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'''The Boys''' ([[Characters/TheBoys2019BillyButcher Billy Butcher]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019AssociatesOfTheBoys Associates of the Boys]]) | [[Characters/TheBoys2019Supes Supes]] ([[Characters/TheBoys2019TheSeven The Seven]], [[[Characters/TheBoys2019Homelander Homelander]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019Starlight Starlight]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019BlackNoir Black Noir]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019ATrain A-Train]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019TheDeep The Deep]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019Stormfront Stormfront]]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019SoldierBoy Soldier Boy]]) | [[Characters/TheBoys2019VoughtInternational Vought International]] | [[Characters/TheBoys2019GodolkinUniversity Godolkin University]] | [[Characters/TheBoys2019Other Others]]-]]]]]

See Butcher's character page ''[[Characters/TheBoys2019BillyButcher here]]''.
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[[folder:Hughie Campbell]]
!!Hugh "Hughie" Campbell Jr.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Just 'cause you fall on your ass doesn't mean you have to stay there."'']]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JackQuaid

->''"You know, I managed to go my whole life without seeing someone die horribly, and now I'm up to about a half dozen, so I think I'm good."''

Originally a rather ordinary 20-something clerk at an electronics appliance store, the death of his girlfriend, Robin, at the hands of a superhero puts him on the path to join The Boys. He's the main protagonist and POV character of the series.

* AccuserOfTheBrethren: Becomes this for the first part of the second season, being the only one not trusting Billy after his return. He changes his mind when Billy makes a huge sacrifice to save Hughie's life.
* ActionSurvivor: He's a normal tech guy whose life got turned upside down by Supes. Now he fights back against those powerful beings with the Boys.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Hughie's childhood in the comic was described as semi-idyllic, while here he was raised by an overprotective father and his mom abandoned him.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Comic Hughie was modeled after Creator/SimonPegg, who is certainly not ugly but definitely not a conventional Hollywood hunk type. Jack Quaid, meanwhile, is much easier on the eyes.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: His comic counterpart is TheEveryman. He's technically savvy on the show and generally much more capable. He's also a fan of superheroes, whereas his comic counterpart was barely even aware they existed until one killed his girlfriend.
* AdaptationalNationality: Scottish in the comics, American in the show.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, Hughie is injected with Compound V early on and gains superhuman strength and durability. However, in the show, he remains completely powerless (since Compound V in the show has to be delivered to the recipient at birth) and lacks any combat experience whatsoever. This changes somewhat in season 3 when he takes V-24, giving him temporary powers and an ego boost.
* AgeLift: Comic Hughie is based on Simon Pegg, looking in his late 30s/early 40s. Hughie in the show appears to be around his 20s, and the youngest of the group.
* AllForNothing: [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] by himself even. [[spoiler: After discovering that Neuman was working for Vought the entire time- essentially only going after small-time heroes to create the illusion of progress while still allowing the big timers to perpetuate the system- Hughie laments that he wasted an entire year working for her]].
* AmazonChaser: A turning point in his first date with Starlight comes when he tells her to stop pretending she's worse than him at bowling, and to stop trying to soft-pedal the fact that she can trivially outclass him physically. When she starts fully acknowledging her strength (and bowling skill, immediately bowling a strike) and asks if it bothers him that she could easily bench-press him, he seems more turned on than anything else.
** In Season 3 Hughie eventually tells Starlight that he does in fact feel emasculated by her. It's worth noting that he was using V at the time - which is implied to be corrupting him - so his actual intent isn't 100% clear.
** Besides this, he also shows signs of having some kind of attachment disorder, most likely due to both his mother abandoning him and Robin's death. Butcher points out how he tends to cling to people, and Starlight even questions why he is so forgiving of her and of Butcher in situations where he has every right to give up on them. [[UndyingLoyalty He just says that he never would.]] In the season 2 finale, he acknowledges how unhealthy this is and starts making efforts to stand on his own.
* AMFMCharacterization: His love of Music/BillyJoel and other old, white pop singers shows his dorky nature [[spoiler: and comes from his mother who walked out on him and his father in his childhood.]]
* ApologeticAttacker: When forced to shoot someone in self-defense he screams "Sorry! I'm sorry!" [[spoiler:Also, when he first uses Temp V and teleports over to a Russian soldier, he immediately apologizes to him after punching through his chest.]]
* AudienceSurrogate: Hughie is the audience POV character for entering the world of the series.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: He is the youngest member of the Boys and the least prepared. And despite being an adult, Hughie is called "kid" by Butcher and M.M. all the time and is even treated as such. [[spoiler:Season 3 shows that he's aware of this and resents it]].
* BerserkButton: Demeaning him for his youthful looks by calling him a kid or a lad really gets under his skin. [[spoiler:Tellingly, Translucent patronising Hughie tilts him enough to detonate the bomb in the invisible superhero's arsehole.]] His father babying him his entire life seems to be the root cause of it. Threatening and or insulting his friends and family is also a good way to get on his bad side.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Hughie is a gentle and sensitive soul, but he can be ''scary'' when pushed far enough.
** After appearing to let Translucent go, Hughie goes on [[spoiler:detonate the bomb that was shoved up into Translucent's anus]].
** He manages to be intimidating enough to blackmail Ezekiel even though the evidence was destroyed.
** When A-Train [[spoiler:takes Hughie's dad hostage, Hughie walks into the trap and distracts him with Compound V long enough for Kimiko to get the drop on him. He also punches A-Train at Herogasm despite his sincere apology for accidentally killing Robin.]]
** With Annie's help, he exposes the existence of Compound V, which causes more damage to Vought than any of the Boys' actions to date.
** After Butcher punches him for interfering with his plan to get Becca back, Hughie punches him back in the face later when he tries to apologize.
** When Homelander asks if Starlight is "a good fuck", [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu he actually gets in Homelander's face.]] Even Homelander is slightly taken aback by this.
** [[spoiler:When he's dosed with V24, he not only gets the prerequisite SuperStrength and [[MadeOfIron endurance]], he gains [[TeleportSpam teleportation powers]]. When Butcher and Hughie team up with Soldier Boy to take on Homelander, the latter can't even touch him in a straight fight, and Hughie has no issue helping pin him down.]]
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Happens to him twice in the first two episodes, first when A-Train pulverizes Robin right in front of him, marking his loss of innocence, and second when [[spoiler:he blows up Transluscent]], marking his transition into a hardened killer. In Season 2 when he gets rammed inside a whale and covered in its guts, [[HeroicBSOD he just shuts down completely]] and has to be coaxed into running for his life.
* BrokenPedestal: Toward A-Train. As it turns out, Hughie was a massive fanboy. Then A-Train casually ran ''[[LudicrousGibs through]]'' Robin and never even fully acknowledged the fact. ''Then'' he personally belittled Hughie, openly mocking the irony of facing a fanboy. There is a chance Hughie might have taken Robin's death differently had it not been caused by his personal idol.
** In Season 3, he becomes the BrokenPedestal to M.M. and Annie for taking V-24, when he was supposed to be the MoralityPet for everyone.
** The pedestal Annie put him on breaks even further when he stops her from trying to stop Soldier Boy from killing the TNT Twins and then tells her that it does actually bother him that she is so much stronger than him.
* CallToAdventure: A darker take on the trope. Butcher is the one who introduces Hughie, a LoserProtagonist, into the mad war between psychotic supes and crazy vigilantes.
-->'''Butcher:''' This is your only one and only, mate. Once I go, I'm gone. I am offering you the opportunity to get them that got your girl. What have you got to lose, that you ain't already lost?
* CelebrityParadox: He references ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' in Season 2. His actor played Marvel, a tribute in its first two films.
* ChickMagnet: Downplayed; Besides dating Robin and Starlight, he noticeably catches the attention of Cherie, who admires and touches his face when seeing him for the first time. Maeve also makes odd sexual comments about Hughie when she's introduced to him by Starlight (although this was said in a snarky tone). [[spoiler:A woman at Herogasm also perks up when he teleports in completely nude.]]
* ComboPlatterPowers: V-24 grants Hughie teleportation, Super Strength and a HealingFactor.
* ComingOfAgeStory: The late bloomer variety. Hughie is mentally a child as he's still treated like one, holds onto his childhood with both hands, and is shown to be living a stagnant lifestyle while with his girlfriend, Robin, who had to ask him out on a first date because he never took the initiative to do so. After Robin is killed, Hughie's mundane life is pulled from under his feet and he tumbles down to adulthood when he experiences injustice for the first time when A-Train doesn't get any punishment for Robin's death and Hughie realizes that his own father can't provide the closure he's looking for. When Hughie kills Translucent, it signifies the [[BreakTheCutie loss of his innocence]]. But it doesn't make him feel like an adult, instead leaving him with severe [=PTSD=] that only gets worse in season 2. His relationship with Annie has him slowly growing more mature as he starts taking the initiative and shedding his naivete while still maintaining his optimistic determination.
* CommonalityConnection: [[spoiler:Due to him [[TookALevlInCynic Taking A Level In Cynic]] in Season 3, he's the only one in the group to see past Butcher's JerkassFacade and see his intentions behind things like [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim accusing Ryan of causing Becca's death to keep him from getting involved]], whereas the others seem quick to assume it's just Butcher being Butcher, albeit to a greater degree. While Butcher seems appreciative, he has clear reservations with Hughie wanting to take V24 and doing so behind his back.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:What Hughie temporarily becomes after Butcher kills Lucy and the Boys are forced to flee into the sewers. He's completely numb to the possibility of dying at the hands of the Seven. When Homelander sees him and threatens to kill both Hughie and Annie, if the latter doesn't kill Hughie first, Hughie outright (albeit wordlessly) tells her to kill him. It's Hughie's look of relief at that moment that sells it.]]
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: [[spoiler: In order to continue working with the Boys without arousing Neuman's suspicion about his absence from work, he has Kimiko break his arm to give him a more legitimate reason for not showing up than being sick.]]
* DieChairDie: Hughie has a moment of weakness where he trashes his room after [[spoiler:killing Translucent]].
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler:Hughie is initially okay with Annie being a Supe and was capable of holding his own but once he starts taking V-24 and using his own power of teleportation, he begins to feel insecure about himself and resents how he's always the one in need of saving as Annie and the Boys have to pull him out of danger. The fact that he's constantly around Soldier Boy, a hypermasculine sociopath with an obsession with having sex with women and using penises as a metaphor, and Billy Butcher, a tough guy who refuses to show any form of vulnerability, mean Hughie starts taking influence from them.]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Frenchie kissed his lips after [[spoiler:he and Annie exposed the truth about Compound V to the public]]. Later on, a man at Herogasm asks Hughie if he would like to participate in an act involving his anus, to which he politely declines.
* ExtremeDoormat: He is repeatedly called out for being one in Episode 1. By Robin, who had to ask ''him'' out on a first date, by his father, and by Butcher. This changes with time.

* TokenReligiousTeammate: He’s an Episcopalian Christian, while Hughie is agnostic, Frenchie's and Kimiko's leanings are unknown, and Billy is an outright atheist.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Mallory was directly involved in the Iran-Contra affair, tasked with overseeing cocaine shipments from Nicaragua to U.S. minority neighborhoods, then using the profits for arms sales.

* {{Foil}}: Billy chose M.M. for very good reasons to be his [[TheLancer Lancer]]. Billy is ex-SAS, while M.M. is an ex-US Marine. Butcher had an abusive father who pushed his younger brother to suicide, while M.M. had a strong bond with his father until an incident involving Soldier Boy. Both of them were married to wonderful women, but Becca died leaving her son in Butcher's care, while M.M.'s wife moved on from him when he was considered a terrorist, but she is still alive and shares a daughter with MM. Marvin shares Billy's 'disease' to seek revenge and self-destruction. Monique knows he will not stop until he avenges his father, and much like Butcher, it will be death or victory. Both men worry about not passing their own shit into Janine and Ryan. Even so, M.M. manages to stay TheFettered, and is unwilling to cross the line, while Billy becomes TheUnfettered, dragging Hughie after him, while associating himself with Soldier Boy. Both Butcher and M.M. have similar archenemies: Homelander and Soldier Boy, who is seen as "the Homelander before Homelander".

'''The Boys''' ([[Characters/TheBoys2019BillyButcher Billy Butcher]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019AssociatesOfTheBoys Associates of the Boys]]) | [[Characters/TheBoys2019Supes Supes]] ([[Characters/TheBoys2019TheSeven The Seven]], [[[Characters/TheBoys2019Homelander Homelander]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019Starlight Starlight]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019BlackNoir Black Noir]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019ATrain A-Train]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019Stormfront Stormfront]]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019SoldierBoy Soldier Boy]]) | [[Characters/TheBoys2019VoughtInternational Vought International]] | [[Characters/TheBoys2019GodolkinUniversity Godolkin University]] | [[Characters/TheBoys2019Other Others]]-]]]]]

* AdaptationalNationality: In the comics, he was hinted to be a Brit who had an obsession with France. Here he is from Algeria, which as a former French colony has French as a common language. Although, season three implies [[spoiler: that he's actually Russian (or from another east Slavic country) since he has ties with TheMafiya and Little Nina claims that his real name is Sergei.]]

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: [[spoiler:After the failed trial, the Boys start arming themselves to assassinate The Seven. When Hughie and Annie try to convince them that Vought will only make stronger supes in response, Frenchie turns down the idea by using [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]] as an analogy. Wile E. Coyote uses all sorts of whacky schemes to hunt the Road Runner when it would have just been easier to shoot them.]]
-->'''Frenchie:''' Always chases Road Runner, always with an elaborate plan, always fails. You know, I always say, "Why do this, Coyote? All you need is an AR-15, and 'meep meep' no more."\\
'''Butcher:''' Exactly! See, we're just gonna shoot Road Runner in the fucking head.

* TraumaButton: [[spoiler: Seeing Lamplighter over the camera in Sage Groove immediately sends him into a murderous rage.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: To Vaught. He was just an IT guy working a deadend job they thought and they could just buy him off like they do everyone else their [[VillainsWithGoodPublicity "Herores"]] hurt. They were wrong.

* GuileHero: Hughie's biggest asset is his brain, as a NonActionGuy, he is better at coming up with plans. In Season 1, he intentionally gets himself caught by Vought to save Kimiko, MM, and Frenchie who are imprisoned, and he did it by hiding a picklock inside his braces. He knew that Frenchie can open everything even with an impromptu picklock.

* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:"Herogasm" reveals that he absolutely ''hates'' being the one who needs to be saved due to his lack of powers or combat skills and that he took V-24 because he wanted to be stronger. He also apparently has a lot of repressed rage after years of being bullied as a kid]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: Even though she hates supes and refers to Payback as a group of idiots, she gives Black Noir a look of pity after seeing him severely disfigured and brain-damaged in Nicaragua instead of her usual look of disdain towards the other members. It helps that Noir had been the only member of Payback who wasn't showboating and was having what seemed like a fairly normal conversation with Stan Edgar (wherein Noir mentions his nut allergy), which greatly humanized him.

* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: She says as much to Hughie in the Season 1 finale, commenting on how it brought her to a "dead end, watching [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] birds."

'''The Boys''' ([[Characters/TheBoys2019BillyButcher Billy Butcher]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019AssociatesOfTheBoys Associates of the Boys]]) | [[Characters/TheBoys2019Supes Supes]] ([[Characters/TheBoys2019TheSeven The Seven]], [[[Characters/TheBoys2019Homelander Homelander]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019Starlight Starlight]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019BlackNoir Black Noir]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019ATrain A-Train]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019Stormfront Stormfront]]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019SoldierBoy Soldier Boy]]) | [[Characters/TheBoys2019VoughtInternational Vought International]] | [[Characters/TheBoys2019GodolkinUniversity Godolkin University]] |[[Characters/TheBoys2019Other Others]]-]]]]]

'''The Boys''' ([[Characters/TheBoys2019BillyButcher Billy Butcher]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019AssociatesOfTheBoys Associates of the Boys]]) | [[Characters/TheBoys2019Supes Supes]] ([[Characters/TheBoys2019TheSeven The Seven]], [[[Characters/TheBoys2019Homelander Homelander]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019Starlight Starlight]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019BlackNoir Black Noir]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019ATrain A-Train]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019Stormfront Stormfront]]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019SoldierBoy Soldier Boy]]) | [[Characters/TheBoys2019VoughtInternational Vought International]] | [[Characters/TheBoys2019Other Others]]-]]]]]

* SherlockScan: Even Butcher calls him "Sherlock fucking Homie" for discovering that Popclaw and A-train consume compound-V-like drugs after connecting the dots between Popclaw's fix kit and her telling A-train that the V is dangerous.

* BrokenPedestal: He was a fan of Soldier boy as a kid, waking up his grandpa to have him watch Soldier Boy stopping car thieves. Then Soldier Boy tossed the car at his house hitting his grandpa directly and many other family members.

* TookALevelInJerkass: At the start of Season 2 he's a lot more aggressive and prone to threats, especially to Hughie. Admittedly, it's suggested that this is because the latter continues to suggest a return to the crusade that ruined MM's life. Once Hughie calls him out on his hostility, he returns to his normal gruff yet kind self.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: The team is pretty dysfunctional on the show, whereas in the comics they were a cohesive unit who got along well and were pretty pleased to get back together when Butcher asked them. Part of this is due to the fact that they're much less official in the show, not having the direct support of the FBI and in general being more of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits looking for personal revenge rather than a government body.

* AdaptationalNameChange: In the comics, his real name was Baron Wallis, and "Mother's Milk" was a reference to his dependency on drinking his mother's Compound V-infused breast milk to stay alive.
* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: In the comics, Mother's Milk got his nickname because he inherited Compound V from his mother and needs to keep drinking her breast milk to survive. But since he never took Compound V in the show, that aspect of his character is removed despite keeping his nickname due to serving as the TeamMom.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: [[spoiler: Soldier Boy killed his grandad by throwing a car through his house, something M.M. blamed himself for and developed Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder through his trauma.]]

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: [[spoiler:A man at the Herogasm orgy asks Hughie if he would like to participate in an act involving his anus, to which he politely declines.]]

* OddFriendship: He slowly builds up a friendship with Annie, culminating in them working together closely during Season 3. He is the one who calls her when Soldier Boy arrives at Crimson Countess' house, when not even Hughie didn't, and confessed to Annie why happened to his family because of Soldier Boy. They even go together at 'Herogasm' to evacuate the people.

* CloudCuckoolander: There's something very ''off'' about Frenchie from his frighteningly lethal skillset to his attempts to befriend Hughie by telling him horrifying stories from his childhood.

* AdaptationalWimp: The Boys as a whole. Kimiko is the only member of the team to be a Supe, the rest of the team are demoted to {{Badass Normal}}s, never taking Compound-V themselves. Apparently, the intention was to avoid the show becoming a super-powered slugfest, as their lack of powers means the team relies much more on planning, espionage, blackmail, and wits since they have no chance in a straight-up fight. Season 3 sees this [[TookALevelInBadass no longer being the case]], with Butcher and Hughie [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gaining powers through taking V24]].

* AdaptationalWimp: The Boys as a whole. Excepting Kimiko, the rest of the team are demoted to {{Badass Normal}}s, never taking Compound-V themselves. Apparently, the intention was to avoid the show becoming a super-powered slugfest, as their lack of powers means the team relies much more on planning, espionage, blackmail, and wits since they have no chance in a straight-up fight. Season 3 sees this [[TookALevelInBadass no longer being the case]], with Butcher and Hughie [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gaining powers through taking V24]].

* {{Foil}}: To the Seven. The Seven are an ostensibly heroic group of government-sanctioned superheroes, but continuously provide reasons to BewareTheSuperman. The Boys, meanwhile, are a RagTagBunchOfMisfits that eventually get branded as a terrorist organization for a while, but have the more noble goal of keeping Supes in check, and for the most part, actually believe in what they are fighting for. The Seven are largely shown to be a toxic group whose members bring out the worst in each other, while the Boys work to manage their flaws to preserve group cohesion, and whose actions bring out the best in their most volatile member, Billy Butcher. Finally, while both groups butt heads with their superiors, this trait is mostly exclusive to Homelander among the Seven, who mostly does so for reasons relating to {{Pride}}. The Boys, meanwhile, only really come into conflict with the CIA for either being unwilling to stand up to Vought or withholding information that could be ''extremely'' important to keeping Supes in check. [[spoiler:Additionally, by the midpoint of season 3, both groups have fractured, but while the Seven have effectively been dissolved due to all of their members having different motives/being dead and having TeethClenchedTeamwork, the Boys have split into smaller teams because their members actively bonded with one another and want to stick with their friends]].

* TwoGirlsToATeam: In Season 2, [[spoiler:Starlight]] becomes a clandestine member, joining Kimiko.
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:{{Justified}}. The rest of the group are more angry than grateful when Butcher and Hughie turn things around on the Russian security soldiers with their temporary powers, with Hughie even personally saving MM's life. However, this is largely because any gratefulness they would feel is overshadowed by their disgust that the two would stoop to willingly taking anything like Compound V.]]

Originally a rather ordinary 20-something clerk at an electronics appliance store, the death of his girlfriend, Robin, at the hands of a superhero puts him on the path to join The Boys. He’s the main protagonist and POV character of the series.

* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler:Hughie is initially okay with Annie being a supe and was capable of holding his own but once he starts taking V-24 and using his own power of teleportation, he begins to feel insecure about himself and resents how he's always the one in need of saving as Annie and the Boys have to pull him out of danger. The fact that he's constantly around Soldier Boy, a hypermasculine sociopath with an obsession with having sex with women and using penises as a metaphor, and Billy Butcher, a tough guy who refuses to show any form of vulnerability, mean Hughie starts taking influence from them.]]

* InLoveWithTheMark: His initial interactions with Starlight are before he knows she's the new member of the Seven, but once he is informed, he agrees to exploit his connection with her to help the Boys gain information to use. Despite this, he is reluctant to abuse her trust and develops genuine feelings for her.

* LoserProtagonist: Fully deconstructed with Hughie in Season 3. After being constantly seen as the scrawny guy, Hughie couldn't handle anymore the idea of being a regular person in a world of supes, until he was finally given a dose of power. Of course, he enjoys feeling powerful and manly. But this means also taking a few amoral decisions which nearly destroy his relationship with Annie.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Hughie's superpower turns out to be teleportation, but it only works on living organisms. Every time he uses his power Hughie ends up naked. When he teleports other people, they also end up naked.

* OneHeadTaller: He's almost a head taller than his lover Annie January/Starlight. It's more noticeable when she's not in her costume, which includes high heels.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Is OnlyKnownByHisNickname in the comic. His first name is mentioned once in Season 1: Marvin. Season 2 reveals Milk is actually his last name, and gives him the middle initial T.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: All the boys are RatedMForManly in comparison to Hughie. Butcher is a violent NinetiesAntiHero, MM is a heroic ScaryBlackMan and Frenchie is a complete nutjob.

* [[AdaptationalHeroism]]:

* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler: Hughie is initially okay with Annie being a supe and was capable of holding his own but once he starts taking V-24 and using his own power of teleportation, he begins to feel insecure about himself and resents how he's always the one in need of saving as Annie and the Boys have to pull him out of danger. The fact that he's constantly around Soldier Boy, a hypermasculine sociopath with an obsession with having sex with women and using penises as a metaphor, and Billy Butcher, a tough guy who refuses to show any form of vulnerability, mean Hughie starts taking influence from them.]]

* ForgivenButNotForgotten: [[spoiler: While they're able to make up and even team up to expose Compound V to the public to get at Vought, Starlight hasn't completely forgiven him for lying to her about her involvement with The Boys and killing Translucent, and has a tendency to sneak in jabs at him for it.]]

** When in the middle of an attempt to kill Hughie A-Train has a heart attack, it takes Hughie grand total of ''two seconds'' to start performing CPR and making Annie call for an ambulance.

* AdaptationalNiceguy:

* NeckSnap: Inflicted on her by [[spoiler: Stormfront]] in the Season 2 finale. It literally only puts her down for a few seconds.

* AdaptationalNiceguy: Her comic self is a full-blown sadist who loves violence so much that she goes out of her way to perform hits for the mob as a way to satisfy her bloodlust. While Kimiko is no stranger to brutally murdering people, she does so for understandable reasons. First because she's a terrified captive trying to defend herself against the criminals who locked her in a dirty cage, then later because she joins the Boys in their war against Supes, and ends up being the main fighter of the group because of her super strength and near invulnerability. In stark contrast to The Female, Kimiko does ''not'' enjoy the carnage, and especially hates it when Billy essentially uses her as just another weapon.