The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)
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The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) is an American live-action television drama that follows scientist David Banner, who transforms into a powerful green creature when angered, as he wanders from town to town helping people while evading authorities.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Incredible Hulk (TV series) | 2 |
| The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) canonical | 1 |
| The Incredible Hulk (TV series, 1970s) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5276888 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) Context triple: [The Incredible Hulk, adaptation, The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)]
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A.
The Incredible Hulk (1996 animated series)
The Incredible Hulk (1996 animated series) is an American animated television show based on the Marvel Comics character, following Bruce Banner’s transformations into the Hulk and his battles against various supervillains and military forces.
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B.
The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk is a Marvel Comics superhero who transforms from scientist Bruce Banner into a gigantic, super-strong green monster when enraged.
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The Hulkster
The Hulkster is the ring nickname of Hulk Hogan, the iconic professional wrestler and pop culture figure known for his larger-than-life persona in WWE during the 1980s and 1990s.
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D.
The Incredible Hulk (2008 film)
The Incredible Hulk (2008 film) is a Marvel superhero movie that follows Bruce Banner’s struggle to control his monstrous alter ego while on the run from the U.S. military.
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E.
Hulk (2003 film)
Hulk (2003 film) is a 2003 superhero movie directed by Ang Lee that presents a psychologically driven, visually stylized origin story of Marvel Comics' Bruce Banner/The Hulk.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) Target entity description: The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) is an American live-action television drama that follows scientist David Banner, who transforms into a powerful green creature when angered, as he wanders from town to town helping people while evading authorities.
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A.
The Incredible Hulk (1996 animated series)
The Incredible Hulk (1996 animated series) is an American animated television show based on the Marvel Comics character, following Bruce Banner’s transformations into the Hulk and his battles against various supervillains and military forces.
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B.
The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk is a Marvel Comics superhero who transforms from scientist Bruce Banner into a gigantic, super-strong green monster when enraged.
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C.
The Hulkster
The Hulkster is the ring nickname of Hulk Hogan, the iconic professional wrestler and pop culture figure known for his larger-than-life persona in WWE during the 1980s and 1990s.
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D.
The Incredible Hulk (2008 film)
The Incredible Hulk (2008 film) is a Marvel superhero movie that follows Bruce Banner’s struggle to control his monstrous alter ego while on the run from the U.S. military.
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E.
Hulk (2003 film)
Hulk (2003 film) is a 2003 superhero movie directed by Ang Lee that presents a psychologically driven, visually stylized origin story of Marvel Comics' Bruce Banner/The Hulk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| airedOn | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alterEgoOfProtagonist | Hulk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Hulk (Marvel Comics character)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marvel Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
David Banner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hulk NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack McGee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Kenneth Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Kenneth Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1978 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Death of the Incredible Hulk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Incredible Hulk Returns NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trial of the Incredible Hulk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | live action ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ superhero ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasThemeOf |
dual identity
ⓘ
fugitive on the run ⓘ uncontrolled power ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1982 ⓘ |
| mainProtagonist | David Banner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 82 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 5 ⓘ |
| openingNarrationIncludes | "Dr. David Banner, physician, scientist, searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have" ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastIn | color ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
Marvel Cinematic adaptations pre-MCU
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marvel Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Follows Dr. David Banner, who transforms into the Hulk when angered and wanders from town to town helping people while evading authorities ⓘ |
| portrays |
Bill Bixby as David Banner
ⓘ
Jack Colvin as Jack McGee NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Incredible Hulk (1977 TV film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTimePerEpisode | approximately 48 minutes ⓘ |
| setIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| starring |
Bill Bixby
NERFINISHED
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Jack Colvin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Ferrigno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) Description of subject: The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series) is an American live-action television drama that follows scientist David Banner, who transforms into a powerful green creature when angered, as he wanders from town to town helping people while evading authorities.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Incredible Hulk (TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Incredible Hulk (TV series, 1970s)
this entity surface form:
The Incredible Hulk (TV series)