The Boys series finale aired Wednesday and showrunner Eric Kripke once again took a shot at “Elon Musk.”
The episode features a character named Gunter Van Ellis, who is clearly meant to play as another Musk-style target.
He wears a black hat reading “We Believe In Homelander,” gets described as the world’s richest man, has 17 children, and is called an amateur astronaut.
By the end of the scene, Homelander sends him to space.
The Boys Finale Targets ‘Elon Musk’ Again
The scene takes place in the White House, where Homelander is dealing with Oh Father and the billionaire donor class now circling his new regime.
Gunter Van Ellis is introduced while talking to Oh Father about using Starlighters in his factory as “non-compensated employees.”
Oh Father responds, “So, slaves?”
Van Ellis then tries to pitch Homelander directly.
“Homelander. I’m glad you’re here. I’d love to bend your ear about white fertility rates,” he says.
Oh Father tells Van Ellis to wait in the garden because he needs a moment with Homelander.
Homelander Learns Who Gunter Van Ellis Is
Homelander asks who the man is, and Oh Father explains it in a way leaving little doubt about who the show is mocking.
“Gunter Van Ellis. World’s richest man. 17 children. Amateur astronaut,” Oh Father says.
Homelander isn’t impressed.
Oh Father explains Van Ellis represents a “consortium of billionaires” with requests for Homelander, calling them the ruling class of America and saying their support will be needed to build Homelander’s church.
Homelander questions if any of them are actual believers, or if they are only afraid of him.
Oh Father tries to preach patience, but Homelander wants none of it.
Homelander Takes Him To Space
After The Deep enters the room and Homelander insults him, Homelander goes outside to speak with Van Ellis.
The scene then shows the two flying upward.
When Oh Father later asks what happened, Homelander gives the punchline.
“He was an astronaut. I took him to space,” he said.
So Kripke kills off “Elon Musk” again, only this time Homelander handles it himself.
Gen V Previously Blew Up A Goat Named Elon
The Boys universe already took a shot at Musk in Gen V Season 2, Episode 4.
During a training exercise, the villain Dean Cipher brings a goat named “Elon” on stage and orders Marie to use her blood-manipulation powers on it. Marie questions what happens if she kills the goat.
“What if I kill Elon?” Marie asks.
Cipher responds, “That’s why we name them a–holes.”
Marie then uses her power, levitating the goat before it violently explodes and is dismembered on camera.
Musk later caught wind of the scene and joked about it online.
“That’s fine, I blew up a small hotdog called Jeff Bezos, so I guess we’re even,” Musk replied.
Now The Boys series finale goes back to the same well, this time with Gunter Van Ellis, a world’s-richest-man billionaire with 17 children, factory ideas, fertility talk, and an amateur astronaut background.
Homelander finishes the joke by taking him “to space.”
Update: Showrunner Eric Kripke responded to Musk’s reaction to the finale, and Elon Musk fired back.
The Boys finale makes this crystal clear
The Boys has always leaned into political commentary, but the finale puts it front and center.
Homelander is in the White House. Billionaires are lining up behind him. Oh Father is trying to turn Homelander’s rule into a religious movement. The Deep remains pathetic. And Kripke makes sure his Musk stand-in gets murdered before the series wraps.
The final episode doesn’t hide what it is saying. It goes right at the billionaire class, religious power, Trump-style imagery, and tech-world politics.
For viewers who stuck with The Boys through the final season, the Gunter Van Ellis scene is one more example of Kripke taking a real-world target and pushing it through the show’s usual bloody satire.
