The Story of Bruce Banner/Hulk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Chase of Bruce Banner: Life within Brazil

Banner eventually settled in the Brazilian slums of the Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro, working as a handyman in a soft drink bottling factory that produced Pingo Doce while still attempting to find a cure for his condition, with the aid of his Internet friend "Mr. Blue". To keep himself sane while living in his exile, Bruce had adopted a dog named Ricky and taught himself Portuguese by watching television.

He also studied martial arts and meditative breathing techniques with a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu expert to help control his emotions and heart rate, and because of this, had not suffered a transformation for 158 days. During some of his training, Banner would learn new breathing exercises and would allow his sensei to slap him across the face to ensure he maintained control even in harsh environments, although he would stop the lesson if his heart rate went up too far.

Although avoiding the daily stress, he was constantly victimized by xenophobia of his coworkers, being supported by the friendship of his colleague and neighbor Martina. While working at the factory one day, the Plant Manager called Bruce upstairs in order to fix some broken machinery, offering to place Bruce on payroll, which he refused, fearing his name and face being put on the system would then allow Thaddeus Ross to find and capture him.

While finishing all his repairs on the machinery, Bruce accidentally sliced open his finger, causing a large drop of his gamma-infected blood to floor down onto the bottles below. Horrified, Bruce then demanded that the manager stop the machines while he searched for the blood and cleaned it up. However, Bruce was unaware that more of his blood had dripped into a soda bottle, where it was drunk by an ill-fated consumer back in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Once he was done for the day, Banner prepared to go home, only to witness Martina being harassed by a tough guy leader and all his friends. Although Banner initially tried to walk away, he eventually intervened and asked Martina to join him for dinner. When the man tried to push him away, Bruce tried to warn him but got his language wrong and claimed he would not like him when he was hungry, not angry, before then leaving.