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* 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.



* AdaptationalBadass: In comparison to the rest of The Boys, she seems to be a bit more powerful than in the comics, [[spoiler:including a HealingFactor on top of her SuperStrength.]]

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* AdaptationalBadass: In comparison to the rest of The Boys, all of whom had powers in the comics but none in the show, she seems to be a bit more powerful than in the comics, [[spoiler:including a HealingFactor on top of her SuperStrength.]]


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* 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.
** The comics Female isn't above viciously attacking her teammates because of how much she hates being touched. While she does lash out at the Boys at first, even Frenchie, it's because she's just been rescued from a cage and is basically feral. As she begins to bond with the group, she eventually stops posing a risk to the others.


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* DisabledInTheAdaptation: In the comics, The Female is selectively mute and just chooses not to talk. Kimiko genuinely can't speak despite her attempts and instead communicates through sign language.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Hughie’s childhood in the comic was described as semi-idyllic, while here he was raised by an OverprotectiveDad and his mom abandoned him.

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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Hughie’s childhood in the comic was described as semi-idyllic, while here he was raised by an OverprotectiveDad overprotective father and his mom abandoned him.

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* 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 offical 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.

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* 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 offical 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.



* 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 at least Butcher [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gaining powers from Compound V]].

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* 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 at least Butcher and Hughie [[EmpoweredBadassNormal gaining powers from Compound V]].through taking V24]].



* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:The team functionally ceases to exist by the events of "Herogasm". Frenchie and Kimiko are lying low due to Kimiko needing to heal after suffering a DePower, Billy and Hughie have gone off with Soldier Boy to take down Homelander, and MM and Annie have bailed out due to stress and their teammates' increasingly grey actions. [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether They've reformed by the season 3 finale]], but they've made it clear they are tired of putting up with Butcher's crap]].

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* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:The team functionally ceases to exist by the events of "Herogasm". Frenchie and Kimiko are lying low due to Kimiko needing to heal after suffering a DePower, being {{depower}}ed by Soldier Boy, Billy and Hughie have gone off with Soldier Boy to take down Homelander, and MM and Annie have bailed out due to stress and their teammates' increasingly grey actions. [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether They've reformed by the season 3 finale]], but they've made it clear they are tired of putting up with Butcher's crap]].



* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Boys are at a huge disadvantage from the get-go when it comes to the PR battle with Vought. Their own mistakes and poor decisions only make it worse, and they're the most wanted criminals in America by the end of Season 1. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 2, they manage to clean their criminal records even for crimes that they actually did, escaping this.]]

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: The With all the PR resources that [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Vought]] has at their disposal, it's no surprise that the Boys are at a huge disadvantage from the get-go when it comes to the PR battle with Vought.get-go. Their own mistakes and poor decisions only make it worse, and they're the most wanted criminals in America by the end of Season 1. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 2, they manage to clean their criminal records even for crimes that they actually did, escaping this.]]



* TwoGirlsToATeam: In Season Two, the Boys became an example when [[spoiler:Starlight]] becomes a clandestine member, joining Kimiko.

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* TwoGirlsToATeam: In Season Two, the Boys became an example when 2, [[spoiler:Starlight]] becomes a clandestine member, joining Kimiko.



** 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 Billy and her 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.

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** 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 Billy her and her 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.



** 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.

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** The pedestal Annie put him on breaks even further when he stops her from trying to stop Soldier Boy from killing The the TNT Twins and then tells her that it does actually bother him that she is so much stronger than him.



* CelebrityParadox: He references ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' in Season 2. His actor played a tribute in its first two films.

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* CelebrityParadox: He references ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' in Season 2. His actor played Marvel, a tribute in its first two films.



* DeliberateInjuryGambit: [[spoiler: In order to continue working with The Boys without arousing Neumann'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.]]

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* DeliberateInjuryGambit: [[spoiler: In order to continue working with The the Boys without arousing Neumann's 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.]]



* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler: Hughie was initially ok with Annie being a supe and was capable of holding his own but once he started taking V-24 and using his own power of teleportation, he began to feel insecure about himself and begins resent 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.]]

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* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler: Hughie was is initially ok okay with Annie being a supe and was capable of holding his own but once he started starts taking V-24 and using his own power of teleportation, he began begins to feel insecure about himself and begins resent 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.]]



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

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



* 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.
* InsecureLoveInterest: [[spoiler: While he and Starlight are enjoying a happy relationship in Season 3, it's evident that he's slightly insecure about how much more capable she is compared to him and that her ex-boyfriend, who's applying to join The Seven and therefore in close proximity of her, is a former boy band star on top of being a superhero. This gets worse when he learns that Neumann's the Head Popper, as it fuels his sense of inferiority due to the belief that he fucked up by not noticing sooner and that, unlike Starlight's attempts at internal reform and saving lives, his work was effectively AllForNothing. "Herogasm" also reveals that he hates how he constantly needs to be saved and is bothered by Annie being stronger than him due to her powers.]]

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* InLoveWithTheMark: His initial interactions with Starlight are before he knows she's the new member of The the Seven, but once he is informed, he agrees to exploit his connection with her to help The the Boys gain information to use. Despite this, he is reluctant to abuse her trust and develops genuine feelings for her.
* InsecureLoveInterest: [[spoiler: While he and Starlight are enjoying a happy relationship in Season 3, it's evident that he's slightly insecure about how much more capable she is compared to him and that her ex-boyfriend, who's applying to join The Seven and therefore in close proximity of her, is a former boy band star on top of being a superhero. This gets worse when he learns that Neumann's Neuman's the Head Popper, as it fuels his sense of inferiority due to the belief that he fucked up by not noticing sooner and that, unlike Starlight's attempts at internal reform and saving lives, his work was effectively AllForNothing. "Herogasm" also reveals that he hates how he constantly needs to be saved and is bothered by Annie being stronger than him due to her powers.]]



* NotQuiteTheRightThing: By the end of Season 2, [[spoiler:he intends on trying to fight against Vought and Supes in a more legitimate method, helping politician Victoria Neumann with her anti-Vought campaign rather than as a VigilanteMan. Unfortunately, he doesn't know that she's the head-exploding Supe seeking to take a foothold in the government.]]

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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: By the end of Season 2, [[spoiler:he intends on trying to fight against Vought and Supes in a more legitimate method, helping politician Victoria Neumann Neuman with her anti-Vought campaign rather than as a VigilanteMan. Unfortunately, he doesn't know that she's the head-exploding Supe seeking to take a foothold in the government.]]



* TrapMaster: Nails, ball bearings, electric wiring, pressurized, aerosol products, and a big can... this all MM need to create booby traps in Judy's home to stop Black Noir.

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* TrapMaster: Nails, ball bearings, electric wiring, pressurized, aerosol products, and a big can... this all MM need needs to create booby traps in Judy's home to stop Black Noir.
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** [[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.]]
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* 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]].

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* 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]].stronger. He also apparently has a lot of repressed rage after years of being bullied as a kid]].

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* AdaptationalBadass: In this series, when injected with V24, two of the members gains additional powers to their enhanced physiology. For Butcher, he also develops {{Eye Laser}}s, similar to Homelander, only the beams are golden. For Hughie, he gains the ability to TeleportSpam.

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* AdaptationalBadass: In this series, when injected with V24, two of the members gains gain additional powers to their enhanced physiology. For Butcher, he also develops {{Eye Laser}}s, similar to Homelander, only the beams are golden. For Hughie, he gains the ability to TeleportSpam.



* AntiHeroTeam: Many of the things The Boys do are straight-up awful and no one would argue that [[TheLeader Butcher]] is a good guy (including himself), but they are also the only group holding Supes responsible for their actions. They're not good, but their targets are typically much, much worse. [[spoiler:This is {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in Season 3, though, as each member of the team is a different stripe of AntiHero, and thus has different motivations. Thus, they eventually start fracturing due to different goals, with the midpoint of the season seeing the team dissolve due to irreconciliable differences]].

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* AntiHeroTeam: Many of the things The Boys do are straight-up awful and no one would argue that [[TheLeader Butcher]] is a good guy (including himself), but they are also the only group holding Supes responsible for their actions. They're not good, but their targets are typically much, much worse. [[spoiler:This is {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in Season 3, though, as each member of the team is a different stripe of AntiHero, and thus has different motivations. Thus, they eventually start fracturing due to different goals, with the midpoint of the season seeing the team dissolve due to irreconciliable irreconcilable differences]].



* CombatPragmatist: Apart from Kimiko, the Boys are ordinary men who are deciding to fight back against the supes for their many acts of moral degeneracy. Fighting hand-to-hand or even with conventional weapons against those with superpowers is just going to get you killed, so they tend to prefer using blackmail, stealth tactics, and basically whatever is at their disposal rather than fighting upfront. [[spoiler: In the first season, Hughie kills Translucent by knocking him out with electricity and then detonating the bomb that was put inside his anus. Not a dignified way to kill someone, but for someone who is otherwise invulnerable there wasn't really another option.]]

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* CombatPragmatist: Apart from Kimiko, the Boys are ordinary men who are deciding to fight back against the supes for their many acts of moral degeneracy. Fighting hand-to-hand or even with conventional weapons against those with superpowers is just going to get you killed, so they tend to prefer using blackmail, stealth tactics, and basically whatever is at their disposal rather than fighting upfront.up front. [[spoiler: In the first season, Hughie kills Translucent by knocking him out with electricity and then detonating the bomb that was put inside his anus. Not a dignified way to kill someone, but for someone who is otherwise invulnerable there wasn't really another option.]]



** TheHeart: Hughie, the team's most idealistic and naïve member who's able to inspire others and even make Butcher have a second thought about his more heinous actions.

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** TheHeart: Hughie, the team's most idealistic and naïve member who's able to inspire others and even make Butcher have a second thought thoughts about his more heinous actions.



* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Boys are at a huge disadvantage from the get go when it comes to the PR battle with Vought. Their own mistakes and poor decisions only make it worse, and they're the most wanted criminals in America by the end of Season 1. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 2, they manage to clean their criminal records even for crimes that they actually did, escaping this.]]

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* HeroWithBadPublicity: The Boys are at a huge disadvantage from the get go get-go when it comes to the PR battle with Vought. Their own mistakes and poor decisions only make it worse, and they're the most wanted criminals in America by the end of Season 1. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 2, they manage to clean their criminal records even for crimes that they actually did, escaping this.]]



* ActionSurvivor: He's a normal tech guy who's life got turned upside down by Supes. Now he fights back against those powerful beings with the Boys.

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* ActionSurvivor: He's a normal tech guy who's whose life got turned upside down by Supes. Now he fights back against those powerful beings with the Boys.



* AgeLift: Comic Hughie is based off Simon Pegg, lookin in his late 30s/early 40s. Hughie in the show appears to be around his 20s, and being the youngest from 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.

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* AgeLift: Comic Hughie is based off on Simon Pegg, lookin looking in his late 30s/early 40s. Hughie in the show appears to be around his 20s, and being the youngest from 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 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 turned on than anything else.



* 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.]]

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* ApologeticAttacker: When forced to shoot someone in self defense 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.]]



* CallToAdventure: A darker take in the trope. Butcher is the one who introduces Hughie, a LoserProtagonist, into the mad war between psychotic supes and crazy vigilantes.

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* CallToAdventure: A darker take in on the trope. Butcher is the one who introduces Hughie, a LoserProtagonist, into the mad war between psychotic supes and crazy vigilantes.



* 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 in that moment that sells it.]]

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* 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 in at that moment that sells it.]]



* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler: Hughie was initially ok with Annie being a supe and was capable of holding his own but once he started taking V-24 and using his own power of teleportation, he began to feel insecure about himself and begins resent 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, Hughie starts taking influence from them.]]

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* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler: Hughie was initially ok with Annie being a supe and was capable of holding his own but once he started taking V-24 and using his own power of teleportation, he began to feel insecure about himself and begins resent 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.]]



** To A-Train. Hughie is a working-class tech store salesman, while A-Train is a famous super-athlete. Both men have killed people, but while A-Train put the blame on his victim to rationalize his kill (presumably because this is something he's likely to do again), Hughie came to terms with what he did and avoids killing anyone else. Both also have super girlfriends, but while A-Train hides his relationship with Popclaw out of cowardice and yields to Vought’s demands about their love, Hughie isn't the least bit ashamed of dating Starlight and furiously goes against Butcher for threatening her. [[spoiler:Also, while both have had moments of impairment due to being high on Compound V/V-24, Hughie retains better control of his faculties, and while Hughie does punch A-Train while the latter is offering a sincere apology for Robin's death, Hughie is still cognizant despite the high and refuses to go any further than a punch. Hughie's teleportation ability also makes him essentially an upgraded version of A-Train's speedster gimmick. Additionally, while A-Train is a complete kiss-up to Homelander, Hughie will challenge Butcher when the latter goes to far. Tellingly, A-Train later becomes TheChewToy for Homelander while Hughie is Butcher's MoralityPet]].
** To Homelander. Hughie is physically the least formidable of the Boys, Homelander is the most powerful member of the Seven. Homelander is mentally unstable and overcompensates for his insecurities with a God Complex; Hughie is insecure about his lack of physical abilities but remains humble and is very mentally resilient. Homelander is very charismatic, Hughie is socially awkward (though he becomes less awkward as the series goes on). Homelander is a selfish and violent psychopath who doesn't care who he hurts; Hughie is a compassionate and gentle soul that hates hurting people and feels immense guilt when he does, but will sacrifice himself to save his friends if need be. Both also have childlike qualities to them despite being adult men but Hughie's immature traits are simply an aversion to change, being overly submissive and insecurity, flaws he honestly tries to work past and his friends and Starlight encourage him to do so. Homelander's flaws are [[PsychopathicManchild his petty sadism and ego]] and he has no intention of ever changing and terrifies others into enabling his worst impulses. Both also yearn for a mother that was absent during their childhood.

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** To A-Train. Hughie is a working-class tech store salesman, while A-Train is a famous super-athlete. Both men have killed people, but while A-Train put the blame on his victim to rationalize his kill (presumably because this is something he's likely to do again), Hughie came to terms with what he did and avoids killing anyone else. Both also have super girlfriends, but while A-Train hides his relationship with Popclaw out of cowardice and yields to Vought’s demands about their love, Hughie isn't the least bit ashamed of dating Starlight and furiously goes against Butcher for threatening her. [[spoiler:Also, while both have had moments of impairment due to being high on Compound V/V-24, Hughie retains better control of his faculties, and while Hughie does punch A-Train while the latter is offering a sincere apology for Robin's death, Hughie is still cognizant despite the high and refuses to go any further than a punch. Hughie's teleportation ability also makes him essentially an upgraded version of A-Train's speedster gimmick. Additionally, while A-Train is a complete kiss-up to Homelander, Hughie will challenge Butcher when the latter goes to too far. Tellingly, A-Train later becomes TheChewToy for Homelander while Hughie is Butcher's MoralityPet]].
** To Homelander. Hughie is physically the least formidable of the Boys, Homelander is the most powerful member of the Seven. Homelander is mentally unstable and overcompensates for his insecurities with a God Complex; Hughie is insecure about his lack of physical abilities but remains humble and is very mentally resilient. Homelander is very charismatic, Hughie is socially awkward (though he becomes less awkward as the series goes on). Homelander is a selfish and violent psychopath who doesn't care who he hurts; Hughie is a compassionate and gentle soul that hates hurting people and feels immense guilt when he does, but will sacrifice himself to save his friends if need be. Both also have childlike qualities to them despite being adult men but Hughie's immature traits are simply an aversion to change, being overly submissive and insecurity, insecure, flaws he honestly tries to work past and his friends and Starlight encourage him to do so. Homelander's flaws are [[PsychopathicManchild his petty sadism and ego]] and he has no intention of ever changing and terrifies others into enabling his worst impulses. Both also yearn for a mother that was absent during their childhood.



** He is quite shocked at himself after [[spoiler:killing Translucent]] and all he does is staring at the blood in the tub while washing himself.

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** He is quite shocked at himself after [[spoiler:killing Translucent]] and all he does is staring stare at the blood in the tub while washing himself.



* GuileHero: Hughie's biggest asset is his brain, as a NonActionGuy, he is better with coming up with plans. In Season 1, he intentionately let himself caught by Vought to save Kimiko, MM and Frenchie who are inprisoned, 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]].

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* GuileHero: Hughie's biggest asset is his brain, as a NonActionGuy, he is better with at coming up with plans. In Season 1, he intentionately let intentionally gets himself caught by Vought to save Kimiko, MM MM, and Frenchie who are inprisoned, 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, skills and that he took V-24 because he wanted to be stronger]].



* InsecureLoveInterest: [[spoiler: While he and Starlight are enjoying a happy relationship in Season 3, it's evident that he's slightly insecure about how much more capable she is compared to him and that her ex-boyfriend, who's applying to join The Seven and therefore in close proximity of her, is a former boy band star on top of being a superhero. This gets worse when he learns that Neumann's the Head Popper, as it fuels his sense of inferiority due to the belief that he fucked up by not noticing sooner and that unlike Starlight's attempts at internal reform and saving lives, his work was effectively AllForNothing. "Herogasm" also reveals that he hates how he constantly needs to be saved and is bothered by Annie being stronger than him due to her powers.]]
* KarmicJackpot: Hughie would choose to save A-Train's life, who would later return the favor in Season 2 by helping him expose Stormfront's past as a Nazi, thus destroying her reputation and give Hughie and the Boys a win against Vought.

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* InsecureLoveInterest: [[spoiler: While he and Starlight are enjoying a happy relationship in Season 3, it's evident that he's slightly insecure about how much more capable she is compared to him and that her ex-boyfriend, who's applying to join The Seven and therefore in close proximity of her, is a former boy band star on top of being a superhero. This gets worse when he learns that Neumann's the Head Popper, as it fuels his sense of inferiority due to the belief that he fucked up by not noticing sooner and that that, unlike Starlight's attempts at internal reform and saving lives, his work was effectively AllForNothing. "Herogasm" also reveals that he hates how he constantly needs to be saved and is bothered by Annie being stronger than him due to her powers.]]
* KarmicJackpot: Hughie would choose to save A-Train's life, who would later return the favor in Season 2 by helping him expose Stormfront's past as a Nazi, thus destroying her reputation and give giving Hughie and the Boys a win against Vought.



* LetsGetDangerous: Considering that he's pretty unremarkable as a person and is the only member of the titular team that has no special training or experience in the field of westwork, he's surprisingly competent and an unexpected threat against the Seven. [[spoiler:He's also the only member of the Boys who has killed a member of the Seven.]]
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Butcher. Butcher struggles with a large amount of self-hatred that out right turns to DeathSeeker a few times. Hughie's support of Butcher and his resemblance to Butcher's late brother eventually led to Butcher going out of his way to keep Hughie save. The resemblance to Lenny (Billy's brother) in particular makes Butcher view him as ReplacementGoldfish for Lenny.
* 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 destroys his relationship with Annie.

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* LetsGetDangerous: Considering that he's pretty unremarkable as a person and is the only member of the titular team that has no special training or experience in the field of westwork, wetwork, he's surprisingly competent and an unexpected threat against the Seven. [[spoiler:He's also the only member of the Boys who has killed a member of the Seven.]]
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Butcher. Butcher struggles with a large amount of self-hatred that out right outright turns to DeathSeeker tendencies a few times. Hughie's support of Butcher and his resemblance to Butcher's late brother eventually led to Butcher going out of his way to keep Hughie save.safe. The resemblance to Lenny (Billy's brother) in particular makes Butcher view him as ReplacementGoldfish for Lenny.
* 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 course, he enjoys feeling powerful and manly. But this means also taking a few amoral decisions which destroys nearly destroy his relationship with Annie.



* RunningGag: Hughie is always the butt of the jokes about being scrawny.

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* RunningGag: Hughie is always regularly the butt of the jokes about being scrawny.



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

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



* SociallyAwkwardHero: Hughie completely freezes whenever Butcher sends him into a mission involving socializing. When he sent to implant a bug on the Vought building, Butcher had to give him a speech about RedPillBluePill to convince him. Yet when he killed Translucent, he felt powerful, not afraid.

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* SociallyAwkwardHero: Hughie completely freezes whenever Butcher sends him into on a mission involving socializing. When he sent to implant a bug on in the Vought building, Butcher had to give him a speech about RedPillBluePill to convince him. Yet when he killed Translucent, he felt powerful, not afraid.



* TheUnfettered: Hughie himself starts to go down the spiral in Season 3. He ready to do "whatever it takes" to stop Homelander and keep Starlight safe. His desire to walk over every moral boundary comes from his own insecurity and helplessness of not being man enough for Annie.

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* TheUnfettered: Hughie himself starts to go down the spiral in Season 3. He is ready to do "whatever it takes" to stop Homelander and keep Starlight safe. His desire to walk over every moral boundary comes from his own insecurity and helplessness of not being man enough for Annie.



** 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 ambulance.
** [[spoiler:During "Herogasm", he admits to Annie that he took V-24 because he resents being in constant need of saving, which puts a temporar dent in their relationship]].

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** 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.
** [[spoiler:During "Herogasm", he admits to Annie that he took V-24 because he resents being in constant need of saving, which puts a temporar temporary dent in their relationship]].



** 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.]]

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** 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 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.]]



* BluntNo: He has this reactions to Butcher coming to 'visit' him after several years. He is not pleased at all, and knows that Butcher means troubles.

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* BluntNo: He has this reactions reaction to Butcher coming to 'visit' him after several years. He is not pleased at all, and knows that Butcher means troubles.trouble.



* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: No wonder he is not too thrilled to work with Frenchie again, beside the Mallory incident. MM always has to makes sure Frenchie follows the plan, argues with him over some crazy idea Frenchie may have and ends up in many troubles because of him.

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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: No wonder he is not too thrilled to work with Frenchie again, beside the Mallory incident. MM always has to makes make sure Frenchie follows the plan, argues with him over some crazy idea Frenchie may have and ends up in many troubles trouble regularly because of him.



* {{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 not willing 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".
* HappilyMarried: By all indications he is a loving and dedicated family man, and the biggest problem he has with his wife is keeping her in the dark about working with The Boys. Even after she finds out, most of her anger is directed at Billy for dragging her husband into his crusade against his will.

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* {{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 not willing 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".
* HappilyMarried: By all indications indications, he is a loving and dedicated family man, and the biggest problem he has with his wife is keeping her in the dark about working with The Boys. Even after she finds out, most of her anger is directed at Billy for dragging her husband into his crusade against his will.



* 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.

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* HeroicBuild: While it's never brought up, Laz Alonso is ''ripped'', and the T-shirts he wears in character exposes expose 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.



* MoralityPet: MM considers that his daughter was the only good thing he ever did in his life and tried to stay clean only for her.

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* MoralityPet: MM considers that his daughter was the only good thing he ever did in his life and tried tries to stay clean only for her.



* PragmaticHero: Sometimes, even MM will take decisions that would rather benefits himself, like refusing to release the female when he meet her first time. Hughie even points out he sounds like Butcher.
* PapaWolf: He's a loving family man and one of the most dangerous members of The Boys. His interactions with Starlight shares a similar tone, as he tells her to wash her hands properly and glares at Hughie when [[RightThroughTheWall he and Starlight discover they woke M.M. up]].

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* PragmaticHero: Sometimes, even MM will take decisions that would rather benefits benefit himself, like refusing to release the female when he meet meets her first time. Hughie even points out he sounds like Butcher.
* PapaWolf: He's a loving family man and one of the most dangerous members of The Boys. His interactions with Starlight shares share a similar tone, as he tells her to wash her hands properly and glares at Hughie when [[RightThroughTheWall he and Starlight discover they woke M.M. up]].



* SarcasticDevotee: He always has a negative feedback about Butcker's orders, argues him about his plans and him constantly failing to keep his word about things being different this time. Not anyone can get away with calling Butcher a motherfucker and being dumber than he looks. MM is also TheReliableOne to Butcher to get things done in his absense.
* ScaryBlackMan: In his first scene, MM is introduced intimidating the inmates he is taking care of. He is otherwise the moral member of the group, beside Hughie.

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* SarcasticDevotee: He always has a negative feedback about Butcker's Butcher's orders, argues with him about his plans and calls him out on constantly failing to keep his word about things being different this time.different. Not anyone can get away with calling Butcher a motherfucker and being dumber than he looks. MM is also TheReliableOne to Butcher to get things done in his absense.
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* ScaryBlackMan: In his first scene, MM is introduced intimidating the inmates he is taking care of. He is otherwise the moral member of the group, beside besides Hughie.



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

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



* TeamMom: While Butcher is the team leader, Mother's Milk is the down-to-earth one keeping things together. In Season 3, Butcher tells M.M. the reason he was chose for the team, was his ability to keep everyone together. Bucher know that no matter how low he will go, M.M. will always be there to watch over the Boys and take good care of them.
* ThirdWheel: In Season 2, he intentionately tries to stop Hughie and Annie from getting back because he knows it could bring troubles.

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* TeamMom: While Butcher is the team leader, Mother's Milk is the down-to-earth one keeping things together. In Season 3, Butcher tells M.M. the reason he was chose chosen for the team, was his ability to keep everyone together. Bucher know Butcher knows that no matter how low he will go, M.M. will always be there to watch over the Boys and take good care of them.
* ThirdWheel: In Season 2, he intentionately intentionally tries to stop Hughie and Annie from getting back because he knows it could bring troubles.trouble.



* TookALevelInJerkass:
** At the start of Season 2 he's a lot more aggressive and prone to threats, especially to Hughie. Admittedly, its 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.

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TookALevelInJerkass: At the start of Season 2 he's a lot more aggressive and prone to threats, especially to Hughie. Admittedly, its 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.



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

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



* 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 other east Slavic country) since he has ties with TheMafiya and Little Nina claims that his real name is Sergei.]]

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* 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 other another east Slavic country) since he has ties with TheMafiya and Little Nina claims that his real name is Sergei.]]



** 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 [[HappilyMarried M.M.]], he could just be trying to get under the latter's skin.

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** He claims to sleep with someone different every night, night when he's not busy being on the run. Considering that he brings this up with an argument with [[HappilyMarried M.M.]], he could just be trying to get under the latter's skin.



* NoodleIncident: Frenchie was supposed to tail Lamplighter and keep track of his location one night, but he didn't and Lamplighter ended up burning Mallory's grandchildren. Marvin blames Frenchie for whatever happened that night but Frenchie maintains his innocence, and two have remained on bad terms ever since.

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* NoodleIncident: Frenchie was supposed to tail Lamplighter and keep track of his location one night, but he didn't and Lamplighter ended up burning Mallory's grandchildren. Marvin blames Frenchie for whatever happened that night but Frenchie maintains his innocence, and the two have remained on bad terms ever since.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[spoiler:Season 2, Episode 6 reveals his real name is Serge]]. It's worth noting that his nationality might not actually be known. In the comics, it's never confirmed but strongly implied Frenchie is British and his accent and entire persona is... not exactly faked, but isn't real, either. The show is playing with this by casting an Israeli actor in the role, especially as his accent and pronunciation occasionally slips, which could just be the actor, or could be very much in character.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The first flashback in Season 2 Episode 6, he falls out of his accent a couple times, and mentions living off the streets of New York.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[spoiler:Season 2, Episode 6 reveals his real name is Serge]]. It's worth noting that his nationality might not actually be known. In the comics, it's never confirmed but strongly implied Frenchie is British and his accent and entire persona is... not exactly faked, but isn't real, either. The show is playing with this by casting an Israeli actor in the role, especially as his accent and pronunciation occasionally slips, slip, which could just be the actor, or could be very much in character.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The In the first flashback in Season 2 Episode 6, he falls out of his accent a couple of times, and mentions living off the streets of New York.



* TheSmartGuy: He's the most intelligent member of the group, with the widest skill-set. He was specifically recruited for his knack for coming up with ways to counter supes's abilities.

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* TheSmartGuy: He's the most intelligent member of the group, with the widest skill-set.skillset. He was specifically recruited for his knack for coming up with ways to counter supes's abilities.



* BewareTheQuietOnes: She never speaks and is petite in stature, but she’s actually the most dangerous member of the Boys. Although Starlight is probably more powerful, Kimiko is far more brutal and skilled in terms of hand to hand combat. She’s strong enough to dismember a room full of trained soldiers. [[spoiler:Even without powers, she’s able to kill Nina’s gang almost by herself.]]

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* BewareTheQuietOnes: She never speaks and is petite in stature, but she’s actually the most dangerous member of the Boys. Although Starlight is probably more powerful, Kimiko is far more brutal and skilled in terms of hand to hand hand-to-hand combat. She’s strong enough to dismember a room full of trained soldiers. [[spoiler:Even without powers, she’s able to kill Nina’s gang almost by herself.]]



* DisneyDeath: It looks likes Black Noir killed her in the alley but then Frenchie witnesses her HealingFactor kicking in.

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* DisneyDeath: It looks likes like Black Noir killed her in the alley but then Frenchie witnesses her HealingFactor kicking in.



* InterchangeableAsianCultures: While the first season doesn't give her a clear origin, suggesting she comes from a fictitious country in southeast Asia that is a hodgepodge of Japanese and Chinese cultures, it's ultimately averted in season 2 with her being explicitly stated as being Japanese. The Shining Light murdered her parents and kidnapped her brother and her to the Philippines to indoctrinate them as solders. However, Kimiko didn't know where she had been taken, and so could only give vague answers as to where they were from.

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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: While the first season doesn't give her a clear origin, suggesting she comes from a fictitious country in southeast Asia that is a hodgepodge of Japanese and Chinese cultures, it's ultimately averted in season 2 with her being explicitly stated as being Japanese. The Shining Light murdered her parents and kidnapped her brother and her to the Philippines to indoctrinate them as solders.soldiers. However, Kimiko didn't know where she had been taken, and so could only give vague answers as to where they were from.



* PlatonicLifePartners: She and Frenchie settle into this dynamic by the latter half of S2. Before this, the two have a short fight when [[spoiler:following Kenji's death, Kimiko refuses to open up, rebuffs his romantic advancements, and becomes a ProfessionalKiller for awhile. Frenchie later apologizes for trying to force her into the role of his LivingEmotionalCrutch and the two end the season living together.]]

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* PlatonicLifePartners: She and Frenchie settle into this dynamic by the latter half of S2. Before this, the two have a short fight when [[spoiler:following Kenji's death, Kimiko refuses to open up, rebuffs his romantic advancements, and becomes a ProfessionalKiller for awhile.a while. Frenchie later apologizes for trying to force her into the role of his LivingEmotionalCrutch and the two end the season living together.]]



* WhenSheSmiles: Tends to wear an angry scowl of the most of the time but when she's happy and smiling, she's absolutely radiant.

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* WhenSheSmiles: Tends to wear an angry scowl of the most of the time but when she's happy and smiling, she's absolutely radiant.



* 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.

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* 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 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.
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* LetsGetDangerous: Considering that he's pretty unremarkable as a person, and is the only member of the titular team that has no special training or experience in the field of westwork, he's surprisingly competent and an unexpected threat against the Seven. [[spoiler:He's also the only member of the Boys who has killed a member of the Seven.]]

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* LetsGetDangerous: Considering that he's pretty unremarkable as a person, person and is the only member of the titular team that has no special training or experience in the field of westwork, he's surprisingly competent and an unexpected threat against the Seven. [[spoiler:He's also the only member of the Boys who has killed a member of the Seven.]]]]
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Butcher. Butcher struggles with a large amount of self-hatred that out right turns to DeathSeeker a few times. Hughie's support of Butcher and his resemblance to Butcher's late brother eventually led to Butcher going out of his way to keep Hughie save. The resemblance to Lenny (Billy's brother) in particular makes Butcher view him as ReplacementGoldfish for Lenny.
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* ShipTease: A lot of it with Kimiko throughout the series. While they remain JustFriends, it keeps the door open for a potential RelationshipUpgrade.


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* ShipTease: Large quantities of it with Frenchie. While they remain friends, she is by far the closest to him out of all other members of the Boys and there are numerous moments between them throughout the series that blur the line between friendship and romance. [[spoiler:Season 3 blurs things further when even after rebuffing him in Season 2, she expresses a desire to run away with him and even kisses him whilst in hospital.]]
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* NervesOfSteel: Stares down Soldier Boy in her youth and Homelander as an older woman.

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* 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.

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* ObsessivelyOrganized: Frenchie points out that anything that's messed up, whether it be teens with no direction in life or the ice cream in a tub that's partly scooped out, ends up irking him something nasty, driving him to set those kids straight and ''finish that ice cream.'' This is how Frenchie gets him on board to help the mentally messed-up Kimiko.



* SuperOCD:
** Frenchie points out that anything that's messed up, whether it be teens with no direction in life or the ice cream in a tub that's partly scooped out, ends up irking him something nasty, driving him to set those kids straight and ''finish that ice cream.'' This is how Frenchie gets him on board to help the mentally messed-up Kimiko.
** Starlight flat out describes him as "OCD" after taking a road trip with him, emphasizing clinical behavioral symptoms (compulsive motions and germophobia) rather than obsessive personality traits. M.M. admits that he suspects he might have inherited "a disease" from his father.
** He might actually have OCD, as Monique later mentions that he takes Lexapro.
** 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 wouldn't come for him next.
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* ActionSurvivor: He's a normal tech guy who's life got turned upside down by Supes. Now he fights back against those powerful beings with the Boys.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler:MM acts just as hateful to Soldier Boy as Butcher does to Homelander. He actually comes off as ''worse'' than Butcher because Soldier Boy is a much better person than Homelander]].
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* DieChairDie: Hughie has a moment of weakness where he trashes his room after [[spoiler:killing Translucent}}.

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* SickeninglySweethearts: With Monique, his wife, quite in contrast with his GrumpyBear demeanor with the team.

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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TomerKapon

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* PersonalityPower: [[spoiler: While under V-24, Hughie gains the power to teleport, which reflects Hughie's desire to run away from danger and escape to a normal life.]]

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* PersonalityPower: [[spoiler: While under V-24, Hughie gains the power to teleport, which reflects Hughie's desire to run away from danger avoid trouble and escape to a normal life.from The Boys so he can legally hold Vought accountable for their actions.]]
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* PersonalityPower: [[spoiler: While under V-24, Hughie gains the power to teleport, which reflects Hughie's desire to run away from danger and escape to a normal life.

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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: [[spoiler: In stark contrast to everyone else, his sexual relationship with Annie is wholesome and mutually pleasurable]].


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* SexualKarma: [[spoiler: In stark contrast to everyone else, his sexual relationship with Annie is wholesome and mutually pleasurable]].
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* AngryBlackMan: He joins Butcher's second try to take down Vought only when he learns they dusted one of the Seven. He grew up seeing his father consumed by his quest to expose Vought-American to the world, only to die without accomplishing 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 the same self-destructive path as Butcher just to have a shot at Soldier Boy.
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* SupremeChef: He's noted by many characters to be a phenomenal chef with a talent for French cuisine.
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* {{Omniglot}}: She understands Japanese (being from Japan), English, and sign language.

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* {{Omniglot}}: She understands Japanese (being from Japan), English, English (as she lived in the Philippines and currently lives in America), and sign language.language (which she uses to communicate outwardly when she needs to).

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