Avengers: Endgame - Every Major Character's Best Moment

21. Professor Hulk Meets The Ancient One

Though The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) doesn't do much action-wise in Endgame, the character is brilliantly reinvented in 2023 with the revelation that Bruce Banner has successfully merged himself with The Hulk.

As hilarious as his introductory diner sequence is, nothing quite tops his brief pow-wow with the Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) back in 2012 New York.

As he attempts to take the Time Stone by force, she knocks The Hulk unconscious while separating out Banner's astral form in the process, before explaining to him the dangers of time travel and her duty to protect the Eye of Agamotto.

But after Banner explains that they can return the Infinity Stones to the precise moment in time where they were taken, and specifically that Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) willingly gave up the Time Stone to Thanos, the Ancient One finally relents.

Given that most MCU fans likely never expected these two characters to cross paths, it was a neat little fan service moment.