Black Noir Trends After Fans Can't Believe His Origin Story
Ava Arnold
Updated on March 14, 2026
Throughout the majority of The Boys, Black Noir has served as a silent supporting character, often acting as the right-hand man to Antony Starr's terrifying Homelander. The character has gotten more screen time in the show's third season, however, with much of Episode 7 focused on the vigilante. As it turns out, fans of the R-rated series loved his role so much this time around, the character became a trending topic on social media. Full spoilers incoming for The Boys, proceed with caution if you've yet to catch up.
After teasing Homelander along, Black Noir cuts out his tracking chip and goes AWOL from Vought, distraught at the idea of Soldier Boy's return. In previous episodes, we saw that Black Member was a part of Soldier Boy's Payback team, and in this episode, we find out just exactly why Noir is so afraid of the character.
In a charming yet incredibly heartbreaking animated sequence, Black Noir imagines himself and all the other members of Payback as animated cartoon characters. Through his delusion, we see that it was Soldier Boy that severely injured Black Noir, to the point where the character still suffers greatly decades later.
Keep scrolling to see what fans are saying.
All Tears
prevnextThat black noir origin story arc scene had me like..
β Capnt_Leviπ³π¬π¨π (@captn_leevi) July 1, 2022
Really Smart
prevnextThe way they chose cartoons as a media to portray Black Noir's recollection of his gruesome past is really smart. #TheBoys
β Reza Darmawan (@WonkEdhyann) July 1, 2022
Peace
prevnextYou're the only one who I can count on#TheBoys #Homelander #blacknoir
β Pliket-Pliket (Commission full 5/5) (@HanumTaza) July 1, 2022
Best Character
prevnextblack noir gotta be the best character on television #TheBoys
β vill (@_ethanvill) July 1, 2022
Space Jam
prevnextBlack Noir just lives the dream #TheBoys
β Esqueleto (@CorvoAttano123) July 1, 2022
Disney Prince
prevnextBlack noir be like:#TheBoys
β luis padilla (@someweirdurie) July 1, 2022
Protect Him
PROTECT HIM AT ALL COST #TheBoys #blacknoir #SoldierBoy
β πΏ (@jjpadtk) July 1, 2022
*****
The first seven episodes of The Boys Season 3 are now streaming on Prime Video. New episodes are scheduled for release every Friday.
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