Hulking Out: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Ayano''': Is he having some sort of allergic reaction?

'''Kazuma''': I don't know but I'd be worried if my body did that, seems like you would go through a lot of pants that way.|The reaction to seeing someone [[Hulk Out]] in ''[[Kaze no Stigma]]''}}

# X reaches the breaking point and [[Involuntary Shapeshifter|transforms into something at least twice his normal size]]. Skin color usually changes as well.

# Stuff gets broken until there's nothing else to break or [[Cooldown Hug|X gets talked down from his rage.]]

 

If the subject is female, there's a good chance that they'll become an [[Amazonian Beauty]] and/or a [[Statuesque Stunner]].

 

 

See also [[One-Winged Angel]], [[Limit Break]], [[Super Mode]], [[Turns Red]], [["Growing Muscles" Sequence]].

 

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* In ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', Goku was subject to transforming into a giant ape-like creature with [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser breath]] when gazing at a full moon. In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', Goku's son, Gohan had the same "issues". Cutting off their Saiyan tails reversed the transformation. Vegeta, having had the proper training, was in full control of his Oozaru form.

** Going [[Super Mode|Super Saiyan]] is even closer to the trope; most Saiyans' first transformations come when they get really, really angry, and they really do get stronger the angrier they get. And when they [[Tranquil Fury|combine anger with purpose]]... [[Over Nine Thousand|you're boned.]]

* [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Negi's]] Magia Erebea form.

* [[Naruto]]'s [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] tends to come out when he's angry. [[It Gets Worse]] from there.

* In ''[[Desert Punk (manga)|Desert Punk]]'', desert gang leader Makoto has what's described as a case of [[Lampshade Hanging|"Hulk Syndrome."]] Insult his mother, and he grows huge muscles, goes berserk, and destroys anyone who crosses him. And that's after taking a long string of taunts without batting an eye.

** It's not just ''ANY'' insult to his mother that causes this either. No. You gotta say she has a '''fat belly button''' for him to really get angry.

* Never get Stella from ''[[Arakawa Under the Bridge]]'' in her bad mood, especially talking ill about [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Sister]], you will regret it.

 

* Naturally, the [[Trope Namer]] and [[Trope Codifier|Codifier]] is the [[Incredible Hulk]].

** The writers of ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' Live Action TV series offically called it "Hulking Out."

* In ''[[Wild CATS]]'', the team's [[Genius Bruiser]] has the power to grow in size and strength at the cost of intelligence. If seriously provoked he sometimes forgets himself and grows past the point where he can tell friend from foe.

** This is also the case with Walter/Wallop from ''[[ClanDestine]]'', though he doesn't so much lose intelligence as control. The longer he stays transformed, the bigger, stronger and more out of control he gets.

*** She's done that before... TWICE. Both instances occurred during her Sensational title. The first instance involved her in a pocket dimension, finding herself back to human form (despite being locked into her Hulk state at the time) and transforming into an enormous grey Incredible She-Hulk when night fell (incidentally, this was originally how Bruce Banner's change triggered as well), although the series of events that caused this to happen were [[Status Quo Is God|subsequently undone]]. The second instance involved her ex-boyfriend bringing her back from the dead with gamma radiation, causing her to get bigger, uglier and a lot stronger.

* Subverted and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''[[Invincible]]'' when Mark tries to hulk-out over {{spoiler|Atom Eve's apparent death}} and beat Conquest. Conquest rushes Mark and tells him "child, please. Being enraged at me does not make you stronger. That is not how this works." {{spoiler|Then again, Mark ''does'' nearly kill Conquest afterward, so...}}

 

 

== Film ==

* ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''. [[Jekyll and Hyde|Dr. Jekyll does this when he turns into Mr. Hyde.]]

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]: New Moon'', Jacob and the other werewolves sometimes change into wolf form because of anger. The pack leader Sam's fiancee has disfiguring scars because Sam "lost control for a split-second."

 

== Live Action TV ==

* A prize fighter in the ''[[Lost Girl]]'' episode "Raging Fae" keeps beating stronger foes because a Fae is secretly dosing him with a [[Hulk Out]]-inducing substance.

* While werewolves in the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffyverse]] usually transform the day before, of, and after the full moon, when Oz learns to control the transformations he is then subject to [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]] when he feels strong emotions (like jealousy over Tara's relationship with Willow.)

* This is how werewolves in [[Sanctuary]] work. Henry seems to be the first person to figure out how to control the changes (without drugs.)

* Yet another werewolf example. In ''[[Big Wolf on Campus]]'', Tommy would not only transform during a full moon, but also during times of extreme emotional stress...or arousal.

 

== Mythology ==

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* ''[[Doonesbury]]'': When [[Cloudcuckoolander]] [[Granola Girl]] Boopsie channels Hunk-Ra, this tends to be what results.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[Werewolf: The Forsaken]]'' has Death Rage, where a werewolf will automatically transform to his "war form" and go on an unstoppable rampage. It's either triggered through pain or anger (and depending on your [[Karma Meter]], that anger can range from "one of your packmates just got killed" to "someone talked sass to you").

** Similarly, [[Vampire: The Requiem|vampires]] have Frenzy, which is triggered by stimuli such as anger, fear or hunger. And unlike in the above example, getting sassed at ''is'' a perfectly normal stimulus for Frenzy. There's a reason everyone stays polite at Elysium...

** And [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse|their]] [[Vampire: The Masquerade|predecessors]] in the [[Old World of Darkness]] can also frenzy in many of the same situations.

 

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'', Ryu first transforms into his [[Game Breaker|Kaiser form]] after he witnesses [[Complete Monster|Captain Rosso]] kill some innocent children and send an [[Hopeless Boss Fight|invincible monster]] after him and his friends. Ryu then proceeds to brutally murder both the monster and Rosso, and it takes a [[Cooldown Hug]] from Nina for him to regain his senses. Afterward, he can transform into Kaiser at will, but it cannot be controlled until you finish a certain sidequest.

* Bowser only reaches [[Make My Monster Grow|his most epic level of power]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' after being (otherwise fatally) crushed, with a little help from the Mario Bros.

 

== Web Comics ==

* Fug from ''[http://www.pewfell.com/ Pewfell]'' is normally a [[Gentle Giant]]... until he gets angry, then he turns into something resembling an [[Eldritch Abomination]] with arms.

* Shrinking Violent of ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' has her transformation triggered with a blow to the nose. She can be snapped out of it via massive amounts of sugar. Unfortunately [[Blessed with Suck|she's also a Type 1 Diabetic]], which means a couple of days in the hospital after every [[Hulk Out]], at best.

* Sweater Puppy and The Incredible Cunt from ''[[The Magnificent Milkmaid]]''. Both turn into giant, large breasted [[Anything That Moves|nymphomaniacs]] (in SP's case, a nymphomaniac werewolf) upon their triggers (Sweater Puppy from seeing or even thinking about the Moon, Incredible Cunt from being called "a cunt").

* Prozac of ''[[Bear Nuts]]'' goes HULK SMASH after a prolonged time off his meds.

* Justin of ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' does this in [http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2011-02-24 this] filler strip.

* The Incredible Lioness, a transformation of Rosechu from [[Sonichu]].

 

== Western Animation ==

* In the ''[[Word Girl]]'' episode introducing Eileen (The Birthday Girl), the more she was selfish the bigger she grew and the greener she got; once she gave somebody something she returned to normal size and color.

* [[The Venture Brothers|Doctor Venture]] once thought Hank to be blessed with "retard strength" but was mistaken.