- "A man drank one of those guarana sodas. Guess it had a little more kick than he was looking for."
"Where was it bottled?"
"Porto Verde, Brazil." - ―Kathleen Sparr and Thaddeus Ross[src]
Pingo Doce Bottling Plant is the plant where the Pingo Doce Guarana soda beverage is produced. The factory was also where Bruce Banner worked for a few years.
History[]
Employing Bruce Banner[]
- "Preciso de uma fábrica nova.[1]"
- ―Marcos de Souza to Bruce Banner[src]
Bruce Banner working at the bottling plant
Five years after the original Hulk incident, Bruce Banner settled in the Brazilian slums of the Rocinha favela, Porto Verde, working as a handyman in Pingo Doce Bottling Plant while still attempting to find a cure for his condition, with the aid of his Internet friend Mr. Blue. Although avoiding the daily stress, he was constantly victimized by xenophobia of his coworkers, being supported by the friendship of his colleague and neighbor Martina. While working at the factory one day, Marcos de Souza, the Plant Manager, called Banner upstairs in order to fix some broken machinery, offering to place Banner on payroll, which he refused, fearing his name and face being put on the system would then allow Thaddeus Ross to find and capture him.
Bruce Banner attempts to pick up his dropped blood
While finishing all his repairs on the machinery, Banner accidentally sliced open his finger, causing a large drop of his gamma-infected blood to floor down onto the bottles below. Horrified, Banner then demanded that the manager stop the machines while he searched for the blood and cleaned it up. However, Banner was unaware that more of his blood had dripped into a soda bottle, where it was drunk by an ill-fated consumer back in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Bruce Banner offers Silva a warning
Once he was done for the day, Banner prepared to go home, only to witness Martina being harassed by Silva and all his friends. Although Banner initially tried to walk away, he eventually intervened and asked Martina to join him for dinner. When the man tried to push him away, Banner tried to warn him but got his language wrong and claimed he would not like him when he was hungry, not angry, before then leaving.[2]
Ambush in Porto Verde[]
- "Get our agency people looking for a white man at that bottling plant."
- ―Thaddeus Ross to Kathleen Sparr[src]
Kathleen Sparr told Thaddeus Ross while he was in the Pentagon about a man in the hospital suffering from gamma radiation poisoning after drinking the infected Pingo Doce bottle. Ross assembled a team to capture Banner, while Joe Greller recruited Emil Blonsky to lead the team.
Bruce Banner is ambushed by Silva
In Rocinha, Ross and the Strategic Operations Command Center located Bruce Banner's house and burst in to shoot him with tranquilizer ammo, but Banner fled and was chased across the favela. Banner ran away for safety, only for the Silva and his friends followed Banner inside the Pingo Doce factory in order to assault him, with Emil Blonsky and his men not far behind. Attempting to hide from all those chasing him, Banner had attempted to control his heart rate to ensure that he did not transform again, only for Silva and his friends to locate Banner and throw him against the wall.
Banner attempted to defend himself but the men ignored Banner's warnings that something really bad was about to happen, with the leader punching Banner in the stomach and raising his heart rate. Blonsky located Banner in the factory and approached to witness the appearance of Hulk, as the transformation was triggered by the men beating Banner.
Hulk is attacked by military soldiers
Hulk threw the Silva into two windows and incapacitated the other thug while the third escaped. Hulk took the attention of the soldiers firing their tranquilizer darts, which merely bounced off the green giant's skin. As the soldiers continued firing, Hulk asked them to leave him alone before furiously fighting back against the soldiers, using his own incredible strength to his advantage.
Hulk spares Emil Blonsky's life
With only Blonsky remaining, who had watched in astonishment, he loaded his weapon and fired bullets at the Hulk, which continued to have no effect on him. Enraged, Hulk picked up a forklift and launched it at Blonsky, who had barely avoided the attack. Having Blonsky being spared by Hulk, he then proceeded to escape the factory and fled into the jungle.[2]
Appearances[]
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References[]
- ↑ Translates from Brazilian Portuguese to: "I need a new factory."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Incredible Hulk