- "You're just the fish guy!"
- ―Starlight
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| The Deep | |
| Aliases: | Kevin The Deep |
| Continuity: | The Boys |
| Notability: | Main character |
| Type: | Supe |
| Occupation: | Superhero |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Altered human |
| Location: | New York City, New York Sandusky, Ohio |
| Associations: | The Seven |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | The Boys #4 |
| Actor: | Chace Crawford |
The Deep is a fictional super-hero and a main character featured in The Boys multimedia franchise. He first appeared in The Boys #4 in December, 2006. On The Boys television series, he was played by actor Chace Crawford and first appeared in the pilot episode of the show, "The Name of the Game".
Biography[]
The Deep, real name Kevin, was a super-hero engineered by Vought International. He had gills on his body, could breathe underwater, survive deep depths, and communicate with marine life. He was a member of the Supes team known as The Seven. When Starlight was initiated into the group, The Deep blackmailed her into fellating him or else he threatened to tell team leader Homelander that she had attacked him, thus insuring her explusion from the team.
Starlight later came forward publicly with what had happened, forcing Vought to have The Deep issue a public apology. Vought hero management vice president Madelyn Stillwell did not wish for this scandal to tarnish The Seven's reputation, so she had him transferred to Sandusky, Ohio.
Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Aquatic respiration: The Deep can breathe underwater for an indeterminate amount of time.
- Flight: The Deep can fly. [1]
- Multilingualism: The Deep can communicate with marine life. This includes fish as well as sea-based mammals such as whales.
- Superhuman durability: The Deep's muscle mass is highly durable, which is required to be able to function at deep sea depths.
- Superhuman strength: The Deep is several times stronger than the average human being. [1]
- Unique physiology: The Deep has gills on his body over his rib cage. Foreign matter inserted his gills causes him great pain.
Skills[]
- Diving: The Deep's greatest attribute is his diving ability, for which he is both proud of, and irritated by.
- Swimming: He wouldn't be much of an underwater hero if he couldn't swim now would he?
Weaknesses[]
- Bestiality: The Deep has sex with dolphins. These aren't just fly-by-night booty calls. They are deep and meaningful relationships. [2]
- Low self-esteem: The Deep is quite pathetic. He is not above using his position in The Seven to bolster his own self esteem by bullying others, even to the point of sexually assaulting teammates.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Deep is a pastiche of the DC Comics super-hero Aquaman. In fan circles, Aquaman has usually been the butt of many jokes given the perceived lameness of his ability to talk to fish. This perception was emphasized on the Super Friends family of animated programs, which required writers to craft stories that placed Aquaman near the water so that he would be useful. This trait has also been applied to The Deep on The Boys.
- According to TV series showrunner Eric Kripke, The Deep 100% most definitely has sex with dolphins. This was confirmed on episode 1x01 of The Boys after-show, when host Aisha Tyler asked him "Does The Deep fuck dolphins?"
- Considers someone fingering his gills to be an act of sexual assault.
- In "The Name of the Game", The Deep forced Annie January to give him a blow-job. In The Boys #3, it was actually Homelander who initiated this sexual assault, and was accompanied by A-Train and Black Noir. The Deep would not be introduced until the following issue.
See also[]
External Links[]
Appearances[]
The Boys |
Season One
Season Two |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Boys comic book series continuity only.
- ↑ Eric Kripke; Prime Rewind: Inside the Boys. "Inside the Diabolical First Season".