Plot hole: This series is in the same continuity as the other Marvel animated series that aired around the same time - X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man and Fantastic Four - by virtue of each aforementioned show crossing over with at least one of the other shows. However, the origin of the Leader in this show is inconsistent with his origin in Iron Man. In the Iron Man episode "Hulk Buster," which originally aired on February 10, 1996, Samuel Sterns became the Leader after a barrel of gamma waste fell over and spilled its contents onto him. In this show, which didn't air its first episode until September 8, 1996, Samuel Sterns became the Leader after he sabotaged Bruce Banner's gamma bomb test and fell into a pit of radioactive waste caused by the bomb. Rick Jones' role in Banner being exposed to the gamma bomb is different as well. In Iron Man, he parks his jeep in the test area and casually plays a harmonica. Here, he is riding his motorcycle through the test area and crashes, and is unable to restart his motorcycle in order to get clear of the blast.
Phaneron
8th Jan 2021
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
13th Oct 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Other mistake: This show is in the same continuity as the Fantastic Four series from around the same time. However, in Fantastic Four, Dr. Doom has a German accent, and in this episode, he has a slight British accent.
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Continuity mistake: When General Ross reappears at the end, he is standing directly behind Gabe Jones. A couple of shots later, he is now several feet to Gabe's left. (00:20:22)
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Continuity mistake: When Betty and Gabe Jones are talking in the end, there is a brick wall in the immediate background. A few shots later when Betty greets her father, the wall is nowhere to be seen and the room is considerably deeper. (00:20:15)
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Other mistake: When Betty is going over the plans to infiltrate Sea-Base, she mentions they have to go ten floors down. When we see the base, it is nowhere near tall enough to be ten floors.
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Continuity mistake: When Gabe Jones is requesting backup, in the wide shot, his brown hair is more golden in color. (00:14:45)
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Deliberate mistake: The footage of sharks swimming past the base windows in pairs is immediately recycled twice. (00:09:34)
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Factual error: When Bruce is tying the rope through the handles of the magnetic devices to prevent falling onto the laser beams, he only loops the rope through the one on the left, he doesn't tie a knot. The moment he started hanging onto the rope, his weight should have pulled it through the handle.
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Continuity mistake: When Bruce is rappelling down the shaft, at one point he turns his body face down, and you can tell by the rate at which the background is passing by that he is instantly going slower than the previous shot. If anything, his speed should have increased since he's no longer in a position to slow his descent by using his hands to rub against the rope.
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Stupidity: When Bruce, Betty and She-Hulk are infiltrating Sea-Base, they do so by docking their submarine on top and sneaking in. For what is supposed to be a top secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base, they surprisingly have no security measures - such as cameras and sensors - to detect when an outside force is in the vicinity.
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Other mistake: When the elder Tongzing and Tenzing walk through the bushes, they simply pass through them, the bushes don't react to them moving through. (00:18:50)
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Other mistake: When we see Betty being surrounded by the ninjas reflected in the pupil of Bruce's eye, the reflection is not reversed. (00:02:08)
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Continuity mistake: When She-Hulk is suggesting she and Bruce go to Rodeo to go shopping, they leave footprints in the sand. When the camera angle changes to a wide aerial shot, their footprints have disappeared. (00:21:14)
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Continuity mistake: When the director spits the contract out, it flies up in the air and then falls back to the ground. When the shot changes and he says "It always goes right to their heads," the contract falls from above and bounces off his head.
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Continuity mistake: Just before She-Hulk shoves the contract in the director's mouth, the clip at the top of it changes from black to white. (00:20:57)
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Other mistake: After Hulk re-enters the Earth's atmosphere, his pants are still intact. It's one thing for Bruce Banner's pants to stretch enough to remain in place when he turns into the Hulk. It's another for them to somehow not be burned off in re-entry.
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Factual error: Dr. Doom traps Hulk on an asteroid and sends it hurtling towards the sun, which it reaches in a matter of minutes. The sun is around 93 million miles from the Earth. Even if the asteroid was traveling at one million mph, it would still take nearly 4 days to reach the sun, not merely a few minutes. The same mistake applies for Hulk returning to Earth within a few minutes.
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Continuity mistake: When She-Hulk is hang-gliding towards the Hollywood sign, you can see the letter Y is unoccupied. When the shot changes, Hulk is suddenly sitting there. The font style of the letter Y also changes. (00:08:47)
21st Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
Factual error: She-Hulk stops the runaway truck by holding onto the back of it and letting her feet drag on the asphalt. Afterwards, her high heels are still intact. The friction from stopping the truck would have destroyed her shoes within seconds. (00:06:00)
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