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Warning : This article contains SPOILERS for The Boys time of year 4 , sequence 5 , " Beware the Jabberwock , My Son . "
Summary
The Boysseason 4 hints at Billy Butcher being a Supe , andepisode 5 may feature a troubling clew about the powerfulness he obtained by taking Compound V. Butcher tells Hughie that he injected himself with Vought ’s drug after his cancer diagnosing , but he believes it did n’t do anything . Of of course , his encounter with Ezekiel inThe Boysseason 4 , episode 4 all but confirmsthat he ’s wrong . There ’s no way he could rive a Supe to composition without some form of ability . Since Butcher blacks out , it ’s difficult to say what power the drug might have given him .
Butcher ’s powers inThe Boyscomicsinclude all the common staples of being a Supe : super persuasiveness , fastness , and endurance . However , he does n’t exhibit any of these inThe Boysseason 4 — except when he face off against Ezekiel . Even then , it ’s despair that pushes him to destroy the Supe . As the Amazon show differs importantly from the source material , there areother top executive Butcher might havethat take into account him to do this level of damage . From vein control to power copying , the possibilities seem endless — butepisode 5 may hold a clue about what ’s going on with Butcher .
Billy Butcher is one of the most grave characters in The Boys universe , and here is a complete leaning of every supe that he has kill .
The Boys Season 4’s Dead Rabbit May Foreshadow Butcher’s Secret Supe Power
There Has To Be Some Meaning Behind Their Interactions
Butcher and The Boys receive numerous fauna interpose with Compound V inThe Boysseason 4 , instalment 5 — but he ante up more attention to one that ’s been given Temp V , and there might be a mysterious understanding for that . When The Boys strike Neuman ’s lab in " Beware the Jabberwock , My Son,“Butcher frees a hare that ’s been go out inside a John Cage after being overloaded with Temp V. It does n’t expose the same aggressive behavior that the other superpowered animal do , andThe Boyssoon reveals why .
Butcher bunk into the cony again later , and it ’s perish . There are tentacle protruding from its mid - surgical incision , on the face of it an power Temp V concede it — though its body clearly ca n’t handle this new power . As Butcher is also dying because of Temp V , the rabbit seems to be a disturbing portrayal of what wait him . However , it could also be a jot about Butcher ’s Supe power . After all , late episodes show something dour moving through Butcher ’s body . Although it initially look like his veins , later scenes suggest it ’s something more sinister .
Perhaps Butcher ’s Temp five usage will leave in a similar physical manifestation of major power . This does n’t bode well for him , as he may still wind up idle , just like episode 5 ’s rabbit . But with Butcher later taking real Compound V , it ’s possible he ’s capable to use this power without instantly decease . Such an ability would explain what happens to Ezekielafter he about kill Butcher . The Boys ' former drawing card might be suffer the physical effects of Temp V while also demonstrating secret Supe powers . And installment 5 contains another clue that bet on this up .
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An MM Line In The Boys Season 4 Could Be Another Hint Of Butcher’s Powers
Episode 5 Suggests Butcher Has A More Monstrous Ability
The rabbit is n’t the only touch that Butcher has Supe powers inThe Boysseason 4 , episode 5.A billet from MM also allude to this potential , even if it seems like a throwaway . While the group is moot whether they should use the last STD of the Supe virus to kill the animals outside , Butcher suggest they save it for Homelander and " leg it . " He ’s unforced to put on the line the others ' life to get his revenge , and Starlight calls him " a ogre . " MM then tries to appeal to Butcher ’s mankind , telling him that he is n’t a monster .
This line suggests that , if Butcher is a Supe , his power wo n’t be something flashy like laser imagination or super focal ratio .
Starlight ’s and MM ’s quarrel do n’t ab initio place upright out as an omen , but the phrasing used during this conversation is interesting . Given what Butcher does to Ezekiel , it ’s very potential there ’s something monstrous inside him . This line suggests that , if Butcher is a Supe , his ability wo n’t be something flashy like optical maser vision or super speed . It ’s more probable to be grotesque , just like what happens to the rabbit . This further fuels the idea that Butcher has something inside him waiting to claw its agency out . Whether it ’s tentacle or another brutish power remain to be check .
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Hopefully , the last threeepisodes ofThe Boysseason 4will reveal what ’s give-up the ghost on with Butcher — and if it ’s related to the Compound Little Phoebe he slip from Frenchie . If he does have Supe powers , it ’ll be interesting to see if the show foreshadows them in earlier installments . Such a development could also deepen Butcher ’s destiny forward ofThe Boysseason 5 and twist the tables in the fight against Homelander .
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The Boys is a granulose and subversive take on the superhero musical style , focusing on a group of vigilantes who confront knock-down superheroes abusing their abilities , exploring idea of putrescence and moral equivocalness in a world where hoagy are not always what they seem .
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