History MythologyGag / TheBoys2019

* After being defeated by Nubia and Nubian Prince in their staged fight, Groundhawk says Gonna, his CatchPhrase from the original comics.

** Hughie's first kill under Temp-V (accidentally punching a Russian guard through the gut) mirrors his first kill in the comic (the superhero Blarney Cock, which Hughie killed accidentally under ''permanent'' V).

* '''The Female of the Species''':

* '''The Big Ride'''

* '''The Bloody Doors Off'''

* '''Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker'''

* '''The Only Man in the Sky''': Homelander says "[[BlasphemousBoast The only man in the sky is me]]" before forcing a reluctant suicide to jump off a building. In the comics, he said it before dropping the Mullers' car.
* '''Glorious Five Year Plan'''

** Hughie's first kill under Temp-V (accidentally punching a Russian guard through the gut) mirrors his first kill in the comic (the superhero Blarney Cock, which Hughie did accidentally under ''permanent'' V).
* '''The Last Time to Look on a World of Lies'''
** The Legend mentions getting Marlon Brando to star in a biopic of Steel Knight, a minor character in the comic who "fought" alongside the original Soldier Boy and was the predecessor of Tek Knight.
* '''Herogasm'''
** While in the hospital Little Nina brings Kimiko chocolate limes, her TrademarkFavoriteFood in the comics.

!!''WesternAnimation/TheBoysDiabolical''

* Homelander is outright told that Black Noir's purpose is to bring him in if he acts out of line, mirroring his role in the comic.

** Hughie's first kill under Temp-V (accidentally punching a Russian guard through the gut) mirrors his first kill in the comic (the superhero Blarney Cock, which Hughie did under ''permanent'' V).

** Hughie's first kill under Temp-V (accidentally punching a Russian guard through the gut) mirrors his first kill in the comic (the superhero Blarney Cock).

** At the end of the comic, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive James Stillwell]] had a VillainousBreakdown after he realized superheroes were no longer a viable business model, calling them "bad product". After Homelander [[TyrantTakesTheHelm takes over Vough]], James' show counterpart Stan calls him this during his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

* Most episode titles [[note]]with the exception of The Female of the Species, Payback, and The Only Man in the Sky[[/note]] [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming derive names]] from story arc or issue titles from the comic.

* The "head-popper" conspiracy is taken from the comicbook but given a different context. [[spoiler:It was originally on users of a certain type of Compound V to engineer heroics and get a Vought-backed [[TheMafiya Mafiya leader]] into the Russian government. Here, it's a superpower by Victoria Neumann and used to get her into the US government.]]

** MM's ''Bad Ass'' mug is taken from his very first comic appearance.

** The Boys get around Translucent's invulnerability by electrocuting him with a cable up his ass. The comics' counterpart to Translucent, Jack from Jupiter, could make himself invulnerable but the process made him feel like he had "a 10,000 volt cable up [his] ass".

** Homelander (and Maeve) looking on the plane he condemned as it falls down mirrors the scene in the comics with Homelander looking down on the Muellers' car after he drops it.
* '''The Innocents:''' Butcher's list of demands to Raynor describes their comic setup with the CIA, right down to their office at the Flatiron building.

*** The same screen also mentions the character Swatto, a pastiche of ComicBook/AntMan who who was theorized by fandom to be the recurring fly seen in season 1.

** Aside from the beard, Billy's appearance in the flashback is pretty similar to his better-kept appearance in the comic.

** One of the supe-themed porn movies Lamplighter watches features ''Jack from Jupiter'', a ComicBook/MartianManhunter {{Expy}} in the comics and a member of the Seven who was cut from the show and replaced with Translucent.
** Another of the porn movies references the comics, where A-Train, rather than The Deep, was one of the supes sexually assaulting Starlight.
* '''What I Know'''
** Stormfront ends up getting kicked around by Maeve, Starlight, and Kimiko in reference to her comic counterpart's brutal death at the hands of the team (save Hughie). She also [[EyeScream violently loses an eye]] like her counterpart did, although at Becca's hands rather than Kimiko.
** Ultimately [[spoiler:Becca]] died like in the comics, [[spoiler:unintentionally killed by her ChildByRape.]]

* '''Payback''': In what also serves as a call-back to season 1, the show finally has the Boys catch up to the setup of their comics counterparts: as an official CIA unit tasked with investigating and dealing with rogue supes, operating out of the Flatiron Building, reporting directly to a high-ranking government official, albeit with Victoria Neuman in place of Susan Raynor (and Hughie filling Monkey's role from the comics as the team's go-between).
* '''The Only Man in the Sky''': Homelander says "[[BlasphemousBoast The only man in the sky is me]]" before forcing a reluctant suicide to jump off a building. In the comics, he said it before dropping the Muellers' car.

** Jamie the hamster makes an appearance, although rather than be a normal hamster that Hughie adopts, it's a Russian experiment with ''superpowers''.

** At the end of the comic, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive James Stillwell]] had a VillainousBreakdown after he realized superheroes were no longer a viable business model, calling them "bad product". After Homelander [[TyrantTakesTheHelm takes over Vought]], James' show counterpart Stan decides to KickTheSonOfABitch by calling him this during his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

** While she's in the hospital Little Nina brings Kimiko chocolate limes, her TrademarkFavoriteFood in the comics.

* '''The Only Man in the Sky''': Homelander says the titular line before forcing a reluctant suicide to jump from a building. In the comics, he said it before dropping the Muellers' car.

** Translucent, the shoe's replacement of Jack from Jupiter, is naturally immune to damage and defeated by electrocuting his anus with a cable. In the comics, Jack from Jupiter could make himself inmune to damage, but the process felt like getting a 10,000 volt cable up his ass.

* '''The Female of the Species''': A ''Jitter Bean'' coffee shop is briefly seen, which is a frequent setting in the comic and a stand-in for Starbucks.

* '''Payback'''
** In what also serves as a call-back to season 1, the show finally has the Boys catch up to the setup of their comics counterparts: as an official CIA unit tasked with investigating and dealing with rogue supes, operating out of the Flatiron Building, reporting directly to a high-ranking government official, albeit with Victoria Neuman in place of Susan Raynor (and Hughie filling Monkey's role from the comics as the team's go-between).

** [[http://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/the-boys-season-2-poster-comes-straight-from-the-comics/ Season 2's first poster]] resembles #65.

** While she's in the hospital Little nina brings Kimiko chocolate limes, her TrademarkFavoriteFood in the comics.

** While she's in the hospital [[TheBaroness Little Nina]] brings Kimiko chocolate limes, her TrademarkFavoriteFood in the comics.

** Jamie the hamster makes an appearance, although rather than be a normal hamster that Hughie adopts, it's a Russian experiment with ''super powers''.

** ''Crimson Countess'', a comic {{expy}} of ComicBook/ScarletWitch, is mentioned as a supe that Starlight edged out to join the Seven.

** Stormfront ends up getting kicked around by Maeve, Starlight, and Kimiko in reference to her comic counterpart's brutal death at the hands of the team (save Hughie).

* Most episode titles [[note]]with the exception of 'The Female of the Species[[/note]] [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming derive names]] from story arc titles from the comic.

* The "head-exploder" conspiracy is taken from the comicbook but given a different context. [[spoiler:It was originally on users of a certain type of Compound V to engineer heroics and get a Vought-backed [[TheMafiya Mafiya leader]] into the Russian government. Here, it's a superpower by Victoria Neumann and used to get her into the US government.]]

* After being defeated by Nubian and Nubian Prince in their staged fight, Groundhawk says Gonna, his CatchPhrase from the original comics.