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[[File:poster_hulkvs-poster_3214.jpg|frame|Twice the carnage. Double the smash.]]
 
 
''[[Hulk Vs]]'' (2009) is a ~[[Direct- to- Video~]] animated film from Marvel Animation and [[Lionsgate]], featuring the Incredible Hulk in two short film battles, one against [[Wolverine]], the other against [[The Mighty Thor]].
 
== Hulk Vs. Thor ==
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This is also the first time Deadpool has a speaking role in an animated appearance, as well as his first non-cameo role in an animation.
 
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=== Both segments contain examples of: ===
* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: [[Fred Tatasciore]] continues his tenure as the Hulk, which started in the ''[[Ultimate Avengers]]'' movies.
** Bruce Banner is the recent animated [[Doctor Strange]].
** Both Hela and Lady Deathstrike share [[Janyse Jaud|a voice actress]] with [[Inuyasha|Kagura]].
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* [[Versus Title]]
 
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=== The "Wolverine" segment contains examples of: ===
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Wolverine's origin from ''Weapon X'' is included through small snippets of every major scene and its just as rich in [[Nightmare Fuel]] as the original story.
* [[Animesque]]: Jeff Matsuda, who did most of the character designs for ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' and ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'' did the design for the ''Wolverine'' segment and thus, like those shows and [https://web.archive.org/web/20090901221046/http://www.jeffmatsuda.com/ his stuff in general], falls into this trope.
* [[Asskicking Pose]]: After Wolverine and Bruce Banner escape captivity, the Weapon X team all strike [[Asskicking Pose|Ass Kicking Poses]] before running off to hunt them down. Deadpool lampshades this by shouting "Strike a pose!"
* [[Anti -Hero]]: Wolverine is a Type IV, in the height of his pre X Men days and [[Not So Different]] from the Weapon X stooges. Hulk is a Type III. He saves passers by and only fight back is provoked, by lord help you if you make him angry...
* [[Body Horror]]: People are stabbed, arms are ripped and sliced off, and other assorted not-so-[[Bloodless Carnage]]. Made funny when Deadpool ''{{spoiler|spends about a minute re-attaching his Logan-severed arm pieces!}}''
** Real [[Nightmare Fuel]] when Hulk rips off Deathstrike's arms. The fact that she is a cyborg does nothing to reduce the effect.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Averted. The Wolverine segment is the first non-comic appearance of the character to ''not'' use it.
* [[Continuity Snarl]]: According to [[Word of God]], the ''Wolverine'' short takes place in the same universe as ''[[Wolverine and Thethe X-Men]]''. However, a number of things contradict each other. {{spoiler|1=In the series, Wolverine doesn't remember Weapon X or Sabretooth when he runs into Sabretooth after years, whereas in the short, he does remember them and Deadpool, Lady Deathstrike, and Omega Red well. Also, on ''WatXM'', Bruce Banner, after transforming from the Hulk, has no idea who Wolverine is, whereas in the short, Wolverine's first meeting with Bruce is while he's Bruce and Wolverine is the reason for his two main Hulk-outs in the short.}}
** It gets worse as Avengers: The Earth's Mightiest Heroes is apparently in the same universe with no proof except Wolverine having a very short cameo.
** Plus, in the DVD commentary they explicitly say at the end that {{spoiler|Sabretooth is dead}}.
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]. Wolverine lost the battle and developed memory loss due to that.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Than almost all other Marvel animations, what with all of Wolverine's semi-mild cursing and not-so-[[Bloodless Carnage]]...
* ~[[Direct-to-Video~]]: In practice, this is more of an OVA...
* [[Empathy Doll Shot]]: A single lonely teddy bear is left behind after the Hulk's rampage... {{spoiler|though it's shown later that it's thanks to the Hulk that the girl and her father weren't made into swiss cheese by Deadpool.}}
* [[Evasive Fight Thread Episode]]: We never do get to see who wins the titular match in ''Hulk vs. Wolverine''.
** Something that draws complaints when one compares it to ''Hulk vs. Thor''.
** Though the fact that Banner is still the Hulk during [[The Stinger]] probably implies that he was the winner.
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* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Lady Deathstrike can run circles around the Hulk. He ends the fight with a single [[Shockwave Clap]].
* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: A very good thing for pretty much all of the major characters.
* [[Hey Its That Voice|Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Steve Blum]] continues his tenure as Wolverine which started with the ''[[X-Men Legends]]'' games.
** Likewise, [[Tom Kane]] reprises the role of Professor Thornton from ''[[Wolverine and Thethe X-Men]]''.
** This was also the start of [[Nolan North]] becoming Marvel's go-to guy for [[Deadpool]]'s voice (much in the same vein as the aforementioned Blum and Tatascoire are to, respectively, Wolverine and the Hulk), given he was set to reprise the role for ''[[Wolverine and Thethe X-Men]]'' before it got [[Too Good to Last|cancelled]] and will reprise the role from ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom|Marvel VS. Capcom 3]]'' and ''[[Spider Man Shattered Dimensions|Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]''.
*** Though this came after, don't forget his role as Nathan Drake in both Uncharted games.
** Sabretooth is [[Black Lagoon|Boris]] and [[Transformers Armada|Unicron]].
** Likewise, Omega Red is [[Beast Wars (Animation)|Quickstrike]] and [[League of Super Evil|Red Menace]]
* [[Hulk Speak]]: "Hulk smash little man!" Okay, Wolvie's only 5'2, but there's no reason to go ''on'' about it...
* [[Lean and Mean]]: Deadpool's incarnation in the Wolverine segment, whom fans have dubbed [[Fan Nickname|"Skinnypool"]].
* ~[[Let's Get Dangerous~]]: After Logan receives a major asskicking from the Hulk, he wakes a few seconds later, says, "Ok bub, let's try that again" and proceeds to open his own can of whupass.
* [[Moment Killer]]: Deadpool... in general, really.
** [[Tropes Are Not Bad|Not that that's]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|a bad thing]].
* [[Orgasmic Combat]]: Lady Deathstrike seems to orgasm as she's tearing into Wolverine.
* [[Oh Crap]]: The standard response to any Hulk-based rampage, "Hulk tear off talking-man's head," got a very straight usage from Deadpool.
{{quote| "''My'' head? [[Oh Crap]]."}}
** Well tearing off Deadpool's head is one of the few ways to stop him (from fighting, anyway).
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Ironically enough the Hulk. Considering that everyone else is a [[Axe Crazy]] [[Blood Knight]] (Wolverine included) whose in it only for the sake of violence or revenge, the Hulk looks positvely saintly in comparison, given that he goes out of his way to save people from Weapon X. The worst thing he does is attack Wolverine, and given that Wolvy threatend to gut him and stabbed him in the chest, it's hard not to argue that he had good reason.
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* [[Popularity Power]]: [[Take Our Word for It|While the final battle is not shown]], at the end of ''Hulk vs. Wolverine'', the Hulk is the only one left standing (and squishing Deadpool). In Wolvie's defense, he ''had'' just finished kicking ''everyone '''else''''s'' ass immediately before that.
* [[The Stinger]]
* [[Word of God]]: ''Hulk vs Wolverine'' is set in the same universe as ''[[Wolverine and Thethe X -Men]]''.
** It's a bit more than just [[Word of God]]; the ''WATXM'' episode ''Wolverine vs. Hulk'' has flashbacks to this movie, from both combatants. Though it gets kind of foggy when Logan has no clue who or what Weapon X is later on...
** Furthermore, the floating babies in test tubes includes X-23, Wolverine's [[Opposite SexGender Clone]]. As we see in a future-set episode of ''[[Wolverine and Thethe X -Men]]'', {{spoiler|Wolverine and all his clones (each one identical, but apparently with different names) are working together against the Sentinels.}}
* [[The Worf Effect]]: A rare variation where it's the villains and ''not Wolverine'' who suffers from this. Probably helps that he can actually stab people. Wolverine is shown to kick Deathstrike, Sabretooth and Deadpool around with relative ease (in the comics one is normally enough to slow him down at least). Omega Red is the only one really capable of holding his own, but that's at least true to the comics.
 
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=== The "Thor" segment contains examples of: ===
* [[Balancing DeathsDeath's Books]]: Hela eventually sends Bruce Banner back to the mortal plane after claiming him. She eventually takes Loki instead (since he tricked her in the first place.)
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Played straight. Possibly due to the Asgardians being immortal.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: All of ''Hulk vs. Thor''. Despite fighting one of Marvel's most powerful heroes, a race of war gods, and other badasses from mythology the Hulk is never in any danger or even really tested. By the end you can tell they're just going through the motions.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: The Enchantress.
* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]:
** Loki is [[Uncharted|Zoran Lazarevic]] and [[Shadow Complex|Commander Lucius]]
** Enchantress shares [[Kari Wahlgren|a voice actress]] with [[Wolverine and Thethe X -Men|Emma Frost]].
** Lady Sif shares [[Grey DelisleDeLisle|a voice actress]] with [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Azula]].
** Hogun shares [[Paul Dobson|a voice actor]] with [[Inuyasha|Naraku]] and [[Fantastic Four: WorldsWorld's Greatest Heroes|Doctor Doom]].
** [[Nicole Oliver]] voices Betty Ross, reprising the role from ''[[Next Avengers]]''.
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The ending theme to [[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Hulk's live-action TV show]] gets one during the final scene.
* [[Jobber]]: All of Asgard takes this role, with Thor being the most prominent, and for his fans, angering example.
* [[Magic Pants]]: The Hulk always has these, but this time it's taken to an extreme: When Banner and the Hulk are separated, ''both'' are wearing the trademark purple pants. The things ''can duplicate themselves?'' Of course, gods and magic ''were'' involved...
* [[Oh Crap]]: Loki when Thor arrives at his sanctum.
{{quote| "[[Large Ham|LOKI]]!! I would have words with you!"}}
* [[Smoke Shield]]: Following Thor's only major attack.
* [[The Worf Barrage]]: After getting the crap beat out of him repeatedly by the Hulk, Thor finally decides to get serious and launch a powerful lightning attack complete with hammer throw and obligatory HAM. After the smoke settles the Hulk gets up unharmed and beats Thor around like a rag doll.
* [[Worf Effect]]: Thor suffers from this in the Marvel Animation films. He is pumped up early on by being declared as Asgard's mightiest warrior, only hope, capable of crushing entire armies, etc. Yet whenever he fights the Hulk he barely fights back instead serving mainly as the Hulk's punching bag. When he does bother his attacks barely register. Compare that to Wolverine who was as outpowered if not more so than Thor and is able to be about even.
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