Continuity mistake: Before his first transformation, David is wearing a white and blue striped shirt with blue jeans. During his transformation he is wearing a red and blue square motif shirt with brown pants. When fully transformed into the Hulk, he is wearing blue jeans again. But when he's removing the rocks to free the professor seconds later, he is wearing a different kind of brown pants. Finally he's wearing blue jeans again for the rest of this first transformation.
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The Incredible Hulk (1978)
1 mistake in Kindered Spirits - chronological order
Starring: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Jack Colvin, Michael Santiago
David Banner: I love you, Elaina. I think you loved me too. Although you never said it.
Trivia: Bill Bixby refused to let his son watch the show as he was concerned his son would be scared seeing his father change into a green creature.
Question: In this version of the character, why is he named David Banner instead of Bruce Banner?
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Chosen answer: Bruce has always been the character's middle name. In the comics he is Robert Bruce Banner, here he is David Bruce Banner. Apparently the executives behind the show preferred the name David.