Gen V’s Little Cricket a.k.a. Emma Meyer

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Please be aware that this review will analyze mature and violent subject matter so those who are squeamish may want to pass. Today’s final post is going to examine the fictional character of Little Cricket, also known as Emma Meyer. This freshmen college student with the super power to change size debuted in 2023 during the first episode of the Amazon Prime Video series “Gen V.”

Gen V is a spin-off of “The Boys” franchise. The Boys began as an American comic published under DC Comic’s WildStorm imprint. The first issue published in October 2006. The Boys exist in a world where superheroes and supervillains are real. Unlike other major comic book universes in which people gain super powers via numerous methods including alien origins (such as DC’s Superman), chemicals (Marvel Comic’s Daredevil), magic (DC’s Dr. Fate), radiation (Marvel Comic’s Incredible Hulk), etc., in The Boys there is only one way to get super powers. A company called Vought enabled the creation of super powered individuals (frequently called “supes”) via their chemical called Compound V, often just referred to as V. Hence the name “Gen V” for the spinoff which features young supes attending Godolkin University, also known as God U. Gen V was loosely based on the We Gotta Go Now story arc which was a parody of Marvel Comic’s X-Men.

The Boys are a covert team led by Royal Marines veteran Billy Butcher and dedicated to monitoring and reducing the harm done by superheroes. Garth Ennis wrote the series and Darick Robertson drew the majority of the issues. WildStorm Productions only had the series for less than a year. Dynamite Entertainment took over publishing The Boys in 2007.

Garth Ennis has a reputation for being critical of superhero characters so it is unsurprising that The Boys routinely portrays superheroes as depraved and devoid of empathy or morality. Super powered characters rape and kill people to include brutally murdering babies. The Boys comic told a bloody and gory story about immensely strong individuals who abuse and hurt vulnerable people.

Of course, there were differences between the comic and the live-action show, but both presented a grim view of super powered individuals. Comic book readers have known for quite awhile that there are some significant deviations, such as each of The Boys having increased durability and super strength from the beginning, and it has been clear for a long time that the comic and series endings (especially Black Noir’s role) would not be the same.

Furthermore, the character Little Cricket was not in the comics. Although, a large woman called “Shehemoth” in The Boys was a parody of Marvel Comic’s She-Hulk. Two male size-changers, Termite and Tiny Hero, with the ability to get small have appeared in The Boys, but Little Cricket is the first female size-changer. (SIDE NOTE: The Boys wiki claimed that Emma was probably a parody of Marvel Comic’s Stature, although DC’s Rita Farr preceded both of them.) Another thing to note is that The Boys pushes boundaries in the direction of gruesome carnage, not toward titillation. So, there is brief footage of a miniaturized Termite diving into a woman’s vagina, but the camera quickly cuts away. Instead of filming a lengthier scene with that tiny man pleasing a regular-sized woman the producers filmed a lengthier scene of Termite mistakenly enlarging himself inside a man’s penis and brutally killing the man. In general, when things get outlandish in The Boys that is in the direction of violence vice explicit lovemaking. Which is broadly true of American mass media as a whole.

The live-action adaptation began in July 2019 and after a few years led to the spin-off Gen V. Gen V first aired in late September 2023 after the first three seasons of The Boys. Marie Moreau was the main character and had the most time on screen. Little Cricket or Emma Meyer was Marie’s college roommate.

Actress Lizzie Broadway played Emma Meyer who maintains a social media presence under the nickname “Little Cricket.” Lizzie was born in mid-February 1998 in Toledo, Ohio. Lizzie began acting as a teenager in several TV shows and later starred as Stephanie Stifler (relative of recurring American Pie character Steve Stifler) the lead character in 2020’s raunchy comedy “American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules.” In Gen V she gave a solid performance and played the role of a college student grappling with body image problems and eating disorders. Furthermore, the script gave actress Lizzie romantic scenes as well as a few action scenes. Bottom line, Lizzie did a good job and I would love to see her play this character again.

Along with Marie and Emma, the show also followed students Andre Anderson (magnetic powers), Cate Dunlap (telepath), and Jordan Li (gender-shifter with energy projection and durability). Thus, there was limited time available to devote to Emma Meyer. Accordingly, while we saw a few scenes with Emma’s overbearing mother Tiffany we did not see a decisive confrontation between the two or an improvement in their relationship.

As explained earlier, Compound V turns regular humans into supes. In most cases parents knowingly gave their children to Vought to receive a Compound V injection hoping that the resulting super powers would help their children succeed in life. Although, in many cases those same parents or their other children were killed when the kids given V suddenly developed super powers. As a general rule the nature of super powers are unknown until they first manifest. So, when Marie had her first period she unwittingly killed her mother and father with telekinetic blood manipulation!

As for the size-changing powers of Little Cricket, initially the emphasis was on her ability to shrink. Marie first met Emma when she was tiny and filming a sequence with her gerbil named after actor David Caruso! Viewers did not see Emma’s growing ability until the fourth episode of the first season. Of note, the creators have never established specific limits. Thus, viewers do not know how big or how small she could become. Furthermore, in the first season Emma regularly purged to shrink and binged to grow. Only at the end of the first season did Emma shrink without vomiting first. In the second season Emma spent time gradually mastering how to size changing at will.

Most of the time Emma changed size for college parties or YouTube skits, but she did use her powers in a few action scenes. In the most brutal example she killed a security guard by burrowing through his brain! Less violently she restrained a super-strong character from hurting people and during the Gen V season 2 finale she grew giant, kicked the bad guy, then immediately shrank back to normal. Unsurprisingly, given how brief Emma’s giantess scene was, some giantess fans were disappointed with her role during the ending as seen in the following screenshot from a thread at the Giantess City forum.

Unfortunately, entertainment journalist Nellie Andreeva reported in a Deadline article on April 24, 2026 that Gen V was cancelled and there would not be a third season.

Emma did appear in The Boys final episode, but it was just to deliver a few lines of dialogue without using her size-changing powers. Gen V’s brief appearances could have been completely cut from The Boys season 5 without affecting the outcome.

Amazon Prime Video is developing a 1950s era show called “Vought Rising” set to air in 2027 and a presumably modern-era show called “The Boys: Mexico,” but unfortunately there are no guarantees that Emma Meyer will return. Thus, fans may never get any more series featuring Little Cricket, but who knows? Perhaps she will take a trip down south and appear in The Boys: Mexico.

As things stand some size fetish fans were disappointed with Gen V. However, they got a brief scene in the very first episode of Gen V in which a miniature Emma wrapped her arms and legs around a guy’s dick and kicked his balls! That sex scene between a regular-sized man and a shrunken woman had to have been a first for a big budget studio. Now was that scene particularly erotic? No. Emma did not get any pleasure out of that experience. Furthermore, no one climaxed on screen. Presumably, the guy did off camera. Lastly, to put the cherry on top of a disappointing sundae, that jerk broke up with Emma the day afterward. So, again, the intent of that scene was to shock rather than to sexually arose. Nonetheless, shrunken woman fans got a well-produced scene from a company with deep pockets. The scene was also widely seen with the first season of Gen V ranking among the top 10 of streaming originals in the U.S., per reporting from Deadline and Media Play News. At Rotten Tomatoes, the first season had a 97% critics rating and 77% audience rating. In summation, Gen V was a show with a size-changing character which was widely seen and judged positively by a majority of critics and audiences. A popular new series with a woman who can grow and shrink counts as a win in my book and with luck we will see Emma Meyer sometime in the future.

That will wrap up today’s posts folks. Hope you enjoyed all the reviews. Until next time, keep growing!

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