Episode #6 - Man To Man, Beast To Beast
Original Airdate October 6, 1996

Banner travels to Canada, hoping his old collegue can help him perfect his cure. Unfortunatly, the small Canadian town has been scared by a string of visits from the Sasquatch, and Hulk is blamed. Is there more to Dr. Lankowski than Banner realises?

Credits
Written By: Len Wein
Directed By: Tom Tataranowicz
Music Composed By: Shuki Levy and Haim Saban
Animation Services By: Sae Rom Productions
Guest Starring: Clancy Brown as Sasquatch and Peter Strauss as Dr. Walter Langkowski

Review: The first thing you’ve got to feel for this episode is pity for poor Bruce Banner, shirtless, walking on ice in his bare feet, surrounded by ice. That had to be cold! I’ll forgive the fact he would’ve frozen to death when he fell into the water, simply because this is one of Hulk’s finest episode.

It’s always been an odd one to me though. It grows on me each time I see it, because it’s a story that’s been done so many times before (hero befriends small boy) but it manages to both avoid the common clichés and use them to it’s advantage. Let’s face it, this episode could’ve been I’ve Got A Batman In My Basement Part 2, but it was simply too good to fall into that.

Usually, I find little kids in cartoons to be chores to watch. Even as a kid, I thought they were annoying, and usually just make the adult look stupid, incompetent or both. Thankfully, the little boy, Tyler, wasn’t your traditional annoyance. Sure, he thought he could capture Sasquatch, but compared to most people his age in cartoons, he was awesome. The Canadian accents weren’t too bad either.

Speaking of Sasquatch, he was done justice here. I thought having him be Bruce’s old colleague cursed with a similar condition was a good idea and it was interesting to see Banner’s frustration with Walter and his impatience. Whilst it was obvious that the cure wasn’t going to work (much like it didn’t in oh, all the episodes) it made for a great dramatic rescue and a great fight scene between the 2 beasts within the friends. Clancy Brown gave a great performance as the Sasquatch and I honestly couldn’t tell it was Lex Luthor himself going toe to toe with The Hulk.

A lighthearted episode mixed with the darkness that covers this season, I’m glad the episode on a chuckle. I couldn’t help but grin after Agent Gabriel’s ship got ripped apart. A great conclusion to a thoroughly entertaining episode.