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―Hughie Campbell quoting Robin Ward[src]
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Robin Ward is a minor yet pivotal character in Season 1 of the Amazon series The Boys. She was the girlfriend of Hughie Campbell until her accidental death at the hands of A-Train on a New York City street. Robin's brutal demise was the inciting incident that prompted the events of the series.
The Boys Series[]
Relationship with Hughie[]
Robin and Hughie are happy together. In The Name of the Game, the two are planning to move in with each other after Hughie asks for a raise. However, their plans are cut short, after Robin is killed accidentally by A-Train who — high on Compound V — runs through Robin when she is (according to Hughie after the incident) "a half step off the fucking curb" causing her body to burst and mostly liquify, leaving a shocked Hughie still holding her severed hands. Robin's death fuels Hughie's hatred for Supes, A-Train specifically. This leads to Hughie being recruited by Butcher and joining The Boys, with Butcher promising vengeance for Robin.
Robin later becomes an obstacle in Hughie's relationship with Starlight, with Hughie often having visions of Robin haunting and watching over him when he's with Starlight. Hughie experiences an internal conflict, holding on to his vengeance for Robin against his desire to move on. He is able to get over these visions after he commits to a sexual relationship with Starlight, where Hughie stops seeing Robin haunting him.
Robin's picture can be seen in "Payback" in MM's house as a newspaper reporting on her death along with a dozen others, seemingly everyone ever harmed by a Supe.
In Comics[]
Like comic Hughie, Robin is Scottish, but her last name is Mawhinney instead of Ward. She and Hughie are at a funfair when he confesses his love for her. Unfortunately, she is killed immediately after when A-Train smashes her into a wall with another supervillain, leaving Hughie holding onto her severed arms.
Trivia[]
- The name, Robin Ward, is a reference to the DC Comics sidekick of the same name, Robin, and the actor who played him in the 1960s live action Batman television series, Burt Ward.
- Like in the comics, Hughie is holding onto her severed arms after A-Train kills her.
- As mentioned in the "In Comics" section, A-Train kills Robin by squashing her into a wall with another supervillian, but in the show he kills her by outright running through her, and obliterates her into pieces.
- Robin's death is the first on-screen death of The Boys, both in the show and in the comics.