Summary The Boys always takes potshots at Marvel and DC, but season 4, episode 5, “Beware the Jabberwock, My Son,” takes particularly harsh satirical aim at the comic book giants. While Hughie is trying to control his now-superpowered father and Butcher is dealing with flying bloodthirsty sheep, the supes in The Seven all attend Vought’s V52 Expo, The Boys universe’s version of Disney’s D23 event.
8 Tek Knight's Annual Reboot Robert Vernon, known as Tek Knight Close When Tek Knight goes out on stage at the Vought expo to announce his new movie, he tells his adoring fans, “It’s been a whole year since my last movie, so I’d say we’re due for a reboot!” This is a hilarious reference to DC’s penchant for continually rebooting Batman.
Fu Manchu was a supervillain created by English author Sax Rohmer; he’s the originator of the evil criminal mastermind archetype and the basis of many villain tropes. However, in recent years, the character of Fu Manchu has come under fire for creating a racist stereotype. Marvel Comics based Shang-Chi’s father on Fu Manchu , but the character was renamed Wenwu for the movie adaptation.
5 An Abundance Of Product Placement Great brands are shown on the screen Close Marvel movies are infamous for their product placement; just about every MCU film shows off a fancy new gadget in a fancy new Audi car. At Vought’s V52 Expo in The Boys season 4, episode 5, The Deep announces an all-new innovation in product placement technology that he calls “custom digital product placement.
A-Train’s estimation that the most expensive TV show ever made has to be good is refuted by Marvel’s own history of lackluster television. Marvel’s Secret Invasion ranks among the most expensive TV shows ever made and it ended up being panned as quite possibly the worst thing the MCU has ever produced. Just because A-Train’s new show cost a lot of money, it doesn’t mean it’ll be any good.
2 The Tek Knight's 12-Minute Scene Of Total Darkness A couple of fun nods to The Batman Close The annual reboot gag isn’t the only great joke about Warner Bros.’ approach to the Batman franchise in The Boys’ Tek Knight scene. The details that Tek Knight reveals about his new movie include a couple of fun nods to The Batman.
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