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| “ | You know... I'm always tellin' people not to make a song an' dance at times like this. But here we are after all these f-ckin' years. The way I see it, there might be enough of this shit still workin' that you're holdin' onto one or two memories. And if I'm lucky, this bit... This bit right f-ckng here... This is the night you done what you done to my Becky. | „ |
| ~ Billy killing Black Noir in the comics, avenging Becky's death. |
| “ | Billy: "See, people love that cozy feeling Supes give them. Some golden cunt 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 s**t they get up to? Ooh... f***in' diabolical. But then... that's where I come in." Hughie: "Come in to... to do what?" Billy: "Spank the bastards when they get out of line." |
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| ~ Billy and Hughie. |
William J. "Billy" Butcher is deuteragonist later turned into the final major antagonist in the controversial comic book series The Boys, and the main protagonist of its 2019 Amazon Prime TV adaptation, he also appears as a posthumous protagonist in The Boys: Dear Becky. He is the snarky and charismatic leader of The Boys and the archenemy of Homelander, who is the leader of the Seven.
He was created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and first appeared in The Boys #1 - The Name of the Game, Part 1 in October of 2006.
He is portrayed by Karl Urban in the TV series, who also played Éomer in The Lord of The Rings trilogy, John Grimm in 2005s Doom, Leonard McCoy in the 2009 Star Trek films, Judge Dredd in the 2012 film Dredd, and Skurge in Thor Ragnarok.
History
Background
Billy Butcher is the leader of the Boys, a CIA team tasked with monitoring and stopping the Seven, a corporate superhero group who are secretly vile and ruthless individuals. After losing his wife to a Supe, Butcher became consumed with getting revenge on the Homelander and destroying all superheroes in the world. Known for being charismatic and cunning, Butcher is described as a force of nature, getting what he wants by persuasion or brute force.
Comics
Early Life
William J. "Billy" Butcher was born in England to Samuel Butcher and Carol Atkins, and was the older brother to Leonard "Lenny" Butcher. Billy grew up in London's East End, and would spend his youth hearing his father beat his mother, causing him to become resentful toward his father. Though Billy tried to avoid becoming his father, he started acting out in school, often getting into fights and using vulgar language at teachers. When Lenny stopped Billy from killing their father one night, the latter decided to join the Royal Marines after being inspired by his grandfather. Billy participated in the Falklands War, but was eventually kicked out of the Royal Marines following a bar fight.
Billy met Becky Saunders while riding a subway train the day after, and the two began a relationship when they helped Billy's mother leave Samuel. The two married soon afterward, but disaster struck when Lenny was killed by a bus in 1986, and Becky was unknowingly raped by a member of the Seven when they were on vacation. Becky died from the super-powered fetus that was in her body three months later, and Billy killed the infant with a desk lamp.
The Boys
Billy was recruited by Greg Mallory so he could get revenge on the Homelander, and Butcher began a group called the Boys to kill Supes across the world. The team was disbanded around the 2000s, but Billy brought the team together and recruited Wee Hughie, who lost his girlfriend to the A-Train.
In comics, after the corrupt superhero problems were dealt with and the Seven were defeated, Billy betrayed other members of The Boys and had them killed to eliminate all Supes in the world. Hughie Campbell, the protagonist, enraged by this act of betrayal, kills Billy with a glass shard. Despite dying, Billy praised Hughie and died with a smile on face, and Hughie tells Annie that Butcher is probably fighting in Hell.
TV Series
Backstory
Billy grew up in abusive house home with his father, causing him to resent him and grow distant when they were older. Eight years prior to the events of the show saw Billy living a happy life as a CIA Op and living in a happy relationship with his wife Becca, this didn't last however as one day Becca mysteriously disappeared. Billy through research deduced that the superhero Homelander was definitely the one responsible for her disappearance one way or another and ever since has sought revenge on the man he thinks has taken his wife. He formed a vigilante group known as The Boys sometime after this and together the group dug up dirt on supers and decided to try and stop them in any way they could. Although the group eventually died off Billy remained eager as ever to finish the job.
Season One
In the TV Series Billy is first seen when he heads to the shop were Hughie works and offers him the opportunity of vengeance on Vought International and their superheroes after the former's girlfriend was murdered accidentally by the super known as A-Train. Although reluctant at first Hughie eventually accepts and is taken by Billy into a secret location where Billy tells him about The Boys.
After some convincing Billy finally manages to get Hughie to join his cause and takes him to the Vought headquarters the following day under the guise of getting an apology out of A-Train when in actuality he was instead placing a device into the toilets. Unfortunately however Hughie is caught in the act by the superhero Translucent who follows him back to the store and confronts him only for Billy to return to save him and incapacitate Translucent.
Personality
Billy is a a fairly snarky, calm but also angry and savage man who is easily characterized by his immensely charismatic and persuasive nature. He is reasonably friendly to those around him especially with Hughie who he treats as a younger brother figure of sorts, however he does often push his allies to their boiling points however due to his sheer determination and eagerness to achieve whatever goal he sets out to perform.
Appearance
Billy is a rather gruff, striking and charming man of tall stature and toned physique who also looks rather unkempt. His hair is that of a thick, black greasy tuft on his head and he also has a prominent beard. Billy is usually seen wearing a dusty and battered black trenchcoat usually paired with some kind of patterned shirt. He also wears dark trousers and shoes and is often depicted carrying weapons such as crowbars and baseball bats.
Quotes
Comics
| “ | Lovely. | „ |
| ~ Billy Butcher. |
| “ | Let's give em' a f***in' spankin'. | „ |
| ~ Billy to the Boys. |
| “ | I bugged The Seven's H.Q., mate. Listen to the tapes if you want. | „ |
| ~ Butcher on bugging the Seven's headquarters. |
| “ | Why'd you kill me dog, Jack. | „ |
| ~ Butcher to Jack from Jupiter. |
| “ | I'm glad it was an open f***in' coffin. | „ |
| ~ Butcher urinating on his father's corpse. |
| “ | But I ain't got no mates. | „ |
| ~ Butcher upon killing Mother's Milk. |
| “ | ... Nice one, mate. | „ |
| ~ Butcher's last words, upon Hughie killing him. |
TV Series
| “ | Goes to show you, doesn't it? The bollocks people will believe if you get them scared enough. | „ |
| ~ Butcher to Hughie. |
| “ | Hughie... you're a good lad. | „ |
| ~ Billy to Hughie on ripping up the check from Vought-International. |
| “ | 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. | „ |
| ~ Butcher to Hughie. |
| “ | Well, well, well, if it ain't the Invisible Cunt. | „ |
| ~ Butcher to Translucent. |
| “ | Just remember who your friends and who your enemies are. | „ |
| ~ Billy Butcher. |
| “ | I'm sayin if there is some geezer up there with a big white beard, he's a world heavyweight c**t. | „ |
| ~ Butcher using vulgar language when speaking of God. |
| “ | 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**t 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? | „ |
| ~ Butcher on God. |
| “ | 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. | „ |
| ~ Butcher to Mother's Milk and Frenchie. |
| “ | Holy f**k! That was diabolical! | „ |
| ~ Butcher after using a suped baby to kill men. |
| “ | What was I before you? Nothing. | „ |
| ~ Butcher to Becca. |
Gallery
Comics
TV Series
Trivia
- Billy and the entire cast of The Boys had their first volume be part of DC Comics until it the rights were reverted to Dynamite Entertainment.
- He is mostly a parody of The Punisher from Marvel Comics.
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