Warning: spoilers ahead for The Boys season 4, episodes 1-3.

Summary

• Rob Benedict's role in The Boys pushes the boundaries of taste and changes how audiences view his character from Supernatural.
• The choice to cast an actor who previously portrayed God in Supernatural makes The Boys season 4's Splinter even more shocking.
• Alexander Calvert's also played God in Supernatural, and also experienced a shocking full-frontal scene in The Boys' universe when appearing as Rufus in Gen V.

From dairy products to Ant-Man, The Boys' cast has featured many Supernatural actors since debuting in 2019, including Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan among the most notable names. Needless to say, The Boys' raucous world of full-frontal nudity, gory deaths, and Karl Urban's ongoing attempt to break television's "f**k"s-per-minute record is very far from the tone of The CW's Supernatural.

The latest addition to the ever-growing list of Supernatural crossover stars among The Boys' cast is Rob Benedict. Originally introduced as mild-mannered author Chuck in Supernatural season 4, Benedict was eventually revealed to be playing God himself, and proved to be Sam and Dean's final villain in season 15. Benedict makes his The Boys bow as Splinter in season 4 - a pathetic, doting assistant to Firecracker. As the name suggests, Splinter is able to produce perfect clones of himself, and he utilizes this ability in a variety of commendably innovative ways.

It's Impossible To See Supernatural's Chuck The Same Way After The Boys Season 4

Chuckle Or Chuck-Up: Rob Benedict's The Boys Season 4 Cameo Is Grim

Silly, sarcastic, and slovenly, Supernatural's Chuck was not a typical Godlike character, but those faults were largely a facade to hide his true nature. When Chuck wanted to, he could flick an imaginary switch and transform into Supernatural's most ruthless, intimidating villain, whose immense power gave them an aura of invulnerability. After The Boys season 4, however, Supernatural's God can never be viewed in the same light again, as Rob Benedict's cameo pushes the barriers of taste in such a way that it becomes difficult to imagine the same actor is best known for playing the Lord Almighty.

Away from Supernatural, Rob Benedict has appeared in Lucifer, Bosch, and Masters of Sex.

First, Frenchie and Kimiko stumble across Rob Benedict's Splinter using his clones to create a super-human centipede of self-pleasure, with the first clone in the chain groping himself over a photo of Firecracker, and his clones following up the rear. Then it gets worse. When Splinter is forced to use his ability during a fight against the Boys, it becomes clear that his powers do not extend to copying clothes, causing a procession of naked Rob Benedicts to clutter the screen, genitals - multiple sets, in fact - on full display.

Casting Rob Benedict As Splinter Makes His The Boys Role Funnier

That's Not How God Should Act

As well as reuniting with multiple Supernatural alumni on The Boys, Eric Kripke has a history of weaving in small references and bonus Easter eggs that only Supernatural viewers would pick up. Jim Beaver's The Boys character, for example, has exactly the same name as his Supernatural counterpart - Robert Singer. Similarly, The Boys season 4's Splinter is infinitely funnier for those familiar with Supernatural purely because Rob Benedict plays him. Watching an actor who previously portrayed an omnipotent villain and the Father of All Creation writhe around on the floor naked with MM makes an already-amusing scene all the more ridiculous.

Despite his apparent downfall, Rob Benedict's God would make for a natural cast addition if Supernatural ever did return.

Likewise, the shocking and disgusting super-human centipede visual is even more shocking and disgusting for the Supernatural viewers who have, for many years, recognized the very same actor as the face of God. The Boys creates a disturbing juxtaposition between the holiness of Benedict's Supernatural character and the abject unholiness of every single thing Splinter does in The Boys season 4. The choice of actor somehow makes The Boys' Splinter scenes feel even more taboo.

Curiously, Rob Benedict's time playing God isn't necessarily over. The villain was defeated with suspicious ease during Supernatural's ending, and after Jensen Ackles' spinoff series, The Winchesters, was canceled, a Supernatural revival seems inevitable sooner or later. Despite his apparent downfall at the hands of the Winchester brothers, Rob Benedict's God would make for a natural cast addition if Supernatural ever did return - albeit with his clothes on.

Wait, Didn't Gen V Already Do This With Supernatural's God?

Supernatural's God Actors Work In Mysterious Ways

Rob Benedict's The Boys season 4 cameo carries with it a sense of déjà vu, as Gen V committed a similar blasphemy against Supernatural's other God actor. After the Winchesters emerged victorious in their final battle, God's in-universe position was taken by Jack, played by Alexander Calvert. Despite being Lucifer's biological son, Jack adopted the universe's God position during the climax of Supernatural season 15, and Calvert later reprised that role in The Winchesters. Calvert also, however, appeared as a Godolkin University student in Gen V season 1.

In the oddest of twists, Alexander Calvert's Gen V character - just like Rob Benedict's Splinter - revealed his full genital region, and did so in alarmingly gross fashion. Challenging The Boys season 4's super-human centipede for shock value, Calvert's Rufus character had his penis blown apart thanks to Marie Moreau's blood-control powers, and very little of that incident was left to the imagination.

From The Boys' clone-sterbation to Gen V's dicksplosion, it cannot be a coincidence that the only two characters to play God in Supernatural have not only experienced full-frontal scenes in The Boys' universe but have also been involved in two of the most harrowing scenes across Amazon's entire superhero franchise. One might even suggest The Boys is taking a perverse pleasure in giving the actors behind Supernatural's most holy characters the grossest and most depraved scenes possible, just for kicks.