History Fridge / ShallowHal

** Not necessarily. In her case, her diet is established to be unhealthy and a factor in her obesity, but some people can have unhealthy diets, be obese, and still manage to be relatively healthy due to genetics. There's also the fact she's often shown walking, she routinely holds small children with ease, and she shows good hygiene. Plus, if she decided to adopt a healthier diet, her weight might not change much, but it would lessen the chance of future health issues manifesting.

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* The hypnosis didn't just make Hal appreciate inner beauty, it gave him psychic powers. He can determine a person's personality from across the room, instantly, without even speaking to them.
* Why does Hal refuse to believe Mauricio's persistent claims that Rosemary isn't nearly as attractive as Hal perceives her? Because Hal has become convinced through Mauricio's constant rejection and avoidance of perfectly lovely would-be paramours that Mauricio either has ridiculously high standards and/or is just outright afraid of women, or at least relationships with them. So Hal would naturally dismiss Mauricio's warnings, even though they come from his best friend.
* Some people find "ugly" (at least in Hal’s point of view) rather attractive. The reason that Hal sees people he would find unattractive as thin, gorgeous ladies is because that is Hal's type at the beginning. If someone finds larger or untraditionally pretty people attractive, they would see skinny girls as what they think is attractive.

** Hal showed himself to find Rosemary beautiful, even though she was much heavier. He chose to marry her after seeing her, showing he was still attracted to her.

* Why does Jill not appear ugly to Hal when he is hypnotised? Because Jill is overall a nice person inside and out so her appearance does not change in Hal’s view.
* Some people find “ugly” (at least in Hal’s point of view) rather attractive. The reason that Hal sees people he would find unattractive as thin, gorgeous ladies is because that is Hal’s type. If someone who finds larger or untraditionally pretty people attractive, they would see skinny girls as what they think is attractive.

* None of the people Hal knew, like Mauricio and Jill, change their appearance after hypnosis, even when some of them have troubled personalities. Probably because the hypnosis works only with people Hal hasn't seen yet.

** Not necessarily. In her case, her diet is established to be unhealthy and a factor in her obesity, but some people can have unhealthy diets, be obese, and still manage to be relatively healthy due to genetics. There's also the fact she's often shown walking, she routinely holds small children with ease, and she shows good hygiene. Plus, if she decided to adopt a healthier diet, her weight might not change much, but it would lessen the chance of future health issues manifesting.
* The "ugly" girls that Hal interacted with after Robbins' "mental whammy" but before meeting Rosemary (Christina, the three dancers at the club), will likely ''never'' meet another man who will be able to look past their physical appearances and show them as good a time (however briefly, and despite the circumstances) as Hal.

** Not necessarily. In her case, her diet is established to be unhealthy and a factor in her obesity, but some people can have unhealthy diets, be obese, and still manage to be relatively healthy due to genetics. There's also the fact she's often shown walking, she routinely holds small children with ease, and she shows good hygiene. Plus, if she decided to adopt a healthier diet, her weight might not change much, but it would lessen the chance of future health issues manifesting.

** Not necessarily. In her case, her diet is established to be unhealthy and a factor in her obesity, but some people can have unhealthy diets, be obese, and still manage to be relatively healthy due to genetics. There's also the fact she's often shown walking, she routinely holds small children with ease, and she shows good hygiene. Plus, if she decided to adopt a healthier diet, her weight might not change much, but it would lessen the chance of future health issues manifesting.
* What would happen if a plastic surgeon underwent the same hypnotic treatment, with the same effects on his perception? Sooner or later, he would find himself in a situation where he is incapable to complete (or even start) an operation because he is incapable to see an aesthetical flaw. For example, even with the appropriate medical knowledge, he would be incapable to implant new, healthy skin to the burn victim children we saw in the movie, because he would not perceive their current skin as burned, scarred or injured in any way. Something even worse would happen if an average-looking person with a horrible personality came to him for a retouch. He would perceive that person as horribly deformed, and, in order to give the desired look to that person, he would attempt to correct deformities that are not there. But what would he perceive, as he proceeds with his tragically misguided operation? His perception would not be modified in response to what he actually does, because altering the physical look of a person does not alter their personality (especially, not if they are under general anesthesia). To him, those (non-existent) deformities would always be there, no matter what he attempts to do to fix them. At that point, he might realize that his perception is altered and would request to be replaced. But if he does not, he would persist in his misguided attempts, either until another doctor in the operating room realizes what is going on and replaces him before he makes unrepairable mistakes, or until he actually makes an unrepairable mistake and is either sued or arrested for injuring a patient. He might even end his days into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, because what he perceives are, by definition, hallucinations.
** This is all true, but within the film's universe, it's unlikely to be a concern. Some of Robbins and Hal's conversation happened off-screen, and presumably, Hal told him about his (Hal's) job. Taking out the real-life fact a person cannot be hypnotised to do something they don't want to do, even if hypnosis in the film can be done on an unwilling subject, this isn't exactly the case when it comes to Hal. Robbins didn't get full consent to do the hypnosis since he didn't explicitly explain Hal would be perceiving people's physical appearance differently than what said physical appearance actually was, but he did offer rather than simply inflict the hypnosis on Hal, and Hal did agree to let him do it. There's no indication Robbins would offer, let alone non-consensually enforce, the hypnosis to/on a plastic surgeon. If he did offer, hopefully, a person intelligent enough to get a medical degree would realise the above implications and either refuse or agree with the intention of immediately resigning and pursuing a non-medical job.
* Just what happened to that one little girl that put her in the Pediatric Burn Unit?

* Just what happened to that one little girl that put her in the Pediatric Burn Unit?

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* The hypnosis didn't just make Hal appreciate inner beauty, it gave him psychic powers. He can determine a person's personality from across the room, instantly, without even speaking to them.

[[AC:FridgeLogic]]
* The hypnosis didn't just make Hal appreciate inner beauty, it gave him psychic powers. He can determine a person's personality from across the room, instantly, without even speaking to them.

* Just what happened to that one little girl that put her in the Pediatric Burn Unit?

** This is all true, but within the film's universe, it's unlikely to be a concern. Some of Robbins and Hal's conversation happened off-screen, and presumably, Hal told him about his (Hal's) job. Taking out the real-life fact a person cannot be hypnotised to do something they don't want to do, even if hypnosis in the film can be done on an unwilling subject, this isn't exactly the case when it comes to Hal. Robbins didn't get full consent to do the hypnosis since he didn't explicitly explain Hal would be perceiving people's physical appearance differently than what said physical appearance actually was, but he did offer rather than simply inflict the hypnosis on Hal, and Hal did agree to let him do it. There's no indication Robbins would offer, let alone non-consensually enforce, the hypnosis to/on a plastic surgeon. If he did offer, hopefully, a person intelligent enough to get a medical degree would realise the above implications and either refuse or agree with the intention of immediately resigning and pursuing a non-medical job.

** This is all true, but within the film's universe, it's unlikely to be a concern. Some of Robbins and Hal's conservation happened off-screen, and presumably, Hal told him about his (Hal's) job. Taking out the real-life fact a person cannot be hypnotised to do something they don't want to do, even if hypnosis in the film can be done on an unwilling subject, this isn't exactly the case when it comes to Hal. Robbins didn't get full consent to do the hypnosis since he didn't explicitly explain Hal would be perceiving people's physical appearance differently than what said physical appearance actually was, but he did offer rather than simply inflict the hypnosis on Hal, and Hal did agree to let him do it. There's no indication Robbins would offer, let alone non-consensually enforce, the hypnosis to/on a plastic surgeon. If he did offer, hopefully, a person intelligent enough to get a medical degree would realise the above implications and either refuse or agree with the intention of immediately resigning and pursuing a non-medical job.

* What would happen if a plastic surgeon underwent the same hypnotic treatment, with the same effects on his perception? Sooner or later, he would find himself in a situation where he is incapable to complete (or even start) an operation because he is incapable to see an aesthetical flaw. For example, even with the appropriate medical knowledge, he would be incapable to implant new, healthy skin to the burn victim children we saw in the movie, because he would not perceive their current skin as burned, scarred or injured in any way. Something even worse would happen if an average-looking person with a horrible personality came to him for a retouch. He would perceive that person as horribly deformed, and, in order to give the desired look to that person, he would attempt to correct deformities that are not there. But what would he perceive, as he proceeds with his tragically misguided operation? His perception would not be modified in response to what he actually does, because altering the physical look of a person does not alter their personality (especially, not if they are under general anesthesia). To him, those (non-existent) deformities would always be there, no matter what he attempts to do to fix them. At that point, he might realize that his perception is altered and would request to be replaced. But if he does not, he would persist in his misguided attempts, either until another doctor in the operating room realizes what is going on and replaces him before he makes unrepairable mistakes, or until he actually makes an unrepairable mistake and is either sued or arrested for injuring a patient. He might even end his days into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, because what he perceives are, by definition, hallucinations.

* What would happen, if a plastic surgeon underwent through the same hypnotic treatment, with the same effects on his perception? Sooner or later, he would find himself in a situation where he is incapable to complete (or even start) an operation because he is incapable to see an aesthetical flaw. For example, even with the appropriate medical knowledge, he would be incapable to implant new, healthy skin to the burn victim children we saw in the movie, because he would not perceive their current skin as burned, scarred or injured in any way. Something even worse would happen if an average-looking person with a horrible personality came to him for a retouch. He would perceive that person as horribly deformed, and, in order to give the desired look to that person, he would attempt to correct deformities that are not there. But what would he perceive, as he proceeds with his tragically misguided operation? His perception would not be modified in response to what he actually does, because altering the physical look of a person does not alter their personality (especially, not if they are under general anesthesia). To him, those (non-existent) deformities would always be there, no matter what he attempts to do to fix them. At that point, he might realize that his perception is altered and would request to be replaced. But if he does not, he would persist in his misguided attempts, either until another doctor in the operating room realizes what is going on and replaces him before he makes unrepairable mistakes, or until he actually makes an unrepairable mistake and is either sued or arrested for injuring a patient. He might even end his days into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, because what he perceives are, by definition, hallucinations.

* What would happen, if a plastic surgeon underwent through the same hypnotic treatment, with the same effects on his perception? Sooner or later, he would find himself in a situation where he is incapable to complete (or even start) an operation because he is incapable to see an aesthetical flaw. For example, even with the appropriate medical knowledge, he would be incapable to implant new, healthy skin to the burn victim children we saw in the movie, because he would not perceive their current skin as burned, scarred or injured in any way. Something even worse would happen if an average-looking person with a horrible personality came to him for a retouch. He would perceive that person as horribly deformed, and, in order to give the desired look to that person, he would attempt to correct deformities that are not there. But what would he perceive, as he proceeds with his tragically misguided operation? His perception would not be modified in response to what he actually does, because altering the physical look of a person does not alter their personality (especially, not if they are under general anesthesia). To him, those (non-existent) deformities would always be there, no matter what he attempts to do to fix them. At that point, he might realize that his perception is altered and would request to be replaced. But if he does not, he would persist in his misguided attempts, either until another doctor in the operating room realizes what is going on and replaces him before he makes unrepairable mistakes, or until he actually makes an unrepairable mistake and is either sued or arrested for injuring a patient. He might even end his days into the psychiatric ward of a hospital.

* What would happen, if a plastic surgeon underwent through the same hypnotic treatment, with the same effects on his perception? Sooner or later, he would find himself in a situlation where he is incapable to complete (or even start) an operation because he is incapable to see an aesthetical flaw. For example, even with the appropriate medical knowledge, he would be incapable to implant new, healthy skin to the burn victim children we saw in the movie, because he would not perceive their current skin as burned, scarred or injured in any way. Something even worse would happen if an average-looking person with a horrible personality came to him for a retouch. He would perceive that person as horribly deformed, and, in order to give the desired look to that person, he would attempt to correct deformities that are not there. But what would he perceive, as he proceeds with his tragically misguided operation? His perception would not be modified in response to what he actually does, because altering the physical look of a person does not alter their personality (especially, not if they are under general anesthesia). To him, those (non-existent) deformities would always be there, no matter what he attempts to do to fix them. At that point, he might realize that his perception is altered and would request to be replaced. But if he does not, he would persist in his misguided attempts, either until another doctor in the operating room realizes what is going on and replaces him before he makes unrepairable mistakes, or until he actually makes an unrepairable mistake and is either sued or arrested for injuring a patient. He might even end his days into the psychiatric ward of a hospital.

* Even though the whole moral is to accept people as they are, Rosemary would likely die relatively soon after the ending of this film.

* Distorting someone's perceptions so that he sees people as beautiful or ugly depending on whether they are virtuous or not would lead to pretty horrifying consequences. Imagine, for example, what would happen if Hal was a plastic surgeon:
** (a nurse enters the operating room and finds the surgeon madly stabbing at his patient's face with his scalpel, blood everywhere) "Oh my god! Doctor, what are you doing?"
** "I've never seen anything like this in my life! This face tumor won't go away, no matter how much I cut!"
** "What face tumor? She's a successful model, she came to you for a breast augmentation!"
** "But she can't be a model, look how hideous she looks!"
** "Of course she does, now that you sliced off her face!"

* Distorting someone's perceptions so that he sees people as beautiful or ugly depending on whether they are virtuous or not would lead to pretty horrofying consequences. Imagine, for example, what would happen if Hal was a plastic surgeon:

** (a nurse enters the operating room and finds the surgeon madly stabbing at his patient's face with his scalpel, blood everywhere) "Oh my god! Doctor, what are you doing?" "I've never seen anything like this in my life! This face tumor won't go away, no matter how much I cut!" "What face tumor? She's a successful model, she came to you for a breast augmentation!" "But she can't be a model, look how hideous she looks!" "Of course she does, now that you sliced off her face!"