>> Y'know, there's some evidence that Ross diddled with the lab set up to GUARANTEE Bruce's exposure to the serum-- my brain is hinting that it's from the first movie, "Hulk". <<

That matches what I remember. I suspect that Ross was half "let's see what this shit really does" and half "that little pansy is not good enough for my daughter, this ought to get him out of the way for good." Oh, the fail.

>> Thanks for getting the 'almost remember' mental itch going; I'll check into it with both versions. <<

Glad I could help.

>> Don't forget that Natasha was a child raised by the Red Room, which used all kinds of drugs on the children without their knowledge or consent. <<

Yeah, and when Tony eventually loses his shit over what she and Fury did to him, that's going to knock her on her ass.

>> There's an entire subplot for "why Phil's not dead" in Agents of Shield that touches on the same kinds of violation. <<

I've heard about that, although I haven't seen the show.

>> Really, the only exceptions I can think of are Pepper, not part of the team, Thor, and <<

Agreed.

>> Clint-- but he's on that side of the equation because movie MCU does not show him with the hearing aids. <<

I tend to think of Clint in this series as having weak ears, but still able to hear. It doesn't take a lot to put them out of commission for a while, though.

>> Nick Fury arranging to have cochlear implants put IN the next time Clint is also under general anesthetic is something I can really, really picture him doing to "improve reliability in the field" or other bull. <<

Totally in character for Fury. And SHIELD would not even see Clint's tail disappearing into the bush. He would just be gone into some safehouse that nobody knew where it was, leaving Fury to explain to the Avengers why they were permanently minus one archer.

I'm not sure who'd manage to punch Fury in the face first.