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* CursedWithAwesome: He's twice as strong as Hulk usually is and keeps his intellect. The downside? He can't change back and his strength doesn't increase like Bruce's does. The transformation also pushes him further into insanity.
* DeadpanSnarker: Tim Roth can't help himself from giving him a snarky line or two.
* DeadpanSnarker: Tim Roth can't help himself from giving him a snarky line or two.
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* TheDeterminator: Ffor better or worse, he does ''not'' know when to give up.
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* AGodAmI: Invokes this for ''Bruce'', calling the Hulk "god-like" and "Olympian", and comparing Bruce to Prometheus giving man fire.
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* WhatTheHellHero: A short but pointed one to General Ross. "He protected her. You almost killed her."
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** BadassNormal: Studied Aikido in ''The Incredible Hulk'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aikido Aikido]] while hiding in Brazil.
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* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: he's not a jerk, but he's very bitter, aloof, and uptight until Tony starts dumping good-natured teasing on him uninvited, at which point he starts to open up and relax.
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* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: he's He's not a jerk, but he's very bitter, aloof, and uptight until Tony starts dumping good-natured teasing on him uninvited, at which point he starts to open up and relax.
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* TheBerserker: In Tony's words, a an "enormous green rage monster".
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* MoralityPet: To the Hulk. She's the only one that he won't attack, and feels she still sees Bruce in him. After they reunite, she invokes MortalityChain by keeping his attention focused on her because she knows he isn't going to attack ''her''.
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* WideEyedIdealist: Everyone, including Bruce, thinks the Hulk is a monster. Betty is the only one(Dr. Samson) who thinks it can be tamed.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Normally not, but whenshe's seen in ''The Incredible Hulk''.the two ride aboard a taxi whose driver DrivesLikeCrazy, she gets ''REALLY'' mad at the driver for endangering them.
-->'''Betty''': [kicks taxi's door] Asshole!
--> '''Bruce:''' You know, I know a few techniques that can help you [[HypocriticalHumor manage that anger very effectively]]...
-->'''Betty''': You'' zip it. We're walking.
* WideEyedIdealist: Everyone, including Bruce, thinks the Hulk is a monster. Betty is the only one
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Normally not, but when
-->'''Betty''': [kicks taxi's door] Asshole!
--> '''Bruce:''' You know, I know a few techniques that can help you [[HypocriticalHumor manage that anger very effectively]]...
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* DrowningMySorrows: In TheStinger of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' after he had a ''really'' rough day: [[spoiler:his star soldier Blonsky went psycho and became the Abomination, his daughter severed her ties with him, and he was forced to release Banner to defear Blonsky]]. And as ''[[Film/MarvelOneShots The Consultant]]'' reveals, his day will only get worse.
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* DrowningMySorrows: In TheStinger of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' after he had a ''really'' rough day: [[spoiler:his [[spoiler: His star soldier Blonsky went psycho and became the Abomination, his daughter severed her ties with him, and he was forced to release Banner to defear defeat Blonsky]]. And as ''[[Film/MarvelOneShots The Consultant]]'' reveals, his day will only get worse.
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*TheDragon: Ross's champion against the Hulk. [[spoiler: The serum drives him to become a DragonWithAnAgenda and, by the climax, becomes a greater danger than Ross, who he tries to kill along with the Hulk.]]
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* PersonalityPowers: As a result of the CallForward, Blonsky's transformation into the Abomination can be considered this, as he mixed an imperfect Super Soldier serum with the Banner's irradiated blood, and thereby turned into the as-far-as-is-known permanent monstrosity that Samuel Sterns calls "an abomination".
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* TooDumbToLive: For future reference, aspiring villains, getting within three feet of the Incredible Hulk and stopping your fight just to taunt him is not a good idea. If it wasn't for the super serum in his system, he almost certainly would have died.
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-->'''Captain America:''' Hulk? Smash.
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* GodzillaThreshold: Is willing to use an uncompleted serum on his star soldier in order to take down the Hulk. When that goes wrong, [[spoiler:he sets Banner free to become the Hulk in order to save Harlem from the Abomination]].
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!!''Bruce Banner / [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]]''
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-->''"The last time I was in New York, I kind of broke... [[PersonOfMassDestruction Harlem]]."''
-->'''Portrayed By''': EdwardNorton, Mark Ruffalo (pictured left), Lou Ferrigno (voice)
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' (Portrayed by Edward Norton) / ''Film/TheAvengers'' (Portrayed by Mark Ruffalo)
A nuclear physicist who believed that he was trying to make soldiers immune to radiation, but was actually working on a new super soldier for General Thunderbolt Ross. He was so sure he was on to something that he experimented on himself, which turned him into the Hulk. He's been on the run, and in hiding ever since.
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* {{Adorkable}}
* AndroclesLion: Tony Stark's kindness to Banner earns him [[spoiler:the life-saving loyalty of the Hulk]] during the final battle.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal: Studied Aikido in ''The Incredible Hulk'' while hiding in Brazil.
** BadassAbnormal: When pissed off.
** SubmissiveBadass: As Banner, he'll do almost anything to ''avoid'' getting pissed off. However, this is subverted by the time of actual Avengers gathering, at this point his secret is [[spoiler:that [[TranquilFury he's ''always'' angry]] and all he needs to do is direct it and ''let loose'']].
* BadassBoast: After [[spoiler:interrupting Loki by slamming him into the ground. ''[[MetronomicManMashing Repeatedly.]]'']]
--> '''Hulk''': [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Puny god.]]
* TheBerserker: In Tony's words, a "enormous green rage monster".
* TheBigGuy: When [[HulkingOut Hulked out]], as a Type 1. Coulson actually explicitly calls him this at one point.
* {{Brainy Brunet|te}}: As Banner.
* CarpetOfVirility: Mark Ruffalo was not asked to shave his chest hair for the scene in which he wakes up nude after a Hulk-out; in addition, some of it actually made it on to the Hulk.
* CharacterDevelopment: ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' implies that he went from repressing his anxieties that lead to his Hulking out, similarly to the [[Film/{{Hulk}} 2003 film]], to using meditation techniques to manage them. The end of that movie ominously showed him purposefully inducing a Hulk episode. [[spoiler:''Film/TheAvengers'' showed that he'd subsequently gone past anger management and constantly trying to fight the Hulk, and merely existed in a state of TranquilFury at all times, keeping the Hulk close but at bay through mere discipline rather than struggling to reject him. This level of acceptance leads to him being able to Hulk out at will and in turn makes the Hulk less animalistic and more generally aligned with Banner's intentions. Tellingly, The Hulk's last appearance in the Avengers film never shows him to be particularly angry, merely bellicose and helpfully destructive.]]
* CombatPragmatist: This Hulk is bright enough to use tools...and weapons.
* CompositeCharacter: Surprisingly, The Avengers film version brings in elements of the 2003 film as well as the 2008 reboot. It's a bit of a list:
** Banner's situation at the start of the movie mirrors that of Banner at the end of the 2003 film, where both of them are trying to help the local downtrodden populace while dealing with the Hulk.
** Banner's relationship with the Hulk is slightly more nuanced in Film/TheAvengers film than in TheIncredibleHulk, much like the 2003 version.
** Bruce in the Avengers film is more uptight like the 2003 version, and calmer and more self assured like in TheIncredibleHulk.
** The Hulk's appearance in The Avengers resemble's his 2003 appearance in build and his 2008 appearance in behavior.
** Bruce in the Avengers film [[spoiler: claims that he is constantly angry but very well self-controlled, no longer trying to avoid anger as in the 2008 film. This hearkens back to Bruce's anger issues in the 2003 film, where he is a constantly repressed boiling pot of rage, with the Hulk near at hand at all times; trying to fight it was an exercise in futility.]]
** The Hulk's transformation is more closely tied to anger, as in the 2003 and most comic versions, but general excitement can also bring him out, as was the case in ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''.
** In most other cases, Mark Ruffalo's Hulk resembles the comic version, as did the 2008 movie version. Ruffalo has also stated he drew from Bill Bixby's portrayal of Banner in the 1970s television series, which many reviewers picked up on.
* CunningLinguist: So far, he's known to speak, to some degree, Hindi, English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
* DeadpanSnarker: You really couldn't go through all he does without developing a dry sense of humor.
-->'''Banner''': Oh, they want to put ''me'' in a pressurized metal container? ''(the Helicarrier begins to take off)'' Oh, no. This is ''much'' worse.
* TheDreaded: In ''Film/TheAvengers'', he makes quite a few people very nervous just by being there, even the otherwise flawlessly confident Black Widow.
* DrivenToSuicide: He tried it at one point prior to ''Film/TheAvengers''. He has since moved on.
-->'''Banner''': I got low. I didn't see an end. So I put a bullet in my mouth, and the other guy spit it back out.
* FriendlyRivalry: Seems to have one with Thor, unlike their usual HeadbuttingHeroes behavior in the comics. [[spoiler:Hulk punches Thor off of a Leviathan they just defeated for no specified reason but, probably, said rivalry ([[LetsYouAndHimFight their previous fight]] was a draw).]]
* GoingCommando: A fan on Twitter queried Mark Ruffalo about how Banner handles the undergarment situation. [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zz60VEqZ1r38f9do1_1280.jpg Ruffalo's response]]:
-->personally. Banner is a simple man. Commando style surely.
* HeroicNeutral: Banner just wants to be left alone by the military and S.H.I.E.L.D., and maybe use his skills to do some good. This attitude extends to the Hulk as well, who rarely fights anyone or anything that didn't try to kill him first.
** NeutralNoLonger: After some CharacterDevelopment in ''Film/TheAvengers''.
* HomelessHero: He's forced to stay on the run because of the government forces chasing him. Following his transformations, Bruce is often left with nothing but the pants he is wearing. At one point, he has to beg in order to survive.
* HonorBeforeReason: In ''Film/TheAvengers'', he's unable to refuse a little girl begging for his help as a doctor. It's a trap set by Black Widow to get him to meet with her. His comment to himself as soon as he realizes he's been tricked: "Should've gotten paid upfront, Banner."
* HorrifyingHero: With the exception of Tony Stark, Bruce Banner was at best tolerated by other heroes, at worst feared, until he proved his ability to control himself in battle. His tendency toward [[DestructiveSavior collateral damage]] does not help. However, bystanders, especially in Film/TheAvengers, seem to find him more heroic than horrifying.
* HurtingHero: He has to deal with the loss of his life, his work, his love interest, all the while managing the Hulk and Ross' plan to dissect him.
* HulkingOut: The TropeNamer, after all. It should be noted that this happens less in each movie between the two he has been in (''Film/TheAvengers'' just had 2), and we never see him "Hulk back" ie. revert to Bruce.
* HulkSpeak: A Hulk of few words, as per usual. Only says a few words in each movie where he appears.
-->'''[[Film/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]''': Leave me alone.
-->'''[[Film/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]''': [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Hulk... smash!]]
-->'''[[Film/TheAvengers Hulk]]''': [[BondOneLiner Puny]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu god.]]
* ImmuneToBullets: Funnily, at one point in ''Film/TheAvengers'', a fighter jet opens up on him with a jet-mounted vulcan cannon, and he doesn't seem to even realize he's being shot until he hears the bullets bouncing off him.
** Bruce also tells of a time when he tried to put a bullet in his head. It only triggers a transformation with "the other guy" spitting it out.
* JekyllAndHyde: Subverted. Banner's CharacterDevelopment over ''The Incredible Hulk'' and ''The Avengers'' is about realising that the Hulk isn't a villain or a mindless beast: he's part of Banner, driven by Banner's simplest and most uncomplicated instincts, and he needs to be accepted rather than constantly restrained.
* LightningBruiser: Not only is the Hulk very strong, he's also quite fast.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: he's not a jerk, but he's very bitter, aloof, and uptight until Tony starts dumping good-natured teasing on him uninvited, at which point he starts to open up and relax.
* MadeOfIron: See ImmuneToBullets.
* MagicPants: Justified. Two scenes in ''The Incredible Hulk'' show he makes sure his pants are several sizes too large and ''very'' stretchy.
* NiceGuy: He's very sweet, polite, and good humored, making the contrast between him and his alter ego even greater. More so when Ruffalo is playing him.
* TheNoseKnows: WordOfGod says Bruce wasn't exaggerating when he said "you could smell crazy on [Loki]"; a DeletedScene from ''The Avengers'' has Hulk sniff Loki out of a crowd of holograms.
* OddFriendship: With Tony Stark, of all people, as they bond over science geekery in ''The Avengers''.
** Also with Steve, who is always respectful and kind to him and refers to him as ''Doctor'' despite his mutation. Though this is not so odd when considering they are the only two genuinely nice, humble people on a team filled with egos and ulterior motives.
* TheOtherDarrin: Edward Norton was replaced by Mark Ruffalo for ''The Avengers''.
* [[OneManArmy One Hulk Army]]: Tony Stark even lampshades it to Loki in ''The Avengers'' by comparing him to his army.
** True to form, the only real challenges that the Hulk has had in terms of strength in the MCU as of ''The Avengers'' have been [[EvilCounterpart Abomination]] from ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and Thor as per their comic rivalry.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: See page quote.
* PsychoPartyMember: The Hulk in ''Film/TheAvengers'', [[spoiler: until the third act of the movie shows that Banner has learned control]], but the timid, likable Banner is constantly ''treated'' like this.
* ScienceHero
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He plays the sensitive guy to Tony Stark's brash manly man.
--> "You're tiptoeing, big man. You need to strut."
* ShieldBash: With the only shields big enough for him; car debris.
* TheSmartGuy: He's the world's foremost expert in gamma radiation, and in ''Film/TheAvengers'', once he gets curious enough to drop the [[HeroicNeutral heroic neutrality]], he picks up on a tiny clue and gets halfway to unraveling S.H.I.E.L.D.'s scheming ''without trying'' before the rest of the Avengers realize there's even a puzzle to solve.
* SuperStrength: Increasing with increased rage.
* TechnologicalPacifist: Stated to be this by Ross, who argues that "scientists" are not to be trusted with military matters in any way, shape, or form.
-->'''Ross''': He’s a scientist. He is ''not'' one of us.
* TranquilFury: His ultimate goal in the films.
* {{Troll}}: He's not above using the threat of HulkingOut to scare Black Widow, just to see what she'll do.
-->'''Banner''': I'm sorry, that was mean, I just wanted to see what you'd do.
* UnstoppableRage
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: TropeNamer and it's rather cleverly inserted too, as Banner messes up the line while speaking Portuguese.
-->"You wouldn't like me when I'm... hungry... Wait, that doesn't sound right."
* WeaponOfChoice: ''The Incredible Hulk'' prefers DualWielding shields and will rip a car apart in make them for himself.
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[[folder:Betty Ross]]
!!''Dr. Elizabeth "Betty" Ross''
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-->''"In the cave, I really felt like [[TheIncredibleHulk it]] knew me. Maybe your mind is in there, it's just overcharged and can't process what's happening."''
-->'''Portrayed By''': LivTyler
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''
Daughter of General Ross, and Bruce's confidant and love interest. She was one of the leading scientists on Bruce's experiment, and feels partially responsible for his condition. Has an understandably terrible relationship with her father.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates
* HotScientist: Worked with Bruce on the gamma project.
* HotTeacher: Teaches at Culver University.
* InterruptedCooldownHug
* MoralityPet: To the Hulk. She's the only one that he won't attack, and feels she still sees Bruce in him.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. She's dating one (Dr. Samson) when she's seen in ''The Incredible Hulk''.
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[[folder:General Ross]]
!!''General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross''
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-->''"As far as I'm concerned, that man's whole body is property of the U.S. army."''
-->'''Portrayed By''': WilliamHurt
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' / ''Film/MarvelOneShots''
A General who hunts down Bruce Banner believing him to be a threat - in truth, he's after his blood as it contains answers to perfecting the SuperSoldier serum.
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* DrowningMySorrows: In TheStinger of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' after he had a ''really'' rough day: [[spoiler:his star soldier Blonsky went psycho and became the Abomination, his daughter severed his ties with him, and he was forced to release Banner to defear Blonsky]]. And as ''[[Film/MarvelOneShots The Consultant]]'' reveals, his day will only get worse.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Temporarily releases Banner from custody and allows him to become the Hulk in order to fight off [[EvilCounterpart the Abomination]] and save the city.]]
* [[ForScience For Career]]
* GeneralRipper
* InspectorJavert
* {{Jerkass}}
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Through giving Blonsky the prototype remade SuperSoldier serum, he essentially created the Abomination ''and'' [[spoiler:the Leader]] by proxy.
* OverprotectiveDad
* ParentsAsPeople: He focuses so much of his time on getting the Hulk/Bruce Banner that it damages his relationship with his daughter.
* UnwittingPawn: Of Blonsky, and later of {{SHIELD}}.
* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, General?]]: On the receiving end, repeatedly. It never takes.
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[[folder:Emil Blonsky/The Abomination]]
!!''Emil Blonsky / The Abomination''
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-->''"[[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity It's not what you've done. It's what you're gonna do. I want what you got out of Banner. I want that.]]"''
-->'''Portrayed By''': TimRoth
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' / ''Film/MarvelOneShots''
A soldier assigned to a team headed by General Ross to capture the Hulk, and quickly becomes obsessed with bringing him down, to the point of being injected with a sample of the original super-soldier serum to enhance his strength. After a painful encounter with the Hulk, he becomes even more driven and has Samuel Sterns infuse him with Banner's blood, transforming him into an abomination.
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* TheAce: Considered to be one of the best seasoned soldiers around. (He's actually referred to as "an ace" by the guy who refers him to Ross.)
* BigBad
** BrokenAce: Even before he starts dabbling in PsychoSerum, he's a sadist and a thug. Afterwards...
* AppropriatedAppellation: He was given the name of "the Abomination" after his full transformation. He doesn't like it.
* ArchEnemy: To the Hulk.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal: Pre-serums. He led a platoon in close combat against the Hulk and was subsequently the only person to survive.
** BadassAbnormal: Post-serums, he's a super soldier. After a transfusion of Banner's blood, he's nearly on Hulk's level.
* BloodKnight: He eventually stopped giving a crap about orders and just wanted to duke it out with the Hulk.
* CallForward: His [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide descent into madness]] is an early hint of what Dr. Erskine explained in the ''Captain America'' movie that came three years later: with the serum, "[[{{Jerkass}} bad]] becomes [[OmnicidalManiac worse]]".
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Sterns alludes to the name "abomination", but otherwise he is referred to post-transformation as Blonsky. Averted in ''The Consultant'', where SHIELD agents indeed call him the Abomination, with a mention that the World Security Council ''really'' doesn't like it when he called that.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: After he turns into the Abomination, he starts tearing up New York City just because he can.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment[=/=]KickTheDog: He shoots Banner's dog with a tranquilizer dart for no good reason.
* EvilCounterpart: Born of a combination of the super-soldier serum and The Hulk's blood; while Blonsky sacrifices his ability to be empowered by rage, he retains his intelligence.
* FragileSpeedster: After taking the first imperfect Super Soldier serum, but before becoming the Abomination, he is faster than the Hulk and any normal soldier, but is taken down with one kick into a tree from the Hulk that breaks most of the bones in his body.
* HealingFactor: The imperfect Super Soldier serum gives him one that allows him to survive (but not necessarily in good condition) full on blows from the Hulk.
* HumanoidAbomination: After taking in Banner's blood. Dr. Sterns even lampshades this before the transformation itself.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Once he discovers he's no longer the toughest guy around. The Super Serum turns this UpToEleven.
* {{Jerkass}}
* LightningBruiser: After becoming the Abomination.
* [[MyNameIsNotDurwood My Name Is Not The Abomination]]: In ''The Consultant'', Coulson notes that the World Security Council and Blonsky himself do not like the name he has been given.
* PersonalityPowers: As a result of the CallForward, Blonsky's transformation into the Abomination can be considered this, as he mixed an imperfect Super Soldier serum with the Banner's irradiated blood, and thereby turned into the as-far-as-is-known permanent monstrosity that Samuel Sterns calls "an abomination".
* RemovingTheEarpiece: Before his second "fight" with the Hulk.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Disobeys orders and demands to be injected with Hulk blood without caring about the consequences just so he can become strong enough to beat the Hulk.
* SuperSoldier: Unlike every other attempt to replicate Cap we've seen, it actually worked - if he wasn't on the same level, he was pretty close.
* SuperSpeed: After taking the imperfect Super Soldier serum, he is able to jog far faster than any other normal soldier with him can run, and acts as though he was taking a calm stroll when he finally stops running.
* SuperStrength: Twice as strong as the Hulk. However, it's set and won't increase with rage as he does.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Nearly became part of the Avengers, but SHIELD's BatmanGambit put a stop to that.
* TooDumbToLive: For future reference, aspiring villains, getting within three feet of the Incredible Hulk and stopping your fight just to taunt him is not a good idea. If it wasn't for the super serum in his system, he almost certainly would have died.
* UnskilledButStrong: As the Abomination, he is stronger than the Hulk, but doesn't have his tricks (like using two halves of a car as a pair of clubs or smashing the ground to create a shockwave).
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even after turning into The Abomination, the WSC still considered Blonsky a war hero and the Hulk at fault, and was close to getting him into The Avengers. Thankfully, saner minds prevailed.
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[[folder:Samuel Sterns]]
!!''Dr. Samuel Sterns''
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-->''[[ForScience "I've always been more curious than cautious]], [[TemptingFate and that's served me pretty well.]]"''
-->'''Portrayed By''': Tim Blake Nelson
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''
A scientist who helps Bruce under the moniker "Mr. Blue". [[spoiler: He synthesized Banner's blood so he could study it better, and then used that to turn Blonsky into the Abomination. When Abomination went on his rampage, he injured Sterns, and a dribble of Banner's blood landed on his head, expanding his brain, which will likely result in him becoming the Leader]].
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* BunnyEarsLawyer
* CodeName: Mr. Blue.
* [[spoiler:EvilutionaryBiologist]]: [[spoiler: Especially if he returns to the films and becomes the Leader as he was in the comics]].
* ForScience
* {{Keet}}: ''Very'' hyperactive, especially when it comes to science.
* [[spoiler:MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate]]: He wants to cure Banner and find similar cures for diseases [[spoiler:but wants to use gamma-irradiated blood to do so which always has unfortunate consequences.]]
* MotorMouth
* [[spoiler:MyBrainIsBig]]: [[spoiler: Caused by Banner's irradiated blood falling into an Abomination-caused head wound.]]
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[[folder:Leonard Samson]]
!!''Dr. Leonard Samson''
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-->''"You know, it's a point of professional pride for me that [[LivingLieDetector I can tell when somebody's lying]]. [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu And you are."]]''
-->'''Portrayed By''': Ty Burrell
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''
A psychiatrist and Betty Ross' boyfriend while she is away from Bruce Banner.
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* BadassBookworm: Lets General Ross know exactly how big a jerk he is.
* BrainyBrunette
* LivingLieDetector: Comes with being a psychiatrist, apparently.
* MythologyGag: He shares a name with Doc Samson of Hulk comics fame. Whether he'll fulfill the same role in the MCU overall is unknown.
* NiceGuy
* OnlySaneMan: He can certainly understand how and why others think, and for his on-screen time he is not prone to overreacting.
* RomanticRunnerUp
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Assumed to be averted, considering his own profession.
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Bruce Banner]]
!!''Bruce Banner / [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]]''
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-->''"The last time I was in New York, I kind of broke... [[PersonOfMassDestruction Harlem]]."''
-->'''Portrayed By''': EdwardNorton, Mark Ruffalo (pictured left), Lou Ferrigno (voice)
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' (Portrayed by Edward Norton) / ''Film/TheAvengers'' (Portrayed by Mark Ruffalo)
A nuclear physicist who believed that he was trying to make soldiers immune to radiation, but was actually working on a new super soldier for General Thunderbolt Ross. He was so sure he was on to something that he experimented on himself, which turned him into the Hulk. He's been on the run, and in hiding ever since.
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* {{Adorkable}}
* AndroclesLion: Tony Stark's kindness to Banner earns him [[spoiler:the life-saving loyalty of the Hulk]] during the final battle.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal: Studied Aikido in ''The Incredible Hulk'' while hiding in Brazil.
** BadassAbnormal: When pissed off.
** SubmissiveBadass: As Banner, he'll do almost anything to ''avoid'' getting pissed off. However, this is subverted by the time of actual Avengers gathering, at this point his secret is [[spoiler:that [[TranquilFury he's ''always'' angry]] and all he needs to do is direct it and ''let loose'']].
* BadassBoast: After [[spoiler:interrupting Loki by slamming him into the ground. ''[[MetronomicManMashing Repeatedly.]]'']]
--> '''Hulk''': [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Puny god.]]
* TheBerserker: In Tony's words, a "enormous green rage monster".
* TheBigGuy: When [[HulkingOut Hulked out]], as a Type 1. Coulson actually explicitly calls him this at one point.
* {{Brainy Brunet|te}}: As Banner.
* CarpetOfVirility: Mark Ruffalo was not asked to shave his chest hair for the scene in which he wakes up nude after a Hulk-out; in addition, some of it actually made it on to the Hulk.
* CharacterDevelopment: ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' implies that he went from repressing his anxieties that lead to his Hulking out, similarly to the [[Film/{{Hulk}} 2003 film]], to using meditation techniques to manage them. The end of that movie ominously showed him purposefully inducing a Hulk episode. [[spoiler:''Film/TheAvengers'' showed that he'd subsequently gone past anger management and constantly trying to fight the Hulk, and merely existed in a state of TranquilFury at all times, keeping the Hulk close but at bay through mere discipline rather than struggling to reject him. This level of acceptance leads to him being able to Hulk out at will and in turn makes the Hulk less animalistic and more generally aligned with Banner's intentions. Tellingly, The Hulk's last appearance in the Avengers film never shows him to be particularly angry, merely bellicose and helpfully destructive.]]
* CombatPragmatist: This Hulk is bright enough to use tools...and weapons.
* CompositeCharacter: Surprisingly, The Avengers film version brings in elements of the 2003 film as well as the 2008 reboot. It's a bit of a list:
** Banner's situation at the start of the movie mirrors that of Banner at the end of the 2003 film, where both of them are trying to help the local downtrodden populace while dealing with the Hulk.
** Banner's relationship with the Hulk is slightly more nuanced in Film/TheAvengers film than in TheIncredibleHulk, much like the 2003 version.
** Bruce in the Avengers film is more uptight like the 2003 version, and calmer and more self assured like in TheIncredibleHulk.
** The Hulk's appearance in The Avengers resemble's his 2003 appearance in build and his 2008 appearance in behavior.
** Bruce in the Avengers film [[spoiler: claims that he is constantly angry but very well self-controlled, no longer trying to avoid anger as in the 2008 film. This hearkens back to Bruce's anger issues in the 2003 film, where he is a constantly repressed boiling pot of rage, with the Hulk near at hand at all times; trying to fight it was an exercise in futility.]]
** The Hulk's transformation is more closely tied to anger, as in the 2003 and most comic versions, but general excitement can also bring him out, as was the case in ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''.
** In most other cases, Mark Ruffalo's Hulk resembles the comic version, as did the 2008 movie version. Ruffalo has also stated he drew from Bill Bixby's portrayal of Banner in the 1970s television series, which many reviewers picked up on.
* CunningLinguist: So far, he's known to speak, to some degree, Hindi, English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
* DeadpanSnarker: You really couldn't go through all he does without developing a dry sense of humor.
-->'''Banner''': Oh, they want to put ''me'' in a pressurized metal container? ''(the Helicarrier begins to take off)'' Oh, no. This is ''much'' worse.
* TheDreaded: In ''Film/TheAvengers'', he makes quite a few people very nervous just by being there, even the otherwise flawlessly confident Black Widow.
* DrivenToSuicide: He tried it at one point prior to ''Film/TheAvengers''. He has since moved on.
-->'''Banner''': I got low. I didn't see an end. So I put a bullet in my mouth, and the other guy spit it back out.
* FriendlyRivalry: Seems to have one with Thor, unlike their usual HeadbuttingHeroes behavior in the comics. [[spoiler:Hulk punches Thor off of a Leviathan they just defeated for no specified reason but, probably, said rivalry ([[LetsYouAndHimFight their previous fight]] was a draw).]]
* GoingCommando: A fan on Twitter queried Mark Ruffalo about how Banner handles the undergarment situation. [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zz60VEqZ1r38f9do1_1280.jpg Ruffalo's response]]:
-->personally. Banner is a simple man. Commando style surely.
* HeroicNeutral: Banner just wants to be left alone by the military and S.H.I.E.L.D., and maybe use his skills to do some good. This attitude extends to the Hulk as well, who rarely fights anyone or anything that didn't try to kill him first.
** NeutralNoLonger: After some CharacterDevelopment in ''Film/TheAvengers''.
* HomelessHero: He's forced to stay on the run because of the government forces chasing him. Following his transformations, Bruce is often left with nothing but the pants he is wearing. At one point, he has to beg in order to survive.
* HonorBeforeReason: In ''Film/TheAvengers'', he's unable to refuse a little girl begging for his help as a doctor. It's a trap set by Black Widow to get him to meet with her. His comment to himself as soon as he realizes he's been tricked: "Should've gotten paid upfront, Banner."
* HorrifyingHero: With the exception of Tony Stark, Bruce Banner was at best tolerated by other heroes, at worst feared, until he proved his ability to control himself in battle. His tendency toward [[DestructiveSavior collateral damage]] does not help. However, bystanders, especially in Film/TheAvengers, seem to find him more heroic than horrifying.
* HurtingHero: He has to deal with the loss of his life, his work, his love interest, all the while managing the Hulk and Ross' plan to dissect him.
* HulkingOut: The TropeNamer, after all. It should be noted that this happens less in each movie between the two he has been in (''Film/TheAvengers'' just had 2), and we never see him "Hulk back" ie. revert to Bruce.
* HulkSpeak: A Hulk of few words, as per usual. Only says a few words in each movie where he appears.
-->'''[[Film/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]''': Leave me alone.
-->'''[[Film/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]''': [[PreAsskickingOneLiner Hulk... smash!]]
-->'''[[Film/TheAvengers Hulk]]''': [[BondOneLiner Puny]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu god.]]
* ImmuneToBullets: Funnily, at one point in ''Film/TheAvengers'', a fighter jet opens up on him with a jet-mounted vulcan cannon, and he doesn't seem to even realize he's being shot until he hears the bullets bouncing off him.
** Bruce also tells of a time when he tried to put a bullet in his head. It only triggers a transformation with "the other guy" spitting it out.
* JekyllAndHyde: Subverted. Banner's CharacterDevelopment over ''The Incredible Hulk'' and ''The Avengers'' is about realising that the Hulk isn't a villain or a mindless beast: he's part of Banner, driven by Banner's simplest and most uncomplicated instincts, and he needs to be accepted rather than constantly restrained.
* LightningBruiser: Not only is the Hulk very strong, he's also quite fast.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: he's not a jerk, but he's very bitter, aloof, and uptight until Tony starts dumping good-natured teasing on him uninvited, at which point he starts to open up and relax.
* MadeOfIron: See ImmuneToBullets.
* MagicPants: Justified. Two scenes in ''The Incredible Hulk'' show he makes sure his pants are several sizes too large and ''very'' stretchy.
* NiceGuy: He's very sweet, polite, and good humored, making the contrast between him and his alter ego even greater. More so when Ruffalo is playing him.
* TheNoseKnows: WordOfGod says Bruce wasn't exaggerating when he said "you could smell crazy on [Loki]"; a DeletedScene from ''The Avengers'' has Hulk sniff Loki out of a crowd of holograms.
* OddFriendship: With Tony Stark, of all people, as they bond over science geekery in ''The Avengers''.
** Also with Steve, who is always respectful and kind to him and refers to him as ''Doctor'' despite his mutation. Though this is not so odd when considering they are the only two genuinely nice, humble people on a team filled with egos and ulterior motives.
* TheOtherDarrin: Edward Norton was replaced by Mark Ruffalo for ''The Avengers''.
* [[OneManArmy One Hulk Army]]: Tony Stark even lampshades it to Loki in ''The Avengers'' by comparing him to his army.
** True to form, the only real challenges that the Hulk has had in terms of strength in the MCU as of ''The Avengers'' have been [[EvilCounterpart Abomination]] from ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and Thor as per their comic rivalry.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: See page quote.
* PsychoPartyMember: The Hulk in ''Film/TheAvengers'', [[spoiler: until the third act of the movie shows that Banner has learned control]], but the timid, likable Banner is constantly ''treated'' like this.
* ScienceHero
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He plays the sensitive guy to Tony Stark's brash manly man.
--> "You're tiptoeing, big man. You need to strut."
* ShieldBash: With the only shields big enough for him; car debris.
* TheSmartGuy: He's the world's foremost expert in gamma radiation, and in ''Film/TheAvengers'', once he gets curious enough to drop the [[HeroicNeutral heroic neutrality]], he picks up on a tiny clue and gets halfway to unraveling S.H.I.E.L.D.'s scheming ''without trying'' before the rest of the Avengers realize there's even a puzzle to solve.
* SuperStrength: Increasing with increased rage.
* TechnologicalPacifist: Stated to be this by Ross, who argues that "scientists" are not to be trusted with military matters in any way, shape, or form.
-->'''Ross''': He’s a scientist. He is ''not'' one of us.
* TranquilFury: His ultimate goal in the films.
* {{Troll}}: He's not above using the threat of HulkingOut to scare Black Widow, just to see what she'll do.
-->'''Banner''': I'm sorry, that was mean, I just wanted to see what you'd do.
* UnstoppableRage
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: TropeNamer and it's rather cleverly inserted too, as Banner messes up the line while speaking Portuguese.
-->"You wouldn't like me when I'm... hungry... Wait, that doesn't sound right."
* WeaponOfChoice: ''The Incredible Hulk'' prefers DualWielding shields and will rip a car apart in make them for himself.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Betty Ross]]
!!''Dr. Elizabeth "Betty" Ross''
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-->''"In the cave, I really felt like [[TheIncredibleHulk it]] knew me. Maybe your mind is in there, it's just overcharged and can't process what's happening."''
-->'''Portrayed By''': LivTyler
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''
Daughter of General Ross, and Bruce's confidant and love interest. She was one of the leading scientists on Bruce's experiment, and feels partially responsible for his condition. Has an understandably terrible relationship with her father.
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* ActionSurvivor
* DatingWhatDaddyHates
* HotScientist: Worked with Bruce on the gamma project.
* HotTeacher: Teaches at Culver University.
* InterruptedCooldownHug
* MoralityPet: To the Hulk. She's the only one that he won't attack, and feels she still sees Bruce in him.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. She's dating one (Dr. Samson) when she's seen in ''The Incredible Hulk''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:General Ross]]
!!''General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross''
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-->''"As far as I'm concerned, that man's whole body is property of the U.S. army."''
-->'''Portrayed By''': WilliamHurt
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' / ''Film/MarvelOneShots''
A General who hunts down Bruce Banner believing him to be a threat - in truth, he's after his blood as it contains answers to perfecting the SuperSoldier serum.
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* DrowningMySorrows: In TheStinger of ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' after he had a ''really'' rough day: [[spoiler:his star soldier Blonsky went psycho and became the Abomination, his daughter severed his ties with him, and he was forced to release Banner to defear Blonsky]]. And as ''[[Film/MarvelOneShots The Consultant]]'' reveals, his day will only get worse.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Temporarily releases Banner from custody and allows him to become the Hulk in order to fight off [[EvilCounterpart the Abomination]] and save the city.]]
* [[ForScience For Career]]
* GeneralRipper
* InspectorJavert
* {{Jerkass}}
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Through giving Blonsky the prototype remade SuperSoldier serum, he essentially created the Abomination ''and'' [[spoiler:the Leader]] by proxy.
* OverprotectiveDad
* ParentsAsPeople: He focuses so much of his time on getting the Hulk/Bruce Banner that it damages his relationship with his daughter.
* UnwittingPawn: Of Blonsky, and later of {{SHIELD}}.
* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, General?]]: On the receiving end, repeatedly. It never takes.
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[[folder:Emil Blonsky/The Abomination]]
!!''Emil Blonsky / The Abomination''
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-->''"[[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity It's not what you've done. It's what you're gonna do. I want what you got out of Banner. I want that.]]"''
-->'''Portrayed By''': TimRoth
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' / ''Film/MarvelOneShots''
A soldier assigned to a team headed by General Ross to capture the Hulk, and quickly becomes obsessed with bringing him down, to the point of being injected with a sample of the original super-soldier serum to enhance his strength. After a painful encounter with the Hulk, he becomes even more driven and has Samuel Sterns infuse him with Banner's blood, transforming him into an abomination.
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* TheAce: Considered to be one of the best seasoned soldiers around. (He's actually referred to as "an ace" by the guy who refers him to Ross.)
* BigBad
** BrokenAce: Even before he starts dabbling in PsychoSerum, he's a sadist and a thug. Afterwards...
* AppropriatedAppellation: He was given the name of "the Abomination" after his full transformation. He doesn't like it.
* ArchEnemy: To the Hulk.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal: Pre-serums. He led a platoon in close combat against the Hulk and was subsequently the only person to survive.
** BadassAbnormal: Post-serums, he's a super soldier. After a transfusion of Banner's blood, he's nearly on Hulk's level.
* BloodKnight: He eventually stopped giving a crap about orders and just wanted to duke it out with the Hulk.
* CallForward: His [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide descent into madness]] is an early hint of what Dr. Erskine explained in the ''Captain America'' movie that came three years later: with the serum, "[[{{Jerkass}} bad]] becomes [[OmnicidalManiac worse]]".
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Sterns alludes to the name "abomination", but otherwise he is referred to post-transformation as Blonsky. Averted in ''The Consultant'', where SHIELD agents indeed call him the Abomination, with a mention that the World Security Council ''really'' doesn't like it when he called that.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: After he turns into the Abomination, he starts tearing up New York City just because he can.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment[=/=]KickTheDog: He shoots Banner's dog with a tranquilizer dart for no good reason.
* EvilCounterpart: Born of a combination of the super-soldier serum and The Hulk's blood; while Blonsky sacrifices his ability to be empowered by rage, he retains his intelligence.
* FragileSpeedster: After taking the first imperfect Super Soldier serum, but before becoming the Abomination, he is faster than the Hulk and any normal soldier, but is taken down with one kick into a tree from the Hulk that breaks most of the bones in his body.
* HealingFactor: The imperfect Super Soldier serum gives him one that allows him to survive (but not necessarily in good condition) full on blows from the Hulk.
* HumanoidAbomination: After taking in Banner's blood. Dr. Sterns even lampshades this before the transformation itself.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Once he discovers he's no longer the toughest guy around. The Super Serum turns this UpToEleven.
* {{Jerkass}}
* LightningBruiser: After becoming the Abomination.
* [[MyNameIsNotDurwood My Name Is Not The Abomination]]: In ''The Consultant'', Coulson notes that the World Security Council and Blonsky himself do not like the name he has been given.
* PersonalityPowers: As a result of the CallForward, Blonsky's transformation into the Abomination can be considered this, as he mixed an imperfect Super Soldier serum with the Banner's irradiated blood, and thereby turned into the as-far-as-is-known permanent monstrosity that Samuel Sterns calls "an abomination".
* RemovingTheEarpiece: Before his second "fight" with the Hulk.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Disobeys orders and demands to be injected with Hulk blood without caring about the consequences just so he can become strong enough to beat the Hulk.
* SuperSoldier: Unlike every other attempt to replicate Cap we've seen, it actually worked - if he wasn't on the same level, he was pretty close.
* SuperSpeed: After taking the imperfect Super Soldier serum, he is able to jog far faster than any other normal soldier with him can run, and acts as though he was taking a calm stroll when he finally stops running.
* SuperStrength: Twice as strong as the Hulk. However, it's set and won't increase with rage as he does.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Nearly became part of the Avengers, but SHIELD's BatmanGambit put a stop to that.
* TooDumbToLive: For future reference, aspiring villains, getting within three feet of the Incredible Hulk and stopping your fight just to taunt him is not a good idea. If it wasn't for the super serum in his system, he almost certainly would have died.
* UnskilledButStrong: As the Abomination, he is stronger than the Hulk, but doesn't have his tricks (like using two halves of a car as a pair of clubs or smashing the ground to create a shockwave).
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even after turning into The Abomination, the WSC still considered Blonsky a war hero and the Hulk at fault, and was close to getting him into The Avengers. Thankfully, saner minds prevailed.
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[[folder:Samuel Sterns]]
!!''Dr. Samuel Sterns''
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-->''[[ForScience "I've always been more curious than cautious]], [[TemptingFate and that's served me pretty well.]]"''
-->'''Portrayed By''': Tim Blake Nelson
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''
A scientist who helps Bruce under the moniker "Mr. Blue". [[spoiler: He synthesized Banner's blood so he could study it better, and then used that to turn Blonsky into the Abomination. When Abomination went on his rampage, he injured Sterns, and a dribble of Banner's blood landed on his head, expanding his brain, which will likely result in him becoming the Leader]].
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* BunnyEarsLawyer
* CodeName: Mr. Blue.
* [[spoiler:EvilutionaryBiologist]]: [[spoiler: Especially if he returns to the films and becomes the Leader as he was in the comics]].
* ForScience
* {{Keet}}: ''Very'' hyperactive, especially when it comes to science.
* [[spoiler:MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate]]: He wants to cure Banner and find similar cures for diseases [[spoiler:but wants to use gamma-irradiated blood to do so which always has unfortunate consequences.]]
* MotorMouth
* [[spoiler:MyBrainIsBig]]: [[spoiler: Caused by Banner's irradiated blood falling into an Abomination-caused head wound.]]
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[[folder:Leonard Samson]]
!!''Dr. Leonard Samson''
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-->''"You know, it's a point of professional pride for me that [[LivingLieDetector I can tell when somebody's lying]]. [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu And you are."]]''
-->'''Portrayed By''': Ty Burrell
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk''
A psychiatrist and Betty Ross' boyfriend while she is away from Bruce Banner.
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* BadassBookworm: Lets General Ross know exactly how big a jerk he is.
* BrainyBrunette
* LivingLieDetector: Comes with being a psychiatrist, apparently.
* MythologyGag: He shares a name with Doc Samson of Hulk comics fame. Whether he'll fulfill the same role in the MCU overall is unknown.
* NiceGuy
* OnlySaneMan: He can certainly understand how and why others think, and for his on-screen time he is not prone to overreacting.
* RomanticRunnerUp
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Assumed to be averted, considering his own profession.
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