History YMMV / TheIncredibleHulk

* AudienceAlienatingEra: Many readers regard the period after Peter David first left the book, or even after Paul Jenkins' run, as this leading up until just before Planet Hulk. There was a clear lack of direction of where the Hulk was going, and every shift made to the book would be undone as soon as the next writer came on board. It got so bad that when PAD came back, [[ArmedWithCanon he pretty much erased the run of three different writers with a single line up until the time he first left]]. Which was six years prior.[[note]]Al Ewing subsequently brought two of them back by having the Hulk CallBack to the events of Paul Jenkins' run, confirming that it, and by extension John Byrne's run, had happened, leaving only Bruce Jones' run CanonDiscontinuity.[[/note]] Likewise, Jeph Loeb's run on the book is often regarded as one: mainly known for relegating the Hulk into a ''guest character'' in his own book, a Villain Sue EvilCounterpart running around beating up half of the heavyweights in the MarvelUniverse, before ''killing'', reviving, then de-powering the Hulk (in a ''MilestoneCelebration'' of all things), a number of Hulk derivatives abounding (even putting aside Red Hulk), a random FaceHeelTurn of Doc Samson, and every one of them receiving as much an explanation for the twists and turns that occurred during Loeb's run. Which is to say not much of one. Eventually, Greg Pak, the writer of ''Comicbook/PlanetHulk'' and ''Comicbook/WorldWarHulk'', was brought alongside Loeb to write a concurrent book building on Loeb's storylines, but in reality, [[AuthorsSavingThrow likely to try to make sense]] of the sheer insanity that Loeb brought in his run.

* DorkAge: Many readers regard the period after Peter David first left the book, or even after Paul Jenkins' run, as this leading up until just before Planet Hulk. There was a clear lack of direction of where the Hulk was going, and every shift made to the book would be undone as soon as the next writer came on board. It got so bad that when PAD came back, [[ArmedWithCanon he pretty much erased the run of three different writers with a single line up until the time he first left]]. Which was six years prior.[[note]]Al Ewing subsequently brought two of them back by having the Hulk CallBack to the events of Paul Jenkins' run, confirming that it, and by extension John Byrne's run, had happened, leaving only Bruce Jones' run CanonDiscontinuity.[[/note]] Likewise, Jeph Loeb's run on the book is often regarded as one: mainly known for relegating the Hulk into a ''guest character'' in his own book, a Villain Sue EvilCounterpart running around beating up half of the heavyweights in the MarvelUniverse, before ''killing'', reviving, then de-powering the Hulk (in a ''MilestoneCelebration'' of all things), a number of Hulk derivatives abounding (even putting aside Red Hulk), a random FaceHeelTurn of Doc Samson, and every one of them receiving as much an explanation for the twists and turns that occurred during Loeb's run. Which is to say not much of one. Eventually, Greg Pak, the writer of ''Comicbook/PlanetHulk'' and ''Comicbook/WorldWarHulk'', was brought alongside Loeb to write a concurrent book building on Loeb's storylines, but in reality, [[AuthorsSavingThrow likely to try to make sense]] of the sheer insanity that Loeb brought in his run.

** Chances are you're reading Hulk stuff (including the SelfDemonstrating [[SelfDemonstrating/TheIncredibleHulk page]]) in Creator/FredTatasciore's Hulk voice. Creator/LouFerrigno is another candidate. For Banner himself, there's Creator/GabrielMann (''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''), Creator/EricBana (''Film/{{Hulk}}''), Creator/EdwardNorton (''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''), or Creator/MarkRuffalo (the greater Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse).

** Ross' [[BadassMustache mustache]] and its incredible abilities.

** ''Franchise/TheIncredibleHulk: What Savage Beast'', by Creator/PeterDavid: The ComicBook/{{Maestro}} is a corrupt future version of the Hulk and the [[EvilOverlord dictator]] of a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic world]], killing anyone who opposes him and taking any woman who catches his fancy as a SexSlave. Maestro kidnaps Skooter, a freedom fighter who works for an elderly Rick Jones, and [[MindRape forcibly scans Skooter's mind]] to learn the location of Rick's encampment, where he kills everybody there. Maestro then breaks Skooter's legs and performs taxidermy on Rick for defying him, and takes from Rick a gem called the Timeond, which he uses to visit a different dimension, where an intelligent Hulk lives with Betty Ross in secret. Maestro, [[KillAndReplace as elderly scientist Amos Trotter]], offers to cure the Hulk, in order to get close to Betty, who is about to give birth. Betty gives birth to a child named Brett and Maestro reveals his true colors, kidnapping Brett and returning to his own dimension, where he raises Brett to be as cruel as he is. When the Hulk comes to the Maestro's dimension and gets help from another rebel encampment, Maestro orders everyone in the rebel camp to be slaughtered. Maestro has been using the Timeond to recruit Hulks from various timelines to become his army and plans to go to the Hulk's dimension to ravage it, [[OmnicidalManiac killing millions in the process]]. When Brett opposes this genocidal scheme, [[OffingTheOffspring Maestro tries to kill him]].

* CompleteMonster:
** [[ArchnemesisDad Brian Banner]] regularly beat [[DomesticAbuse his wife Rebecca]] and [[AbusiveParent their son Bruce]], eventually killing Rebecca when she tried to leave him. He forced Bruce to lie in court that Brian hadn't done anything to hurt either of them, but was arrested after drunkenly bragging about having gotten away with murder at a bar. Brian returned to murder Bruce years later after his release, [[NeverMyFault blaming his own violent actions on Bruce]], who killed him in self-defense. After being resurrected by the Chaos King, Brian, transformed into the Devil Hulk, would try to kill his resurrected wife a second time along with his son Bruce, now known as the Hulk, and grandson, Skaar. During the events of ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'', Brian aids the One Below All in his attempt to enter the physical plane so he can completely destroy the Marvel Multiverse, planning to use his own son Bruce as a host to allow the One Below All entryway.
** [[EvilMeScaresMe The Maestro]] is a [[FutureMeScaresMe future version]] of the Hulk. Ninety years [[AfterTheEnd after the world is devastated by nuclear war]], the Hulk has changed his name to the Maestro and builds a city state called Dystopia out of the wreckage of New Year City. The Maestro rules as a [[EvilOverlord dictator]], taking whatever he wants from his subjects and hoarding almost all the food and resources for himself. When Maestro sees a woman he fancies, he forces her to become his [[SexSlave slave]]. The outside of his palace is littered with corpses of those who have defied or displeased the Maestro. The Maestro has his SecretPolice patrol the streets, killing anyone who would oppose him. After the Maestro's forces have captured one of Rick Jones's rebels, the Maestro [[MindRape subjects the rebel to a machine which forcibly scans a person's mind, which puts him in a vegetative state]]. When Rick Jones uses [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Dr. Doom]]'s TimeMachine to bring the Hulk to the future to defeat the Maestro, the Maestro takes one of his slave girls hostage to force Hulk to surrender to him, before paralyzing the Hulk by breaking his neck and forcing one of his slave girls to [[RapeByProxy perform sexual acts on him]] without the Hulk's permission. The Maestro even murders an elderly Rick Jones, the man who was once his best friend, for opposing him. The Maestro also tells the Hulk he prefers his harem of slaves to his former wife Betty Ross, because his slaves don't talk back to him or have opinions of their own.

** ''ComicBook/OldManLogan2016'''s "Days of Anger" & "King of Nothing" arcs: [[EvilMeScaresMe The Maestro]], a corrupt version of the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk from [[FutureMeScaresMe an alternate future]], stands out as a particularly vile villain. Maestro arrives on Earth and takes over Hulk's brood of inbred children after Logan killed this world's version of Hulk. Maestro has the Hulk Gang take over a military base in the Yukon territories, killing all the guards there. Maestro also has one of the Hulk Gang, Billy Bob, [[YouHaveFailedMe killed for his incompetence]]. Maestro uses the base's resources to create several nuclear bombs. Maestro plans to use the Hulk Gang as [[SuicideAttack suicide bombers]] and [[NukeEm have them blow up several major cities]], destroying most of humanity. Maestro promises the Hulk Gang they will survive the blasts, but that is a lie, they will die along with most of humanity so that Maestro can rule over a [[AfterTheEnd post-nuclear-holocaust]] world. After Maestro's genocidal scheme is foiled and he is confronted by Logan and Hawkeye, Maestro attempts to set off a nuke, to take out everyone in the area, out of spite. After that defeat, the Maestro reappears later, having conquered a small Northern Canadian town, where Maestro kills anyone who opposes him and turns the women of the town into his [[SexSlave sex slaves]].
** ''YMMV/PlanetHulk'' gives us Angmo-Asan, the Red King. See that page for more details.

** Rick Jones, after Peter David made him into a CrazyAwesome NiceGuy who worked perfectly as Hulk's best friend.

** ''ComicBook/OldManLogan2016'''s "Days of Anger" & "King of Nothing" arcs: The ComicBook/{{Maestro}}, a corrupt version of the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk from an alternate future, stands out as a particularly vile villain. Maestro arrives on Earth and takes over Hulk's brood of inbred children after Logan killed this world's version of Hulk. Maestro has the Hulk Gang take over a military base in the Yukon territories, killing all the guards there. Maestro also has one of the Hulk Gang, Billy Bob, [[YouHaveFailedMe killed for his incompetence]]. Maestro uses the base's resources to create several nuclear bombs. Maestro plans to use the Hulk Gang as [[SuicideAttack suicide bombers]] and [[NukeEm have them blow up several major cities]], destroying most of humanity. Maestro promises the Hulk Gang they will survive the blasts, but that is a lie, they will die along with most of humanity so that Maestro can rule over a [[AfterTheEnd post-nuclear-holocaust]] world. After Maestro's genocidal scheme is foiled and he is confronted by Logan and Hawkeye, Maestro attempts to set off a nuke, to take out everyone in the area, out of spite. After that defeat, the Maestro reappears later, having conquered a small Northern Canadian town, where Maestro kills anyone who opposes him and turns the women of the town into his [[SexSlave sex slaves]].

** The ComicBook/{{Maestro}} is a [[FutureMeScaresMe future version]] of the Hulk. Ninety years [[AfterTheEnd after the world is devastated by nuclear war]], the Hulk has changed his name to the Maestro and builds a city state called Dystopia out of the wreckage of New Year City. [[EvilMeScaresMe The Maestro]] rules as a [[EvilOverlord dictator]], taking whatever he wants from his subjects and hoarding almost all the food and resources for himself. When Maestro sees a woman he fancies, he forces her to become his [[SexSlave slave]]. The outside of his palace is littered with corpses of those who have defied or displeased the Maestro. The Maestro has his SecretPolice patrol the streets, killing anyone who would oppose him. After the Maestro's forces have captured one of Rick Jones's rebels, the Maestro [[MindRape subjects the rebel to a machine which forcibly scans a person's mind, which puts him in a vegetative state]]. When Rick Jones uses Dr. Doom's TimeMachine to bring the Hulk to the future to defeat the Maestro, the Maestro takes one of his slave girls hostage to force Hulk to surrender to him, before paralyzing the Hulk by breaking his neck and forcing one of his slave girls to [[RapeByProxy perform sexual acts on him]] without the Hulk's permission. The Maestro even murders an elderly Rick Jones, the man who was once his best friend, for opposing him. The Maestro also tells the Hulk he prefers his harem of slaves to his former wife Betty Ross, because his slaves don't talk back to him or have opinions of their own.

** Chances are you're reading Hulk stuff (including the SelfDemonstrating [[SelfDemonstrating/IncredibleHulk page]]) in Creator/FredTatasciore's Hulk voice. Creator/LouFerrigno is another candidate. For Banner himself, there's Creator/GabrielMann (''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''), Creator/EricBana (''Film/{{Hulk}}''), Creator/EdwardNorton (''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''), or Creator/MarkRuffalo (the greater Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse).

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* BetterOnDVD: With the DVD, several deleted scenes are restored that help flesh out the characters through their interactions, such as Bruce and Leonard Samson having a tense talk about Bruce's history with Betty, or a short dialogue at Culver University where Bruce tells Betty how he worries [[ForScience that they experimented with the wrong motives]].
* BrokenBase:
** The arguments about which is better: this or ''Film/{{Hulk}}''. Seriously, there are [[{{Pun}} civil]] [[ComicBook/CivilWar wars]] that have been less heated.
** The Abomination's physical appearance. Some people liked it and thought it was scary looking, while others disliked it for straying so far from his comic look. Some, regardless of loyalty to the comic incarnation found it just plain ugly. Then again, The ''Abomination'' being ugly is pretty much the point.
* CantUnhearIt: Fans of the film tend to hear Creator/EdwardNorton as Bruce Banner.
* CompleteMonster: In the {{novelization}} by Creator/PeterDavid, [[BloodKnight Emil Blonsky]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy notably worse]] than his film counterpart. A [[SociopathicSoldier brutal soldier]] with no problem harming [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals dogs]] or bystanders in his way, Blonsky gets worse as he is injected with the [[SuperSerum super soldier serum]], which brings out his more aggressive side. Desiring to execute people for minor offenses while hunting down Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, Blonsky becomes obsessed with the Hulk's power, to such an extent he viciously beats Banner in an attempt to bring the Hulk out. After assaulting and murdering some of his fellow soldiers, Blonsky undergoes the same gamma experiment that created the Hulk, turning himself into the Abomination, and with his newfound powers goes on a rampage across New York, killing scores of people in his way and smashing through cars and buildings with an evil grin on his face, finally getting to do what he's always wanted to deep down: have the power of life and death over people weaker than him.
* FanonDiscontinuity: Not intentionally, but a lot of people seem to forget that this movie is a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel themselves haven't done much to raise awareness of the film, as it had no sequels and none of its characters reappeared in the MCU until ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', save for Banner who was recast. There was a rumour that Creator/LivTyler as Betty would finally reappear in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', but she didn't[[note]]it's likely because ''Hulk'' is one of the few franchises Marvel doesn't own the film distribution rights to; unlike with ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', while they can make movies with the character without Universal's permission, if they give Hulk a ''solo movie'', Universal gets a good chunk of the profits, and unlike with the X-Men or Fantastic Four, Universal is doing much better than Fox is, meaning Disney can't just buy them out[[/note]].
* HilariousInHindsight:
** At one point, Doc Samson mentions that it's a point of pride with him that he can always tell when someone is lying. Emil Blonsky's actor, Creator/TimRoth, later went on to play someone who could do just that in ''Series/LieToMe''.
** Creator/WilliamHurt mentioned he based his portrayal of General Ross off of [[Literature/MobyDick Captain Ahab]]. Three years later and [[Film/MobyDick guess who plays him.]]
** The last time we see Bruce, he's in hiding again, and his new daily regime involves drinking a bright red tea. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roselle_%28plant%29 Roselle]] is discovered to have the ability to ''lower blood pressure'', when made into tea. It is bright red. Remember all the times we see green drinks? This is a literal case of "red means stop, green means go".
** In a interview with Creator/{{MTV}} where Creator/LouisLeterrier discussed an idea of having Creator/TobeyMaguire cameo as Spider-Man in this film, which was scrapped, that "Years from now you'll see Peter Parker meeting Bruce Banner". Fast foward to 2015; and his prediction now seems possible, as Spider-Man was introduced in the MCU (though in a film that doesn't have the Hulk.)
** This film's introduction of The Leader has notoriously gone without any follow-up in the MCU thus far. In ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', Creator/TimBlakeNelson got screwed out of a recurring villain role ''again'' (well, until the film's horrible performance killed the possibility of sequels) when his character was first written as Mole Man, then was changed to a CanonForeigner and killed off.
* MemeticMutation: A gif of Banner closing his laptop has picked up steam in certain parts of the internet.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Betty Ross was initially not that well liked for being seen as boring or even whiny compared to most of the other MCU love interests. After being inexplicably ignored in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', and having a romantic storyline which is more developed and substantial than some of the ones found in later MCU films (including that of Banner's other love interest Black Widow), she's gained a small fandom who wants to see her return, especially on Website/{{Tumblr}} or Website/YouTube.
* {{Narm}}: See [[Narm/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]].
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Creator/TyBurrell, who played Doc Samson, would go on to have much greater name recognition when ''Series/ModernFamily'' started airing the following year.
** In a local example, [[http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2008_The_Incredible_Hulk/008TIH_Debora_Nascimento_001.jpg Banner's factory workmate]], Creator/DeboraNascimento was already making some {{Telenovela}}s in Brazil, then in 2012 [[http://tvg.globo.com/novelas/avenida-brasil/personagem/tessalia-debora-nascimento.html she had her]] StarMakingRole playing a naive [[MsFanservice sex-on-legs girl]].
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Tony Stark's cameo might seem fairly typical now, but it blew people's minds at the time, back when the idea of a shared movie universe was completely unheard of.
* SoOkayItsAverage: The film got an alright critical reception (its Website/RottenTomatoes score is a decent 67%, which isn't bad), but audiences didn't respond anywhere near as strongly to it as they did with ''Film/IronMan1'' (or even ''Film/{{Thor}}''), and as the years have gone by it's still regarded as a middle-of-the-road movie that is often forgotten. Not helping this is that subsequent Marvel films barely reference it at all, and ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' not only replaces Creator/EdwardNorton with Creator/MarkRuffalo (whose take on the character is completely different and has been much better received) but does such a good enough job of introducing his character that some feel TIH isn't really necessary. Notably, this film is probably the only one that does not contribute to ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' in any way[[note]]although as indicated by Thunderbolt Ross returning in ''Civil War'' and ''Infinity War'', it ''is'' still canon[[/note]].
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** This movie has the origin story of The Leader, but he's had essentially zero presence in the MCU past this point (the tie-in comic ''Fury's Big Week'' notwithstanding), despite being one of Hulk's arch-enemies.
** Betty Ross herself ([[ComicBook/BettyRoss who also has superhuman potential]]) has not been mentioned at all either in following films with Banner. Banner starting a new romance with Black Widow in ''Age of Ultron'' seemingly served as confirmation to fans that he's broken up with Betty for good this time.
* UnexpectedCharacter: While common practice now, Tony Stark's cameo at the end was completely unprecedented at the time. Before then, the idea of a superhero popping up in another hero's film was a pipe dream, let alone the concept of a shared universe. But Tony chatting it up with General Ross confirmed that Marvel Studios were serious about their plans to make an Avengers movie, and helped lay the foundations for the MCU as a whole.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: A fair amount of attention is given to Betty's necklace, which is a TragicKeepsake from her deceased mother. She thinks of selling it when she and Bruce go on the run, he convinces her not to, and at the end of the film she sends it to him as a symbol of her love for him. This memento never re-occurs throughout the MCU, despite the fact it probably could be very useful in calming the Hulk down, and as a symbol of all Bruce has lost in his life, a point of contention when Ross reappears in Civil War, or even a memento of Earth to the Hulk during his time on Sakaar. However, partially due the the movie mostly being forgotten ,the impracticality of the Hulk carrying jewelry with him at all times, and the fact that the necklace's design is utterly generic and forgettable, it's never mentioned again.
* VindicatedByHistory: A minor example. While it's still regarded as a forgotten middle-of-the-road movie and largely ignored by the fans, some fans began to have more positive thoughts on this film and it's regarded by some as an underrated entry in the MCU. That so many of the ShoutOut moments also work as Foreshadowing for ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' helps.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Hulk looks straight-up awesome. Many people think, even up until today, it's the best looking live-action Hulk period.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Bruce Banner is on the run. That's because he experimented with gamma radiation in an effort to recreate the Captain America formula. The commanding officer in charge of Banner's project, General Ross, wants to contain him as a weapon and to exploit his potential.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Ross would do what S.H.I.E.L.D. later does with considerably less collateral damage and negative PR: track down Banner, talk calmly to him as a scientist and not a monster, and offer some fringe benefits to being a guinea pig. Not to mention that his attacking Bruce is straining his relationship with his daughter, Betty Ross, who got injured as a result of the gamma experiments.\\
'''Instead''': Every time he gets as much as a whiff of Bruce's various locations, Ross sends in special armed forces to utilize brute force and MoreDakka. This inevitably triggers Bruce's unwilling transformations into the Hulk, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking which causes immense property damage, danger to civilian and military lives, and Betty's wrath.]] And no, Ross does not learn. The one time he actually manages to handcuff Bruce is when the latter has just taken a potential antidote, which suppresses the transformation until Bruce needs to change again to save New York from the Abomination. In ''The Avengers'', when Natasha talks to Bruce and offers him a job because of his gamma knowledge, she's much more successful in persuading him.
** General Ross has received word that fugitive Bruce Banner will be at Culver University. This is his chance to capture him.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Ross to order his men to try to capture Bruce stealthily, so that he'll have less time to become agitated and thus transform, and to prevent student and faculty panic on the campus.\\
'''Instead''': He orders all his men to charge into the university in broad daylight, alerting Bruce and Betty, causing chaos amongst the students and teachers, and terrifying Bruce enough that he transforms soon after they get to him. [[StuffBlowingUp Then that leads to several million dollars in property damage]]... To be fair, Ross does claim that he was waiting for snipers but someone "jumped the gun", so it's not necessarily his fault, but whomever took the first step definitely should have known better.
** After throwing everything they have at the Hulk, Ross orders Blonsky to fall back. Blonsky personally emptied a grenade launcher at the Hulk, and while he did an admirable job at not getting killed, he did no lasting damage.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Blonsky to fall back, get bigger guns, and try again later. At this point, the biggest weapon he may have is a pistol, which might tickle the Hulk. \\
'''Instead''': He lets his love for a good fight get the better of him, so he asks "Is that all you've got?" as if to tempt the Hulk (this is somewhat understandable, as the effects of the Super Soldier serum are making him more aggressive and more desiring of a fight).\\
'''As A Result''': A single kick from the giant green rage monster breaks every bone in Blonsky's skeleton.
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* CatharsisFactor: The DS version allows you to smash up the level itself as well as the enemies, making for some excellent stress relief. Taken UpToEleven when you use the ChargedAttack which lets hulk simply charge through the level damaging everything possible for a short time.
* CompleteMonster: [[GeneralRipper Major Glenn Talbot]], a far cry from his [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD later]] MCU [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist characterization]], is a homicidal army major obsessed with taking down the Hulk, Bruce Banner, through any means necessary. Beginning his attacks on Hulk by launching numerous missile strikes on him, Talbot disregards his soldiers' objections that the missiles will impact many highly-populated areas of New York, and pins all the ensuing destruction on the Hulk. When press helicopters fly too close to his military base, Talbot orders them all shot down, hoping to silence the reporters' attempts to oust him as a madman. Showing no care for innocents, Talbot kidnaps both Hulk's best friend, Rick Jones, and his LoveInterest, Betty Ross, to use as hostages to draw him out, and, when the army turns on him after they learn of his crimes, Talbot responds by killing the soldiers sent after him, attempting to murder the Hulk, then setting his Hulkbuster armor to detonate, fully knowing it will wipe out most of the city, just to kill the Hulk. A sociopath who abused his power for no reason other than blind hatred and [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]], Glenn Talbot stood out, even to Bruce Banner, as [[HeWhoFightsMonsters a truly wicked man whose hatred made him far worse than the "monsters" he claimed to be fighting]].
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Compared to VideoGame/TheIncredibleHulkUltimateDestruction, it didn't have enough originality.
* ToughActToFollow: Since the game came out three years after VideoGame/TheIncredibleHulkUltimateDestruction, it didn't catch enough attention to be a good Hulk game.
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** Thanks to a brief shot of one of Ross' soldiers sitting with a long item attached to his back (he was really leaning against the vehicle's business-sized antenna), fans immediately assumed it was an EasterEgg, of ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'s EarlyBirdCameo. Amusingly, the guy who did end up being Hawkeye (Creator/JeremyRenner) and this version of Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) ''do'' appear together in ''[[Film/TheBourneSeries The Bourne Legacy]]''.
*** Also, later MCU films has Bruce (Creator/MarkRuffalo) in a relationship with ComicBook/BlackWidow. Amusingly, the actress who plays Black Widow (Creator/ScarlettJohansson) and the Bruce Banner of this film (Edward Norton) did work together in ''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs'', which was released ten years after this film.

** One scene had Banner mix up the word "angry" and "hungry" while trying to state [[Main/YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry the famous catchphrase used in the TV show]] in Portugese. 11 years later, a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} was introduced with a form whose name is a mix on the words "angry" and "hungry".

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[[folder:TV Series]]
* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: As a drifter, David is able to get all sorts of jobs that don't require references. Some of these are more questionable than others. In TheSeventies and TheEighties, there was no digital footprint technology or advanced forensics. So a person could more plausibly travel off the grid incognito. However, in ''The Incredible Hulk Returns'', he appears to be gainfully employed as a scientist at a research lab, albeit under another alias. [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief As to how he was able to demonstrate his credentials without referring to his past work under his true identity...]].
** And speaking of his past identity, although it makes sense that most of the ordinary folk David encounters wouldn't know of him, he was still apparently a well-renowned expert in his field, to the point that one of Jack's colleagues who used to be a reporter for a science journal sees him on the street and recognizes him ''immediately''. It's a wonder David wasn't spotted and recognized more often when around people who were in similar scientific research fields as his. Most egregious is when he befriends a zoologist in "The Beast Within" who has extensively studied David Banner's research... but apparently never once saw a photo of his face, or else the janitor she's sharing all of these notes with should look more than a little familiar.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "The Lonely Man", both the solo piano piece and an uptempo version which plays during the opening credits.
** David's transformation into the Hulk is rich with flavorful musical sound effects, always starting with a screeching ScareChord and followed up by etheral humming noises, and the sound of his clothes ripping apart. Then there's the transformation cooldown where the Hulk reverts back to being David, which is just the humming sounds all by themselves.
** The various incidental music tracks for the Hulk, composed by Joe Harnell. He has one for when the transformation completes full of trumpets, another with tense violin music for when he's involved in an action sequence, and another for when he runs away with troubled-sounding and melancholic piano notes.
* {{Anvilicious}}: Quite a few episodes had AnAesop that was delivered with the force of a Hulk punch.
* CompleteMonster: Michael Sutton, from season 3's "The Snare", became bored with hunting animals, and so decided to start HuntingTheMostDangerousGame. He finds whatever men he can and invites them over to his own island, only to drug them to sleep and put them through deadly obstacles as he hunts them down, succeeding at least 5 times, and seeing it all as a "game"; he intends to do the same to [[TheProtagonist David Banner]]. It's implied that the reason he's so successful is because he doesn't play fair, a fact David calls him out on, insisting that a real hunter plays fair and that all Sutton cares about is winning. When Sutton discovers David's inner beast, he becomes obsessed with it and tortures David with the intent of bringing it out and killing it, only to kill himself by accident. At the end of the episode, it turns out even in death Sutton can't stand losing, as it's revealed he {{Booby Trap}}ped David's escape boat in preparation for the hero's victory. Ruthless, psychotic, and a cheater at his own game, Michael Sutton was unlike any other villain on the show, who were motivated by either tragedy or simple financial gain.
* DesignatedVillain: Jack [=McGee=] sometimes comes across as this. Sure, he can be a jerk, but he's regularly treated like a scumbag when he usually he just wants to tell the public the truth about a destructive monster who (as far as he knows) killed 2 people. It's because he works for a scummy tabloid that no one likes him, because no matter how many times he tries to pass himself off as an upstanding person, he will always come off as a nosy reporter working under a shill for selfish monetary gain at the expense of others and a [[MisBlamed proponent of]] [[MaliciousSlander slander.]]
* HeartwarmingInHindsight: In the episode "Homecoming", after years of estrangement, David makes peace with his father, DW Banner. Considering that his counterpart in comics ([[CanonImmigrant who debuted three years later]]), named [[AdaptationNameChange Brian]], was a really [[AdaptationalVillainy bad guy]] and an ArchnemesisDad, it's nice to see that the original version of Hulk's father was a good guy and ended up in good terms with his son.

** WordOfGod explained that he wanted to change Hulk to red, but Stan Lee denied the permission. Years later in the comics, The Red Hulk became an actual character separate from the green Hulk.
** In the Brazilian dub, David Bruce Banner was voiced, depending on the season, by Newton da Matta and Nilton Valério. Both of them voiced [[Franchise/{{Batman}} another superhero whose secret identity is Bruce]]: each one in different seasons of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'', Da Matta in ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfBatman'' and Valério in the Tim Burton's films. Also, Jack [=McGee=] was voiced by Waldir Fiori, who voiced Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth in ''Film/BatmanForever'', ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and ''Series/BirdsOfPrey''.
** In the show, Bruce Banner's first name [[AdaptationNameChange was changed to]] David. In the 2003 movie, Bruce's father Brian's first name was changed to David as a MythologyGag, though the comics retconned his name as either ''David'' Brian Banner or Brian ''David'' Banner. The name Brian is itself an AdaptationNameChange, as Hulk's father [[CanonImmigrant appeared in the TV series three years before his comics version]], under the name DW Banner. The "D" may or not stand for "David".
*** Then, in the Brazilian dub of the 2003 film, David (Bruce's father) was voiced by Newton da Matta, who, as mentioned above, was one of Series!David voice actors.
** Although comics villains [[AdaptedOut never appeared in the show]], the antagonists of the final episode ("A Minor Probelm") wore yellow anti-radiation suits, looking similar to the members of Marvel's villainous organization A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics), who crossed Hulk's path a few times.
** In "The First", Dick Durock played the green monster in which Dell Frye transforms (an EvilCounterpart of Hulk). Years later, Durock played another green monster who was once a man, this time a heroic one from Creator/DCComics: Comicbook/SwampThing, in the movie ''Film/TheReturnOfSwampThing''.
* MemeticMutation
** "Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry". More often than not, it's followed up by "I don't like you now".
** "The Lonely Man" has become go-to background music for underscoring over-the-top despair played for laughs.
* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: That one ScareChord leading to the Hulk's {{Leitmotif}}. It always means ass-kicking is due to ensue and it will be ''glorious!''
* {{Narm}}: [[FilmingForEasyDub Any time a scene with the Hulk has bystanders speaking, the dialogue is added post-production]] because the Hulk is constantly subjected to {{Overcrank}} for dramatic effect and the limitations of the film and recording equipment at the time made it difficult to perfect the timing of speaking parts without the slow-motion sequences distorting the audio captures, so the vocal audio parts (aside from Creator/LouFerrigno's Hulk noises) were recorded separately on a sound stage. Because none of the vocal performances are live, they ''always'' sound so fake and shoehorned in, like a crummy {{Franchise/Godzilla}} dub, with the tones and delivery of the lines never meshing cleanly with the scenes of the Hulk. Worse, a lot of the time, the dialogue would be thrown in while the characters were off-screen, making it painfully obvious they couldn't lip-sync any of the sound bytes, or even sound like they're in the same place as the Hulk (characters from afar sound too loud for it to sound believable and like they're blurting their lines out or just plain shouting into the mics).
** The Hulk never hits or kicks anyone outright. He just throws them aside. Though it's probably because David is influencing the Hulk not to directly harm anybody in this incarnation of the Hulk (while others are more freely berserk), one can determine from consecutive viewings of the show that it's because standards wouldn't allow it. The one time the Hulk got close to inflicting real harm on people is when David accidentally uncorked the dark side of his personality and all his repressed primal urges for violence bled out in the Hulk's transformation, in the titular episode, "Dark Side".
** The very fact that Dr. Banner in this series had his name changed to "David" because someone thought "Bruce" sounded gay/effeminate.
** The Hulk always taking a moment to pull off the tatters of David's now-ripped shirt following his transformation.
** [[StrictlyFormula Knowing that David will transform into the Hulk at least twice per episode in obligatory fashion]] (provided the episode doesn't deviate from the usual formula, and that some ContrivedCoincidence will cause him to suffer injury to trigger the transformation, and leave him conveniently unobserved/concealed so his identity is never exposed.
** Just about every [[OneShotCharacter person of the week]] has a melodramatic sob story attached to them and a reason to whine about why their life sucks eggs, just so David can rebuild their confidence in humanity by the end of the episode. If it's a child or a young woman, chances are they'll come from a broken home with a single parent just to play up the sympathy card. And most times, the father will stereotypically be the reason behind the broken family, [[MenAreTheExpendableGender because men lack the compassion women and children do.]]
** Any time [[DesignatedVictim David]] goes someplace new, he will be subjected to [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer outsider persecution syndrome]]- someone will [[{{Jerkass}} automatically refuse to trust him]], [[TheScapegoat peg him as dangerous]], and ''instantly'' [[DisproportionateRetribution want to throw David under the bus the minute they have an excuse to do so]], and/or [[MisBlamed finger David as the source of conflict.]]
** David constantly using an alias that takes the form of David B-whatever. The only reason he keeps getting away with it is because the series took place in TheSeventies, which predated the age of integrated computers, and most records were still kept in paper and had no through-line in the form of the modern Internet to tie them all together. Yet, it's so paper-thin that if the story were set in today's computerized age, where records can be tied together, he'd be tracked down quite easily because all someone would have to do is ping all the occurrences of those symmetrical David B-whatever aliases across job employment databases in the contiguous United States, organize them by date, and then they could triangulate his movements across the country, anticipate his next move and ambush him, and the fugitive saga would be over in a heartbeat.
** From ''The Incredible Hulk Returns'':
--> Donald Blake raising the Mjolnir hammer (his usual method of summoning Thor): "'''Odiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!'''"
** Season 3 had a lot of [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment inexplicable]] [[DenserAndWackier cheesy humor injected into the stories]], sometimes working against their otherwise unrelentingly serious tone in a bad way, such as the Hulk being attracted to a green store mannequin in an otherwise tension-filled standoff between criminals who wanted to raid a mall vault.
** A lot of David's transformation scenes, taken out of context, can appear very silly. Though it's usually a reason more related to people he knows being hurt or in distress, the actual event that triggers his eyes to turn green will sometimes involve very mundane things like arguing with an operator that he "DOESN'T HAVE 25 CENTS!!!", being stuck inside a taxi cab in New York City traffic and yelling "I HAVE TO BE THERE BY FIVE!!!", or perhaps most infamously...
--> '''David:''' I DON'T WANT TEEEEEAAAAAA!!!
* NewerThanTheyThink: ''The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk'' was the first time that Creator/StanLee made a cameo appearance in a Marvel adaptation, although he wouldn't have a speaking appearance in an adaptation till 2003's ''Film/{{Hulk}}''.
* NightmareFuel: The series has been described as most frightening TV series ever for young children, with its focus on radical change into a creature making animal-like sounds. Word is that Bill Bixby wouldn't even allow his children to watch the show for various reasons as he was afraid it would terrify them. An episode of ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' would later go behind the scenes of the show to reveal the actors and makeup process, in hopes of making children less afraid of the transformation.
* NonIndicativeTitle: ''Trial of the Incredible Hulk'' [[spoiler: The trial scene is a dream sequence]]
* OlderThanTheyThink: In a 2013 comic, ''Indestructible Hulk Special #1'', a scene in which S.H.I.E.L.D. calms Hulk down by surrounding him with puppies, so that he reverts to Banner, amazed the fans. But, decades earlier, the TV series had already shown that Hulk was fond of cute animals, [[PetTheDog petting them]] and turned into Banner in their presence.
** In the episode "The Snare", Hulk helped some little birds who had fallen from their nest.
** In "A Solitray Place", he saved a rabbit from a bear trap.
** In "A Minor Problem", he petted a literal dog.
* SpecialEffectFailure: The green shoes Creator/LouFerrigno often wore in outdoor scenes, for obvious safety reasons, had a habit of being plainly visible in many episodes. (Particularly "Terror in Times Square" -- Ferrigno joked that even the Hulk wouldn't go barefoot in Times Square in the '70s.)
** Mrs. Maier from the pilot episode was burned in the face trying to rescue her son, but the burn mark is very clearly makeup. Of course, this could have been intentional for censorship purposes.
** A scene in "Death In The Family" which Hulk carries the episode's Damsel in distress via jumping shows him about to make a jump (with the torn shirt still on), makes the jump (with it off), then makes it to the other side with the shredded shirt still on.
** In the same episode, Hulk fights a bear, which you can clearly see Ferrigno's body paint getting on the bear's fur. Then he throws the thing in which it is tossed lifelessly in the air.
* TheWoobie: Of all the characters who fit this, it's David ''FREAKIN''' Banner. At young age, he loses his mother. He loses both of his wives, one by car accident and the other by disease. And how does the series ultimately end? [[spoiler: He dies at the end of the series finale]]. Worse is that his remaining family will have to learn about it.
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[[folder:Film]]
* BetterOnDVD: With the DVD, several deleted scenes are restored that help flesh out the characters through their interactions, such as Bruce and Leonard Samson having a tense talk about Bruce's history with Betty, or a short dialogue at Culver University where Bruce tells Betty how he worries [[ForScience that they experimented with the wrong motives]].
* BrokenBase:
** The arguments about which is better: this or ''Film/{{Hulk}}''. Seriously, there are [[{{Pun}} civil]] [[ComicBook/CivilWar wars]] that have been less heated.
** The Abomination's physical appearance. Some people liked it and thought it was scary looking, while others disliked it for straying so far from his comic look. Some, regardless of loyalty to the comic incarnation found it just plain ugly. Then again, The ''Abomination'' being ugly is pretty much the point.
* CantUnhearIt: Fans of the film tend to hear Creator/EdwardNorton as Bruce Banner.
* CompleteMonster: In the {{novelization}} by Creator/PeterDavid, [[BloodKnight Emil Blonsky]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy notably worse]] than his film counterpart. A [[SociopathicSoldier brutal soldier]] with no problem harming [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals dogs]] or bystanders in his way, Blonsky gets worse as he is injected with the [[SuperSerum super soldier serum]], which brings out his more aggressive side. Desiring to execute people for minor offenses while hunting down Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, Blonsky becomes obsessed with the Hulk's power, to such an extent he viciously beats Banner in an attempt to bring the Hulk out. After assaulting and murdering some of his fellow soldiers, Blonsky undergoes the same gamma experiment that created the Hulk, turning himself into the Abomination, and with his newfound powers goes on a rampage across New York, killing scores of people in his way and smashing through cars and buildings with an evil grin on his face, finally getting to do what he's always wanted to deep down: have the power of life and death over people weaker than him.
* FanonDiscontinuity: Not intentionally, but a lot of people seem to forget that this movie is a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel themselves haven't done much to raise awareness of the film, as it had no sequels and none of its characters reappeared in the MCU until ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', save for Banner who was recast. There was a rumour that Creator/LivTyler as Betty would finally reappear in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', but she didn't[[note]]it's likely because ''Hulk'' is one of the few franchises Marvel doesn't own the film distribution rights to; unlike with ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', while they can make movies with the character without Universal's permission, if they give Hulk a ''solo movie'', Universal gets a good chunk of the profits, and unlike with the X-Men or Fantastic Four, Universal is doing much better than Fox is, meaning Disney can't just buy them out[[/note]].
* HilariousInHindsight:

'''Instead''': He orders all his men to charge into the university in broad daylight, alerting Bruce and Betty, causing chaos amongst the students and teachers, and terrifying Bruce enough that he transforms soon after they get to him. [[StuffBlowingUp Then that leads to several million dollars in property damage]]...

[[folder:The Animated Series]]
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN7pEvplZT0 The theme]] is honestly one of the best themes for the character, given how it evokes the drama, the rage and the darkness that is the Hulk.
* BestKnownForTheFanservice: This show's version of She-Hulk. Season 2 has this reputation due to her becoming a series regular during that time.
* CompleteMonster: The [[VillainOfTheWeek unnamed alien entity]], from "Mind Over Anti-Matter", was a powerful and boisterous being that searched for new realms to conquer and destroy. Setting its sights upon Earth, the entity fought ComicBook/DoctorStrange amongst the ruins of the last world it laid waste to. After overpowering Strange, the being searched for a host body strong enough to contain its raw power. It found one in Bruce Banner and proceeded to [[GrandTheftMe take over his body]] and wreak havoc on his subconscious. It transformed Bruce into the Dark Hulk and went on a rampage across Manhattan, attacking anyone who stood in its way. The Dark Hulk invaded a military base and [[NukeEm armed a nuclear warhead]] to destroy the island of Manhattan. With a rap sheet spanning centuries, the alien entity's only goal was to have as much fun as possible while turning new worlds into lifeless husks.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: It has a number of them, for such a dark show:
** When the Leader prepares to take the Hulk's power for himself, he orders Gargoyle to complete the apparatus needed to siphon the Hulk's power. We later see that he was playing Breakout on it, having presumably installed it out of boredom.
** The "savage" Hulk after leaping out of a remotely detonated explosive by Doctor Doom, reacts to his (well, Banner's) cellphone ringing in his pocket. While it seems the She-Hulk is calling Bruce to see how he is, Hulk assumes the phone ringing means that it's about to explode, so he throws it far away.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The end of "They Call Me Mr Fixit", when Allure feels sorry for herself because she has lost everything she had, and the Absorbing Man tells her that she has not lost him:
-->'''Allure:''' I can't believe I lost it all. I have nothing left. I'm a nobody!\\
'''Creel:''' No, don't you see, Allure? You are somebody... to me. Powers or not, I'm here for ya.\\
''[they kiss]''\\
'''Allure:''' Turn that kiss into gold, and we just might have something.

** Possible copyright disputes led to SHIELD in this series being represented not by ComicBook/NickFury, but one of his old comrades from the ComicBook/HowlingCommandos, Gabe Jones. (Audiences in TheNewTens will know him as the black dude in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''.) This was well before ComicBook/UltimateMarvel really did turn Nick Fury into a black dude. And just to seal the deal, this Gabe Jones had a full head of hair with white streaks, which was precisely how black Nick Fury appeared in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'', ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'', ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'', and Season One of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''.
** The episode "Mind Over Anti-Matter" provides two examples.
*** In Bruce's fantasies, one of the alternate versions of Bruce Banner appears to be Spider-Man with inverted colors. Years after this show came to an end, there was a Marvel Comics miniseries called ''ComicBook/BulletPoints'', which depicted a Marvel Universe that was drastically different because of Professor Erskine being shot before he could create the super soldier formula and that same bullet killing a young Ben Parker. Among the differences from the regular Marvel Universe mainly focused on are that Peter Parker becomes the Hulk and Bruce Banner becomes Spider-Man rather than the other way around.
*** One of the names She-Hulk mistakenly calls Doctor Strange is Doctor Peculiar. Doc Peculiar would later be the name used for the AlternateCompanyEquivalent of Doctor Strange that appears in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''.
** A lot of the imagery from the intro is eerily prophetic of the nightmarish imagery dominant in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk''.
** In "Return of the Beast Part 2," Bruce at one point says "[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Man of Steel]] I am not." He may not be, but [[Creator/NealMcDonough Bruce's voice actor]] would [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs go on fight him later.]]
* MagnificentBastard: Dr. Doom appears, see ''YMMV/FantasticFour'' for details.
* NightmareFuel: ''Loaded'' with it! Even in the Season 2 finale, the MonsterOfTheWeek was really freaky.
* RelationshipWritingFumble: Both of She-Hulk's voice actresses have a tendency to make her sound like she's in a state of perpetual arousal. This can lead to awkward moments where her dialogue with Bruce sounds like [[IncestSubtext she is flirting with her cousin]]. She-Hulk's first episode appearance is especially notable as she refers to him as "baby" when trying to snap him out of Doom's control. The same episode also has Bruce refer to Jen as his soul mate.
* TheScrappy: Fans prefer to forget the way ComicBook/SheHulk was portrayed in Season 2.
* SeasonalRot: Season 2 non-stop. Excessive ExecutiveMeddling saw many production members replaced with [[YesMan more like-minded personnel]], a LighterAndSofter tone, fewer story arcs, [[OffModel worse art and animation]] (despite it still being the same [[Creator/{{Saerom}} animation studio]]) and She-Hulk added as a regular (at the expense of Rick Jones, no less).
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The first season. The themes of each episode is dark; darker than the live action series, and that's saying something.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The opening credits.
* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Kathy Ireland as Ogress.
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[[folder:Film]]
* BetterOnDVD: With the DVD, several deleted scenes are restored that help flesh out the characters through their interactions, such as Bruce and Leonard Samson having a tense talk about Bruce's history with Betty, or a short dialogue at Culver University where Bruce tells Betty how he worries [[ForScience that they experimented with the wrong motives]].
* BrokenBase:
** The arguments about which is better: this or ''Film/{{Hulk}}''. Seriously, there are [[{{Pun}} civil]] [[ComicBook/CivilWar wars]] that have been less heated.
** The Abomination's physical appearance. Some people liked it and thought it was scary looking, while others disliked it for straying so far from his comic look. Some, regardless of loyalty to the comic incarnation found it just plain ugly. Then again, The ''Abomination'' being ugly is pretty much the point.
* CantUnhearIt: Fans of the film tend to hear Creator/EdwardNorton as Bruce Banner.
* CompleteMonster: In the {{novelization}} by Creator/PeterDavid, [[BloodKnight Emil Blonsky]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy notably worse]] than his film counterpart. A [[SociopathicSoldier brutal soldier]] with no problem harming [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals dogs]] or bystanders in his way, Blonsky gets worse as he is injected with the [[SuperSerum super soldier serum]], which brings out his more aggressive side. Desiring to execute people for minor offenses while hunting down Bruce Banner, aka the Hulk, Blonsky becomes obsessed with the Hulk's power, to such an extent he viciously beats Banner in an attempt to bring the Hulk out. After assaulting and murdering some of his fellow soldiers, Blonsky undergoes the same gamma experiment that created the Hulk, turning himself into the Abomination, and with his newfound powers goes on a rampage across New York, killing scores of people in his way and smashing through cars and buildings with an evil grin on his face, finally getting to do what he's always wanted to deep down: have the power of life and death over people weaker than him.
* FanonDiscontinuity: Not intentionally, but a lot of people seem to forget that this movie is a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel themselves haven't done much to raise awareness of the film, as it had no sequels and none of its characters reappeared in the MCU until ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', save for Banner who was recast. There was a rumour that Creator/LivTyler as Betty would finally reappear in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', but she didn't[[note]]it's likely because ''Hulk'' is one of the few franchises Marvel doesn't own the film distribution rights to; unlike with ''Franchise/SpiderMan'', while they can make movies with the character without Universal's permission, if they give Hulk a ''solo movie'', Universal gets a good chunk of the profits, and unlike with the X-Men or Fantastic Four, Universal is doing much better than Fox is, meaning Disney can't just buy them out[[/note]].
* HilariousInHindsight:

* NightmareFuel: The series has been described as most frightening TV series ever for young children, with its focus on radical change into a creature making animal-like sounds. Word is that Bill Bixby wouldn't even allow his children to watch the show for various reasons as he was afraid it would terrify them. An episode of ''Series/MrRogersNeighborhood'' would later go behind the scenes of the show to reveal the actors and makeup process, in hopes of making children less afraid of the transformation.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: Both of She-Hulk's voice actresses have a tendency to make her sound like she's in a state of perpetual arousal. This can lead to awkward moments where she's talking to Bruce and sounds like she is flirting with her cousin. She-Hulk's first episode appearance is especially notable as she refers to him as "baby" when trying to snap him out of Doom's control.
** The same episode where Jen first appears has Bruce refer to Jen as his soul mate.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The film got an alright critical reception (its Website/RottenTomatoes score is a decent 67%, which isn't bad), but audiences didn't respond anywhere near as strongly to it as they did with ''Film/IronMan1'' (or even ''Film/{{Thor}}''), and as the years have gone by it's still regarded as a middle-of-the-road movie that is often forgotten. Not helping this is that subsequent Marvel films barely reference it at all, and ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' not only replaces Creator/EdwardNorton with Creator/MarkRuffalo (whose take on the character is completely different and has been much better received) but does such a good enough job of introducing his character that TIH doesn't really feel necessary. Notably, this film is probably the only one that does not contribute to ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' in any way[[note]]although as indicated by Thunderbolt Ross returning in ''Civil War'' and ''Infinity War'', it ''is'' still canon[[/note]].

* MostWonderfulSound: That one ScareChord leading to the Hulk's {{Leitmotif}}. It always means ass-kicking is due to ensue and it will be ''glorious!''

** Season 3 had a lot of [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment inexplicable]] [[DenserAndWackier cheesy humor injected into the stories]], sometimes working against their otherwise unrelentingly serious tone in a bad way, such as the Hulk being attracted to a green store mannequin in an otherwise tension-filled standoff between criminals who wanted to raid a mall vault. Probably a result of the following:

* HarsherInHindsight: In the movie, Creator/StanLee has a cameo where he falls ill due to Bruce's blood mixing with the soft drink he took a sip out of. In mid-2018, Stan's health started to fail, and he eventually passed away in November 2018.