The Boys Just Dropped Its Most Perfect Supernatural Reference Yet

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for The Boys season 4, episode 8.

The Boys features plenty of actors from Supernatural, and season 4’s finale drops a perfect reference to Eric Kripke’s former TV show. The Boys season 4’s ending dramatically raises the stakes for the series’ heroes, giving Homelander and Sister Sage the White House, just as they planned. But even though so many serious things happen in the finale, it still finds time for humor. And a couple of its funniest lines stem directly from Supernatural.

Robert Singer actor Jim Beaver is a former cast member of Supernatural, and he delivers two references to the CW series in The Boys season 4, episode 8. They’re just brief lines, and they’re ones that only fans of Supernatural will pick up on. Still, they’re fun Easter eggs that lighten up the otherwise suspenseful finale. They also serve as reminders of the ways Supernatural and The Boys overlap, and they allow Kripke to pay homage to his other hit series.

President Singer Uses Bobby Singer’s Iconic Supernatural Lines

“Balls” & “Idjit” Are Both Said In The Boys Season 4 Finale

President Robert Singer plays a fairly large role in The Boys season 4, episode 8, as Homelander and Victoria Neuman’s plot to assassinate him unfolds in the finale. The Starlight shapeshifter doesn’t succeed at killing Singer, but she comes close — and a good portion of the episode is dedicated to her trying. Just before the deadly Supe attacks the president and The Boys, Singer uses two of Bobby Singer’s iconic phrases from Supernatural: “idjit” and “balls.“

“Idjit” is how Bobby Singer pronounces “idiot” in Supernatural, and Beaver’s character intentionally says the insult the same way in The Boys season 4. Annoyed that The Boys failed to kill Neuman, he calls MM an “idjit” after they retreat to a bunker. There’s no way this line is coincidental, and the fact that he mumbles “balls” immediately after makes it even better. These are both phrases Bobby Singer often says in Supernatural, and it’s fun to see Beaver using them in The Boys as well.

President Singer’s Character Name Is Also A Supernatural Easter Egg

President Singer drops two Supernatural references during The Boys season 4’s finale, but that’s not the only way that Beaver’s character nods to the CW show. His name is also a Supernatural reference, as it’s nearly identical to his CW character’s. Beaver portrays Bobby Singer in Supernatural, and The Boys makes a slight change to this by swapping Bobby out for Robert. As Bobby is a nickname for people called Robert, both of Beaver’s roles essentially have the same name. It’s one of The Boys‘ best reminders that Kripke worked on Supernatural first.

The Boys

The Boys is a superhero/dark comedy satire series created by Eric Kripke based on the comic series of the same name. Set in a “what-if” world that reveres superheroes as celebrities and gods who experience minimal repercussions for their actions. However, one group of vigilantes headed by a vengeance-obsessed man named Billy Butcher will fight back against these super-charged “heroes” to expose them for what they are.

Cast

Karl Urban , Jack Quaid , Antony Starr , Erin Moriarty , Jessie T. Usher , Laz Alonso , Chace Crawford , Tomer Capone , Karen Fukuhara

Character(s)

Billy Butcher , Hughie Campbell , Homelander , Annie January , A-Train , Mother’s Milk , Kevin Moskowitz , Frenchie , Kimiko Miyashiro

Release Date

July 26, 2019

Seasons

4

Franchise(s)

The Boys

Writers

Eric Kripke

Directors

Erin Moriarty , Karen Fukuhara , Karl Urban , Jack Quaid , Eric Kripke

Showrunner

Eric Kripke

Creator(s)

Eric Kripke

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