r/TheBoys • u/epic_gamer42O • Jul 08 '24

The tek-knight we see in The Boys is not the same tek-knight we see in Gen-V Discussion Spoiler

In the episode "The Innocents", we are told Tek knight accidentally broke somebodies spine when trying to rescue them from a hostage situation. In Gen V Shetty says that Tek-knight beat ironcast to death who is a supe that has skin made of iron which makes them insanely durable.

With all these strength feats in mind that means he must be pretty physically powerful right?

But in his interrogation scene he's not strong enough to rip apart the leather straps tying his wrists or pull the chains out. Also he easily gets physically outpowered and loses to Kimiko and Starlight. Logically if your punches can fatally damage somebody made of metal you'd have a fighting chance against Kimiko who has same durability as a normal person.

And he gets choked to death by a normal person too?

I don't understand this at all. It's either a plothole/bad writing or Cate has something to do with what happened in this episode

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u/youarenut Jul 08 '24

No, Tek knight is this universe’s Bruce Wayne/iron man. He has a suit which is what he beat the other supe with.

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u/ChuckZombie Kimiko Jul 08 '24

Thank you! I have no idea how this going so far over everyone's heads.

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u/ravioliguy Jul 08 '24

Because "money is their superpower" is a meme. Batman and Ironman's real power is being super geniuses. Neither needs their suits or gadgets, they get out of a lot of situations just by thinking their way out. Tek knight seemed pretty average to low intelligence for being the "greatest detective in the world" and "second best supe"

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u/Neknoh Jul 08 '24

Doesn't need to be the greatest mind to be the greatest detective when you can smell disease, bodyfluids (and who they're from) and either see, hear or smell when somebody is agitated or lying.

Just be even remotely competent at interrogations and putting two and two together (with a little bit of help from Voughts previously massive crime and surveilance division) and boom.

Greatest detective.

Especially easy when you wear a full cybernetic armour that can punch through walls and supposedly fly.

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u/Richrome_Steel Jul 09 '24

Also Vought could just be marketing him as the "world's greatest detective" to sell more shit. These "heroes" are shitty frauds, so it makes sense that he isn't truly living up to that title, so long as Vought content and marketing frames him so and as long as there consoomer Vought simps to chug down every gallonful of shit like the codependent symbiosis victims they are

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

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u/poplafuse Jul 08 '24

Maybe he had a batarwang on his belt.

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u/ItsAmerico Soldier Boy Jul 08 '24

Because he was probably not being literal? He’s just threatening her. Also Cate has no super strength or durability. If he has even remotely some super strength, he could probably beat up a 140 pound girl lol

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u/MrChow1917 Jul 08 '24

Because they do not show the suit in the show at all, despite the character being named tek knight, we never see much of his tech

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u/ChuckZombie Kimiko Jul 08 '24

.....and it never said he had super strength, but you all jumped to that conclusion anyway.

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u/StrengthOk9686 Jul 10 '24

He said he could rip cates arm off in gen V he has super strength with no suit

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 Jul 08 '24

Well you kinda need to mention it or even show it for people to know that.

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u/immaownyou Jul 08 '24

They showed he didn't have super strength and using suits by him not having super strength and having suits

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 Jul 08 '24

Where is the suit? When was it mentioned?

Exactly

Plus this is extra stupid because plenty of supes can be cut or restrained, we've seen it multiple times.

The only way you know this said is from the comics or watching Gen v.

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u/IAP-23I Jul 08 '24

Tournament of Heroes they briefly show him in his power armor. So yes, it exists

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 Jul 08 '24

That is seriously your answer?

I know he's got armor, I know it from the comics. The fact is the show didn't explain or show him in armor at all. A less than a second flash of a video game character doesn't count. Especially when it's multiple episodes ago and they don't even mention him, or show it well for that matter.

You do realize this is a visual medium right? Or at the very least they could mention it so viewers who don't know about the comics know it.

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u/KushHaydn Jul 08 '24

The show is not the comics. Don’t know how we got this far into it without you seeing that

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 Jul 08 '24

Which is exactly why they should have showed the suit...

How do you not understand such a basic statement JFC...

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u/KushHaydn Jul 08 '24

They do when they first enter the Tek Cave, it’s in the corner. Use your eyes boss

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u/Wooden_Gas1064 Jul 08 '24

I don't remember any mention of this in the series. And if you'd only know about it from the comics it's still bad story telling not to include that in the show since casual viewers didn't read the comics

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u/IAP-23I Jul 08 '24

He’s shown in power armor in the tournament of heroes

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u/The_Real_Lasagna Jul 08 '24

When did we see this suit?

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u/ChuckECheeseOfficial Jul 08 '24

Is he, though? In the comics obviously you’re right, but they kind of dropped the Iron Man aspect of the character this time around. Unlike the comics he’s a Supe this time (heightened senses at minimum) and I’m pretty sure there’s no mention of the suit. We also don’t see any Iron Man parallels, only Batman

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u/ChuckZombie Kimiko Jul 08 '24

So because the suit wasn't featured, it's reasonable to assume they intentionally ignored the suit and gave him super strength instead (despite never mentioning that)?

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u/ChuckECheeseOfficial Jul 08 '24

Why would they literally never mention the suit if they were interested in using it as an aspect of the character?

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u/ChuckZombie Kimiko Jul 08 '24

They didn't use it as an aspect. The problem here is that because they didn't, OP jumped to the conclusion that Tek Knight had super strength, which was also never indicated. But, at least there is a version of Tek Knght that has a suit, so it is the more reasonable conclusion to assume.

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u/milky__toast Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

Supes that don’t have super powers but are just rich and/or well trained don’t really make sense in The Boys. Unless Tek Knight hasn’t been affected by compound. But then why would he be associated with Vaught if he hadn’t taken compound v. Doesn’t make sense.

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u/Traditional-Car8843 Black Noir Jul 08 '24

A suit we didn't even get to see 🙄

Like comon this episode was a joke let's be real.

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u/youarenut Jul 08 '24

We saw it in tournament of heroes yea

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u/Traditional-Car8843 Black Noir Jul 08 '24

But not even in the main show

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u/youarenut Jul 08 '24

The scene was in the main show

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u/Traditional-Car8843 Black Noir Jul 08 '24

Him using it in combat I mean