History YMMV / TheBoysS03E06Herogasm

* HilariousInHindsight: A-Train kills Bluehawk in a ShoutOut to Kabal's Road Rash Fatality from ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''. Homelander himself would become a GuestFighter in [[VideoFame/MortalKombat1 the very next game in the franchise]].

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: There's been a split in how to interpret Soldier Boy's crack about Bill Cosby and his "strong drinks":

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Soldier Boy praising Bill Cosby? Can elicit a few cringe laughter from how out of touch he is. Him casually dropping that Cosby made ''strong'' drinks? Darkly and gutbusting-ly hilarious.

** When Homelander aims for Hughie during the fight, and Hughie teleports before being hit, the logic would be that the wall and the objects behind Hughie should get hit and destroyed by Homelander's eye beams yet nothing is shown being destroyed , making it quite visibly that it was just CGI.
** Minor one, but, During Annie's rant online, the live reaction comments are commenting about what she is saying ''before'' she says it, such as one comment saying "What happened to Maeve?" just before she says Maeve is missing or dead.

* AlternateJokeInterpretation: There's been a split in how to interpret Soldier Boy's crack about Bill Cosby and his "strong drinks":

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: There's been a split in how to interpret Soldier Boy's crack about Bill Cosby and his "strong drinks":

** Soldier Boy knew what Cosby was up to but didn't care, which fits his out-of-touch view of the world.

** Soldier Boy drank one of Cosby's roofied drinks, but because of his superhuman immune system, it didn't knock him out and he just thought it was a strong drink, not a drugged one.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Soldier Boy praising Bill Cosby? Can elicit a few cringe laughter from how out of touch he is. Him casually dropping that Cosby made ''pretty strong'' drinks? Darkly and gutbusting-ly hilarious.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Minor one, but, During Annie's rant online, the live reaction comments are commenting about what she is saying ''before'' she says it, such as one comment saying "What happened to Maeve?" just before she says Maeve is missing or dead.

* FridgeHorror: Homelander has been in a perpetual [[SanitySlippage mental breakdown]] ever since his HumiliationConga at the end of season 2. As [[CatharsisFactor satisfying]] as it is to watch Butcher, Hughie and Soldier Boy beat the ever-loving crap out of him, the fact that he survived means he's only going to become worse due to his complacency addiction being threatened once again. Especially since Annie exposed Vought for what it really is.
* SpecialEffectFailure: Minor one, but, During Annie's rant online, the live reaction comments are commenting about what she is saying ''before'' she says it, such as one comment saying "what happened to Maeve?" just before she says Maeve is missing or dead.

* SpecialEffectFailure: minor one, but, During Annie's rant online, the live reaction comments are commenting about what she is saying ''before'' she says it, such as one comment saying "what happened to Maeve?" just before she says Maeve is missing or dead.

* FridgeHorror: Homelander has been in a perpetual [[SanitySlippage mental breakdown]] ever since his HumiliationConga at the end of season 2. As [[CatharsisFactor satisfying]] as it is to watch Butcher, Hughie and Soldier Boy beat the ever-loving crap out of him, the fact that he survived means he's only going to become worse. Especially since Annie exposed Vought for what it really is.

** There's also the fight with Homelander himself as he finally meets his match in Soldier Boy, [[EmpoweredBadassNormal and the suped-up Butcher and Hughie]], as for the first time in his entire life, his UnskilledButStrong nature is revealed to have its limits as he's slowly overpowered in a three-on-one fight by more skilled fighters and is [[KnowWhenToFoldThem forced to flee for his life]] instead, finally doing catastrophic damage to his ego that's been long in the making.

** There's also the fight with Homelander himself as he finally meets his match in Soldier Boy, [[EmpoweredBadassNormal and the suped-up Butcher and Hughie]], as for the first time in his entire life, his UnskilledButStrong nature is revealed to have its limits as he's [[CurbStompBattle overpowered]] in a three-on-one fight by more skilled fighters and is [[KnowWhenToFoldThem forced to flee for his life]] instead, finally doing catastrophic damage to his ego that's been long in the making.

* CatharsisFactor: A-Train dragging Blue Hawk across the street until he's a bloody mess is this due to Blue Hawk being a massive racist that killed unarmed black people and paralyzed A-Train's brother. A-Train also gets a heart attack and seemingly dies, which can be satisfying due to his murders and general assholery.

** There's also the fight with Homelander himself as he finally meets his match in Soldier Boy, [[EmpoweredBadassNormal and the suped-up Butcher and Hughie]], as for the first time in his entire life, his UnskilledButStrong nature is revealed to simply be PowerfulButIncompetent as he's [[CurbStompBattle overpowered]] in a three-on-one fight by more skilled fighters and is [[KnowWhenToFoldThem forced to flee for his life]] instead, finally doing catastrophic damage to his ego that's been long in the making.

** There's also the fight with Homelander himself as he finally meets his match in Soldier Boy, [[EmpoweredBadassNormal and the suped-up Butcher and Hughie]], as for the first time in his entire life, he is actually faced against opponents he cannot strongarm in a straight fight and his UnskilledButStrong nature is revealed to simply be PowerfulButIncompetent as he's [[CurbStompBattle quickly overpowered]] in a three-on-one fight by more skilled fighters and is [[KnowWhenToFoldThem forced to flee for his life]] instead, finally doing catastrophic damage to his ego that's been long in the making.

* CatharsisFactor: A-Train dragging Blue Hawk across the street until he's a bloody mess is this due to Blue Hawk being a massive racist that killed unarmed black people and paralized A-Train's brother. A-Train also gets a heart attack and seemingly dies, which can be satisfying due to his murders and general assholery.

** There's also the fight with Homelander himself as he finally meets his match in Soldier Boy, [[EmpoweredBadassNormal and the suped-up Butcher and Huey]], as for the first time in his entire life, he is actually faced against opponents he cannot strongarm in a straight fight and his UnskilledButStrong nature is revealed to simply be PowerfulButIncompetent as he's [[CurbStompBattle quickly overpowered]] in a three-on-one fight by more skilled fighters and is [[KnowWhenToFoldThem forced to flee for his life]] instead, finally doing catastrophic damage to his ego that's been long in the making.

* CatharsisFactor: A-Train dragging Blue Hawk across the street until he's a bloody mess is this due to Blue Hawk being a massive racist that killed unarmed black people and paralized A-Train's brother. A-Train also gets a heart attack and seemingly dies, which can be satisfying due to his murders and general assholery.