History Main / PlanetHulk

* BigDamnHeroes: In the movie, when The Red King is about to kill Hulk and the gladiators with their obedience disks, [[spoiler: Beta Ray Bill uses his hammer to destroy all the discs in the Colosseum.]]

* BodyHorror: The Spikes, which stick to their victims, cause massive thorny protrusions to break out all over their bodies, and turn them into berserk monsters.

* TheCameo: Thor and Beta Ray Bill appear in Korg's flashback in the movie [[spoiler: and the latter ends up as one of the Hulk's opponents in the Colosseum.]]

* {{Gorn}}: There are a few moments in the movie, like when one of Korg's people grab a Native and squeeze him so hard his eyes explode out of his head.
* GuestFighter: He's still part of the Marvel universe, but in a story consisting entirely of the Hulk and a bunch of original characters, where any other existing character only appear in either a pre-recorded message or in flashbacks, having the final Colosseum in the movie opponent be [[spoiler: Beta Ray Bill]] sort of counts.

* AnyoneCanDie: When you only have one character who wasn't specifically created just for this story, everyone else is fair game.

* GuestFighter: He's still part of the Marvel universe, in a story consisting entirely of the Hulk and a bunch of original characters, having the final Colosseum in the movie opponent be [[spoiler: Beta Ray Bill]] sort of counts.

* GuestFighter: He's still part of the Marvel universe, in a story consisting entirely of the Hulk and a bunch of original characters, having the final Colosseum opponent be [[spoiler: Beta Ray Bill]] sort of counts.

* CrystalDragonJesus: The "Sakaarson" and "Worldbreaker" concepts are rather similar to the [[WordOfDante idea of Christ and the Anti-Christ]] that's popular in many works about Christianity. Also many adherents to the faith refer to "The Prophet" who supposedly foretold all of this, potentially an allusion to either Jesus or Mohammad. The Red King's father was believed by many to be the Sakaarson; the Red King believed himself to be the Sakaarson (though many believed him to be the Worldbreaker); Hiroim believed himself to be the Sakaarson in his youth, but later started believing that the concepts of the Sakaarson and the Worldbreaker were metaphorical. Many believed the Hulk to be the Sakaarson (a belief Hiroim saught to exploit to rally support for the rebellion) while some, including Miek, believed the Hulk to be the Worldbreaker.

-->'''Lavin:''' No, I want a sword.

* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: The Hulk wades around in lava several times throughout the story as if it were water (he does get burned early on while his powers are weakened, though). During the climactic fight against the Red King, he dives beneath Sakaar's tectonic plates and shifts them back into place to stop an earth quake.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Warbound. The Hero is a monster exiled from his own world by his best friends because of his UnstoppableRage. The Lancer was a celebrated general who was exiled from his people as a heretic. The Big Guy was a would be alien conquerer who was forced to kill his own brother. Miek is an unhived, exiled from his own people. Brood is the last survivor of a brood hive destroyed by the XMen. Elloe was a former noble whose father was executed in front of her. Caiera is the former right hand of a despot.

-->'''Hulk:''' "I'd never stop making them pay."

* PragmaticAdaptation: Large sections of the story are removed, such as visiting the shadow people and acquiring the stone ship, Brood's character is removed all together and the Warbound section is condensed. Silver Surfer doesn't appear for licensing reasons, and is replaced by Beta Ray Bill. And of course, the ending is either [[HappilyEverAfter changed]] or [[OrIsIt cut short]].

The storyline centers around TheHulk, naturally, as he is sent into space by [[IronMan Tony Stark]], [[FantasticFour Reed Richards]], DoctorStrange, and Black Bolt. After a fight with the Thing left Las Vegas in ruins and about two dozen dead (later {{retcon}}ned), it was decided that he was too dangerous for Earth, and that they would send him to a peaceful planet with no intelligent life so he couldn't hurt anyone, and finally [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor get his wish of being left alone.]]

The storyline is very popular among Hulk fans as it gives the green giant some very real character development for the first time in years, where as previously the focus had been on Bruce Banner(or Banner in the Hulk's body). The writing, richly developed setting, cast of new yet familiar characters, and beautiful artwork all combined to make this one of the most praised Hulk storylines of all time. Opinions are divided on the sequel, ''WorldWarHulk'', however.

* ActionGirl: Caiera, Elloe. Both {{Dark Action Girl}}s, to an extent.

* [[spoiler: AnticlimaxBoss]]
* AntiHero: Hulk himself rates as a fairly strong type 3 in this storyline, at times pushing type 4.
* ArcWords / BookEnds: "This is the story of the Hulk."

** "Banner War", where [[spoiler:the Hulk dreams first of defeating the beasts of Jarella’s world and nearly marrying her, then of the Warbound beating up all the heros whom Hulk sees as his tormentors, complete with Miek stabbing the Sentry for [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking making the Hulk sleep in his kitchen]]]].

* {{Determinator}}: The Hulk of course but Miek as well, who cut off one of his arms to get out of a bind.

-->'''Hulk:''' I'd never stop making them pay.

* AntiVillain: Caiera, at first.
* TheCameo: ''Several'' of Marvel's "cosmic" characters cameo in this movie; Adam Warlock, Gamora, Pip the Troll, a Skrull, and Grandmaster. Notably, Grandmaster shows up in the shadows behind the Red King as he watches the Hulk's first fight in the arena, suggesting more may be at play here. Thor and Beta Ray Bill show up in a flashback, [[spoiler: and Bill returns later]].
* DeathByIrony: The same spiked bugs that the Red king used to kill Caiera's parents are used on him by Caiera herself by the end of the movie.

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]:
** Rick D. Wasserman, the voice of the Hulk, is also the voice of AMC, i.e., that guy who goes ''"previously, on MadMen / TheWalkingDead / {{Rubicon}}..."''

** Is that [[{{Naruto}} Gaara]]? And [[{{Bleach}} Ukitake]]? Awesome!
* PragmaticAdaptation: Large sections of the story are removed, such as visiting the shadow people and aquiring the stone ship, Brood's character is removed all together and the Warbound section is condensed. Silver Surfer doesn't appear for licensing reasons, and is replaced by Beta Ray Bill. And of course, the ending is either [[HappilyEverAfter changed]] or [[OrIsIt cut short]].

* CompleteMonster: The Red King.

* MoralEventHorizon: The Red King crosses this in Caiera's eyes when he sets the Spikes against the Hulk and then nukes the village he infected with them.

* TearJerker: Several; Miek having to kill the last Native queen because she's infected by the spikes, the ashes of a girl Caiera was craddling disolving in her arms, Caiera's own ashes disolving in Hulk's after the shuttle explodes.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Android

* NightmareFuel: The Spike-infected child.

* {{Tearjerker}}: Caiera holding the singed body of the little girl as it crumbles away.

** The Warband members telling their stories. It includes [[spoiler:nods to the X-Men battling the Brood, Thor's original adventure, and Hulk’s first transformation as a gray Hulk]].
** "Banner War", where [[spoiler:the Hulk dreams first of Jarella, defeating the beasts of her world and nearly marrying her, then of the Warbound beating up all the heros whom Hulk sees as his tormentors, complete with Miek stabbing the Sentry for [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking making the Hulk sleep in his kitchen]]]].

* BadassNormal: Elloe. Imperials are apparently equal to humans, and Elloe because of her training is the equivalent of an Olympic level athlete; she's still able to fight evenly against Meik after he transforms into a Hive King.

* ContinuityCavalcade: So many nods to older stories that parts become this. The entire scene where the band tells their story. It includes [[spoiler: nods to the X-Men battling the Brood, Thor's original adventure, and Hulks involved his first transformation being a a gray Hulk.]] Then there's "Banner War" which [[spoiler: involves the Hulk dreaming of Jarella, defeating the beasts of her world, nearly marrying her, and then cue the Warbound beating up numerous heros with Miek stabbing the Sentry for making the Hulk sleep in his kitchen.]]
* CrystalDragonJesus: The "Sakaarson" and "Worldbreaker" concepts are rather similar to the [[WordOfDante idea of Christ and the Anti-Christ]] that's popular in many works about Christianity. Also many adherents to the faith refer to "The Prophet" who supposedly foretold all of this, potentially an allusion to either Jesus or Mohammad. The Red King's father was believed by many to be the Sakaarson, the Red King believed himself to be the Sakaarson(though many believed himself to be the Worldbreaker). Hiroim believed himself to be the Sakaarson in his youth, but later adapted his belief that the concept of the Sakaarson and Worldbreaker were metaphorical. Many believed the Hulk to be the Sakaarson(a belief Hiroim saught to exploit to rally support for the rebellion) while some, including Meik, believed the Hulk to be the Worldbreaker.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Pretty much the whole War Bound but also [[spoiler: The Spikes. It turns out the common Spikes are children who are starving and the handful of adult Spikes could not control them. Hulk lets them feed off his arm to keep the children in line, leaving the adults very apologetic that they had to do that.]]

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Red King's name is Angmo-Asan. He's never refered to as such throughout the story.
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: Lavin Skee, after being mortally wounded;
-->'''Hiroim:''' Hold still. I'm a shadow-priest; you'll want a prayer.
-->'''Lavin:''' No, I want a sword.'''
* FantasticRacism: The three main races on Sakaar, the Imperials, the Shadows, and the Natives have varying degrees of prejudice between them, mostly between Imperials and Natives, though Imperials who believe they're an offshoot of the Shadow species tend to think they're superior due to being further involved.

** Miek and Elloe are both TheChick, with Miek later becoming TheBigGuy after his transformation.

* FragileSpeedster: Miek [[spoiler: pre-transformation.]]

* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: The Hulk wades around in lava several times throughout the story as if it were water(he does get burned early on while his powers were weakened, though). During the climatic fight against the Red King, he dives beneath Sakaar's tectonic plates and shifts them back into place to stop an earth quake.

* NoNameGiven: Brood doesn't have a name, and is refered to only as No-name or Brood throughout the story.
* PetTheDog: No-Name for the Brood, as far as she knows she's the last of her kind. One point she tells a tale to some children using little figures. Awww.
** After they win she ends up running a daycare.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Warbound. The Hero is a monster exiled from his own world by his best friends because of his UnstoppableRage. The Lancer was a celebrated general who was exiled from his people as a heretic. The Big Guy was a would be alien conquerer who was forced to kill his own brother. Miek is an unhived, exiled from his own people. Brood is the last survivor of a brood hive destroyed by the XMen. Elloe was a former noble whose father was executed infront of her. Caiera is the former right hand of a despot.

* {{Revenge}}: Mainly in foreshadowing for WorldWarHulk, revenge is a reoccuring theme, with Hulk plotting revenge for his exile, Elloe seeking revenge for the murder of her father, and Miek contemplating taking vengeance for the murder of his father and enslavement of his hive. When asked what he would do, the Hulk's response;
->'''Hulk:''' ''I'd never stop making them pay.''
* StupidEvil: The Red King plunges headfirst into this, at least in the movie, when he, with no prompting, just goes and tells to Caiera that the Spikes were his weapon from the beginning, ''and then expect her to remain his faithful servant''. Mind you, Caiera's entire family was killed by the Spikes.
** Then he wants her killed when she put a Spike on him.

* TookALevelInBadass: Miek eventually manages to hold his own in armed combat before transforming into a native King, a massive version of his race(roughly the size of the Hulk or Korg) possessing super strength.
* ZombieApocalypse: Sakaar is just a generation passed having survived its own zombie apocalypse, the Spike Wars. The alien parasites known as the spikes function as TheDreaded to the natives of Sakaar.

''The ''Planet Hulk'' animated movie provides examples of the following tropes:''

* DeathByIrony: The same spiked bugs that the Red king used to kill Caiera's parents is now being used on him by Caiera herself by the end of the movie.

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]: Rick D. Wasserman, the voice of the Hulk, is also the voice of AMC, i.e., that guy who goes ''"previously, on MadMen / TheWalkingDead / {{Rubicon}}..."''

The storyline is very popular among Hulk fans as it gives the green giant some very real character development for the first time in years, where as previously the focus had been on Bruce Banner(or Banner in the Hulk's body). The writing, richly developed setting, cast of new yet familiar characters, and beautiful artwork all combined to make this one of the most praised Hulk storylines of all time. Opinions are divided on the sequal, ''WorldWarHulk'', however.

--> ''"Never stop making them pay."''

--> ''"This is the story of the Hulk...''

** Is that [[{{Naruto}} Gaara]]? And [[{{Bleach}} Ukitake]]?

** Is that [[{{Naruto}}Gaara]]? And [[{{Bleach}}Ukitake]]?

* Revenge: Mainly in foreshadowing for WorldWarHulk, revenge is a reoccuring theme, with Hulk plotting revenge for his exile, Elloe seeking revenge for the murder of her father, and Miek contemplating taking vengeance for the murder of his father and enslavement of his hive. When asked what he would do, the Hulk's response;

* RedBaron: The Red King. Also, the Hulk is most commonly referred to by his gladiator name, the Greenscar, and later, the Green King.

* TheCameo: ''Several'' of Marvel's "cosmic" characters cameo in this movie; Adam Warlock, Gamora, Pip the Troll, a skrull, and Grandmaster. Notably, Grandmaster shows up in the shadows behind the Red King as he watches the Hulk's first fight in the arena, suggesting more may be at play here. Thor and Beta Ray Bill show up in a flashback, [[spoiler: and Bill returns later]].

* PragmaticAdaptation: Large sections of the story are removed, such as visiting the shadow people and aquiring the stone ship, Brood's character is removed all together and the Warbound section is condensed. Silver Surfer doesn't appear for licensing reasons, and is replaced by Beta Ray Bill, making his animation debut. And of course, the ending is either [[HappilyEverAfter changed]] or [[OrIsIt cut short]].