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The Incredible Hulk is a comic book character. He first appeared in ''"Incredible Hulk''" vol. 1 #1 (May, 1962), created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]]. His original series was rather unsuccessful, cancelled with issue #6 (March, 1963). He was used as a guest star in various series for the next few years. He got his second chance at stardom as one of the two features of ''"Tales of Astonish''". He was regularly featured there for issues #60-101 (October, 1964-March, 1968). The title was then renamed to ''"Incredible Hulk''" vol. 2. He appeared in issues #102-474 (April, 1968-March, 1999). He has starred in several relatively short-lived titles ever since. The Hulk has become one of the publisher's better known characters and is unlikely to be forgotten about.
[[Marvel Comics]]' poster child for [[Super Strength]], and the embodiment of [[Unstoppable Rage]] and, of course, [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]], the Hulk stars in his own comic book, The Incredible Hulk (not to be confused with the [[The Incredible Hulk|TV adaptation]], or the [[The Incredible Hulk (
Needless to say, the Hulk gets into a lot of very violent fights, and runs up the biggest [[Hero Insurance]] bill in the whole Marvel Universe, but most of the people he beats up [[Asshole Victim|had it coming]] or otherwise made the mistake of provoking him. He doesn't actively seek out trouble, but the Marvel Universe being the [[Crapsack World]] that it is, trouble often finds him, for which he is inevitably mis-blamed. This doesn't do much to improve his disposition, as you might expect.
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* [[All Amazons Want Hercules]]: Just ask Caiera and Thundra. And ''[[Foe Yay|Umar]]''.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The first came in 1966, as part of ''[[
** A new one has been confirmed for [[Disney XD]].
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Considering that the Hulk has a very "Hollywood version" of [[Split Personality|Multiple Personality Disorder]], with a heavy dose of [[Depending
** Original Hulk: In-between type III and IV. A grumpy outsider looking for a fight and responding violently when attacked, but staying out of people's way beyond that, and never going to the murderous vigilante excesses characterizing even most current type III's.
** Savage Hulk: Type II, with a dash of III solely due to his temper. Extremely noble, well-intended, loyal, heroic, constantly persecuted without understanding why, only wants to be loved and have friends, but cannot understand the society around him, protector of all oppressed peoples around the universe, will be inconsolable after watching Bambi or seeing a dead bunny, and strictly a force for good as long as somebody (like his former father figure [[Doctor Strange]], or own, as opposed to Banner's, "greatest love of his life" queen [[Friend to All Living Things|Jare]][[Pillars of Moral Character|lla]]) gives him a comprehensible direction. Basically the most pure-hearted and genuinely heroic version, and currently seen in [[The
** Mindless Hulk in the crossroads: Type IV. A wild animal, but not inherently malevolent, and capable of instinctive loyalty or empathy.
** Joe Fixit: Type V. A largely amoral and hedonistic mob enforcer [[Villain Protagonist]] who mainly fought other villains, much like plenty of others within this trope. He also grew some conscience, such as [[Pet the Dog|grudgingly helping some children celebrate Christmas]], turned loyal and protective of his friends, and towards the end apparently avoided using excessive force against army officers or similar attackers.
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* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: The Hulk is so big and strong that his fists are pretty much all the weapons he needs.
* [[Battle Aura]]: Introduced with the Worldbreaker level of Hulk's strength.
* [[Battle Couple]]: Hulk and Caeira. [[Depending
* [[Battle Strip]]
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: ...especially if you wish to die, because if you do, [[Make It Look Like an Accident|Mercy]] is never far! Fortunately, The Hulk never truly wished to die...
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* [[Blood Knight]]: An increasingly commonly applied character trait, the Hulk was actually originally an aversion. Originally he held pretty true to the "just wants to be left alone" claim, not caring about the fights he got into. Later writers play the "left alone" as more of a hollow statement, with Hulk enjoying company, and extremely enjoying combat.
** Highlighted in ''Heart of the Monster'', where, confronted by Fin Fang Foom, giant dragon(who also happens to be green with purple pants...) [[Always a Bigger Fish|who crushes the giant fish monster]] that Hulk, She-Hulk, and A-Bomb were struggling with moments before, the following exchange occurs;
{{quote| '''Fin Fang Foom:''' [[Who Dares?]] disturb the slumber of '''Him whose limbs shatter the mountains and whose back scrapes the sun?'''<br />
'''Hulk:''' Hah! '''Is it my birthday?''' }}
* [[Book Dumb]]: Even though he lacks Banner's intelligence, the Hulk can show a lot of cunning when he needs to. And for a supposedly mindless berserker, the Hulk can still come up with some fairly creative tactics when he's in a tight spot.
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* [[Do Not Call Me Paul]]: The Hulk ''hates'' being called Bruce. Though, it's justified in that they actually are separate entities inhabiting the same body.
** This seems to be a recurring theme with Gamma mutates. The Leader also hates it when people call him Samuel Sterns.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Female
* [[Dumb Is Good]]: Depending on the story somewhat subverted, usually. Many of the times Hulk clashes with the heroes is due to some misunderstanding or someone fooling him into thinking one of the good guys did him wrong.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Abomination recently received an upgrade, [[Fridge Brilliance|and turned into]] [[Shout-Out|one of these]].
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* [[Genius Bruiser]]: The amount of genius varies on which personality is in control, although they have been known to borrow one another's skills if necessary.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: After so many failed cures, when the [[Red Hulk]] storyline results in him losing the ability to turn into the Hulk, Banner outright states that he's not expecting his current Hulk-less state to last, and is just doing what he can while he waits for the inevitable.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Sorta. In the regular comic stories, he's shown to (at times) be at least a [[Bruiser
* [[God Guise]]: In ''Incredible Hulk'' #384, the Hulk has been turned into an inch tall. He secretly perches on The Abomination's shoulder and pretends to be God to stop him from kidnapping his wife.
* [[The Good King]]: During his time as the ruler of Sakaar.
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* [[Insult of Endearment]]: As [[The Nicknamer]], Hulk tends to do this with his enemies-who-become-friends when in his [[Hulk Speak]] mode. Examples:
** [[Doctor Strange]]: Dumb Magician
** Prince Namor the [[Sub
** [[Spider
** Nighthawk: Bird-Nose
** [[X
** Thor: Goldilocks, in [[Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]].
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: Banner's tried to kill himself a few times in the past; Hulk will always force a transformation to prevent it, however.
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* [[Jack Kirby]]: Co-creator with [[Stan Lee]].
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Hulk has this trope all over, but the relationship between Joe and Bruce has much more in common with the original tale.
* [[Jerk
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: This is really highlighted in his ''Chaos War'' tie in, when Doctor Strange tells him that the world needs his help;
{{quote| '''Hulk:''' ''The world'll get it. Like it always does. But you can go to hell.''}}
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* [[Magic Pants]]: Quite possibly the [[Trope Codifier]].
* [[Merry Christmas in Gotham]]: [http://www.leaderslair.com/noexcuses/hulk2-378.html An issue] dealt with Rhino and Hulk teaming up to be [[Mall Santa]] and Helper.
* [[Mis Blamed]]: [[In
* [[Monster Modesty]]: Hulk is the main offender but many of his enemies (Abomination) or his allies (Skaar) utilize this trope.
* [[Mr. Vice Guy]]: Joe Fixit enjoys fine clothes, fine food, and even fine women.
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* [[Power Limiter]]: Almost always strongly on, except against certain high-level [[Cosmic Entity]] characters, as othervise he could accidentally ignite reality-spanning destruction.
* [[The Power of Love]]: It turns out that since Hulk's power is emotion+based and quasi-mystical in nature, the love he felt for Jarella makes her even more powerful after dying than his father's spirit turned from his rage. His mother also said that she by far prefered his [[Pillars of Moral Character]] wife Jarella to his other wife, the [[Blood Knight]] Red She-Hulk.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Although far less than [[She Hulk|his cousin]], Hulk does get more affairs than expected for a giant, hulking ball of pain. From [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|Betty]], [[Friend to All Living Things|Jar]][[Pillars of Moral Character|el]][[Undying Loyalty|la]], [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Be]][[Doing It for
* [[Resist the Beast]]: Banner, especially in cases where Hulk is portrayed the most destructively and as a huge detriment on his life, does so regularly.
* [[The Rival]]: [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]] will always be the big one, as they are Marvel's two heaviest "[[Iconic Characters|Big Name]]" hitters, and sometimes one of them wins, sometimes the other, but usually it somehow ends up as a draw. Basically Hulk has a lot more raw power and durability, so he should have the edge in pure close combat, despite a considerable skill disadvantage, but if Thor ever started to use all of his myriad powers in ways Hulk couldn't counter (hit him with multiple planet-shattering blasts from the other side of the solar system, teleport his brain into a black hole etc) then there wouldn't be much that Hulk could do about it. Still, the thing is that Thor and Hulk actually get along swell with each other when not fighting, or when watching each other's back, starting back in the first ''[[Secret Wars]]''.
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* [[Rogues Gallery Transplant]]:
** Some of the Hulk's recurring enemies, like the Juggernaut, and Absorbing Man, originally started out fighting other foes (and those two still do on a regular basis). The Big Green Machine also tangles with other heroes' enemies every now and again, even if they don't become permanent fixtures.
** Ever since ''[[Comicbook/The Defenders|The Defenders]]'' introduced Umar (a ''[[Doctor Strange]]'' villain) as a [[Stalker
* [[Shockwave Clap]]
* [[Shooting Superman]]: Hulk gets this even more than Superman does, most often from General Ross.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: According to one source, Hulk's ideal relationship is a [[Hillbilly Horrors|hillbilly]] [[Masochism Tango]] with a woman so strong that he wont hurt her from beating her up, and vice versa...
* [[Sliding Scale of Antagonist Vileness]]: [[Complete Monster|The Maestro]]: [[Social Darwinist]]: "How did you get to be in charge Maestro? By talking your opponents to death?" "No, by beating them to death, and it all went so quickly that I'm sorry I didn't prolong it." "You're fighting the inevitable, Hulk. I'm simply the final product of natural selection. The strong survive. I'm the strongest. I survived. When you go against me, you go against the laws of nature."
* [[Songs in
* [[Stalker
* [[Stan Lee]]: Co-creator with [[Jack Kirby]].
* [[Strong
** Memorably displayed during Marvel's ''[[Secret Wars]]'' limited series, when the heroes are trapped under ''a mountain range'' with the Hulk (barely) keeping them from being crushed. As the Hulk starts to weaken, Reed Richards begins insulting him for being useless [[Dumb Muscle]], which irritates the Hulk to become stronger. Of course, considering that he nowadays ([[Rule of Cool|somehow... look he can punch through reality, just go with it]]) holds together collapsing planets even when calm.
* [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]]: According to [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Hulk_(Bruce_Banner) his profile on Marvel.com], the Hulk has a gland in his lungs that requires very little oxygen to function. This is not only why [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|he can hold his breath for a long time in space]] (in fact, he can TALK in space when he needs to), but he can also extract enough oxygen from water to ''breathe under the water's surface!''.
* [[Super Prototype]]: In a way, the Hulk is this for the other gamma mutants. Hulk is the first, even though he was created by accident. The others (Leader, Abomination, Madman, Ravage, [[Red Hulk]]) were created either by recreating that accident or copying his dna. Some, such as Abomination and Ravage, have higher base-line strength than the Hulk, and most other gamma beings retain their intelligence(though not necessarily their full personality) while transformed, which could be considered improvements, but the Hulk's potential strength and secondary powers, as well as a somewhat intangible quality that makes the Hulk seemingly impossible to permanently cure, has shown that the Hulk, while flawed, is the most powerful gamma being created.
* [[Super Strength]]: The only time his upper limit was actually measured, by [[God Is Evil|the Beyonder]], it literally rated as having "no finite limit" by 3-dimensional standards, after which the entity stated that he considered Hulk as a fellow infinite being.
** Ties in with [[Strong
* [[Super Weight]]: Type 3, but in much the same manner that ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' was type 3 towards the end. In terms of upper limits of raw power only he is in-between types 4 and 5.
* [[Superhuman Transfusion]]: How Jennifer Walters got her powers, from a transfusion of Bruce's blood.
* [[Tanks for Nothing]]: Tanks are nothing more than a convenient projectile to Hulk.
* [[Tame His Anger]]: He tries. But it doesn't work.
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Not an absolute version, and he makes exceptions for any thoroughly malevolent [[Eldritch Abomination]], [[Omnicidal Maniac]], and such, or as a very last option if too many other lives depend on it, but contrary to popular belief (due to that he loves to rumble and smashing inanimate objects), and similarly to [[Spider
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Bruce Banner, following his loss of the Hulk, in Greg Pak's run.
* [[True Love Is Boring]]: Bruce and ''any'' of his wives.
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]. The "merged Hulk" was an extremely light version, with the best of dedicated altruistic aims, kept relatively very clean and non-extreme in his methods, and having much greater positive than negative effects, to the degree that it is highly arguable whether he was in the right or not. A major story arc during the era involved him joining (and eventually leading) the Pantheon, an organization of good-will that spent their time researching cancer cures and invading countries to depose cruel dictators. During this period, the Hulk got into conflict with other heroes not just because of his anger issues, but also because of conflicting moral outlooks.
** The Leader also falls under this; his goals are usually to take over the world and use his genius to create a utopia. At the expense of a hell of a lot of lives, that is.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Your gender doesn't matter to the Hulk. If you're posing yourself as an opponent or if you piss him off, you'll get what's coming to you. Just ask [[Power Incontinence|Va]][[Psycho for Hire|por]], [[The Vamp|Moon]][[Manipulative Bastard|stone]], [[Make It Look Like an Accident|M]][[Useful Notes/Suicide|e]][[Bizarre Alien Biology|r]][[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|c]][[Depending
* [[Writer
* [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]]: The [[Trope Namer]].
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