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Amazon Prime Video\u2019s series “The Boys” returned for its fifth and final season, and showrunner Eric Kripke noted in an interview the superhero show is heavily inspired by real life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said it\u2019s a “sinking feeling” to watch real-world events that go beyond his show\u2019s satire.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not a great feeling. It\u2019s a sinking feeling. It\u2019s never great when the world out-crazies your superhero show with exploding penises,” Kripke told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> in an April 7 article, citing “internment camps” and the use of federal troops in cities.<\/p>\n

He also criticized leadership, referring to the “clown in charge of the military” in comments about Secretary of War Pete Hegseth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“The Boys” follows a group of vigilantes who take on corrupt superheroes who abuse their power and stardom. Kripke previously compared the show\u2019s main villain, Homelander, to President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Despite the sharp political commentary, Kripke maintained that the show\u2019s “quarrel is not with people” but with those in charge. He noted that the writers included a “right-winger” character who is portrayed as a “good guy,” explaining that the show\u2019s focus is on “leaders who are just really problematic.”<\/p>\n

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The premiere opens with Homelander, draped in the American flag, speaking at a rally with nationalist imagery. As the crowd chants “U-S-A,” the camera lingers on specific figures, including a pregnant woman and a man in a red hat, who viewers say resembles late conservative activist Charlie Kirk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the rally, Homelander references “freedom camps” where citizens are imprisoned, uses phrases like “golden dawn” and labels rivals as terrorists.<\/p>\n

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Eric Kripke attended Amazon Prime Video\u2019s “The Boys” Season 2 drive-in premiere and fan screening Sept. 4, 2020, in Los Angeles.<\/span> (Kevin Winter\/Getty Images for Amazon Studios)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kripke told Rolling Stone in 2022<\/a> that Homelander has “always been a Trump analogue.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2024, Amazon Prime Video added a disclaimer to the Season 4 finale, originally titled “Assassination Run<\/a>,” after the attempted assassination of Trump.<\/p>\n

While the show remains a hit for Amazon, many fans claim the writing has become too overt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One user wrote on X, getting nearly 2 million views, “The Boys is another example of the Hollywood left trying to villainize the right and make them look awful.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

A second user wrote that the first 20 minutes of the season included “every liberal buzzword.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital<\/a> reached out to Amazon for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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