The Hulk is a fictional character, a superhero who appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962).
The Hulk is cast as the emotional and impulsive alter ego of the withdrawn and reserved physicist Dr. Bruce Banner. The Hulk appears shortly after Banner is accidentally exposed to the blast of a test detonation of a gamma bomb he invented. Subsequently, Banner will involuntarily transform into the Hulk, depicted as a giant, raging, humanoid monster, leading to extreme complications in Banner's life. Lee said the Hulk's creation was inspired by a combination of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein.
Although the Hulk's coloration has varied throughout the character's publication history, the most consistent shade is green. As the Hulk, Banner is capable of significant feats of strength, the magnitude of which increase in direct proportion to the character's anger. As the character himself puts it, "The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets!" Strong emotions such as anger, terror and grief are also triggers for forcing Banner's transformation into the Hulk. Weirdly, as a child, Banner's father often got mad and abused his mother, as a child Banner saw this in his house. This was noted in some of the Hulk comics. This may have tied in with Hulk's powers as he gets mad. Often depicted, a common storyline is the pursuit of both Banner and the Hulk by the U.S. armed forces, because of all the destruction that he causes.
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The Grape Dutches of York are a sketch comedy troupe, based out of Astoria, NY. The Dutches first came into existence back in 2008, when it was a small 5 man group with a passion to make stupid shorts. These 5 set out to make up sketches that they found inappropriate and funny. But with time, jobs, other projects, and social obligations, the group fell by the wayside. Only to be revived again in late 2011 as a larger troupe, the newly re-formed Dutches were resurrected with some original members and added a great cast of characters. This incarnation of the Dutches has the same goal: to make sketches that they find funny, off-centered, and slightly edgy.
Keywords: tv-mini-series
Off-Centered Comedy
Some people just can't handle Halloween.
[while forced to listen to an uncool song on a car stereo]::April: Oh, God! Oh, no! Here comes the uplifting chorus!
April: Oh, my God, my ass is killing this cat!
Jörgen: Time to get elbow deep in a little Pepto-Bismol!
Fuzzy: [after pulling a Halloween prank on an enemy] Trick or treat, bitch!
Wren: Maybe you could do an explaining rap too.::April: Wren...::Wren: I'm E.O. Wilson and I'm a scientist, I study ants and stuff if you get the gist, I'm about as cool as a guy can get...::Roosevelt: Think Jason Bourne with a butterfly net.::Wren: Prang mantis, Prang mantis, the turtle, the turtle.::April: Don't do that.::Wren: What? Wha-what?.::Wren: [farts April faces]
Wren: Albert! Where are my boobs?
April: Sexy Kitty, or Sexy Mouse?
Wren: My mom is gonna kill me.
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Get a glimpse into the underground world of the Ninja and the Pirate. The members of N.A.N.A.P. (The National Alliance of Ninjas Against Pirates) have been called upon to defend their culture from the fearsome members of P.A.N.A.P. (Pirates Against Ninjas Against Pirates), while the pirates scour the land in search of their swift and silent opponent. Its only a matter of time before each meet their awaiting fate.
Which side are you on?
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In a world without hope. On a boulevard of broken dreams. Four heroes will rise to seize their destiny. In the high stakes world of Hollywood Boulevard Costumed Impersonation, being the best is a way of life and staying the best a walk on the razors edge. When the fat kid playing the Incredible Hulk goes missing, four loose cannons will band together on a journey that will take them into the heart of evil, or at least Rancho Cucamonga. But time is not on their side. As a six o'clock audition looms, will these characters lose themselves in their alter egos?
Keywords: cult-film, hollywood, impersonation
If you can't be yourself, at least be a superhero...
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A reality tv producer strikes it big when he discovers why people love watching reality tv - it makes them feel better about themselves - watching people who are more pathetic then they are. After a few flops using superheroes as the stars of his show, he finally makes it big with "The Everyday Life... of Super Heroes."
Keywords: hero, superhero, tv
What happens when superheroes become the stars of reality tv.
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It's the 1953/54 school year at St. Magnus Catholic School in Hamilton, Ontario. Fourteen year old Ralph Walker is in many ways a typical teenager. He is experimenting with smoking and is openly preoccupied with the opposite sex, which makes him the brunt of jokes amongst his male classmates and which constantly gets him into trouble with the school's strict headmaster, Father Fitzpatrick. As penance and to redirect his energies, Father Fitzpatrick orders Ralph to join the school's cross country running team under the tutelage of the school's avant-garde thinking teacher, Father Hibbert. Some of the more unusual circumstances of Ralph's life are that he lives by himself in the family home, telling the authorities that he is living with his paternal grandparents (who are in reality deceased), and telling his widowed hospitalized mother (Ralph's father was killed in the war) that he is staying with a friend. Ralph's focus in life changes after his mother falls into a coma. It will take a miracle for her to come out of that coma. After two unrelated and somewhat innocent comments made to Ralph by Father Hibbert on prayer, purity and faith and running the Boston Marathon, Ralph believes that that miracle will be him winning the 1954 Boston Marathon for which he only has 180 days to train. To obtain the necessary physical and spiritual requirements to achieve this goal, Ralph receives some help from his friends Claire Collins and Chester Jones, and from one of the hospital's compassionate nurses named Alice. Although he believes Ralph's mission is misguided, Father Hibbert, who has his own secret past running history, becomes Ralph's personal trainer. These actions place Father Hibbert and Ralph at odds with Father Fitzpatrick, who sees his and other authority figures' roles as needing to show Ralph his place in life.
Keywords: 1936-olympics, 1950s, accident, altar, applause, ash-wednesday, aspiring-nun, athletic-training, bandage, bare-butt
Finding yourself on the starting line of life.
A comedy about chasing miracles.
He's hoping for a miracle. He doesn't have a prayer.
[first lines]::Ralph Walker: Forgive me father for I have sinned. It has been 11 weeks since my last confession.
Father George Hibbert: [as Ralph shows up for his first Cross Country workout] We run in Cross Country, Ralph... Run.::Ralph Walker: How in Christ did I ever end up here?::Father George Hibbert: I ask myself that every day.
Emma Walker: [Ralph has been caught gratifying himself with the public pool's water jets, and comes in upset] What's wrong, 'Doom and Gloom'?::Ralph Walker: What's the most embarrassing thing you ever did?::Emma Walker: What happened?::Ralph Walker: [sighing] I got caught committing a venal sin in the pool. It was an accident, obviously, a technical oversight by the pool's manufacturer. If you want to blame anyone.
Ralph Walker: Claire has clearly decided to put up the Great Wall of China Defense on me. But I'm positive this whole nun thing is basically a way of denying her true feelings... understandably.
Father Fitzpatrick: Old Testament depravity has no place in this school!
Claire Collins: Don't you just love Holy Week?
Ralph Walker: I can't believe I actually told them that I abused myself twenty-two times in the last week.::Chester Jones: Twenty-two times? And I thought I was going to hell.
Ralph Walker: Father Hibbert...::Father George Hibbert: What is it Mr. Walker?::Ralph Walker: Producing a miracle is possible?::Father George Hibbert: Like flying to the moon is possible, but it's never going to happen...
Claire Collins: Why don't you try rubbing your knees with sandpaper until they bleed, and then kneeling down in a pan of alcohol to pray.::Ralph Walker: What grit sandpaper?
Father George Hibbert: All I have to do is hear your confession. Then I can absolve you of your sins, and guess who's pure.::Ralph Walker: Father Hibbert, why didn't I think of that earlier? I could have been sinning all along!
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Los Angeles 2050 A.D. Crime. Drugs. Violence. Rape. The City of Angels has descended into chaos. Street fighter Dominic La Banca seeks to avenge his brother's death in this lawless city. To find the killer, he must enter the deadly underworld of the Alley Fights a savage kickboxing match of the future!
Keywords: 2030s, beefcake-martial-arts, female-nudity, independent-film, kickboxing, los-angeles-california, martial-arts, martial-arts-tournament, murder, revenge