- "Everything... it's gone so wrong... I was a man who lost perspective, but I am a man no longer. Only a savage, destructive beast. And such a beast deserves to live... alone."
- ―Sasquatch
| "Man to Man, Beast to Beast" | |
|---|---|
| Series The Incredible Hulk Season 1, Episode 6 | |
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| Air date | October 13th, 1996 |
| Writers | Len Wein |
| Director | Tom Tataranowicz |
| Producers | Avi Arad; Stan Lee; Rick Ungar; Tom Tataranowicz; Dick Sebast; Matthew Edelman |
| Starring | Lou Ferrigno; Neal McDonough; Genie Francis; John Vernon |
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"Man to Man, Beast to Beast" is the sixth episode of season one of The Incredible Hulk animated adventure series, which is based on characters and concepts developed by Marvel Comics. It was directed by Tom Tataranowicz with a script written by Len Wein. It first aired on UPN on Saturday, October 13th, 1996. In this episode, the Hulk wanders over to the Great White North of Canada (he has no concept of borders), where he befriends a little boy and his dog. The locals however mistakenly believe that he is the legendary "Sasquatch". Little do they know, but the real Sasquatch is also lurking about and shares more in common with Banner than some would think.
Cast[]
Starring[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lou Ferrigno | The Hulk |
| Neal McDonough | Bruce Banner |
| Genie Francis | Betty Ross |
| John Vernon | General Ross |
Guest Starring[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Peter Strauss | Walter Langkowski |
| Clancy Brown | Sasquatch |
| Leigh Baker-Bailey | Taylor/Maureen |
| Eric Vesbit | John |
| Thom Barry | Gabriel Jones |
Notes[]
- The Hulk was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. He first appeared in Incredible Hulk #1 in May, 1962 in a story titled "The Coming of the Hulk".
- This episode aired in the United Kingdom on May 31st, 1997.
- This episode has been made available to subscribers on the Disney+ streaming service. It is under the Marvel Comics tab in the category of Marvel Legacy Animation.
- Actress Leigh-Allyn Baker is credited as Leigh Baker-Bailey in this episode.
- This is the final episode of the series with Genie Francis providing the voice of Betty Ross. Going forward, the character will be voiced by Philece Sampler.
- Canadian characters in this episode are presented with exaggerated stereotypical accents, though most of them actually sound like characters from Fargo.
- Walter Langkowski is a Canadian super-hero and a member of Alpha Flight. He first appeared in The X-Men #120 in April, 1979.
- This is the second animated appearance of Walter Langkowski as Sasquatch. He previously appeared in the "Repo Man" episode of X-Men in November, 1993.
- The comic book origin of Sasquatch bears strong similarity to the origin of David Banner from the original 1977 Incredible Hulk live-action series. In both instances, ambitious scientists experimented upon themselves in the hopes of tapping into some form of inner strength. This origin is also alluded to in the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Bruce Banner.
- Other sixth episodes of a Hulk series include "Terror in Times Square" from the original live-action series, and "Bruce Banner Unmasked" from the 1982 animated Incredible Hulk series.
- There are two comparisons between characters in this episode and the original novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. The Hulk befriends a small child, much like the Monster did with William Frankenstein in Frankenstein and Sasquatch isolates himself on a glacier, resigned to the fact that he will always be alone and unloved, which is very similar to the creature's fate at the end of the novel. There is also a scene with a lynch mob with pitchforks and other tools, though this draws more from the Frankenstein clichés presented in the Universal Monsters films rather than the novel.
- Taylor compares the Hulk to the guy that appears on the cans of beans. He is of course referring to the Jolly Green Giant, who is the mascot of the Green Giant brand of frozen and canned vegetables. In the comics, the Hulk has been compared to the Jolly Green Giant on many occasions.