Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Conservatives Are Just Now Realizing That 'The Boys' Is Mocking Them—And They're Pissed

Amazon promotional material featuring Homelander in Season 4 of "The Boys"
Amazon Prime Video

Despite the hit Amazon Prime show poking fun at conservatives for three seasons, MAGA fans are up in arms after just realizing it partway through season four.

Even though the hit Amazon Prime show The Boys has poked fun at conservatives for three straight seasons, MAGA fans lashed out after just realizing it part way through Season 4, which premiered last week.

Based on the comics series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the story unfolds in a world where superheroes subvert previous superhero tropes and are portrayed as deeply corrupt.


A group known as The Boys works to expose this corruption and take down Vought, the company managing the "supes," as well as Homelander, both the converse of Superman and Trump-like figure whose cultist followers look very much like the insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Last week, the first three episodes of the new season premiered on Prime Video, introducing fans to Firecracker, a far-right political commentator and "supe" who attends a conspiracy theorists' convention to speak on “the Hollywood pedophile cabal," a favorite topic among QAnon believers.

At one point, Firecracker claims that Starlight, a good "supe" who has a romance with regular ol' human Hughie Campbell, is running a “satanic home delivery service" and rants:

“An order of a hot dog gets you a boy; a taco, a girl; a combo gets you a child they forced to have trans surgery; and a soda gets you a shot of adrenochrome."

She later claims she was "attacked by deep state operatives" in cahoots with Starlight's "evil woke followers," who she says are destroying "this great country."

Truth Con Recap with Firecrackerwww.youtube.com

And somehow, after all this time, conservatives only just realized that the show is lampooning them—so they naturally responded with anger and bewilderment.



Others were quick to mock these furious reactions.


If the nonsense Firecracker spews in her southern accent sounds familiar, it's because it is.

In an interview with Variety, the show's creator Eric Kripke revealed that Firecracker—played by actor Valorie Curry—was inspired by none other than Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a known conspiracy theorist who has positioned herself as one of former President Donald Trump's most loyal followers.

He said:

“Firecracker came from like, ‘Hey, isn’t Marjorie Taylor Greene scary?’ And just that type of personality. Like, you had Trump, but now you have these Trump spawn that are trying to outdo each other for how outrageous and sexualized and gun-toting and slavishly obedient they can be."
“And just that idea - it wouldn’t just start and end with Homelander, he would start to create these spores that would grow into these other characters, and she’s a version of that."

Greene has not commented on the character, who is already playing a major role in Season 4.

Amazon Prime is currently releasing one episode every week; the latest season of The Boys will conclude on July 18. Kripke has confirmed that Season 5 will be the show's final season.

More from Entertainment/tv-and-movies

Kid Rock
Todd Kirkland/Getty Images

Kid Rock Dragged After Donning A Truly Over-The-Top Outfit For His White House Visit

Singer Kid Rock was slammed for wearing a loud patriotic costume inside the Oval Office as Republican President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday against ticket scalping.

The rocker's outfit consisted of a red, white, and blue jacket emblazoned with two eagles facing each other above the American flag with the number 250, a nod to America's upcoming 250th anniversary, and white stars on his sleeves.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshot of Bill Cassidy
CNBC

MAGA Senator Just Said The Quiet Part Out Loud With Epic Freudian Slip About Medicare

Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy was widely mocked following his inconvenient slip of the tongue during a CNBC interview as he mused about finding ways to "cut" Medicare before quickly correcting himself.

The exchange occurred after host Rebecca Quick pressed Louisiana Republican and former physician Bill Cassidy on how his party intended to fund the “trillion-dollar tax cuts” sought by President Donald Trump.

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshot of Tim Sheehy
CNN

GOP Senator Gets Blunt Reality Check After Comparing Trump Tariff 'Pain' To Home Renovation

Montana Republican Senator Tim Sheehy was criticized after he tried to compare the "short-term pain" of President Donald Trump's tariffs to home renovation, a claim so ridiculous that CNN's Kaitlan Collins quickly pushed back on the analogy.

Trump has repeatedly referred to April 2 as “Liberation Day,” pledging to impose tariffs—taxes on imports—to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign goods. He has framed these tariffs as “reciprocal,” aiming to match the duties other nations place on American exports.

Keep ReadingShow less
Susan Crawford; Elon Musk
Scott Olson/Getty Images (left and right)

Liberal Wisconsin Judge Calls Out Elon Musk In Victory Speech—And It's Everything

Liberal judge Susan Crawford called out billionaire Elon Musk in her victory speech after winning a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, basking in successfully beating her Republican opponent Brad Schimel and ensuring that the nonpartisan court’s narrow 4-3 liberal majority remains intact despite Musk's efforts to sway the race.

Musk fueled the high-stakes race, having poured more than $20 million into supporting Schimel, according to state campaign records. That includes $3 million to the state Republican Party—$2 million of which was donated just last week. Due to state election laws, large contributions must be funneled through political parties before reaching candidates.

Keep ReadingShow less

People Describe The Worst 'Bonus' They've Ever Gotten At Work

Most of us have worked at one problematic workplace, with reasons ranging from toxic coworkers to terrible bosses to unlivable pay. Sometimes, it feels like a joke that the employees are even being paid at all!

But the biggest joke of all might be the end-of-year bonus, or lack thereof. They're at times so laughable, they take the cake for horrible work conditions, or are quite literally, a slice of cake.

Keep ReadingShow less