The Boys': Eric Kripke Confirms Season 4 Finale Filming Underway |last=Flook |first=Ryan |website=Bleeding Cool |date=February 12, 2023 |access-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411152129/https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-boys-eric-kripke-confirms-season-4-finale-filming-underway/ |url-status=live}} with Starr concluding his scenes on April 4.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/the-boys-season-4-filming-wrap-antony-starr/ |title=Antony Starr Wraps Filming on 'The Boys' Season 4 |last=DeVore |first=Britta |website=Collider |date=April 6, 2023 |access-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415023914/https://collider.com/the-boys-season-4-filming-wrap-antony-starr/ |url-status=live}} Filming for the fourth season wrapped on April 12, 2023.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/the-boys-season-4-filming-wrap-set-images// |title='The Boys' Season 4 Wraps with Gory Behind-the-Scenes Images |last=DeVore |first=Britta |website=Collider |date=April 12, 2023 |access-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414004328/https://collider.com/the-boys-season-4-filming-wrap-set-images/ |url-status=live}}

Filming for the fifth and final season began in November 2024 and will finish "well into the middle of '[20]25", according to Kripke.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/feature/the-boys-season-5-everything-we-know-1236014576/ |title='The Boys' Season 5: Everything We Know So Far |last=Gomez |first=Dessi |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/07/18/the-boys-season-5/74404697007/ |title=Season 5 of 'The Boys' to Be Its Last: What We Know So Far About Release, Cast, More |last=Shafiq |first=Saman |website=USA Today |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024}}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/the-boys-season-5-everything-we-know-so-far-8662456 |title='The Boys' Season 5: Everything We Know So Far |last=Jones |first=Rendy |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024}} Filming then began on November 25, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/the-boys-cast-season-5-filming-start/|title='The Boys' Cast Is Back Together As Season 5 Gets a Supersized Update|first=Adam|last=Blevins|website=Collider|date=November 25, 2024|accessdate=November 26, 2024|archive-date=November 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126060650/https://collider.com/the-boys-cast-season-5-filming-start/|url-status=live}}

The visual effects consist of computer-generated imagery (CGI), green screen, digi-doubles, and green screen plates.{{cite web |url=https://beforesandafters.com/2019/08/22/four-of-the-most-batshit-crazy-vfx-moments-in-the-boys-happen-in-the-first-episode/ |title=Four of the Most Batshit Crazy VFX Moments in 'The Boys' Happen in the First Episode |last=Failes |first=Ian |website=befores & afters |date=August 22, 2019 |access-date=August 11, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.artofvfx.com/the-boys-stephan-fleet-overall-vfx-supervisor/ |title='The Boys': Stephan Fleet – Overall VFX Supervisor |last=Frei |first=Vincent |website=Art of VFX |date=August 28, 2019 |access-date=August 11, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://beforesandafters.com/2020/10/13/the-boys-inside-a-vfx-review-session-on-season-2/ |title='The Boys': Inside a VFX Review Session on Season 2 |last=Failes |first=Ian |website=befores & afters |date=October 13, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2024}}

Stephan Fleet serves as the visual effects supervisor and Sean Tompkins serves as the visual effects producer. In 2024, Fleet described Tompkins being "more like a VFX managerial partner", adding: "[Sean] handle[s] finance and scheduling. We're a managerial dream team. Everything overlaps, and communication, kindness, listening, discussing, and attacking based on group thought and experience are the keys."{{cite web |url=https://www.artofvfx.com/the-boys-season-4-stephan-fleet-production-vfx-supervisor/ |title='The Boys' – Season 4: Stephan Fleet – Production VFX Supervisor |last=Frei |first=Vincent |website=Art of VFX |date=August 8, 2024 |access-date=August 11, 2024}}

For season one, the visual effects were provided by DNEG TV, Framestore, Folks VFX, Mavericks VFX, Method Studios, Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies VFX, Mr. X, Pixomondo, Rocket Science VFX, Rodeo FX, and Soho VFX.{{cite web |url=https://www.artofvfx.com/the-boys/ |title=The Boys |last=Frei |first=Vincent |website=Art of VFX |date=September 25, 2019 |access-date=August 11, 2024}} For season two, the visual effects were provided by ILM, Rising Sun Pictures, Rocket Science VFX, Rodeo FX, Ollin VFX, Soho VFX, Rhythm & Hues, Method Studios, and Studio 8.{{cite web |url=https://www.artofvfx.com/the-boys-season-2/ |title=The Boys Season 2 |last=Frei |first=Vincent |website=Art of VFX |date=August 5, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2024}} For season three, the visual effects were provided by Pixomondo, Rocket Science VFX, MPC Episodic, Soho VFX, Ingenuity Studios, Rising Sun Pictures, Studio 8, and Outpost VFX.{{cite web |url=https://www.artofvfx.com/the-boys-season-3/ |title=The Boys Season 3 |last=Frei |first=Vincent |website=Art of VFX |date=May 18, 2022 |access-date=August 11, 2024}} For season four, the visual effects were provided by ILM, MPC, Untold Studios, DNEG, Spin VFX, Luma Pictures, Pixomondo, Soho VFX, Zoic Studios, Rocket Science VFX, Crafty Apes VFX, Ingenuity Studios, Splice, Incessant Rain Studios, and CNCPT.{{cite web |url=https://www.artofvfx.com/the-boys-season-4/ |title=The Boys Season 4 |last=Frei |first=Vincent |website=Art of VFX |date=May 8, 2024 |access-date=August 11, 2024}}

{{further|The Boys season 1#Music|The Boys season 2#Music|The Boys season 3#Music|The Boys season 4#Music|l1=The Boys season 1 (soundtrack)|l2=The Boys season 2 (soundtrack)|l3=The Boys season 3 (soundtrack)|l4=The Boys season 4 (soundtrack)}}

Soundtrack albums for every season have been released by Madison Gate Records.{{cite web |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/07/25/soundtrack-album-for-amazons-the-boys-to-be-released/ |title=Soundtrack Album for Amazon's 'The Boys' to Be Released |website=Film Music Reporter |date=July 25, 2019 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=July 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726054436/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/07/25/soundtrack-album-for-amazons-the-boys-to-be-released/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/10/08/the-boys-season-2-soundtrack-album-details/ |title='The Boys' Season 2 Soundtrack Album Details |website=Film Music Reporter |date=October 8, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=October 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011172143/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/10/08/the-boys-season-2-soundtrack-album-details/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/07/07/the-boys-season-3-soundtrack-album-details/ |title='The Boys' Season 3 Soundtrack Album Details |website=Film Music Reporter |date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710052129/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/07/07/the-boys-season-3-soundtrack-album-details/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/07/10/the-boys-season-4-soundtrack-album-released/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Soundtrack Album Released |website=Film Music Reporter |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711072433/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/07/10/the-boys-season-4-soundtrack-album-released/ |url-status=live}} Both Christopher Lennertz and Matt Bowen serve as the series' composers. It was confirmed that Lennertz would be composing the score for the series in July 2018, having previously collaborated with Kripke on Supernatural and Revolution (2012–2014).{{cite web |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2018/07/17/christopher-lennertz-to-score-amazons-the-boys/ |title=Christopher Lennertz to Score Amazon's 'The Boys' |website=Film Music Reporter |date=July 17, 2018 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720032638/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2018/07/17/christopher-lennertz-to-score-amazons-the-boys/ |url-status=live}} Bowen became co-composer starting with season three; though he only co-composed two episodes of the third season, Bowen co-composed all episodes of season four with Lennertz.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |last=Hannett |first=Michelle |date=August 5, 2019 |title=WAMG's Conversation with Composer Christopher Lennertz on His Super-Hero Score for Amazon Prime's 'The Boys' |url=https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2019/08/wamgs-conversation-with-composer-christopher-lennertz-on-his-super-hero-score-for-amazon-primes-the-boys/ |access-date=June 11, 2021 |website=We Are Movie Geeks |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611011040/https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2019/08/wamgs-conversation-with-composer-christopher-lennertz-on-his-super-hero-score-for-amazon-primes-the-boys/ |url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |last=Licuria |first=Rob |date=May 31, 2021 |title=Christopher Lennertz ('The Boys' composer) on how his score 'keeps you on your guard', just like the show itself [Exclusive Video Interview] |url=https://www.goldderby.com/feature/christopher-lennertz-the-boys-composer-amazon-video-interview-1204268136/ |access-date=June 11, 2021 |publisher=GoldDerby |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611011030/https://www.goldderby.com/feature/christopher-lennertz-the-boys-composer-amazon-video-interview-1204268136/ |url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Sean |date=August 12, 2022 |title='The Boys' composer Christopher Lennertz channels chaos for the Amazon Prime hit |url=https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en/articles/the-boys-composer-christopher-lennertz-channels-chaos-for-the-amazon-prime-hit |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=Composer Magazine |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818001547/https://composer.spitfireaudio.com/en/articles/the-boys-composer-christopher-lennertz-channels-chaos-for-the-amazon-prime-hit |url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/the-boys-composer-matt-bowen-interview/ |title=Co-Composer Matt Bowen Interview: 'The Boys' |last=Danoff |first=Owen |website=Screen Rant |date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816231107/https://screenrant.com/the-boys-composer-matt-bowen-interview/ |url-status=live}}
• {{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-season-3-score-imperfect-why/ |title=Why 'The Boys' is Intentionally Imperfect Explained by Co-Composer |last=Francis-Crow |first=Alana |website=Screen Rant |date=August 16, 2022 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816230515/https://screenrant.com/boys-season-3-score-imperfect-why/ |url-status=live}} During an interview at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, Lennertz stated that his work for The Boys was the "craziest thing" he has ever done, after collaborating with Rogen for Sausage Party (2016).{{cite web |last=Jammer Medina |first=Joseph |date=July 24, 2019 |title='The Boys': The One Major Direction Seth Rogen Gave Composer Christopher Lennertz |url=https://lrmonline.com/news/the-boys-the-one-major-direction-seth-rogen-gave-composer-christopher-lennertz-sdcc-2019/ |access-date=June 11, 2021 |website=LRM |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611011031/https://lrmonline.com/news/the-boys-the-one-major-direction-seth-rogen-gave-composer-christopher-lennertz-sdcc-2019/ |url-status=live}}

For the second season's soundtrack, Moriarty provides her own vocals for the song "Never Truly Vanish", which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.{{cite web |last=Singh |first=Olivia |title=A deep dive into Starlight's unabashedly over-the-top, Emmy-nominated power anthem 'Never Truly Vanish' from 'The Boys' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-boys-starlight-never-truly-vanish-oral-history-interview-2021-8 |date=August 21, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218052719/https://www.businessinsider.com/the-boys-starlight-never-truly-vanish-oral-history-interview-2021-8 |url-status=live}} The music video for "Never Truly Vanish" was uploaded on YouTube on June 4, 2021.{{cite AV media |date=June 4, 2021 |title=Starlight – Never Truly Vanish (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWbmSoXAdvQ |access-date=November 9, 2021 |via=YouTube |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709225213/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWbmSoXAdvQ |url-status=live}} Usher also performed an original song for the second season's soundtrack. On September 1, 2021, the music video for "Faster" was uploaded on YouTube.{{cite AV media |date=September 1, 2021 |title=A-Train – Faster (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcd-rwe-SEw |access-date=November 9, 2021 |via=YouTube |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709222716/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcd-rwe-SEw |url-status=live}} The third season's soundtrack includes two original songs performed by Miles Gaston Villanueva ("You've Got a License to Drive (Me Crazy)" and "Rock My Kiss") while Laurie Holden performed "America's Son", which were released on June 3, 2022.{{cite web |title=First Songs from 'The Boys' Season 3 Soundtrack Released |website=Film Music Reporter |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/06/03/first-songs-from-the-boys-season-3-soundtrack-released/ |date=June 3, 2022 |access-date=June 21, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621003522/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/06/03/first-songs-from-the-boys-season-3-soundtrack-released/ |url-status=live}} On June 17, 2022, another music video was released of an original song performed by Holden: "Chimps Don't Cry".{{cite web |title='Chimps Don't Cry' from 'The Boys' Season 3 Released |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/06/17/chimps-dont-cry-from-the-boys-season-3-released/ |website=Film Music Reporter |date=June 17, 2022 |access-date=June 21, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621003252/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/06/17/chimps-dont-cry-from-the-boys-season-3-released/ |url-status=live}}

The fourth season includes an original song titled "Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas", which was performed by Shoshana Bean, James Monroe Iglehart, Andrew Rannells and the cast of the fictional "Vought on Ice" figure skating performers.{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/interviews/the-boys-vought-on-ice-song-lets-put-the-christ-back-in-christmas-andrew-rannells-1235267314/ |title='The Boys' Vought on Ice Song: How a Trio of Broadway Vets Came to Sing 'Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas' |last=Gelman |first=Vlada |website=TVLine |date=June 16, 2024 |access-date=June 25, 2024}} On June 14, 2024, the music video for "Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas" was uploaded on YouTube.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgv7wH7Gps |title=Vought on Ice – "Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas" |via=YouTube |date=June 14, 2024 |access-date=June 25, 2024 |archive-date=June 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614171345/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgv7wH7Gps |url-status=live}} An official website for "Vought on Ice" was also created and is available to visit.{{cite tweet |number=1800605012017758579 |title=Get your tickets with VoughtCoin here! |user=VoughtIntl |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=July 5, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.voughtonice.com |title=Vought on Ice |publisher=Vought on Ice |access-date=June 25, 2024}}{{cite tweet |number=1802753867110859068 |title=We're just as sad as you that Vought on Ice is temporarily grounded. Please visit our cutting edge website for updates on when the show will be back on the road! voughtonice.com |user=VoughtIntl |date=June 17, 2024 |access-date=July 5, 2024}} As Lennertz delved into composing "Let's Put the Christ Back in Christmas", he immersed himself in a marathon of ice capade shows, including "Disney on Ice" and "Frozen on Ice", seeking inspiration for the dance's final form. "I knew sleigh bells were essential and the tempo had to be lively", he reflected. Then, the essence of Vought, a hallmark of Kripke's storytelling, began to permeate his work. While Lennertz matched high notes to laser sounds, his longtime friend shared articles about the latest uproars over anti-Christmas sentiments. One notable moment was Candace Cameron Bure's stance against LGBTQ+ representation in Hallmark Channel's Christmas films, which he found to be a telling source of exasperated satire.{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/24181252/boys-vought-on-ice-lets-put-christ-back-christmas |title='The Boys' songwriter behind Vought on Ice did the excruciating homework |last=Patches |first=Matt |website=Polygon |date=June 18, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/the-boys-season-4-composer-christopher-lennertz-interview/ |title=Composer Christopher Lennertz Talks Putting the Christ Back in Christmas for 'The Boys' Season 4 |last=Danoff |first=Owen |website=Screen Rant |date=June 18, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}

Both Lennertz and Bowen also serve as composers for the spin-off series Gen V (2023–present).{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/gen-v-christopher-lennertz-matt-bowen-soundtrack/ |title='Gen V' Drops an Explosive Track by Christopher Lennertz & Matt Bowen [Exclusive] |last=Danoff |first=Owen |website=Screen Rant |date=October 5, 2023 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030204053/https://screenrant.com/gen-v-christopher-lennertz-matt-bowen-soundtrack/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/gen-v-composers-christopher-lennertz-matt-bowen-interview/ |title='Gen V' Interview: Composers Christopher Lennertz & Matt Bowen on Scoring Exploding Body Parts |last=Danoff |first=Owen |website=Screen Rant |date=November 22, 2023 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=November 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123215310/https://screenrant.com/gen-v-composers-christopher-lennertz-matt-bowen-interview/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.goldderby.com/feature/matt-bowen-gen-v-composer-video-interview-1205853466/ |title='Gen V' composer Matt Bowen on showcasing 'a new corner of the world' within 'The Boys' universe [Exclusive Video Interview] |last=Dixon |first=Marcus James |publisher=GoldDerby |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-date=June 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613154413/https://www.goldderby.com/feature/matt-bowen-gen-v-composer-video-interview-1205853466/ |url-status=live}} Explaining the process of composing for both series, Bowen said: "From a scoring standpoint, there's almost a similar sensibility as comedy. Where the best move is get out of the way because they're already doing enough on screen. So, there's a lot of that. And of course, a lot of times, we are commenting on the violence. And a lot of times, we're doing that with distortion. We're doing that with some off-kilter instruments." As far as inspiration for the music goes, Bowen mentioned that it leaps off of the screen: "It's so obvious what these scenes need to be. Now granted, the big cavoite to that is that once you've established the sound of the show, that is a challenge. That's a challenge on any show{{nbsp}}... that is a creative nut to crack."{{cite web |url=https://templeofgeek.com/interview-composer-matt-bowen-talks-the-boys-and-gen-v-at-sdcc |title=[Interview] Composer Matt Bowen Talks 'The Boys' and 'Gen V' at SDCC |last=Morrow |first=Maddie |website=Temple of Geek |date=August 3, 2024 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}

The series explores issues like systemic racism, white nationalism, white supremacy, and xenophobia, with Kripke seeing an opportunity to introduce Stormfront, a racist superhero who believes in Nazism.{{cite web |last=B |first=Kay |date=August 17, 2020 |title=Interview: Eric Kripke spills details on 'The Boys' Season Two |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/eric-kripke-the-boys-season-two-interview/ |access-date=April 22, 2022 |website=Comics Beat |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618095100/https://www.comicsbeat.com/eric-kripke-the-boys-season-two-interview/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Fullerton |first=Huw |date=September 12, 2020 |title='The Boys' Stormfront twist is a dark tale for our times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/the-boys-stormfront-racist-twist/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=Radio Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622032959/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/the-boys-stormfront-racist-twist/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Berlatsky |first=Noah |date=September 16, 2020 |title='The Boys' confronts real American Nazis better than most comic-book stories |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/16/21440032/the-boys-stormfront-american-nazis-white-supremacy-fascism-themes-politics-supervillains-comics |access-date=June 28, 2024 |website=Polygon |archive-date=March 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311210515/https://www.polygon.com/2020/9/16/21440032/the-boys-stormfront-american-nazis-white-supremacy-fascism-themes-politics-supervillains-comics |url-status=live}} Kripke stated that unlike the comics, where Stormfront is male, the character would be gender-swapped for the series with the intention of creating "Homelander's worst nightmare that would be a strong woman who wasn't afraid of him and proceeded to steal his spotlight".{{cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=September 4, 2020 |title='The Boys' Showrunner Eric Kripke on 'Frankly Disturbing' Twist for Aya Cash's Stormfront |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-stormfront-racist-season-2-premiere-kimiko-brother-terrorist-homelander-eric-kripke/ |access-date=April 23, 2022 |website=TheWrap |archive-date=April 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423234904/https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-stormfront-racist-season-2-premiere-kimiko-brother-terrorist-homelander-eric-kripke/ |url-status=live}} The series contains political satire, and many consider the show to be a critique of conservatism and far-right politics.{{cite web |last=Wasserman |first=Ben |date=June 22, 2022 |title='The Boys' Reacts to Right-Wing Fans Realizing the Show is Political Satire |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-reacts-right-wing-fans-realizing-political-satire/ |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830051309/https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-reacts-right-wing-fans-realizing-political-satire/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |date=June 28, 2022 |title=Why superhero satire 'The Boys' turned off its rightwing fanbase |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jun/28/the-boys-homelander-trump-rightwing-fanbase |last=Heritage |first=Stuart |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830051308/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jun/28/the-boys-homelander-trump-rightwing-fanbase |url-status=live}} It has also made references to corporate corruption, homophobia, police brutality, and sexual harassment.{{cite web |last=Elvy |first=Craig |date=November 10, 2019 |title=Amazon's 'The Boys' Flips the Comic's Approach to Homophobia |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-amazon-comic-homosexuality-representation-changes/ |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830051308/https://screenrant.com/boys-amazon-comic-homosexuality-representation-changes/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Chappell |first=Caitlin |date=July 26, 2020 |title='The Boys' is Political – and It Will Continue to Be |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-political-it-will-continue-be/ |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830051310/https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-political-it-will-continue-be/ |url-status=live}}

Various analogies have been made to current social and political movements, such as Black Lives Matter, the MeToo movement, and comparing Homelander to Donald Trump.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a40308147/the-boys-season-3-a-train/ |title=Why The Boys' 'All Lives Matter' scene is a hard watch |last=A Leigh |first=Janet |publisher=Digital Spy |date=June 18, 2022 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830051308/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a40308147/the-boys-season-3-a-train/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.themarysue.com/homelander-edges-closer-to-trump-in-season-3-of-the-boys/ |title=Homelander Edges Closer to Trump in Season 3 of 'The Boys' |last=Steiner |first=Chelsea |website=The Mary Sue |date=June 18, 2022 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/is-homelander-supposed-to-be-donald-trump-the-boys |title=Has Homelander Turned into 'The Boys' Donald Trump? There Are Some Obvious Parallels |last=Stinson |first=Katherine |website=Distractify |date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/boys-smartest-political-satire-tv-just-mind-orgies-exploding/ |title='The Boys' is the smartest political satire on TV – just mind the orgies and exploding heads |last=Power |first=Ed |website=The Telegraph |date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830051309/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/boys-smartest-political-satire-tv-just-mind-orgies-exploding/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-political-poster-season-4/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Poster Reveals Homelander's Trump-Like Slogan |last=Dick |first=Jeremy |website=CBR |date=March 5, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1598919/the-boys-season-4-homelander-donald-trump-references/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Has Completed Homelander's Transformation into Donald Trump |last=Meenan |first=Devin |website=/Film |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/tv-review-the-boys-season-4-is-a-pizzagate-parody-of-donald-trumps-alt-right/ |title=TV Review: 'The Boys' Season 4 is a Pizzagate parody of Donald Trump's Alt-Right |last=Angeles |first=Christian |website=Comics Beat |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.theringer.com/tv/2024/6/13/24177839/the-boys-season-4-homelander-donald-trump-election-year-satire |title='The Boys' is Better at Satirizing Superheroes Than it is at Satirizing Trump |last=Lindbergh |first=Ben |website=The Ringer |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}} Promotional materials for the fourth season included the quotes "Make America Super Again" and "Supe Lives Matter", a parody of the slogans "Make America Great Again" and "Black Lives Matter", respectively.{{cite web |last=Bythrow |first=Nick |date=March 5, 2024 |title=Homelander is 'Making America Super Again' in New 'The Boys' Season 4 Poster |url=https://screenrant.com/the-boys-season-4-homelander-poster-make-america-super-again/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Makuch |first=Eddie |date=March 5, 2024 |title='The Boys' Season 4 Promos Declare 'Supe Lives Matter' and 'Make America Super Again' |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-boys-season-4-promos-declare-supe-lives-matter-and-make-america-super-again/1100-6521610/ |access-date=March 7, 2024 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Bentz |first=Adam |date=March 6, 2024 |title='Supe Lives Matter': 'The Boys' Campaign Video Sets the Stage for Season 4 Storyline |url=https://screenrant.com/the-boys-season-4-campaign-video-story/ |access-date=July 26, 2024 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US}} Some of the producers have said that these analogies are intentional and made to cast a political message.{{cite magazine |last=Robinson |first=Joanna |date=August 13, 2021 |title=How 'The Boys' Became 2020's Most Urgently Political Show |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/08/awards-insider-eric-kripke-the-boys-interview |access-date=August 30, 2022 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811024108/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/08/awards-insider-eric-kripke-the-boys-interview |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=June 17, 2022 |title=Yes, Homelander on 'The Boys' is Supposed to Be Donald Trump |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/boys-penis-homelander-trump-billy-joel-season-3-1369258/ |access-date=August 30, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830051309/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/boys-penis-homelander-trump-billy-joel-season-3-1369258/ |url-status=live}}

While promoting the fourth season in June 2024, Kripke described the series as a "story about the intersection of celebrity and authoritarianism and how social media and entertainment are used to sell fascism". He also said that viewers who think the series is too "woke" should "go watch something else" and expressed surprise to some viewers perceiving Homelander as the series' hero, saying: "What do you say to that? The show's many things. Subtle isn't one of them."{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/06/18/anti-woke-critics-of-the-boys-mocked-on-social-media-as-creators-say-the-series-was-always-a-satirical-right-wing-critique/ |title=Anti-'Woke' Critics of 'The Boys' Mocked on Social Media as Creators Say the Series Was Always a Satirical Right-Wing Critique |last=Murray |first=Conor |website=Forbes |date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |url-access=limited}}

In July 2024, concerned about the series' increasing similarity to real-world politics, particularly in season four, Kripke stated: "This show has an increasingly disturbing track record of reflecting reality one way or another. There's some throwaway dialogue, for example, in that billionaires are talking about how they have to stack the Supreme Court to get the decisions that they need. I'm not happy being Satan's writers room. I'm starting to get really troubled by it. But there does continue to be a certain eerie similarity between the show and the things that are happening in the real world."{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-eric-kripke-politics-similarities/ |title='The Boys' Showrunner is 'Really Troubled' by Its Similarity to Real-Life Politics: 'I'm Not Happy Being Satan's Writers Room' |last=Bryant |first=Jacob |website=TheWrap |date=July 4, 2024 |access-date=July 6, 2024}} Additionally, Ennis addressed his thoughts about the right-wing fans and their reaction to the series' satire, claiming that this is a world where "both ends of the political spectrum can claim they are the Jedi and the other guys are the Sith" and that "we're through the looking glass". He also pointed out that the contrast from certain fans comes from the fact that "people are choosing what to believe" in regards to the series.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-garth-ennis-calls-out-fandom/ |title='We're Through the Looking Glass': 'The Boys' Creator Calls Out Fans Who Missed Its Satirical Message |last=Epps |first=Justin |website=Screen Rant |date=June 28, 2024 |access-date=July 8, 2024}}

As part of the TV and N.O.W. lineup, the pilot episode ("The Name of the Game") had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, on April 29, 2019. Following the screening, Kripke and the cast discussed the series and took questions from the audience.{{cite press release |url=https://www.tribecafilm.com/press-center/festival/press-releases/tribeca-film-festival-announces-2019-tribeca-tv-and-now-lineup-anniversary-events-for-groundbreaking-the-simpsons-and-in-living-color |title=Tribeca Film Festival Announces 2019 Tribeca TV and N.O.W. Lineup; Anniversary Events for Groundbreaking Series 'The Simpsons' and 'In Living Color' |publisher=Tribeca Film |date=March 18, 2019 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-boys-amazon-world-premiere-2019-tribeca-ff/ |title='The Boys': Amazon Series Unleashing World Premiere at 2019 Tribeca Film Festival |last=Flook |first=Ray |website=Bleeding Cool |date=March 18, 2019 |access-date=August 3, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the-boys-eric-kripke-tribeca-film-festival-politics-celebrity-1203200863/ |title=Why 'The Boys' Will Tackle #MeToo and Trump |last=Taylor |first=Elizabeth |website=Variety |date=April 29, 2019 |access-date=August 3, 2024}} Three months later, The Boys was planned to have all eight episodes of the first season released on Amazon Prime Video on July 26, 2019, but instead premiered just a few hours earlier despite keeping the former date as the official one.{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=April 17, 2019 |title='The Boys' Trailer: First Look at Amazon's Superhero Drama Series |url=https://deadline.com/video/the-boys-trailer-amazon-superhero-drama-series-garth-ennis-darick-robertson-eric-kripke/ |access-date=April 17, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417192414/https://deadline.com/video/the-boys-trailer-amazon-superhero-drama-series-garth-ennis-darick-robertson-eric-kripke/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Gemmill |first1=Allie |last2=Bloom |first2=Mike |date=April 18, 2019 |title='The Boys' Season 1 release date, trailer, cast, plot, renewal, and more |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/55035-the-boys-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-spoilers-for-the-amazon-show |access-date=August 3, 2024 |website=Inverse |language=en-US |archive-date=December 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202162436/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/55035-the-boys-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-spoilers-for-the-amazon-show |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Zatat |first=Narjas |date=July 26, 2019 |title=Amazon drops 'The Boys' hours before planned release so watch it now |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/26/amazon-drops-the-boys-hours-before-planned-release-so-you-can-binge-watch-it-now-10464506/ |access-date=April 21, 2022 |website=Metro |language=en-GB |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421013111/https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/26/amazon-drops-the-boys-hours-before-planned-release-so-you-can-binge-watch-it-now-10464506/ |url-status=live}}

The second season, also consisting of eight episodes, was confirmed that it would be released on a weekly basis (instead of releasing the entire season all at once), debuting the first three episodes on September 4, 2020, with the remaining episodes debuting on a weekly basis until the season finale on October 9.{{cite web |last=Gelman |first=Vlada |date=June 26, 2020 |title='The Boys' Gets Season 2 Premiere Date |url=https://tvline.com/news/the-boys-season-2-premiere-date-amazon-1199745/ |access-date=June 26, 2020 |website=TVLine |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126204048/https://tvline.com/2020/06/26/the-boys-season-2-premiere-date-amazon/ |url-status=live}} A companion short film (titled Butcher: A Short Film), set between the first and second seasons, was released on September 10, 2020, with Urban reprising his role as Butcher.{{cite web |last=Weintraub |first=Steve "Frosty" |title=Exclusive: Eric Kripke on 'The Boys' Season 2, Giancarlo Esposito's Role, and a Billy/William Butcher Short Film |url=https://collider.com/the-boys-season-2-details-eric-kripke-interview/ |website=Collider |access-date=August 26, 2020 |date=July 7, 2020 |archive-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219131130/https://collider.com/the-boys-season-2-details-eric-kripke-interview/ |url-status=live}}{{cite tweet |user=TheBoysTV |number=1304076665274859522 |date=September 10, 2020 |title=Wondering what Butcher's been up to? Check out 'BUTCHER: A Short Film' while you wait for tomorrow's new episode 👀 |access-date=September 12, 2020}}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-short-film-karl-urban-season-2/ |title=Watch 'The Boys' Karl Urban-centric short film to fill in some of the Season 2 gaps |last=Romano |first=Nick |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 10, 2020 |access-date=September 13, 2020}}

On January 6, 2022, it was announced that the third season would premiere on June 3, 2022, with the first three episodes available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis until the season finale on July 8.{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/news/the-boys-season-3-premiere-date-amazon-prime-video-1234776457/ |title='The Boys' Season 3 Gets Premiere Date — Watch Announcement Video |website=TVLine |last=Gelman |first=Vlada |date=January 7, 2022 |access-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107162005/https://tvline.com/2022/01/07/the-boys-season-3-premiere-date-amazon-prime-video/ |url-status=live}}

The fourth season premiered on June 13, 2024.{{cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |title='The Boys': When to Expect Fourth Season Return |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/the-boys-season-four-return-date-prime-video-1235833883/ |access-date=February 22, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 22, 2024}} Upon the release of the season four finale, the title of the episode was retitled from "Assassination Run" to "Season Four Finale", following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump five days prior; a "viewer discretion advised" warning was added at the beginning of the episode, with Amazon, Sony Pictures Television and the producers of The Boys opposing real-world political violence and clarifying that "any scene or plotline similarities to these real-world events are coincidental and unintentional".{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/07/18/the-boys-changes-episode-title-and-denounces-real-world-political-violence-after-trump-assassination-attempt/ |title='The Boys' Changes Episode Title and Denounces Real-World Political Violence After Trump Assassination Attempt |last=Murray |first=Conor |website=Forbes |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024 |url-access=limited}} These sentiments were echoed by Kripke, stating: "We are a superhero TV show. We're fictional. Obviously, it's a political show with a point of view so there's gonna be some horrible coincidences. But anything real-world we condemn and are against in the strongest possible terms. We're just making our superhero show." The finale is also dedicated to Larry Kripke, father of Eric Kripke, who passed away on February 13, 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/who-is-larry-kripke-the-boys-season-4 |title=Season 4 of 'The Boys' Pays Tribute to Showrunner's Late Father, Larry Kripke |last=DeGrushe |first=Allison |website=Distractify |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 30, 2024}}

Following the release of the season four finale, Urban revealed that the fifth and final season won't be released until 2026.{{cite Instagram |postid=C9lrzNxPhGT |title=Working with the illustrious @jeffreydeanmorgan was the best part of my day every day. That's all @TheBoysTV for now folks See you in ...2 years (wish it was sooner) for the final season on @primevideo 🤘🏽⚡️⚡️ |user=karlurban |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 20, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/the-boys-season-5-release-window-2026/ |title='The Boys' Season 5 Release Window Revealed by Butcher Star in New Update |last=Bythrow |first=Nick |website=Screen Rant |date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://hypebeast.com/2024/7/prime-video-karl-urban-the-boys-final-season-five-2026-release-confirmed |title=Karl Urban Confirms Final Season of 'The Boys' Will Release in 2026 |last=Li |first=Joyce |publisher=Hypebeast |date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}

The first three seasons were all released on physical media. Set to come out on May 17, 2022, the first two seasons were released on Blu-ray and DVD, in a six-disc box set by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, on May 31, 2022. The two-season collection includes special features such as deleted/extended scenes and blooper reels; season 2's bonus content also includes Butcher: A Short Film.{{cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=30429 |title='The Boys': Season 1 & 2 Collection Blu-ray |publisher=Blu-ray.com |access-date=June 22, 2024 |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127220754/https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=30429 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-seasons-1-2-blu-ray-amazon-sony/ |title='The Boys' Seasons 1 and 2 Get Blu-ray Release with Deleted and Extended Scenes |last=Zogbi |first=Emily |website=CBR |date=April 5, 2022 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Boys-Seasons-1-and-2-Collection-Blu-ray/314671/ |title='The Boys': Seasons 1 & 2 Collection Blu-ray 🇺🇸 |publisher=Blu-ray.com |access-date=June 22, 2024 |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127220802/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Boys-Seasons-1-and-2-Collection-Blu-ray/314671/ |url-status=live}} Season 3 was released on October 24, 2023; special features include deleted/extended scenes and gag reels, as well as "The Making of Featurette".{{cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=33171 |title='The Boys': Season 3 Blu-ray |publisher=Blu-ray.com |date=August 31, 2023 |access-date=August 31, 2023 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829032444/https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=33171 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/the-boys-season-3-blu-ray-dvd-release/ |title='The Boys' Season 3 is Finally Coming to Blu-ray and DVD |last=Leishman |first=Rachel |website=Collider |date=August 31, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Boys-Season-3-Blu-ray/344732/ |title='The Boys': Season 3 Blu-ray 🇺🇸 |publisher=Blu-ray.com |access-date=June 22, 2024 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829133133/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Boys-Season-3-Blu-ray/344732/ |url-status=live}}

{{Television critical response

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| rotten_tomatoes1 = 85% (106 reviews)

| metacritic1 = 74 (19 reviews)

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| rotten_tomatoes2 = 97% (105 reviews)

| metacritic2 = 80 (15 reviews)

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| rotten_tomatoes3 = 98% (155 reviews)

| metacritic3 = 77 (20 reviews)

| link4 = The Boys season 4#Reception

| rotten_tomatoes4 = 92% (141 reviews)

| metacritic4 = 76 (22 reviews)

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The Boys has received critical acclaim, although the series' political aspects have been divisive and a major talking point, particularly for its fourth season.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-political-it-will-continue-be/ |title='The Boys' is Political – and It Will Continue to Be |last=Chappell |first=Caitlin |website=CBR |date=July 26, 2020 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830051310/https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-political-it-will-continue-be/ |url-status=live |language=en-US}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jun/28/the-boys-homelander-trump-rightwing-fanbase |title=Why superhero satire 'The Boys' turned off its rightwing fanbase |last=Heritage |first=Stuart |website=The Guardian |date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830051308/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jun/28/the-boys-homelander-trump-rightwing-fanbase |url-status=live |language=en-GB}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/boys-smartest-political-satire-tv-just-mind-orgies-exploding/ |title='The Boys' is the smartest political satire on TV – just mind the orgies and exploding heads |last=Power |first=Ed |website=The Telegraph |date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830051309/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/boys-smartest-political-satire-tv-just-mind-orgies-exploding/ |url-status=live |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/06/12/the-boys-season-4-doubles-down-on-one-of-its-biggest-problems/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Doubles Down on One of Its Biggest Problems |last=Tassi |first=Paul |website=Forbes |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |url-access=limited}}
• {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/arts/television/the-boys-season-4-fascism.html |title=How Does Democracy Die? Maybe by Laser Vision |last=Poniewozik |first=James |author-link=James Poniewozik |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 18, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |url-access=registration}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/06/18/anti-woke-critics-of-the-boys-mocked-on-social-media-as-creators-say-the-series-was-always-a-satirical-right-wing-critique/ |title=Anti-'Woke' Critics of 'The Boys' Mocked on Social Media as Creators Say the Series Was Always a Satirical Right-Wing Critique |last=Murray |first=Conor |website=Forbes |date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |url-access=limited}}
• {{cite web |url=https://slate.com/culture/2024/06/the-boys-season-4-firecracker-homelander-starlight-politics.html |title='The Boys' Feels Different in 2024. Is the Problem the Show—or Us? |last=Onion |first=Rebecca |website=Slate |date=June 22, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/356474/boys-season-4-trump-woke-review |title=The whole time? 'The Boys' has been making fun of Trumpers the whole time?! |last=Abad-Santos |first=Alex |website=Vox |date=June 25, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://slate.com/culture/2024/07/the-boys-season-4-finale-homelander-neuman-trump.html |title=What Happened to 'The Boys'? |last=Winkie |first=Luke |website=Slate |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2024/07/21/the-boys-assassination/ |title='The Boys' gives us a grim warning of Trumpism's endgame |last=McFarland |first=Melanie |website=Salon |date=July 21, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/the-boys-assassination-finale-point-and-laugh.html |title='The Boys' is Point-and-Laugh Political Satire at Its Worst |last=Hadadi |first=Roxana |website=Vulture |date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024 |url-access=limited}} The series has an overall rating of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_boys_2019 |title=The Boys (2019) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=June 22, 2024}}{{cbignore}} and a score of 76 on Metacritic.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-boys/ |title=The Boys |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=June 22, 2024}}{{cbignore}}

Many critics and publications have called it among the best Amazon Prime Video series of all time.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/lists/best-amazon-tv-shows-prime-video-list-ranked/best-amazon-tv-shows-forever/ |title=Amazon Prime Video's 15 Greatest Shows Ever, Ranked — Who's #1? |website=TVLine |date=April 18, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-amazon-prime-shows-tv/ |title=The Best Amazon Prime TV Shows, from 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' to 'Undone' and 'The Boys' |last=Chapman |first=Wilson |website=IndieWire |date=July 11, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/amazon-prime-shows/ |title=The 15 Best Prime Video Original TV Shows, Ranked |last1=Johnson |first1=Rachel |last2=Scheer-Erb |first2=Patricia |website=MovieWeb |date=September 3, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.mensjournal.com/streaming/8-best-amazon-original-series |title=8 Best Amazon Original Series |last=Griffin |first=Griff |website=Men's Journal |date=December 1, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/best-shows-on-amazon-prime/ |title=The 30 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Video, Ranked |last=Seddon |first=Gem |website=GamesRadar+ |date=April 18, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://uproxx.com/tv/best-amazon-prime-original-series/ |title=The 25 Best Amazon Prime Original Series Right Now (June 2024) |last1=Beggs |first1=Scott |last2=Ricci |first2=Kimberly |website=Uproxx |date=May 30, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}} Starr's portrayal of Homelander has also received much critical acclaim, with multiple critics calling it one of the best performances on television.Multiple sources:
• {{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/features/best-tv-performances-of-2019/ |title=The 15 Best Performances of 2019 |publisher=TV Guide |date=December 27, 2019 |access-date=June 27, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-best-tv-performances-of-2020-1845870302 |title=The Best TV Performances of 2020 |website=The A.V. Club |date=December 22, 2020 |access-date=June 27, 2024}}
• {{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-best-tv-performances-of-2022/ |title=The Best TV Performances of 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 8, 2022 |access-date=June 27, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-boys-finale-proves-antony-starrs-trumpian-supervillain-is-the-best-performance-on-tv |title='The Boys' Finale Proves Antony Starr's Trumpian Supervillain is the Best Performance on TV |last=Fraser |first=Emma |website=The Daily Beast |date=June 11, 2022 |access-date=June 27, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://uproxx.com/tv/antony-starr-homelander-the-boys-best-performance/ |title=Antony Starr as Homelander is the Best Performance on TV |last=Wittmer |first=Carrie |website=Uproxx |date=June 22, 2022 |access-date=June 27, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/24183429/amazon-boys-antony-starr-homelander-scary-good |title=No one should be as good as Antony Starr is at being Homelander |last=Rivera |first=Joshua |website=Polygon |date=June 22, 2024 |access-date=June 27, 2024}}

On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 85%, based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Though viewers' mileage may vary, The Boys{{'}} violent delights and willingness to engage in heavy, relevant themes are sure to please those looking for a new group of antiheroes to root for."{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |title=The Boys |id=the_boys_2019 |type=tv |season=1 |access-date=June 15, 2024}}{{cbignore}} On Metacritic, the season holds a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 19 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.{{cite Metacritic |title=The Boys |id=the-boys |type=tv |season=1 |access-date=June 15, 2024}}{{cbignore}}

On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season holds an approval rating of 97%, based on 105 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "The Boys comes out swinging in a superb second season that digs deeper into its complicated characters and ups the action ante without pulling any of its socially critical punches."{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |title=The Boys |id=the_boys_2019 |type=tv |season=2 |access-date=June 15, 2024}}{{cbignore}} On Metacritic, the season holds a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 15 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.{{cite Metacritic |title=The Boys |id=the-boys |type=tv |season=2 |access-date=June 15, 2024}}{{cbignore}}

On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season holds an approval rating of 98%, based on 155 reviews, with an average rating of 8.05/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Managing to up the ante on what was already one of television's most audacious satires, The Boys{{'}} third season is both bracingly visceral and wickedly smart."{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |title=The Boys |id=the_boys_2019 |type=tv |season=3 |access-date=June 15, 2024}}{{cbignore}} On Metacritic, the season holds a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 20 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.{{cite Metacritic |title=The Boys |id=the-boys |type=tv |season=3 |access-date=June 15, 2024}}{{cbignore}}

On Rotten Tomatoes, the fourth season holds an approval rating of 92%, based on 141 reviews, with an average rating of 7.65/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Boxing in the political arena with a bloodied smile, The Boys{{'}} fourth season is grim and even a little glum while holding up a cracked mirror towards modern society."{{cite Rotten Tomatoes |title=The Boys |id=the_boys_2019 |type=tv |season=4 |access-date=October 1, 2024}}{{cbignore}} On Metacritic, the season holds a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 22 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.{{cite Metacritic |title=The Boys |id=the-boys |type=tv |season=4 |access-date=July 18, 2024}}{{cbignore}} Various critics and publications have considered it the most polarizing and darkest season yet, though the finale received much acclaim.Multiple sources:

• {{cite web |url=https://collider.com/the-boys-season-4-review/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Review: Too Much of a Good Thing Is Still Too Much |last=Blaney |first=Garrett |website=Collider |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/superhero-shows/the-boys-season-4-review/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Review: 'Wildly entertaining but the cracks are starting to show' |last=Murray |first=Emily |website=GamesRadar+ |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/tv-reviews/the-boys-season-4-review-darkest-season-yet-1236032702/ |title='The Boys' Suffers Growing Pains in Its Darkest Season Yet: TV Review |last=Herman |first=Alison |website=Variety |date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/06/12/the-boys-season-4-doubles-down-on-one-of-its-biggest-problems/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Doubles Down on One of Its Biggest Problems |last=Tassi |first=Paul |website=Forbes |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |url-access=limited}}
• {{cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/the-boys-season-4-review/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Review: Still Fun, But Much Darker and with Shaky Storytelling |last=Archer |first=Greg |website=MovieWeb |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/the-boys-season-four-amazon-review |title='The Boys' is Bleaker Than Ever in Season 4 |last=Lawson |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Lawson (writer) |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=June 13, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/arts/television/the-boys-season-4-fascism.html |title=How Does Democracy Die? Maybe by Laser Vision |last=Poniewozik |first=James |author-link=James Poniewozik |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 18, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |url-access=registration}}
• {{cite web |url=https://slate.com/culture/2024/06/the-boys-season-4-firecracker-homelander-starlight-politics.html |title='The Boys' Feels Different in 2024. Is the Problem the Show—or Us? |last=Onion |first=Rebecca |website=Slate |date=June 22, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://bamsmackpow.com/posts/the-boys-season-4-reflecting-on-most-polarizing-season-so-far-01j0xdvzq1f5 |title='The Boys' Season 4: Reflecting on the show's most polarizing season so far |last=Johnson |first=Michael |publisher=Bam! Smack! Pow! |date=July 6, 2024 |access-date=July 28, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-season-4-episode-8-finale-review/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Finale Review: The Series' Most Important Episode Yet |last=M. Patton |first=Joshua |website=CBR |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 28, 2024}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2024/07/20/the-boys-season-4-review-its-not-enough-to-stick-the-landing/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Review: A Great Finale Can't Save A Mediocre Season |last=Kain |first=Erik |website=Forbes |date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |url-access=limited}}

In October 2019, Nielsen announced it had begun tracking viewership of Amazon Prime Video original programs. It confirmed The Boys had attracted 8{{nbsp}}million total viewers in its first ten days of release, making it one of the most successful original programs on Prime Video.{{cite web |date=October 21, 2019 |last=Hayes |first=Dade |title=Amazon Prime Viewing Added to Nielsen, Which Reveals 'The Boys' Numbers |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/amazon-prime-viewing-added-to-nielsen-which-reveals-the-boys-numbers-1202765075/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=September 28, 2020 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009160209/https://deadline.com/2019/10/amazon-prime-viewing-added-to-nielsen-which-reveals-the-boys-numbers-1202765075/ |url-status=live}} For the second season, the first three episodes drew a 7.2% share of streams relative to the top 100 most-watched TV series on Reelgood within its opening weekend, beating Stranger Things season 3 (5.8%) and The Mandalorian (4.4%).{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Brandon |date=September 11, 2020 |title='The Boys' Season 2 Premiere Topped 'Stranger Things' and 'The Mandalorian' |url=https://observer.com/2020/09/amazon-the-boys-season-2-ratings-stranger-things-mandalorian/ |access-date=June 21, 2021 |website=Observer |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828072355/https://observer.com/2020/09/amazon-the-boys-season-2-ratings-stranger-things-mandalorian/ |url-status=live}} The series' audience increased 89% compared to the first season. Nielsen ratings showed that 891{{nbsp}}million minutes of the series had been watched, placing it number three on the Nielsen list, just behind Cobra Kai (2.17{{nbsp}}billion minutes) and Lucifer (1.42{{nbsp}}billion minutes).{{cite web |last=Clark |first=Travis |date=October 1, 2020 |title=Viewership data for Amazon's 'The Boys' shows that the series is a major hit, but it's still not as popular as Netflix's biggest originals |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/nielsen-viewership-data-amazons-the-boys-a-major-hit-2020-10 |access-date=June 9, 2021 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609053746/https://www.businessinsider.com/nielsen-viewership-data-amazons-the-boys-a-major-hit-2020-10 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Tassi |first=Paul |date=October 2, 2020 |title='The Boys' Ratings Are So Strong It's Challenging Netflix's Top Hits |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2020/10/02/the-boys-ratings-are-so-strong-its-challenging-netflixs-top-hits/ |access-date=June 9, 2021 |website=Forbes |url-access=limited |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609053750/https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2020/10/02/the-boys-ratings-are-so-strong-its-challenging-netflixs-top-hits/ |url-status=live}}

Furthermore, The Boys became the first non-Netflix series to appear on the Nielsen "Top 10 Streaming Shows" list.{{cite web |last=Darwish |first=Meaghan |date=October 5, 2020 |title='The Boys' is the First Non-Netflix Show to Break Top 10 Streaming Shows |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/951913/the-boys-top-10-show-streaming/ |access-date=June 9, 2021 |publisher=TV Insider |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609054721/https://www.tvinsider.com/951913/the-boys-top-10-show-streaming/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Motamayor |first=Rafael |date=October 3, 2020 |title=Netflix Finally Has Some Ratings Competition, As 'The Boys' Jumps Ahead of Many of Its Top Hits |url=https://theplaylist.net/the-boys-ratings-netflix-amazon-20201003/ |access-date=June 9, 2021 |website=The Playlist |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609054721/https://theplaylist.net/the-boys-ratings-netflix-amazon-20201003/ |url-status=live}} According to the Nielsen ratings, The Boys was the most-watched superhero series in 2022, becoming more popular than any Disney+ MCU series. Additionally, audiences watched 10.6{{nbsp}}billion minutes of the series, the 11th most-watched original streaming series of 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2023/streaming-unwrapped-2022-was-the-year-of-original-content/ |title=Streaming unwrapped: 2022 was the year of original content |publisher=Nielsen |date=January 2023 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/prime-video-the-boys-more-popular-disney-plus-marvel-series-2022/ |title='The Boys' Was More Popular Than Any of Disney+'s Marvel Series in 2022 |last=St. Peters |first=Joel |website=CBR |date=January 27, 2023 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}

The first three episodes of the fourth season received a 21% increase in total viewers compared to season three in the first four days since launch. Season four became among the top 5 most-viewed TV seasons on Prime Video through its first four days, according to the streamer. It was also reported that season four tallied the second most viewers of any returning season on Prime Video through its first four days, behind only the second season of Reacher. Furthermore, Amazon reported that The Boys has grown in global viewership per season.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/the-boys-season-4-premiere-viewership-amazon-1235978881/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Premiere Viewership Scores 21% Boost vs. Season 3 |last=Campion |first=Katie |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 20, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}

Amid the launch of season four's first three episodes, The Boys scored 1.19{{nbsp}}billion viewing minutes during the week of June 10–16, 2024, according to Nielsen streaming data.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-season-4-viewership-nielsen/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Cracks 1 Billion Viewing Minutes on Nielsen Streaming Charts |last=Seitz |first=Loree |website=TheWrap |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024}} In July 2024, Amazon reported that season four overall garnered more than 55{{nbsp}}million viewers globally since the season premiere. That figure counts 39 days of viewership after the premiere, ending on July 21, just after the July 18 season finale released. This marks the third-consecutive season of global viewership growth for the satirical superhero series. Season 4 has now become Prime Video's fourth most-viewed television season of all time — behind only The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 1, Fallout season 1, and Reacher season 1.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-boys-season-4-ratings-finale-1236084666/ |title='The Boys' Season 4 Draws More Than 55 Million Global Viewers, Amazon Says |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |website=Variety |date=July 25, 2024 |access-date=July 25, 2024}}

For its second season, the series received a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 2021, becoming the first-ever comic book television series adaptation to be nominated in that category, and received four additional nominations.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/the-boys-creator-eric-kripke-emmy-noms-season-3-spinoff-amazon-prime-video-1234791974/ |title='The Boys' Breaks into Emmys' Drama Series Category; Creator Eric Kripke Teases Season 3 & Spinoff |last=Grobar |first=Matt |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=July 13, 2021 |access-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-date=July 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714001607/https://deadline.com/2021/07/the-boys-creator-eric-kripke-emmy-noms-season-3-spinoff-amazon-prime-video-1234791974/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/emmys-wandavision-the-boys-falcon-winter-soldier-marvel-studios-1235018848/ |title=Emmys: 'WandaVision', 'The Boys' Lead Historic Year for Comic Book Adaptations |last=B. Vary |first=Adam |website=Variety |date=July 13, 2021 |access-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-date=July 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713185632/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/emmys-wandavision-the-boys-falcon-winter-soldier-marvel-studios-1235018848/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-emmys-nominations-eric-kripke-season-3-jensen-ackles-soldier-boy-supernatural-references/ |title='The Boys' Creator Talks Mind-Blowing Drama Emmy Nom, Season 3's 'Supernatural' Nods |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |website=TheWrap |date=July 13, 2021 |access-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-date=July 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713202319/https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-emmys-nominations-eric-kripke-season-3-jensen-ackles-soldier-boy-supernatural-references/ |url-status=live}}{{efn|NBC's Heroes (2006–2010), an original television series inspired by comic books, was nominated for the same category for its first season in 2007.}} In 2022, PETA awarded the third season episode "Barbary Coast" the "Tech, Not Terror" Award for using a CGI octopus.{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-boys-season-3-deep-eats-timothy-scene-peta-cgi-octopus/ |title=PETA Recognizes 'The Boys' for Octopus Scene |last=Outlaw |first=Kofi |website=ComicBook.com |date=June 9, 2022 |access-date=July 23, 2022 |archive-date=July 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723220411/https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-boys-season-3-deep-eats-timothy-scene-peta-cgi-octopus/ |url-status=live}}

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{{Main|The Boys Presents: Diabolical}}

On December 5, 2021, at the Brazil Comic-Con (CCXP), Amazon Prime Video announced that The Boys Presents: Diabolical, an animated anthology series, had been given an eight-episode series order.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/the-boys-diabolical-prime-video-the-boys-animated-anthology-series-1234885000/ |title='The Boys' Animated Anthology Series Offshoot 'Diabolical' Ordered by Prime Video |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Choe |first=Brandon |date=December 5, 2021 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206195145/https://deadline.com/2021/12/the-boys-diabolical-prime-video-the-boys-animated-anthology-series-1234885000/ |url-status=live}} On January 18, 2022, it was announced that the series would premiere on March 4, 2022.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/the-boys-diabolical-premiere-date-spinoff-animated-series-1234913890/ |title='Diabolical': Amazon Sets Premiere Date for 'The Boys' Spinoff Animated Series |last=Del Rosario |first=Alexandra |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=January 18, 2022 |access-date=January 18, 2022 |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127021122/https://deadline.com/2022/01/the-boys-diabolical-premiere-date-spinoff-animated-series-1234913890/ |url-status=live}}

{{Main|Gen V}}

On September 24, 2020, it was announced that a spin-off centered on a superhero college had been fast-tracked into development upon the ratings success of the series' second season. Described as being "part college show, part Hunger Games", the spin-off is to be set "...{{nbsp}}at America's only college exclusively for young adult superheroes (and run by Vought International)" and is described as "an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes as they put their physical, sexual, and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the best contracts in the best cities". On October 2, 2020, Kripke stated the series would focus on the G-Men team of "We Gotta Go Now", created as a parody of Marvel Comics' X-Men for the fourth volume of Ennis' and Robertson's comic book story arc of the same name, that had been mentioned in the first season.{{cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=October 2, 2020 |title='The Boys' Supe College Spinoff is 'Loosely Inspired' by 'X-Men' Parody from Comics, Eric Kripke Says |url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-spinoff-superhero-college-series-gmen-comics-xmen-parody-eric-kripke/ |access-date=October 2, 2020 |website=TheWrap |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410073347/https://www.thewrap.com/the-boys-spinoff-superhero-college-series-gmen-comics-xmen-parody-eric-kripke/ |url-status=live}} On September 27, 2021, the untitled spin-off was given a series order by Amazon Studios.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/the-boys-spinoff-series-greenlighted-amazon-michele-fazekas-tara-butters-showrunners-1234845449/ |title='The Boys' Spinoff Series Greenlighted by Amazon with Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters as Showrunners |website=Deadline Hollywood |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=September 27, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706054133/https://deadline.com/2021/09/the-boys-spinoff-series-greenlighted-amazon-michele-fazekas-tara-butters-showrunners-1234845449/ |url-status=live}} Filming of the series, titled Gen V, beginning at the University of Toronto in May 2022 and the Claireville Conservation Area, Brampton in July, intended for an October wrap.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/exclusive-the-boys-college-spinoff-set-photos-reveal-fresh-faced-supes/ |title=Exclusive: 'The Boys' College Spinoff Set Photos Reveal One of the Show's Fresh-Faced Supes |website=CBR |last=Zogbi |first=Emily |date=June 12, 2022 |access-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628071956/https://www.cbr.com/exclusive-the-boys-college-spinoff-set-photos-reveal-fresh-faced-supes/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=July 15, 2022 |title='The Boys' Superhero College Spinoff Title Revealed: Welcome to 'Gen V' |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-boys-superhero-college-spinoff-gen-v-1235317442/ |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715150156/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-boys-superhero-college-spinoff-gen-v-1235317442/ |url-status=live}} The first season premiered on September 29, 2023.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-boys-gen-v-premiere-date-amazon-1235675247/ |title='The Boys' Spinoff 'Gen V' Sets Premiere Date at Amazon |website=Variety |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=July 20, 2023 |access-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720225141/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-boys-gen-v-premiere-date-amazon-1235675247/ |url-status=live}} On October 19, 2023, it was renewed for a second season.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/gen-v-renewed-season-2-amazon-the-boys-1235578285/ |title='Gen V' Renewed for Season 2 at Amazon |last=Campione |first=Katie |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=October 19, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |archive-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019172339/https://deadline.com/2023/10/gen-v-renewed-season-2-amazon-the-boys-1235578285/ |url-status=live}}

On November 28, 2023, a new spin-off series was announced as in the works at Amazon. The Boys: Mexico is created by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who produces alongside Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal.{{cite web |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |title='The Boys: Mexico' Spinoff in Works at Amazon from 'Blue Beetle' Writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, Diego Luna & Gael García Bernal |url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/the-boys-mexico-spinoff-amazon-gareth-dunnet-alcocer-diego-luna-gael-garcia-bernal-1235640996/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=November 28, 2023 |access-date=November 28, 2023 |archive-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127201547/https://deadline.com/2023/11/the-boys-mexico-spinoff-amazon-gareth-dunnet-alcocer-diego-luna-gael-garcia-bernal-1235640996/ |url-status=live}}

On July 26, 2024, a new spin-off series was announced at San Diego Comic-Con that would serve as a prequel to the main series, which will star Ackles and Cash reprising their roles as Soldier Boy and Stormfront, respectively. Entitled Vought Rising, the spin-off will be set in the 1950s, and will be executive produced by Paul Grellong and Kripke with Grellong also serving as showrunner.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=July 26, 2024 |title='The Boys' Prequel Series 'Vought Rising' Starring Jensen Ackles & Aya Cash Ordered by Prime Video |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/the-boys-prequel-series-jensen-ackles-aya-cash-prime-video-1236022514/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=July 26, 2024}}

{{Main|Death Battle}}

On September 17, 2020, characters from The Boys appeared in an episode of DEATH BATTLE! (sponsored by Prime Video), alongside a breakdown video, which was released on YouTube.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk1RQsiz7dk |title=The Seven Battle Royale ('The Boys') |publisher=DEATH BATTLE! |date=September 17, 2020 |via=YouTube |access-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230005502/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk1RQsiz7dk&list=PLB833073B659FD65A&index=8 |url-status=live}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM1qnJEWUsY |title=Breakdown: The Seven Battle Royale ('The Boys') |publisher=DEATH BATTLE! |date=September 17, 2020 |via=YouTube |access-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-date=November 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103071301/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM1qnJEWUsY&feature=youtu.be |url-status=live}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2025}}

On October 3, 2020, Kripke confirmed that the in-universe pornographic superhero film scenes briefly glimpsed in the second season The Boys episode "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker" had been produced in full, expressing interest in releasing them under the name Supe Porn to the fictional website of the same name (formerly registered to Sony Pictures),{{cite web |title=SupePorn – Vought International |url=https://supeporn.com/en/index.html |access-date=October 3, 2020 |website=SupePorn |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707124353/https://supeporn.com/en/index.html |url-status=live}} as well as supposedly requesting Rogen, Goldberg, Starr and the other followers of his Twitter page to join him in petitioning Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Studios to allow the potential web series to be uploaded.{{cite tweet |user=therealKripke |number=1312475633155334144 |date=October 3, 2020 |title=Let's go rogue! We shot full porn scenes for Ep 7 & I wanna post 'em on SupePorn.com. But @SPTV, @PrimeVideo & @AmazonStudios are skittish to get into the porn biz? Reply to them & DEMAND Supe Porn! #TheBoys #TheBoysTV @TheBoys @Sethrogen @evandgoldberg @antonystarr}} In June 2022, a fictional online "storefront" was added to the website, containing a collection of supe-inspired sex toys.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-launches-storefront-supe-inspired-line-adult-toys/ |title='The Boys' Launches a 'Storefront' for Its Supes-Inspired Line of Adult Toys |last=Provencher |first=Bo |website=CBR |date=June 15, 2022 |access-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622171749/https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-launches-storefront-supe-inspired-line-adult-toys/ |url-status=live}} At the bottom of the website, there is a message stating that its contents are "for entertainment purpose only" and products are "not for sale".

{{Main|Seven on 7}}

Ahead of the season three premiere, the series had released a faux current affairs digital series, Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman, in the form of in-universe news reports from the Vought News Network—a parody of CNN and Fox News—uploaded on the official Vought International YouTube channel. Each video segment contains seven stories that tease events in upcoming episodes and introduce new cast members. Acting as an interlude between seasons two and three, the video segments were released on the seventh day of each month over a period of seven months starting on July 7, 2021, and concluding on January 7, 2022. Matthew Edison, who portrays anchor Cameron Coleman—a parody of Fox News' Tucker Carlson—also makes appearances in the third and fourth seasons of the main series.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-3-vought-news-network-digital-series/ |title='The Boys' launches Vought News digital series to fill in story gaps ahead of Season 3 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 7, 2021 |access-date=December 23, 2021 |last=Romano |first=Nick |archive-date=June 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608094539/https://ew.com/tv/the-boys-season-3-vought-news-network-digital-series/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/boys-season-3-soldier-boy-not-best-character-cameron-coleman/ |title='The Boys' Season 3's Best New Character Isn't Soldier Boy |last=Elvy |first=Craig |website=Screen Rant |date=March 27, 2022 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-tucker-carlson-parody-not-fired/ |title='The Boys' Promises Its Tucker Carlson Parody Hasn't Been Fired |last=Peter Gose |first=Lance |website=CBR |date=April 25, 2023 |access-date=July 22, 2024}}

On June 8, 2022, an audiobook/podcast special, titled The Boys: Deeper and Deeper, was released as an Audible Original. The special takes the form of an in-universe interview with The Deep and his wife, Cassandra (Katy Breier), about Deep's memoir, titled Deeper, and the events in his life that are described in the memoir.{{cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=June 8, 2022 |title='The Boys' Companion Podcast Goes Deeper on Chace Crawford's The Deep (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/the-boys-podcast-chace-crawfords-the-deep-audible-1235286943/ |website=Variety |access-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-date=April 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407083145/https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/the-boys-podcast-chace-crawfords-the-deep-audible-1235286943/ |url-status=live}}

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On July 10, 2023, Activision announced a collaboration between the Call of Duty video game franchise and The Boys, which features the addition of Black Noir, Homelander and Starlight as playable characters in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone. Warzone also features map updates that include adverts of The Seven, as well as a Temp V field upgrade that allows players to use one of four superpowers, based on other characters in the series.{{cite web |date=July 10, 2023 |title='Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II' and 'Call of Duty: Warzone' Season 04 Reloaded: What You Need to Know |url=https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2023/07/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-II-warzone-season-04-reloaded-battle-royale-content-drop |publisher=Call of Duty Blog |access-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710172414/https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2023/07/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-II-warzone-season-04-reloaded-battle-royale-content-drop |url-status=live}} A trailer for the collaboration was released on the Vought International YouTube channel, which depicts it as taking place in-universe prior to the end of the third season.{{cite web |last=Massone |first=Marcello |date=July 10, 2023 |title='The Boys': Homelander, Black Noir, and Starlight Join 'Call of Duty' |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-homelander-black-noir-and-starlight-join-call-of-duty/ |website=CBR |access-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711074853/https://www.cbr.com/the-boys-homelander-black-noir-and-starlight-join-call-of-duty/ |url-status=live}} On December 5, 2023, a second collaboration was announced for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, with A-Train and Firecracker joining the playable roster as part of the game's first seasonal content update.{{cite web |date=December 5, 2023 |title=Introducing BlackCell, the Battle Pass, and Bundles for 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III' and 'Call of Duty: Warzone' Season 1 |url=https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2023/12/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-III-warzone-season-1-blackcell-battle-pass-bundles |publisher=Call of Duty Blog |access-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218052823/https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2023/12/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-III-warzone-season-1-blackcell-battle-pass-bundles |url-status=live}}

On July 21, 2023, Homelander appeared as a playable character in the video game Mortal Kombat 1, modeled after Starr and voiced by Jake Green. He is available via the "Kombat Pack" DLC.{{cite web |last=Onder |first=Cade |date=July 21, 2023 |title='Mortal Kombat 1' Reveals Homelander, Peacemaker, and Omni-Man as DLC |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/mortal-kombat-1-homelander-peacemaker-omni-man-comic-con-dlc/ |access-date=July 21, 2023 |website=ComicBook.com |archive-date=August 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801050954/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/mortal-kombat-1-homelander-peacemaker-omni-man-comic-con-dlc/ |url-status=live}}

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