5 Ways That Marvel Destroyed Bruce Banner's Character In Avengers: Endgame

Hulk (literally) out...

Hulk Mark Ruffalo
Marvel Studios

Regardless of who you talk to about Avengers: Endgame - a Marvel super fan or a casual viewer - at least some of them tell you about "how funny" they thought the Hulk was. Still, those same people will still no be split on whether they actually thought his characterisation was a good thing.

The long of short of it is that Endgame totally ruined the character we've grown to know and love since Mark Ruffalo's first outing as the character in 2012. By throwing out too much of what came before, they've taken things too far with him.

And in doing so, they've alienated those fans whose favourite Avenger was always the big green guy and his little Science Bro counterpart.

Naturally, this article contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame...

5. It’s Too Easy To Forget He’s A Genius

Hulk Mark Ruffalo
Marvel Studios

This man has 7 PhDs and yet our introduction to him in Endgame is him dabbing at kids spewing catchphrases at a smartphone.

Of course, five years have passed in a terrible situation and Banner has changed as a person, but while the other Avengers have used their sorrow in the five years and channelled it into helping people, Bruce reappears in a café eating pancakes and just… tells the other Avengers that he spent the time researching how to merge with the Hulk and became a celebrity.

When you think about his character in earlier installations, Bruce would be the last person you think of potentially using his time to garner star power. Just because a character change can be justified through time passing, it doesn’t make it a good change.

Steve tells Scott they need a “really big brain” after Tony refuses them, but then Tony discovers time travel properly and all of Bruce’s work is now an obsolete failure, his only contributions being humorous quips that a baby Scott Lang will eventually grow, having to be yelled at by Steve to return the correct aged Scott to them.

Turns out they didn't need his "really big brain" after all. They just needed him to mess up a bit for comedy before Tony saved the day.

And speaking of humorous quips…

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