Hulk

## Chronological information

### Likes

His friends being safe, spending time with Betty (formerly), Betty being safe, Black Widow

### Dislikes

Loki (formerly), being called a monster, his friends being in danger, paparazzi, Betty and Natasha in danger, Ultron

## Portrayers

### Live action

Edward Norton (The Incredible Hulk)
Mark Ruffalo (the rest of the series)

### Voice

Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron)
Mark Ruffalo (The Avengers, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4)

## Relevant Pages

**Hulk** (real name **Dr. Robert Bruce Banner)** is the main protagonist of *The Incredible Hulk*, and one of the protagonists of *The Avengers* film series, and the tetartagonist of *Thor: Ragnarok*. He is known by his real name Bruce Banner.

## Background

### Personality

Banner is a genius as an expert in the field of gamma radiation. He is overly sarcastic by guessing Hawkeye's joke. After having exposed to the gamma bomb he gained a monstrous alternative personality, called the Hulk, that he can change into after his heart rate goes at a certain point by getting too excited or angry. He tries to maintain his heart rate by calming himself down, but it seems that he's able to bring out Hulk by will alone.

Banner's personality is that of a kind doctor who likes meeting new people, such as Tony Stark and Steve Rogers, although he is not without a sarcastic side. He is a brilliant scientist whom Tony Stark likes and he makes great work which makes him a great scientist as well. Given that Bruce also sometimes can feel a little upset or angry and depending on what he's feeling. When he transforms into the Hulk then that means he's angry and he's not happy at all. But Bruce is a very nice guy and always helps out, even when it's very difficult for him to fit in with other people. He is known to also be very smart and intelligent and he knows what he's doing when he's performing experiments in his lab or workplace.

Hulk's personality is the polar opposite to Bruce Banner- much like the psychological Id, Hulk is very aggressive, stubborn, and primal, incurred whenever Bruce is angry. Because of Hulk's temper, he causes destruction to his surroundings and beats anything in his path, however, he has a soft spot for animals. After some time, Hulk respected people and had the thought of helping them instead of hurting them, such as when the Hulk rescued Hawkeye's men from a helicopter crash. He can get along with people very well, but can be easily irritated by others if they think that Hulk is only a monster.

### Powers and Abilities

#### Powers

* **Transformation:** Due to the Gamma Radiation that has mutated his body, Bruce is able to transform between his normal, unpowered human form and the form of one of the most powerful superhumans. Bruce has trouble with this ability as it only activates by pure aggression and requires force of will to summon it. In addition, this transformation has led to a dual consciousness, with one being Bruce and the Hulk. As of now, the Hulk is in charge of their shared body. He has only transformed back into Banner a handful of times.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** Hulk has virtually unlimited superhuman strength at his disposal. He is strong enough to match his teammate Thor in combat, as well as break through the incredibly powerful gravitational influences of the villain Graviton. He is easily able to heft objects like tanks with one hand and use them akin to a baseball bat. Frankly he is capable of picking up any object he wants to. Bruce's strength increases when he is angry, and this is something that has led to the downfall of many villains.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** Hulk possesses near-invulnerability toward all types of harm. He has been struck with bullets, laser cannons, powerful, magical, and technological energy blasts, and falls from great heights with no injury. His durability is similar to that of Thor, Ronan the Accuser, and the Thing.
	+ **Environmental Adaptation:** Hulk can adapt to any environment, even airless space. Hulkcan adapt to a wide diversity of hostile habitats. Hulk can harmonize his biological structure with the depths of the ocean. He can even speak in these inhospitable habitats. Hulk can eat, drink, breathe, and function normally in any environment. He does not need to eat, drink, or breath, and his ability to adapt to his environment is an inherent property, which is also enhanced and amplified by his rage, excitement, stress, and necessity.
	+ **Weaponizing:** Hulk had to make something useful out from any object and used them as melee and ranged weapons like tanks, missile launchers, signboards, cars on foes.
	+ **Accelerated Healing Factor:** Hulk can heal even serious wounds within seconds. These attributes make him extremely difficult to kill, even if he is in his human form.
	+ **Superhuman Endurance:** Hulk's body generates no fatigue toxins during physical activity, granting him nigh limitless endurance in all physical activities. His stamina and vitality are inexhaustible and limitless.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** Hulk's stamina and vitality are inexhaustible and limitless.
	+ **Superhuman Speed:** Hulk is capable of running faster than a human; Hulk could even surpass an aircraft while on land, he can swim at 100 knots, and keep up with Emil Blonsky. His reflexes have even been described as "lightning-fast reflexes", fast.

#### Abilities

* **Advanced Hand-To-Hand Combatant/Martial Artist:** Although he has not be formal training in hand-to-hand combat and martial arts; his fighting skills combined with his superhuman physical attributes, makes Hulk a formidable opponent alone in single combat. Bruce received training in hand-to-hand combat and martial arts; in Brazil from a hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist expert.
* **Genius-Level Intellect:** Bruce possesses a genius-level intellect, famous for being one of the foremost geniuses of his generation.
* **Master Scientist:** Bruce is one of the world's renowned scientist in fields such as Biochemistry, Nuclear Physics and, especially, Gamma Radiation.
* **Expert Tactician:** Bruce is an extremely skilled tactician.
* **Multilingualism:** Bruce is capable of fluently speaking English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Hindi.

### Equipment

* **Stretchable Pants:** After the Battle of New York, Bruce became a consecrated member of the Avengers, he acquired a uniform with the main feature of stretching to fit Hulk's physique after his transformations. He uses a pair of trousers made with a flexible microfiber fabric, the material of which was shown to be extremely durable on several occasions, like when the team attacked the HYDRA Research Base, Bruce turned back into the Hulk with his pants still intact.
* **Battle Axe:** As Hulk became a gladiator, he had gained a large special metallic battle axe that sutiable to his own size.
* **Hammer:** As a gladiator, Hulk had also obtained a special metallic war hammer that aids him with battling others in the arena

## Appearances

### The Avengers

Bruce Banner is recruited by Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow, For the Avengers facility or S.H.E.I.L.D. Bruce reveals that he doesn't want to because Of 'the other guy'. Natasha convinces him in the end and he joins. Later he joins a meeting with the other Avengers About Loki, Thor's brother. He and the Avengers agreed to keep Loki secure in a container-like-room. Loki Had other plans though, because while of the Tony and Steve were fighting which made all of the avengers fight, Loki had put Hawkeye under a spell and Hawkeye used a arrow to blow up the ships engines. While Tony and Steve worked tighter to fix the engine, Bruce and Natasha had falling on to the ships lower deck. Bruce started to get angry and Nat (Natasha) tried to calm him down but it didn't work. Bruce turned into the Hulk and Began to run After Nat. Thor saved Natasha from Hulk and told Bruce that him and Nat were not his enemies. They battled and Bruce calmed down. Days later They prepared a big battle with Loki and his Chitari. At one point of the battle they grouped up tighter so steve could assign what they should attack. Bruce got to hulk smash anything. After the battle they were named heros.

### Avengers Age of Ultron

During the uprising of Hydra, The Avengers regrouped to once again battle evil. Banner assisted Stark to make a weapon that could help the universe, They named it Vision. After Vision was born, Ultron was, another creation Tony did create but never really needed to use him. While the Avengers were all drinking and tried to lift Thor's Hammer, Ultron confronted the man who was his creator, saying that he felt betrayed by Tony and That he wanted to get revenge on Tony. He than fought Tony throughout the facility, Bruce helped. Later Ultron sent Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) and Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) to Destroy The Avengers. The Avengers battled them and Ultron on Sokovia. Pietro and Wanda found out about Ultron wanting to destroy their home planet and switched sides to the Avengers. After the battle Pietro had been shot dead and Wanda was left distraught. Bruce along with others had helped the people of Sokovia and get them to Saftey

### Thor Ragnarok

Thor is set to fight the arena Champion. The champion is in Fact Hulk. Him and Thor battled until Thor was knocked out By Hulk. Later the 2 would become bitter with eachother with back and forth banter. Thor and Hulk ease tensions over some time. Thor convinces Hulk to bring in his friend and sparring partner, Valkyrie, to ask for her help but she refuses to. Deciding to face his evil sister, Hela, on his own, Thor breaks through the window of Hulk's room to reach the Quinject Hulk landed in. Hulk follows Thor down, not intending to let his friend leave Sakaar, however, Thor then plays footage of Natasha's final message in front of Hulk. The anguish upon seeing Natasha causes Hulk to finally revert back to Banner.

Confused over where he is, Banner learns that he spent two years as Hulk and worries that the next transformation may be permanent. While Thor calms him down, they overhear Grandmaster announcing a bounty on the missing gladiators and are forced to escape the Quinjet. Banner admits to Thor he is tired of fighting and wants to return to Earth when Thor asks for his help; however, he does agree to accompany Thor back to Asgard. When the two enter a Hulk parade, they run into Valkyrie, having decided to join their fight against Hela. Banner and Valkyrie both briefly note how familiar the other seemed, although Thor dismisses this to hide information about Banner and the Hulk. To prove she was sincere, Valkyrie also offers a captured Loki as a gift, much to Banner's surprise; he is further flabbergasted and fearful when Loki directly apologizes to him. The four decide to steal the Grandmaster's ship and escape Sakaar.

With Thor and Valkyrie, Banner acquire a ship that takes them to Asgard. Valkyrie and Banner assist the Asgardian refugees during the evacuation on the Bifrost Bridge when the refugees were confronted by Hela's wolf Fenris. Using the ship's guns proves futile against the wolf, thus Banner decides to turn into the Hulk to stop her, despite knowing that he may be the Hulk forever. Banner jumps off the ship and hits the bridge, allowing him to transform into Hulk and he immediately fights Fenris. Their battle is savage and heated, but Hulk is able to defeat the wolf when he gives a punch powerful enough that Fenris falls down a waterfall to her death. Hulk then returns to his friends right as a revived Surtur destroys Asgard following the evacuation; without knowing Thor released Surtur to stop Hela, an unaware Hulk attacks Surtur, and after being easily thrown away by the demon, Hulk begrudgingly escapes with Thor and Valkyrie on board the *Statesman*, where Loki, the Sakaaran rebels, and all the Asgardians are waiting. With Asgard destroyed at the cost of defeating Hela, the Asgardians are now without a home. Thor, as king of Asgard, decides to set course for Earth as their new home which Hulk agrees to.

In a mid-credits scene, however, the group is stopped in their travel to Earth by the *Sanctuary II*, the warship of the Mad Titan Thanos.

## Avengers: Infinity War

Following Thanos' massacre of half the *Statesman*'s passengers, the remaining Asgardians, including Valkyrie, escape on several escape pods and the only survivors remaining on the ship are Thor, Loki, Heimdall, and Hulk, after engaging the Black Order in a brutal fight. Loki surrenders to Thanos after giving him the Tesseract before dropping his ploy to alert Hulk in and get the drop on Thanos. Hulk proceeds to violently beat Thanos, but ultimately, Thanos catches Hulk and smashes him into the ground making Hulk temporarily conscious. Heimdall uses his Bifrost powers to transport Hulk to Earth, saving his life, before being killed by Thanos.

When he arrives on Earth, Hulk crashlands in the New York Sanctum, alerting Doctor Strange and his friend Wong to investigate the impact. They find Hulk transforming back into Bruce Banner, where Banner warns them that Thanos is coming. In response, Strange accompanies Banner to recruit Tony Stark, startling him due to Banner's delayed absence. Banner reveals to Tony that the coming threat, Thanos, is the one who was responsible for the attack on New York through Loki. Tony starts to discuss with Strange on what to do with Thanos and on how to save the planet, however, the Black Order (consisting of Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian) invade New York. After the people have evacuated the zone, Banner, Stark, Strange, and Wong meet the Black Order operatives; Tony asks Banner to transform into Hulk to help them but Hulk refuses to come out and help him, forcing Banner to remain out of the fight. After Strange is captured by Maw and taken to the Q-Ship with Tony and Spider-Man sneaking on board, Banner remains on Earth and goes to the New Avengers Facility to recruit Steve Rogers and Natasha (the latter of whom he gives an awkward greeting to) to reunite and fight against Thanos.

To secure the Mind Stone on Vision's head, the Avengers travel to Wakanda to remove the stone from Vision and for backup against Thanos' forces when they arrive to claim the stone. Banner repairs the Hulkbuster suit to use in the battle against Thanos' henchmen as Hulk currently still refuses to appear. Initially, Banner doesn't use the suit very well and soon faces Cull Obsidian once more; Banner turns the fight in his favor by forcing the Hulkbuster gauntlet onto Cull and it careens him towards Wakanda's energy barrier, killing Cull.
Rejoining the others in battle, the Outriders pile and overwhelm Banner until he and his teammates are saved by Thor using Stormbreaker and his new allies Rocket Raccoon and Groot. The additional manpower helps the Avengers defeat all the Outriders; following the battle, they learn Thanos has arrived on Wakanda for Vision. Banner and the others go to Thanos and try to stop him but Thanos incapacitates each one by one; for Banner, Thanos traps Banner inside a rock making him temporarily unable to intervene.

Once Thanos successfully kills Vision and claims all of the Avengers: Endgameniverse and escapes. With Thanos victorious and all their efforts they performed to stop him were for naught, Banner and a few other Avengers that were spared are left to watch as their friends disappear from existence, leaving only dust before them, forced to accept that Thanos had defeated them.

## Avengers: Endgame

Hulk appears in *Avengers: Endgame.* In the film the Banner and Hulk personas merged, similar to his appearance in the original Marvel Comics. Bruce joins the other heroes as they travel back in time to retrieve the Infinity Stones and the Infinity Gauntlet. They succeed, and Bruce uses the Infinity Gauntlet to undo the snap and bring everyone back to life. Hulk/Banner then joins the other heroes in their fight against Thanos and his army of Chitauri, Outriders and the Black Order.

## Trivia

* Bruce References Hulk as the 'other guy'
* Bruce's/Hulk's Actor, Mark Ruffalo, Actually told Josh Brolin (Thanos) to audition for the role Thanos