Welcome back to DEATH BATTLE! Spyro Edition. Last time, we saw Spyro step into the ring and flex his... stats. Yeah not too much to write home about, just a little bit of information on the fighter, as well as some data from Spyro's actual appearance on Death Battle. Today though, we cover somebody new. It's time to hear about Spyro's opponent: Homelander. Admittedly, this may be a little short, since Homelander isn't quite in my field of expertise. So let's not waste a moment. Here we go!
Wiz: Compound V. One of the most dangerous substances on the planet in the world of The Boys.
Boomstick: You know it's going to be dangerous when it's developed by a literal Nazi with the intent of creating Super Nazis. This junk is just bad news all around. Even if it was primarily used by the Allies during the war.
Wiz: After the war, the serum's creator Frederick Vought started Vought Industries to continue his experiments and perfect Compound V's superpower granting effects, injecting the stuff into children as it was apparently safer and more predictable than it's results in adults. One of those children would grow up to be the most famous, or shall we say, infamous of all the resultant Supes. A boy known only as John
Boomstick: But you probably know him better by another name: Homelander
Wiz: Homelander was raised in a lab and shown nothing but images he was supposed to respect, ranging from the American flag to baseball to Thanksgiving, as if to essentially brainwash the infant Homelander into a God-fearing super-patriot. And then there was the effects of Compound V.
Boomstick: After being injected with the Supe juice, Homelander grew into the powers every Superman clone enjoys. Including flight, super strength, speed on par with F-16s, and X-Ray vision with one randomly specific weakpoint. Really Homelander? Of all things, you can't see through zinc? That's just ridiculously random.
Wiz: But perhaps his greatest powers are his nigh invulnerability and heat vision. By firing beams of seemingly pure heat from his eyes, Homelander can cut through almost anything with ease.
Boomstick: And his invulnerability is nothing to laugh at. People who know him have claimed that Homelander has survived every weapon in the world, which may even include nuclear weapons! Holy shit! Can anything put this guy down?!
Wiz: On the surface, it looks like Vought's programming worked, and they created a perfect super soldier. But with every mad experiment, there come side effects. In so much as Homelander is completely insane.
Boomstick: Yeah, my family may not have been the most stable, given the whole dad leaving thing. But at least I had a family, which is more than I can say for John over here.
Wiz: Yeah, being raised in a lab surrounded by scientists who just want to study the effects a super drug has on you was definitely not the ideal environment for raising a child. In fact the scientist who created him even went on to call Homelander his greatest mistake for that exact reason. Homelander is so obsessed with finding the affection lacking in his childhood to the point where he does every horrible thing he's done just to make sure he is loved by somebody.
Boomstick: And then when he does find someone he cares about, he may just end up lasering their eyes out if he thinks they've betrayed him. Yeesh. Sorry Madelyn.
Wiz: And this gives rise to Homelander's greatest weakness. He really seems not care about anyone, really. Just about how he and his fellow Supes are viewed by the public. No doubt stemming back to his long standing need for and lack of affection growing up in a Vought laboratory. To the point where his quote on quote motto is just him literally telling himself he can do whatever he wants. As shown by the rape of Becca Butcher, by Homelander.
Boomstick: I think the best example of his lack of empathy has to be the time he and Queen Maeve, after some convincing from Homelander, left a plane full of people to crash into the ocean! So much for super strength! Wait, we can say that this time, right?
Wiz: Yep. No Vought sponsorship on this battle.
Boomstick: Thank goodness. I did not want to have to deal with those corporate assholes again
Wiz: Though, Homelander's lack of care is not his only weakness. At least for the version we're working with, he seems to be unable to handle the input from his own super senses, plus he is able to be damaged by sonic weaponry.
Boomstick: So you're saying he could be damaged by the speaker system on my dune buggy?
Wiz: Probably not.
Boomstick: Oh-ho, you haven't seen my speaker system then.
Wiz: Regardless of his weaknesses, Homelander is not a threat you want to mess with. As he keeps telling himself, he can do whatever he wants. And if he wants you dead, rest assured, you are likely going to be.
Boomstick: And what's the deal with him and milk?! Seriously, that's just weird in SO many ways!
And that looks like a good spot to wrap for today. If I missed anything about Homelander, or got something mixed up along the way, please do let me know. Please note, I am using the Amazon Original Series version of Homelander for this battle, as that's the one I'm most familiar with. Okay? Cool. Anyways, next time, it finally happens. We finall get the long awaited matchup between Spyro and Homelander. Place your bets on who's going to win now, because next time, it's time for a Death Battle! So be sure to tune in for that! Same time... same channel!