I couldn't believe it was happening. It was the most incredible thing I've ever witnessed. David, your arm is almost healed. Show me your left arm, it got cut when you crashed through the door. [looks at the cut on his arm] It's half healed.
David BannerI know. That's one of the characteristics of my metamorphosis. My body metabolism works at an incredible rate.
With your cells regenerating themselves far more quickly than normal? [David nods] David, my disease is one of cellular degeneration. If we were somehow able to take some of the highly active muscle from the creature, and incubate a culture, I might be able to use it to stimulate my own cellular system and retire the growth of my disease.
David Banner
Well...
Oh, I think it could work, David. It's worth a try. If I could help you to control the creature, I might be able to get a tissue sample. Maybe we'd both win.
David Banner
Aren't you forgetting how hazardous it could be if you do try?
Dying is pretty hazardous.
David Banner
[short pause] Okay. Let's try.
[During hypnosis, David is walking in a desert]
Can you see yourself yet?
David Banner
Yes, now I can.
Now begin to look for the creature.
[David looks around]
David Banner
I uh... I don't see him anywhere.
[continues looking around. Notices the Hulk coming up at a far distance]
David Banner
I can see him now.
Good. Now, just stay calm, and let him get closer.
[The Hulk walks toward David]
David Banner
He's getting closer.
That's what we want him to do. Just concentrate on staying calm, and doing what we planned. [The Hulk gets closer] When he gets close enough.
David Banner
Now?
[David runs away from the Hulk. David gets into a mobile crane with a net. The Hulk walks over. David ejects the net onto the Hulk]
David Banner
I've got the net on him.
Good. Now, the more he struggles, the more entangled he'll become. The ropes are very very strong. These are strongest ropes that can be made.
[The Hulk struggling, rips the ropes]
David Banner
He's breaking the ropes. He's gotten free.
That's all right. He's going to go away now. The next time you try, you'll be more successful, and keep him contained longer until very soon we finally find a cage that will allow you to control him permanently. Now, I'm going to count backwards from five to one. And you're gonna slowly awaken, refreshed and relaxed. Five, four, three, two, one.
[David awakens]
[During David's hypnosis, the Hulk is trapped struggling in a cage]
These straps of steel are the strongest that can be made. They're ten gauge carbon steel.
David Banner
He's trying to bend it.
It should be too hard for even him. Use the gas tranquilizer.
[David runs over to the tranquilizer. The Hulk is still struggling in the cage. David turns on the gas]
David Banner
Done it. [He puts on a gas mask] The gas is all around him.
The gas is zapping some of his strength. The task is much more difficult for him now. Much more difficult than with a rope net.
[As the gas is spreading, the Hulk begins pulling the cage bars]
David Banner
He's doing it... He's... He's doing it. [The Hulk breaks off the bars]
[The Hulk is free]
David Banner
He's free!
David Banner
Marry me.
Trying to make an honest woman out of me?
David Banner
Marry me.
David Banner
It's not a gesture.
But it doesn't make sense.
David Banner
It'll make me happy.
David Banner
For however long there is.
David Banner
I once heard a story about a man being chased by a tiger. He came to a cliff. He fell. But he grabbed a branch, and he just hung there just out of reach of the tiger. And he looked down, and you know what he saw?
David Banner
Another tiger waiting for him to drop. And then he felt that the branch he was clinging to was coming out of the cliff by the roots. Now, while all this was happening, he noticed something. He noticed growing in the cliff beside him, a single wild strawberry. And with his free hand, he reached out and picked it, and he ate it. And he thought to himself: "What a wonderful strawberry."
[pause]
[tearfully] Oh God. I love you, David.
David Banner
I love you, Carolyn.
[they embrace]
[During David's hypnosis, the Hulk is trapped pounding in a vault]
The vault is holding in spite of his best efforts. You can hear him pounding furiously on the inside of the vault, but he can't get out. He can't get out. We're going to contain him within your mind, and then only allow the metamorphosis to occur under controlled circumstances, so that we can get the tissue sample we need. We are going to contain him.
David Banner
I think he's moving the door.
But it's holding. It's still holding.
[David stands smiling, thinking the Hulk is not able to get out. Suddenly the vault door goes down]
David Banner
No. No, he's gotten out! He's free... again.
[after hypnosis]
But it took him much longer to get free this time, David, believe me. We're making real progress.
BBoy
[walks over to David who is grieving over the death of Carolyn] It's really wrecked. Is your wife here?
David Banner
No. She died.
David Banner
She'd been very sick.
[pause]
BBoy
She was a doctor, wasn't she?
David Banner
Yes, she was.
BBoy
I want to be a doctor too. When I grow up. [pause] And maybe I can find a cure for whatever made her sick. [pause] I wouldn't be around to try, if she hadn't saved my life. [pause] You weren't married very long, huh?
David Banner
[pause] Oh it never would have been long enough.
[pause]
BBoy
My grandmother, always says people never die, as long as somebody remembers them.
[at the Harris School for Special Education]
David Banner
Hello, Ricky.
[working on a sculpture head] Hey, David.
David Banner
How are you feeling?
David Banner
I just want to come by and say goodbye, I have to leave now.
You won't come to the school and visit me anymore?
David Banner
Well, I'm afraid I won't be able to for a long time. But I'll write to you.
Miss James, our teacher, she can read for me. And maybe soon, I can read em myself.
David Banner
I'll bet you can.
[on the sculpture head] What do you think, David? Is it... sculpture?
David Banner
Yes, sculpture, Ricky. Real sculpture. Goodbye, my friend.
David Banner
This institute is private property.
If you know anything about this creature, it is your duty to report that to the police.
David Banner
You're letting your imagination runaway with you. Now I have never seen this creature that you are talking about.
Forgive me, Doctor, but I am calling you a liar!
David Banner
Mr. McGee! [short pause] Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
JGJulie Griffith
David, they told me you left, that you had... disturbed or something...
David Banner
Julie, you listen to me. I've got to try and get you out of here, your in terrible danger.
JGJulie Griffith
What?... No, this is my room... My house...
David Banner
No, Julie...
David Banner
Julie, listen, try to understand. Your step mother and Dr. Bonifant are trying to kill you.
JGJulie Griffith
What?... No...
David Banner
Listen! Julie, the drugs that they are giving you are not to help you.
David Banner
Their trying to poison you.
David Banner
Julie, look! [holds out some papers] I have the X-rays from Dr. Bonifant's office, they have his finger prints on it for evidence. He's altered them, to make it look as if your legs were damaged.
JGJulie Griffith
But they are! I can't walk!
David Banner
Julie, you can. Don't you understand? Their trying to kill you!
JGJulie Griffith
No! I don't believe you!
David Banner
Julie!
JGJulie Griffith
No! I don't believe you!
JGJulie Griffith
Help! Help me! Help me! He's crazy! Help me, please!
David Banner
Now, Julie! Julie, you've got to believe me! If they give you one more injection your going to die!
[Julie takes a jug on her bedside table and hits David over the head with it. David notices in a mirror that his eyes are beginning to go green]
David Banner
[trying to hide the X-ray papers under Julie's bed] Got to hide these... [Julie hits David with the jug again] AHHHH!... Julie!
[David moves back]
David Banner
[beginning to transform] Julie!... [transforms into the Hulk]
David Banner
I must not lose control.
DBDonald Blake
[on Thor] David, he's harmless.
DBDonald Blake
I'm sending you back. [to Thor] Give me that hammer.
TThor
Wait! I won't hurt him. [to David] All right, look you. Blake says that you are wise in many things. But if you show him how to cut the core that Odin has spun between us...
TThor
Or if your witch craft should harm Blake, then I lose my chance to enter Valhalla! And you have never seen anger... [looking at Banner. To Blake] He is praying.
DBDonald Blake
David, it's okay.
David Banner
[trying to stay calm. To Thor] Go away. Leave me alone, please. You just don't understand. You don't know what can happen. Please.
TThor
[Thor begins pushing Banner] Go away, eh?
DBDonald Blake
Don't push him!
TThor
Sounds more like insult than hospitality!
DBDonald Blake
What're you doing, you jerk?
TThor
[grabs Banner by the collar] An insult is something I can always understand!
DBDonald Blake
Don't push him!
David Banner
[struggling to stay calm] Don't make me angry.
TThor
He's braver than I thought, Blake!
DBDonald Blake
Stop it, damn it!
[David collides into a control unit and is electrocuted. Thor pulls David away and throws him to the floor. Blake rushes over to David and rolls him onto his back. Blake backs away when he sees David's eyes have turned white and begins transforming into the Hulk.]
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