Guys: 8 Supernatural References in the Prime Video Series

Robert Singer hides another

In the last episode of the first season of The Boys, viewers were able to discover the series universe’s United States Secretary of Defense: one Robert Singer, played by former Supernatural Jim Beaver. And the two characters not only have the same face, but the same name!

Indeed, the actor played in the fantasy series Bobby Singer, the father figure of the two heroes. A name that was already a wink at the time, as it refers to the writer, director and producer of Supernatural, Robert Singer.

But that’s not all, The Boys singer, now a presidential candidate, and Supernatural also share the same hometown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On the other hand, despite his efforts, Eric Kripke could not bring Jim Beaver and Jensen Ackles together on the stage of the boys, because “they were in different conspiracies”, as he confided. variety.

But he still wanted to have a scene that reminded us of their past relationship. “I personally wrote the moment where the soldier boy reacts to the singer’s poster in episode 5. I thought I would kill myself if I didn’t admit that they are both in this world. So I put it in,” he said.

Iconic car

In the second season, it’s another mythical “character” from Supernatural that Eric Kripke brought into the picture: Dean’s car. In the latest episode, fans of the monster series actually recognized a Chevrolet Impala nicknamed Baby by its owner in an animated montage that aired on TV and revealed Stormfront’s Nazi past. The sneaky but hilarious moment after the famous machine defeats the supervillain!

The antichrist soldier found himself next to the boy

During season 5 of Supernatural, the Winchester brothers have to deal with the Antichrist in the form of a little boy played by Gatlin Griffith. More than 10 years later, the actor shared scenes with Jensen Ackles in flashbacks to The Boys Season 3 Episode 3, where he plays young Gunpowder, alongside a boy soldier. The 23-year-old comedian celebrated their reunion with a post Instagram.

Prohibited weapons

In the very first scene showing Gunpowder and the Boy Soldier, the latter holds a rocket launcher that Grace Mallory forbids him to fire. Dean Winchester’s grenade launcher in Supernatural, which the young man kept in his trunk for 12 seasons before finally getting the chance to use it, much to his delight, his brother often turned down the opportunity.

Soldier Boy’s entry inspired by Castiel

To introduce Soldier Boy at the end of Episode 4, Eric Kripke wanted to do great things, and he was inspired by… his own work! “We needed a huge reveal scene for him. It’s funny, I was thinking a little about the supernatural,” he told her TVLine.

And to continue: “I still think the best record I’ve done is Misha Collins. This is a login! That’s how you get into the series, dammit!

So we thought a lot that we needed something really big, and we came up with the idea of ​​something massive, a door that opens up and comes out through the steam and has this huge explosion in it. So the barn doors for Castiel gave way to the cryogenic box door for the boy soldier.

A very important date

In the next episode, the boys watch videos of experiments on Russians conducted by a boy soldier, and we learn that one of these operations took place on January 24th, which is none other than Dean Winchester’s birthday. Date Eric Kripke It was not chosen by chance : It’s actually his wife’s birthday!

You can’t fight this feeling anymore

During season 2 of Supernatural, a scene shows Dean singing Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore by REO Speedwagon in his expensive car, after he mocked the song a few scenes earlier. A sequence that Eric Kripke must have had in mind when he chose the same title to illustrate the scene from Season 3, Episode 7, where a boy soldier masturbates in front of older women!

Plans seen from the trunk

Always on varietyEric Kripke shared one of his favorite shots from this season: shots taken from the trunk of a car, as was often the case on Supernatural, when the Winchester brothers rebuilt Baby’s arsenal of weapons, before slamming the trunk and declaring, “We’ve got work to do.”

In The Boys Season 3 Episode 5, we have the right to such a plan Hugh, the butcher and the mother’s milk, but the wink is even more obvious in episode 7, where Soldier Boy replaces MM in a shot seen from the trunk. “A supernatural cue that comes to mind that people appreciate is that we tend to take a lot of shots in the trunk.

We’ve done a few because it’s me and Phil Sgrichia. So having Jensen in Episode 7 and doing one of the driving shots with Jensen is something we asked for very specifically because we felt it would be a fun nod to the fans,” the director wrote. Screenwriter.

Plans that also inspired the community manager of the series after them posted them on social networks slipping every time a small hint Supernatural.