One of the weakest characters on "The Boys" also happens to be one of the most badass! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the times Hughie proved he could be just as tough as the rest of the boys.
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the times Huey proved he
00:09could be just as tough as the rest of the boys.
00:12There will be spoilers ahead.
00:22Number 10.
00:23Gets captured so he can rescue M.M. and Frenchie.
00:27The explosive season 1 finale sees half of the boys get caught by Vaught operatives.
00:32Butcher is too busy with his revenge quest to do anything about it, but Huey is determined
00:38to rescue them.
00:48He comes up with a pretty brilliant plan, allowing himself to get captured in order
00:53to help them bust out from the inside.
00:56He even takes one on the chin, literally, in the process.
01:09Huey deserves plenty of flowers for bravery and loyalty, but we also need to talk about
01:15how smart he is.
01:16His talent for problem solving has gotten the boys out of more than one sticky situation.
01:24Number 9.
01:25Distorts Ezekiel.
01:36This was one of Huey's earliest badass moments.
01:39The boys have video of the ultra-religious Ezekiel in a compromising position with other
01:44men.
01:45The plan is for Huey to blackmail him in exchange for info about Compound V, although both Huey
01:51and M.M. have their doubts about whether he can pull it off.
01:55At the Believe Expo, Huey manages to get close to the stretchy suit, but there's a problem.
02:00His phone is broken, and he has no way to play the video.
02:03However, Huey thinks fast, and instead claims that he and Ezekiel had sex.
02:14He doesn't back down, even when Ezekiel threatens him.
02:18Amazingly, this last-minute improvisation works, and the boys get the information they
02:23need.
02:33Number 8.
02:34Gets Kimiko to break his arm.
02:46Huey just can't catch a break, so to speak.
02:50At the start of Season 3, he had a job working under Victoria Newman at the Federal Bureau
02:54of Superhuman Affairs.
02:56He thinks he'll finally be able to take down Supes the right way, with the law on his side.
03:02Of course, he soon finds out that Newman herself is actually a Supe, and a pretty dangerous
03:08one at that.
03:09Huey decides to rejoin the boys, but he needs a convincing excuse to miss work, and asks
03:14Kimiko to break his arm.
03:27He even turns down Frenchie's offer of something to relieve the pain.
03:31He argues that Newman will know if he fakes being sick, but this seems like a pretty extreme
03:36alternative.
03:47Number 7.
03:48Stands up to Homelander.
03:58You have to be either really brave, or really stupid to keep your cool with Homelander in
04:03your face.
04:04After the Supe announces to the world that he and Starlight are secretly in love, which,
04:09of course, is a lie, he shows up in her apartment to needle Huey about it.
04:20But when Homelander makes an especially rude comment about Starlight, Huey has had enough.
04:26Although the two of them are no match for the roofless Supe, Huey doesn't back down.
04:31The fact that Jack Quaid is a good two inches taller than Anthony Starr makes him look that
04:36much more badass in the moment.
04:46Number 6.
04:47Saves his dad from A-Train.
04:55Huey has added out for A-Train ever since the speedster accidentally killed Huey's
05:00girlfriend in Episode 1.
05:02When A-Train takes his father hostage, Huey doesn't hesitate to rush to the rescue.
05:07He manages to get his father out safely by promising A-Train a dose of Compound V.
05:13And Huey's dad has a badass moment of his own when he refuses to leave without his son.
05:30Meanwhile, Kimiko is waiting in the wings to take down A-Train.
05:33Huey later impressed us again by actually helping the speedy Supe.
05:38When A-Train suffers a heart attack, he's completely open to attack.
05:43Although Huey knows the speedster wants him dead, he displays his immense courage and
05:48strength of character by giving the Supe CPR.
05:59Number 5.
06:00Helps Starlight knock out Soldier Boy.
06:08Sometimes, the most heroic thing you can do is help the people around you reach their
06:15full potential.
06:16When the boys face off against Soldier Boy at Seven Tower, he takes them all out easily.
06:23Huey is tempted to take another dose of Temporary Compound V to get back in the game and protect
06:28his girlfriend, even though he knows it will be fatal.
06:31Instead, always the quick thinker, he cranks up the electricity, enhancing Starlight's
06:36power and enabling her to knock down the seemingly indestructible Soldier Boy.
06:43It's a defining moment for Huey, who has struggled with dating a super-powered woman.
06:51Now it seems he's finally learned how to step back and let Starlight shine.
07:05Number 4.
07:06Fights Homelander.
07:13Taking on the ultimate antagonist is always dangerous, even if you are juiced up on temp
07:19feet.
07:20Homelander has been known to drop other Supes without even breaking a sweat.
07:25Even Soldier Boy can't take him alone.
07:27When he shows up to the aftermath of Herogasm, Butcher and Soldier Boy engage him in an epic
07:33battle.
07:34Huey's temporary powers don't make him nearly as strong as the others, but as we've
07:38seen, he's never one to sit out when his friends need help.
07:48To top it off, he has to fight naked, since his clothes don't teleport with him.
07:53No matter how many times Butcher tells him to stay out of harm's way, Huey keeps jumping
07:58right back into the thick of things.
08:05Number 3.
08:06Rescues Starlight.
08:17There's no more dangerous place for the boys than Seven Tower, where a deadly Supe
08:22or a squad of Vought operatives could be around any corner.
08:26But when Starlight and her mom are taken captive, that's where Huey has to go to save them.
08:32When he finds out Starlight's been arrested, he doesn't hesitate to rush to the rescue,
08:36even convincing Lamplighter to sneak him into the tower.
08:48The mission doesn't go quite as planned, as Lamplighter decides to immolate himself
08:53right in the middle of it.
08:55But Huey, despite bleeding from a previous injury and being forced to navigate Vought
09:00without Supe backup, still manages to find and free Mrs. January.
09:05Although Starlight got out earlier because of Lamplighter triggering security measures,
09:10she still appreciated Huey's bravery.
09:20Number 2.
09:21Huey's Slices and Dices.
09:32While Huey was being shot at by villains from the Shining Light group, he severely injured
09:37his leg.
09:38After taking cover in an office, his ally Kimiko tells them they'll have to fight their
09:42way out.
09:44She gave Huey a quick tutorial on how to kill with ordinary office items.
09:53Although it looked like he'd make it out of the building without incident, he got cornered
09:57by a gunman.
09:58Huey was impressively able to leap into action and catch the enemy by surprise.
10:04And when push came to shove, he used a box cutter to slice his way out.
10:09While the kill was impressive on its own, the fact that Huey seemed almost unfazed by
10:14it later showed how strong he'd become.
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10:37Number 1.
10:38Huey Campbell's Translucent.
10:40This is the point where Huey Campbell truly becomes one of the boys.
10:44After Translucent catches him planting a bug in 7 Tower, the Invisible Soup attacks Huey
10:49at work.
10:50Butcher shows up to help, but Huey is the one smart enough to electrocute Translucent
10:56and knock him unconscious.
11:06Butcher and Frenchie run through every idea they can think of to kill the nearly invulnerable
11:11man, until Frenchie comes up with a plan to put explosives somewhere they can't easily
11:16be removed.
11:25Although Translucent nearly talks his way out of trouble, ultimately, Huey decides to
11:30pull the trigger.
11:32This first kill set Huey down a path where he'd pull off more badass feats.
11:40Which moment gave you new respect for petite Huey?
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