History Characters / TheBoys2019TheBoys

* EveryonHasStandards: Even 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.

'''Frenchie:'''You are, perhaps... in a state of shock, mon ami.

** He is quite at himself after [[spoiler:killing Translucent]] and all he does is staring at the blood in the tub while washing himself and than he wants really badly to go home to reflect over what happened.

* Angry Black Man: He joins Butcher's second try to take down Vought only when he learns they dusted one of the Seven down. He grew up seeing his father consumed by his quest to expose Vought-American to the world without, only to die without accoplishing anything. In Season 2 is even worse, as he reveals to Annie that what Soldier Boy did to his family is the reason why he developed SuperOCD. He almost takes same self-destructive path as Butcher just to have a shot at Soldier Boy.

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

* WarriorTherapist: He can offer a good advice about the kind of jobs the Boys do to new recruits like Hughie. He know what it feels like and he knows the price for it.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Throughout the series, Robin's death has left Hughie with a serious case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), leaving him with auditory and visual hallucinations alluding to the event, spaces out at random intervals and possesses unresolved emotional anxiety that is only exacerbated by the fact that everyone around him is content to let the perpetrators get away with it. It only gets worse when [[spoiler:he kills Translucent]], though being around Starlight seems to keep him relatively together.

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Suffers one after Butcher drives the speedboat into Lucy the whale, with Hughie becoming semi-catatonic and almost unresponsive to the team, even being okay with Homelander nearly forcing Starlight to kill him.]]

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Comic Hughie was modeled after Simon Pegg, who is certainly not ugly but definitely not a conventional Hollywood hunk type. Jack Quaid, meanwhile, is much easier on the eyes.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Along with her brother, [[spoiler:she was a child soldier, kidnapped 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]].

* ReligiousBruiser: He is an ex-marine, and a good fighter who will insteal the fear of God into anyone.

* ReligiousBruiser: He is an ex-marine, and a good fighter with fear of God.

'''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]]-]]]]]

'''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/TheBoys2019Stormfront Stormfront]], [[Characters/TheBoys2019SoldierBoy Soldier Boy]]) | [[Characters/TheBoys2019VoughtInternational Vought International]] | [[Characters/TheBoys2019Other Others]]-]]]]]

** Since this version of Mother's Milk never took Compound V, he lacks the dependency his comic counterpart did. In the comics, he also had a brother with a mental handicap, who died when the Compound V in his system activated while he was wearing a helmet, causing his father to die of grief and stress. In the show, M.M's father is said to have believed in justice and wanted Vought to face the consequences of their actions because he believed nobody should be above the law. [[spoiler: His father still worked himself to death and M.M suffered another personal tragedy when his grandad was unwittingly killed by Soldier Boy, something M.M blamed himself for because he was the one who woke up his granddad to watch Soldier Boy in the first place.]]

* 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.]]

* 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 grandpap directly and many other family members.

* TwoferTokenMinority: While everyone in the team has a different ethnicity (except for Frenchie, who has multiple ethnicities), MM is the only one who is a Christian and suffering from OCD.

* TheCassanova:
** He claims to sleep with someone different every night, when he's not busy being on the run. Considering that he brings this up with an argument with M.M., he could just be trying to get under the latter's skin.
** He's also ''furious'' he didn't get to witness (or possibly participate in) Herogasm, and nearly everyone comments "Frenchie would be loving this."

* OrderVersusChaos: He is chaotic, impulsive, and follows his gut. This puts him into constant conflict with Mother's Milk who likes it when everything is orderly and everyone sticks to the plan (to which Frenchie seems allergic).

* TookALevelInCynic: [[spoiler: After learning that Neuman is both a supe and Stan Edgar's unofficially adopted daughter, Hughie declares that the year he spent working for the government under her was a waste, and that Butcher's extreme methods were right. Notably, he's so broken by this revelation that he's the ''only'' member of the team besides Butcher to take V-24 and gain powers, and actually ''steals a capsule from Butcher to do so''. Understandably, the rest of the team is ashamed of him for doing so.]]

* CrazyPrepared: He's got at least 34 addresses and 12 aliases.

* HandSignals: In Season 2, she speaks to her brother Kenji using sign language they invented after she became mute as a result of her trauma.

** TheLeader: Butcher, a driving force that keeps others focused on their goal with his ability to persuade others.
** TheLancer: Mother's Milk, a more reasonable {{Foil}} to Butcher who keeps him from going too far and also provides emotional support to others.

** TheSmartGuy: While Hughie shows some aptitude, Frenchie occupies this niche due to his assortment of skills that come in handy in various situations.
** TheHeart: Hughie, the team's most idealistic and naive member who's able to inspire others and even make Butcher have a second thought about his more ruthless actions.

** Hughie, who was always the one to advocate against violence, receives {{Teleportation}} (a non-offensive ability) that would be perfect for rescue to quick escapes.

* SixthRanger: During season 2, Starlight/Annie has firmly become a member of the group.

* 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.

* TheFettered: No matter what happens, there are lines MM will not cross. Even as Butcher goes further into morally gray zones, Marvin refuses to give up his morals. [[spoiler:This is {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in season 3, as Homelander's psychotic issues and, you know, ''being indestructible'' forces Butcher to start considering illegal means to take the Supe down because ''there is no legitimate way left to reign him in''. Marvin's fetters prevent him from following Butcher, and they end up getting further tested when Butcher recruits Soldier Boy to help take down Homelander, both because Soldier Boy appears to be a violent murderer and, more importantly, ''he killed MM's family''. This ends up being the last straw for Marvin, and he leaves the team after the debacle at Herogasm"]].

* HeroicBuild: While it's never brought up, Laz Alonso is ''ripped'', and the t-shirts he wears in character exposes his massive biceps. While Milk abhors violence, he makes good use of that strength while carrying Kimiko to safety with the effort of holding up a pillow.

* TheReliableOne: Next to Butcher (obsessive, not a people person), Frenchie (easily distracted), Hughie (naive newcomer), and Kimiko (violent, mute, newcomer), MM is the rock that keeps the team together.

** He reveals that part of it came from the trauma he had when Soldier Boy killed his family when he was young. He deluded himself into thinking if he does those habits Soldier Boy would stay at bay.

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

* TwoferTokenMinority: A ''quadruple'' minority even, as Kimiko is the only woman of the group, the only East Asian, the only Supe, and is mute, making her the only one with an explicit disability.