The Hulk-Out List

We all have bad days. Sometimes a day can be ruined by rude or thoughtless people, and other times it can be destroyed by our own clumsiness. And while most of us can just get upset and shrug it off, David Bruce Banner always seemed to handle things differently. More often than not, when Banner gets upset, his skin bulges, his height grows, his clothes rip, and he starts talking like a caveman. David Banner gets angry and becomes The Hulk.

Now if you've only ever seen the Ang Lee movie, you have no good perception of the kind of crap Banner has to deal with. For a true example, you must return back to the 1980's, and that magical television series: The Incredible Hulk. The show was just like The Fugitive, except rather than Dr. Kimble running from town to town because he's too good-natured, Banner must travel across North America because he keeps turning green. While that may be trendy today, it definitely wasn't back then.

Thankfully, the immensity of the internet has yielded an invaluable list, explaining in hilarious simplicity the reasons David Banner turns green. Posted on the series creator's website, The Hulk-Out List features over 115 instances, taken solely from the television series, of Banner "Hulking out." The list is hysterical, of course, and even funnier if you've ever seen the show. Here are some prime excerpts:

44. Kicking over a beehive and then being surprised when the bees are mad at him

78. Being thrown under a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade float by a mean guy in
a gorilla suit who gives David a few kicks for good measure

86. Beaten up and thrown in a closet, and while thrashing around and trying to
get out, sticking his hand in a box of broken glassware

97. Trapped on a platform with the worker who is having a heart attack, and
being showered with electrical sparks

Reading the list, it becomes very obvious that if Banner wasn't so darned clumsy, he wouldn't have these problems. Sure he might get locked in a room, but does that mean he has to freak out, slip, and fall into boiling water? No. If he was just more patient, careful, and observant, these things wouldn't happen to him. But I guess the same could be said for any of us.