Incredible Hulk

Rage-powered green giant

The Incredible Hulk is a Marvel Comics superhero—a giant green-skinned figure of immense strength who emerges when scientist Bruce Banner experiences intense anger or stress.

Created in 1962, the character has appeared in comics, television, and film.

In casual use, someone going Incredible Hulk loses control in a rage: He went full Incredible Hulk on the vending machine.

character

Bruce Banner

tragic hero · duality · fugitive · misunderstood · loneliness · isolation · inner conflict · repression · Jekyll and Hyde · split personality

comics

Marvel

Superhero media conglomerate

crossover · arc · graphic novel · origin story · retcon · issue · Defenders · Maestro

rage

anger

Intense hostile emotion

  • furyIntense violent anger
  • smashBreak violently apart
  • berserkWildly, violently uncontrolled

rampage · destruction · tantrum · uncontrollable · seeing red · loss of control · primal · ferocity · aggression · madness

strength

superhuman

Beyond typical ability

powerhouse · limitless · thunderclap · leaping · unstoppable · invulnerability · crushing · ground pound · regeneration · immeasurable

transformation

metamorphosis

Profound biological restructuring

physical change · torn clothes · growth · uncontrollable · stress response · adrenaline · reversal · morphing · involuntary · painful

appearance

green skin

Emerald-colored outer layer

ripped · barefoot · towering · monstrous · savage · wild hair · clenched fists · glowing eyes · imposing · intimidating

Categories
Opposites
physical size and power

Incredible HulkAnt-Man

Size-changing comic hero

shrimp · weakling · Tinker Bell · runt · pipsqueak

emotional temperament

Incredible HulkBuddha

Enlightened spiritual founder

Dalai Lama · pacifist · Mr. Rogers · stoic · Bob Ross

superhero archetype

Incredible HulkBruce Banner

Iron Man · Batman · Professor X · Tony Stark · The Thinker

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG