A collection of quotes of the brilliant scientist Bruce Banner, who, when angered or provoked, transforms into the rage fueled, green-skinned monster known as Hulk.
"Is he a fighter?" "Your target is a fugitive from the US government who stole military secrets. He is also implicated in the deaths of two scientists, a military officer, an Idaho state trooper, and possibly two Canadian hunters. So don't wait to see if he's a fighter! Tranq him and bring him back."
"Is that a girlfriend? She helps him, maybe?" "She is no longer a factor. We closed that door to him a long time ago. He's alone. He wants to be alone."
"Forgive me, sir? Doesn't anybody want to talk about what went down in there? 'Cause... he didn't lose us. And he was not alone, sir. We had him. And then something hit us. Something big hit us! It threw a forklift truck like it was a softball! It was the most... powerful thing I've ever seen." "Well, it's gone." "Well, if Banner knows what it is, I'm gonna track him down, I'm gonna put my foot on his throat, and I'm gonna—." "That was Banner. It... was Banner." "You have to explain... that statement, sir." "No, I don't."
"So if you're takin' another crack at him, I want in. And with respect, you should be looking for a team that's prepped and ready to fight, because if that thing shows up again, you're gonna have a lot of professional tough guys pissin' in their pants, sir."
"Banner's work was very early phase. It wasn't even weapons application. He thought he was working on radiation resistance. I would never have told him what the project really was. But he was so sure of what he was onto, he tested it on himself, and something went very wrong. Or it went very right. As far as I'm concerned, that man's whole body is property of the US army." "You said he— he wasn't working on weapons, right?" "No." "But you were, weren't you? Trying other things." "One serum we developed... was very promising." "So, why'd he run?" "He's a scientist. He is not one of us."
"Rumors continue to swirl about a violent clash between forces of the US military and an unknown adversary on the campus of Culver University earlier today. Sophomores Jack McGee and Jim Wilson witnessed some of the battle." "It was so big. It was, like, this huge, like, hulk." "Yeah." "McGee, who happens to be a reporter for the campus paper captured this on his cell phone. Further search for the mysterious Hulk was postponed by powerful thunderstorms in the Smoky Mountain National Forest."
"Federal's already monitoring phones, plastics, and Dr. Ross' web accounts, and local PD have been placed on alert. They'll pop up somewhere and when they do, it comes straight to us." "They're not gonna just pop up. He made it five years and got across borders without makin' any mistakes; he's not gonna use a damn credit card now. If he was tryin' to escape, he'd be long gone. He's not tryin' to escape this time. He's lookin' for help and that's how we're gonna get him. We know what they're after and we know he's been talking to somebody. You all have copies of the correspondence. The aliases 'Mr. Green' and 'Mr. Blue' have been added to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Operations Database. If he comes up for air, we'll be waiting. If he makes a peep, we'll hear him. And when he slips up, we'll be ready."
"This'll be a somewhat... novel sensation. We have begun. The dialysis machine will mix the antidote with your blood, so the antidote will only take hold once we've achieved a full reaction."
"Betty." "I will never forgive what you've done to him." "He's a fugitive." "You made him a fugitive to cover your failures and to protect your career. Don't ever speak to me as your daughter again." "It's only because you're my daughter that you're not in handcuffs, too."
"Are you telling me you can make more like him?" "No! Not yet. I sorted out a few pieces, but it's not like I can put together the same Humpty Dumpty, if that's what you're asking. He was a freak accident! The goal is to do it better!"
"I want what you got out of Banner. I want that." "You look like you've got a little something in you already, don't you?" "I want more. You've seen what he becomes, right?" "I have. And it's beautiful. Godlike." "Well, I want that. I need that. Make me that."
"The Hulk is in the street! I repeat, the Hulk is in the street!" "That's impossible. You get a hold of yourself young man. You get it together. What is your position?" "121st Street, heading north on Broadway!" "Turn us around!"
"Stan, I give you my word. Whatever you've heard about me, it's not true." "Oh, I know it. I always knew it. I mean, you knew how I felt about you two. Have you talked to her?" "No. She doesn't know that I'm here. She's with somebody?" "Yeah, he's a— he's a head shrink. They say he's one of the best, but a really nice guy." "Oh, good. That's good." "Bruce, what can I do to help you?" "I could use a bed for a few nights." "Aw, you can have the spare room upstairs." "That'd be so great. There is um— there is one other thing."
"Hey pal, I got a delivery on five." "I don't think there's anybody up there." "Aw, man. I'm gonna catch hell if I don't collect. You gotta let me try. I'll tell you what. I got a extra medium. Take it on the house. You are the man." "God bless you, brother."
"It's our data. I got in there before they carted it all away. I hoped somewhere that it might tell us something someday." "Does the general know that you have this?" "No, no. I don't think so. I haven't spoken to him in a couple of years." "You have to be sure." "Bruce, I don't understand why we can't just go in there together and talk to him." "He told me... what he wanted to do." "He wants it out of me. He wants to dissect it so that he can replicate it. He wants to make it a weapon."
"Are you okay?" "Yeah. Yeah, actually, I feel a lot better." "Oh, good." "I just, um— I just had to get my data back." "You ate it?" "Well, you know, the circumstances called for a little improvisation."
"We can use most of it. We just can't use the credit cards, the ID, or the phone. Don't even turn that on." "Okay." "And we'll take the cash, obviously." "How are we gonna get where we need to go on $40 and no credit cards? Well, we could sell this." "No. No, that's the only thing you have left from her. No." "Well, we'll have to try and get it back."
"What is it like? When it happens, what do you experience?" "You remember those experiments we volunteered for at Harvard? Those induced hallucinations? It's a lot like that, a thousand times amplified. It's like someone's poured a liter of acid into my brain." "Do you remember anything?" "Just fragments, images. There's too much noise. I can never derive anything out of it." "But then it's still you inside it." "No. It's not." "I don't know. In the cave, I really felt like it knew me. Maybe your mind is in there. It's just overcharged and can't process what's happening." "I don't wanna control it. I wanna get rid of it."
"It is a long way uptown. I think the subway is probably quickest." "Me, in a metal tube, deep underground, with hundreds of people, in the most aggressive city in the world?" "Right. Let's get a cab."
"Excuse me! Dr. Sterns! I'm sorry to bother you. I'm Elizabeth Ross." "Oh! Dr. Ross!" "I have someone who'd like to meet you." "Okay." "It's Mr. Blue, isn't it?" "Mr.Green?"
"I've gotta tell you. I— I— I've been wondering if you were even real. And— And if you were, what would it look like? A person with that much... power lurking in him. Nothing could have surprised me more than this unassuming man shaking my hand. But look, we're not strolling into the park for a picnic here. Even if everything goes perfectly—if we induce an episode, if we get the dosage exactly right—is that gonna be a lasting cure or just some antidote to suppress that specific flare up. I don't know. What I'm saying is that if we overshoot this by even the smallest integer, we're dealing with concentrations with extraordinary levels of toxicity, so—." "You mean it could kill him." "Kill him? Yeah. I should say so." "You should know that there's a flip side to this too. If we miss on the low side — if we induce me and it fails — this'll be very dangerous for you." "Look, I've always been more curious than cautious and that's served me pretty well. So are we gonna do this?"
"That was the most extraordinary thing I have seen in my entire life!" "Okay, you know what? Stop, please! We need to go back and talk about what just happened in there." "Absolutely. Okay. The gamma pulse came from the amygdala. Dr. Ross' primer lets the cells absorb the energy temporarily and then it abates. That's why you didn't die of radiation sickness years ago. Now, maybe we've neutralized those cells permanently or maybe we've just suppressed that event. I'm inclined to think the ladder, but it's hard to know because none of our test subjects ever survived. Of course, they weren't getting the primer." "Wait, wait, wait, wait. What did you just say?" "They weren't getting the myostatin primer." "No, no, no. Test subjects? What test subjects?" "Come with me."
"We started on rats and mice, but it just completely fried them, so we had to go bigger. And we still don't know which is more toxic, the gamma or your blood." "What do you mean, my blood?" "Bruce, this is all you. You didn't send me much to work with, so I had to concentrate it and make more. With a little more trial and error, there's no end to what we can do! This is potentially Olympian! This gamma technology has limitless applications. We'll unlock hundreds of cures. We will make humans impervious to disease!"
"No, no. We've gotta destroy it." "Wait, what?" "All of it. Tonight, we're gonna incinerate it. Is this the whole supply?" "We could get the Nobel for this!" "You don't understand the power of this thing. It is too dangerous. It cannot be controlled."
"And if we let it go we will never get it back. You don't have any idea how powerful this thing is." "I hate the government as much as anyone, but you're being a little paranoid."
"It has to be me. You have to take me back there." "What are you saying? You think you can control it?" "No, no, no, not control it, but, I don't know, maybe aim it." "And what if you can't?" "We made this thing, all of us. Please."
"Bruce! Bruce, stop! Stop! What are you doing?! Think about this. You don't even know if you'll change. You don't have to do this. Please, this is insane." "Betty, I've gotta try. I'm sorry."
"Doctor, thank you for coming." "Thanks for asking nicely. So, uh...how long am I staying?" "Once we get our hands on the Tesseract, you're in the clear." "Where are you with that?" "We're sweeping every wirelessly accessible camera on the planet. Cell phones, laptops. If it's connected to a satellite, it's eyes and ears for us." "That's still not gonna find them in time." "You have to narrow the field. How many spectrometers do you have access to?" "How many are there?" "Call every lab you know, tell them to put the spectrometers on the roof and calibrate them for gamma rays. I'll rough out a tracking algorithm based on cluster recognition. At least we could rule out a few places. Do you have somewhere for me to work?" "Agent Romanoff, would you show Dr. Banner to his laboratory, please." "You're gonna love it, Doc. We got all the toys."
"It's good to meet you, Dr. Banner. Your work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster." "Thanks."
"That's the guy my dad never shut up about? Wondering if they shouldn't have kept him on ice." "The guy's not wrong about Loki, he does have the jump on us." "What he's got is an acme dynamite kit. It's gonna blow up in his face, and I'm gonna be there when it does." "And I'll read all about it." "Or you'll be suiting up like the rest of us." "Ah, see. I don't get a suit of armor. I'm exposed, like a nerve. It's a nightmare." "You know, I've got a cluster of shrapnel, trying every second to crawl its way into my heart. This stops it. This little circle of light. It's part of me now, not just armor. It's a terrible privilege." "But you can control it." "Because I learned how." "It's different." "Hey, I've read all about your accident. That much Gamma exposure should have killed you." "So you're saying that the Hulk, the other guy, saved my life? That's nice. It's a nice sentiment. Save it for what?" "I guess we'll find out." "You may not enjoy that." "You just might."
"The cell was just in case-" "In case you needed to kill me, but you can't. I know! I tried! I got low. I didn't see an end so I put a bullet in my mouth, and the other guy spit it out. So I moved on, I focused on helping other people. I was good, until you dragged me back into this freak show. You put everyone here at risk. You wanna know my secret, Agent Romanoff? You wanna know how I stay calm?"
"You know, and thank you by the way for listening. But something about getting it off my chest and letting it out there in the atmosphere instead of holding this in. I mean this is what gets people sick, you know? Wow. I had no idea you where such a good listener. To be able to share all my intimate thoughts and share it with someone, it just cuts the weight of it in half, you know? It's like a snake swallowing its own tail. Everything comes full circle. And the fact that you have been able to help me process-" "So-what-what" "You with me?" "I was. Yeah. Mmhm. Where were we at, um." "You're actively napping?" "I was-I-I drifted." "Where did I lose you?" "Elevator in Switzerland." "So you heard none of it?" "I'm sorry, I'm not that kind of doctor. I'm not a therapist. It's not my training." "So?" "I-I don't have the-" "What? The time?" "Temperament." "You know what, now that I think about it, oh God, my original wound. 1983, you know, right? I'm 14 years old and I still have a nanny? That was weird."
"What targets?" "You! A TV anchor in Cairo, the Under Secretary of Defense, a high school Valedictorian in Iowa City, Bruce Banner, Stephen Strange, anyone who's a threat to HYDRA. Now, or in the future."
"They cut you open. Your heart stopped." "Tetrodotoxin B. Slows the pulse to one beat a minute. Banner developed it for stress. Didn't work so great for him, but we found a use for it."
"Thor, report on the Hulk." "The gates of Hel are filled with the screams of his victims. But not the screams of the dead, of course. No, no, wounded screams. Mainly whimpering, a great deal of complaining and tales of sprained deltoids and gout."
"News or footage. Keyword, "Hulk." Natasha, I could really use a lullaby." "That's not gonna happen. Not for a while. The whole team is down. You got no backup here." "I'm calling in Veronica."
"How'd a nice girl like you wind up working in a dump like this?" "Fella done me wrong." "You got lousy taste in men, kid." "He's not so bad. Well, he has a temper. Deep down, he's all fluff. Fact is, he's not like anybody I've ever known. All my friends are fighters, and here comes this guy, spends his life avoiding the fight because he knows he'll win."
"Tony, maybe this might not be the time..." "Really? That's it? You just roll over and show your belly, every time somebody snarls?" "Only when I've created a murder-bot!"
"Where in the world am I not a threat?" "You're not a threat to me." "You sure? Even if I didn't just... there's no future with me. I can't ever... I can't have this, kids."
"He keeps building bodies." "Person bodies. The human form is inefficient. Biologically speaking, we're outmoded. But he keeps coming back to it." "When you two programmed him to protect the human race, you amazingly failed." "They don't need to be protected. They need to evolve. Ultron's going to evolve."
"The Avengers were formed to make the world a safer place. I feel we've done that." "Tell me Captain, do you know where Thor and Banner are right now? If I misplaced a couple of 30 megaton nukes, you can bet there'd be consequences."
"So much has happened since I last saw you. I lost my hammer... like, yesterday, so that's still pretty fresh. But then I went on a journey of self-discovery where I met you."
"Are we cool? I guess so. It’s Hulk in a hot tub. How long have you been like that?" "Like what?" "Like this. Big, green, ...stupid." "Hulk always Hulk." "How’d you get here?" "Winning." "You mean cheating? Were they wearing one of these when you won? How’d you arrive here?" "Quinjet." "Yes. Where is the Quinjet now? That’s naked. He’s very naked. It’s in my brain now." "Quinjet." "Yes! I’m getting us out of here. This is a terrible, awful place. You’re gonna love Asgard. It’s big. It’s golden. Shiny." "Hulk stay." "No, no, no. My people need me to get back to Asgard. We must prevent Ragnarök." "Rag-na-ruh?" "The prophesied death of my home world, the end of days, it’s the end of...If you help me get back to Asgard, I can help you get back to Earth." "Earth hate Hulk." "Earth loves Hulk. They love you. You’re of the Avengers. One of the team, one of our friends. This is what friends do. They support each other." "You’re Banner’s friend." "I’m not Banner’s friend. I prefer you." "Banner’s friend." "I don’t even like Banner. “I’m into numbers and science and stuff.”" "Thor go. Hulk stay." "Fine. Stay here. Stupid place. It’s hideous, by the way. The red, the white. Just pick a color." "Smash you." "You didn’t smash anything. I won that fight." "I smashed you." "Yeah, sure, sure." "Baby Arms." "What?" "Baby." "Moron! You big child." "Thor go!" "I am going." "Ha! Ha! Thor go again! Ha! Ha! Thor home."
"You're not the stupid Avenger. Nobody calls you the stupid Avenger." "It's okay." "You just can't go around throwing shields at people, you could have killed me." "I know, I'm sorry! I just get so angry all the time! Hulk always... always angry." "I know. We're the same, you and I. Just a couple of hot-headed fools." "Yeah, same. Hulk like fire... Thor like water." "Well, we're kind of both like fire." "But Hulk like real fire. Like... raging fire. Thor like smoldering fire."
"Banner? Hey, hey, hey. You all right, Banner? Sun’s going down. Sun’s going down. That’s it, breathe. I won’t hurt you. Sun’s going down." "...Thor?" "Yeah." "What happened to your hair?" "Some creepy old man cut it off." "It looks good." "Thanks." "Where are we? How’s Nat?" "Nat is good, I’m sure." "And what about Sokovia?" "Sokovia?" "The city, Sokovia. Did wesave it?" "Banner, listen." "What?" "Sokovia. Ultron. That was two years ago." "What are you saying? I’ve been Hulk for two years?" "I’m afraid so." "What the hell happened?" "Banner, there’s something you should know..." "Voice Activation required." "Banner." "Welcome, Strongest Avenger." "What?" "Ship’s log..." "Thor, where are we?" "Yeah, about that." "It’s bad news, bad news today. Sakaar, hear ye. Attention please. I have some bad news. My beloved, exalted Champion has turned up missing. Take to the streets. Celebrate my champion." "Who’s that?" "He kind of runs the place. You actually lived in his house." "I did?" "Yeah. Quite a lot’s happened. You and I had a fight recently." "Did I win?" "No, I won. Easily." "Doesn’t sound right." "Well, it’s true." "It seems that that criminally seductive Lord of Thunder has stolen him away." "Seductive GOD of Thunder. We need to move." "Oh, no. This is bad. This is really, really bad. Thor, I think I’m freaking out." "No, no, no. Don’t freak out. You’re okay. Put these on." "These are Tony’s clothes." "I know, come on." "Is he here?" "No, he’s not here. But listen. Just stay calm, okay? The sun’s going down. The sun’s getting really low. Sun’s going down."
"The sun’s going down. It’s getting really low. The sun’s going down. It’s getting real low." "Would you stop saying that!?" "I just need you to stay calm." "Calm!? I’m on an alien planet!" "It’s just a planet. You’ve been on a planet before." "Yeah! One!" "Now you’ve been on two. That’s a good thing. It’s a new experience." "My neurons, they’re firing faster than my brain can handle the information. The whole thing is totally different this time. In the past, I always felt like Hulk and I each had a hand on the wheel, but this time it’s like he had the keys and I was locked in the trunk." "Alright, well, you’re back now, that’s all that matters." "No, it’s not what matters. What I’m trying to tell you, is that if I turn into the Hulk again, Banner may never come back. And we’re stranded on a planet that is designed to stress me out." "We’re not stranded, I’m gonna figure out a way to get us home." "Thank you." "Not your home, though. Asgard." "What?" "Listen, my people are in great danger. You and I, we have to fight this really powerful being who also happens to be my sister." "Okay, that is so wrong on so many leve- I don’t wanna fight your sister. That’s a family issue." "No, she’s an evil being." "I don’t care what she is. I’m not fighting any more beings. I’m sick of it. I just told you. If I turn into the Hulk, I am never gonna come back again. And you don’t care." "No, no. I’m putting together the team. The Hulk is the fire." "Wait, you’re just using me to get to the Hulk." "What? No!" "It’s gross. You don’t care about me. You’re not my friend." "No! I don’t even like the Hulk. He’s all like... “smash, smash, smash.” I prefer you." "Thanks." "But if I’m being honest, when it comes to fighting evil beings, he is very powerful and useful." "Yeah, Banner’s powerful and useful, too." "Is he though?" "How many PhDs does Hulk have? Zero. How many PhDs does Banner have? Seven." "Fine, you don’t have to fight anyone. But we’re in danger here, so we have to move." "What are you doing with that?" "I need a disguise. I’m a fugitive." "I need a disguise." "You are the disguise." "I’ll be Tony Stark." "What?" "Yeah. Tony and the gypsy." "No, no you’re not Tony. You’re Bruce Banner." "Then why did you dress me up like Tony?" "Because you were naked." "Okay, I’ll give you that." "What are you doing? Stop doing that!" "Tony wears his pants super tight!" "Why are you being so weird?" "I don’t know. Maybe the fact that I was trapped for two years inside of a monster made me a little weird!" "Hey. It’s okay. You’re good. Calm down. Come on. Listen, we’re gonna go to Asgard and you’re not gonna have to think about the Hulk ever again. All right?" "All right."
"This stupid dog won't die!" "Everything's going to be okay. I got this. You want to know who I am?" "What the hell are you talking about?" "You'll see!"
"Tell me his name again." "Thanos. He's a plague, Tony. He invades planets, he takes what he wants, he wipes out half the population. He sentLoki. The attack on New York, that's him." "This is it. What's our timeline?" "No telling. He has the Power and Space Stones. That already makes him the strongest creature in the whole universe. If he gets his hands on all six stones, Tony-" "He could destroy life on a scale, hitherto undreamt of." "Do you seriously just say "hitherto undreamt of"?" "Are you seriously leaning on the Cauldron of the Cosmos?" "Is that what that is? I'm going to allow that. If Thanos needs all six, why don't we just stick this one down the garbage disposal?" "No can do." "We swore an oath to protect the Time Stone. With our lives." "And I swore off dairy, but then Ben & Jerry's named a flavour after me, so?" "Stark Raving Hazelnuts." "Not bad." "Bit choky."
"Hulk. Hulk, I know you like making your entrance at the last second. Well, this is it, man! This is the last, last second! Hulk. Hulk! Hulk!" "No!" "Oh, screw you, you big green asshole! I'll do it myself!"
"I thought we bypassed the battery." "We did. It's still plugged in, it just... it just stopped." "Reboot and send the signal again." "We don't even know what this is." "Fury did. You tell me the second you get a signal. I wanna know who's on the other end of that thing."
"For years, I've been treating the Hulk like he's some kind of disease, something to get rid of. But then I start looking at him as the cure. Eighteen months in the gamma lab, I put the brains and the brawn together and now look at me. Best of both worlds."
―Bruce explains to Steve, Natasha and Scott how he figured things out with the Hulk[src]
Dialogue[]
"He used the stones again." "Hey, hey, hey, hey. We'd be going in short-handed, you know?" "Look, he still got the stones, so..." "So let's get 'em. We use them to bring everyone back." "Just like that?" "Yeah. Just like that." "Even if there's a small chance that we can undo this, I mean we owe it to everyone who's not in this room to try."
"If we do this, how do we know it's gonna end any differently than it did before?" "Because before you didn't have me." "Hey, new girl? Everybody in this room is about that superhero life. And if you don't mind my asking, where the hell have you been all this time?" "There are a lot of other planets in the universe, and unfortunately, they didn't have you guys."
"All right. Let's say this does work. Assuming we can kill this man... who can fly and is potentially as strong as the Hulk... is murdering him the right solution?"
"So maybe if you can learn to control this, then you could have Avengers-level powers, something like Captain America, even." "I think it best we keep in mind the unstable nature of Skye's power. If there is an Avenger equivalent, right now I'm afraid it's the Hulk." "Well, Hulk saved the world, last I checked." "You're absolutely right. But given the choice, I believe Bruce Banner would not hesitate to cure himself once and for all." "Well, then I guess we should be thankful - that nobody's given him the choice."
"Where do we stand with Agent Skye?" "Our techs found the Quinjet's flight recorder. Looks like Coulson took her to, uh, Retreat." "Really?" "Bold, taking her to the house that Banner built."
"What the hell is that? You're keeping monsters on your base now?" "Breathe, General. It was Dr. Garner before he changed... permanently." "Rasta-Hulk is your husband?"
"I saw my mother crushed to death under a building that you people destroyed." "In the incident?" "I was trying to pull my mother out from the rubble, watching her bleed to death, while all around me, you people were raining down hell." "So go after the big green guy or the flag-waver."
"Hey, yo, my man, my man. All HD. Got it right here. Blu-ray, too, 'cause I'm nice like that. Tony Stark, the big blonde dude with the hammer, the old dude with the shield, the green monster, and I don't mean Fenway. You can't get better raw footage of the incident anywhere else than right here."
"The world isn't the world anymore, mija. Aliens coming out of the sky. People with silver hammers. Green monsters. All I know is everything happens for a reason. And now, somehow you're a part of it."
"This is huge, Jen. I think I'm jealous." "Is that what I'm feeling? I'm feeling..." "You don't have another guy to wrestle with for 10 years." "Cool." "Bruh. You know, that's about a million dollars' worth of damage back there, by the way."
"No, I don't think you're gonna want to be doing that. At least I don't think the man I just met-the man inside you-wants to do that. He seemed like a decent enough guy who wouldn't want to hurt these people."
