Billy Butcher

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Base Breaking Character
Full Name	William J. Butcher
Alias	Billy The Butcher Mister Butcher Monsieur Charcutier British Guy The Guy The One in Charge
Origin	The Boys
Powers/Skills	Genius-level intellect Indomitable will Charisma Fabrication Manipulation Persuasion Intimidation Deception Leadership Strategy Interrogation Abilities Excellent Fighting Skills Weapon Building Marksmanship Military Training Compound V: Superhuman Durability Superhuman Strength Superhuman Stamina Superhuman Endurance Superhuman Agility Superhuman Speed Regenerative Healing Factor
Family	Samuel Butcher (father) Connie Butcher (mother) Lenny Butcher (brother) Rebecca Saunders (wife)
Allies	The Boys CIA Superduper Love Sausage Howard Kessler
Enemies	The Seven Vought-American
Goals	Kill Homelander to avenge his wife. Have Hughie stop him in the end (both succeeded). Exterminate all supes (failed).
Why Do Some People Hate The Character?	Him feeling like an escapist character for Ennis to voice his hatred for superheroes
Why Do Some People Love The Character?	His charismatic personality His complexity as a character His well written death scene
Type of Base Breaking Character	Edgy Self-Insert

William "Billy" J. Butcher, is the deuteragonist of the highly controversial 2006 superhero comic book series The Boys. He is the vengeful leader of the titular boys who is out on a warpath against superheroes or supes for short, for what they did to his loved ones.

What Makes Him a Base Breaking Character?

What Do People Like About Him?

• Fans find him to be a good representation of a villain protagonist and one of the biggest trope codifiers of a vengeful vigilante.
• Readers find him to be a interesting and entertaining character, thanks to his tragic background, and charmingly sadistic personality.
• Although The Boys is a highly criticized comic series, Butcher is still mostly seen as one of its few positives, and he’s one of the few characters that weren’t ruined by the latter half of the story.
• He is also seen as a badass thanks to his shrewd intelligence, incredible combat skill and bravery, This has inspired fans to create numerous edits about him all across social media.
• Fans considered his death scene to be well written and fitting for the character of Butcher as he finally let go of his hatred.

What Do People Hate About Him?

• Some fans found him a tad to violent for a lead character like him, especially in the way he uses his dog Terror to rape animals and sometimes people, and his decision to kill all of his allies at the end of the story felt abrupt and inconsistent, as he had previously seemed to care about them. These actions made many fans find him too repulsive to sympathize with, despite Ennis's many efforts to portray him as a tragic character.
• Some people dislike how he feels like an escapist character for the writer, Garth Ennis, to vent his hatred on the superhero genre.

External Links

• Billy Butcher on the The Boys Wiki
• Billy Butcher on the Villains Wiki
• Billy Butcher on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki

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