The Boys season 4, episode 7 introduces a brand new villain, one that is a blatant copycat from the show Supernatural.The Boys is known for taking superhero tropes and putting an interesting spin on them. The Boys season 4 attempted to do this again with a common power from superhero comics, but it turned out not to be all that original, as this take on The Boys season 4's new villain has already been pulled off in a similar fashion in Supernatural.
The Boys' Shapeshifter Sheds Their Skin, Just Like Supernatural's Shapeshifters
The Boys season 4, episode 7 introduces a new shapeshifter villain, one that acts very similarly to the shapeshifters from Supernatural. In The Boys, the shapeshifter first has to make physical contact with its target, gaining the ability to transform into the character. Then, the shapeshifter has to choose to take this new form and subsequently rip the old skin off, with the new form being revealed as the old skin is shredded.
This gory method of shapeshifting fits in with the tone of The Boys, but it actually may have been lifted from Supernatural.Supernatural also features a race of shapeshifters who, rather than simply morphing into their new forms, also have to shed their old skins in order to show off their new ones.
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