| “ | Vought's been calling the shots for too damn long. Thanks to Starlight, folks are wising up. The DOJ is filing antitrust charges, but I say we take it a step further. It's time we ban Supes from the military, from private policing, and all other government positions. Don't you agree?
―Robert Singer to Victoria Neuman.[src]
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Robert A. Singer is a supporting character in the Amazon series The Boys. He is the former U.S. Secretary of Defense and the former President-elect of the United States.
Background[]
Robert Singer fought as a soldier in the Vietnam War. He also had his main home in South Dakota, which gave him the nickname 'Dakota Bob'.[1]
The Boys Series[]
The Boys: Season 1[]
"You Found Me"[]
To Be Added
The Boys: Season 2[]
Robert Singer attends a meeting with Stan Edgar, CEO of Vought International, and discusses the incorporation of the Supes into the military. Edgar talks logistics and explains that they are prepared for a 34% casualty rate, in a worst-case scenario.
The Boys: Season 3[]
Singer is running a campaign for president as a Democrat with Congresswoman Victoria Neuman as his running mate. Stan Edgar tries to sell V24 to him, but he warns Edgar that Congress is unlikely to accept it because Vought's use of Stormfront as a figurehead has caused the public to associate any form of Compound V with Nazi imagery.
Gunpowder is a big critic of him and believes he wants to take everyone's guns away.
The Boys: Season 4[]
Singer wins the election, carrying states including Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada. After learning Neuman is super-abled, Singer and the CIA collude to assassinate her. He was later nearly killed himself in an assassination attempt by a shapeshifting assassin, disguised as Starlight, sent by Sister Sage and acting on the orders of Homelander.
Just before being inaugurated, Singer is caught on tape planning the assassination of Victoria Neuman, his VP-elect. When she is killed by Billy Butcher, the world, including the FBI, blame Singer and he is arrested. The pro-Homelander Speaker of the House of Representatives Steven Calhoun becomes president and willingly submits himself as a puppet to Homelander.
Trivia[]
- Beaver's character name is a gag reference to his character Bobby Singer on the Kripke-produced series Supernatural, as well as the Supernatural producer which the character is named after, Robert Singer.