Despite being absolutely ruthless, Billy Butcher does have a softer side, which fans were reminded of with a sly The Boys Easter egg.
Fans don’t often see Butcher being nice onThe Boys, especially not as he’s spent most of Season 4dyingandhallucinating. However, previous seasons have hinted that there was a gentler version of Butcher once upon a time.
Eagle-eyed fans caught sight of that inSeason 4 Episode 4when Butcher was trying to blackmailFirecracker. In aposton The Boys’ subreddit, user vleshkun pointed out that Butcher’s social media icon is his beloved dog, Terror.
Fans on the subreddit relished the discovery, with onesaying, “That proves what I always say – No one is all good or all bad.”
“Bro I freaking love that!” anotheradded. “I was just thinking how I hope Terror is doing fine. I loved it when we got to see him in Season 1.”
“I think Butcher has a soft spot for animals. He also let the rabbit run free in the newest episode,” one fanpointed out.
Terror is only seen in a single episode of The Boys. In the series’ lore, the dog has stayed with Butcher’s aunt ever since Becca Butcher’s disappearance.
But Terror is a much more prominent part of the original comics. The fan-favorite bulldog is always at Butcher’s side and is a mostly loyal and friendly dog, aside from being trained to hump anything on command.
Terror does meet an unfortunate fate in the comics, killed under mysterious circumstances just before The Boys make their final attack onHomelander.
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Christopher Baggett was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team and a comics expert, across DC Comics and Marvel. He also has bylines at ComicsBeat, Comic Book Resources, and The HomeWorld.
