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I hated every second. No. The V just made me more... me. With great power comes the absolute certainty that you'll turn into a right c**t. I mean, that's the thing, right? You're all just people. All the V does is just amp up all that shit that's already inside. Your lot? Just a bunch of walking nuclear erections. You know? And it's not just Homelander. I mean you— you f**king all got to go. Every f**king last… one of ya.
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~ Billy’s drunken rant about Compound V and his hatred for Supes to Queen Maeve.
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Oh, by the way… you're all f**king welcome.
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~ Butcher to The Boys after killing Victoria Neuman and stealing the Supe-Virus.
William J. "Billy" Butcher is one of the two main protagonists (alongside Hughie Campbell) of the 2019 Amazon TV adaptation from the comic book series The Boys and a minor character in Season 1 of its 2023 spin-off, Gen V.
He is a British former special forces officer-turned-vigilante and the leader of his own group called The Boys. Being as charming as he is cunning, Butcher is a force who can talk almost anyone into anything, either through a smile or brute force—or sometimes both. He is consumed by one mission in life: to destroy superheroes, but this personal vendetta is driven by his hatred for one Supe in particular: Homelander.
It quickly becomes clear that Butcher is Homelander's sworn arch-enemy, determined to get revenge on the latter by taking him and Vought International down, no matter what the cost and regardless of anyone or anything that would stand in his way; henceforth, Butcher is evidently one of the biggest threats to all Supes who aren't on his side.
Between seasons 3 and 4, Butcher attempts to treat self-inflicted brain cancer using Compound V, but this only results in the cancer gaining sentience, becoming prehensile and highly destructive tentacles that can rapidly rip even the most durable Supe to pieces, and manipulating him into giving in to his genocidal impulses using a hallucinatory apparition of his old friend Joe Kessler. At the end of the season, Butcher gives in to Kessler's temptations and gains possession of a virus that is highly likely, if not certain, to wipe out all Supes, even those fighting against Vought's corruption and Homelander's newly-minted dictatorship, and potentially anyone exposed to Compound V.
Billy Butcher was once a very caring and nervous guy with a bit of a violent attitude and nature due to his abusive childhood. However, after his wife went missing, everything changed. His soft, easy-going personality became hard, distrustful, and vengeful, though Becca did say he's always been one bad day away from pounding someone to death in a car park. Billy is direct, crude, honorable, and not afraid to do what it takes to avenge his wife. He is shown to be extremely fearless; he has stood up to Homelander on multiple accounts, despite the fact that he could kill him practically effortlessly. He is also fully willing to sacrifice himself to save others (mainly Becca or The Boys).
Ever since his childhood, Billy has been closed off emotionally; however, he does show some emotion to his teammates and his wife. He holds Mallory in very high regard; he considers Mother’s Milk a close friend, listening to him and even willing to put him in charge of watching out for Becca, the thing that meant the most to him; Frenchie is also like a friend; and he has a genuine connection to Hughie, seeing him as like his brother, Lenny, and having him represent the good, moral side of him. Billy also has a hatred of Supes due to what happened with Becca and has tried to kill them on multiple occasions. Despite this, he eventually warms somewhat to having both Kimiko and Starlight as teammates, although more to Kimiko due to the other members of The Boys standing by her. Even so, it is clear that he is willing to tolerate Starlight as long as she does not betray them.
When Billy is finally reunited with Becca, he is unable to accept her son due to his connection to Homelander and the fact that he’s a Supe, so much so that Billy even makes a deal with Stan Edgar to separate the two permanently so Billy can have Becca back, which Edgar remarks as cold-hearted. However, when Billy sees Becca with her son, he begins to see Ryan as more than just the son of his enemy, but that he truly means the world to Becca. He then warns them of his double cross and tells them to leave. Though Becca refuses, Billy tells her he can’t help raise her son; he knows that he’s too much like his father and would never want to be like that to Ryan. When Ryan accidentally kills Becca, Billy becomes full of anger and pain and contemplates killing Ryan, but upon the arrival of Homelander, he fulfills his promise to Becca and protects Ryan. After Ryan chooses him over Homelander, Billy even stays with him until Mallory picks him up.
As a team leader, he was highly competent and commanding, however, tended to resort to abusiveness bluntness. He would become so focused on fulfilling their goals that he often disregarded the humanity of his team, treating them like tools or weapons. Even with his frequent harshness, he could be charismatic, so charmed them into returning/staying, and he could be cunning, so used a psychological tactic or weakness that ensured their complacency, if momentarily.
Despite his hatred of supes, he proved to be a hypocrite, since he willingly took doses of V24 AKA Temporary V, which turned him into a supe himself; he appeared to rationalise it as not betraying his beliefs due to the temporary effect of V24, yet it - as eventually pointed out by some in The Boys - proved that his thirst for vengeance and need to exterminate supes was more important to him than the actual reason they started the team, i.e. to hold the irresponsible superhumans accountable for their actions and stop Vought-International from their immoral corporate machinations. Another example of hypocrisy is how when he was "high" on V24, he had sex with Maeve, even though he was disgusted by supes and still in love with his late wife, Becca.
His father's horrific emotional and physical abuse to Billy and his younger brother Lenny permanently scarred Billy, being the genesis of his later temperamental and violent issues. Billy eventually left to join the military to escape his father, but left Lenny behind; without Billy as a buffer, Lenny took the full brunt of their father's cruelty, which ultimately drove Lenny to suicide, as such became another element that broke Billy. Lenny's death filled Billy with guilt for leaving, increased his hatred of his father, and contributed to his later problem with embodying vengeful anger when a loved one died. The basis for his attachment to Hughie was due to him being similar to his late brother, thus despite an initially dismissive attitude, Billy becomes protective and caring of Hughie, although not revealing it. When Becca's boy, Ryan, laser eye blasted Stormfront, it made him an unintentional killer of his mother, since Stormfront's grip was still tight on Becca's neck, thereby ripped a chunk out when she was blasted. Billy seemed to contemplate killing Ryan for the accident, but due to seeing Becca's love for her son, plus Billy's own love for her, managed to allow him to forgo his usual retaliation, and attempt to be the father Becca believed he could become.
While often coarse, Billy did become a nurturing and supportive father figure for Ryan. However, his use of V24 and continued brutality in finding ways to destroy Homelander convinced Billy that he was too similar to his own father, therefore would be the same sort of toxic influence to Ryan. Unfortunately, the only way Billy could think of to "save" Ryan from himself was basically the identical kind of emotional abuse that his father did to him, since he cut off ties with Ryan by not only expressing bigotry that criticized his very existence, but also blamed him for his mother's death; Billy showed immediate remorse for his decision, yet remained committed to it out of a misguided belief it was the best way to protect Ryan. This event is also another indication of how Billy fails to consider the long term consequences of his actions, as he becomes genuinely shocked that Homelander was able to fill the paternal void and managed to say exactly the right things to turn Ryan's fear into loyalty. Likewise, his initial use of V24 lacked complete data about its side effects, yet even when finding out it would be fatal, he continued to use the compound, even knowing it would lead to his death in months to a year, meaning he forced a time limit on the mission started by The Boys, at least in terms to his contribution.
Despite Butcher's poor decision-making, his imminent mortality helped he achieve some clarity, at least in regards to Ryan. He was able to apologize to the boy and re-establish their prior father-son bond. Some of Butcher's more violent impulses seem to be in check by his V24-damaged brain, which manifested an occasional hallucination of Becca that acts as his conscience; this generally helped him follow a softer, kinder approach towards Ryan, therefore he was able to repair the damage he had previously done. Although part of it was also due to Homelander's sociopathy driving Ryan away, which may cease being a factor as the villainous supe realized a more subtle method of manipulation to hold Ryan under his influence.
When he was dying from the brain tumor, he began to be more open and honest with the Boys, admitting that he was having blackout dissociative moments, rather than change the subject or lie like his usual pattern. Although he was still secretive to an extent, as his old spec ops ally, Joe Kessler, encourages him to indulge his more violent and exploitative nature. However, as the hallucination of Becca acted as his conscience and desire to be compassionate, it is revealed that Joe is the personification of his more violent, blood-thirsty impulses, since the real Joe actually died years ago, but Butcher forgot due to the brain tumor interfering with his memories. As such, he struggles with a genuine angel and devil situation, making him decide between brutal pragmatism that will succeed but at great cost of life, or a path of greater resistance, yet one that'll allow him to still maintain his humanity.
After poor communication and old plans alienate Ryan so much that he accidentally killed Grace Mallory to leave, Butcher finally acquiesced to his Kessler side. By doing this, his health was restored, losing the poignance facing his mortality gave him, which also returned his prior arrogant and abrasive demeanour. Butcher also returned to his commitment to the most violent options, since even though Neuman was no longer an enemy and would have been a highly useful ally, he used the Symbiote-like powers that Kessler bestowed to him, to brutally murder her; rather than acknowledging that he ruined the Boys' deal, he smugly accepted gratitude they didn't even offer.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
Billy Butcher has had a variety of superhuman powers, some of which he had only temporarily, while using Compound V24. Other abilities he's acquired since injecting himself with Compound V, in an effort to stave off the effects of a tumor induced by his overuse of V24.
Powers under Compound V[]
Parasite Tendrils:
Butcher releases his parasite Tendrils
Butcher can release a parasite inside his body created by the mixture of his V24 tumor and an injection of Compound V, causing several tendrils to emerge from his chest. These tendrils are immensely strong, even sufficient to tear apart a supe as powerful as Victoria Neuman. The Parasite itself became a split personality based on the late Joe Kessler.
Powers under V24[]
Superhuman Durability: After taking V24, Butcher becomes amazingly durable and can take an extreme amount of punishment without suffering any physical injuries. He took no damage after being punched in the torso by Gunpowder; he is bulletproof, coming out unharmed after being sprayed with bullets by a group of Russian soldiers; he was unfazed when Homelander blasted him with his heat vision; and he was barely hurt when the two of them engaged in a brutal fight, only suffering a small cut on his left cheek. Mother's Milk also broke a wooden bat against his body. When fighting Soldier Boy, Billy was able to withstand his blows, though he was shown to take more damage than Soldier Boy did.
Superhuman Strength: Butcher possesses enhanced strength while under the influence of V24. He crushed Gunpowder's pistol in his hand and sent him flying with a single punch before beating him to death. He effortlessly crushed a man's neck with one hand and repelled Ryan's own strength. He is strong enough to deal significant blows to Homelander and Soldier Boy; he can also restrain Homelander with the help of Soldier Boy and Hughie (who were also using V24). After superheating Soldier Boy's shield, Butcher punched it into pieces.
Superhuman Speed: Thanks to the V, Butcher has developed great speeds, as he demonstrated in his battle with Homelander and Soldier. Butcher could keep up against two of the fastest super-individuals, respectively, but he's obviously no faster than A-Train.
Enhanced Agility and Reflexes: Under the influence of V24, Butcher's agility and reaction speeds are increased to enhanced levels. He was able to dodge some of Homelander's attacks during their fight at Herogasm.
Superhuman Hearing: His hearing is so fine and accurate that it makes it possible for Butcher to hear infrared and ultrasound, as well as sounds ranging from powerful explosions to simple whispers, from a distance of several kilometers.
Heat Vision: Butcher is able to generate golden heat energy from his eyes and can project it outward as high-powered beams. These blasts of energy are shown to be incredibly powerful, as they were able to easily slice Gunpowder's head in half and cut clean through his car, completely separating it in two. Although he initially lacked a good handle on this ability, to the point that it hurt his eyes to use it, by the time he took a second dose of V24, he was able to use his heat vision with perfect control and without any sense of pain. Butcher's heat vision also proved powerful enough to knock Homelander to the ground after striking him in the chest and even block the latter's own heat vision, though with noticeable strain from Butcher that was not shared by Homelander. Butcher's heat vision was also able to leave a wound on Soldier Boy's face using a continuous beam.
Heat Immunity: Considering the heat and intensity of the Laser Beams released by Butcher's eyes, he is apparently immune to the extreme heat released by his eyes.
Regeneration: After his confrontation with Gunpowder, the Homelander, and Soldier Boy, Butcher managed to heal completely. Despite significant injuries, including Ballistic Wounds from Large-Caliber Bullets from the Gunpowder Pistol that he received in the ear and torso at point-blank range, Butcher managed to rapidly recover.
Abilities[]
Peak Human Condition: As a former member of the SAS and having been trained by Colonel Grace Mallory, Butcher is in peak physical condition and is stronger than the average human. With his physical abilities combined with his combat training, Butcher can compete with and even sometimes defeat supes with enhanced physical abilities and other superpowers.
Peak Human Strength: He is very strong, enough to contend with Translucent, destroy Becca's headstone with a sledgehammer, bash Mesmer's skull in with a washbasin, strangle Jock to death, and deck Hughie with a single punch hard enough to draw blood. He also threatened to break Hughie's legs, a feat that he's very capable of doing considering his previous feats. Even when he was young, Butcher was already very strong, capable of beating up a teacher and a kid who broke his younger brother's nose.
Peak Human Durability: Butcher is very resilient, as he could take hits from Translucent, stand up after getting knocked down by an EMP blast capable of sending a van tumbling, be electrocuted by Stormfront's plasma bolts, and survive having a building dropped on him by Kenji.
Peak Human Reflexes: Butcher has very good reflexes; he was able to catch Termite in a plastic bag, despite the Supe being smaller than a thumb and being mid-jump towards Frenchie's mouth. He also managed to avoid some of Gunpowder's shots; however, he was also hit by some bullets during the fight, meaning that he can't dodge bullets on a consistent basis.
Very High Intelligence: Butcher is very intelligent, being potentially smarter than Stan Edgar, The Seven, and all the other members of The Boys. He hid Translucent's remains in a box composed of zinc, the only material Homelander cannot see through. His intelligence extends itself to his skills in leadership, deception, and manipulation. After he woke up in Fort Wayne, he was smart enough to write down details of Becca's house for later investigation. He is very observant, as he saw Black Noir hiding on a rooftop in his side-view mirror, and he also got Stan Edgar to call off the assassin from hunting him by threatening to expose Ryan Butcher's existence, which would cause Homelander's reputation to suffer. He also easily deduced that Homelander and Stormfront were in a relationship and knew that the cover story for Soldier Boy's alleged death was fake, and he is familiar with torture methods.
Strategic Military Mastery: Thanks to his many years with the S.A.S. (Secret Air Service), Butcher has acquired a level of military mastery that enables him to win wars and achieve national objectives. This means that Butcher excels in the creation and allocation of military forces, as well as in the distribution of these forces to theaters of military operations around the world, where they will be best able to achieve national objectives.
Indomitable Will: Butcher is an extremely determined man, never giving up on his mission to keep The Seven and all other Supes in line. He repeatedly stood up against extremely powerful beings, from Translucent to Homelander. Even when facing Homelander and knowing how easily he could kill him, Butcher never once showed any sign of fear and simply continued to threaten him.
Combat Mastery: Butcher has received training from both the SAS and the CIA in hand-to-hand combat. His fighting style is a mix of boxing, as seen against Translucent and Mesmer, as well as other close-quarters techniques. He also probably knows Goshinkwai, since it is the fighting style used by modern SAS members. By combining his fighting skills with his superior physical abilities, Bucher can defeat most ordinary humans in unarmed combat, including Jock (a fellow SAS veteran), and even compete with superheroes. Besides his combat skills, Butcher is also capable of coming up with strategies to gain an advantage in battle; this was better showcased when he spit his own blood on Translucent so that he could see the invisible hero, which allowed him to fight back more effectively. On V24, he was able to dominate Gunpowder in a duel, beating him to death, and he even fought well against Homelander, overwhelming him with the help of Soldier Boy and Hughie (who was also on V24). He was also able to hold his own against Soldier Boy, one of the most powerful Supes in the world and a master combatant himself, in a one-on-one fight, though he was eventually overwhelmed.
Weapon Proficiency: As a former member of the British military, Butcher is a highly accurate marksman. He can wield a great variety of firearms with high efficiency, from pistols to sniper rifles, while suffering from little to no recoil. With his marksmanship skills, Butcher has managed to shoot Starlight twice in the chest from a distance with his sniper rifle, nearly shoot Kenji with his rifle if not for Hughie's intervention, and quickly gun down a Supe with his pistol. At Fort Bragg, he taught Becca to be a better marksman than himself, meaning that he was skilled enough to teach others. Besides that, Butcher is also very good at using non-conventional long-range weapons, being capable of killing armed guards by using a baby supe's laser vision and intercepting Homelander's heat vision with his own heat vision. He is also skilled in throwing darts.
Master Tactician: Butcher is an expert battle strategist, being able to think of strategies on the spot, such as when he spit his blood on Translucent to see him in a fight and used a baby supe to cut through multiple armed guards. united The Boys and inspired them to achieve their goals of eliminating The Seven. He would often put an end to the bickering between Frenchie and Mother's Milk. Even after he disappeared at the hands of Homelander, Frenchie brought him back to continue leading the Boys, as he viewed him as "a real captain." He also compared Butcher to Hannibal, Lee Marvin, and Brian Epstein. Butcher can also be deceptive and manipulative, as he was able to make a criminal think he was a police officer to gain entry into a club; he involved Frenchie by having Translucent see his face; and he convinced Mother's Milk to return to The Boys by lying about his association with Frenchie. Butcher notably harnessed Hughie's desire for vengeance against A-Train and the Supes, which was one of the reasons that led to Hughie killing Translucent. He was able to identify a federal blackops unit's van in disguise, and he guilt-tripped Hughie when he wanted to go after Stillwell while the latter wanted to split off to go help Frenchie and Mother's Milk. He anticipated that Stan Edgar had multiple snipers ready to take him out and spearheaded the mission to rescue Ryan.
Skilled Physician: While not as skilled as M.M, Butcher also knows how to treat wounds. He was able to treat a very high-caliber bullet wound in his leg that he gained from a confrontation with Gunpowder.
Skilled Pilot: Besides his skill at driving cars, Butcher also knows how to pilot a speedboat. He killed Lucy, a whale, by driving it into her side.
Intimidation: Butcher is an intimidating man, commanding an imposing presence. Mesmer and Jonah Vogelbaum were completely threatened by his thoughts and warnings.
Expert Thief: Butcher is very good at stealing while evading the law, managing to steal a boat, My Big Wet Dream, the ownership papers of said boat, and Grace Mallory's ledger. He easily pickpocketed a nurse's ID badge at Mercer Hospital to infiltrate a supe nursery. Butcher knows how to hotwire cars and also presumably knows lockpicking, since he is able to break into people's houses without making a scene.
Stealth Mastery: Butcher is highly skilled in the arts of infiltration and escape. He was able to break into people's houses, offices, and cars without anyone noticing until he purposely revealed himself. He is also very good at sneaking up on people while evading their detection, even managing to evade Homelander's hearing and line of sight.
Weaknesses[]
Psychological
PTSD: Due to the extreme emotional and physical abuse he suffered from his father, it left him in a permanent state of trauma and gave him violent anger issues. The presumed and then actual death of his wife, Becca, made him lose what little restraint he had, driving him to abuse his teammates and endanger people unrelated to her death. He also executes plans that risk his own life, even needlessly, indicating a suicidal tendency.
Biological:
Deteriorating Health (Formerly): Due to his repeated use of Compound V24, which is known to cause brain lesions within three to five doses, Billy Butcher is terminally ill. His attending physician declared that any further attempt at treatment for his condition would only adversely impact his quality of life without extending it. His physician also speculated that he has twelve months to live, possibly up to eighteen. Billy was also seen significantly weakened in his most recent appearance, but whether this is due to his declining health or having been through a recent surgical intervention to treat brain lesions (or both) is unknown.
Dissociative Episodes: Butcher started having rare but overpowering blackouts during which his body undertakes actions that his conscious mind holds no recollection about, such as when he managed to rip apart Ezekiel. It is revealed that who he thought was Joe Kessler was merely a manifestation of his own violent nature given an ego of its own by the V-ed up tumor, and "Joe" took over his body to slaughter the stretchy supe. In the wake of him succumbing to "Joe"'s temptations, it is not inconceivable that "Joe" has permanently taken over.
Equipment[]
Beretta 92FS Inox: Butcher used his sidearm to threaten Madelyn Stillwell.
Beretta 92FS: Butcher later used a new sidearm to kill an EMP Supe and tried to shoot Stormfront with it, to no avail.
Colt M4A1: Butcher used a carbine to fend off a shiver of the Deep's sharks attacking him and the Boys. He later brought it on the mission to rescue Ryan.
Serbu BFG-50A: Butcher's sniper rifle of choice is a semi-automatic. 50-caliber rifle with a red laser sight. He loaded it with a diamond-coated round in an attempt to shoot Translucent to pierce his skin, but it ricocheted off. He later used it in an attempt to kill Starlight, shooting her twice in the chest, but to no avail due to her powers. He brought the same sniper rifle to provide overwatch for the infiltration of Sage Grove Center, with Starlight in his sights.
Crowbar: Butcher attempted to use this weapon against Translucent but failed to connect due to the latter's invisibility. Butcher also used his crowbar against Stormfront while her back was turned, but the blows from the crowbar had no effect on Stormfront. He later used it to destroy a fuse box for a Russian military compound.
Taser Rod: Butcher used a taser rod to electrocute Translucent.
Fire Poker: Butcher used fire poker against Black Noir.
Quotes[]
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Goes to show you, doesn't it? The bollocks people will believe if you get them scared enough.
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~ Butcher to Hughie.
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Hughie... you're a good lad.
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~ Billy to Hughie on ripping up the check from Vought-International.
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All right, listen, I have worked for the Feds. I've worked for loads of people. I'm what you might call an independent contractor. You got a problem, you call me, I solve the problem.
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~ Butcher to Hughie.
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Billy Butcher: Ain't it obvious? Movie tickets, merchandising. Video games, theme parks. A multi-billion dollar global industry supported by corporate lobbyists and politicians on both sides. But the main reason that you won't hear about it is 'cause the public don't want to know about it. See, people love that cozy feeling Supes give them. Some golden c*** to swoop out of the sky and save the day so you don't got to do it yourself. But if you knew half the shit they get up to? Ooh... f***in' diabolical. But then... that's where I come in. Hughie Campbell: Come in to... to do what? Billy Butcher: Spank the bastards when they get out of line.
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~ Billy and Hughie on why are the superheroes' many crimes constantly covered up.
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You're a bunch of pathetic Supe-worshipping c---s. I bet you'd thank a Supe if they shat on your mum's best china. Did it ever occur to you that they split your spine or broke your dick just for a laugh? Where's your f---ing rage?! Your self-respect?! Sitting here in your little share circle. Having a little whinge and a moan. F--k "letting go." You should be out there with a f---ing chainsaw, going after 'em! Just a bunch of scared fucking rabbits. Supes are all the same. Every f---ing one of 'em.
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~ Billy at the ACDS meeting.
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Hughie, calm down, all right? This is like that scene in The Matrix. Now, you could take the f---ing red pill, right? Spend the rest of your life jacking off, crying into your chai tea green latte what the f--k. Or... you could take the blue pill. Or is it the red pill? Anyway, take the other pill, and quit being a c***.
~ Billy Butcher to Translucent, as well as one of his more famous quotes.
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Yeah, o-okay, so, look, technically, I'm not a Fed.
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~ Butcher to Hughie.
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Just remember who your friends and who your enemies are.
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~ Billy Butcher.
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I'm sayin if there is some geezer up there with a big white beard, he's a world heavyweight c***.
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~ Butcher using vulgar language when speaking of God.
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Yeah, he's got a hard on for mass murder and giving kids cancer, and his whole solution to the existential clusterf**k that is humanity is to nail his own bleeding son to a plank. That is a c*** move, c'mon even you have got to agree with me on that one. We should lob a f***ing nuke at him and get it over and done with, you know what I'm say'in?
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~ Butcher on God.
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Making clothes for anorexics. Right? Not exactly a growth market. And Baby? You know what she's doing? F**k all. Not even page six of the Daily Mail. And Scary Spice? Up to her eyeballs in lawsuits and sex tapes. Ginger, on the other hand, has released three albums. 'Passion', 'Schizophonic', and 'Scream If You Want To Go Faster'. They'll all make your ears bleed. You see, when they're apart, they're absolute f***ing rubbish. But, you put them together... they're the goddamn f***ing Spice Girls.
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~ Butcher to Mother's Milk and Frenchie.
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Holy f**k! That was diabolical!
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~ Butcher after using a suped baby to kill men.
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What was I before you? Nothing.
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~ Butcher to Becca.
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I promised.
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~ Butcher to Homelander on protecting Ryan.
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For once, I leveled the f---ing playing field.
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~ Butcher to Mother's Milk on taking V24.
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Scorched Earth.
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~ Butcher taunting Homelander, after showcasing his V24 powers.
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So you want to take me on, do ya? Think you've got the bollocks? Well, come on then... c***.
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~ Butcher to Black Noir before fighting him.
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It don't matter; you didn't name him, didn't raise him. Vought grew him in a fucking test-tube to take your place. He's the fucking reason they left you to rot with the Ivans. Look, mate. We had a deal.
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~ Butcher, to Soldier Boy after the latter begins to rethink killing Homelander, before coldly reminding him of their deal.
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I know you did. But it don't change what you are.
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~ Butcher extracts information about Soldier Boy from Gunpowder, before brutally killing him.
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No deals.
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~ Butcher refusing to make a deal with Neuman, right before brutally killing her by ripping her apart with his own tumor.
Trivia[]
Billy Butcher is somewhat based on the Punisher from Marvel Comics.
Garth Ennis, the original writer of The Boys Comic book, was also the writer of The Punisher Max from Marvel's adult label.
Both he and co-star Antony Starr (who plays Homelander on the show) were born in Wellington, New Zealand.
