Translucent quotes from The Boys

Translucent

So who are you? Fucking spy? For who, huh? You’re gonna fucking tell me, or I’m gonna smash your fucking scalp off! Who the fuck are you?!

I’ll tell you who you are: A fuckin’ moron. “Translucent” doesn’t even mean “invisible.” It means “semi-transparent.”

Hughie

Hi. I thought you might be thirsty, so…

Hughie

Well, if you don't want it, I can always–

Translucent

No, I want it. Cheers.

Hughie

So listen, I need to ask you some questions about A-Train. When he burst through that woman the other day–Robin Ward. I–I need to know why. Where was he going? What was he doing?

Translucent

Why? What was she to you? Sister? Girlfriend? [pause; Hughie says nothing] Girlfriend. [sighs] That's what all this is about? Christ. What makes you think I know anything about it?

Hughie

I know you and A-Train were tight. You guys came up together.

Translucent

What are you, a fucking fan?!

Hughie

Listen… Those two guys in there, they wanna kill you, okay? So you give me something, maybe I can–

Translucent

What? Hold them off? 'Cause they hang on your every word. You're the big man around here.

Hughie

Okay, you don't wanna talk, don't talk. I tried. Good luck.

Translucent

Buddy, my superpower ain't invisibility. [pause; makes himself visible] You know that, right? It's reading people. Watching them when they think they're alone. I see people for who they really are. I see you too, pal.

Hughie

Right. [kneels down to eye level with Translucent] 'Cause you know me so well, right?

Translucent

Yeah. I know you're trying your damnedest to be tough. It's a little adorable, but the truth is… you're terrified. Shitting in your tightie-whities 'cause you're in over your head, fucked. And you know it. Hughie, I even kinda feel for you. Your girl died, and we do crazy shit when we got broken hearts. But now every instinct is screaming at you to head for the hills, and you should listen to that instinct.

Hughie

Unless we kill you first.

Translucent

How? I got invulnerable skin. I'm a fucking superhero, guy. We fight gangs and terrorists. We save the world daily. I've stood in front of thousands of screaming fans, all of them creaming their jeans. …Who are you? A water balloon filled with blood and meat. Homelander's gonna find me, and when he does, he's gonna burst you wide open. I'm gonna make it home in time for cocktails. 'Cause that's who you are, and that's who I am. You're not the hero of this story, and I'm not the one who's trapped.

Hughie

[beat] Well, good luck. I tried.

Translucent

Great chat. Run for the hills, Hughie.

Translucent

What the…? Something doesn't feel right.

Oh, I'll bet.

Frenchie

I'm not ashamed to admit I have outdone myself. [to Translucent] Now, the problem is the skin, no? It's hard like diamonds. But then I realized, it is just your shell that is hard, huh? Like a turtle. But your insides, they're like the rest of ours: Soft. So, how do you get to the squishy insides? Through the mouth? Non. The stomach acid, the gag reflex… if I stick something down your throat, you may vomit it up. There's truly only one way.

Translucent

The fuck did you do to me?

He stuck a lump of plastique up your bum, son.

Frenchie

Ass bomb.