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!!She-Hulk

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!!Sensational She-Hulk / Jennifer Walters
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Jennifer Susan "Jen" Walters
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Hulk
!!! '''Editorial Names:''' Immortal She-Hulk, Savage She-Hulk, Sensational She-Hulk
!!! '''Team Affiliations:''' ComicBook/TheAvengers, ComicBook/MightyAvengers, ComicBook/AForce
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/TheSavageSheHulk The Savage She-Hulk]]'' (Vol. 1) #1 (February, 1980)

After being shot by mobsters, Jennifer Walter received a life-saving blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk. Due to Banner's irradiated blood, Jennifer gained the ability to transform into the Sensational She-Hulk.
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* AbortedArc: A [[LampshadeHanging lampshade was hung]] on it in the penultimate issue of Dan Slott's run, in which the characters were forced under threat of death to give the reader a high-speed run-through of how all the arcs were ''intended'' to have worked out, before being interrupted by the ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' and ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'' crossover events.
* ActionGirl: One of the most famous female heroines in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
* TheAdjectivalSuperhero: Has had many such titles, usually doubling as an AlliterativeName, like "The Savage She-Hulk" or "The Sensational She-Hulk".
* AdrenalineMakeover: Though it's not adrenaline that does it so much as deadly radiation. It's played within more recent stories, where she starts taking her normal meek persona more seriously and comes out of her shell as Jen as well, without letting her hair down or taking off the glasses.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: It doesn't play out like the typical scenario, but Jen has a long-standing crush on [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], to the point she once even had an EroticDream about him.
* AllLovingHero: She is easily one of the by far genuinely kindest, most altrustic, idealistic, philanthropic, and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness virtually incorruptible]] Marvel Comics characters, especially contrasted by such an otherwise mostly dark, dystopian, morbid, and depressing setting. Given that she grows more powerful from emotions, and Jarella proved during the ComicBook/ChaosWar that Hulks can use '''any''' sufficiently strong emotion to empower themselves or others, including love, it is strange that no writers seem to have focused on [[ThePowerOfLove She-Hulk using positive, rather than negative, emotions to grow more powerful]] yet.
* AmazonianBeauty: As She-Hulk, Jen is almost [[StatuesqueStunner seven feet tall]], HeadTurningBeauty with a muscular physique. How muscular is [[DependingOnTheArtist dependent on the artist]], but it is a huge range, from just noticeable one issue to out-muscling most male superheroes in another. Still, the height and the muscles haven't stopped her from being one of the Marvel universe's [[MsFanservice sex symbols]], famous for providing huge amounts of {{fanservice}}, as she frequently finds herself fighting in her underwear, swimwear, or [[ClothingDamage clothes torn to shreds]]. And for the most part, [[DudeMagnet her experiences with attracting the opposite sex are well-documented]].
** The only notable exception was in ''Sensational She-Hulk #16'' (Vol. 1, May 1990), where Jen temporarily assumed a [[http://marvel.wikia.com/File:Sensational_She_Hulk_Vol_1_15_page_06_Jennifer_Walters_%28Earth-616%29.jpg Grey She-Hulk form]]. She's even taller and even more muscular, but is quite the BrawnHilda and uses [[HulkSpeak a speech pattern similar to that of her cousin]]. In many respects, it's like the anti-Grey Hulk/Joe Fixit.
** Since 2016 She-Hulk is now shown as over seven feet tall and extremely muscular, as large as Bruce Banner's Hulk. While retaining her intellect, Jennifer has difficulty speaking and can only talk in a halting, monosyllabic manner. InUniverse, Thor Odinson finds this form admirable, to the point of kissing her ''twice'' during the same mission in Avengers (2018) #5 thru #6, and becoming a couple in Empyre #1. [[spoiler:"World War She-Hulk" ends with [[HesBack Jen restored to her traditional She-Hulk form]].]]
* AmoralAttorney: Averted, although facing a seven-foot-tall Amazon with green skin on a witness stand can be ''very'' intimidating...
* ArchEnemy: Titania, a [[TheBrute fellow]] AmazonianBeauty and longstanding foe of Jen's. Notably, she may be the ''only'' female on Earth to rival She-Hulk in terms of [[SuperStrength power]] and [[SuperToughness durability]] (she, like Jen, can also augment her strength level through [[TrainingFromHell rigorous, prolonged weight-lifting training]]). See also: EvilCounterpart.
* BadassBookworm: She's a practicing lawyer and either she or [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]] are usually regarded as being the best public defender in the Marvel Universe.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Invoked in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers (2018) #20'', which opens with Jennifer Walters presiding as judge over a court case in which the classic She-Hulk debates the new "Hulk" form over whether or not she deserves to be the dominant She-Hulk identity, which dissolves into an outright brawl between the two as classic She-Hulk demands "Hulk" be erased from existence. It's then revealed that this is actually Jen using technology in the new Celestial corpse-turned-Avengers [=HQ=] to engage in "psychoactive calisthenics" to try and gain better control over her new identity.
* BattleStrip: She frequently attempts to spare some of her fancier clothes by taking them off before going off to battle, if she's given the opportunity, in order to avoid a WardrobeWound.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: She's generally played up as one of the nicest, most even-tempered and heroic Marvel characters, and her traditional look is a very beautiful one -- somewhere between a giant green supermodel and a tall green female bodybuilder. In contrast, other gamma-powered women tend to be either villains, hideously deformed, or both: Betty Ross as the Harpy was a CuteMonsterGirl, but also a savage, violent monster; she became at best an AntiHero as the Red She Hulk, and as the Red Harpy is an abrasive, vicious harridan who genuinely looks like a monster. She-Hulk's EvilCounterpart Abominatrix is a hideously deformed ogre of a woman who literally looks like the Abomination with breasts, whilst Adrenazon isn't that bad, but still looks quite monstrous, with distorted muscles and bulging veins all over her body. The aptly named Mess from the original iteration of Gamma Corps looks like a human woman whose left body has begun mostly transforming into a copy of the Abomination. Even the short-lived Gamma Corps: Black team, whose members Aberration, Morass and Axon were {{Distaff Counterpart}}s to Abomination, Glob and Zzzax, were villainous {{Cute Monster Girl}}s, with an emphasis on "monster".
* BestFriend: In Creator/CharlesSoule's 2014 run, he re-introduced ComicBook/{{Hellcat}} (who appeared in two issues of the original ''ComicBook/TheSavageSheHulk'' run) as not only a private investigator working for Jen, but also her best friend. Hellcat has subsequently appeared as a supporting character in every subsequent book including Creator/MarikoTamaki's ''ComicBook/Hulk2016'' and currently Creator/RainbowRowell's ''ComicBook/SheHulk2022''. Jennifer has returned the favor and appeared as a supporting character in Creator/KateLeth's ''ComicBook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat'', and makes a cameo appearance in the final issue of Creator/ChristopherCantwell's ''ComicBook/Hellcat2023''. Janet Van Dyne, The Wasp, is also one of She-Hulk's best friends. After Janet was temporarily killed by the Wrecking Crew during the first Secret War, Jennifer stormed off to avenge her by attacking Doctor Doom's army all by herself.
* BetweenMyLegs: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/e/e8/Savage_She-Hulk_Vol_1_1.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210914183121 The cover]] of ''Savage She-Hulk'' #1.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A lot nicer than Bruce, but also scary when angry.
* TheBigGuy: Whenever she's part of a team, she's often the muscle. The famous case being when she replaced ComicBook/TheThing while she was part of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.
* BigEater: As with her cousin, Jennifer is occasionally mentioned to need a large supply of food to fuel her gamma-powered body. On at least one occasion her arms are full of hot dogs for a meal.
* BigSisterInstinct: Given that Jennifer is enormously more well-adjusted, positive, and mentally stable than her severely mentally ill and traumatised cousin Bruce, she is very protective of him, and has vainly been trying her best to help him or mediate for him with other superheroes. She can become enraged if something happens to him, like when she found out Iron Man and his team (The Illuminati) had exiled him into outer space.
* BitingTheHandHumor: During her [[MetaGuy "meta" phase]], Jen would [[WhoWritesThisCrap often despair at the crap she was forced to act out]], often explicitly [[RageAgainstTheAuthor insulting the writers or editors]]. She once even tried to crawl out of the panel and off the page to throttle Creator/JohnByrne for jerking her around.
* BountyHunter: Jen became this during the Peter David run after being disbarred.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: While she was training to fight the Champion. Even more relevant to the trope, she trained in her ''human'' form, so that when she [[HulkingOut Hulked Out]], she would be exponentially stronger.
* BrawnHilda: Though known for being one of Marvel's [[AmazonianBeauty Amazonian Beauties]], Jennifer's She-Hulk form has gone through some instances of hulking further out into savage looks, usually in times of uncontrolled stress.
** The first time this happened was in the early days of ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'': she assumed a short-lived [[https://imgur.com/RCUX1FK "Grey She-Hulk form"]] in issues #14 and #15, and would later take on an even shorter-lived, rage-fueled [[https://imgur.com/cCrkMTd "Truly Savage She-Hulk form"]] in issue #50, due to the Rumbler nearly killing her and then trying to kill her father.
** Her Celestial-empowered "Hulk" look from ComicBook/TheAvengersJasonAaron (2018) is a long-running variant, sporting wild black hair, a bodybuilder build compared to her cousin Bruce, and primal posture. Although just how monstrous it looks is another case of DependingOnTheArtist, it's very much ''not'' her traditional giant green super-model form.
** Her second gray form, also referred to as "Hulk" from Mariko Tamaki's run, had a physique similar almost like her aforementioned successor. Wild hairstyle as well, but came with contrasting bright green skin tearings littered throughout her body matching her dark scowling look.
* BreakoutCharacter: She started out as a less extreme female copy of the Hulk, and gradually developed into an arguably much more interesting, distinctive, inspirational, and unique character.
* BreakTheCutie: During ''ComicBook/Hulk2016''. She went from one of the most fun and positive characters in the Marvel Universe, to someone suffering from depression and PTSD after she was temporarily killed by ComicBook/{{Thanos}} in ''ComicBook/CivilWarII''. This later seemed to be explained by that she was traumatised by being exposed to "[[TheAntiGod The One Below All]]" during the time she was dead.
* BreathWeapon: In ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJasonAaron'', Jennifer got her powers upgraded from [[TouchedByVorlons exposure to a dying Celestial, Eson the Searcher]]. With her new power to manipulate gamma radiation, she can breathe out a gamma-ray blast
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Often as an actual lawyer at that. She's also worked for a Bunny Ears Law ''Firm''.
* CerebusRetcon: The ''Immortal She-Hulk'' one-shot adds some elements to She-Hulk's new "Hulk" form that have actually won over some of the readers that thought the change in personality caused by a NearDeathExperience didn't make sense when Jen has almost died a bunch of times. It's revealed that [[spoiler:like all gamma mutates, Jen had a green door inside of her and in fact was killed by Thanos but came back to life because of the green door and the Below Place. Brian Banner confirms that Jen has died, come through, and gone back to the living world before, when she was first shot. It's explained that Jen's new personality is because, while she doesn't remember being in the Below Place, the trauma of her death, Bruce's death, and shortly thereafter facing the [[EldritchAbomination One]] [[TheAntiGod Below]] [[OmnicidalManiac All]] in Hell at the lowest point of creation warped her subconsciously.]]
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When She-Hulk was first introduced in ''Savage She-Hulk'', she was much more similar to her cousin, being very ill-tempered and violent while in Hulk form. Subsequent characterization in the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' and ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'' gave She-Hulk the feisty but fun-loving personality she's known for.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Her SuperStrength (for the most part) is proportional to how strong her base human form is. So the stronger Jennifer Walters is, the stronger She-Hulk is. During an issue where she was preparing to fight The Champion in a boxing match, she put herself through an intense training regime months training in her regular Jennifer Walters form, and by the end of it became so fit in her human form, that when she became She-Hulk again she was several magnitudes stronger than before.
* CheekCopy: Once was fired for this, mostly because it broke the copier. She was busted because when she protested it could have been anyone, the boss explains it was a 'color' copier.
* ColorContrast: Many of her costumes have a lot of purple in them in order to contrast with her green skin.
* CombinationAttack: Jen has one with Thor called Gamma Storm. She grabs him and channels gamma radiation into him and he shoots out a gamma-ray lightning bolt. This attack is powerful enough to hurt the NighInvulnerable [[ComicBook/GhostRider Cosmic Ghost Rider]].
* CosmeticAward: Titania, armed with the gem of infinite power, is too much for She-Hulk, but can't see her when she's in human form, [[AWizardDidIt because of an enchantment]] of the ComicBook/ScarletWitch. So, how can she beat her? She requested the aid of fanboys at a comic book store, who figured out the working of the gems and received a glitzy and glamorous [[CosmeticAward No-Prize]].
* CrusadingLawyer: Jen is rivaled only by [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]] for being the best lawyer you can hope for in the Marvel Universe. She brings the same sense of work ethics and morality into the courtroom as she does as a superhero, often fighting tooth and nail for the sake of her clients and their causes.
* CursedWithAwesome: Shortly before the start of ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'', She-Hulk was "gene-locked" following the events of her graphic novel, resulting in her permanently being big and green. She was completely unfazed by this -- but when Dan Slott took on the 3rd run of her solo title, he retconned the condition to being a purely psychological one. Either way, she ''likes'' being a superstrong, sexy, vivacious bombshell. Go figure.
* DeadpanSnarker: Jen [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]] exhibits signs of this. She's usually this mostly when she's in a group (usually ComicBook/{{the Avengers}} or [[AmazonBrigade Lady Liberators]]).
* DeathIsCheap: In the opening act of ''Civil War II'', she's fatally wounded in a fight with Thanos (between various writers, it ping-ponged between whether she was OnlyMostlyDead or actually died. Currently, it stands as her having actually died, but quickly revived thanks to ResurrectiveImmortality .) In ''Empyre'', [[spoiler:she's killed by a Cotati, which lasts for a short while until it's removed.]]
* DependingOnTheArtist: During her Savage incarnation, she was statuesque with the vague hint of muscle tone but with wild hair. Under John Byrne she morphed into a green supermodel with massive 80s hair. During Dan Slott's run, Juan Bobillo gave her more bulk but because of his style, she often appeared pudgy rather than muscular. When PAD took over the title, Jen was consistently shown to be both tall and impressively muscular in her Hulk form -- a trend that has been followed since the discontinuation of her solo title.
* DependingOnTheWriter: She's been an exact female copy of the Hulk, a FourthWall [[BreakingTheFourthWall Breaker]], FunPersonified, and even downright serious.
* DidTheyOrDidntThey: There's the ongoing fandom argument about whether she had sex with the ComicBook/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, which has been retconned out and brought back in a number of times. In this case it's because Juggernaut has repeatedly tried to kill Bruce/The Hulk and many felt it was out of character for her. Especially considering that when she found out that Iron Man [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk exiled Hulk into space]] after having slept with Stark, she got really angry and beat the crap out of him. ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, another character who ReallyGetsAround, actually refused Jen's advances on the basis that "He didn't want Juggernaut's sloppy seconds," although considering that Wolvie is much worse than she is, and has ''also'' tried to murder her cousin/isn't really much different from Juggernaut, according to the writer this was simply RuleOfFunny. Then again, Wolverine and Hulk are VitriolicBestBuds. [[spoiler: It was later found out that a parallel universe version of Jen had slept with the Juggernaut.]]
* DistaffCounterpart:
** Supposedly, She-Hulk was spawned as a direct consequence of a ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' clip that involved a woman getting big and green and bursting out of her clothes -- She-Hulk being the response to ensure they had a copyright on the character. [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/01/30/comic-book-legends-revealed-508/#more-181041 But Comic Book Resources has debunked this story.]]
** The rumor at the time was that CBS was planning a spin-off of the wildly successful Hulk series based on a female version of the Hulk. Marvel assumed CBS would still have to pay royalties, until ''The Benny Hill Show'' sketch came along (again, as noted above, this has been debunked, mainly because the Benny Hill sketch appeared one year after She-Hulk's debut). When Marvel's lawyers confirmed that Marvel wouldn't see a red cent from CBS should they go forward with their plans, they couldn't rush the first issue of She-Hulk out fast enough. The whole thing ended up being moot anyway, since CBS didn't go through with the spin-off for fear of being labeled "The Superhero Network".
** During Creator/JasonAaron's "Hulk" run, Jen gets a new form that looks more like her cousin, picks up his bad temper and some of his angstiness, and likewise reverts to his [[HulkSpeak iconic speech patterns]].
* DrowningMySorrows:
** In the 2014 She-Hulk, Jen hangs out in a lawyer bar to drown her sorrows after losing a really high-paying job. Considering she was still lucid after two doubles, she may have more work than most given her gamma-enhanced metabolism.
** Explicitly shown in the first issue of the Slott series. She-Hulk spends a night drowning her sorrows after losing her job and getting kicked out of Avengers Mansion. Holden Holliway, lawyer extraordinaire, shows up to offer her a dream job, but only as Jennifer Walters - not as the She-Hulk. She takes him up on the challenge and un-Hulkifies immediately. She loses her gamma metabolism and about 300 pounds of body mass without changing the amount of alcohol in her system. The result is going from mildly melancholy to passed-out-drunk in the space of three panels, pausing only to puke all over Holliway's shoes on her way down.
* EffortlessAmazonianLift: She's prone to doing this to her lovers as a RunningGag, no less.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Do ''not'' call her "Shulkie". She even gets mad at Ben Grimm for calling her that. (And ''him'' she ''likes''.)
* EmotionalPowers: Jen can involuntarily Hulk Out when she is scared though she normally is in control of her transformations.
* EthicalSlut: Jennifer Walters aka She-Hulk is one of the nicest, most idealistic characters in the Marvel Universe, enjoys sleeping with others, and has one of the longest lists of partners of anyone in the MU. Note that this is only in her She-Hulk form.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: It's often been implied that Titania desires Jen sexually.
* EvilCounterpart: She's actually got four, though people only tend to remember Titania and Red She-Hulk. However, Titania didn't start out as evil at all (at least according to her flashback arc), just severely victimized, out of options, [[SmugSuper severely personality-changed]] by Doctor Doom's machine, and had fallen into bad company. It was later that she turned into a murderous asshole. Red She-Hulk also started out nice, but had experiments performed on her mind that turned her much nastier than she used to be. Insane, arrogant, and possibly ruthless, but turns out she is more of an AntiHero as shown in her own series. The more minor examples are Abominatrix, a DistaffCounterpart to the Abomination created when an attempt to create a gamma-based cure for [=PMS=] went horribly wrong, and Andrenazon, a paraplegiac whose overdose on an experimental drug called Adrenazon transformed her into a disfigured, roid-raging green giantess.
* ExpelledFromEveryOtherSchool: Southpaw had been expelled from several schools before being sent to live with her grandfather, who happened to be Jennifer Walters' boss. He palms her off on She-Hulk, ostensibly so that she'll learn what it's like having to deal with someone with superpowers and poor impulse control.
* {{Fanservice}}: She has a long tradition of swimsuit-style costumes, and revealing civilian clothes.
* FantasticLegalWeirdness: The Creator/DanSlott and Creator/CharlesSoule runs on her solo title, in particular, concentrated on weird legal issues such as somebody suing for compensation because they didn't like the results of their accidental Superhero Origin, or Dr. Doom's son claiming political asylum after a fight with his dad.
* FastballSpecial: Jen has performed the Fastball Special several times with ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{X23}} and [[ComicBook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat Hellcat]] and has even been thrown herself a couple of times, by ComicBook/TheThing and [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Medusa]].
* FeministFantasy: She-Hulk is a brilliant lawyer, as well as a physical powerhouse, ''and'' her series often deals with positive portrayals of female sensuality and sexuality.
* FlyingCar: During ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'' she was gifted with a flying car by Ulysses Archer and his alien friend Al which allows her to make her trip back to Earth after her space adventure.
* {{Foil}}: To her cousin.
** Bruce is rarely the one in control of his Hulk form, which is more often than not being used by one of his many, many split personalities. Jennifer is almost always in control of her She-Hulk form.
** Bruce wants more than anything to be [[IJustWantToBeNormal normal]]. Jennifer has in the past done whatever it takes to [[IJustWantToBeSpecial remain She-Hulk permanently]].
** Hulk represents everything Bruce represses about himself. She-Hulk is everything that Jennifer ever wanted to let out.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Has this relationship with Tony Stark, since the two of them are [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] that are well known for [[ReallyGetsAround "getting around"]].
* FunPersonified: The Dan Slott series, and the ''She-Hulks'' run is also a lot of fun.
* GenderedOutfit: While a part of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', she wore the same outfit design, in her case a leotard version of their costume that was arguably more like a feminine analog to The Thing's shorts (i.e., the TheBigGuy of the team wears less clothing, even if she's a Big Girl.)
* GeniusBruiser: Jen is a gamma mutate with super strength, who is also a trained lawyer, helping to pioneer the field of superhuman law when she's not kicking butt.
* GentleGiant: She's extremely tall and muscular (as mentioned above) and is one of the nicest characters in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Subverted with the "Hulk" identity she morphed into after ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'', which is far more aggressive, bad-tempered and generally ticked off at the world.
* GoodBadGirl: She's a one of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse's most openly and happily sexually active superheroines. Other characters in the story may not be so accepting.
* HavingABlast: After her power upgrade from Eson the Searcher, Jen can release the gamma radiation in a powerful radiation blast centered on her
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Lampshaded. When she was working as a SHIELD agent after ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'', they captured the Abomination, and reported to the new head of SHIELD, a man standing in the shadows. Who complains that it is a shame that a $900,000,000 airship apparently can't have good illumination, and steps to the light. This man, [[LateArrivalSpoiler as everybody should have already known by then]], is [[spoiler:Tony Stark]].
* HelloAttorney: She is a famous lawyer. A hot green lawyer.
* HeroicWillpower: Jen was able to maintain her identity even after weeks of systematic torture and brainwashing at the hands of the Winter Guard.
* HeroDoesPublicService:
** In the ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]]'' story arc "The Search for She-Hulk", Jen is eventually found helping repair a community devastated by one of [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk her cousin's]] rampages.
** In another story, Jen volunteers with Green Cross (an organization devoted to helping victims of the Hulk's actions) to clean up the town that she herself trashed during one of her own rampages. Initially, she works incognito, but ultimately comes out as She-Hulk to expose a woman who's trying to use She-Hulk's actions to cover up her murdering her husband.
* {{The Hero}}ine: Of the Lady Liberators.
* HeroismWontPayTheBills: Whenever she's not saving the world as She-Hulk, Jennifer Walters works as a lawyer, which is how she makes a living.
* HilaritySues: Her third series, written by Dan Slott, began as ''WesternAnimation/{{Harvey Birdman|AttorneyAtLaw}}'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY in the Marvel Universe]]. Hercules was sued for battery, Starfox for [[PowerPerversionPotential sexual harassment]], and [[ComicBook/SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]] for libel, among others. Charles Soule's series in 2014 returned to the world of superhero law for several plots, starting with Doctor Doom's son claiming political asylum in the USA.
* HollywoodLaw: Jennifer is a very good lawyer, and she should be able to use that solves a lot of problems. But in many cases, the authors want She-Hulk fighting a battle with her fists, and not fighting one in a courtroom, so her legal or diplomatic skills are rendered useless, and the legal system in Marvel Universe is modified to accommodate more action.
** In ''Marvel Graphic Novel: The Sensational She-Hulk'', she is arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. She-Hulk asks to see the arrest warrant, only to be told that they do not need one. She is then [[ShamefulStrip strip-searched in front of a large number of soldiers]] (she asked them; [[{{Fanservice}} they wanted to see her jump rope naked]]). This incident was clearly an InUniverse case of a jerkass S.H.I.E.L.D. agent breaking the rules and wasn't even done according to procedure[[note]]A S.H.I.E.L.D. strip search is supposed to be done in a private cell and performed by an agent of the same sex[[/note]]. Dum Dum Dugan was ''furious'' when he found out and she only took off her clothes as a form of DefiantStrip.
** In the ''She-Hulk Ceremony, Part II'' graphic novel, a group comes to literally bulldoze the Native American Reservation where her fiancé lives, with no legal process, because laws do not protect Native Americans.
* HulkingOut: Not as much or as often as the TropeNamer, but it does happen. She used to be just like her cousin in every way but the vocabulary but this was revealed to be caused by a degenerative blood disease. Once ComicBook/{{Morbius}} treated it, Jen's transformations became easier for her to control.
* HulkSpeak: Originally, but the She-Hulk eventually became more intelligent to the point she speaks exactly the same way Jennifer Walters does. In an inversion from Bruce Banner, who sometimes takes on a more eloquent "Grey Hulk" form from his usual Third Speaking Green Hulk form, occasionally something triggers a Grey She-Hulk for Jennifer, who ''still'' speaks in third person.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Jennifer has [[HeroicWillpower enormous amounts of willpower and idealism]] that make her virtually impossible to corrupt, even by extremely prolonged torture and brainwashing at the hands of the Russian Red Room that produced the Black Widow.
* IJustWantToBeBeautiful:
** The 2011 run of She-Hulk showed that Jennifer may have issues concerning her normal body. She regards her regular appearance as 'plain' and 'boring', and is surprised when men would rather spend time with the mousy little brunette than her StatuesqueStunner form.
** In ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'' #55, a vengeful Jennifer in a savage BrawnHilda look stares back her [[WhatHaveIBecome own reflection]], spelling out "ugly". [[SubvertedTrope However]], it quickly turns she was playfully reciting U.G.L.Y by Daphne and Celeste, and ''thanks'' the artist and writer for giving her [[https://imgur.com/Z8xdLLp this rebellious look]].
** A similar subversion happens again in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers (2018) #20'', where Jennifer spends the entire issue asserting that she ''prefers'' her ugly and fearsome new "Hulk" form, because it gets her the sort of respect her cousin gets instead of being lusted after. Granted given new evidence from the Immortal She-Hulk one shot, pointing out her own altered state of mind this outlook is fueled more by trauma of recent events such as ''Civil War II''.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Unlike Bruce Banner, who does not want to turn into Hulk and [[IJustWantToBeNormal wants to be normal]], being She-Hulk has several advantages for Jennifer Walters: power, beauty, fame, an adventurous life, keeps her intellect and personality, etc. So, when she can, she stays as She-Hulk all the time, and when she can't, she does whatever it takes to return to that permanent state.
* InASingleBound: She can use the SuperStrength on her legs to leap to incredible heights.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Jennifer has [[HeroicWillpower enormous amounts of willpower and idealism]] that make her virtually impossible to corrupt, even by extremely prolonged torture and brainwashing at the hands of the Russian Red Room that produced the Black Widow, and she mentally recovered almost instantly afterwards.
* InterdisciplinarySleuth: As both a superhero and an attorney, her stories can range from super-heroics to courtroom dramas.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Jen became good friends with Jazinda the Skrull during the Skrull Invasion.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Jen has earned both her B.A. and her Juris Doctor from UCLA Law, which is consistently ranked #15 or #16 among U.S. law schools and is the best law school in Southern California. Though some later writer at some point [[MultipleChoicePast didn't get the memo]] and said she went to Harvard Law, that seems to have been explained away as a post-J.D. LLM (a specialized master's degree).
* KnuckleCracking: Frequently does this when she wants to look threatening. In the 2014 title, Jennifer does this along with a PreAssKickingOneLiner.
* TheLadette: Bluntly and unapologetically sexual, loves to beat up evildoers, and in some versions also fond of booze and partying.
* LeotardOfPower: Jen's IconicOutfit is a white leotard with purple trim, which, (unlike most superheroines with this kind of costume) shows off not just her nice legs but [[AmazonianBeauty enormous muscles]] as well. She's probably tied with [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]] for the title of most iconic leotard-wearer in the Marvel universe.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner/The Hulk]], although they are cousins, they were partially raised together and act more as siblings. She's [[KnightTemplarBigSister really protective of him too]] (although he can usually take care of himself). She-Hulk beat the crap out of ComicBook/IronMan after she found out he exiled Bruce into deep space.
** When the Time Variance Authority put She-Hulk on trial to potentially erase her from history, Bruce Banner testified that, as a curse on himself and humanity, there are days when he feel like the only thing that has made his life worthwhile is that he did not only save the life of somebody he loves when he gave Jennifer his blood, but also had a hand in creating a genuine hero.
* LonersAreFreaks: The 2011 run showed that during her college days Jennifer was so focused on her studies over partying and socializing that when she was named as valedictorian at her graduation, her classmates had no idea who she even was.
* LossOfInhibitions: Since the gamma-ray exposure unlocks the person's "deepest sense of self", the repressed Jen manifested itself as the fun-loving and flirtatious She-Hulk.
* LovesMyAlterEgo:
** Originally in ''Savage She-Hulk'', she was dating two guys... one as Jennifer Walters and one as She-Hulk, although that was mutual.
** Later the trope was inverted when she was married to John Jameson, who repeatedly expressed a dislike of Jennifer's powered She-Hulk form - much to her chagrin.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Inverted with John Jameson (who was depowered at the time), who did not like the idea of coitus with the superpowered She-Hulk.
-->'''Jen:''' And if things get too... you know, just use the safe word.\\
'''John:''' No kidding. I've got a few more "safe words," like "Ow!" and "Dear God!" and "crushed pelvis".
* MediumAwareness: Jen has had many MetaGuy shenanigans over the years.
** The series ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'' is famous for its characters' acknowledgment of the comic medium including climbing across panel borders, referencing captions, and other related awareness.
** Parodied in an issue of ''ComicBook/DamageControl'', which made She-Hulk ''look like a lunatic who thinks she's a comic book character''. Then again, she directly responded to the text captions pointing this out, so... Does that make it a subverted parody?
** And in Marvel's short-lived ''Heroes for Hire'' series, Shulkie regularly got into arguments with the third-person narrator... until she fired him.
* MetaGuy: ​One of Jen's "superpowers" is her constant BreakingTheFourthWall, though whether she gets it from [[RadiationInducedSuperpowers gamma radiation]] is anyone's guess. Since her own title isn't as much of a GagSeries as it used to be, she doesn't do it that often, but one memorable scene in an early '00s run has her address the narrator while her supporting cast watches her apparently talk to herself. In her 100th issue, she is asked whether she really can see through the fourth wall, and she responds "No, I can't" - looking straight at the reader and smiling. In another example, she actually crushes a narration box out of anger (she'd just been attacked) and tosses it out the window, nearly hitting Spider-Man!
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Jennifer Walters started out as a somewhat demure lawyer -- her transformation initially made her far more aggressive and angry. Over the years, her continued use of the She-Hulk form has meant that the effect of her powered-up form is simply a far more uninhibited version of herself.
* MonsterModesty: Jen is a rare {{Fanservice}} version of this trope.
* MostCommonSuperpower: One issue of Creator/DanSlott's run established in court of law that she has the largest breasts of any MU heroine. Whether or not this is an InformedAttribute is something that [[DependingOnTheArtist varies]].
* MsFanservice: A buxom AmazonianBeauty clad in a LeotardOfPower, who gets frequent ClothingDamage and provides the page image for both the MsFanservice/MarvelUniverse subpage and the general {{Fanservice}} trope.
* MuggingTheMonster: A rather humorous example happened to her after the Stamford disaster. An angry mob of anti-superhero protestors had formed outside of the courthouse where she -- as Jennifer -- was defending two surviving members of the New Warriors. One guy recognized her and grabbed her, shouting "I've got She-Hulk!" Then she hulked out and dryly asked, "Okay, you've got She-Hulk. Now what?" The response? "I... Uh... Guess I DidntThinkThisThrough."
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Jen has often been the butt of this trope's joke. There is a partial handwave in that much of her clothing is made of unstable molecules or is "approved by the Comics Code Authority" (for [[MagicPants modesty purposes]]) however she often [[WardrobeWound loses items of clothing that she is fond of during fights]]. Her shoes are a full handwave, however. A 6'7" woman with a bodyweight of close to 700 pounds needs some nigh-indestructible Jimmy Choo's. Hers are made with Adamantium heels.
* NiceGirl:
** Jennifer is easily one of the kindest and most moral and idealistic superheroes in the Marvel Universe. This includes [[AllLovingHero systematically helping even dangerous criminals to be treated decently via her legal work, consistently trying to make the system work for particularly vulnerable groups in society, and running her own disaster relief organization]]. This on top of her general unpaid rescue work, being virtually impossible to corrupt, and being one of the very least murder-happy heroes on the planet. Her personal catchphrase might as well be "She-Hulk is the nicest one there is!", and quite deservedly so. That said, her righteous rage against genuine injustice can get the best of her sometimes.
** A time-policing court once sentenced her to [[RetGone erasure]] from history, saying that in any case where she thought herself invaluable some other super-strong heroine could have filled in. The counterargument came in the form of her ''clients''. She-Hulk is rather fungible, but Jen Walters is completely irreplaceable.
** She was one of Bruce's only companions when they were kids, with Jen recalling how they would hide out in the public library to escape Bruce's abusive father.
* NighInvulnerability: Just like most Hulks, her skin is so durable that is able to shrug off all kinds of damage, being completely ImmuneToBullets or even ''cannon'' shells.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon:
** Somewhat perversely, despite She-Hulk racking up the notches on the bedpost, she ends up marrying Captain John Jameson, who expresses a genuine dislike of her being She-Hulk (see ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex above for a typical bedtime conversation between them). Jen was kind of a hypocrite, since she also had problems with his Man-wolf form because Captain John Jameson mauled one of her co-workers while in said transformation.
** Her co-worker Pug -- who had a pretty serious crush/unrequited love thing going on -- regularly seemed uncomfortable with Jennifer when she was in her She-Hulk form, actively encouraging her to remain in her normal human form. Possibly a reversal of "ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex" concerns.
** Notably inverted near the start of one of her solo series. She takes a guy to bed after a victory party at Avengers mansion, and when she wakes up, she's reverted to Jennifer in her sleep. She desperately tries to transform into She-Hulk before the guy wakes up, stating in an internal monologue that she ''hates'' the part where a guy goes to bed with the Sensational She-Hulk, and wakes up with tiny, mousey Jennifer Walters. Could be part of the ongoing exploration of Jen's own insecurities, but it's implied that she's indeed been with men who weren't as into the Jennifer Walters side of her.
** Subverted with her budding romance with ComicBook/TheMightyThor during ''ComicBook/TheAvengers (2018)'', where Thor is very much attracted to She-Hulk, and on their first date, they admit that they need to find more common ground between him and Jennifer Walters as well.
* NotablyQuickDeliberation: In the first issue of the Dan Slott series, Shulkie manages to break the record for the fastest jury deliberation in history, which is initially taken as a sign of her skills as a prosecutor. Unfortunately, the defendants convince the judge to declare a mistrial because She-Hulk saved the world on the day before the verdict came down, which they argued might have unduly influenced the jury.
* OccultLawFirm: Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway specialized in supernatural law, and employed lots of different superhumans, including speedsters as messengers. The Charles Soule-written run also had Jennifer operating as a solo practitioner, with many of her cases involving superpeople.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten:
** Despite being one of the genuinely nicest heroes on the planet, people everywhere (writers, readers, in-universe characters) keep focusing on her [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking promiscuous sex life]]. That goes double for the back and forth denials and seeeming-confirmations and that Jen had had sex with Juggernaut at some point in the past.
** She-Hulk was once called to the stand as a (hostile) witness for the defense of The Leader. The defense attorney (who worked at Jen's own law firm!) was seeking to prove that The Leader was not wholly responsible for his actions, as gamma radiation poisoning affects a person's personality, rather like a mind-altering substance. Jen had to go through her list of lovers as She-Hulk (which took ''quite'' some time), then as Jennifer Walters (which was all of two names). She-Hulk was supremely embarrassed, and even went on a small character arc of examining if her behavior really was all that different as She-Hulk versus as Jen. The Leader was so amused he declared it didn't matter if he got the chair, seeing Jen publicly humiliated was WorthIt.
* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, Jennifer specializes in superhero law, but that includes criminal cases, civil rights law, civil suits and anything else that might come up. What tends to vary from volume to volume is whether Jen is one of the '''best''' superhero lawyers, or one of the '''only''' ones. In some versions, her entire firm is occupied with superhero law, while in others, she's employed at a more prosaic firm where the senior partners expect her to attract superhero business (and she's been fired for failing to do so).
* TheParagon: She is usually up there with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica as the most purely heroic Marvel Comics character, and is always very kind, friendly, and inspirational to regular people, rather than considering herself above them.
* PersonalityPowers: The Hulk Gamma mutants have transformations directly linked to their mental state. Jen was a meek, sexually repressed woman, but as She-Hulk she becomes the ideal woman; strong, independent, beautiful, and sexually liberated.
* PervyPatdown: An incident when a {{Jerkass}} agent of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} forced her to undergo a strip-search with him being the searcher in question and various other [[AllMenArePerverts male]] [=SHIELD=] agents witnessing the event.
* PokeThePoodle: [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ua3w0qhlFNc/VJvQTAp35XI/AAAAAAAADjs/wrV5_fWBhC8/s1600/madasheck.jpg Her attempts]] to be a ''ComicBook/SinCity'' style anti-hero, with art by Creator/FrankMiller himself.
* PowerIncontinence: Jen's been hit with this a few times. During her stint with the Fantastic Four, she was hit with an extra dose of gamma radiation, [[ShapeshifterModeLock leaving her stuck as She-Hulk for a time]], something she didn't mind. In Geoff Johns' ''Avengers'' run, she catches a whiff of a mass death cloud which leaves her unable to control her Hulk form for some time (still, better than dying horribly). During ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', the Scarlet Witch losing control of her sanity and powers caused her to temporarily go Savage, causing her to rip apart Vision. Her injuries sustained by Thanos at the start of ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'', combined with the then-death of Bruce Banner, caused her to create a "Gray She-Hulk" that proved to be incredibly painful to transform into. She solved that last problem with a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, being able to process her grief.
** In ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJasonAaron'' she has returned to having less control of herself, due to a power up by a dying Celestial, which puts her on or slightly above The Hulk's base strength level though at the cost of higher intelligence while Hulked out. Unlike the previous Gray She-Hulk case Jen is actually more than okay with this turn of events, as it means she can be an even greater asset to the Avengers, and the side of good in general, than ever before. On that note her new buffer, Hulk-like form, isn't so much a new personality like Gray She-Hulk was but more her usual She-Hulk self, just minus the intelligence.
* PowerupFullColorChange: Like most Hulks, she turns green when she activates her powers, and has turned grey when unlocking a stronger and more savage form.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Her voice is noted to be deeper when in She-Hulk form.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Jen's human form usually had pretty short hair, but it usually grows to be waist-length when she turns into She-Hulk.
* PromotionToParent: Holden is able to get his underage granddaughter Sasha (a.k.a. "Southpaw") out of a supervillain prison on the condition that she remain in Jen's custody. Unfortunately, this doesn't do much to steer her away from delinquency.
* ProudBeauty: Jen is very proud of her AmazonianBeauty physique as She-Hulk.
* PsychoactivePowers: She can usually use her powers at will, but she has been stuck before in her Hulk form due to subconscious unwillingness to change back, and in her human form when she was too scared to become She-Hulk again. If you make her angry enough, she can also turn into a Savage She-Hulk that is very reminiscent of her cousin's form.
* PunchClockHero: Quite literally. Jen is the retained legal counsel for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones and for their team, the Mighty Avengers. Which means she also joins them in battle should the need arise.
* ReallyGetsAround: Jen has unapologetically slept with a great many people, including Hercules and Iron Man. This is generally PlayedForLaughs. For example, when called to testify in a trial, this involved a list of her past sexual partners. It was several meters long, and involved hundreds of entries. Though the double standards do piss her off and she loathes when [[SlutShaming people try to shame her for it]]. She once asked ComicBook/IronMan why no one gave him crap for sleeping around (Iron Man being a male example of this trope)... while in bed with him.
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: She is often subject to embarrassing situations or WardrobeMalfunction, which are played for [[NakedPeopleAreFunny both humor and fanservice]].
** One of the early examples in ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' where a {{Paparazzi}} took photos of her sunbathing topless. Fortunately for Jen, the guy's editor airbrushed the photo, making her skin look flesh-colored instead of green (likely a routine editing job by someone who didn't realize she was supposed to be green). The rag's readers never realized the woman in the picture is her.
** {{Parodied|Trope}} in the infamous ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'' #40, with the cover itself having a naked Jen clutching the [[BreakingTheFourthWall Comics Code logo]] to [[HandOrObjectUnderwear cover herself]] while the editor demands her to jump to rope naked [[SexSells for the publicity]]. The ensuing pages have a seemingly nude Jen jumping the ropes while snarking about how degrading it is. Then the editor comes in and snatches the rope away revealing that Jen was wearing swimwear the whole time that were [[SceneryCensor hidden by the blur lines to make it look like she wasn't wearing anything]].
** While learning about his Teleportation powers, Comet Man once [[AccidentalPervert accidentally]] managed to TeleportationMisfire himself inside Jen's bathroom right while [[ShowerOfAwkward she was showering]].
** During ''ComicBook/{{Secret Invasion|2008}}'', Jazinda tries using her space ship's matter transporter to teleport Jen into the ship. However, the teleporter was designed for Skrulls, so it only succeeded in [[TheNudifier teleporting her clothes]], leaving a [[NakedFreakOut furious and embarrassed]] Jen [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside completely naked in front of a cheering crowd]].
* RevelingInTheNewForm: Usually prefers being in her Hulk form, because she's more confident and taller.
* TheRival: Her relationship with [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Red She-Hulk/Betty Ross]] has progressed to this. They also act as [[GoodCopBadCop Good Cop (Jen) and Bad Cop (Red)]] over in ''Incredible Hulks''.
* SexierAlterEgo: Compare mousy Jennifer Walters to the AmazonianBeauty [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Green-Skinned Babe]] that is She-Hulk. Originally, her form as She-Hulk was originally explained as being molded by her subconscious desire to look like the ideal woman.
* SexGod: As She-Hulk, Jen's sexual prowess is legendary and she's often been shown to be an insatiable lover with near-unlimited stamina, often leaving a DestructoNookie in the morning after.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: She has occasionally been unable to transform back into her original human form. But since she prefers being She-Hulk, she rarely ever minds.
* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: Jen's civilian clothes often get shredded when she transforms into She-Hulk, although MagicPants often prevents her from ending up ''too'' exposed. The opposite can also be true, once when she shifted from She-Hulk to human, the civilian clothes outfitted for She-Hulk ended up being too large, and Jen had to hold them to prevent them from falling off.
* SixthRanger: While Jen's been a part of a number of teams, she's this trope in terms of the Fantastic Four, having replaced The Thing following the original ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984''.
* SplitPersonalitySwitchTrigger: During an instance in Geoff John's ''Avengers'' when her powers weren't working properly, the Avengers tried subduing her without getting her angry, only for Jen to fill them in on a little detail: It wasn't ''anger'' that was making her lose control, it was ''fear''. And the Scarlet Witch just spooked her. Cue several issues of fighting before Jen could be calmed down.
* StatuesqueStunner: Even in her human form, Jen is already 5'10 and is often already good-looking, as She-Hulk she's an AmazonianBeauty who is 6'7" or higher.
* StrongAndSkilled: She has [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman received combat training]] from ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Gamora]] and even in her human form has enough skill to dispatch several would be muggers. After being defeated by the Champion of the Universe, She-Hulk exercised for several months in her Jennifer Walters form, resulting in a significant gain in strength and muscle mass in her She-Hulk form and allowing her to soundly defeat the Champion in a rematch. She defeats Abomination in her HeroicRematch with pressure point attacks and nerve strikes.
* SuperheroSobriquets: The Jade Giantess, The Glorious Green Glamazon. Also [[EmbarrassingNickname "Shulkie"]], but she ''doesn't'' like that one.
* SuperhumanTransfusion: This is She-Hulk's origin. Jen needed a blood transfusion and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce]] was on hand, afterwards she was permanently changed into a hulk, albeit she retained her personality and intellect. It later [[{{Retcon}} turned out]] that the Hulk's drastic change in personality is caused by a multiple personality disorder which is exacerbated by his transformation. She-Hulk's personality ''does'' change, but instead of [[UnstoppableRage HULK SMASH]]!, she just gets sassier and more confident. She also doesn't have the insane number of alternate transformations that Bruce does.
* SuperStrength: Like most other Hulks, Jen possesses immense super strength although it has varied compared to other Hulks. In her slimmer forms, she's usually depicted as weaker, while her BrawnHilda forms her strength has shown to be a match to the Immortal Hulk's.
* TakeThatCritics: ''ComicBook/TheAvengers (2018) #20'' is literally an entire issue dedicated to Jen mentally (and in some cases verbally) mocking and deriding all of the audience who have complained about the "Hulk" identity she developed under Creator/JasonAaron. Highlights include a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind where she fights off "Classic She-Hulk" who is demanding that "Hulk" persona be erased, mentally recalling the time she verbally called Bruce Banner out for admitting he envied how She-Hulk was better accepted than he was because he didn't understand that it came at the cost of sexual harassment, snapping at ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} that she prefers the freedom of being ugly and mean when he asks her why she can't go back to being fun again, and concluding that she's never felt happier with herself than she has since she underwent this transformation. However, again taking the Al Ewing Immortal She-Hulk one shot into account, the validity of her statements are called into question as she isn't in her right mind.
* TheTease: She can be very flirtatious and enjoys teasing others, with her teammates often being subject to this.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Invoked. She-Hulk was brought before the Living Tribunal to decide a very important thing: he had found a new [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate universe]], and was considering erasing the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and replacing it with this new one. She-Hulk's defense, at its core, was that [[RuleOfCool her universe was more fun.]] They told her: she narrated a great cosmic story... in less than one page. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as the Registrator was [[TimeBomb about to explode]].
* ThouShaltNotKill: Much more averse to resorting to killing in combat than virtually any Marvel superhero around.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Given [[StatuesqueStunner her size]], any time she's with someone of average height counts as this.
* TookALevelInBadass: Besides becoming much stronger over the years, in the Jason Aaron run of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', Jennifer gets [[TouchedByVorlons upgraded by a Celestial]] and becomes even stronger and can manipulate her gamma radiation so that she's not pure melee.
* TurbineBlender: In one of the first issues of her third series, Jen and her associate Mallory Book are investigating the death of a man who got sucked into a jet engine. As they're looking around the test lab, someone switches the engine on and seals the lab so the two can't escape. Jen figures at the last minute that if she [[HulkOut hulks out]] and shields Book with her body they'll make it through the blades alive. They do, but [[ClothingDamage both their suits are shredded]].
* UnstoppableRage: She is usually incredibly kind and friendly, but if somebody genuinely triggers her righteous anger and determination by doing or threatening to do something horrible, she has the same ability to enormously increase her calm power level as her cousin, and can get almost as powerful.
* VaporWear: In her first appearance Jennifer does not wear any underwear [[http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/File:Savage_She-Hulk_Vol_1_11.jpg under her torn dress]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: Odd case with Red She-Hulk. Jen gets along with [[spoiler:Betty Ross]] just fine, but when she turns into Red, [[VolleyingInsults they start trading insults back and forth]].
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Most of the time she's able to control her transformations, although sometimes she [[ShapeshifterModeLock gets stuck in either form]]. She rarely minds being stuck as She-Hulk, but being stuck as human Jen can be a problem.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: The somewhat plain, mousy Jennifer Walters, after being turned into She-Hulk, becomes perhaps the definition of AmazonianBeauty, and is typically portrayed as ''much'' sexier than Jennifer. Part of this is Jen having a LossOfInhibitions as She-Hulk, being more confident and forthright about her sexual desires. Part of it is that, along with lots of height and weight in muscle, her transformation gives her the MostCommonSuperpower. She most often prefers to remain as She-Hulk, once even regarding losing the ability transform back into Jennifer as not an issue.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness:
* WillNotTellALie: She's a very honest individual.
* WithAFootOnTheBus: At the end of Dan Slott's run. Iron Man had [[BroughtDownToNormal Brought Her Down to Normal]], but there was a new She-Hulk in town: a Jennifer Walter from an alternate universe without superhumans, who got powers when moving to the Marvel Universe. They made a deal: "our" Jennifer would depart to that universe, and the new foreign one would stay. She said goodbye to everybody, Reed Richards sent him thought the dimensional portal, but [[IdeaBulb had an idea]]: he took her back right after she moved to that universe, restoring her powers. So, the Marvel Universe kept the She-Hulk who had been She-Hulk since the 1970's, and the foreigner left.
* TheWorfEffect: As with her cousin, Jennifer often gets drafted into playing the role of punching bag to show how dangerous an enemy can be.
* WorkoutFanservice: While various comic book superheroines have been shown working out, She-Hulk is probably the most prone to doing actual powerlifting exercises like superheavy bench presses and squats, given her whole appeal is being an AmazonianBeauty. Initially She-Hulk seemed to work out just to pass time until she lost to Champion Of The Universe and realized she could benefit much more by working out as Jennifer Walters instead.
* WorldsStrongestWoman: She-Hulk is generally billed as the strongest woman in the world in the Marvel Universe, though this is contested whenever her EvilCounterpart and usual ArchEnemy, Titania, enters the picture. Titania is commonly portrayed as stronger than a calm She-Hulk despite usually ending up on [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter the wrong side of]] TheWorfEffect, and both women can further increase their already impressive strength through [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman various means]].
* YouFightLikeACow: She's a frequent quipper during combat, and particularly enjoys mocking her enemies.
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!! Savage She-Hulk / Lyra
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[[caption-width-right:300:You wouldn't like her when she's calm!]]

!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Lyra Walters
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Hulk: Raging Thunder'' Vol. 1 #1 (August 2008)

Hailing from Earth-8009, Lyra is the genetically engineered daughter of Thundra and the Hulk. She traveled to Earth-616 where she became an agent of A.R.M.O.R. and later joined the Defenders before enrolling at Avengers Academy.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: She tried to commit {{Matricide}} at one point and later fought her father, which resulted in her promising to commit {{Patricide}}.
* AntiHeroSubstitute: Both subverted and played straight. Right after Jen's ongoing series was cancelled, ''All-New Savage She-Hulk'' was announced, with Lyra -- as a main protagonist. People were pissed, because it looked like we were going to get a DarkerAndEdgier replacement of Jen. However, as the comics ended, both She-Hulks became very good friends, Jen kept her name and become something like a {{Mentor|s}} for Lyra. Even when Jen was mysteriously PutOnABus Lyra chose to look for her, rather than simply take her place.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: In ''Hulk'' Vol 3 issue #16 Lyra has several ShirtlessCaptives as her [[SexSlave Sex Slaves]]. Which is both [[BlackComedyRape played for laughs]] and even seen as OK in-universe. [[http://i.imgur.com/VuyyAo6.png She was even high fived for by guys from her world]].
* DuelToTheDeath: In the She-Hulks mini-series she suggests this to two boys who ask her out, in order to win a date.
* EvilHero: Unlike regular She-Hulk Lyra is rather violent and has acted rather villainous at times due to the world she grew up in, hence the title ''Savage She-Hulk''. She tried to change but she wasn't making much progress in adapting to Earth-616.
-->'''Lyra:''' You're right. I am not Jennifer Walters. I am nothing like Jennifer Walters. Jennifer Walters is a kind woman and honorable warrior. That is why I was trying to find her. So I could learn from her. For I... [[IAmAMonster am nothing but a monster]].
* FastballSpecial: Does this with the mutant Loa when she joined The Defenders.
* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: ''Hulk'' Vol 3 issue #16 shows Lyra creating an [[{{Matriarchy}} Enlightened Matriarchy]] when she gets trapped in a hellish nightmare dimension run by violent male demons. In only 3 days she had conquered the dimension, enslaved all the men, and put the women in charge where they embraced her as their Empress. Under their rule the dimension had stopped being the hellish nightmare it was back when the men ran it.
* FieryRedhead: She's red-haired like her mother.
* FullFrontalAssault: In ''ComicBook/FallOfTheHulks'' she gets her [[ClothingDamage clothes burnt off]] in a fight with Johnny Storm (Human Torch) and defeats him while naked. This was all a part of her strategy to make him [[DistractedByTheSexy put his guard down]].
-->'''Lyra:''' That was a mistake.\\
'''Johnny:''' Um... not from where I'm standing.\\
'''Lyra:''' They told me you had a weakness for women.\\
'''Johnny:''' And that's a bad thing... WHYYYYYYYGGHH!
* HulkingOut:
** Originally averted. Her hulk form is her natural state which she was born in and can't turn human on her own and unlike the other Hulks she gets weaker the angrier she gets.
** After World War Hulks, her father had injected her with S.P.I.N. (Super-Power-Inhibiting Nanobots) Technology to negate her anger-driven power drain. This also allowed Lyra to change from Hulk to human form at will and turn into her Hulk form when angry like the rest of her family. However, this alternation was only temporary and her powers had returned to the way they were when she joined The Defenders.
* JekyllAndHyde: Averted, as unlike the rest of the Hulk family, she doesn't have a dual personality.
* LadyLand: She comes from a future where women have conquered most of the world, renaming it The United Sisterhood Republic. They have enslaved most of the males of that time and are at war with a tribe of savage men. Of course, that tribe of men enslaves women, so neither side are exactly better.
* ParentalAbandonment: Thundra had left Lyra after rising her through childhood for reasons not revealed yet. Lyra greatly resented her mother for it to the point where she wants to kill her.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: She is pretty sexist towards men due to her background, though she doesn't allow it to get in the way of what she does. This does depend on the writer, since in some stories have her being better and accepting that the present isn't like her future.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The reason why she acts as superhero is that she doesn't want to give up being a warrior.
* PutOnABus: During the "Omega Hulk" storyline all the Hulks with the exception of Bruce, Jennifer, and Lyra were depowered. While Lyra kept her powers she was also put to the side by giving up being a hero to live in a dimension which she ruled as Empress. She eventually showed up in ''Squadron Supreme #15'', where she reunited with her mother in Weirdworld.
* SlaveRace: The men on her world. Not that they are any better.
* StrawFeminist: She views men as fools, considers the enslavement of them to be their proper place, and doesn't want much to do with her father because he is a male. None of this is surprising given how she grew up. She has her moments like sparing a boy from a male tribe on her world and even attempted to avenge a male agent as she would do any comrade, but at the end of the day she rather have women be in charge.
* SuperMode: Lyra's technique "Gamma Sight" is this, which she herself developed. This enables her to fight in a trance-like meditative state when she is completely calm and at peace. This state allows her to feel minute traces of gamma rays in every human being and use them to heighten her perception and reflexes, and possesses higher fighting skill than any of her other family members.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: She inherited her powers from her father. As well as her mother's powers, as she overpowered Axon who had absorbed her gamma powers.
** However, it doesn't seem like she had her mother's powers in ''She-Hulks'' as she gets hurt with dodge balls in human form. But this could be due to the S.P.I.N. Bruce gave to her.
* TykeBomb: She was bred to be the Sisterhood's champion and use the power of The Hulk to win the war between the genders. Thundra had time traveled to the past to steal Hulk's DNA (via kissing), went back to her future, and gave birth to Lyra.
* UnstoppableRage: Inverted. The angrier she gets, the ''weaker'' she gets. This issue is later resolved with a nanomachine treatment that Bruce gives her.
* WouldntHurtAChild: She couldn't bring herself to kill a boy of one of the male tribes on her world.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Yes actually, you would. As a means to keep her under control, scientists engineered her to be an inversion of this trope and get 'weaker' the angrier she gets. She must remain totally calm to use her full strength.
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* AllLovingHero: She-Hulk is easily one of the by far genuinely kindest, most altrustic, idealistic, philanthropic, and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness virtually incorruptible]] Marvel Comics characters, especially contrasted by such an otherwise mostly dark, dystopian, morbid, and depressing setting. Given that she grows more powerful from emotions, and Jarella proved during the [[ComicBook/ChaosWar Chaos War]] that Hulks can use '''any''' sufficiently strong emotion to empower themselves or others, including love, it is strange that no writers seem to have focused on [[ThePowerOfLove She-Hulk using positive, rather than negative, emotions to grow more powerful]] yet.

* BreakoutCharacter: She-Hulk started out as a less extreme female copy of the Hulk, and gradually developed into an arguably much more interesting, distinctive, inspirational, and unique character.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: PlayedWith. She-Hulks SuperStrength (for the most part) is proportional to how strong her base human form is. So the stronger Jennifer Walters is, the stronger She-Hulk is. Thanks to an intense training regime she put herself through to fight The Champion, Jennifer became so fit in her human form that when she became She-Hulk again she was several magnitudes stronger than before.

* CrusadingLawyer: She brings the same sense of work ethics and morality into the courtroom as she does as a superhero, often fighting tooth and nail for the sake of her clients and their causes.

* GeniusBruiser: Jen, who helps pioneer the field of superhuman law when she's not kicking butt.

* LeotardOfPower: A purple and white one is her most common attire unless she's in a courtroom.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: Somewhat plain, mousy Jennifer Walters becomes perhaps the definition of AmazonianBeauty, to the point she most often prefers to remain as She-Hulk, once even regarding losing the ability transform back into Jennifer as not an issue.

** During ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', Jazinda tries using her space ship's matter transporter to teleport Jen into the ship. However, the teleporter was designed for Skrulls, so it only succeeded in [[TheNudifier teleporting her clothes]], leaving a [[NakedFreakOut furious and embarrassed]] Jen [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside completely naked in front of a cheering crowd]].

** In ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', She-Hulk has special dialogue with Deadpool [[LampshadeHanging where she mentions how popular she was in the early 90's, as well as her own habit of breaking the fourth wall]]. In another quote, she threatens to kick Deadpool's butt should there ever be a ''Marvel Vs. Capcom 4''.