Black Noir
Black Noir | |
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The Boys character | |
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Last appearance |
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Created by | Garth Ennis Darick Robertson |
Based on | Snake Eyes (Costume)
Black ops assassin |
Affiliation | Vought-American |
Family |
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Children | Baby Butcher (comic series) |
Religion | Roman Catholic (Earving) |
Nationality | American |
Abilities |
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Weaknesses | Tree nut allergy (Earving) |
Black Noir[4] is the name of three supervillain characters from the comic book series The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and the television series and franchise of the same name, developed by Eric Kripke. In both the comic and television series, Noir is a member of the hedonistic and reckless Vought-American superhero group the Seven and is depicted as a "silent ninja" type parody of Batman, Snake Eyes and Deathstroke.
In the comic series, Noir is revealed to be a
Appearances
Comic book series
In the
Following
Television series
Earving
The Boys
In the live-action
In flashbacks to the
Seven on 7
In the 2021–2022 promotional web series Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman, which bridges the events of the second and third seasons of the live-action adaptation, Noir is revealed to have awoken from his coma and been charged by Vought with tracking down numerous Supes that had escaped from a psychiatric hospital as well as filming promos for Vought's streaming service, Vought+, on which his film Black Noir: Insurrection is to be released.[13][14]
Death Battle!
In the 2020
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
In
Black Noir II
Following Noir's death in the
Potential spin-off
In October 2020, following news of the development of several
Powers and abilities
In the comics, Black Noir is a long-time member of the Seven, almost always shown in silhouette with his face obscured. His powers include super strength and supposed skills as a pilot. He is stronger than even
In the television series, Black Noir is depicted as a normal man imbued with Compound V. As a result, he gained superhuman strength, a regenerative healing factor and "silent ninja" aesthetic, with his only weakness being his tree nut allergy, in reference to both Superman's weakness to kryptonite and his actor Nathan Mitchell's real-life tree nut allergy. However his abilities are all far lesser than in the comics; for example, his skin can be penetrated by knives and pistol bullets.[21][22]
Development
In September 2020, The Boys television adaptation's producer and showrunner Eric Kripke confirmed that despite the apparent foreshadowing of Homelander often comparing Black Noir to himself, that the plot twist of Noir being Homelander's clone, capable of killing him, would not be used, choosing instead to portray Black Noir as his own character and amalgamating the comics character's psychopathic traits with Homelander. Noir's role as a "failsafe" against Homelander was similarly supplanted by that of Homelander's son Ryan Butcher (primarily portrayed by Cameron Crovetti), a loose adaptation of the Supe baby killed by Butcher in the comic series after it killed his wife while she was giving birth to it,[23][24][25] with Kripke saying:[26]
[W]hat makes Noir 'Noir' is he's just this complete cipher; like, you just don't know anything about him and he's just completely mysterious. But then he has these strange reactions, like he'll make the teddy bear dance, or he'll cry, and he'll reveal some vulnerabilities, emotional vulnerabilities. Then he'll just return to just being this completely still, horrifying Terminator of a character, and that's kind of what I like about him, I have to say. Every so often, it comes up like, 'We should really learn who he is.' And I'm like, 'But should we know? Isn't it more interesting that we just never really quite understand how he got that way?' So I think Noir definitely remains as mysterious as always.[26]
On the
"Young Noir grew up going to this pizza chain called Buster Beavers. It's like a Chuck E. Cheese. He sees the animated characters. They come to life and they have a lot of interaction with him. Like everything on the show, it's sort of this organic road to hell, I guess, We wanted to see Noir sort of Dark Night of the Soul. It's hard to do that because he doesn't communicate. We knew we had to go inside his head and someone pitched, like, he goes to a cabin. And I said, 'He should go to a cabin, but all these Snow White animated creatures should be flying around all over him' and that we strongly implied they've always been there. And then someone said, 'Well, it might be a little corny. What about like a Chuck E. Cheese?' So it just evolves."[5]
On the use of animation for Noir's imagination, inspired by his development of The Boys Presents: Diabolical, Kripke further revealed that "[w]e worked with this amazing [animation] company called 6 Point Harness, which did create all the animation for us [right at the level of real Disney hand-drawn animation]. But what I love about it most of all is it's definitely implied that for the entire run of the series, these characters just hang out with Noir. If you were to cut [back] into Noir's point of view [during the first two seasons], he'd have these animated characters that he's interacting with. And that just brings me no end of pleasure."[5]
Merchandise
To promote the third season of The Boys, Amazon Prime Video licensed a line of Black Noir MAFEX action figures from NECA and the Japanese company MediCom Toy Incorporated.[27][28][29][30]
Reception
Inspired by
The character has been compared to slasher film villains such as Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers, and to the Marvel Comics antihero Deadpool.[32][33]
References
- ^ Weiss, Josh (20 September 2020). "Is Black Noir The Boys' Version of Batman? The Guy Who Plays Him Says It's Not That Simple". Syfy. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Tiwari, Sakcham (12 April 2022). "The Boys: The 10 Bravest Characters, Ranked". Screen Rant. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ Romano, Nick (27 January 2022). "The Vought Cinematic Universe: All the fake movies and shows from The Boys". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- Looper. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Romano, Nick (8 July 2022). "The Boys boss says this star will play 'a whole new character' in season 4 after that intense finale". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Etemesi, Philip (3 June 2022). "The Boys: 10 Things Only Comic Book Fans Know About Black Noir". Screen Rant. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (January 17, 2018). "'The Boys': Antony Starr, Chace Crawford, Dominique McElligott & Jessie Usher Cast In Amazon's Superhero Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Chachowski, Richard (27 January 2022). "The Boys: 10 Goriest Deaths In The Series". Screen Rant. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Stone, Sam (16 September 2020). "The Boys Prepare to Take Down Black Noir, Home Alone-Style". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Schedeen, Jesse; Griffin, David (3 October 2020). "The Boys Season 2: Here's Why Black Noir Hates Almond Joys". IGN. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- CinemaBlend. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ Colombo, Charlotte (31 May 2022). "The Boys Black Noir Is on the Hunt with New Medicom MAFEX Figure". The Digital Fix. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Gribbin, Sean (7 October 2021). "Black Noir's Season 3 Arc Involves The Boys' Scariest Supe". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Ryan, Danielle (12 November 2021). "The Boys Roasts Disney With A 'Vought+ Day' Video". /Film. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- DEATH BATTLE!. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020 – via YouTube.
- DEATH BATTLE!. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020 – via YouTube.
- ^ Swanstrom, Kevin (5 March 2022). "Homelander Diabolical Finale Is Canon For The Boys Season 3, Says Kripke". Screen Rant. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Stinson, Katherine (15 March 2022). "Is Black Noir Actually Homelander's PR Agent? There's Proof in 'The Boys Presents: Diabolical'". Distractify. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Maas, Jennifer (5 March 2022). "How 'Diabolical' Connects to 'The Boys' Season 3: Yes, That Finale Is Canon". Variety. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- Games Radar. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- CinemaBlend. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Wang, Tiffany (10 October 2020). "The Boys Season 2: Black Noir's Weakness Inspired By Actor's Real Allergy". Screen Rant. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- CinemaBlend. October 11, 2020.
- ^ "Can Homelander Be Killed? The Boys' Eric Kripke Weighs In". Collider. September 4, 2020.
- ^ "'The Boys' Showrunner On If Homelander Can Be Killed". Heroic Hollywood. September 4, 2020.
- ^ CinemaBlend. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ Roberts, Tyler (23 March 2022). "The Boys Black Noir is Ready to Break Necks with New NECA Release". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ Nafpliotis, Nick (24 March 2022). "The Boys: NECA reveals Ultimate Black Noir figure". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Paur, Joey (27 March 2022). "Black Noir From THE BOYS Gets His Very Own Action Figure". GeekTyrant. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Roberts, Tyler (24 May 2022). "The Boys Black Noir Is on the Hunt with New Medicom MAFEX Figure". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Wallin, Jacob (29 April 2022). "Supporting TV Characters Who Became More Popular Than The Protagonists". Screen Rant. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ Zogbi, Emily (13 May 2022). "The Boys Releases Friday the 13th-Themed Black Noir Footage". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- Looper. Retrieved 25 May 2022.