The Incredible Hulk

Darkness and Light: Part 1 - S1-E11

Other mistake: When the Outcasts are launching boulders at the helicopters, they hit one that explodes immediately, and both occupants can be seen emerging from the fireball, safely parachuting to the ground. Even if they were able to jump from the helicopter before it exploded, their proximity to the explosion would have killed them before they had the chance to deploy their parachutes.

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Darkness and Light: Part 1 - S1-E11

Other mistake: The river that Hulk battles Doc Samson in is only ankle-deep, but when Samson knocks Hulk out with the sonic gun, the river current is able to carry Hulk downstream. Hulk is lying flat on his back, and since the water is only ankle-deep, his back would be touching the floor of the river. In this case, the current of a shallow river would not be able to carry someone of the Hulk's mass.

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Fantastic Fortitude - S1-E8

Other mistake: When the forklift driver gets distracted by She-Hulk and crashes into the stack of metal vials full of flammable liquid, Bruce and She-Hulk don't hear any of the commotion until the explosion happens, even though they are only a few yards away. The crash and the falling metal vials should have been loud enough to alert them.

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Innocent Blood - S1-E5

Other mistake: When Bruce Banner is attempting to rescue the nun from the fire, a beam falls from the ceiling and hits him in the head, triggering his transformation into the Hulk. Just before he starts his transformation, a set of green glowing eyes appear above his head. It appears the animators didn't properly sync the glowing eyes onto Banner's face.

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Doomed - S1-E7

Other mistake: This show is in the same continuity as the Fantastic Four series from around the same time. However, in Fantastic Four, Dr. Doom has a German accent, and in this episode, he has a slight British accent.

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Fashion Warriors - S2-E5

Other mistake: When the Leader and his minions are escaping to the rooftop, the bomb detonator says there are only 30 seconds left. After Leader escapes and Hulk goes back into the building to get the bomb, the detonator says 10 seconds remain. While there is an argument to be made in movies and television not being strict with real time, in this instance, far too much happened onscreen for only 20 seconds to have passed. The heroes confronted the villains, one villain tried to talk a hero into coming with them, the police arrive on the scene, a battle happens on the rooftop, the villains escape with the police in pursuit, etc.

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Raw Power - S1-E3

Other mistake: When the Hulk takes down the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicopter, it is shown crashing to the ground with its pilot parachuting to the ground shortly after. However, the pilot was never seen ejecting and the helicopter's cockpit door was still closed when it crashed to the ground.

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Doomed - S1-E7

Other mistake: When the robot shoots the rocket at the helicopter, the pilot jumps out with a parachute merely a split second after the blast. It was a surprise attack, so it's not like the pilot saw it coming.

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The Return of the Beast: Part 2 - S1-E2

Other mistake: After the Abomination abducts Bruce Banner from the cavern, he causes a complete cave-in at the entrance. When Rick and Betty come to, they are able to see perfectly fine despite the sun being completely blocked out. Rick even states when he and Betty start to remove all the rocks that are blocking the opening that they need to find some blue sky before they can find Bruce.

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The Return of the Beast: Part 1 - S1-E1

Other mistake: When Talbot is grilling Banner for his relationship with Betty, when Banner is saying "Someone like you perhaps," the screen briefly constricts and then expands back to normal size, similar to a window on a computer screen being maximized.

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The Return of the Beast: Part 1 - S1-E1

Trivia: When we see the flashback of the accident that caused Bruce Banner to become the Hulk, at first we see the Hulk colored gray and then slowly turn green. This is a reference to the comics, in which the Hulk was gray in his original appearance.

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Answer: The Hulk is a giant brute who smashes everything in his path when he is angry. In Ang Lee's "Hulk," General Ross, played by Sam Elliot, explains it to his daughter.

Answer: Because he feels the Hulk is a threat to all life on Earth, and particularly his daughter's close relationship with Bruce Banner puts her at risk when Hulk enters the equation.

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Why does Ross think the hulk is a threat?

Because the Hulk is nearly mindless and goes on destructive rampages with high risk of collateral damage.

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If that's the case, what's the problem with the way general Ross judges the hulk?

It's nuanced. Ross is correct to recognize the potential danger the Hulk presents, but he's also too stubborn to realise that he usually exacerbates the Hulk's rampages by trying to engage him in combat instead of trying to calm him down.

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