Explore the wisdom, humor, and occasional struggles of this iconic character, extracted directly from their Avengers movie appearances.
Bruce Banner/ Hulk Quotes on Teamwork & Strategy
“Hey, hey, hey. We’d be going in short-handed, you know.”
“If we do this, how do we know it’s gonna end any differently than it did before?”
“Five years ago, we got our asses beaten. Except it was worse for me. Because I lost twice. First, Hulk lost, then Banner lost. Then, we all lost.”
“I did. For years, I’ve been treating the Hulk like he’s some kind of disease, something to get rid of. But then I started looking at him as the cure. Eighteen months in a gamma lab. I put the brains and the brawn together. And now look at me. Best of both worlds…”
“Right. The whole time travel do-over? Guys, it’s outside my area of expertise.”
“Okay, here we go. Time travel test number one. Scott, fire up the uhhh… the van thing.”
“Good. ‘Cause if we blow the grid, I don’t wanna lose Tiny here in the 1950’s.”
“We’re good! Get your helmet on, Scott. I’m gonna send you back a week, let you walk around for an hour, then bring you back in 10 seconds. Makes sense?”
“On the count of three. 3… 2… 1!”
“Bring Scott back!”
“When I say kill the power, kill the power.”
“And… Kill it!”
“Alright, Clint. We’re going in 3… 2… 1!”
“Clint, now you’re gonna feel a little discombobulated from the chronoshift. Don’t worry about it.”
“Regardless, we only have enough Pym Particles for one round trip each, and these stones have been in a lot of different places throughout history.”
“Now, remember– You have to return the stones to the exact moment you got them. Or you’re gonna open up a bunch of nasty alternative realities.”
“Ready, Cap? Alright. We’ll meet you back here, okay?”
“Going quantum. Three, two, one–”
“And returning in, five, four, three, two, one–”
“Okay, guys, can we quick cable this discussion right now? The fact is that we have the Stone. We know where it is. Vision is out there somewhere with the Mind Stone, and we have to find him now.”
“Tony, listen to me. Thor’s gone. Thanos is coming. It doesn’t matter who you’re talking to or not.”
“Go! Got it!”
“That’s the thing right there. Let’s go.”
“Tony, I’m sorry. (STAMMERS) Either I can’t or he won’t-“
Humorous Bruce Banner/ Hulk Quotes
“Come on, I feel like I’m the only one eating. Try some of that. Have some eggs.”
“No, I get it. I’m kidding! I know. It’s crazy. I’m wearing shirts now.”
“100%, little person. Come on, step up. You mind?”
“Thanks, Say “green”!”
“Did you get that?”
“Wait, no, no, he feels bad. No, he wants you to…he wants to…You want to take a picture with him, right?”
“But, come on, the kid! But he…but you…”
“He’s gonna feel bad. Sorry. They said they’d do it.”
“No, no…you feel bad.”
“No, it’s great kids. Thank you very much. Hulk out!”
“Dab!”
“Just… It was a bad joke.”
“I have no idea. We’re talking about time travel here. Either it’s all a joke, or none of it is.”
“What? I..I see this as an absolute win!”
“Ah, Valkyrie! Great to see you, Angry Girl.”
“This is Rocket.”
“Broke up? Like a band? Like The Beatles?”
“No, not really, but when do I ever get what I want?”
“Yeah, I think I’m getting the hang of it. Wow! It’s like being the Hulk without actually- I’m okay. I’m okay.”
“Hah! Hah! Hah! You guys are so screwed now!”
“Hulk. Hulk, I know you like making your entrance at the last second, well, this is it, man. This is the last, last second. Hulk! Hulk! Hulk! Oh, screw you, you big green asshole! I’ll do it myself!”
“Who’s Scott?”
“There’s an Ant-Man and a Spider-Man?!”
Bruce Banner/ Hulk Quotes on Concern & Warning
“You murdered trillions!”
“You used them two days ago!”
“These are confusing times.”
“Good.’Cause if we blow the grid, I don’t wanna lose Tiny here in the 1950’s.”
“What’s going on?”
“Hold on.”
“He’ll grow.”
“That bad, huh?”
“It’s that bad.”
“Buddy, you all right?”
“We need your help. There might be a chance we could fix everything.”
“Please take your hand off me. Now, I know that… guy might scare you.”
“We need you, pal.”
“First of all, that’s horrible…”
“Thanos is coming. He’s coming…”
“Thanos. He’s a plague, Tony. He invades planets, he takes what he wants, he wipes out half the population. He sent Loki! The attack on New York, that’s him!”
“No telling. He has the Power and Space Stones, that already makes him the strongest creature in the whole universe! If he gets his hands, on all six Stones, Tony…”
“What?!”
“Damn it.”
“Come on, Hulk. What are you doing to me? Come out! Come out! Come out!”
“What do you mean, “no”?”
“NOOOO!”
Thoughtful Bruce Banner/ Hulk Quotes on Time & Reality
“…And secondly, time doesn’t work that way. Changing the past doesn’t change the future.”
“I don’t know why everyone believes that, but that isn’t true. Think about it: If you travel to the past, that past becomes your future. And your former present becomes the past. Which can’t now be changed by your new future…”
“Time travel!”
“No! We need to get them back where they came from.”
“You know, I tried. When I had the gauntlet, the stones, I really tried to bring her back. [Looks at Steve] I miss her, man.”
“For him? As long as he needs. For us? Five seconds.”
“I don’t know. He blew right by his time stamp. He should be here.”
Bruce Banner/ Hulk Quotes on Understanding & Compassion
“Listen to your Mom. She knows better.”
“Hey, have a little compassion, pal. First they’ve lost Asgard, then half the people. They’re probably just happy to have a home.”
“It was you. You helped me.”
“I think we can bring them back.”
“I’m being very careful.”
“I’m being careful.”
“I just… I need to concentrate here for one second. Come on, come on, man.”
“I don’t know. We’ve sort been havin’ a thing.”
“I know.”
Practical Bruce Banner/ Hulk Quotes
“Yes?”
“Move.”
“Take the stairs! Hate the stairs!”
“Shut the front door.”
“Doctor Strange.”
“Nice place in the village, though.”
“Hmm… Bleecker.”
“Tractors engaged.”
“I think it’s gratuitous, but whatever.”
“Ah, you’re right, I don’t. [He makes a grab at the Eye of Agamotto] But I need that stone, and I don’t have time to beat it-“
“I’m trying.”
“Hey, I said, I’m trying!”
“Call him.”
“No.”
“Where you going?”
“I’m gonna make a call.”
“Uh, I think you look great. Yeah. I’m back.”