Hulk in other media

This is a list of media appearances for "The Incredible Hulk".

Television

"Marvel Superheroes"

The Hulk debuted in television as part of the "Marvel Super Heroes" animated television series in 1966. His 39 seven-minute segments were shown along with those featuring Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and the Sub-Mariner episodes based on early stories appearing in the "Hulk" and "Tales to Astonish" series.

"The Incredible Hulk" (TV series)

The most famous TV adaptation is the live-action "The Incredible Hulk" TV series and its spin-off TV movies, starring Bill Bixby as David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk.

1980s animation

After the live-action show ended in 1982, the Hulk returned to cartoon format with 13 episodes of "The Incredible Hulk", which aired in a combined hour with "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends". The series featured more characters from the comics than the live-action series, including Rick Jones, Betty Ross, and General Ross. The show used stock transformation scenes which include Bruce Banner transforming back with his clothing somehow restored intact. The She-Hulk and the Leader made an appearance in the show. This series featured Stan Lee as a narrator. In that show, Bruce Banner and Hulk were voiced by Michael Bell.

Bruce Banner and the Hulk also appeared in the "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" episode "Spidey Goes Hollywood", voiced by Peter Cullen. The Spider-Friends encountered Bruce Banner and had Sam Blockbuster give him a job on the Spider-Man movie. When Mysterio unleashes a robot Hulk in one of the scenes, Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk and fights the robot Hulk and destroys it.

1990s animation/"Marvel Action Hour"

The Hulk appeared as a robot in the danger room of the X-Mansion in the "X-Men" animated series episode "The Juggernaut Returns".

The Hulk also appeared in episodes of the "Fantastic Four" and "Iron Man" cartoons that also made up the "Marvel Action Hour", although the character design for both Banner and Hulk were markedly different, with Ron Perlman playing both roles.

In 1996, Marvel Studios and Saban Entertainment brought the Hulk back to animated form in the animated series "The Incredible Hulk", with Neal McDonough voicing Bruce Banner, Lou Ferrigno providing the voice of the Hulk, and Michael Donovan voicing the Grey Hulk. The first season's stories are exceptionally dark, but in 1997, the show's name changed to "The Incredible Hulk and She-Hulk", and featured She-Hulk in several episodes with the Gray Hulk. In the episode "Mind Over Anti-Matter", Banner turns into a monstrous Dark Hulk when possessed by an evil entity (both voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson).The show aired briefly on ABC Family following the release of the live-action movie in 2003.

In "" episode "Avengers Assemble" Pt. 1, Hulk's portrait can be seen in the conference room.

21st century

The Hulk appears in the "" episode entitled "Hard Knocks" with Bruce Banner voiced by Andrew Kavadas and the Hulk voiced by Mark Gibbon. Bruce Banner came to see Reed Richards to help him find a cure for the Hulk transformation.

Hulk appears in "Wolverine and the X-Men" episode #7 and is voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

"Hulk: Gamma Corps" is scheduled to air in early 2009.Fact|date=June 2008

Non-traditional appearances

In a "Saturday Night Live" skit called "Superman's Funeral," Hulk (portrayed by Chris Farley) was one of the speakers. In another "Saturday Night Live" skit, John Belushi played the Hulk when Superman (Bill Murray) and Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) are married and having a dinner party and it is shown that he is married to Cookie Hulk.

MADtv showed a skit where Bruce Banner (portrayed by Ike Barinholtz) tries to create a serum that will prevent him from becoming the Hulk, unfortunately the serum causes him to turn into a gay Hulk (portrayed by Paul Vogt).

In the "Family Guy" episode "Chitty Chitty Death Bang," a part in Peter Griffin's obviously made-up story to Lois Griffin has him turning into the Hulk to attack the devilish manager.

The Hulk appears in the "Robot Chicken" episodes "The Deep End" and "Badunkadunk" voiced by Seth Green.

The Hulk appears in the "Drawn Together" episodes "Charlotte's Web of Lies" and "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine" voiced by Jess Harnell. In the first, he is seen in Ling-Ling's Anger Management group with Marvin the Martian, Skeletor, and Yosemite Sam. In the second, it is mentioned that Spanky shouldn't have let him do his taxes either.

The Hulk appears in the "South Park" trilogy "Imaginationland".

In an "Adventures of Ricardo" short, originally seen on MTV's "Cartoon Sushi" and available on "The Animation Show" DVD, the title character professes his love of the character, renamed the "Incwedibul Hunk" here due to Ricardo's speech impediment.

Film

"Hulk" (2003 film)

In 2003, Ang Lee directed a film based on the Hulk for Universal Pictures. Eric Bana played Bruce Banner, and the Hulk was created with CGI. In this film, scientist Banner is involved in a gamma-radiation lab accident, causing him to turn into the Hulk. His father, David Banner, turns into a creature called "The Father" who battles the Hulk in the film's climax. The Hulk of this film exists not only as a result of Bruce's repressed anger but also as a result of the traumatic experience of seeing his Father stab his Mother in a fit of madness. The Hulk causes a great deal of damage throughout the film but never actually kills anyone (at least not directly). He also seems to clearly remember everything about Bruce's traumatic past which shows that he is the repressed side of Bruce and Bruce manages to regain all these memories in his periods as the Hulk. Physically the Hulk is formed by Nanomeds which react to the force of Bruce's extreme unbridled emotion by creating new cells all over his body which cause his whole body to increase in size and strength dramatically creating the Hulk. The Hulk in this film increases in size and strength as he gets angrier leading him to reach 15 feet at his angriest. Later on in the film the Hulk begins to be shown as another personality that has lain dormant inside Bruce, this is shown in a scene in Banner's mind where he and the Hulk meet on either side of a mirror. The Hulk smashes through the mirror and grabs Banner regarding him simply with the words "Puny Human". This is reminiscent of the pair's relationship in the comics with neither of them willing to accept the other as a part of themselves, despite everyone on the outside's views to the contrary.

"The Incredible Hulk" (2008 film)

A reboot was released on June 13, 2008. Titled "The Incredible Hulk", it was directed by Louis Leterrier. Edward Norton stars in the film as Bruce Banner and Liv Tyler plays Betty Ross. [cite web | url=http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/720/720544p1.html | title=Comic-Con 2006: The Incredible Hulk Panel | author=Chris Carle | publisher=IGN | date=July 23, 2006 | accessdate=2006-08-16 ]

In this, Banner searches for a cure to the gamma radiation that turns him into the Hulk, while General Ross and the military search to capture him. In order to have him combat the Hulk, the military injects soldier Emil Blonsky with a super-soldier serum, which eventually lead him in becoming a character based on Marvel Comics' Abomination. Banner finds romance with Betty Ross, and receives assistance from scientist Samuel Sterns.The Hulk in this film is very aggressive and only shows his softer side towards Betty. According to General Ross, Hulk has actually killed people and attempts to kill Abomination by throttling him with a chain and would've succeeded if not for the timely intervention of Betty. However Hulk is extremely protective of Betty and saves her life on more than one occasion even trying to protect her from lightning (believing it to be an enemy). This version of the Hulk seems to be more of an offshoot of Banner and the personification of his rage and aggression, however Hulk's own personality starts to appear towards the end. This Hulk is only about 9 feet tall and doesn't grow bigger as he gets angrier, he is very heavily muscled and this can be seen through his skin as he has almost no fat in his body. His green skin seems to be a result of his green mutated blood as evidenced by the green veins that appear all over Banner's body as he changes. The Hulk sees the world and reacts to it like a very angry newborn, he shows aggression to anything that attempts to hurt him or caused the anger that made Banner become him (which is all the time) and he treats anything that isn't automatically seen as a threat with a great curiosity reminiscent of a baby just beginning to explore its surroundings. Unfortunately like a newborn he also acts on immediate emotion which of course most of the time is anger.

"Ultimate Avengers"

The Hulk appears in the 2006 direct-to-DVD animated feature "Ultimate Avengers", based on the comic book "The Ultimates". He also appeared in "Ultimate Avengers 2". In both films, Bruce Banner was voiced by Michael Massee and the Hulk was voiced by Fred Tatasciore.In the first movie the Hulk was revealed to have been created after absorbing a blast of gamma radiation and then going on a rampage through New York. Afterwards Bruce Banner works at SHIELD trying to find a way to regain control of his mind whilst he is transformed into the Hulk using Captain America's Super Soldier serum.In his first attempt he does succeed, however whilst fighting in the final battle he goes into a beserker rage and attacks the Avengers. He is later sedated and kept prisoner by SHIELD.

In the second movie it is revealed that the Hulk's gamma induced powers are what weakened the armor of the invading Chitauri forces. Because of this, they attempt to kill him whilst he is imprisoned and it is thought they succeeded, however, at the end of the movie it is revealed that Bruce survived by transforming into the Hulk as he watches Betty Ross from a distance before leaping off to freedom.

Next Avengers

An elderly Hulk appears in "Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow" with Fred Tatasciore reprising Hulk.Hulk is revealed to have survived Ultron taking over the world by hiding in the desert with Betty Ross. He later joins the final battle and destroys Ultron.

Hulk Vs.

Fred Tatasciore will also voices Hulk in "Hulk Vs". [ [http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=54 Marvel Animation Age ] ] It will consist of two comic adaptations: "Hulk vs. Thor" and "Hulk vs. Wolverine". [ [http://www.marvel.com/news/moviestories.4127.Watch_the_First_Hulk_vs~dot~_Wolverine_Trailer!; Watch the First Hulk vs. Wolverine Trailer!] , Marvel.com, July 7, 2008]

Planet Hulk

Hulk will also appear in the upcoming Planet Hulk DVD.

Announced future films

In "The Incredible Hulk", Samuel Sterns, played by Tim Blake Nelson, was introduced to set him up as a villain in a future film, where he would become the Leader.cite news | author = Nick de Semlyen | title = Fight Club | publisher = Empire | date = June 2008 | pages = 66-72] Tim Blake Nelson has signed on to reprise the role.Fact|date=June 2008 Director Louis Leterrier said he made that film's final shot of Bruce Banner ambiguous, so that if there is not a sequel, the shot would instead indicate that in the scheduled 2011 feature "The Avengers", the Hulk becomes a menace. [cite news | author = Shawn Adler | title = Should Hulk Be The Villain In 'The Avengers'? You Decide, Says Hulk Director | publisher = MTV | date = 2008-06-13 | url = http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/13/should-hulk-be-the-villain-in-the-avengers-you-decide-says-hulk-director/ | accessdate=2008-06-13] In addition, Edward Norton has said that the story was meant to be visioned in multiple parts [citenews|url=http://www.totalfilm.com/features/world_exclusive_edward_norton_talks_incredible_hulk|title=Edward Norton Talks "Incredible Hulk"|publisher=Total Film|date=March 7, 2008]

In August 2007, Marvel announced it would release a direct-to-DVD animated feature, "Hulk Smash", in October 2008. [(August 7, 2007). [http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6171 Marvel Entertainment's Upcoming Slate] . "SuperHeroHype.com". Retrieved on August 8, 2007.] It was retitled "Hulk Vs.", and the release moved to January 2009.cite news | title = The Incredible Hulk Trailer Coming Early March | publisher = Superhero Hype! | date = 2008-02-19 | url = http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6815 | accessdate=2008-02-19]

yndicated comic strip

The Hulk also appeared in his own syndicated newspaper strip, which debuted in October 1978 and ran until September 5 1982. Credited to Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, this strip modeled its version of the character after the television series airing at the time; with Banner's first name being given as "David", the McGee character, and a "wandering man" format, although the depiction of the Hulk himself matched the comic books, in terms of both visual design and typical "Hulk smash!" type dialog as well.Fact|date=June 2008

Novels

Pocket Books published two mass market paperback novels starring the Hulk, in 1978 and 1979. [ [http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/sunday/fanfare/ny-ffmov5713658jun08,0,2757052.story Lovece, Frank. "Still Going Strong"] , "Newsday, June 8, 2008] Sulk, a character from one of the Moron Comics series, "The Incredible Sulk", is a parody of the Hulk.

Video games

The Incredible Hulk appears in video games for many different systems, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Sega Genesis, SNES, Sega Master System, Game Gear, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and personal computer. The first Hulk video game was "Questprobe featuring The Hulk", released by Adventure International in 1984 [ [http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/sunday/fanfare/ny-ffmov5713658jun08,0,2757052.story Lovece, Frank. "Still Going Strong"] "Newsday", June 8, 2008] ] for the PC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. It was followed by "The Incredible Hulk", "", "Hulk" (which was loosely based on the 2003 film rather than the comic books), and "The Incredible Hulk" for the Game Boy Advance.

The Hulk appears in "" with Neal McDonough reprising the role of Bruce Banner with Richard Moll voicing Devil Hulk and Michael Donovan reprising Gray Hulk. In this game, the Hulk is so uncontrolled that he kills both the Desert Base soldiers and civilians in his path. Conversely, the Hulk also keeps the supervillain the Abomination from destroying a dam and the soldiers guarding it have safely evacuated.

In addition to his own games, the Hulk appears as a playable character in several games by Capcom. The first was a SNES game for the home consoles called '. After this the Hulk appeared in several arcade fighting games, starting with "Marvel Super Heroes" in 1995, followed by "Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter", ' and concluding with "". In all of the Capcom games, Hulk's persona is that of his merger with Bruce Banner.

The Hulk has a cameo in the "Fantastic Four" video game for the PS and Sega Saturn as a boss.

The Hulk is in a cutscene in the "" game for the PS2, Xbox, and GameCube.

In the "Ultimate Spider-Man" video game, Spider-Man makes a reference to the Hulk in his fight with the Green Goblin by saying that Green Goblin's impressive is not Hulk-impressive.

The Hulk makes an appearance in "" as Bruce Banner (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes in the Xbox versions, and Arin Hanson in the PS3 and Wii versions). He was seen working on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s gamma bomb project on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Omega Base at the time when the Masters of Evil attack. There is special dialogue between Bruce Banner and Mister Fantastic. Hulk is seen in a cutscene amongst the heroes who were defeated by Doctor Doom. The Hulk later became available as a playable character in the Xbox 360 version (with his classic appearance, original appearance, Mr. Fixit appearance, and his Planet Hulk Gladiator armor as alternative costumes) voiced by Peter Lurie.

Hulk appears in "The Incredible Hulk" video game with Bruce Banner voiced by Edward Norton and Hulk voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

Hulk will be in "" as a playable character. Hulk will have a combo move with Wolverine where Hulk throws Wolverine at the enemy.

Themed products

Hulk-themed products include action figures, clothes, jewelry, video games, cards, pins, posters, cars, games, lunch boxes, toys, a pinball machine [ [http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1266 The Internet Pinball Database Presents Incredible Hulk] ] , all types of collectibles and even the Incredible Hulk roller coaster at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.

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