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* NatureHero: He wants to be this for ocean life, but Vought won't let him (and even make him shill for a [[BlandNameProduct SeawWorld expy.)
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* {{Fetish}}: Based on his interactions with Stillwell, he appears to have one for [[spoiler: breast-feeding and mommy play.]]
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* CountryMatters: Can hardly go a sentence without saying "cunt" or "twat".
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* WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities: His job in a tech store proves useful a number of times:
** He knows carbon is a conductor [[spoiler: and therefore that Translucent is vulnerable to electric shocks]]
** He knows how to use RF foil to cloak a tracking device
** He knows how to quickly install malware into someone's laptop to remotely access their webcam
** He knows carbon is a conductor [[spoiler: and therefore that Translucent is vulnerable to electric shocks]]
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Along with her brother, [[spoiler: she was a child soldier, kidnapped to by a terrorist organisation called the Shining Light Liberation Army... Then she was pumped full of experimental drugs against her will in order to become a super terrorist.]]
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* AdaptationalNationality: Scottish in the comics, American in the show.
* AffectionateNickname: Frenchie calls her ''mon cœur''[[note]]my heart[[/note]]
* NeverMyFault: A-Train pins the blame of Popclaw's death on Hughie and the Boys since [[spoiler:them blackmailing her is what led to him to killing her, ignoring the fact that he was the one who killed her.]]
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* NeverMyFault: A-Train pins the blame of Popclaw's death on Hughie and the Boys since [[spoiler:them blackmailing her is what led to him to killing her, ignoring the fact that he was the one who killed her.]]
* HiddenDepths: Can communicate with sea creatures and genuinely really cares about how badly they're treated. He even tries to rescue a dolphin and then a lobster, [[spoiler: though both attempts end badly.]]
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* TheFaceless: His head and face are always completely covered by a black mask.
* HiddenDepths: Shown when he wordlessly glowers at a piano player until he steps away from the piano, then sits down by it himself and plays... a fast-paced and upbeat tune on it.
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* InvisibleJerkass: Translucent nearly kills Hughie when he won't tell him why he placed a bug in The Seven's boardroom before Billy intervenes.
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* InvisibleJerkass: Translucent nearly kills Hughie when he won't tell him why he placed a bug in The Seven's boardroom before Billy intervenes.
* InvisibleJerkass: Translucent nearly kills Hughie when he won't tell him why he placed a bug in The Seven's boardroom before Billy intervenes.
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* RecoveredAddict: Quit her V addiction. [[spoiler: She relapses after A-train pretends he is completely single on TV.]]
* SecretRelationship: With A-train, much to her chagrin.
* SecretRelationship: With A-train, much to her chagrin.
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Gender-reversal. One of the men in the supe victims support group revealed that he had sex with her and when she climaxed, she briefly turned to ice... with his penis still inside her. [[CripplingCastration It snapped off.]]
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: As [[spoiler: Popclaw's landlord]] finds out, it can be very difficult to control super strength during sex.
* OutWithABang: Popclaw is shown getting oral sex from her landlord then accidentally crushes his head with her thighs while losing control of herself.
* YourHeadAsplode: Popclaw accidentally crushes her landlord's while he gives her oral sex, with his brain shown getting squirted out.
* OutWithABang: Popclaw is shown getting oral sex from her landlord then accidentally crushes his head with her thighs while losing control of herself.
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Gender-reversal. As [[spoiler: Popclaw's landlord]] finds out, it can be very difficult to control super strength during sex.
* OutWithABang: Popclaw is shown getting oral sex from [[spoiler: herlandlord landlord]] then accidentally crushes his head with her thighs while losing control of herself.
* YourHeadAsplode: Popclaw accidentally crushes that of [[spoiler: herlandlord's landlord's]] while he gives her oral sex, with his brain shown getting squirted out.
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* TransformationSequence: Doppleganger Doppelganger transforms from female to male during sex with the Senator (though the latter is unaware, as he's been blindfolded).
* {{Transgender}}:Doppleganger, Doppelganger, a shapeshifter, is gender fluid, going by they, their or them. Fittingly, they're able to go from female to male form at will.
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* FiveManBand: In season one:
** TheLeader: Billy Butcher
** TheLancer: MM
** TheSmartGuy: Frenchie
** TheBigGuy: Female
** TheChick: Hughie
-->'''Butcher:''' You see, when they're apart, they're fucking rubbish. But... you put them together, they're the goddamn fucking Spice Girls.
** TheLeader: Billy Butcher
** TheLancer: MM
** TheSmartGuy: Frenchie
** TheBigGuy: Female
** TheChick: Hughie
-->'''Butcher:''' You see, when they're apart, they're fucking rubbish. But... you put them together, they're the goddamn fucking Spice Girls.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalIntelligence: While Homelander was still a selfish, self-absorbed asshole in the original comics, it was also along side his confidence issues and lack of real planning skills. This Homelander in the series however is much more sure of himself proactive, smarter and eager to just let people die with worst/best of all, more ''creative''-one of the weaknesses of the comics version is that he was incapable of being anything but a smile on his face while conducting his own villainous plans/speeches behind Vought's back.blunt instrument, here he has long-term plans.
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* StuffedInTheFridge: She pretty much just exists to get killed to start Hughie on his journey.
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* EyeBeams: Billy Butcher wields a superpowered baby as a weapon by making it blast blue beams from its eyes at some security guards.
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* FreakOut: Is prone to anxiety attacks.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Very much averted. He presents himself this way, but is easily the most sadistic of The Seven.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Very much averted. He presents himself this way, way but is easily the most sadistic of The Seven.
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* {{Expy}}: His skillset is a hybrid of ComicBook/EmmaFrost / ComicBook/InvisibleWoman and ComicBook/LukeCage.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: While his anger at the callousness and depravity of the superheroes is warranted, A-Train points out that his murder of Robin wasn’t something he intended. Meanwhile, Hughie is willing to a man who intentionally participates in murder and or torture with the intention of getting to achieve his revenge.A-Train who, while an uncaring asshole to the affair, didn’t mean to kill Robin.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: In many ways, Stillwell thinks she is in the world of the comics the show originates from where the supers are all blithering incompetents and Homelander, while a murderous piece of crap, is in the end all bark and no bite to someone who doesn’t rise to his preening. [[spoiler: This assumption is quickly proven wrong when Homelander just kills her]].
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* Expy: His abilities most closely match that of ComicBook/[[Mystique]].
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* Expy: His abilities most closely match that of ComicBook/[[Mystique]].Mystique.
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* TheDreaded: Except for Butcher, ''Everyone'' is scared of Homelander. Even Starlight, while able to stand up for herself and be confident towards the other members of the Seven, is scared silent when Homelander is lecturing her.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While Homelander was still a selfish, self-absorbed asshole in the original comics, it was also along side his confidence issues and lack of real planning skills. Homelander in the series however is much more eager to just let people die with a smile on his face and conducts his own villainous plans/speeches behind Vought's back.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While Homelander was still a selfish, self-absorbed asshole in the original comics, it was also along side his confidence issues and lack of real planning skills. Homelander in the series however is much more sure of himself and eager to just let people die with a smile on his face and conducts while conducting his own villainous plans/speeches behind Vought's back.
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* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler: While serving as the Dragon to Stillwell for the entire first season, he's notably frustrated with this position until he ultimately becomes the new Big Bad by killing Stillwell at the end of Season one.]]
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* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler: While serving as the Dragon to Stillwell for the entire first season, he's notably notably frustrated with this position until he ultimately becomes the new Big Bad by killing Stillwell at the end of Season one.]]
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* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler: While serving as the Dragon to Stillwell for the entire first season, he's notably rebelling against notably frustrated with this position until he ultimately becomes the new Big Bad by killing Stillwell at the end of Season one.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: While his anger at the callousness and depravity of the superheroes is warranted, A-Train points out that his murder of Robin wasn’t something he intended. Meanwhile, Hughie is willing to murder and torture to achieve his revenge.
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* VigilanteMan: The Boys, whose aim is to take down superheroes (they're mostly corrupt, even criminals, in the show).
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[[folder:Billy Butcher]]
!! Billy Butcher
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EricBana
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* EyeBeams: Billy Butcher wields a superpowered baby as a weapon by making it blast blue beams from its eyes at some security guards.
* GodIsEvil: Butcher argues this to a Christian at the Believe Expo, saying that if God exists, he's cruel and hates humanity given how much suffering the world has.
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Billy Butcher claims he's an {{FBI agent}} at first when recruiting Hughie into the Boys. He later admits otherwise.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Billy. He's foul-mouthed and manipulative, but fundamentally a good man who's trying to expose the Supes' crimes for what they are. He's also a FriendToAllChildren and frequently has PetTheDog moments.
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[[folder:Hughie Campbell]]
!! Hugh “Hughie” Campbell
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Jack Quaid
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* AudienceSurrogate: Hughie is the audience POV character for entering the world of the series.
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[[folder:Mother's Milk]]
!! Mother's Milk
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Laz Alonzo
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mother's Milk is always called that except once when his wife calls him Melvin.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Jokes that his name is actually Mother's Milk, but never confirms or denies it, which leaves Hughie confused.
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[[folder:Frenchie]]
!! Frenchie
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Tomer Kapon
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* JackOfAllTrades: Frenchie. As Hughie mentions, he functions as a gunrunner, chemist, interrogator, engineer, and door-kicker as needed. Frenchie himself claims to know "a little about a lot."
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name isn't known.
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[[folder:The Female]]
!! Kimiko / The Female
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KarenFukuhara
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* HealingFactor: The Female turns out to have one, as shown in the wake of her fight with Black Noir after he stabbed and slashed her multiple times.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Kimiko looks quite pretty after she combs her hair and puts on clean clothes.
* TheSpeechless: She's a mute.
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! Vought International
!!! '''The Seven'''
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!! The Seven
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* CastOfExpies: Most of the main superhero characters' abilities and costumes are very similar to those of famous established comic book superheroes.
* {{Expy}}: The primary members of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague all have their expies in The Seven:
** Homelander = ComicBook/{{Superman}}
** Starlight = ComicBook/CarolDanvers
** Black Noir = ComicBook/{{Batman}}
** Queen Maeve = ComicBook/WonderWoman
** A-Train = ComicBook/TheFlash
** The Deep = ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}
** Translucent = ComicBook/EmmaFrost / ComicBook/InvisibleWoman & ComicBook/LukeCage
* SecretIdentity: The superheroes have them, and Starlight is outed when she's unknowingly recorded beating up some attempted rapists, then recognized by people as the video gets posted online.
* SlaveToPR: Everybody in the Seven is surrounded by Vought executives, who try to script their every word and tailor every little thing towards marketing the superheroes at the expense of, y'know, actually fighting crime.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: Queen Maeve and Starlight are the only two female members of the team.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Seven are prime examples of this. The people think they're heroes, but they're actually self-deluded narcissists who just do whatever they please no matter who they hurt (with the exception of Starlight and ''possibly'' Queen Maeve).
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[[folder:Homelander]]
!! Homelander
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Antony Starr
The Leader of The Seven who presents himself as an All-American good guy, but is anything but.
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* AllAmericanFace / CaptainPatriotic: The leader of the team who literally wears an American flag as a cape.
* TheBeard: A rare male example. Homelander and Queen Maeve are officially a couple, but in private this isn't the case. Queen Maeve is a closet lesbian, with Homelander as this for her.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.
* EyeBeams: Homelander turns out to have red ones, using them to bring down a plane.
* FreudianExcuse: Homelander turns out to have been raised without affection in a lab, explaining his psychological issues.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Very much averted. He presents himself this way, but is easily the most sadistic of The Seven.
* HidingBehindReligion: Homelander is a minister and makes a big deal of saying he's doing God's work. It's pretty clear though he just finds this a useful belief to invoke.
* MyGreatestFailure: Dr. Vogelbaum thinks of Homelander as this for him, saying he should have raised him with affection, not like a test subject in his lab, so that he might have been different.
* TheTeetotaler: He doesn't drink or do drugs and is vocal about it.
* WouldHurtAChild: Homelander is perfectly willing to let a child die to achieve his objective, and personally murders a child when he shoots down a plane. This is in sharp contrast to Billy, who is remarkably more gentle with children.
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!! Starlight
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Erin Moriarty
The newest addition to The Seven.
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* {{Expy}}: Her skillset, symbol, and appearance are reminiscent of various iterations of ComicBook/CarolDanvers.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Contrasting with Homelander, she has this appearance and actually ''is'' a good person.
* NaiveNewcomer: Though she's not a complete {{Pollyanna}}, Starlight is forced to get used to The Seven's overall depravity very, very quickly.
* NiceGirl: Starlight, who is all around sweet, kind and everything a superhero is expected to be. Hughie even calls her this to her face.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Starlight is the only one among The Seven who's not in some way morally compromised, and stands out because of it. Queen Maeve appeared to fill that role beforehand, being the least amoral of the group (which, admittedly, is not saying much.)
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!! Queen Maeve
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The Seven's Amazonian warrior woman.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Queen Maeve was blonde in the comics, but has auburn hair here.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/WonderWoman.
* KingpinInHisGym: Queen Maeve is shown easily defeating a number of burly men in her gym whom she's sparring with.
* LipstickLesbian: Queen Maeve is shown to be one, along with her ex-girlfriend. She's apparently forced to remain closeted while part of The Seven, with Homelander as her [[TheBeard beard]].
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She ''used'' to be this before Starlight joined the team.
* StrongFleshWeakSteel: In the first episode, Queen Maeve jumps in front of the truck that was about to run someone over. She is completely unhurt, while the truck instantly has its engine crumble to pieces.
* VillainHasAPoint: A-Train starts out as a jerk and gets worse from there. He is right though: his killing of Robin wasn't intended, while the same can't be said of Hughie's acts with the Boys.
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!! A-Train
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The Seven's speedster and accidental kickstarter of the show's plot.
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* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/TheFlash.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: A-Train is so wrapped up in being the fastest man alive that he's paranoid of any other speedster taking that title and replacing him in the Seven, to the point where he's willing to abuse Compound V to maintain his place.
* RaceLift: White in the comics but black in the show. Compare with The Deep, who is the opposite case.
* NeverMyFault: A-Train pins the blame of Popclaw's death on Hughie and the Boys since [[spoiler:them blackmailing her is what led to him to killing her, ignoring the fact that he was the one who killed her.]]
* TokenMinority: He's the only black member of The Seven.
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[[folder:The Deep]]
!! The Deep
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Chace Crawford
The "King of the Sea" and member of The Seven.
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* ApparentlyHumanMerfolk: The Deep appears completely human at first, but is later shown to be one, with gills on his torso.
* BestialityIsDepraved: Given The Deep can speak to sea creatures (like dolphins) he's the butt of cruel jokes by Homelander and A-Train who both say he has sex with them, but judging by his side of the conversation he has with a dolphin he attempts to rescue, there may be a grain of truth to the jokes.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}.
* RaceLift: Black in the comics but white in the show. Compare with A-Train, who is the opposite case.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: [[spoiler:After being exposed as Starlight's rapist, The Deep is forced to make a public apology and demoted to working in Sandusky, Ohio.]]
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: {{Discussed}}. Deep complains that The Seven only send him in for things in or around water. It turns out that the rest think he's pathetic and a joke, to his annoyance.
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[[folder:Black Noir]]
!! Black Noir
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Nathan Mitchell
The silent brute fighter of The Seven.
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* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Batman}}, but he also resembles the Nighthawk of ''ComicBook/SupremePower'', who is one of Creator/{{Marvel}}'s many Batman analogues and is also canonically black like the actor who plays Black Noir.
* TheSpeechless: Doesn't talk.
* TheWorfEffect: Handily takes down The Female, who is portrayed as being a super-strong and adept fighter, nearly killing her.
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[[folder:Transluscent]]
!! Transluscent
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Alex Hassell
The Seven's invulnerable and quasi-invisible member.
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* AchillesHeel: Translucent's power isn't actually to go invisible but total invulnerability that allows him to use carbon-based tech to turn himself invisible. Unfortunately, this makes him vulnerable to electricity. [[spoiler: Likewise he's only invulnerable from the outside. Not the inside.]]
* InvisibleJerkass: Translucent nearly kills Hughie when he won't tell him why he placed a bug in The Seven's boardroom before Billy intervenes.
* {{Expy}}: His skillset is a hybrid of ComicBook/EmmaFrost / ComicBook/InvisibleWoman and ComicBook/LukeCage.
* HiddenDepths: Despite being a Grade A InvisibleJerkass, Translucent has shown to be really good with finances, keeping track of how much the Seven has made over the year, and how much people have made from pirating off from their merchandise.
* ThePeepingTom: Uses his power to creep on women.
[[/folder]]
!!! '''Other Superheroes'''
[[folder:Nubian Prince]]
!! Nubian Prince
----
* {{Expy}}: Seems to be one of ComicBook/BlackPanther.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Popclaw]]
!! Charlotte / Popclaw
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Brittany Allen
----
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and, more closely, [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} X-23]].
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: As [[spoiler: Popclaw's landlord]] finds out, it can be very difficult to control super strength during sex.
* OutWithABang: Popclaw is shown getting oral sex from her landlord then accidentally crushes his head with her thighs while losing control of herself.
* YourHeadAsplode: Popclaw accidentally crushes her landlord's while he gives her oral sex, with his brain shown getting squirted out.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ezekiel]]
!! Ezekiel
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Shaun Benson
----
* ArmouredClosetGay: Ezekiel, it turns out, is a closeted gay man who has secret trysts with men while publicly touting his conservative Christian beliefs, saying homosexuality can be cured by prayer.
* {{Expy}}: Has the skillset of ComicBook/MisterFantastic.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Ezekiel, a conservative Christian superhero with "Capes for Christ" who claims [[CureYourGays homosexuality can be cured by prayer]], is himself attracted to men and secretly has boyfriends.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mesmer]]
!! Mesmer
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/HaleyJoelOsment
----
* DirtyMindReading: Mesmer learns a female fan of his wants to do something amorous with him due to his mind reading power. He replies that he'd been thinking the same thing.
* FormerChildStar: Mesmer, who was booted from Vought for using his mind reading powers for insider trading. He makes a living signing [=DVDs=] of his television show.
* {{Telepath}}: Reads minds.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ice Queen]]
!! Ice Queen
----
* AnIcePerson: Ice Queen, a superhero who has the power to turn herself into ice.
* {{Expy}}: Seems to be one of Killer Frost of Creator/DCComics.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Doppelganger]]
!! Doppelganger
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Dan Darin-Zanco
----
* CanonForeigner: Doesn't exist in the comics.
* FanDisservice: We are treated to Doppelganger transforming from attractive female to unattractive male during sex with the Senator, while naked.
* TransformationSequence: Doppleganger transforms from female to male during sex with the Senator (though the latter is unaware, as he's been blindfolded).
* {{Transgender}}: Doppleganger, a shapeshifter, is gender fluid, going by they, their or them. Fittingly, they're able to go from female to male form at will.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Doppleganger has this power, being able to assume other forms and impersonate people perfectly by doing so.
[[/folder]]
!!! '''Personnel'''
[[folder:Madelyn Stillwell]]
!! Madelyn Stillwell
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ElisabethShue
----
* GenderSwap: Stillwell is a man in the comics, and a woman in the series.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ashley Barrett]]
!! Ashley Barrett
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Colby Minife
----
* TheSocialExpert: She's the official publicist of The Seven.
[[/folder]]
! Others
[[folder:Robin]]
!! Robin
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Jess Salgueiro
* RaceLift: White in the comics, but played by Latin Canadian actress Jess Salgueiro on the show.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hughie's Father]]
!! Hughie's Father
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SimonPegg
----
* NoNameGiven: His name is never established.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Donna January]]
!! Donna January
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Ann Cusack
* CanonForeigner: Doesn't exist in the comics.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Suffers from an extreme case of this. It leads her to treat her daughter horribly.
* StageMom: Behaves this way towards Starlight.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Susan Reynor]]
!! Susan Reynor
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JenniferEsposito
----
* FriendOnTheForce: Billy's contact in the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:General Tropes]]
* VigilanteMan: The Boys, whose aim is to take down superheroes (they're mostly corrupt, even criminals, in the show).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Billy Butcher]]
!! Billy Butcher
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EricBana
----
* EyeBeams: Billy Butcher wields a superpowered baby as a weapon by making it blast blue beams from its eyes at some security guards.
* GodIsEvil: Butcher argues this to a Christian at the Believe Expo, saying that if God exists, he's cruel and hates humanity given how much suffering the world has.
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Billy Butcher claims he's an {{FBI agent}} at first when recruiting Hughie into the Boys. He later admits otherwise.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Billy. He's foul-mouthed and manipulative, but fundamentally a good man who's trying to expose the Supes' crimes for what they are. He's also a FriendToAllChildren and frequently has PetTheDog moments.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hughie Campbell]]
!! Hugh “Hughie” Campbell
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Jack Quaid
----
* AudienceSurrogate: Hughie is the audience POV character for entering the world of the series.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mother's Milk]]
!! Mother's Milk
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Laz Alonzo
----
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mother's Milk is always called that except once when his wife calls him Melvin.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Jokes that his name is actually Mother's Milk, but never confirms or denies it, which leaves Hughie confused.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Frenchie]]
!! Frenchie
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Tomer Kapon
----
* JackOfAllTrades: Frenchie. As Hughie mentions, he functions as a gunrunner, chemist, interrogator, engineer, and door-kicker as needed. Frenchie himself claims to know "a little about a lot."
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name isn't known.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Female]]
!! Kimiko / The Female
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KarenFukuhara
----
* HealingFactor: The Female turns out to have one, as shown in the wake of her fight with Black Noir after he stabbed and slashed her multiple times.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Kimiko looks quite pretty after she combs her hair and puts on clean clothes.
* TheSpeechless: She's a mute.
[[/folder]]
! Vought International
!!! '''The Seven'''
[[folder:General Tropes]]
!! The Seven
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----
* CastOfExpies: Most of the main superhero characters' abilities and costumes are very similar to those of famous established comic book superheroes.
* {{Expy}}: The primary members of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague all have their expies in The Seven:
** Homelander = ComicBook/{{Superman}}
** Starlight = ComicBook/CarolDanvers
** Black Noir = ComicBook/{{Batman}}
** Queen Maeve = ComicBook/WonderWoman
** A-Train = ComicBook/TheFlash
** The Deep = ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}
** Translucent = ComicBook/EmmaFrost / ComicBook/InvisibleWoman & ComicBook/LukeCage
* SecretIdentity: The superheroes have them, and Starlight is outed when she's unknowingly recorded beating up some attempted rapists, then recognized by people as the video gets posted online.
* SlaveToPR: Everybody in the Seven is surrounded by Vought executives, who try to script their every word and tailor every little thing towards marketing the superheroes at the expense of, y'know, actually fighting crime.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: Queen Maeve and Starlight are the only two female members of the team.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Seven are prime examples of this. The people think they're heroes, but they're actually self-deluded narcissists who just do whatever they please no matter who they hurt (with the exception of Starlight and ''possibly'' Queen Maeve).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Homelander]]
!! Homelander
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Antony Starr
The Leader of The Seven who presents himself as an All-American good guy, but is anything but.
----
* AllAmericanFace / CaptainPatriotic: The leader of the team who literally wears an American flag as a cape.
* TheBeard: A rare male example. Homelander and Queen Maeve are officially a couple, but in private this isn't the case. Queen Maeve is a closet lesbian, with Homelander as this for her.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.
* EyeBeams: Homelander turns out to have red ones, using them to bring down a plane.
* FreudianExcuse: Homelander turns out to have been raised without affection in a lab, explaining his psychological issues.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Very much averted. He presents himself this way, but is easily the most sadistic of The Seven.
* HidingBehindReligion: Homelander is a minister and makes a big deal of saying he's doing God's work. It's pretty clear though he just finds this a useful belief to invoke.
* MyGreatestFailure: Dr. Vogelbaum thinks of Homelander as this for him, saying he should have raised him with affection, not like a test subject in his lab, so that he might have been different.
* TheTeetotaler: He doesn't drink or do drugs and is vocal about it.
* WouldHurtAChild: Homelander is perfectly willing to let a child die to achieve his objective, and personally murders a child when he shoots down a plane. This is in sharp contrast to Billy, who is remarkably more gentle with children.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Starlight]]
!! Starlight
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Erin Moriarty
The newest addition to The Seven.
----
* {{Expy}}: Her skillset, symbol, and appearance are reminiscent of various iterations of ComicBook/CarolDanvers.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Contrasting with Homelander, she has this appearance and actually ''is'' a good person.
* NaiveNewcomer: Though she's not a complete {{Pollyanna}}, Starlight is forced to get used to The Seven's overall depravity very, very quickly.
* NiceGirl: Starlight, who is all around sweet, kind and everything a superhero is expected to be. Hughie even calls her this to her face.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Starlight is the only one among The Seven who's not in some way morally compromised, and stands out because of it. Queen Maeve appeared to fill that role beforehand, being the least amoral of the group (which, admittedly, is not saying much.)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Maeve]]
!! Queen Maeve
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/queen_maeve.png]]
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Dominique [=McElligott=]
The Seven's Amazonian warrior woman.
----
* AdaptationDyeJob: Queen Maeve was blonde in the comics, but has auburn hair here.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/WonderWoman.
* KingpinInHisGym: Queen Maeve is shown easily defeating a number of burly men in her gym whom she's sparring with.
* LipstickLesbian: Queen Maeve is shown to be one, along with her ex-girlfriend. She's apparently forced to remain closeted while part of The Seven, with Homelander as her [[TheBeard beard]].
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She ''used'' to be this before Starlight joined the team.
* StrongFleshWeakSteel: In the first episode, Queen Maeve jumps in front of the truck that was about to run someone over. She is completely unhurt, while the truck instantly has its engine crumble to pieces.
* VillainHasAPoint: A-Train starts out as a jerk and gets worse from there. He is right though: his killing of Robin wasn't intended, while the same can't be said of Hughie's acts with the Boys.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:A-Train]]
!! A-Train
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a_train.png]]
%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' A-Train
The Seven's speedster and accidental kickstarter of the show's plot.
----
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/TheFlash.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: A-Train is so wrapped up in being the fastest man alive that he's paranoid of any other speedster taking that title and replacing him in the Seven, to the point where he's willing to abuse Compound V to maintain his place.
* RaceLift: White in the comics but black in the show. Compare with The Deep, who is the opposite case.
* NeverMyFault: A-Train pins the blame of Popclaw's death on Hughie and the Boys since [[spoiler:them blackmailing her is what led to him to killing her, ignoring the fact that he was the one who killed her.]]
* TokenMinority: He's the only black member of The Seven.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Deep]]
!! The Deep
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_deep.png]]
%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Chace Crawford
The "King of the Sea" and member of The Seven.
----
* ApparentlyHumanMerfolk: The Deep appears completely human at first, but is later shown to be one, with gills on his torso.
* BestialityIsDepraved: Given The Deep can speak to sea creatures (like dolphins) he's the butt of cruel jokes by Homelander and A-Train who both say he has sex with them, but judging by his side of the conversation he has with a dolphin he attempts to rescue, there may be a grain of truth to the jokes.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}.
* RaceLift: Black in the comics but white in the show. Compare with A-Train, who is the opposite case.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: [[spoiler:After being exposed as Starlight's rapist, The Deep is forced to make a public apology and demoted to working in Sandusky, Ohio.]]
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: {{Discussed}}. Deep complains that The Seven only send him in for things in or around water. It turns out that the rest think he's pathetic and a joke, to his annoyance.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Black Noir]]
!! Black Noir
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-> '''Portrayed by:''' Nathan Mitchell
The silent brute fighter of The Seven.
----
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Batman}}, but he also resembles the Nighthawk of ''ComicBook/SupremePower'', who is one of Creator/{{Marvel}}'s many Batman analogues and is also canonically black like the actor who plays Black Noir.
* TheSpeechless: Doesn't talk.
* TheWorfEffect: Handily takes down The Female, who is portrayed as being a super-strong and adept fighter, nearly killing her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Transluscent]]
!! Transluscent
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Alex Hassell
The Seven's invulnerable and quasi-invisible member.
----
* AchillesHeel: Translucent's power isn't actually to go invisible but total invulnerability that allows him to use carbon-based tech to turn himself invisible. Unfortunately, this makes him vulnerable to electricity. [[spoiler: Likewise he's only invulnerable from the outside. Not the inside.]]
* InvisibleJerkass: Translucent nearly kills Hughie when he won't tell him why he placed a bug in The Seven's boardroom before Billy intervenes.
* {{Expy}}: His skillset is a hybrid of ComicBook/EmmaFrost / ComicBook/InvisibleWoman and ComicBook/LukeCage.
* HiddenDepths: Despite being a Grade A InvisibleJerkass, Translucent has shown to be really good with finances, keeping track of how much the Seven has made over the year, and how much people have made from pirating off from their merchandise.
* ThePeepingTom: Uses his power to creep on women.
[[/folder]]
!!! '''Other Superheroes'''
[[folder:Nubian Prince]]
!! Nubian Prince
----
* {{Expy}}: Seems to be one of ComicBook/BlackPanther.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Popclaw]]
!! Charlotte / Popclaw
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Brittany Allen
----
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and, more closely, [[ComicBook/{{X 23}} X-23]].
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: As [[spoiler: Popclaw's landlord]] finds out, it can be very difficult to control super strength during sex.
* OutWithABang: Popclaw is shown getting oral sex from her landlord then accidentally crushes his head with her thighs while losing control of herself.
* YourHeadAsplode: Popclaw accidentally crushes her landlord's while he gives her oral sex, with his brain shown getting squirted out.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ezekiel]]
!! Ezekiel
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Shaun Benson
----
* ArmouredClosetGay: Ezekiel, it turns out, is a closeted gay man who has secret trysts with men while publicly touting his conservative Christian beliefs, saying homosexuality can be cured by prayer.
* {{Expy}}: Has the skillset of ComicBook/MisterFantastic.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Ezekiel, a conservative Christian superhero with "Capes for Christ" who claims [[CureYourGays homosexuality can be cured by prayer]], is himself attracted to men and secretly has boyfriends.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mesmer]]
!! Mesmer
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/HaleyJoelOsment
----
* DirtyMindReading: Mesmer learns a female fan of his wants to do something amorous with him due to his mind reading power. He replies that he'd been thinking the same thing.
* FormerChildStar: Mesmer, who was booted from Vought for using his mind reading powers for insider trading. He makes a living signing [=DVDs=] of his television show.
* {{Telepath}}: Reads minds.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ice Queen]]
!! Ice Queen
----
* AnIcePerson: Ice Queen, a superhero who has the power to turn herself into ice.
* {{Expy}}: Seems to be one of Killer Frost of Creator/DCComics.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Doppelganger]]
!! Doppelganger
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Dan Darin-Zanco
----
* CanonForeigner: Doesn't exist in the comics.
* FanDisservice: We are treated to Doppelganger transforming from attractive female to unattractive male during sex with the Senator, while naked.
* TransformationSequence: Doppleganger transforms from female to male during sex with the Senator (though the latter is unaware, as he's been blindfolded).
* {{Transgender}}: Doppleganger, a shapeshifter, is gender fluid, going by they, their or them. Fittingly, they're able to go from female to male form at will.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Doppleganger has this power, being able to assume other forms and impersonate people perfectly by doing so.
[[/folder]]
!!! '''Personnel'''
[[folder:Madelyn Stillwell]]
!! Madelyn Stillwell
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ElisabethShue
----
* GenderSwap: Stillwell is a man in the comics, and a woman in the series.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ashley Barrett]]
!! Ashley Barrett
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Colby Minife
----
* TheSocialExpert: She's the official publicist of The Seven.
[[/folder]]
! Others
[[folder:Robin]]
!! Robin
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Jess Salgueiro
* RaceLift: White in the comics, but played by Latin Canadian actress Jess Salgueiro on the show.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hughie's Father]]
!! Hughie's Father
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SimonPegg
----
* NoNameGiven: His name is never established.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Donna January]]
!! Donna January
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Ann Cusack
* CanonForeigner: Doesn't exist in the comics.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Suffers from an extreme case of this. It leads her to treat her daughter horribly.
* StageMom: Behaves this way towards Starlight.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Susan Reynor]]
!! Susan Reynor
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JenniferEsposito
----
* FriendOnTheForce: Billy's contact in the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}}.
[[/folder]]
