I’ve seen posts like these for Wade Wilson and Tony Stark so here’s one of my own.
Things most people don’t remember/know about Bruce Banner/Hulk (in no particular order):
Bruce was a victim of physical and emotional child abuse.
He saw his mother being physically abused while protecting him for years and finally murdered by his father right in front of him.
As a result he looks out for abused kids.
Hulk was once raped.
Bruce has borrowed Hulk’s strength to beat the crap out of people sexually assaulting or even just plain assaulting women.
Hulk is very protective of women in general.
Bruce didn’t want to work on weapons, but no one was funding his other projects and the gamma bomb was the best shot he had of getting enough money to start work on the things he actually wanted to do.
He defeated the first villain he came across after becoming the Hulk not by smashing him but by offering to help him.
Bruce/Hulk consider She-Hulk to be the best thing they’ve ever been responsible for.
When Bruce is upset he eats ice cream. He also loves milkshakes and described them as pretty much the best thing on Earth.
Bruce’s intelligence and Hulk’s strength are said to be incalculable.
Hulk loves animals, especially dogs.
Spider-Man once got Hulk to turn back into Bruce by telling him a joke.
Bruce is multilingual and knows Russian as well as Austro-Bavarian, though presumably he knows others.
Besides having PTSD, depression, and likely anxiety, Bruce has been diagnosed in canon as having Disassociative Identity Disorder (DID).
Hulk experiences chronic pain.
At one point Bruce started sewing survival kits into his pants.
Both Bruce and Hulk grow deeply attached to people very quickly.
Hulk’s favorite food is beans.
Bruce has attempted to commit suicide on multiple occasions, including once when he was a kid by building a bomb in the basement of his school.
Hulk has never intentionally killed an innocent person. All the times that he has killed people were either completely accidental, when he was under someone else’s control, when he was completely mindless with rage without Bruce to hold him back, or because he was seriously provoked (such as by the army).
Hulk hates opera.
Bruce’s exact birthdate is unknown but he is an Aries.
Gen. Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross: You did the right thing, calling us. Leonard, I need to know where they’re going. She’ll be in incredible danger as long as she’s with him.
Leonard: From who? He protected her. You almost killed her.
Ross: I give you my word, her safety is my main concern at this point.
Leonard: You know, it’s a point of professional pride for me that I can tell when somebody’s lying. And you are.
[beat]
Leonard: I don’t know where he’s going. I know she’ll help him if she can.
Ross: Then she’s aiding a fugitive. And I can’t help either one of them.
Leonard: I used to wonder why she never talked about you. Now I know.
Ross: [to himself] Where does she meet these guys?
– The Incredible Hulk
No matter what he says, no matter how factually accurate he is, no matter how reasonable his arguments, and no matter what anyone else’s motivations may be, General Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross is never to be trusted.
Those special moments where he loses all of his crap without the need of Hulk’s rage and ends up becoming literally the most adorable thing to ever grace the known universe.
He’s a full foot shorter than Kang and he’s threatening to shove his mask up his rectum with his bare hands.
He’s half naked, has no ways of defending himself, and yet he’s shouting in Wolverine’s face about how much smarter he is.
…At this point, Bruce has literally become the human equivalent of the FIGHT ME emoticon, “(ง •̀_•́)ง”, and I just love it so much~
Aw Yiss 