In Season 1 of The Boys, Billy Butcher the anti-heroic leader of the titular superhero hunter vigilante gang, makes a passionate speech linking his crew to famous 1990s pop sensations The Spice Girls. His point is that apart, they don't have much to offer, but together they have tremendous strength. At the start of the series, M.M. served as a voice of reason, Frechie knew a little about a lot of criminal things, Kimiko was the one supe on the team with raw strength and even rawer pain, and Hughie was the point of view character for the audience, the every man that gets over his head. However, Billy, the endlessly quotable de facto leader of the group, became iconic instantly with his cheeky humor, violent temper, and a tragic backstory involving his wife and the world's most powerful and morally bankrupt superhero, Homelander.