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* HeroicBystander: After Happy sinks the winning shot, Shooter in VillainousBreakdown mode steals the Golden Jacket. Happy notices and Larson says he's on it. Cue one angry mob of Happy Gilmore fans rescuing the jacket, and delivering some comeuppance to Shooter.
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* WrongLineOfWork: As a hockey super fan, Happy always dreamed of being a hockey player, and every year tries out for a team but never gets picked because he can barely skate and doesn't play very well, with the only thing going for him is a powerful swing shot, which translates to hitting a golf ball over three hundred yards every time. When he goes to the golf range to hustle people for a few bucks, Chubs enters him in a local tournament to hone his golfing skills. When he wins, he qualifies to enter a professional tournament, where he meets Virgina, who teaches him to control his temper if he wants to stick around long enough to pay back his grandma's back taxes and get the house back. However, despite telling Chubs and Virginia that he was only playing for the price money, as the tournament progresses, Happy eventually discovers that they were right: he's a golfer not a hockey player.
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* CharacterOverlap: Creator/BenStiller goes on to play the orderly, Hal again in ''Film/HubieHalloween''.
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* LameComeback: Features this example, coupled with InsultBackfire.
-->'''Shooter''': I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.\\
'''Happy''': (''laughing'') [[FridgeLogic You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?]]\\
'''Shooter''' (''panicked''): ...No!
-->'''Shooter''': I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.\\
'''Happy''': (''laughing'') [[FridgeLogic You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?]]\\
'''Shooter''' (''panicked''): ...No!
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* AdultFear: While it's exaggerated and PlayedForLaughs, the idea of elder abuse being inflicted on a loved one without you knowing is both pretty harrowing and quite believable.
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* ComicallySmallBribe: Happy tries to make sure his grandma gets extra good treatment at the home by offering Hal... one dollar. If not for later scenes showing he's running a sweatshop, you'd almost swear that he decided to be a JerkAss towards Grandma Gilmore solely out of spite for the perceived insult.
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* IronButtmonkey: Happy gets his ass whupped time after time in this film, from Mr. Larson putting him in the hospital to half the hockey team tryout members beating on him to Bob Barker jabbing him into unconsciousness to the heckler ''hitting him with a car'', but he's always good as new a couple scenes later.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Chubbs is a bit of an odd fellow, what with keeping the eye of a gator he wrestled in his pocket and taking Happy to a miniature course to teach him to put, but he knows his stuff on golf.
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** Actually, there are golfers that can drive over 400 yards, especially with modern equipment, although it is uncommon enough. In fact, the Guiness Book of World Records holder set a record of 515 yards in 174......as a 64 year old.
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** Actually, there are golfers that can drive over 400 yards, especially with modern equipment, although it is uncommon enough. In fact, the Guiness Book of World Records holder set a record of 515 yards in 174......1974......as a 64 year old.
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** Actually, there are golfers that can drive over 400 yards, especially with modern equipment, although it is uncommon enough. In fact, the Guiness Book of World Records holder set a record of 515 yards in 174......as a 64 year old.
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** Shooter is ridiculously competitive, even by sports movie standards, and hates that Shooter is stealing his thunder. The other golfers are nicer to Happy because good conduct is welcoming the newbie and praising their victories. This eventually results in everyone seeing Shooter as a petty [[spoiler:SoreLoser and him losing any reputation he had]].
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** Shooter is ridiculously competitive, even by sports movie standards, and hates that Shooter Happy Gilmore is stealing his thunder. The other golfers are nicer to Happy because good conduct is welcoming the newbie and praising their victories. This eventually results in everyone seeing Shooter as a petty [[spoiler:SoreLoser and him losing any reputation he had]].
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* SingleWomanMeetsGoodMan: Virginia at first sees Happy as an investment for the golfing tournament to bring in new fans. Then she finds out that Happy is doing the tour to save his grandmother's house, and learns how much he cares. Virginia encourages Happy not to give up his golfing career for Grandma Gilmore and find another way to save her house.
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* ChekhovsGun: The car driving into the tower after [[spoiler: running down Happy. The tower eventually gives way and falls onto the green right before Happy can take his final shot.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The car driving into the tower after [[spoiler: running down Happy. The tower eventually gives way and falls onto the green right before Happy can take his final shot.]]]] Fortunately, it looks exactly like [[spoiler:the mini-golf display, allowing Happy to take a perfect shot]].
* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: It's established that if Shooter just left Happy alone, he would have a fairer chance at winning. Instead, he pays a guy to heckle Happy and [[spoiler:buys his grandmother's house to blackmail him into quitting the tournament]], all because he hates how a newbie is upsetting his year. By the end, everyone is calling him out for his poor sportsmanship and Happy's fans [[spoiler:chase him down for stealing the Golden Jacket]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: When Shooter [[spoiler:buys the house and tries to blackmail Happy into quitting the tour]], Virginia intervenes. She asks Happy if his grandmother would be happy about him giving up his potential for her. This convinces Happy to TakeAThirdOption.
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** Shooter hires a guy to harass Happy while he plays because Happy simply does not have the self discipline to ignore him and he promised not to attack other players or the audience. So he is constantly hearing the guy scream "You will not make this putt, you jackass!" and eventually this leads to him taking out his anger on an [[NoSympathy unsympathetic]] Bob Barker.
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** Shooter hires a guy to harass Happy while he plays because Happy simply does not have the self discipline self-discipline to ignore him and he promised not to attack other players or the audience. So he is constantly hearing the guy scream "You will not make this putt, you jackass!" and eventually this leads to him taking out his anger on an [[NoSympathy unsympathetic]] Bob Barker.
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** Donald the Heckler. Hired by Shooter to be just that and he succeeds at it, taunting Happy constantly and even trying to run him over. As stated below the most he gets is security chasing after him (and presumably getting into legal trouble off screen) and some burn wounds. At least Happy makes him take a shot he had no chance of doing well.
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** Donald the Heckler. Hired by Shooter to be just that and he succeeds at it, taunting Happy constantly and even trying to run him over. As stated below the most he gets is security chasing after him (and presumably getting into legal trouble off screen) off-screen) and some burn wounds. At least Happy makes him take a shot he had no chance of doing well.
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** Shooter is ridiculously competitive, even by sports movie standards, and hates that Shooter is stealing his thunder. The other golfers are nicer to Happy because good conduct is welcoming the newbie and praising their victories. This eventually results in everyone seeing Shooter as a petty [[spoiler:SoreLoser and him losing any reputation he had]].
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* YouWereTryingTooHard: This is the point of Chubb taking Happy to practice at a minigolf course. With your short game, you need accuracy more than strength, and the ability to send the ball where it goes. He tells Happy to relax, find his happy place, and then take the shot. Eventually, Happy loosens up and is able to improve in one night.
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** Happy requests at the end of his first tournament that he get a giant novelty check of his earnings(as last place) just like the winner. Not only does he get his check, but he gets one from every other tournament from here on in, to the point where his car is full of them.
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** Happy requests at the end of his first tournament that he get a giant novelty check GiantNoveltyCheck of his earnings(as last place) just like the winner. Not only does he get his check, but he gets one from every other tournament from here on in, to the point where his car is full of them.
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** Happy requests at the end of his first tournament that he get a giant novelty check of his earnings(as last place) just like the winner. Not only does he get his check, but he gets one from every other tournament from here on in, to the point where his car is full of them.
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** Shooter also seemed horrified that Donald hit Happy over with his car. Heckling Happy into screwing up his game is one thing, attempting vehicular manslaughter is another.
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** Shooter also seemed horrified that Donald hit Happy over with his car.car, then drove into a bunch of people. Heckling Happy into screwing up his game is one thing, attempting vehicular manslaughter is another.
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** Shooter also seemed horrified that Donald tried to run Happy over with his car. Heckling Happy into screwing up his game is one thing, vehicular manslaughter is another.
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* FromZeroToHero: The eponymous character is a wannabe hockey player who gains fame and recognition for becoming a working class champion for golf.
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** In his [[http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/happy-gilmore-1996 review of the film,]] Roger Ebert noted "Diet Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Subway sandwich shops, Budweiser (in bottles, cans, and Bud-dispensing helmets), Michelob, Visa cards, Bell Atlantic, AT&T, Sizzler, Wilson, Golf Digest, the ESPN sports network, and Top-Flite golf balls."
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** In his [[http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/happy-gilmore-1996 review of the film,]] Roger Ebert noted "Diet Pepsi, Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Subway sandwich shops, Budweiser (in bottles, cans, and Bud-dispensing helmets), Michelob, Visa cards, Bell Atlantic, AT&T, Sizzler, Red Lobster, Wilson, Golf Digest, the ESPN sports network, and Top-Flite golf balls."
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-->'''"I beg to differ: Happy Gilmore [[BeyondTheImpossible accomplished that feat]] no more than an hour ago."
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-->'''"I beg to differ: Happy Gilmore [[BeyondTheImpossible accomplished that feat]] no more than an hour ago.""'''
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* BlantantLies: Happy claiming Mr Larson only got "a few lucky shots in" in their fight as we see him lying in a hospital bed covered in bandages. Evidently those "lucky shots" were pretty hard.
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* BlantantLies: Happy claiming Mr Larson only got "a few lucky shots in" in their fight as we see him lying in a hospital bed covered in bandages. Evidently those "lucky shots" were pretty hard.
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** Happy was evidently on the receiving end of one at the hands of his old boss Mr Larson after accidentally firing a nail into the latter's head.
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*** Shooter does ask for a drop for the ball being on someone's shoe but is denied because you have to "play it where it lies". In reality, the ball would have been moved because of the inherent danger of trying to hit a ball off a person's foot- what if he missed?
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** During the finale when a tower collapses on the green while Happy is about to sink his final putt and win the tournament. Virginia tries to get the tower moved, but Shooter puts a stop to this by rightfully pointing out that the rules state the ball must be played "as it lies" which is something Shooter himself had to do when his ball came to a rest on the foot of one of Happy's fans. The referee himself admits that he is unfortunately, correct.
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** During the finale when a tower collapses on the green while Happy is about to sink his final putt and win the tournament. Virginia tries to get the tower moved, but Shooter puts a stop to this by rightfully pointing out that the rules state the ball must be played "as it lies" which is something Shooter himself had to do when his ball came to a rest on the foot of one of Happy's fans.fans earlier in the same game. The referee himself admits that he is unfortunately, correct.
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** During the finale when a tower collapses on the green while Happy is about to sink his final put and win the tournament. Virginia tries to get the tower moved, but Shooter puts a stop to this by rightfully pointing out that the rules state the ball must be played "as it lies" which is something Shooter himself had to do when his ball came to a rest on the foot of one of Happy's fans. The referee himself admits that he is unfortunately, correct.
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** During the finale when a tower collapses on the green while Happy is about to sink his final put and win the tournament. Virginia tries to get the tower moved, but Shooter puts a stop to this by rightfully pointing out that the rules state the ball must be played "as it lies" which is something Shooter himself had to do when his ball came to a rest on the foot of one of Happy's fans. The referee himself admits that he is unfortunately, correct.
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* BeyondTheImpossible: Happy has a 400 yard drive. In real golf, a 300 yard drive is considered to be very impressive. Indeed, everyone who sees it for the first time can't believe their eyes, and Shooter offhandedly says to Larson that it's not possible.
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-->'''"I beg to differ: Happy Gilmore [[BeyondTheImpossible accomplished that feat]] no more than an hour ago."
-->'''"I beg to differ: Happy Gilmore [[BeyondTheImpossible accomplished that feat]] no more than an hour ago."
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** As a thanks for everything Chubbs has done for him, Happy gifts him [[spoiler:the head of the alligator that bit Chubbs' hand off, expecting he'll appreciate Happy getting revenge on his behalf. Instead, Chubbs, like any normal person, is freaked out by the sight of a dead alligator head in a box. So much that he falls out the window to his death.]]
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* TheVoiceless: Jack Beard, Verne Lundquist's color commentator. The only sound he makes is humming "I don't know" when Lundquist asks, "Who the hell is Happy Gilmore?"
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* TheVoiceless: Jack Beard, Verne Lundquist's color commentator. The only sound he makes is humming "I don't know" when Lundquist asks, "Who the hell is Happy Gilmore?"Gilmore?"[[note]]The commentator is played by the film's co-producer Jack Giarraputo, who was put in the booth next to Verne as a warm body, but leaving him without lines meant the studio didn't owe him a Screen Actors Guild credit.[[/note]]
