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  • In the episode "747", when the Hulk is unleashed on a plane, an airsick passenger gets up and opens a door... only to see the Hulk on the other side, snarling. He closes the door, terrified, and checks again. Hulk is still there. So he shuts the door and the Hulk retreats back down below like nothing happened. The passenger goes back to his seat and says "you're not gonna believe me".
  • In the episode "The Lottery", after Banner Hulks out halfway up an emergency ladder in a block of flats, he busts his way through the wall, and into a room with a couple looking on in shock and confusion. He then bursts through another wall, and the scene cuts to a woman Singing in the Shower. The Hulk steps into the bathroom as the lady steps out, not noticing him and still singing away, wrapping a Modesty Towel around herself. He looks down at her, then back up, and smirks before leaving the room by breaking down another wall. The scene ends with both the couple and the woman in the shower just looking on confused through the giant holes in the wall. It really has to be seen to be believed.
  • In the episode "My Favorite Magician", David assist a magician. In a show's number, he is handcuffed inside a glass box full of water. There should be a key in the box' false bottom, but the magician forgot to place it there. David hulks out and the Hulk appears to the audience... who applauds. Moments later, a middle-aged couple approaches Hulk outside the theater... and they compliment his performance. The lady wants an autograph and the husband takes a picture. When Hulk, annoyed by the camera's flash, roars at them and runs away, they simply think he's an eccentric artist. It can be seen here.
  • Hulk's Mundane Object Amazement with a soda can in "Ricky". The episode's titular character Ricky had to teach him how to open it and drink its content. And Hulk seemed to like the taste. Ricky being grateful and nice to Hulk also counts as a Heartwarming Moment.
  • In the episode "Never Give a Trucker an Even Break."
    Operator: Please deposit 25 cents for the first three minutes.
    David: I DON'T HAVE 25 CENTS! (Hulk-Out ensues.)
    Operator: Then I can't complete the call sir...sir...sir...Hello, are you still there?
    • As Narm-y as this moment (and most the episode) is, admit it. If you've ever dealt with bad phone company customer service, you know exactly why David hulked out.
    • This is one of the series' weakest episodes (mainly because most of it is stolen footage from Duel), but David's interactions with Joanie are pretty funny. After his first Hulk-out, David looks down at his tattered shirt and mutters, "I really have to buy shirts that stretch."
  • David's banter with Carolyn in "Married" is both funny and heartwarming. A good example is when David comes in pretending to be a Chinese chef, complete with bad accent, getting ready to make dinner, and Caroline asks what he has in the box he's carrying....
    David: Ah. Funny you should ask. (opens the box to reveal a wok) Wok!
    Carolyn: Wok? I thought a wok was something you thwow at a wabbit.
    • The moment is completed by the epic stink-eye David gives her, as if to say, "Did you really go there?"
    David: (rolling his eyes) Mama-San does tewiffic impersonaton of Elmer Fudd!
  • In the second pilot movie, the Hulk approaches an older gentleman (later revealed to be named Michael) making a rotisserie chicken on a campfire. He then casually sits down as the man tries to make small talk with him, and the result is just as hilarious as you'd expect. Highlights include the Hulk responding with a grunt when asked if he can talk, eating an entire piece of chicken in one bite including the bones, and downing a whole bottle of whiskey in one go before startlingly spitting it out on the fire and running away.
  • During the first season finale "The Waterfront Story", Banner turns into the Hulk during a hectic barfight. After he beats up the instigators, the owner talks to him and says he reminds her of her ex-husband because he was the strong silent type. Even funnier is that the line made it into the preview with absolutely no context.
  • The second Hulkout in "Married" has several funny moments in what is otherwise an extremely serious episode. There's a presumably mildly intoxicated woman present at the house who responds with "Far out!" to everything including the Hulk and has a delayed reaction to the danger. The Hulk also attempts to grab one of the thugs by the hair only to realize he's wearing a toupee, with the guy's reaction and the Hulk puzzlingly looking at the wig in his hand selling the whole thing. Finally, as he carries Carolyn out, one of the aggressors throws a bottle at him only to quickly have a "Nope" face when the Hulk glares at him.

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