Hence Bruce’s gag about how when he fought the Abomination, “I was a different man. Literally.” Because when he fought the Abomination, he was Edward Norton.
Edited to add: On the question of Bruce’s childhood, I’ve seen it noted elsewhere that one of the people at Jen’s family dinner is credited as “Aunt Rebecca.” Bruce Banner’s mother is traditionally named Rebecca. That bit of naming suggests that in this universe, she is still alive and well. So all of the stuff about Bruce’s traumatic childhood may not be canon in the MCU.
The order those movies were set is a bit fuzzy. Many internet lists put IH first. The post-credits scene of Incredible Hulk is definitely set after the post-credits scene of Iron Man, though.
If you’re going to use “which movie is set earlier” as the origin of the MCU, then you’ve got to go with “Captain America: The First Avenger” since it’s set in the 1940’s. Or hell, the opening scenes of “Thor” were in 965 AD.
Maybe I’m just being non-critical for whatever reason, but I’m enjoying this show a ton. The CGI isn’t great, but isn’t distracting. And it’s just fun and breezy… doesn’t take itself too seriously, what with the 4th-wall-breaking and all. The 1st episode was a bit clunky with all the table-setting and so forth, but episode 2 was great, eager for more.
The bottom middle panel from your middle link was my absolute favorite gag from Byrne’s run. I’m hoping for at least one major meta joke of this caliber from this current series.
There is a meme going around with Cap walking past the USO showgirls, at least one of whom is giving him a come-on look, with dates above them. Hilarious.
What’s canon is that Hulk told his cousin that to get her to shut up already with wondering about Cap’s sexual experience.
I personally have a difficult time imagining the circumstance that Cap would have shared that with Bannon or that Bannon would have asked. So quite likely SH is bullshitting Fuzzball to shut her up.
Or if Bruce had somehow been so indelicate as to ask Cap (not his style) then I could imagine an answer evasive enough that he misinferred.
I will be unsurprised to have the joke returned to last ep with a reveal that Hulk really didn’t know. Just to yank the chains of those who feel they now have an answer.
This is neither a great nor an awful show. It’s a fine lightweight snack.
Bruce would never have asked Steve that. Tony Stark, on the other hand, definitely would. He would have pestered Cap during some long trip on the Quinjet until he gave in and told him. Steve wouldn’t have been evasive, because Captain America is never evasive. He would have admitted it, all of the Avengers would have laughed, and that would be it.
Remember that Steve Rogers was a soldier, and that’s the kind of thing soldiers talk about with their squad mates - even straight-laced soldiers like Cap.
Now this an interesting aside. A character saying something happened to another character, implying that they were told that by the person, establishes canon?
To me canon requires something that would meet an in universe standard of proof. Within universe a drunk cousin telling another drunk cousin that he knows his friend has schtupped in the past before he was born, would not meet that standard. I wouldn’t be convinced he even believed it himself.
Us seeing the scene @Alessan made up? Hearing Cap say it for ourselves, knowing that Cap doesn’t lie? That would meet the bar.
That’s true, but I thing you should take the speaker’s character into account. Bruce Banner doesn’t lie - not because of principles, but because it doesn’t occur to him to be dishonest. His combination of intelligence and utter lack of guile is what drew both Tony and Natasha to him, each in their own way. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Bruce were somewhere on the autistic spectrum, at least in the mild end where STEM-oriented people are commonly found. Bullshitting simply isn’t in his nature.
Besides, he was hulked out, which means he was at best slightly buzzed, not drunk.
