Summary
Unsurprisingly, for a show involving characters with practically every superhuman ability under the sun,The Boysfeatures some of the most formidable fictional faces in recent memory. Antony Starr’s chief antagonist, Homelander, is arguablymodern television’s most powerful villain, demonstrating a terrifyingarray of powersthat render him virtually omnipotent.
However, not all heroes are born equal in Eric Kripke’s depraved and ruthless adaptation of of Garth Ennis' comic series. Whilesome supes possess a unique weaknessthat renders them vulnerable to attack, the show has featured manysuperpowered characters whose Achilles' heel stemsfrom the simple fact that they are just as mortal as the average human being.
10Love Sausage
Former Resident Of The Sage Grove Center
While his comic book counterpart isconsiderably more powerfulthan the live-action version seen inThe Boys,Amazon’s take onLove Sausageis one of the less formidable supes that Butcher and co. come into contact with.
While he nearly manages to throttle Mother’s Milk with his tentacle-like genitals, Kimiko is still able to knock Love Sausage unconscious with no more than a knuckle duster when the pair cross paths in Season 2. It’s also worth noting that he is last seen holding his burnt genitalia in the aftermath ofSoldier Boyblasting Herogasm to kingdom come, meaning that he may have been stripped of his powers and left with nothing but an extraordinarily impractical sexual organ.
9Swatto
Payback’s Airborne Representative
A member of the Soldier Boy-led team Payback,Swatto’stime onThe Boyswas so limited that viewers could be forgiven for forgetting this minor supporting character from Season 3. However, minimal screen-time aside, this bumbling superhero did little to demonstrate any daunting powers of note besides his ability to fly.
In his brief on-screen bow, Swatto’s most notable involvement in proceedings was giving away the position of Grace Mallory’s base to hostile forces and precipitating a massacre in 1984. He was last seen miserably failing to outmaneuver a missile, before being blown to bloody smithereens.
8Ezekiel
The Former Face Of Capes For Christ
Before getting turned into a ruptured meat balloon in Season 4’s “Wisdom of the Ages”,Ezekielwas not exactly known for being a particularly dangerous supe, despite his super strength. Blessed with powers of elasticity, the hypocritical preacher came across as aparody versionof Mr. Fantastic.
While his abilities made him a tough opponent for a regular human being, Ezekiel’s final appearance also revealed an inherent vulnerability in his power. Butcher was able to freeze his limbs with a fire extinguisher, allowing him to shatter Ezekiel’s appendages into rubble.
7Firecracker
The Seven’s Resident Conspiracy Theorist
IfFirecracker’ssuperpowers matched her ability to rally hordes of bigots and basement dwellers, she’d likely give Homelander a run for his money. Unfortunately for the new Season 4 arrival, her powers appear to be limited to the extremely underwhelming ability to generate sparks with a click of her fingers.
In her two fightson the show to date, Firecracker has been knocked unconscious by Billy Butcher, and brutally rag-dolled by Annie January on live television. Politically speaking, she’s an incredibly dangerous individual, but in terms of physicality, Valorie Curry’s charge is one of the weakestCompound Vpowers seen onThe Boys.
6Splinter
A Pinkeye-Afflicted Conspiracy Theorist
Turning in one of the most repulsive sequences in recent memory,Splintermade quite an impression in his short time onThe Boys.The Firecracker-obsessed supe possessed the ability to “splinter” off into multiple identical versions of himself, allowing him to create a small army of clones to provide strength in numbers.
Unfortunately, Splinter’s replicas had no powers of increased strength or durability, meaning that they were relatively easy to overpower and kill for seasoned supe fighters like the Boys. They were also weakened by their dependence on a hive mind - by driving a crowbar through his skull, Butcher proved that if “Splinter Prime” dies, all of his clones die with him.
5Gecko
Annie’s Childhood Friend
Considering his apparent lack of susceptibility to pain, it might seem unreasonable to label David Thompson’sGeckoas one ofThe Boys’least powerful supes. Possessing the ability to regrow any severed body part, the sadomasochistic sex worker is functionally immune to physical damage.
However, while he may be impossible to kill by all appearances, the unassuming Gecko isn’t a formidable individual in the slightest. His lack of enhanced strength means that he can’t do much to anyone besides bleeding copiously all over them, allowing Annie to blackmail him with no fear of retribution in Season 2.
4Sister Sage
The Smartest Woman In The World
By her own admission,Jessica “Sister Sage” Bradleyis a particularly weak superhero. Homelander’s new Chief Strategist may be the smartest woman in the world, but she possesses no other superpowers of note. Susan Heyward’s Season 4 arrival is no tougher or stronger than the average human being; this is a supe that any one of the Boys could physically overpower.
Fortunately for the former Teenage Kix alum, Sage’s preternatural intellect has steered her away from danger to this ppint. However, while she may possess a regenerative brain, in theory, there’s nothing to prevent a supe-loathing individual like Billy Butcher from offing the Seven’s latest devious addition.
3Doppelgänger
The Boys' Answer To Mystique
There’s no shame in getting one’s neckbroken by Homelander, but the genderfluidDoppelgängerwas still a notably weak face among the line-up of superheroes onThe Boys. Owning the ability to perfectly replicate the appearance of any individual, the superhuman chameleon found themselves playing Madelyn Stillwell in a twisted sexual fantasy with Antony Starr’s lead antagonist.
Apart from possessing the stomach to perform whatever nauseating (often sexual) objective they were tasked with, the superpowered buck stopped with Doppelgänger’s shape-changing abilities. While nothing would have saved them from an almost unstoppable being like Homelander, they demonstrated nothing but the power to horrify viewers with debauched antics before duly bowing out.
2The TNT Twins
Herogasm’s Depraved Hosts
By the time Season 3’s"Herogasm"rolled around,the TNT Twinshad lost any semblance of what little power they ever had. The former Payback members were able to generate bursts of powerful energy by making physical contact with one another, meaning that even at the height of their powers, one was useless without the other.
Compounding matters, years of substance abuse and a dysfunctional relationship between the pair meant that the Twins' powers atrophied over time. By the time Soldier Boy came knocking, their powers had weakened to the point that they were only able to muster a pathetic spark of energy before being incinerated by their vengeful pursuer.
1Mesmer
The Duplicitous Former Child Actor
The former child star ofThe Mesmerizer,Mesmerwas undoubtedly the weakest superhero ever seen onThe Boys. While his telepathic abilities were a useful attribute, Haley Joel Osment’s spineless charge was as feebly impotent as he was cowardly.
After he betrayed the Boys to Homelander in Season 1, Mesmer’s complete lack of power was summed up in savage fashion when Butcher caught up with him. Despite being no more than a regular human, Karl Urban’s foul-mouthed charge was able to gleefully cave his head in with the assistance of a bathroom sink. Offering about as much resistance as a block of butter to a hot knife, there’s not a single thing the hapless Mesmer could do to stop him.
