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There are plenty of outlandish things that have happened on the Prime Video show, The Boys, but believe it or not, the show is a toned-down version of the comic book series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. First rule of comic books is: never underestimate the mind of Garth Ennis. 

At Emerald City Comic Con 2026, a fan asked Karl Urban, who plays Billy Butcher on The Boys, if there were any moments from the comics that he would have liked to see onscreen. Urban brought up a particularly chaotic moment for Butcher from the comics. 

"In the comic books, Butcher blows up a jet by planting an explosive device in a vibrator. I would have liked to see Butcher do that in the show. Sadly, that did not happen. I get why. We already had one exploding jet in the Homelander part of the show in season 1, so maybe too many jets exploding, but I would have loved to have seen that. I think that shows a particular kind of acumen and smarts from Butcher to be able to do that, and that always struck me as something that would be particularly fun," Urban said. 

Of course, everyone remembers the scene in The Boys season 1 where Queen Maeve and Homelander board a plane that is being hijacked by terrorists, only for the plane's controls to be destroyed and the pilots killed. Homelander forces Maeve to exit the plane with him, even though she wants to save the innocent passengers. It's a memorable moment showcasing Homelander's evil. What remains to be seen is if the forthcoming final season of The Boys can one-up this scene from season 1.