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Amy West

The Boys' personalized ads joke in season 4 episode 5 was inspired by a real Amazon request, says creator

The Boys season 4 episode 5.

It's been patently clear since The Boys premiered in 2019 that no-one is safe from the hit Prime Video show's ridiculing. Not even the company behind its host streaming platform... 

After season 4's most recent episode, 'Beware the Jabberwork, My Son', aired, creator Eric Kripke took to Twitter to reveal that one of its most meta gags was actually inspired by a real-life request from Amazon. 

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