This text comprises spoilers for “The Boys” Season 5, Episode 7.
“The Boys” Season 5’s fifth episode includes a star-studded “Supernatural” reunion, with Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, and Jared Padalecki all taking part in Supes alongside some big-name Hollywood stars. Nonetheless, the nods to Eric Kripke’s beloved horror sequence do not cease there, as Episode 7 pays homage to Child, aka the ’67 Chevrolet Impala Sam (Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Ackles) journey round in on “Supernatural.”
The scene in query happens throughout a dialog between Soldier Boy (Ackles) and Homelander (Antony Starr). Ackles’ character pronounces that he is leaving America as a result of he desires nothing to do along with his maniacal son. “This was by no means gonna be a taking part in catch within the entrance garden, fixing up the outdated Impala bulls**t. You are too bizarre,” Soldier Boy says, angering the aspiring god within the course of.
The pair’s dramatic trade marks considered one of many “Supernatural” Easter eggs on “The Boys,” which can little doubt please followers of the Winchester’s adventures. Their Impala was like a personality in its personal proper, with Season 11’s “Child” episode even being informed from the attitude of the automotive. What’s extra, it is not the primary time that this particular car has cropped up on “The Boys.”
Eric Kripke cannot resist mentioning Impalas on The Boys
The ’67 Chevrolet Impala has a blink-and-you-will-miss it cameo in “The Boys” Season 2 finale. After Stormfront (Aya Money) is uncovered as a Nazi sympathizer, an animated video seems on the web depicting an Impala operating somebody over, reflecting society’s need to see Stormfront meet her maker.
That is an particularly enjoyable Easter egg for “Supernatural” followers, who will keep in mind the time that Dean Winchester — the proprietor of Child — kills Adolf Hitler, the largest Nazi of all of them, in Season 12. What’s extra, Soldier Boy is a parody of Marvel’s Captain America — a superhero famed for punching Hitler. It is all linked.
Eric Kripke and Phil Sgriccia, a fellow producer on “The Boys” and “Supernatural,” discovered the aforementioned cartoon on the web and could not resist utilizing it. The pair take pleasure in including callbacks to their earlier collaborations for the giggles on “The Boys,” so possibly we should not learn into the Easter eggs too deeply. Nonetheless, if a chance arises to make use of on, they are going to.
This newest Impala reference is arguably extra delicate than its predecessor in “The Boys” Season 2. In any case, Soldier Boy and Homelander’s trade is a straightforward dialog, versus a visible hit and run. Be that as it could, it is additional proof that the shadow of “Supernatural” nonetheless looms giant over Kripke’s profession.
“The Boys” Season 5 is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
