Villainous BSoD: Completely breaks down at the end of the first season, leading to him impulsively shaving his head in front of a mirror while crying and cursing at himself. Reassigned to Antarctica: After being exposed for sexually assaulting Starlight (among other women), The Deep is forced to make a public apology and demoted to working in Sandusky, Ohio. Genetic Superiority: According to Homelander, he and Maeve were capable of producing children twice as strong as Ryan. This, however can be called into question, as Soldier Boy's genetics, added with Compound V did not produce a Supe nearly as powerful as would have expected following Homelander's knowledge. Despite the genetical superiority of Soldier Boy and the Compound V boost, Homelander is still extremely similar to Soldier Boy in strength, albeit with different powers (which is almost certainly from the V). Thus, it can be concluded that simply having children with another Supe would not amplify their powers, since it is quite clear that Soldier Boy's superhuman strength did not genetically carry over instantly to Homelander, rather it is more likely that the strength was either given at birth, or from the Compound V, and thus did not produce a child twice as strong as Soldier Boy. Before Queen Maeve is first shown on screen, it is learned throughout the seasons and extra show content that Maeve attended and graduated at Godolkin University, where she would become the highest ranked student. She was then drafted into the Seven as its second member, which Homelander was the first. Homelander states in season two of the show that he had known Maeve the longest and that is how the two had grown so close prior to the show’s events. The Deep is later set up with a sham wife to help clean up his image. He complains that she gives bad blowjobs, and she is complicit in his torture.

The Rival: To A-Train, though how much of this is just for publicity is unclear. He does give a smug smirk when he replaces A-Train on the Seven. Therapy Is for the Weak: He rejects Eagle and Carol's attempts to have him better himself, though their odd behavior as members of the Church of the Collective also probably has something to do with it. Not on him so much (the dolphin was the one who wanted him to do sex stuff to it), but the dolphin and lobster he attempted to rescue both ended up dead on his watch. Averted when she had to save a school bus early in her career and ending up breaking every bone in her arm. It never entirely healed right.Adaptational Attractiveness: The Deep's comic costume is an embarrassingly goofy mishmash of a cape, a vintage diving helmet, and unflattering shorts. His appearance in the show is far more in line with what you'd expect a charismatic superhero to look like. Heroic Sacrifice: Subverted. She jumps in front of Soldier Boy's blast to save the Boys and company from it, but in the end, she survives, though powerless and badly injured from it and her fight with Homelander.

Required Secondary Powers: Averted. He is not immune to fire, which allows him to easily burn himself to death. Green and Mean: His costume is mostly green, and while not the worst of The Seven, he's still a self-centered asshole. The Beastmaster: Just like Aquaman, he can command sea creatures. Unlike Aquaman, he's absolutely terrible at using them sensibly.

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Required Secondary Powers: He needs these to deal with the ocean water temperature and pressure. It's implied he has dived all the way down to the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth, which indicates he has the physiology necessary to survive being in water barely above freezing and immense pressure at over a thousand times that of standard atmospheric pressure. Reference The Mariana Trench has an average PSI, or Pounds per Square Inch of 16,000. Considering the human body can withstand 50 PSI of pressure in a sudden impact, or up to 400 PSI over a slow sustained increase, The Deep would need to be capable of withstanding force at least 40 times that of a normal human in a best case scenario of sustained force, or as high as 320 times in the worst case of immediate pressure.

Adaptational Nice Guy: To a degree. His killing of Malory's grandchildren was accidental, and is something he's deeply ashamed about to the degree of offering himself up to Mallory. In the comics, Lamplighter has absolutely zero remorse for what he did In the Season 3 finale, he gets another chance to show how dangerous his powers can be when he uses his ability to breathe underwater to ambush VP candidate Lamar Bishop in the pool and drown him.Weaksauce Weakness: His gills. Getting "gill-punched" by A-Train once is enough for Deep to double over in pain. Hidden Depths: According to him, he had to deal with systematic racism during his rise as a superhero. Starlight admitted that she was once Maeve's biggest fan, having read her biography, cover to cover many times. Maeve saving the school bus by punching it was a huge moment for her in helping her wanting to be a hero. When Starlight learned how corrupt Vought is and assumed everything about Maeve was just marketing bullshit, however Maeve told her the bus was real, as a bone never healed in her arm after that. Sexual Karma: Unlike Hughie, The Deep's sex life is never portrayed a good light. He has a history of forcing women to give him oral sex for being their hero and when he's finally punished for his actions, he's the one who gets sexually abused when a woman refuses to stop putting her fingers in his gills, despite telling her how painful the act is to him. In Season 2 he is in an Arranged Marriage with a clingy wife that is bad at giving oral sex according to him. His tryst with an octopus is the one time he's ever shown having consensual sex. Spared by the Adaptation: Possibly. He's killed on 9/11 in the comic in the incident that serves as the basis of the Flight 37 incident. The show seems to hint he simply got slow and was replaced, probably by A-Train. Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman later reveals he is alive and apparently still active is some form, having had a race against A-Train that was canceled.

Invisible Jerkass: Translucent nearly kills Hughie when he won't tell him why he placed a bug in The Seven's boardroom before Billy intervenes. Powerful, but Incompetent: Part of the Seven's problems is that they are powerful, but poorly trained in how to use their powers, resulting in a lot of unnecessary deaths, injuries, and collateral damages that could have otherwise been avoided. Queen Maeve: Twenty-three year old, bright-eyed, ass you could bounce a quarter off of. I really did want to make a difference. I really did care. I was just like you. And then, I started giving pieces of myself away and... I guess I gave away everything. The Deep has been sexually extorting women using his position, and ends up getting raped by a Looney Fan. His Sham Marriage in Season 2 is also shown to not provide him with sexual satisfaction.Jerkass to One: She really doesn't like Hughie or his baby-face, and never passes up an opportunity to insult or make fun of him just because. This is even after she fully turns against Homelander and Vought, and actively helps the Boys. Annie usually being in the same room as him is just about the only reason she doesn't swat him then and there. Always Someone Better: Rivals A-Train in speed, and while he loses their public match, it's only because A-Train was abusing Compound V to enhance his powers. Brief glimpses of his exploits in Season 2 show him improving his speed, and he eventually takes a spot on The Seven. Cruel Mercy: Living with the haunting memory of burning Mallory's grandchildren alive, Frenchie and Mallory leave him alive to live with his guilt, along with being able to use him in their plans.