History YMMV / WorldWarHulk

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sending the Illuminati into exile would be a perfectly justified ironic punishment. Killing them would be as justified as revenge ever is. Forcing four lifelong friends to battle to death is pure sadism, especially with the implication their families and colleagues would be following them into the arena. Even the Emperor's culling permitted those who already knew each other to work together instead of battling each other (like Elloe and Skee). Thankfully [[EveryoneHasStandards even the Hulk seems to realize this]] once he sees they couldn't bring themselves to truly kill one another, and was willing to leave the group to ruminate with their destroyed reputations and immense tear down of what they considered justice. [[spoiler: Then the Sentry arrived and [[FromBadToWorse things escalated again]].]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sending the Illuminati into exile would be a perfectly justified ironic punishment. Killing them would be as justified as revenge ever is. Forcing four lifelong friends to battle to death is pure sadism, especially with the implication their families and colleagues would be following them into the arena. Even the Emperor's culling permitted those who already knew each other to work together instead of battling each other (like Elloe and Skee). Thankfully [[EveryoneHasStandards even the Hulk seems to realize this]] once he sees they couldn't bring themselves to truly kill one another, and was willing to leave the group to ruminate with their destroyed reputations and immense tear down of what they considered justice. [[spoiler: Then the Century arrived and [[FromBadToWorse things escalated again]].]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sending the Illuminati into exile would be a perfectly justified ironic punishment. Killing them would be as justified as revenge ever is. Forcing four lifelong friends to battle to death is pure sadism, especially with the implication their families and colleagues would be following them into the arena. Even the Emperor's culling permitted those who already knew each other to work together instead of battling each other (like Elloe and Skee). Thankfully even the Hulk seems to realize this once he sees they couldn't bring themselves to truly kill one another, and was willing to leave the group to ruminate with their destroyed reputations and immense tear down of what they considered justice. [[spoiler: Then the Century arrived and [[FromBadToWorse things escalated again]].]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: With the exception of Xavier (who was not around at the time they send Hulk into space) and Namor (who was completely against their plan and was thus spared of Hulk’s wrath), the Illuminati don't do much to earn readers' sympathy. Throughout the entire story they [[NeverMyFault deny any responsibility for the Hulk's loss because it was an accident]] (a manufactured one by [[spoiler: Miek]], it turns out), ignoring that the entire thing still happened because of them as they shot him into space. Without even trying to get his or Banner's consent.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sending the Illuminati into exile would be a perfectly justified ironic punishment. Killing them would be as justified as revenge ever is. Forcing four lifelong friends to battle to death is pure sadism, especially with the implication their families and colleagues would be following them into the arena. Even the Emperor's culling permitted those who already knew each other to work together instead of battling each other (like Elloe and Skee). Thankfully even the Hulk seems to realize this, and was willing to leave the group to ruminate with their destroyed reputations and immense tear down of what they considered justice. [[spoiler: Then the Century arrived and [[FromBadToWorse things escalated again]].]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sending the Illuminati into exile would be a perfectly justified ironic punishment. Killing them would be as justified as revenge ever is. Forcing four lifelong friends to battle to death is pure sadism, especially with the implication their families and colleagues would be following them into the arena. Even the Emperor's culling permitted those who already knew each other to work together instead of battling each other (like Elloe and Skee). Thankfully even the Hulk seems to realize this, and was willing to leave the group to ruminate with their destroyed reputations and immense tear down of what they considered justice. [[spoiler: Then The Century arrived and [[FromBadToWorse things escalated again]].]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sending the Illuminati into exile would be a perfectly justified ironic punishment. Killing them would be as justified as revenge ever is. Forcing four lifelong friends to battle to death is pure sadism, especially with the implication their families and colleagues would be following them into the arena. Even the Emperor's culling permitted those who already knew each other to work together instead of battling each other (like Elloe and Skee).

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sending the Illuminati into exile would be a perfectly justified IronicPunishment. Killing them would be as justified as revenge ever is. Forcing four lifelong friends to battle to death is pure sadism, especially with the implication their families and colleagues would be following them into the arena. Even the Emperor's culling permitted those who already knew each other to work together instead of battling each other (like Elloe and Skee).

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Hulk's confronting Xavier. Even though Xavier had nothing to do with the Illuminati sending Hulk into space, unlike the rest of them he admits to the group's wrongdoing and surrenders himself to the Hulk. The rest of X-Men however aren't prepared to let Xavier die and fight in his defense. None of them can stop the Hulk, but then he sees what Xavier and the X-Men have been through in recent years and decides that Xavier has suffered enough leaves him in peace.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: With the exception of Xavier (who was not around at the time they send Hulk into space) and Namor (who was completely against their plan and was thus spared of Hulk’s wrath), the Illuminati don't do much to earn readers' sympathy. Throughout the entire story they [[NeverMyFault deny any responsibility for the Hulk's loss because it was an accident]], ignoring that the entire thing still happened because of them as they shot him into space. Without even trying to get his or Banner's consent.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Hulk's confronting Xavier. Even though Xavier had nothing to do with the Illuminati sending Hulk into space, unlike the rest of them he admits to the group's wrongdoing and surrenders himself to the Hulk. The rest of X-Men however aren't prepared to let Xavier die and fight in his defense. None of them can stop the Hulk, but then he sees what Xavier and the X-Men have been through in recent years and decides that Xavier has suffered enough leaves him in peace.

* MemeticMutation: "We're all fucked when Hulk comes back to Earth." The ''PlanetHulk'' storyline happened roughly simultaneously with ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. This became [[TakeAThirdOption the third option]] when asked "whose side are you on" in the war: it's all moot because the Hulk is going to kill everyone soon enough.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: With the exception of Xavier (who was not around at the time they send Hulk into space) and Namor (who was completely against their plan and was thus spared of Hulk’s wrath), the Illuminati don't do much to earn readers' sympathy. Throughout the entire story they [[NeverMyFault deny any responsibility for the Hulk's loss because it was an accident]], ignoring that the entire thing still happened because of them as they shot him into space. Without even trying to get his or Banner's consent.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: With the exception of Xavier, the Illuminati don't do much to earn readers' sympathy. Throughout the entire story they [[NeverMyFault deny any responsibility for the Hulk's loss because it was an accident]], ignoring that the entire thing still happened because of them as they shot him into space. Without even trying to get his or Banner's consent.

* RootingForTheEmpire: While not being an actual villain, the Hulk is still the event's main antagonist and several readers were actively rooting for him to make the Illuminati pay. This trope also counts as an InUniverse example: as a soon as the Hulk reveals their actions, several civilians formed cheering mobs for him, in no small part to being annoyed at turn of events involving the Civil War.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Miek did not prevent the bomb from exploding and killing Caiera and the others, because he felt it was Hulk's destiny to be the Worldbreaker.]] Needless to say, when Hulk finds out, [[UnstoppableRage he is not amused.]]

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: "The Hulk is back. He's madder than he's ever been. And he's going to kill the Illuminati." Yeah, '''''[[SarcasmMode right]].'''''
* MemeticMutation: We're all fucked when Hulk comes back to Earth.
** To explain a bit: the ''PlanetHulk'' storyline happened roughly simultaneously with ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. This became [[TakeAThirdOption the third option]] when asked "whose side are you on" in the war: it's all moot because the Hulk is going to kill everyone soon enough.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Miek did not prevent the bomb from exploding and killing Caiera and the others, because he felt it was Hulk's destiny to be the Worldbreaker. Needless to say, when Hulk finds out, [[UnstoppableRage he is not amused.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Miek did not prevent the bomb from exploding and killing Caiera and the others, because he felt it was Hulk's destiny to be the Worldbreaker. Needless to say, when Hulk finds out, [[UnstoppableRage he is]] [[KarmicDeath not amused.]]]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Miek did not prevent the bomb from exploding and killing Caiera and the others, because he felt it was Hulk's destiny to be the Worldbreaker.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Miek did not prevent the bomb from exploding and killing Caiera and the others, because he felt it was Hulk's destiny to be the Worldbreaker]]

** To explain a bit: the ''PlanetHulk'' storyline happened roughly simultaneously with ''CivilWar''. This became [[TakeAThirdOption the third option]] when asked "whose side are you on" in the war: it's all moot because the Hulk is going to kill everyone soon enough.

* IdiotBall: Everyone! None of the heroes try to exploit the Hulk's weaknesses such as gamma dampeners. Iron Man attacks him with the slower and always weaker Hulk-Buster armor, while Reed tries to reason with him. Yes, talk sense to UnstoppableRage.
** Darwin tries gamma absorption, Prof. X and Emma Frost try psychic attacks, Iron-Man tries neutralizing Hulk's healing factor, Doctor Strange tries to get through to the friendly (or so he mistakenly believes) Bruce Banner locked in Hulk's mind, Reed tries simulating the radiation that the Sentry gives off that calms (and thereby weakens) the Hulk. Hulk just {{No Sell}}s it.

** "Kill," no. "Beat them to bleeding shreds," yes!
* IdiotBall: Everyone! None of the heroes try to exploit the Hulk's weaknesses such as gamma dampeners. Iron Man attacks him with the slower and always weaker Hulk-Buster armor, while Reed tries to reason with him. Yes, talk sense to UnstoppableRage.
** Darwin tries gamma absorption, Prof. X and Emma Frost try psychic attacks, Iron-Man tries neutralizing Hulk's healing factor, Doctor Strange tries to get through to the friendly (or so he mistakenly believes) Bruce Banner locked in Hulk's mind, Reed tries simulating the radiation that the Sentry gives off that calms (and thereby weakens) the Hulk. Hulk just {{No Sell}}s it.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Miek did not prevent the bomb from exploding and killing Caiera and the others, because he felt it was Hulk's destiny to be the Worldbreaker]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Miek]]

* IdiotBall:Everyone! None of the heroes try to exploit the Hulk's weaknesses such as gamma dampeners. Iron man attacks the with the slower and always weaker Hulk-Buster, while Reed tries to reason with him. Yes, talk sense to UnstoppableRage.
** Darwin tries gamma absorbsion, Prof. X and Emma Frost try psychic attacks, Iron-Man tries neutralizing Hulk's healing factor, Reed tries simulating the radiation that the Sentry gives off that calms(and thereby weakens) the Hulk. Hulk just NoSell's it.