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The Incredible Hulk
 
 

 

  

 

Prod. Notes:
 

September 1996 - September 1999,  UPN

Marvel, New World Entertainment, UPN Kids

 
Cast:
 

Hulk (green) ............................................................................ Lou Ferrigno

Hulk (grey) ...................................................................... Michael Donovan

Robert Bruce Banner ................................................... Neal McDonough

Rick Jones ................................................................................... Luke Perry

Betty Ross .............................................................................. Genie Francis

Betty Ross ........................................................................... Philice Sempler

Leader ....................................................................................... Matt Frewer

Gargoyle .................................................................................... Mark Hamill

Abomination .............................................................................. Kevin Schon

Abomination ............................................................................ Richard Moll

Absorbing Man/Crusher Creel ....................................... Jim Cummings

Doctor Leonard Samson ............................................... Shadoe Stevens

Dr. Strange .................................................................. Maurice LaMarche

Doctor Victor Von Doom ........................................... Simon Templeman

Donald Blake ........................................................................... Mark Taylor

Gabriel Jones ........................................................................... Thom Berry

General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross ......................... John Vernon

Ghost Rider ......................................................................... Richard Grieco

H.O.M.E.R. ....................................................................................... Tom Kane

The Hybrid ................................................................................ Dawn Lewis

Iron Man/Tony Stark .......................................................... Robert Hays

Jefferson Whitedeer ...................................................... Michael Horse

John .............................................................................................. Eric Vesbit

Major Glenn Talbot ............................................................... Kevin Schon

Miss Allure ........................................................................... Jennifer Hale

Mister Fantastic/Reed Richards .................................... Beau Weaver

Mr. Walters ..................................................................................... Stan Lee

Mitch McCutcheon/ZZZAX ................................................ Michael Bell

Ogress ..................................................................................... Kathy Ireland

Samuel Laroquette ................................................................. Kevin Schon

Sasquatch ............................................................................... Clancy Brown

She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters ................................................... Lisa Zane

She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters ............................................ Cree Summer

Thing/Benjamin J. Grimm ............................................... Chuck McCann

Thor .................................................................................. John Rhys-Davies

Walter Langowski ............................................................... Peter Strauss

War Machine/Jim Rhodes ....................................... Dorian Harewood

ZZZAX ....................................................................................... Kevin Schon

 

 
 

Synopsis:

 
 
The green goliath returned to his old Saturday morning stomping grounds in 1996 with the debut of an all-new The Incredible Hulk. The Stan Lee/Jack Kirby character had graced the small screen several times before - as part of 1966’s animated The Marvel Superheroes, in his own live-action primetime series from 1978-82, and as half of the Saturday morning powerhouse The Incredible Hulk And The Amazing Spider-Man.

This Incredible Hulk kept the origin the same: Dr. Robert Bruce Banner developed a powerful gamma bomb for the U.S. military. During the countdown to a test detonation, Banner spotted teen Rick Jones driving across the fenced-off testing range on a dare. Banner rushed out and pushed Jones to safety in a ditch, but the doctor himself was caught in the gamma blast. The radiation mutated Banner into the enormously muscular, mean-tempered Incredible Hulk.

The Hulk turned back into Banner, but the doctor found he had no control over further transformations. When he got angry, the beast came out, and the doctor’s brains and personality gave way to the simple, angry Hulk. It made his love life especially rough, since his girlfriend Betty was the daughter of hard-nosed (and Hulk hating) General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross. A guilty Rick Jones stuck around to help the doc out, but there was no real cure . . . yet.

Most episodes of The Incredible Hulk focused on Banner’s attempts to rid himself of his unwanted alter ego. Chemistry, technology, and mysticism were all tried, with varying degrees of success. Several experiments went awry, one resulting in the creation of a separate Hulk form and personality, the tough-talking grey Hulk. Other experiments were foiled by General Ross, his underling Major Talbot, or the gamma-enhanced braniac The Leader and his henchman, The Gargoyle.

Since Hulk was “strongest of them all,” the writers had to come up with a string of super-muscular sparring partners to keep it from being a one-sided fight. Over the show’s 21-episode run, the Hulk went mano a mano with Abomination, Sasquatch, Wendigo, The Absorbing Man, and other pumped-up pugilists.

In the show's second season Dr. Banner's cousin Jennifer (a.k.a. She-Hulk) joined the cast, and the show was re-titled The Incredible Hulk And She-Hulk. Jennifer's cool style and sassy attitude added some variety to the show, as well as a touch of comic relief.

After two seasons of new episodes, The Incredible Hulk went into repeats as The Incredible Hulk And Friends for another season. The big guy continued to make cameo appearances on other Marvel shows like The Silver Surfer and Spider-Man.

 

 
 
 
Episodes:
 
 

Season 1

 

The Return Of The Beast, Part 1

The Return Of The Beast, Part 2

Raw Power

Helping Hand, Iron Fist

Innocent Blood

Man To Man, Beast To Beast

Doomed

Fantastic Fortitude

Mortal Bounds

And The Wind Cries... Wendigo!

Darkness And Light, Part 1

Darkness And Light, Part 2

Darkness And Light, Part 3

 

Season 2

 

A Hulk Of A Different Color

Down Memory Lane

Mind Over Anti-Matter

They Call Me Mr. Fixit

Fashion Warriors

Hollywood Rocks

The Lost Village

Mission: Incredible

 
 

 

 

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