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| “ | The thing about cross-breeding dogs, you get the right genes, you can get a perfect creation. But it doesn't matter how perfect they are. It's not enough. | „ |
| ~ Jonah Vogelbaum. |
| “ | You're my greatest failure. | „ |
| ~ Jonah to Homelander. |
Doctor Jonah Vogelbaum is a supporting character in Seasons 1 and 2 of the Amazon TV series The Boys. He is a retired Vought scientist who oversaw the training of Homelander.
Vogelbaum was one of the ones responsible for the inhumane treatment Homelander was subjected to. He later felt great remorse for it and apologized but knew it was too late for forgiveness, Homelander later crippled him for information when finding contradictions in Madelyn Stillwell's story.
He was forced to testify against Vought when Billy Butcher threatened his family, but was unable to do so as his head exploded abruptly along with others at the court.
He was portrayed by John Doman, who also played Don Morello in Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, The Driver in Mystic River, Paul Finnegan in Sniper 3, Caesar in Fallout: New Vegas, Rodrigo Borgia in Borgia, Carmine Falcone in Gotham and Robert Silas in Law & Order: Organized Crime.
Biography[]
Background[]
Not much is known about Jonah Vogelbaum's past, but he became the chief scientific officer of Vought-International, and at some married and had three children. After Soldier Boy gave his semen to Vought, Vogelbaum made a child on the orders of Stan Edgar. Naming the boy "John", Jonah treated him like a son, noting that he was a sweet child, often reading him stories and playing faces with him briefly. Despite showing John moments of compassion, he oversaw the experiments on the child to test his powers. Due to his experience of isolation, torture and being enabled by Vought, John became a psychotic egotist, but was turned into the company's well-renowned superhero as "The Homelander".
In 2012, Vogelbaum and his medical staff were greeted a woman named Becca Butcher, who revealed that she was raped by Homelander the previous year. Jonah and the staff oversaw the procedure in Becca giving birth to Homelander's son, and later had her placed in a secret facility. At some point after the incident, Jonah went into retirement and started to think of his past mistakes and crimes with great regret for the next eight years.
Season One[]
Recalling his previous encounter with the man at the race track with his wife Becca at a Christmas party, Homenader spoke with Vought for the truth. Instead of revealing Becca and her son's survival, Vogelbaum instead liked that she died giving birth to the child, with the latter dying immediately afterward. While attempting to apologize to his former surrogate son for his previous actions, Homelander proclaims himself the world's greatest hero, but Jonah instead tells him that he was his greatest failure. However, Vought's senior vice-president Madelyn Stillwell gave her side of the story, Homelander deduced that Vogelbaum had lied, and interrogated him for more information about Becca. The encounter left Jonah paralyzed, being forced to be taken care of by his daughter and extended family.
Season Two[]
With the threat of Vought growing, Grace Mallory meets with Vogelbaum to testify against the company, but he refuses since it could endanger his family. Later on, Billy Butcher comes to Jonah's mansion to confront him about Becca, and then threatens that he will kill his family if he doesn't testify. Afraid for his daughter and her family's safety, Vogelbaum agrees and appears in front of congress to clear the Boys' name. However, before he could testify, he was killed by Edgar's adoptive daughter Victoria Neuman, exploding his head alongside others in the courtroom.
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Trivia[]
- Unlike his comic counterpart, he didn't create Compound V and his nationality is American in the TV series as opposed to German. Moreover, Vogelbaum's comic background was transferred to Frederick Vought.
