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* AllForNothing: Butcher spent most of the season trying to find something that can kill Homelander and he found it in the form of Soldier Boy. But after all the multiple deaths and infighting amongst the Boys, Soldier Boy was prevented from killing Homelander because Ryan got involved and Butcher didn't want him hurt so he gives up on the idea of using Soldier Boy. To add insult to injury, Butcher taking too many Temp V ends up giving him 12-18 months to live and he loses Ryan to Homelander who starts to take to Homelander's way of thinking.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Homelander calls out A-Train for killing Blue Hawk, his own kind (Supes), in cold blood, after he revealed he killed Black Noir for keeping Soldier Boy a secret from him. A-Train even glances at Black Noir's helmet when Homelander calls him out but he's smart enough to keep quiet on Homelander's hypocrisy.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: The plan to have Soldier Boy kill Homelander falls apart because Homelander brought Ryan with him to Vought Tower to show Soldier Boy he has a grandson. When Soldier Boy tries to blast Homelander, Ryan stops him with his laser vision, and when Soldier Boy hits Ryan for interfering, Butcher fights back against him and they lost their chance to take down Homelander for good.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The [=#FreeMaeve=] movement that has formed as a result of Starlight's live streams bears strong resemblance to the [[Music/BritneySpears #FreeBritney]] movement, down to the LGBT+ fandom at its forefront.
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** After finding out that Noir knew about Soldier Boy being his father, Homelander punches a hole straight through his chest.
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* BrokenSmile: After Homelander's fans cheer on him for murdering a protester, Ryan's face slowly morphs into this, signifying how he's starting to embrace his new role as the heir of someone immensely powerful who can get away with ''literally anything''.
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** Though in the end, Soldier Boy proves to be even worse than his father: Revealing he's perfectly willing to murder Homelander and Ryan, his son and grandson respectively, due to him viewing Homelander's emotional fragility as a weakness.
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** Ashley decides to delete the footage of Maeve surviving Soldier Boy’s explosion and being carried off by The Boys, apparently [[ThrowTheDogABone letting Maeve leave]] rather than altering Homelander of it or trying to find her.
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** Ashley decides to delete the footage of Maeve surviving Soldier Boy’s explosion and being carried off by The Boys, apparently [[ThrowTheDogABone letting Maeve leave]] rather than altering telling Homelander of about it or trying to find her.
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* BroughtDownToNormal: Maeve rescues everyone at Vought Tower, but in doing so absorbs Soldier Boy's blast and loses her powers. [[IJustWantToBeNormal She isn't complaining.]]
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* BroughtDownToNormal: DePowered: Maeve rescues everyone at Vought Tower, but in doing so absorbs Soldier Boy's blast and loses her powers. [[IJustWantToBeNormal She isn't complaining.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: MM gives one to Soldier Boy while subduing him with Novichok.
-->'''MM''': You ain't no hero. You're just another racist piece of shit we can't seem to get rid of!
-->'''MM''': You ain't no hero. You're just another racist piece of shit we can't seem to get rid of!
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: After enduring Vought and Homelander's abuse over the course of the series and letting her career damage her relationship with the woman she loved, Queen Maeve finally makes a clean break from Vought: she is presumed dead, powerless, and going into hiding with her girlfriend.
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* TheFinalTemptation: Hughie took a phial of Temp-V with him and was tempted to use it when he saw Annie on the ropes against Soldier Boy. Ultimately, he resists the urge and instead uses the lighting controls in the studio to give Annie a boost.
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* PetTheDog: Two involving Butcher.
** Butcher proves that he really does care about Hughie by knocking him so that he won't get himself killed on Butcher's potentially suicidal mission to kill Homelander.
** When it looks like Soldier Boy is about to release one of his pulse attacks, Butcher uses himself to shield Ryan.
** Butcher proves that he really does care about Hughie by knocking him so that he won't get himself killed on Butcher's potentially suicidal mission to kill Homelander.
** When it looks like Soldier Boy is about to release one of his pulse attacks, Butcher uses himself to shield Ryan.
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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
** Two involving Butcher.
** *** Butcher proves that he really does care about Hughie by knocking him so that he won't get himself killed on Butcher's potentially suicidal mission to kill Homelander.
** *** When it looks like Soldier Boy is about to release one of his pulse attacks, Butcher uses himself to shield Ryan.Ryan.
** Ashley decides to delete the footage of Maeve surviving Soldier Boy’s explosion and being carried off by The Boys, apparently [[ThrowTheDogABone letting Maeve leave]] rather than altering Homelander of it or trying to find her.
** Two involving Butcher.
** Ashley decides to delete the footage of Maeve surviving Soldier Boy’s explosion and being carried off by The Boys, apparently [[ThrowTheDogABone letting Maeve leave]] rather than altering Homelander of it or trying to find her.
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* PrematurelyBald: Ashley has lost so much hair that she is nearly bald at a young age, presumably due to the stress of the job, and is revealed to wear a wig. She is clearly embarrassed and frightened when Homelander orders her to remove her wig.
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* PrematurelyBald: Ashley is revealed to wear a wig and is clearly embarrassed and frightened when Homelander orders her to remove it. She has lost so much hair that she is nearly bald at a young age, presumably due to the stress of her job. The use of the job, and is revealed to wear a wig. She is clearly embarrassed and frightened when Homelander orders her to remove her wig.wig also explains why she sometimes had chunks of hair ripped off without much effort nor any feeling of pain.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Soldier Boy does not die. Instead, he is in a vegetative state (either induced artificially or from his injuries) and will likely stay the rest of his life on life support. Earlier on, he'd screamed he wasn't going back on the box, but that's what happens.
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* OhCrap: The Boys when they see Victoria Neuman running for Vice President.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: The Deep cheating on Cassandra with an octopus leads to Cassandra writing a tell-all book about him and dragging him on live television, destroying his reputation once more.
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* HandicappedBadass: Despite Homelander blinding one of her eyes, Maeve still manages to beat Homelander, sacrifice herself to stop Soldier Boy, and ''survive''.
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* PapaWolf: Butcher and Homelander attack Soldier Boy after he knocks Ryan out.
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* SuprisinglyRealsticOutcome: Homelander through the season has shown to have a fair amount of support from people like Todd who unabashedly admire him and his ideology, and in a crowd of people like that including extreme far-righters and Stormfront supporters, even outright killing a Starlight supporter who threw a bottle that hits Ryan earns him cheers after a shocked silence.
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* SuprisinglyRealsticOutcome: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Homelander through the season has shown to have a fair amount of support from people like Todd who unabashedly admire him and his ideology, and in a crowd of people like that including extreme far-righters and Stormfront supporters, even outright killing a Starlight supporter who threw a bottle that hits Ryan earns him cheers after a shocked silence.
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* SuprisinglyRealsticOutcome: Homelander through the season has shown to have a fair amount of support from people like Todd who unabashedly admire him and his ideology, and in a crowd of people like that including extreme far-righters and Stormfront supporters, even outright killing a Starlight supporter who threw a bottle that hits Ryan earns him cheers after a shocked silence.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Queen Maeve gave up her life to defeat Soldier Boy.....is what the news says. She survived, but was {{De-Power}}ed...[[IJustWantToBeNormal not that she minds]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: Queen Maeve gave up her life to defeat Soldier Boy.....is what the news says. She survived, but was {{De-Power}}ed...[[DePower de-powered]]...[[IJustWantToBeNormal not that she minds]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: Queen Maeve gave up her life to defeat Soldier Boy.....is what the news says. She survived, but was DePower[=ed=]...[[IJustWantToBeNormal not that she minds]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: Queen Maeve gave up her life to defeat Soldier Boy.....is what the news says. She survived, but was DePower[=ed=]...{{De-Power}}ed...[[IJustWantToBeNormal not that she minds]].
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** Maeve sacrificing herself to save Annie is precisely what her comic version did. In the comic, Maggie sacrificed herself to buy Annie some time to run from Homelander. Here, she gives up her life to stop Soldier Boy from exploding and killing everyone, as well as Annie. Also, unlike her comic version, Maggie is still alive.
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** Maeve sacrificing herself to save Annie is precisely what her comic version did. In the comic, Maggie Maeve sacrificed herself to buy Annie some time to run from Homelander. Here, she gives up her life to stop Soldier Boy from exploding and killing everyone, as well as Annie. Also, unlike her comic version, Maggie is still alive.alive, albeit without powers.
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* PrematurelyBald: Ashley has lost so much hair that she is nearly bald at a young age, presumably due to the stress of the job, and is revealed to wear a wig. She is clearly embarrassed and frightened when Homelander orders her to remove her wig.
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* BittersweetEnding: More on the bitter than the sweet. Yes, Soldier Boy is defeated, MM has repaired his relationship with his daughter, Maeve has lost her powers and faked her death, allowing her to finally have a normal life, and Butcher seems to have earned back a sliver of his team's respect. But Butcher is now LivingOnBorrowedTime due to his abuse of Temp V, Victoria Neuman now has a shot at beconing Vice President of the United States, Homelander has completely lost it, and Ryan is now becoming indoctrinated to Homelander's way of thinking.
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* BittersweetEnding: More on the bitter than the sweet. Yes, Soldier Boy is defeated, MM has repaired his relationship with his daughter, Maeve has lost her powers and faked her death, allowing her to finally have a normal life, and Butcher seems to have earned back a sliver of his team's respect. But Butcher is now LivingOnBorrowedTime due to his abuse of Temp V, Victoria Neuman now has a shot at beconing becoming Vice President of the United States, Homelander has completely lost it, and Ryan is now becoming indoctrinated to Homelander's way of thinking.
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* MythologyGag: Presidential candidate Robert Singer's new pick for VP is Victoria Neuman, which is the position her comic counterpart Victor held.
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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** Presidential candidate Robert Singer's new pick for VP is Victoria Neuman, which is the position her comic counterpart Victorheld.held.
** Maeve sacrificing herself to save Annie is precisely what her comic version did. In the comic, Maggie sacrificed herself to buy Annie some time to run from Homelander. Here, she gives up her life to stop Soldier Boy from exploding and killing everyone, as well as Annie. Also, unlike her comic version, Maggie is still alive.
** Presidential candidate Robert Singer's new pick for VP is Victoria Neuman, which is the position her comic counterpart Victor
** Maeve sacrificing herself to save Annie is precisely what her comic version did. In the comic, Maggie sacrificed herself to buy Annie some time to run from Homelander. Here, she gives up her life to stop Soldier Boy from exploding and killing everyone, as well as Annie. Also, unlike her comic version, Maggie is still alive.
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* RejectedApology: Following his paralysis, Nathan bluntly tells A-Train to stay out of his life, pointing out he wanted to see Blue Hawk's mugshot instead of a bloodied corpse and that A-Train only ever seems to make things worse for people.
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* RejectedApology: Following his paralysis, Nathan does this to A-Train and bluntly tells A-Train him to just stay out of his life, away, pointing out that he wanted to see Blue Hawk's mugshot instead of a bloodied corpse and that A-Train only ever seems to make things worse for people.
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* AbusiveParents: Butcher and Soldier Boy bond over their fathers being utter shitheels. As opposed to Butcher's father, who was physically abusive, Soldier Boy's father was more emotionally abusive, making his son feel like less than he is and expressing disappointment when he "took a shortcut" by letting himself get suped up by Vought.
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* EnemyMine: When Soldier Boy attacks Ryan, Butcher and Homelander form a brief, but very unlikely, alliance to [[PapaWolf fight back against Soldier Boy.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: Queen Maeve gave up her life to defeat Soldier Boy.....is what the news says. She survived, but was DePower[=ed=]...[[IJustWantToBeNormal not that she minds]].
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* LivingOnBorrowedTime: Butcher nearly dies from overusing Temp-V. While he survives, his prognosis is grim: he has about a year left to live.
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* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Frenchie finally begins to stand up for himself, telling Butcher off before he and Soldier Boy go to Vought Tower, and later affirming that he is his own man when he dismisses concerns about Butcher disapproving of Annie joining the Boys.
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* WreckedWeapon: Soldier Boy's shield gets shattered due to Butcher lasering it until it was malleable enough to break with a single punch.
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* RejectedApology: Following his paralysis, Nathan bluntly tells A-Train to stay out of his life, pointing out he wanted to see Blue Hawk's mugshot instead of a bloodied corpse and that A-Train only ever seems to make things worse for people.
* TakingYouWithMe: As he is being knocked by the Novichok, Soldier Boy charges up one last blast. Maeve tackles him out the window, ensuring that the two of them are the only ones caught in the explosion. While it doesn't kill either of them, Maeve is left without powers & Soldier Boy is placed back into stasis.
* TakingYouWithMe: As he is being knocked by the Novichok, Soldier Boy charges up one last blast. Maeve tackles him out the window, ensuring that the two of them are the only ones caught in the explosion. While it doesn't kill either of them, Maeve is left without powers & Soldier Boy is placed back into stasis.
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* YourDaysAreNumbered: Taking another dose of Temp V causes Butcher to finally reach the threshold and end up in hospital, where he's informed that he has around 12 to 18 months left to live.
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* RealMenHateAffection: Homelander, [[RealMenDontCry with tears in his eyes]], opens up to Soldier Boy about how they could be a real family. His open display of emotion just confirms Soldier Boy's view that Homelander is a 'weak, sniveling pussy' and a disappointment.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Soldier Boy doesn't hesitate to slam Ryan across the room when he gets in the way, prompting [[EnemyMine a brief team-up between Butcher and Homelander]] to protect him.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Homelander isn't happy Black Noir knew about his father and never told him. He demonstrates his disapproval by punching a hole through Black Noir's stomach and leaving him to bleed out on the floor.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Homelander isn't happy Black Noir knew about his father and never told him. He demonstrates his disapproval by punching a hole through Black Noir's stomach and leaving him to bleed out on the floor.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: A supporter of Starlight throws a water bottle at Ryan, to which [[PapaWolf Homelander]] responds by lasering his head off.
* GuttedLikeAFish: Homelander impales Black Noir with his hand, resulting in the latter's guts hanging out as he dies.
* MythologyGag: Presidential candidate Robert Singer's new pick for VP is Victoria Neuman, which is the position her comic counterpart Victor held.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Todd, already a big fan of Homelander, starts cheering from Homelander after being initially shocked by the Supe murdering a Starlight supporter. He could have left or stayed silent, but he shows his true colors in this scene by starting up the crowd.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Todd, already a big fan of Homelander, starts cheering from Homelander after being initially shocked by the Supe murdering a Starlight supporter. He could have left or stayed silent, but he shows his true colors in this scene by starting up the crowd.
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* BroughtDownToNormal: Maeve rescues everyone at Vought Tower, but in doing so absorbs Soldier Boy's blast and loses her powers. [[IJustWantToBeNormal She isn't complaining.]]
* EyeScream: Maeve loses an eye in her fight against Homelander.
* EyeScream: Maeve loses an eye in her fight against Homelander.
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Tensions come to a head when Butcher brings in Soldier Boy to kill Homelander.
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* BittersweetEnding: More on the bitter than the sweet. Yes, Soldier Boy is defeated, MM has repaired his relationship with his daughter, Maeve has lost her powers and faked her death, allowing her to finally have a normal life, and Butcher seems to have earned back a sliver of his team's respect. But Butcher is now LivingOnBorrowedTime due to his abuse of Temp V, Victoria Neuman now has a shot at beconing Vice President of the United States, Homelander has completely lost it, and Ryan is now becoming indoctrinated to Homelander's way of thinking.
* {{Irony}}: One of the biggest fears The Boys had was that Soldier Boy would team up with Homelander. Turns out, Soldier Boy ''really'' doesn't approve of his son and is perfectly willing to kill him.
* PetTheDog: Two involving Butcher.
** Butcher proves that he really does care about Hughie by knocking him so that he won't get himself killed on Butcher's potentially suicidal mission to kill Homelander.
** When it looks like Soldier Boy is about to release one of his pulse attacks, Butcher uses himself to shield Ryan.
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* BittersweetEnding: More on the bitter than the sweet. Yes, Soldier Boy is defeated, MM has repaired his relationship with his daughter, Maeve has lost her powers and faked her death, allowing her to finally have a normal life, and Butcher seems to have earned back a sliver of his team's respect. But Butcher is now LivingOnBorrowedTime due to his abuse of Temp V, Victoria Neuman now has a shot at beconing Vice President of the United States, Homelander has completely lost it, and Ryan is now becoming indoctrinated to Homelander's way of thinking.
* {{Irony}}: One of the biggest fears The Boys had was that Soldier Boy would team up with Homelander. Turns out, Soldier Boy ''really'' doesn't approve of his son and is perfectly willing to kill him.
* PetTheDog: Two involving Butcher.
** Butcher proves that he really does care about Hughie by knocking him so that he won't get himself killed on Butcher's potentially suicidal mission to kill Homelander.
** When it looks like Soldier Boy is about to release one of his pulse attacks, Butcher uses himself to shield Ryan.
