Superheroes Are Made, Not Born | The Boys (Chase Crawford, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher)

The Deep (Chase Crawford) opens up to Eagle and Carol about his life of hearing the fish, lobsters, and other sea creatures and how they beg for their lives in restaurants and pet stores. He’s devastated when he hears the news that he wasn’t born that way.
Season 2, Episode 3: Over the Hill With the Swords of a Thousand Men
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Superheroes are often as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians, and sometimes even as revered as gods. But that's when they're using their powers for good. What happens when the heroes go rogue and start abusing their powers? When it's the powerless against the super powerful, the Boys head out on a heroic quest to expose the truth about the Seven and Vought, the multibillion-dollar conglomerate that manages the superheroes and covers up their dirty secrets. Based on the comic book series of the same name.
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[@LeonardoKlotz]

"When everyone is super, no one will be."

[@TheWolfmanC]

Love that Incredibles Reference

[@thechillflame]

This ages so incredibly well.

[@mattt115]

Xuch a awesome line

[@kopfjager6995]

It's funny how a super hero fanboy that created their own powers turned "evil" still made the most sense

[@koleszgdanska7149]

Unless one is so dominant compared to others like Homelander

[@haustyl12]

I think this is the only scene in the entire series that humanizes the deep without a joke thrown into it

[@fredfry5100]

Same with A-Train. Except he's such a spendthrific ass he basically defeats his own argument.

[@trivipesnipe]

I feel like his assault also was played pretty straight.

[@gona4318]

also Noir

[@OK-yy6qz]

​​@@trivipesnipe Humanizes

[@nikkimiddlekillsday5161]

Their parents experimented on their kids for money

[@IkonikBeast]

I remember watching this scene when the season first came out. This was a really big deal, as majority of the supes and their greedy personalities were based on the idea that they were chosen by God to protect over others. This scene completely changed the way supes interacted with society.

[@Liry1]

This is back when the show didn’t meander the plot so much and stuff actually happened

[@TotallySearch]

@@Liry1 Yeah that's what worries me about Season 3, it's 90% filler

[@franciscoancer2618]

It's another reason why I like Gen V so much. Sam and Cate aren't just mad because they were abused and manipulated because of their powers, they're mad because Vought and their parents forced them to get those powers knowing all of the risks and yet still forced them to have it. If Cate was normal then her brother would still be alive. If Sam was normal he would have just been given a a standard mental health treatment for his schizophrenia. They didn't ask for their powers, but they still got punished for having them by the people who forced them to have it.

[@tobsonasanya4765]

​@@Liry1??

[@mkultra2456]

@@tobsonasanya4765 What part of "This is back when the show didn’t meander the plot so much and stuff actually happened" don't you understand?

[@thetommyshades5347]

It's funny that I'd actually feel bad for Deep if I didn't know what he was.

[@WilcrezTheWanderer]

I gotta admit, the acting is top notch.

[@mysteriousweebx7037]

I mean what he did was disgusting but you do have to realize he is a product of what he was made to be. I mean imagine a kid constantly hearing voices around him begging for their lives and not understanding where it’s coming from. Add on to his physical deformities and it’s honestly no surprise he’d do such a terrible thing to try and feel some sort of power over his own insecurities and demons. Not excusing what he did but I do feel bad for him and what Vought and his parents did to him.

[@Vladimir66616]

You don’t feel bad for victims? Okay psycho

[@cordariuswilkins4291]

@@WilcrezTheWandererand funny asf

[@NikolasTsang]

@@mysteriousweebx7037does not make him a S.A. Perpetrator you’re right

[@methukafernando7783]

I know neither noir nor the deep are good people but i feel bad for them. Specially noir

[@Cortesevasive]

Deep did nothing wrong. Hoelight made a choice

[@williamsweeney5249]

@@Cortesevasive uhhhh S1 ep1 bro?

[@Karlebow571]

I don’t feel sympathy for the deep

[@Cortesevasive]

@@williamsweeney5249 yeah, I mean even Homelander did nothing wrong too. Ppl lied to homie or tried to kill him so he was just the hero we need.

[@aqn01]

@@Cortesevasive Bro speaks like homelander's fan from season 2

[@bensadfleck9972]

''I could have been normal'' Damn that's pretty sad

[@vexversaa239]

Feel bad for Black Noir. He had to be reminded of the pain he went through and the fact this life he was living was forced onto him. On top of that if he didn't know about Compound V then he just got hit with realisation that his life was a lie too.

[@hugomventura]

I think he very much knew? He should be around the same age as soldier boy, and soldier boy said he went into compound v trials. I think afterwards they began doing it too babies. It's likely noir getting upset for the company he dedicated too.

[@vexversaa239]

@@hugomventura Nah I’d say he wouldn’t know anything about Compound V, and it’s unlikely he was around the same time as Soldier Boy either when he was being tested. SB received it as an adult and basically stopped aging, while the Payback members have aged in the present day. Black Noir wouldn’t be any different. Plus he looked really young in 1984 anyways. I think he received it from birth too.

[@ICCUWANSIUT]

@@vexversaa239 the nature of his work, it's highly likely he knew.

[@cupur]

2:16 kinda sounds like Jesse from breaking bad

[@DoctorMario606]

This comment is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@lukky6648]

I MADE YOU MY BITCH! YOU OKAY WITH THAT?! HUH? YOU ACCEPT THAT?

[@Dominic.p20]

"It may be blue but it's the bomb!"

[@Arslan-f2r]

Yeah, I thought the same thing

[@yuur-km4uy]

Reminds of the intervention scene

[@DonDeLem]

Chace* Crawford does such a phenomenal job as The Deep

[@nearlyrighteouslad3213]

Fr, that scene was very well acted.

[@theguycisterninoyelledat6272]

You mean The Peak

[@DonDeLem]

@@theguycisterninoyelledat6272 - Absolutely 💯

[@kingpin2731]

I mean A-Train is right tho. And The Deep breaking down shows how most supes don’t even know they weren’t born that way.

[@joshuahendricks9558]

I miss Starlight so much... Season 4 Starlight feels like a stranger.

[@higaiwokeru]

Back when she was useful, now all she does is light up her eyes and use her powers to push people

[@WizeGuyz2023]

she's not starlight anymore, she's Annie January. But the seasons still just started so she'll be useful again later on

[@Eustakista]

She seems more like an obstacule, In season 3 was against the idea of using soldier boy to kill homelander, and now on season 4 she seems to hate the idea of the supe virus (according to the trailer) If she wasnt around, season 3 would've ended early

[@andya9899]

how so?

[@Jason-eu5zx]

@@Eustakistahow you gonna act like all of this could have been avoided if it wasn’t for Butcher fumbling the end 🤣

[@BadWolf309]

One thing i hate is that they abandoned this plot, basically every one forgot and move on

[@frasermurray7867]

Yeah right? There is no big repercussions and the whole supe superiority plot doesn't make a lot of sense if they are humans who happened to have been injected with a drug. I enjoyed Gen V but you think the students would react or mention the fact, especially bc of the parental drama and different plots they have going

[@daisymagnus306]

I mean, that's what tends to happen in real life

[@thedelordhimselfgokublack]

@@frasermurray7867another person that didn’t watch the series or Gen V. They touched on it in Gen V.

[@linwoodvalentine7693]

I think cate mentioned it

[@bensadfleck9972]

Yeah kinda hate it honestly. Homelander is so bent about supers being the superior race when all of them arent even born like that and depend on compound V as much as he does. He thinks he is above all politicians and normal people nut what happens if they take compound V?

[@MIMII2013]

Noir and deep are like me and bro after losing 40 games

[@Dr_Mason_Dark]

Did Megamind (2010) Predicted The Boys Scene “Superheroes are Made not Born” Like I just remembered watching Megamind, where He disguised himself from Roxanne, and when they went down from the elevator and talking about Metro Man’s Death, until Roxanne said this “Heroes ain’t Born, there Made” and he also said it “Heroes can be Made” And to the Boys Season 2, the News are talking about Superheroes are Made, not Born. This blew my Mind!

[@mattt115]

Incredible line

[@sgdklnptihygoh7747]

What about Mutants?

[@marvelking182]

Didn’t you mean… your MEGAmind?? 😂

[@marvelking182]

@@sgdklnptihygoh7747no, no, mutants are indeed born that way: they were created to represent the minorities tormented only because they were born different

[@ProjektTaku]

@@sgdklnptihygoh7747 In the Ultimate universe they were the product of a government experiment and in the main universe they were created due to the Celestials implanting the X-Gene in early humanoids, so they're also made.

[@alltheworldsastage4785]

0:34 I really enjoyed this entire exchange.

[@christianleeperrr7641]

“Super hero’s are not born but made” can also be interpreted as a very optimistic thing

[@dianamartinsofc]

Hey, good morning! ☀️

[@DHGxMcFlurry]

Welcome

[@pizzarayy]

Good morning

[@grogs28]

I think this is where the show peaked for me. In one moment, nearly every supe in the show is grounded in reality. Noir crying. Deep's monologue. These characters are usually punching bags for the audience to despise and cringe at, yet as an audience can now do almost nothing but sympathise with them. All of their selfish and atrocious actions that they could previously justify, because of their assumed godhood, are thrown back into their faces. They're not gods, but people. Terrifying, horrible people.

[@pachecomp]

okay bro, that super loud outro jumpscare aint needed god damn!

[@jonathansotelo4877]

A Train then, "You don't fuck with the money." A Train now, "It felt good to be a real hero." Talk about a redemption arc.

[@theboy1625]

“Dr Jonah Vogelbaum, in seclusion since a accident left him paralyzed.” Guessing that was from Homelander squeezing the truth outta him

[@theanominous]

“You know that the only people who said that, are the people who grew up with money.” Oh boo hoo cry me a river A-Train. I didn’t have much as a kid, yet I didn’t turn into a murdering narcissist.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

He's an asshole, but he's got a point.

[@rumbazumba3189]

Clearly you did

[@mahad813]

He ain't lying tho

[@rusty7984]

He’s an unredeemable selfish asshole. But he does have a point. Same way good looking people say “looks aren’t everything”

[@penjamin1479]

You missed his point entirely.

[@hellothere9167]

It's so odd seeing starlight now🗿

[@bluecollarmenproductions]

A-train might be right but also then she would know that there are more important things

[@joseygallegos1011]

Rewatching this and damn I feel so sorry for noir 😔

[@RatGangisMYusername]

0:57 bro take the cap and put it back on the toothpaste

[@bobdabuildar69]

Why did the deep look like ryan reynolds in the thumbnail?

[@pooravsankhyan7700]

Man what happened to starlight 😢

[@Garagelab164]

So watched Megamind. Superheroes ain’t born they’re made.

[@Tonybc99]

i thought the show was going to keep developing the deep and they just....stopped. he has just been a running joke about octopuses since season 3

[@TheGreatWhiteCount]

NNC became VNN?

[@thisisnotmyname9044]

she was so pretty

[@ReeseGhost]

Back when starlight looked normal

[@ImBatman408]

She looked so cute back then I had a crush on her but now 😞

[@eggheadusa]

I miss that actress why did they recast her?

[@the_wh1te_raven]

damn she was soo cute😞

[@AakolickGP]

Fast forward to season 4 and all this development is thrown down the drain lmao

[@tobsonasanya4765]

??

[@AakolickGP]

@@tobsonasanya4765 he was questioning what his status as a hero meant and was trying to have some sort of redemption (not really but better than nothing), but now he’s just back to dickriding Homelander and getting a turn-on for killing

[@blackbuffalo62]

Reading the comments I just want to say, in what world do you laugh in that position

[@TinHe4d]

why was noir crying tho?

[@Sicarius_Avindar]

Simple, he thought is powers were a gift, and he was proud of them and himself before his brain damage. Now he has the mind of a child. And both just learned that his parents chose to use him as a science experiment.

[@Mr.blackHat405]

​@@Sicarius_AvindarNot actually Because that his parents chise him His has been through a lot of tragedy

[@Sicarius_Avindar]

@Mr.blackHat405 My insight is purely from the flashbacks from Payback and his scenes in the Animatronic Pizza place. He was ashamed of having to hide his face and who he was, he wanted to be Eddie Murphy. He was clearly proud of who he was and his powers, and we know he didn't know about his powers being from V. Only Homelander and A-Train knew, which is why the Supe Terrorist plan was working at first.

[@grasmereguy5116]

Why would A-Train need a car?

[@thorodinson6625]

Saving energy is nice once in a while.

[@glizzy2k42]

0:57 a train not lying 😭

[@DirtyRatBast4rd]

back when starlight was hot

[@dingocheez766]

Touch grass

[@OB.x]

I don't trust Cameron!

[@ericthomas6726]

What is the collective IQ of this verse?

[@yungdre4500]

2

[@mr.p215]

@@yungdre4500 I would lower that down to 1 if I were you.

[@eggheadusa]

She’s beautiful, why did they change actresses?

[@paynehunter]

Except Ryan. Ryan was born a supe.

[@dutcharest9731]

0:39 dumbest argument of all time.. yea people who grew up with money usually tend to put money into plan b but a train is already a millionaire celebrity??? surely why he would care past that point? to do charity for less fortunate lol?

[@yungdre4500]

He didn’t grow up with money so he wants as much of it as he can, even though he’s a millionaire.

[@dutcharest9731]

@@yungdre4500no bad upbringing justifies any immature or radical behaviour.. anyone rational who’s come from poor background literally knows that past a certain point money is no longer an issue and they’ve made it..(in joe rogan terms fuck you money..)

[@yungdre4500]

@@dutcharest9731 Its not immature or radical that he’s afraid of losing his job. We can’t look at this in hindsight because Vought worked around compound V being public, but in this moment in the series, V being public was a big deal. So A-Train saw this as the end of his lucrative career and that he would lose everything and go back to being broke. Because think about it, there’s probably thousands of supes in this world, but even with the powers that doesn’t mean they’ll get anywhere.

[@kruegerpoolthe13th]

Noir crying is shocking the first time but on rewatch it’s incredibly sad

[@melissaclark1051]

I think he is laughing

[@bangchittybang]

@@melissaclark1051 well u thought wrong

[@timliebhauser]

It sounds like a bit of both laughing and crying at the same time. Like he’s crying when he finds out the truth, and then laughing over the realization that all the pain and suffering he went through as a Supe was all a lie.

[@thebangmaster1511]

if u think about it, noir's been in the game for decades. in his shoes, he's killed countless people, suffered abuse from soldier boy, was scarred and permanently brain damaged to the point where he can't even talk, and all of it was the product of a lie, in a life he didn't get to choose. as the deep said, he could've been normal, but being a superhero brought all this suffering, and for what?

[@aidanmcwhirter2612]

I assumed at first that he’d already known and was just heartbroken to see the secret exposed.

[@alternateaccounts5134]

"superheroes are not born, but made" I like that this is not only used in a LITERAL sense, but it also makes sense metaphorically

[@moonjayne]

great comment

[@obi-wankenobi4337]

Idk why people were confused as to whether or not Black Noir was crying or laughing. His body language says it all lmao

Because back then people where still under the asumption that Noir was gonna be like comic book Noir, which ended up not being the case.

[@ucnguyenanh9414]

Body languages are hard to read withour facial expression.

[@mrharvy100]

We didn’t knew back then if he was actually sad or just being insane like his original source material

[@spiralbones]

@@ucnguyenanh9414 BODY language

[@KingRogue]

​@@ucnguyenanh9414Not really, it's body language not body and face language

[@GorcStew]

"I heard the goldfish begging for their lives" is easily one of the most memorable lines from this season :P

[@realbigflopa]

I wish they did more stuff like this with Deep instead of making him a repetitive idiot who sucks off Homelander

[@beastlyfails7695]

And a-train nearly

[@realbigflopa]

@@beastlyfails7695 make A-Train have a character arc where he finally quits the seven and tries to make up for what he did with his brother

[@blockayethe2nd220]

I’m all for it but it definitely wouldn’t go down well w general audiences trying to make them sympathise w the deep

[@the_x_riddler_4016]

I like his character in season 4 he's actually becoming a menace lol

[@loganpraz2566]

@@realbigflopahe already is dawg

[@sammihaka2056]

The show's writing is tight enough to veer between comedy and drama at any time. The writing and acting has been so consistent throughout the show that it deserves an Emmy.

[@spincycle6724]

especially Anthony Starr's performance as Homelander

[@Blue-vd6bv]

Well not anymore

[@bluecollarmenproductions]

@@Blue-vd6bvwhat r you talking about

[@jackteckers3654]

@@bluecollarmenproductionsseason 4

[@liamlvp3886]

@@jackteckers3654 ss4 was fine to me

[@he-man36]

Much as I despise A Train, in this case I agree.

[@kalypsothefreak9717]

I don't. I mean if the point was to say he appreciates those things more I can understand that but growing up poor isn't really an excuse to he a greedy piece of shit at everyone else's expense

[@dominiccsanjay]

I’ve had the oddly strange experience of growing up without money and turning into a teenager that became more and more privileged (my parents made their money selling cow products in rural India when I was born, went to night school for CompSci, and moved to America and became slowly richer until their combined income became 500k by the time I graduated college). So I have years of my life helping make cow dung pies, and I have years of my life learning biochem at a top US university. A-Train is full of shit. There’s plenty of examples of poor people realizing it’s more than the money (Diogenes, Thomas Sankara, MLK), and there’s plenty of rich people that made themselves poor by helping others (Gandhi, Siddhartha Gautama, several billionaires that have left all their money in their will to charities). A-train’s brother is a perfect example. They both grew up in the same situation, but his brother refused to work for Vough and instead started coaching at a local, impoverished high school, when he became a murderous celebrity. Would A-train tell his brother that “he doesn’t understand cause he grew up with money”?

[@himlolo]

@@dominiccsanjaydung pies?? Huh

[@dominiccsanjay]

@@himlolo in really poor and rural parts of the world they will literally take dried cow shit and use it as fuel for a furnace to cook/heat stuff. You put it under a stone furnace, light the shit on fire underneath, and use it like wood or coal. The furnaces are shaped so none of the shit smell touches the food.

[@spincycle6724]

Same I like that Firecracker says something similar in season 4

[@Gapy66]

Its all about the money

[@Afanof1]

When isn't it

[@dr.bright5670]

Correct

[@PriscoDH]

Like IRL

[@simonf9160]

Can’t tell if Noir is laughing or crying

[@Liry1]

Crying

[@bagusandhika4560]

Both?

[@srami004]

Crying. Confirmed by someone behind the scenes.

[@haustyl12]

Crying. If you knew why he has to keep the mask on, and how being a supe eventually led to it

[@Blast4slayer]

The question is, isnt he already know the truth cause he friend with edgar back at vietnam and if he know now why he still obey with edgar when attacking butcher later.

[@Morfe02]

this has ZERO impact in the series even if would be the END of Vought

[@mkultra2456]

That's because Stan Edgar is a genius, he managed to turn the whole situation around.

[@bruceusername]

facebook caused a genocide

[@lawanbrown16]

Nah Noir crying had me gone!!!

[@Zinemay]

Gosh, I forgot how she looked like. Innocent, cute and beautiful. No wonder, they cast her as a Starlight.

[@Anubis-t1i]

A lot of sups probably killed their parents after this can't say I blame them either.

[@mateusnogueira7340]

After seeing what Noir been through in his life as a supe, this scene of him crying hits harder

[@essenceofnothingness]

Erin was so beautiful, insane what she did to her face.

[@michaelchi1336]

You know A-Train would have more of a point if he wasn’t so wasteful with his money

[@ciaranmcguinness8900]

Man she was Gorgeous

[@KazumaSatouReal]

Aint no way i feel bad for the deep

[@jonslys]

I feel so bad for Irving.

[@shuganips733]

Chace* Crawford

[@TunaLeery]

They always gotta throw in a black poverty sad story