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*** The scene of the orderly getting his comeuppance is also included on the Special Edition DVD.
* [[Accidental Athlete]]: Played with. Happy ''is'' trying to be an athlete, just at hockey instead of golf.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Multiple layers of it. First, Happy asks Chubbs why a guy his size isn't playing a "real sport" like football or something. (Carl Weathers, who played Chubbs, used to be a pro football player). Chubbs answers the question by claiming that his mother wouldn't let him play anything dangerous. Happy comments that maybe that's a good idea. (Weathers also played Apollo Creed in the ''[[Rocky (
** The character of Mr. Larson is referred to as 'Frankenstein' at one point. Richard Kiel who plays him was in a Monkees episode as a 'Frankenstein' type creature.
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Virginia Venit, the second of Adam's "V-name" girlfriends.
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** And Shooter himself, after he loses the tournament. {{spoiler|And while getting the absolute stuffing beaten out of him by angry Happy fans after he stole the gold jacket at the near end.}}
* [[Bizarre and Improbable Golf Game]]: Shooter learns that the "play it where it lies" applies for ''everyone''.
* [[Book Ends]]: The film begins and ends with the opening guitar strains of "Tuesday's Gone" by [[
* [[Butt Monkey]]: The towheaded caddy at the invitational is a hapless punching bag for Happy.
* [[Chased
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: But because it only happens in replays of tournaments, [[Cluster Bleep Bomb|they're all bleeped out.]]
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: For someone presumably old enough to remember the Great Depression, Grandma Gilmore is surprisingly keen on who Gene Simmons and Brooke Shields are.
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* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Chubbs.
* [[Happy Place]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Hot Chick in
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|I Want My Grandson To Be Happy]]: When Happy flounders in the final tournament thanks to Shooter's chiding that not even his [[Happy Place]] helps with. His grandmother finally breaks him out of it by telling him whether he wins or lose she just wants him to be happy. This calms him down enough to focus and make a comeback.
* [[Insult Backfire]]: A truly epic example:
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* [[It Got Worse]]: Happy watches his grandmother's house get auctioned off. The winner? {{spoiler|1=Shooter McGavin.}}
* [[Jerk Jock]]: Shooter McGavin.
* [[Jerk
* [[Karma Houdini]]:
** [[Ben Stiller]]'s character in the theatrical version. In TV versions, there is an added scene where Happy reveals he knows what the orderly did, and throwing him out of a window as revenge.
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