Season: 1
Episode: Badunkadunk
Length: 3:02
Cast: Leah Cevoli (Female Newscaster), Seth Green (Narrator, Morty Finklestein, Male Newscaster), Mila Kunis (Gameshow Contestant), Phil LaMarr (Ang Lee), Chad Morgan (Suk Lee), Pat O'Brien (Himself), Adam Talbott (Hulk)
Characters: Paparazzi, Hulk, Beauty Pageant Contestants, Jolly Green Giant, Hulk's Father, Gumbo, Porky, Cameraman, Bill Bixby, Morty Finklestein, Woman, Dancers, Gameshow Contestant, Bartender, Herve Villechaize, Gary Coleman, Conrad Brain, Todd Bridges, Hulk Hogan, Crowd, Female Newscaster, Male Newscaster, Ang Lee, Zhang Ziyi, Chow Yun-fat, Press Conference, Pat O'Brien, Suk Lee, Hooker, Crackhead, Children
Segment Summary: The roller-coaster celebrity life of the Incredible Hulk is profiled in "Hollywood Spotlight."
Themes: Alcohol, Bug Eyes, Clay, Death, Destruction, Drugs, Film, Food & Drink, Lengthy, Money, Real Toys, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Violence, Vomit
Allusions:
- This segment is a parody of TV's Access Hollywood.
- The Jolly Green Giant appears as the older brother of The Hulk.
- Gumbo is a parody of TV's Gumby.
- This segment refers to TV's The Incredible Hulk.
- The "TV Good" magazine is a parody of TV Guide.
- Hulk whores himself out to The $10,000 Pyramid, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island and Diff'rent Strokes.
- This segment refers to the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
- This segment refers to the film The Hulk.
- The phrase "love you long time" originates in the film, Full Metal Jacket
Trivia / Info:
- Originally this sketch was going to be done with Spider-Man, but since Sony had the rights to Spider-Man, Robot Chicken went with the Hulk.
- Bruce Banner, in the comics, actually did have an abusive father. His gamma-induced alter-ego is theorized to be a manifestation of years of repressed rage.
Goofs / Nitpicks:
- Hulk Hogan's real name is actually Terry Bollea.
- The movie posters behind Hulk and Ang Lee at the press conference display the incorrect title "The Hulk". The film in question did not have a The in the title. However it is sometimes known/called using the sans "The"
- If The Hulk did indeed sell the rights to use the name "the Hulk" to Hulk Hogan, they would not have been able to produce the movie with that name legally.
- Hulk wasn’t born green
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