I wonder why the MCU never included the Hulk’s ability to see ghosts and spirits
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UnicornButler2025-10-14 10:33
It never came up.
Meikos2025-10-14 10:38
Damn, instant regret in the same panel. Marvels version of "he knew he fucked up."
BlackestNight212025-10-14 17:18
Vipers of Valtorr!
TrueLegateDamar2025-10-14 10:40
Because it was never relevant?
UnhingedGammaWarrior2025-10-14 10:48
Hulk never got to interact with them
Thomas_JCG2025-10-14 10:53
Not a lot of ghosts in the MCU. Though, that "warped nature" thing might just be the reason, so to speak, for She-Hulk break the fourth wall.
ExoticShock2025-10-14 15:02
Plus, I always thought [this moment from EMH](https://www.reddit.com/r/dccomicscirclejerk/comments/1k6sfum/the_two_guys_in_the_friend_group_who_dont_hang/) was a great double meaning joke, where Hulk gets fed up hearing T'Challa commune with his ancestors spirits.
marccass2025-10-14 19:48
Agatha is a ghost now. Maybe Hulk sees her in Doomsday or something and noone else can 🤷🏼♂️ I don't see those two sharing much screen time even if Kathryn Hahn is in the movies.
ljdarten2025-10-18 22:06
I've thought it would be funny if Wiccan talks to Agatha a lot and people don't know if he's crazy or not. "Well he does magic so I guess it makes sense that he's talking to a ghost."
But with this I could see a thing where nobody else sees Agatha and towards the end Hulk makes some comment about the old lady that the kid is talking to all the time.
SethNex2025-10-14 11:10
There wasn't any time in the MCU where the Hulk had to deal with ghosts.
TufnelAndI2025-10-14 13:59
He was a ghost in Endgame for a short while.
shadow0wolf02025-10-14 21:48
If they ever do need to give him the ability they can use that as an explanation of how he got it.
a_o2025-10-15 08:58
peter should be able to see ghosts, too
igby12025-10-14 11:21
Would be bittersweet if Hulk talked to Nat’s ghost
Tanis89982025-10-14 11:42
If Disney hadn’t burned bridges with Scarlett that might have happened
BravoLeader30002025-10-14 13:47
And I would adore it! But I feel like I'm the only person in the world who liked Whedon's take on Beauty and the Beast.
StatisticianLivid7102025-10-14 14:59
Until the hysterectomy part… you want your top spies reproducing as they would produce top spies.
BravoLeader30002025-10-14 15:17
Nat specifically says why the Red Room doesn't allow Widows to reproduce!
StatisticianLivid7102025-10-14 15:35
It’s a distraction, but after women have hysterectomies there’s medical complications as osteoporosis is more likely, so giving your freshly trained master assassins osteoporosis seems like a bad idea!
Dominant_Gene2025-10-14 15:54
yes becasue Comic books are usually like, sooo medically accurate....
Not_Steve2025-10-14 14:59
I *think* they’re tentatively okay. She produced Thunderbolts*, but did ask that she have her name removed as she said, “I didn’t do anything.”
DoubleStrength2025-10-14 15:04
Because she didn't *actually* produce the film.
It's a quirk of franchise films, where characters originating in an earlier entry (in this case Yelena and Alexei from *Black Widow*) appear as main characters in a later entry (*Thunderbolts*), the producers of the *earlier* movie get credited by default.
Not_Steve2025-10-14 15:16
Yes. As she stated, “I didn’t do anything.”
DoubleStrength2025-10-14 15:27
I apologise if my comment sounded antagonistic in some way?
I thought it was an interesting piece of trivia when I first learnt it, so I was just explaining the situation for people who might not understand how the whole thing worked.
Not_Steve2025-10-14 15:32
It didn’t! You’re good! I was just a little befuddled as to why you basically repeated me. lol. Thanks for the explanation, though. That’s both kind and helpful.
DoubleStrength2025-10-14 15:38
Ah, fair enough.
Someone downvoted my original comment and I just assumed it was you because I couldn't tell what the tone of your reply was, so I wondered if you'd misread me as well haha
Not_Steve2025-10-14 20:48
I rarely downvote, usually the only reason I downvote is because someone is rude. You shouldn’t have been downvoted for your comment. You were correct and I didn’t feel any negative feelings from you at all.
LongjumpingEnergy1882025-10-14 11:43
He saw the sorceress supreme. Maybe a deep cut Easter egg?
LongjumpingEnergy1882025-10-14 11:43
Wait nvm. HE became astral there..
Tanis89982025-10-14 11:43
I don’t think she was a ghost at the time
LongjumpingEnergy1882025-10-14 11:43
Fixed it ha
grelan2025-10-14 12:03
The MCU downplays everything about the Hulk except "Hulk smash" and "merged Hulk is a dingus".
Put Hulk and Dr Strange together for a bit. They won't call it Defenders (sadly) unless they pull in Daredevil, but seeing Strange travel with and observe the Hulk for a while would be interesting.
Tanis89982025-10-14 12:07
Hulk works best paired with others generally, like his scenes in Ragnarok were the funniest and best material the character ever got, I wish they hadn’t committed to this Professor Hulk thing now because the Hulk-persona and all of its weird powers and quirks are so much more interesting
grelan2025-10-14 12:13
Depends on the story IMO. I liked the 2008 "Incredible Hulk" movie, which focused on the hard part of being Bruce Banner and wanted by the government.
In a hero-type story, I agree. I specifically like the idea of Hulk with Dr Strange because of scenes like this, where Strange is expecting a brute and sees not only Hulk's other abilities but also the underlying desire simply to be left alone because everyone is afraid of him.
Western-Chart-67192025-10-14 12:38
Yeah, that part of Hulk’s lore gets ignored. They kept him more science based in the MCU instead of touching his mystical side. Would’ve been cool seeing him sense ghosts or talk with Strange about it.
freshouttahoney2025-10-14 13:00
I wonder why the MCU never included The Hulk's ability to be a interesting character
Gabcard2025-10-14 13:00
Now I want Hulk to see a ghost and realize he could do that the whole time and just never knew.
LazyLurker292025-10-14 13:05
He's never really encountered any, thus far.
Silent_Eggplant_3802025-10-14 13:21
Gotta add ghosts before they add his ability to see them
SandalsNoPantsMobile2025-10-14 13:33
Do you really wonder?
BravoLeader30002025-10-14 13:48
🤣😂🤣
Tanis89982025-10-14 14:02
You say that as if it’s obviously a stupid part of the character, but I think it’s kinda cool
Wtygrrr2025-10-14 14:57
I thought they were just saying that it’s obvious that they don’t have time to dive deep into every single thing the Hulk can do.
SandalsNoPantsMobile2025-10-14 14:59
I don’t think it’s a stupid part of the character, but it’s not like it ever comes up. This was like a throwaway. It’s not exactly a wonder why they didn’t have him show this in the MCU. Although USAgent did jump like 5x as far as Spider-Man, so idk what they’re doing with powers.
kennyofthegulch2025-10-14 14:07
Maybe because he hasn’t run into any?
Skychu7682025-10-14 14:26
It's more of q outlier ability for Hulk and doesn't come up generally in comics.
Beside so many heroes have so much more important abilities that never came up.
Iron Man never added things like force field, magnetic telekinesis, rocket boots, stealth mode, technopathy, multiple types of energy beam etc. in armor something he almost always has in comics since as early as Mark-1 and 2 at times
Thor can technically do a lot more than lighting and has full weather manipulation. Beside creating a tornado in Thor 1, they never explored beyond it.
Spider-Man can construct from his webs which is another MCU never explored
For Dr Strange where do I even begin.
saibjai2025-10-14 14:32
Why astral form no wear pants?
Immediate_Purple30392025-10-14 14:42
Never came up BUT if agatha is a big part of stuff coming up that could change.
ZeusesWill2025-10-14 14:50
I didn’t even know hulk had that ability lol
Gabo352025-10-14 14:56
Because of this, i remembered the comic issue with Hulk meeting the kid with an adusive dad, his stories where he meets the everyday monster instead of real ones, always hit hard
Notimetowrite762025-10-14 15:00
VFX budgets are already too high.
Murfiano2025-10-14 15:12
Well he can smell lies
ChrisTaliaferro2025-10-14 15:23
While I'm not concerned with this at all, I *am* hoping that we see Hulk remember that Spider-Man is Peter Parker despite the worldwide memory wipe like he did in the comics.
ComedicHermit2025-10-14 20:51
When did the hulk learn who spider-man was? He was off world, then peter was dust, then prof hulk was a thing.
MrFC10002025-10-14 16:56
Why, why is the astral guy not wearing any pants?
Tanis89982025-10-14 17:32
He’s probably wearing tights
alkonium2025-10-14 17:23
Probably for the same reason no film adaptation of Superman is shown shooting tiny copies of himself out of his hands.
revchewie2025-10-14 17:58
Maybe because there were no ghosts or spirits in the MCU? At least not until >!Agatha All Along!<
legomaximumfigure2025-10-14 18:51
They gave this ability to Baby Groot in his cartoon series. He kept waving at The Watcher and The Watcher was surprised.
Grayx_28872025-10-14 19:46
Don't even ask.
dewaynemendoza2025-10-14 20:17
Conspiranoid2025-10-14 22:42
No-one bothered to ask Hulk about it.
Longjumping-Salad4842025-10-15 07:36
they have plenty of times. and the correct term is "astral projections."
Hulk sees astral projections in living beings, and in non living beings (ghosts).
happened in Incredible Hulk vol1 #313, starting on page 15
FarAbies43702025-10-15 08:29
Wait for the moment
ThePhenom2k252025-10-16 15:50
It was never relevant to the MCU and retconned in the comics
Sol-Blackguy2025-10-19 07:47
Not only can Hulk see ghost, he can physically hurt them too
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But with this I could see a thing where nobody else sees Agatha and towards the end Hulk makes some comment about the old lady that the kid is talking to all the time.
It's a quirk of franchise films, where characters originating in an earlier entry (in this case Yelena and Alexei from *Black Widow*) appear as main characters in a later entry (*Thunderbolts*), the producers of the *earlier* movie get credited by default.
I thought it was an interesting piece of trivia when I first learnt it, so I was just explaining the situation for people who might not understand how the whole thing worked.
Someone downvoted my original comment and I just assumed it was you because I couldn't tell what the tone of your reply was, so I wondered if you'd misread me as well haha
Put Hulk and Dr Strange together for a bit. They won't call it Defenders (sadly) unless they pull in Daredevil, but seeing Strange travel with and observe the Hulk for a while would be interesting.
In a hero-type story, I agree. I specifically like the idea of Hulk with Dr Strange because of scenes like this, where Strange is expecting a brute and sees not only Hulk's other abilities but also the underlying desire simply to be left alone because everyone is afraid of him.
Beside so many heroes have so much more important abilities that never came up.
Iron Man never added things like force field, magnetic telekinesis, rocket boots, stealth mode, technopathy, multiple types of energy beam etc. in armor something he almost always has in comics since as early as Mark-1 and 2 at times
Thor can technically do a lot more than lighting and has full weather manipulation. Beside creating a tornado in Thor 1, they never explored beyond it.
Spider-Man can construct from his webs which is another MCU never explored
For Dr Strange where do I even begin.
Hulk sees astral projections in living beings, and in non living beings (ghosts).
happened in Incredible Hulk vol1 #313, starting on page 15