Sometimes, the Hulk is never alone to face his problems.
- Every moment between Betty and Bruce is sweet.
- When she catches a glimpse of him at the restaurant, she immediately drives out in the rain to find him. As she begs him to come with her, they're both looking at each other like they can't believe the other is even in front of them.
- A deleted scene has Betty proudly showing Bruce an orchid she cultivated after he sent it to her. Her comments about the flower holding on despite nearly dying a few times could easily be taken as a metaphor for her love for Bruce; despite circumstances separating them, she never truly gave up on him, and it shows.
- At the motel, Betty brings Bruce clothes and a few other essential items, then trims his hair. The look on his face when she hugs him afterwards shows that it's been a long time since he's had a moment to relax with someone he cares about. The "Motel Room Conversation" deleted scene adds to the sweetness: after Bruce tells Betty he can't have sex with her, he apologizes while she gently reassures him that it's okay. When he sees a scar on her face from the accident, he turns away only for her to tell him that the pain didn't last and that she'd never stopped looking for him after he went into hiding.
- The sheer fact that Betty is willing to become a fugitive with Bruce. She has a successful life and Bruce was willing to leave her out of his search for a cure for her safety, but her love for him is just that strong.
- On the helicopter after Ross has captured Bruce, Betty slides her foot across to Bruce and smiles. He holds her hands and kisses them without saying anything. It's enough to make your heart melt.
- Betty also gets plenty of heartwarming moments with the Hulk:
- Whenever Betty approaches Hulk, his face visibly softens with recognition. He knows exactly who she is and won't attack her.
- During the university fight when General Ross orders the gunship to fire on the Hulk, with his daughter in the line of fire, the monster's first instinct rather than attack it (at first) is to shield Betty from the bullets. After the gunship crashes, he protects her from the flames and holds her in his arms as he escapes the campus.
- The cave scene. After Hulk carries her in gently, Betty wakes up...and yells in fright. Hulk doesn't get angry - yep, the Hulk doesn't get angry, and simply backs away into the rain in order to allow her to calm down. It doesn't take her long, and she approaches him. Then the thunder starts, and Hulk starts roaring at it and throwing rocks into the air while signalling for Betty to stay back - he thinks the thunder is a threat, and is trying to protect her from it. Betty leads him back inside, assuring him that everything's OK, and the two of them sit together. The next morning, Betty wakes up lying on the now normal Bruce. Her reaction to seeing him normal again indicates she fell asleep that way, which meant that she was willing to rest against him while he was the Hulk. That says a lot about her trust in him.
- Becomes doubly heartwarming when you consider that in all likelihood, her presence is what led to Bruce turning back into himself. She literally spooned him back to normal!
- Hulk nearly breaks the operating table while Sterns is too distracted to administer the antidote. Betty doesn't even hesitate, she jumps on top of Hulk's chest to get his attention and keep him calm. It works.
- In the same scene, Betty and Bruce softly say hi to each other once he's human again.
- The scene after Hulk defeats the Abomination doubles as a tearjerker. Betty walks up to the Hulk and assures him everything is OK, just like back at the cave. The Hulk gently wipes a tear off Betty's face, looks at it on his finger, and says her name. The Hulk also looks back at Betty sadly one last time just before he leaves.
- One can even say that Bruce's heart grows three sizes when he becomes the Hulk.
- When he wakes up in Guatemala, Bruce stumbles out of the jungle and onto the road, half naked and with his pants almost falling off. He encounters a man driving a truck who, when Bruce asks for a ride, just says, "Of course, get in" and wraps him in a blanket.
- The tail end of Bruce's conversation with the security guard becomes sweet after you learn that the security guard was portrayed by TV Hulk Lou Ferrigno.Bruce Banner: You are the man.(Bruce and the guard fist bump)Security Guard: God bless you, brother.
- The film overrules and overrides Hulk in order to fit into the continuity of the MCU, but fans of the iconic 1970s TV show were surely pleased to see several nods, including the green eyes as Banner Hulks Out, a nearly shot-for-shot recreation of the show's Title Sequence for the film's opening credits, and snippets of "The Lonely Man" theme woven into the movie's score. Plus cameos from Lou Ferrigno (Ang Lee did the same, but here Lou gets lines, and gets to voice Hulk on the silver screen) and a posthumous cameo from Bill Bixby.
