The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk (1996)

115 mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

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

Factual error: When the Hulk jumps up and grabs on to the tail of the helicopter, he is somehow able to hang on to the tail while spinning the helicopter in a circle. Helicopters require a certain weight distribution in order to maintain stabilized flight. Someone of the Hulk's size and strength wouldn't be able to just hang on to the tail and spin the helicopter. He instead would bring the helicopter crashing down.

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

Continuity mistake: When Banner is strapped to the chair and trying to resist transforming into the Hulk, the extent to how much he has transformed varies. Some shots will show his hands and head becoming larger, and the next shot will show him to instantly be back to normal proportions.

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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 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 2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When Thunderbolt Ross is talking about cutting a star out of the Hulk's hide, he is leaning against what remains of a wall after a hole was torn through it. When the shot changes to the Leader watching Ross through his insect drone, the section of the wall that was directly in front of Ross is now missing.

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

Continuity mistake: When the Hulk is fighting the army helicopters in the desert, the color of the sky and the position of the sun indicate that it is twilight. When the Hulk takes cover in the canyon, the sun is setting at an unrealistically rapid pace. It transitions from twilight to nighttime faster than the helicopters can travel a quarter mile.

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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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Raw Power - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Bruce Banner is watching Zzzax try to draw power from the generator, the debris he is buried under goes from being building rubble mixed with destroyed machinery and steel beams to being just rubble when the shot changes.

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Raw Power - S1-E3

Deliberate mistake: As usual when the Hulk reverts back into Bruce Banner, he is left wearing nothing but tattered pants. When Mitch McCutcheon sneaks Bruce Banner into the nuclear research facility, Banner is shown wearing his usual outfit of a gray collared shirt tucked into purple slacks that are intact. Given that the Hulk was just in the middle of the Nevada desert, Bruce Banner would be in no position to have a change of clothes on him, and the idea that the top secret facility would have an exact match of his go-to outfit is ludicrous.

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Raw Power - S1-E3

Audio problem: When Doc Samson is shaking hands with Betty Ross, he can be heard saying "Hats off to you for convincing Gamma Base to continue funding my research." His mouth is closed, while Betty is the one that appears to be talking.

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Raw Power - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Hulk sets down Mitch McCutcheon's car, Mitch is holding his coffee mug with his right hand. When the shot changes to him driving away, the mug is on his dashboard. When the shot changes again, he is shown setting the mug down on the dashboard.

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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: I believe it was mentioned in an issue of Wizard Magazine that the show was cancelled because of low ratings, and reportedly the show's creative shift in the second season had a part to play in the low ratings, as the changes alienated fans.

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