Hulk popular culture references

The Hulk has been portrayed and parodied many times in films and television.

1979: Billy – episode "Fathers and Sons" (cameo by Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk)
1979/92/94: Saturday Night Live
- season 4, episode 15 sketch called "Superhero Party" has John Belushi playing the Hulk when Superman (Bill Murray) and Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) are married and having a dinner party
- season 18, episode 8 sketch called "Superman's Funeral", where Hulk (portrayed by Chris Farley) is one of the speakers
- season 20, episode 9 sketch called "The Incredible Hulk", where Hulk (portrayed by George Foreman) gets bored at a needlessly repetitive sketch
1985: Amazing Stories – episode "Remote Control Man" (portrayed by Lou Ferrigno)
1990: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series episode – "Tomato from the Black Lagoon", Chad Finletter sees a man getting angry and impatient while waiting for a plane, then the man starts to turn into a green muscular monster as he gets angry.
1990: Bobby's World - episode "I Want My Mommy" Bobby became the Incredible Bulk. It has been a parody reference of The Incredible Hulk.
1991: Taz-Mania – episode "Dr. Wendal and Mr. Taz", Wendal is irradiated in an "Ultra gamma ray testing booth", mistaking it for a tanning booth, causing him to transform into a giant, violent monster whenever he is made upset
1994: The Tick - episode "The Tick vs. The Proto-Clown" Proto-Clown is a possible parody of Incredible Hulk and Stephen King's clown character "IT" and In "The Tick vs. Brainchild" Brainchild is a parody of The Leader.

Brainchild (The Tick) — Brainchild in The Tick.

1996: Adventures of Ricardo short – originally seen on MTV's Cartoon Sushi and available on The Animation Show DVD, the title character professes his love of the character, renamed "The Incwedibul Hunk" here due to Ricardo's speech impediment
1996: Dexter's Laboratory – a purple-skinned/reversed color parody of the Hulk named "The Infraggable Krunk" (voiced by Frank Welker) made a few appearances in season one and shared a segment called "The Justice Friends" with Major Glory (a parody of Captain America voiced by Rob Paulsen) and Valhallen (a parody of Thor voiced by Tom Kenny).
- In "Krunk's Date" She-Thing is a parody of the Marvel Comics character She-Hulk.
- In "Hunger Strikes" When hungry, Dexter turns into a creature that resembles The Incredible Hulk His line; "You wouldn't like me when I'm hungry." also alludes to this.
- In "Comic Relief" Dexter's mutated form, The Infraggable Bulk, resembles The Incredible Hulk.
1996: Arthur in episode "George Blows His Top" When George loses his temper, he changes his form into a monstrous creature, like Dr. Bruce Banner, who transforms into the Incredible Hulk when he gets angry.
1996: Case Closed In "Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy" The Azengers muscle member is a parody of Hulk.
1997: Walter Melon - episode "The Incredible Bulk" Bulk, She-Bulk, Bessie, Sick Jones and Leaner the Color Schemer are parodies of Hulk, She-Hulk, Betty Ross, Rick Jones and The Leader.
1997: Johnny Bravo In "Bootman" She-Hunk is based on She-Hulk.
1997: South Park "In A Nightmare on FaceTime" the boys are disguised as the Avengers, with Cartman dressed up as the Hulk.
1998, 2004: MADtv
- season 3, episode 17 skit showed a man (portrayed by Will Sasso) becoming a miniature version of the Hulk (portrayed by Alex Borstein)
- season 9, episode 19 skit, Bruce Banner (portrayed by Ike Barinholtz) tries to create a serum that will prevent him from becoming the Hulk, unfortunately, the serum causes him to turn into a homosexual Hulk (portrayed by Paul Vogt)
1999–2011: Family Guy
- episode "Chitty Chitty Death Bang" (1999), a part in Peter Griffin's obviously made-up story to Lois Griffin has him turning into the Hulk to attack the devilish manager of the place he's supposed to have Stewie's birthday
- The end credits for the episode "Wasted Talent" (2000) are run while Joe Harnell's "The Lonely Man" plays in homage to The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series); it shows Stewie hitchhiking along the side of the freeway á la David Banner
- episode "A Fish out of Water (Family Guy)|A Fish out of Water" (2001), Peter buys a fishing boat and gives it the name of "S.S. More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and The Incredible Hulk put it together"
- episode "Emission Impossible" (2001), Peter asks Lois's sister if he can have her husband's shirts so that he can imitate Hulk ripping his shirt off throughout; And the 2011
- episode: "And I'm Joyce Kinney", replaces the regular Family Guy opening with a spoof of the Hulk TV series opening, placing Stewie as David Banner, Peter as the Hulk and Tom Tucker as Jack McGee
2000: Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: "Incredible Hippo" The episode title as well Potamus's transformation is a parody of the Hulk character from Marvel Comics, as well as the live-action 1970s/1980s The Incredible Hulk TV series the Hulk comics inspired.
2000: Static Shock: Tantrum and Tamara Lawrence are based on Hulk.
2001: The Fairly OddParents! In episode "Love at First Height" When Mr. Turner sleep-drives, he passes by a purple look-alike of Hulk.
- In "Beach Bummed!" When Timmy becomes larger, he resembles and begins to talk like the Incredible Hulk.
2001–2013: Mad (animated series)
- Episode 23: "Avenger Time" (2011)
- Episode 24: "ArTHOR/The Big Fang Theory" (2011), segment: "Hulked on Phonics"
- Episode 52: "Hulk Smash" (2012)
- Episode 61: "Average-ers" (2012)
- Episode 94: "Star Blecch Into Dumbness/Stark Tank" (2013)
2002: Scrubs – episode "My Student", after the medical student assigned to J.D. made numerous mistakes, J.D. gets angry and transforms into the Hulk
2002: Codename: Kids Next Door - episode "Operation: W.H.I.T.E.H.O.U.S.E." When Nigel transforms at the end of the episode it is most likely a reference to the Hulk and The Big Badolesent's transformation when angered is reminiscent of Bruce Banner from the The Incredible Hulk.

The Big Badolesent — Big Badolesent in Codename: Kids Next Door.

2002: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: In "The N-Men" Hulk Jimmy is a mixture of Marvel's Hulk and The Thing.
2002: Hey Arnold: The Movie Big Bob's skin color is resembles Hulk.
2002: Ozzy & Drix: In "Growth", Sylvian Fisher's monster form resembles the Hulk, except with orange skin instead of green, but having the same purple pants, which makes him look similar to The Thing.
2002/08: The Simpsons
- episode "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes", The Mulk and The Thung, parodies of the Hulk and The Thing, have a fight on St. Patrick's Day, with The Mulk going to court afterwards.
- episode "I Am Furious (Yellow)", Homer turns into the Hulk
- episode "Little Big Girl" Hippie Hulk is a parody of Hulk.
- episode "Bart the Bad Guy" Moby Man is a parody of Hulk.
- special "The Good, The Bart and the Loki" Hyulk is a parody of Hulk.
2004: The Venture Bros. - episode "All This and Gargantua-2" General Timothy Treister returns from outer space filled with cosmic radiation and consequently transforms into "a Hulk" from Marvel Comics.
2005–13: The character appears in the Robot Chicken episodes: "Badunkadunk" (2005), "Two Weeks Without Food" (2009), "Executed by the State" (2012), "Collateral Damage in Gang Turf War" (2012), "Eaten by Cats" (2013)
2005: Johnny Test In "Johnny Testosterone" Hulk Johnny is based on Hulk.
2006: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift – Lil' Bow Wow has a Hulk-themed car.
2007: Hulk appears in the South Park episode trilogy "Imaginationland"
2007: Kim Possible In "Grande Size Me" Hulk Ron is based off Hulk.
2008: In the parody film Disaster Movie, the character is played by Roland Kickinger.
2009: Back at the Barnyard In "Buyers Beware" When Pig drinks the radioactive waste in the "Ask Dr. Pig" segment, he turns into and acts like the Incredible Hulk.
2010: Castle – episode "Tick, Tick, Tick...", Martha Rodgers (played by Susan Sullivan) watches a video of the pilot of The Incredible Hulk, where she plays Dr. Marks
2010: Megamind Megamind is a parody of The Leader.
2010: Horrid Henry In “Perfect Peter Pumps Up” Perfect Giant Is A British Animated Parody Of The Hulk 2010: Fanboy and Chum-Chum In episode "The Incredible Chulk" The title of the episode and plot is a pun on The Incredible Hulk, a comic based on the super hero from the Marvel franchise. The use of enough laughter for the Chulks to transform into orange giants is similar to how Dr. Robert Bruce Banner has to have enough anger to transform into The Hulk.
2010: Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated In "Battle of the Humungonauts" Red and Green Humungonauts' appearances and their fighting sequences almost resembles the Marvel comics characters the green Hulk and Red Hulk, respectively.
2012: Teenage Mutant Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) In "Bat in the Belfry" The Indelible Bulge is a parody of Hulk.
2012: Oggy And The Cockroaches In “Party Pooper” Oggy Gets Jealous When He Sees A Dancer Falling In Love With Olivia
Causing Oggy To Turn Into A Hulk Version Of Him

The Indelible Bulge — Indelible Bulge in Teenage Mutant Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012).

2013: The Goldbergs – episode "Who Are You Going to Telephone?"; Barry dresses as the Hulk for a Halloween party to try to impress a girl.
2012: The Amazing Bulk This film is a mockbuster to be a mockbuster of the Marvel Studios film The The Incredible Hulk.
2013: Mighty Med Brain Matter is a parody of Solomon Grundy from DC Comics or the Hulk from Marvel Comics.
2013: The Amazing World of Gumball In "The Limit" Nicole has a monster form similar to Hulk and She-Hulk.
2013: My Little Pony Friendship is Magic In "Power Ponies" Saddle Rager's (Fluttershy) anger transformation ability is similar to that of The Incredible Hulk.
2013: Rick and Morty Diablo Verde is a parody of El Diablo and Hulk
2014: In Moms' Night Out, the main (mom) character says that she is like Banner, who doesn't want to turn into the Hulk, it just happens (as it shows a clip from the series where the Hulk breaks through the roof of a car).
2014: Sonic Boom In "Don't Make Me Angry" Bruce Bandicoot and Unenviable Clunk are parodies of Bruce Banner and Hulk.
2016: Harry & Bunnie: In "The Orientation" Hulk Harry is based off Hulk.
2017: Ducktales (2017) In "The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!" Mark Beaks' Mega-Beaks form is similar to Marvel's Hulk or DC's Bane; the former due to attire and change in size, the latter due to it being influenced by a device.
2018: The Good Place – episode "The Burrito"; Tahani's mother: "Don't get upset, dear. You barely fit in that dress and I'm afraid you're going to Hulk-out, as it were."
2018: Paradise PD In "Police Academy" Hulk Chief Randall Crawford is a spoof of Hulk.
2018: Big City Greens In "Times Circle" The Incredulous Bulk is a parody of The Incredible Hulk with a reversed color scheme.
2018: My Hero Academia Re-Destro's powers, generated by stress and anger, are similar to those of the Marvel hero Hulk.
2021: Big Mouth In "The Green-Eyed Monster" Hulk Jessi Glaser and Hulk Samira are parodies of Hulk and She-Hulk.

The Hulk has been portrayed and parodied many times in comic books.

Awesome Comics: Smash is a rip-off of Hulk.
The Boys: Herogasm: Shehemoth is a parody of She-Hulk.
DC Comics: Rampage, Damage, Loose Cannon,Behemoth, Man-Mountain and Monster are pastiches of Hulk and She-Hulk.
Image Comics: Monster Girl and She-Dragon are a parody of Hulk and She-Hulk.
- Pitt is based on Hulk and Wolverine.

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