What would take for smart Hulk to turn back into savage Hulk? Would a certain amount of pain do it? Like if he were constantly tortured or watch someone he cared about die in front of him
I'd imagine there would be some level of rage that could trigger that... He did get a giant building collapsed on him and lost the woman he loved and those didn't seem to do it, so I dunno. I'm sure someone more well versed in Hulk comics can provide a more educated answer.
jpiro2025-10-13 01:44
I don’t think it’s a physical pain thing, as evidenced by the arm-destroying gauntlet snap and the compound falling on him.
I think it’s more the emotional side, and I think we’ll see it in the relatively near future. Losing Natasha was sad, but it was her own decision and was done for an amazingly important cause. But now he has a son and a cousin who could have something bad happen to them and really turn up the rage dial.
knight_in_white2025-10-13 05:37
I really hope we get to explore him finding his son in a future project. It feels so cheap that all of Banner and Hulk’s development is off screen
BaPef2025-10-13 07:46
Thank you Universal
Dunge0nMast0r2025-10-13 05:55
It's always phycological - pain is Hulk's bread and butter, but loss could do it. For the MCU, I'd say getting Jen seriously injured by the big bad would be a good trigger.
igby12025-10-13 01:42
If there’s a zombie apocalypse he turns into >!Infinity Hulk!<
Besides that maybe if you served him cold tea or warm beer that might be enough.
ChildofObama2025-10-13 01:43
Daredevil dating his cousin longterm lol
ComicMFer2025-10-13 01:43
I honestly would like to see Joe fixit version before returning to the savage version. Marvel can work it in briefly during the Spiderman movie to match the street level heroes.
Food_Library3332025-10-13 03:16
Loved Joe Fixit
Altruistic_Eye_11572025-10-13 01:46
Considering we haven't seen him at all in the action sequences of BND and that this film possibly has the "balance between two lives" as its central theme,
I wouldn't be surprised if the way Hulk returns to being "a savage Hulk" is for Bruce and Hulk to make a new deal. Despite what many want to believe, Endgame makes it clear that Professor Hulk was their idea. Since they lost separately, they tried to do it now together. Achieving balance in their relationship (and the deleted scene from Endgame reaffirms this),
My idea is that in Brand New Day, they'll possibly say that Bruce and Hulk had some disagreements and resolved them by reaching a new agreement, where this time Hulk has more power over the body (being a more classic Hulk but smarter, similar to Ragnarok) because, despite everything, it's more beneficial for them to be together than apart.
Femcelbuster2025-10-13 01:47
Disney
trevco6132025-10-13 01:54
It will take whatever the writers think makes sense.
hitma-n2025-10-13 02:30
I hate these kinds of reply. We KNOW this statement is obvious and it’s a simple way to not talk about anything related to comic books. So why even have this sub to discuss in the first place?
The question is fictional, so answer it fictionally. Don’t bring the real world into it. Great way to stop any fun discussions!
Eastern_Hornet_64322025-10-13 01:57
In the comics there's a revelation that "Smart Hulk" (called "Professor Hulk" in the comics) isn't a combination of Banner and Hulk but rather a new, entirely separate persona who merely BELIEVES he's Banner's mind in Savage Hulk's body. The twist is revealed when somebody notices that Professor Hulk is left-handed whereas Banner (and Savage Hulk) were right-handed. This revelation eventually leads to Professor Hulk losing control of the body as the other personae break free.
Dycoth2025-10-13 04:40
Very interesting. And 100% doable on screen honestly.
Hey_I_Aint_Eddy2025-10-13 13:45
It’s doable. But it’s also some heavy soap opera bullshit.
Puffy_Ghost2025-10-13 16:24
Yeah I think it'd be easier to just go with something personal happening to Banner that sufficiently enrages him.
Hey_I_Aint_Eddy2025-10-13 16:28
Agreed but I don’t know what that would be either. It’d also suck if they introduced his son just to kill him off
Puffy_Ghost2025-10-13 16:34
Skarr seems like the perfect character to just one off and toss away though let's be real.
Hey_I_Aint_Eddy2025-10-13 16:35
Sure. But I can’t see them doing it in any way that feels earned.
simpletonclass2025-10-13 17:18
What are you talking about, the fast and the furious type Sunday bar-b-q vin diesel familia introduction reveal did nothing for you. I am hyped.
slavelabor522025-10-14 01:04
One day Smart Hulk rolls up to Taco Bell and they're just like completely out of tacos.
Hey_I_Aint_Eddy2025-10-14 01:29
Finally someone who understands good character motivation in writing.
MyNameCannotBeSpoken2025-10-13 18:36
The entire MCU is a soap opera for dudes.
Hey_I_Aint_Eddy2025-10-13 18:48
That’s fair. In fact, it just occurred to me we already had a “there’s a third personality inside my head” twist three years ago.
WildFire2552025-10-14 03:47
Aren’t they doing Mr. Negative?
Jaded_Fish_16452025-10-13 05:54
Which really makes sense because in Endgame he’s a very different individual personality wise compared to the other movies.
PotatoOrPatato2025-10-13 06:36
he does seem cornier and more joyful banner before. i mean he has a rockin bod now but still
YesterdayOne81652025-10-13 06:38
i think there was a scene or credit scene in another movie after that where he is shown in human from again. if it was a different personality then his human version should not remember all the time he was prof hulk like what happened in Ragnarok.
Renfek2025-10-13 07:09
He was human in She Hulk and the end credit scene in Shang Chi. Using a device to keep him in human form. Believe he's trying to heal the damage he did during the snap (I may be remembering this part wrong though)
DelcoUnited2025-10-13 08:30
Which episode is he human in she hulk?
Jaqulean2025-10-13 08:37
Bruce is human temporarily in Episode 01 before he uses Jenn's blood to heal himself and turn back to the Hulk form for the rest of the Series.
cammydub2025-10-13 08:37
The first episode
Renfek2025-10-13 08:39
Been awhile since I seen it, but I assume it was the first episode. Their scene together set's up how she becomes She Hulk. Then he was back as Smart Hulk later on.
Also, spoiler, >!we see Hulk's son Skaar in the finale. He was visiting from planet Saakar, from Thor Ragnorak. !<
Hey_I_Aint_Eddy2025-10-13 13:48
Who’s Skaar’s mom? And are we to assume he had Skaar prior to Ragnarok, when he was constantly hulk?
thomasvector2025-10-13 18:05
Very beginning, during She-Hulks origin.
Him being human in She-Hulk is literally how She-Hulk got her powers, because otherwise he couldn't have bled and got her infected.
mhcott2025-10-13 13:45
Not a device. They framed the injury as something preventing the re-integrarion of their minds, and She-Hulks superior blood helped him heal freakishly fast allowing them to merge again. Which basically just retcons Endgame ending scenes where he's still Smart Hulk
Eastern_Hornet_64322025-10-13 19:00
That's not what they framed it as. They framed it as the Infinity Stones damaged Bruce's arm beyond his ability to heal, even in Smart Hulk form. Separately from this, he later developed a device allowing him to stay in human form.
After Jen became She-Hulk, Smart Hulk examined her blood and found it contained an enzyme that his blood didn't have, and this allowed him to develop a serum that he gave to himself which healed his arm.
Eastern_Hornet_64322025-10-13 10:18
There's another element from the comics where it's revealed that the Hulk (ie the persona) is not a result of the gamma experiments, but undiagnosed DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) that Bruce has always had since childhood, like Moon Knight. [Banner had a traumatic childhood where he had a drunk, abusive father](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fis-brian-banner-one-of-the-worst-parents-in-marvel-comics-v0-f4j6ku0xfx9f1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1064%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D7cb8bf3d8fc04143001e12724ce7594bb9fe18bd) (Brian Banner, played by Nick Nolte in 2003's "Hulk", starring Eric Bana as Bruce) who he witnessed murdering his mother. This resulted in Bruce being sent to live with relatives, which is why he's so close with his cousin Jennifer and her parents. Brian intimidated young Bruce into not testifying and was eventually freed. The fear of his father and shame at not helping to convict him led Bruce to develop DID. When Bruce grew up, however, [one day his father tried abusing him again and Bruce simply killed him](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fthe-death-of-brian-banner-v0-6ui3v1ytb2ne1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dbbcaaaa8b73bec531e6fdaaa5538b62305996840), which he got away with. However he suppressed the memory and with it, his DID. The DID remained suppressed until the gamma incident, which brought it back to the surface with a vengeance.
This is all hinted at in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, when Bruce assumes that Jen will have a second identity when she transforms, and is confused when she doesn't. Jen never had DID; this was a Bruce-specific issue. It's not because Jen's "better at being a Hulk"; Bruce just never realized he was dealing with something that wasn't actually gamma-related.
All this to say: it's entirely possible for Bruce to be in human form and yet not be Bruce, so to speak. He's always had DID, even before the gamma accident.
DomzSageon2025-10-13 11:15
Considering we have Moon Knight, Hulk, and now Sentry in the MCU
We really need Doc Samson in it more than ever.
Help these guys get some actual therapy.
Eastern_Hornet_64322025-10-13 11:42
Doc Samson's already in the MCU; he was played by Ty Burrell in TIH. In the comics, therapy with Samson is what *created* the Professor Hulk persona.
DomzSageon2025-10-13 12:14
Oh shit, havent watched TiH in a while. Think we'll actually see super Doc Samson?
FreeStall422025-10-14 07:40
>Jen never had DID; this was a Bruce-specific issue. It's not because Jen's "better at being a Hulk"
Too bad Jen suggests otherwise saying she has to repress her anger more than him.
That scene created a lot of mental gymnastics.
Tribult2025-10-13 13:09
Maybe that is professor hulk in banners body 🤯
bestoboy2025-10-13 11:01
he hands Antman his burrito using his left hand
Geraltpoonslayer2025-10-13 13:04
Tbf I kinda think that makes sense under the belief that smart hulk is a fusion between hulk and banner, he's nerdy but also has a childish sense on him and really seems to like attention (both things we saw in ragnarok).
AnonymousFriend802025-10-13 16:07
That only makes any kind of sense if they were purposefully invoking that ideal.
4_non_blondes2025-10-13 17:29
I wonder if there's going to be an eventual reveal that he locked all of the hulks rage and banner's anxiety/paranoia, and all the repressed emotion has been fermenting into what will come out as world breaker hulk
thomasvector2025-10-13 18:03
I mean in Shang-Chi and She-Hulk, he showed up in human form, so it seems like Smart Hulk and Banner are the same personality in the MCU.
Odd-System-36122025-10-13 07:24
That would mean banner and savage hulk would never have know about natasha being dead. It would be crazy. If they pull out this, savage hulk may start savaging after he gets to know this.
drnprz2025-10-13 09:03
I hope this happens im exciteddd
Stormik2025-10-13 12:35
This makes me wanna ask a stupid question... how did people find out Savage Hulk's dominant hand? The one he smashed the most stuff with?
Eastern_Hornet_64322025-10-13 16:59
In the comics? I don't remember. In the MCU I don't think it's established.
Narezza2025-10-14 04:25
They just looked at the scissors he used for his paper crafts.
Oafah2025-10-13 16:52
Tiny wrinkle in that plan, is that he can change back into Banner form, and all of the memories and experiences of Smart Hulk stay with him.
Eastern_Hornet_64322025-10-13 16:58
[I'm just gonna link to my other response](https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/s/Z3xywRnCGU)
vetheros372025-10-13 18:02
Meanwhile I'm over here just waiting on Joe Fixit
Eastern_Hornet_64322025-10-13 22:09
You and me both. They can only do the New Fantastic Four with the Grey Hulk persona; the Green one doesn't really work in that team dynamic.
vetheros372025-10-13 22:22
Do it like they did in Wolverine where Logan shows up at some club and the bouncer is Joe Fixit, and he's like "I'd know that scent anywhere."
virgo9112025-10-13 21:52
This would be an insanely cool movie and the current MCU could never pull it off.
NecessaryHeron65122025-10-15 04:41
wow! thanks for this info
Wilahelm_Wulfreyn2025-10-16 11:46
I didn't collect Hulk comics much growing up, but in a Spider-man/Hulk book, Professor Hulk transforms into Banner with the Hulk consciousness in control. Spider-man has to talk to him and show him his reflection to get him to revert back into "Smart Hulk" form. I don't know if it happened in the comics though, nor how much the novel counts as official canon.
Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk: Rampage is the name.
BroaDeMilhoEmtoBom2025-10-13 01:58
I don't know if his current location is known or exactly what the MCU timeline is currently, but while watching Thunderbolts* I wondered what would happen if Bruce was in NY during the Sentry's attack
Getting trapped in a loop of his past traumas could be a reason for the savage Hulk to come out again (and if they did this onscreen that could give Banner some long overdue character background)
ashl0w2025-10-13 05:13
While yes, that could work and is a great idea, Bruce and Hulk made peace and made a deal to become Smart Hulk (unfortunately that's the official name), so there's no reason to the Savage Hulk to "come out". What i believe will happen in the new Spider-man movie is that a new personality will arise, maybe the true Savage Hulk, maybe Joe Fixit, maybe the original Gray Hulk or maybe the Green Scar or Worldbreaker.
Geraltpoonslayer2025-10-13 13:13
Yes and no Bruce still doesn't seem to be aware he's suffering from Personality disorder as per the events happing in She Hulk.
Safe-Ad40012025-10-13 16:43
Gangster hulk would be fun to see.
FrnchsLwyr2025-10-13 02:00
Possibly unpopular opinion, but i think that 18 months in the gamma lab was not to achieve a temporary change, but rather find a permanent equilibrium.
I mean, he withstood a massive dose of gamma radiation at the end of Endgame, right? Universal implications of that snap.
So i would think there would need to be a reason to restore the savage hulk and it would need to be done intentionally.
But that's just my theory
twr141522025-10-13 02:01
If they simply continue to carry on with this "smart hulk" version, the interest in one of marvels capstone characters will reach absolute 0. Pretty sure desperation for interest in the marvel product will bring him back. So the story doesn't really matter pick your poison. Studio relevance does. I have to hand it to them they have tried their best to keep the hulk uninteresting, and in that they have succeeded.
Aglet_Green2025-10-13 02:02
I guess it depends on how well Harrison Ford did at the box office and how well Tatiana Maslany did. Company executives lump all hulks together and guess what they think most of Reddit feels right now? They think you want to see Ruffalo somewhere after the Eternals 2 and The Marvels 2. That's how corporate grown-ups think. If you need an accurate image of Disney executives look at the Meachums in the Rand corporation in Iron Fist.
Saurondur2025-10-13 02:05
Mr. Negative
M4DDIE_8822025-10-13 08:00
Yeah, i thought this was the widely accepted theory
FullMarionberry80652025-10-13 02:13
Honestly, there are many ways, it's just up to the writer to decide. It could be in a situation where Banner is at risk of dying and then the Hulk awakens, it could even be a case where Banner dies, Hulk revives the body when he returns, or even going down a simpler path where Bruce goes through a strong mental experience, which leaves his mind unstable, paving the way for the return of the Savage Hulk, something like the Void from Thunderbolts I think would be a great justification.
SeniorDaikon70382025-10-13 02:13
Smart Hulk is the result of the banner & Hulk psyches combining so to return him back you’d need something to separate them once again.
A powerful telepath or a reality bender could do it either by outright separating them or restricting the banner half. Or maybe Hulk could take over in some attempt to protect banner in some capacity.
PkLuigi2025-10-13 02:28
Being in a Sony movie.
Stapleton092025-10-13 02:39
Him trying to recreate the experiment that made him hulk so he can fix his arm. It breaks his psyche again, but worse
Jaqulean2025-10-13 08:44
Except that literally can't happen because Bruce already fixed his arm in Episode 01 of the "She-Hulk" TV Show by using Jenn's gamma-infused blood to speed up his own healing factor.
HawkeyeGild2025-10-13 02:41
It would require Marvel to have full IP.
DownhillSisyphus2025-10-13 02:57
Betty. Same as it ever was.
CaptainLawyerDude2025-10-13 03:13
Maybe Doom trying to remove the “intelligence” will just revert him back to separate Banner and Hulk.
Dbfresh02025-10-13 03:48
Not sure, but God I wish they'd bring him back already. I'd love to see him actually be the Hulk and just fucking fight some enemy and just go berserk. Smart Hulk has had enough screen time.
Mattlanta882025-10-13 03:55
Smart hulk in the movies goes against what hulk should represent. Not mindless but not dabbing either….
Fakie-Sllaacs2025-10-13 04:01
He just needs to get really mad now, it’s no big deal - it just means he won’t be as likely to crash out if he hurts himself changing a tire.
Farreg_2025-10-13 04:12
Onslaught in the MCU. But you need to have the Xmen first.
lazerlinks2025-10-13 04:49
Well I don't think pain would cause it as he snapped in endgame witch hurt. But I do think it would be someone he cared about dieing, or Bruce loses control and hulk takes over during a fight
Captain_Clutch222025-10-13 05:04
He’s actually a different personality and dies then comes back through the green door. Idk if they do it but it’d be sick
ashl0w2025-10-13 05:08
Just wait for the new Spider-man movie i guess, it's gonna happen there.
TheLivingTribunal6662025-10-13 05:22
Maybe some controlled burst of gamma radiation I guess
scrotanimus2025-10-13 05:33
In my fantasyland, Smart Hulk and Thing go up against Juggernaut and Rogue in Doomsday. They are on the ropes and Rogue touches Hulk, weakening Banner’s hold on Savage Hulk and he goes nuts.
JSevatar2025-10-13 06:20
A child he is close with being abused that triggers his trauma
homarjr2025-10-13 06:21
He should've switched back when Natasha died.
Instead he threw a bench.
BigFisch2025-10-13 06:44
There was a comic where he had Jean Grey "shut off" the professor hulk to split him back so that the hulk, who is significantly more powerful than prof hulk, could fight a villain.
Double_Question_51172025-10-13 06:57
It’s split personality
Character_Mind_6712025-10-13 07:23
Hear me out: we get a thunderbolts movie where hulk just snaps. Starts attacking the military for no reason, takes down the avengers. The working theory is that he had a stroke or something. The thunderbolts break The Leader out of prison so he can turn hulk back into banner, and he finds a mind control chip in banner's skull. They find out it was transmitting from madripoor, and the power broker has been making more hulks.
TrippyTiger692025-10-13 07:48
Martin Li
TheDeadlyCat2025-10-13 08:45
Bruce used the Hulk‘s unwillingness to come out in Infinity war to tap into his power, likely without him willingly doing so. That’s abuse.
Even further, he used an inhibitor to get his human form back likely able to control him even more.
At one point we may find out that the Hulk persona isn’t as contained as Bruce thinks. We might also find that Hulk may have learned a new skill on Sakaar. Patience. Boeing his time until he can get „his life“ back.
Bruce seeming chill is nothing new. He knows how to put up a facade. He might lie to us all.
AUnknownVariable2025-10-13 08:50
Some type of
AwarenessOk77482025-10-13 09:16
Nothing is needed. This is already a passed stage for Banner. He has already merged with the Savage Hulk into one personality, before seeing a lot of horrors. Everything, do not touch the character. Otherwise, it will be his degradation.
CartographerSure29182025-10-13 09:29
Black widow's death should've triggered it. but instead we have a hulk that got 0 screen time for fights and the embarassing bruce banner character assasination in she hulk.
Serhk2025-10-13 09:29
It's going to be Mr negative doing negative things
AfroBaggins2025-10-13 09:31
We had a *very* brief relapse in Endgame when Bruce yeeted that bench in the wake of Natasha not coming back from Vormir.
Not much, but it's worth noting.
wiccangame2025-10-13 09:33
Have him read all the negative stuff about his character on the internet. He'll rage soon enough.
Prize_Instance_14162025-10-13 09:34
Smart hulk began the slide
Of the mcu. Please bring back the real hulk
Evening-Carrot62622025-10-13 09:58
Stepping on Lego.
KaylenLopezIzGr82025-10-13 10:09
I had a theory that if he was in BNW, Leader would badly injure or kill Betty, and THAT would set Bruce off, and would fight Red Hulk cuz two angry big guys
ElectronicAudience2025-10-13 10:26
Kill Black Widow in front of him
JasonP272025-10-13 11:12
Rage. Savage Hulk is a rage monster.
resetxform12025-10-13 11:27
Maybe She-Hulk dies again in front of him.
Soulwarfare422025-10-13 12:33
If Hulk is in Spider-Man, then Mister Negative bringing it out of him would be way to handle it
OR kill his son Skarr
Aromatic-Cupcake48022025-10-13 12:52
Madbomb maybe? It was a cancelled plot in Civil War.
Firefurtorty2025-10-13 13:00
I don't even see The Incredible Hulk (pic 2) as Savage Hulk. Savage Hulk was when he first changed and chased Natasha in Avengers Assemble, or when the Hulk buster had to be deployed to calm his Scarlet Witch induced South African rampage in Age of Ultron.
y0u_said_w3ast2025-10-13 13:01
There is no problem solved that a little trauma can’t make much much worse
BetterTelephone50012025-10-13 13:25
We shouldn’t overthink anything when it comes to the Hulk in the MCU. He’s been whatever the writers needed him to be since Ruffalo was introduced in the Avengers. We’ve gotten maybe a line or two exposition each time, and a cliffhanger with a son.
There’s gamma that makes a red hulk, a hulk son, a hulk cousin, we’ve had snap-arm post-credit Banner. At this point, I’m just like “yeah sure that tracks” whenever he shows up.
ShadowXP74492025-10-13 14:06
They could use the void from thunderbolts to make him lose control again (or at least set him down the path). Since he’s allegedly in Spider-Man, hulk being in New York at the time would make sense. And would also give marvel a chance to acknowledge it. Because if they don’t mention the void at least once in the new Spider-Man I’d be severely disappointed.
k3ttch2025-10-13 14:36
I'd prefer him shifting to either Joe Fixit or Green Scar/Worldbreaker. Still relatively articulate, but with a mean streak.
Larmonaid2025-10-13 14:40
I’ve always maintained the idea that Bruce is a little more nefarious than we realized. That he didn’t actually reach a compromise with Hulk, but instead basically stole Hulk’s body and deeply repressed Hulk into his mind. Would be a good set up for world breaker hulk when he finally escapes Bruce’s grasp
devoid01012025-10-13 14:55
We have seen his son, which hints at a wife and family time in Ragnarok era. There is a story opportunity for someone like Doom to attack /kill the wife leading to a World War Hulk savage outburst. Which could be tied to the inevitable Wolverine vs Hulk that needs to happen.
Many-Active86132025-10-13 15:41
I hated smart hulk he just shows up no explanation on how just we worked it out
Tempr132025-10-13 15:57
Endgame had the perfect setup ,he had just snapped everyone back ,which had him unstable waiting to rage out , it was a missed opportunity
Notimetowrite762025-10-13 18:50
His son getting arrested and subsequently killed by whoever is rounding people up in Spider-Man: BND. This would kill two birds with one stone.
WV17A2025-10-13 19:13
I felt like they missed a golden opportunity for this when Natasha died. It would have been the perfect time to roll out a new persona for him.
atlasunit222025-10-13 19:38
LousyBastard692025-10-13 22:36
I remember in the comics, one time Smart Hulk got so enraged that he turned into a raving, mindless Bruce Banner.
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I think it’s more the emotional side, and I think we’ll see it in the relatively near future. Losing Natasha was sad, but it was her own decision and was done for an amazingly important cause. But now he has a son and a cousin who could have something bad happen to them and really turn up the rage dial.
Besides that maybe if you served him cold tea or warm beer that might be enough.
I wouldn't be surprised if the way Hulk returns to being "a savage Hulk" is for Bruce and Hulk to make a new deal. Despite what many want to believe, Endgame makes it clear that Professor Hulk was their idea. Since they lost separately, they tried to do it now together. Achieving balance in their relationship (and the deleted scene from Endgame reaffirms this),
My idea is that in Brand New Day, they'll possibly say that Bruce and Hulk had some disagreements and resolved them by reaching a new agreement, where this time Hulk has more power over the body (being a more classic Hulk but smarter, similar to Ragnarok) because, despite everything, it's more beneficial for them to be together than apart.
The question is fictional, so answer it fictionally. Don’t bring the real world into it. Great way to stop any fun discussions!
Also, spoiler, >!we see Hulk's son Skaar in the finale. He was visiting from planet Saakar, from Thor Ragnorak. !<
Him being human in She-Hulk is literally how She-Hulk got her powers, because otherwise he couldn't have bled and got her infected.
After Jen became She-Hulk, Smart Hulk examined her blood and found it contained an enzyme that his blood didn't have, and this allowed him to develop a serum that he gave to himself which healed his arm.
This is all hinted at in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, when Bruce assumes that Jen will have a second identity when she transforms, and is confused when she doesn't. Jen never had DID; this was a Bruce-specific issue. It's not because Jen's "better at being a Hulk"; Bruce just never realized he was dealing with something that wasn't actually gamma-related.
All this to say: it's entirely possible for Bruce to be in human form and yet not be Bruce, so to speak. He's always had DID, even before the gamma accident.
We really need Doc Samson in it more than ever.
Help these guys get some actual therapy.
Too bad Jen suggests otherwise saying she has to repress her anger more than him.
That scene created a lot of mental gymnastics.
Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk: Rampage is the name.
Getting trapped in a loop of his past traumas could be a reason for the savage Hulk to come out again (and if they did this onscreen that could give Banner some long overdue character background)
I mean, he withstood a massive dose of gamma radiation at the end of Endgame, right? Universal implications of that snap.
So i would think there would need to be a reason to restore the savage hulk and it would need to be done intentionally.
But that's just my theory
A powerful telepath or a reality bender could do it either by outright separating them or restricting the banner half. Or maybe Hulk could take over in some attempt to protect banner in some capacity.
Instead he threw a bench.
Even further, he used an inhibitor to get his human form back likely able to control him even more.
At one point we may find out that the Hulk persona isn’t as contained as Bruce thinks. We might also find that Hulk may have learned a new skill on Sakaar. Patience. Boeing his time until he can get „his life“ back.
Bruce seeming chill is nothing new. He knows how to put up a facade. He might lie to us all.
Not much, but it's worth noting.
Of the mcu. Please bring back the real hulk
OR kill his son Skarr
There’s gamma that makes a red hulk, a hulk son, a hulk cousin, we’ve had snap-arm post-credit Banner. At this point, I’m just like “yeah sure that tracks” whenever he shows up.