The Incredible Hulk (comic book)/Characters/Bruce Banner and His Alters

A breakdown of Bruce Banner and his alters fromThe Incredible Hulk comic series.

Dr. Bruce Banner

 * Anti-Hero: Varies on writer, from anywhere to Type I to III, with Pak playing him at a III by lying to those close to him into getting his way. not to mention putting innocent people including his own son in harms way for his personal gain. In fact, at times he's seems to be the biggest threat, however he never crosses the line into straight Villain or Anti-Villain.
 * Jekyll and Hyde: Jekyll
 * Not That Kind of Doctor: Played with, while Bruce doesn't have a doctorate in medicine, he was originally a med student. Because of this, he is capable of providing medical care in a pinch, such as when he gave his cousin Jen that blood transfusion.
 * Science Hero
 * Self-Made Orphan: Although it was an accident, and self-defense, while visiting the grave of his beloved murdered mother, he did kill his own father.
 * Split Personality
 * The Drifter
 * Took a Level in Badass

Savage Hulk

 * Anti-Hero: Type II
 * Beware the Nice Ones:When given the chance, he is arguably the nicest of the Hulk's personalities. Too bad that he is usually not given a chance.
 * Children Are Innocent
 * Friend to All Children
 * Friend to All Living Things
 * Gentle Giant
 * Hulking Out: The Trope Namer
 * Hulk Speak: Also the Trope Namer
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Martial Pacifist
 * Purple Is Powerful: He has purple shorts
 * Strong as They Need to Be: With no known limits and it being known that Banner mentally resists him thus restraining his powers, this takes completely new meaning, just look at his entry on the page.
 * Undying Loyalty
 * Unstoppable Rage
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist

Joe Fixit

 * Anti-Hero: Type IV or V
 * Anti-Villain: Type I
 * Break Them by Talking
 * The Casino
 * Cold-Blooded Torture
 * Combat Pragmatist
 * Jerk with a Heart of Jerk/ Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Depending on the Writer
 * Noble Demon
 * Even Evil Has Standards
 * The Mafia
 * Villain Protagonist: He was a mafioso, a torturer, a bully, a murderer, a mercenary, a lecher, a Break Them by Talking-giver to broken people, and proud of all of it. He mellowed out during the Dale Keown run, which is why he may have a type IV rating above.
 * Viva Las Vegas
 * Weak but Skilled: Compared with the green Hulk.

Merged Hulk/The Professor.

 * A Friend in Need: Busted out a college girlfriend who was unlawfully contained in an Amnesty International condemned US prison.
 * Anti-Hero: Type II-III
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Good Samaritan: Ran multiple charity organisations, research for cancer cures provided food for starving children, shelters and education for war-refugees, supported revolutions against tyrants of oppressed peoples through much lesser loss of lives than real world military interventions can manage, and so onwards.
 * Split Personality Merge:
 * Undying Loyalty

"Green Scar"

 * A Hero to His Hometown: Planet Sakaar, Meik argues he should be considered a hero by Earth to but they shot him into space
 * An Axe to Grind: Favored battle axes during his tenure as a gladiator on Sakaar.
 * Anti-Hero: Originally type III, but eventually evolved to type V.
 * Bald of Evil: When merged with Nul, Breaker of Worlds.
 * Barbarian Hero
 * The Berzerker
 * Blood Knight: Far more than any other version of the Hulk.
 * Carry a Big Stick: Also used maces quite frequently as a gladiator.
 * Drop the Hammer: As a member of the Worthy.
 * Eldritch Abomination: He has essentially gradually turned into one, both in terms of raw power, destructive nature, and turning even more powerful from both dark magic and nuclear explosions, as a force of pure destruction merging forces of both science and mysticism. More openly after picking up one of the hammers of "The Worthy".
 * This is especially true when he goes full on "Worldbreaker". For example, he went Worldbreaker in the Dark Dimension and reduced most of the realm into floating ruble.
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Papa Wolf: Don't threaten his kids. Even if you are Captain America (comics).
 * Power Glows: When he goes Worldbreaker.
 * Tron Lines: As one of the Worthy.
 * Villain Protagonist: Base Breaker. See Moral Event Horizon at the YMMV page.
 * World's Strongest Man: Word of God is that World War Hulk Green Scar was "stronger than any mortal and most immortals in the Marvel universe", and as always, except the Onslaught fight, he was holding back a lot so he wouldn't risk to destroy his entire home reality. Hulk's full level of power is of a literally infinite scale going by the Beyonder, and that he overpowered a villain with the power of two Celestial-level beings.

Devil Hulk
"..Because I love you, you stupid kid. Somebody had to."
 * Anti-Hero
 * Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other: He struggles to express it at first and it doesn't help that it's difficult for Bruce to directly communicate with his alters, but when they have the chance to talk face to face when they get seperated he tells Bruce that the reason he protects him is because he loves Bruce.

"I've been buried before. And that got me mad sure. But only so mad. But then you made a mistake Sterns. You hurt the Big Guy. And you hurt Banner. YOU HURT BANNER STERNS. And that's something I take real personal."
 * Berserk Button He's got a few but number one on his list with a bullet, DON'T HURT BRUCE. Since he was made to be Bruce's protector and a father figure, he loves Bruce, would do anything to protect him, and nothing makes him angrier than hurting Bruce.

"When you hurt him, I take it personal"
 * Catchphrase: Usually different variations of how hurting Bruce is something he takes personal.

"He needed a dad. Or something..something like a dad. Like a dad who loved him. But he didn't know what love was. I can't come out during the day. I only come out when I'm needed. When someone hurts him. Then..I take it personal."
 * Guardian Entity
 * Papa Wolf: Bruce made Devil Hulk to be a father figure to watch over and protect him due to the fact that Bruce's real father Brian Banner was a Jerk Ass Abusive Dad and would verbally and physically brutalize Bruce and Bruce's mother. Devil Hulk was made to love and protect Bruce and any one who hurt Bruce will end up pancaked by a giant green fist.


 * Pay Evil Unto Evil
 * Resurrective Immortality
 * Tranquil Fury

Maestro
A corrupt, more powerful version of the Hulk from a possible Bad Future where most of humanity was decimated by nuclear war. He built a city with radiation shielding which he named Dystopia, where he rules over the surviving humans like an Emperor.
 * After the End
 * Badass Beard Of Evil
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Bad Future
 * Bathe Her and Bring Her to Me
 * The Berserker
 * Brother Chuck
 * The Corrupter: Tries to be this to the "present" Hulk.
 * Dystopia: He chose this as the name of the kingdom he built.
 * Evil Counterpart: Taken to whole new levels.
 * Evil Overlord
 * Evil Me Scares Me/ Future Me Scares Me: The Hulk is utterly horrified and repulsed by what the Maestro has become and the society he has created.
 * Fallen Hero
 * Future Badass
 * Gratuitous Rape: He has one of his slaves do this to a paralyzed Hulk.
 * The Hedonist
 * Humans Are the Real Monsters
 * I Hate Past Me
 * I Love Nuclear Power: Far stronger than his younger self due to absorbing the fallout of the nuclear wars. It also apparently unbalanced his mind.
 * Impossibly Cool Clothes: As befits his status as an Evil Overlord, his wardrobe is definitely a few steps up from torn purple trousers.
 * Kick the Dog: A lot.
 * Might Makes Right
 * The Social Darwinist
 * Up to Eleven
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: In the What Savage Beast novel, he demonstrates the ability to change back into an elderly Bruce Banner at will.