Happy Gilmore: Difference between revisions

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Still, this is a movie brimming with hilarity from front to back, and regarded as one of [[Adam Sandler]]'s defining roles.

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=== This film provides examples of: ===

* [[Aborted Arc]]: The buildup about the orderly in the nursing home is all for naught, as he isn't seen ever again after the grandma leaves the home. He doesn't even appear in the scene where she leaves.

** That's only in the theatrical and DVD releases. In the TV airings, the orderly gets his comeuppance by being thrown out a window and beaten with purses by old ladies. [[Deleted Scene|This was cut in other versions]].

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* [[Butt Monkey]]: The towheaded caddy at the invitational is a hapless punching bag for Happy.

* [[Chased By Angry Natives]]: Not the tribesman type, but {{spoiler|Shooter gets this after losing to Happy then, being the sore loser he is, trying to steal his Golden Jacket...right in front of Happy's fans (who happen to include a particularly enraged [[The Spy Who Loved Me (Film)|Richard Kiel]]). In this case, he doesn't run fast enough}}.

* [[Cluster F Bomb]]: But because it only happens in replays of tournaments, [[Cluster Bleep Bomb|they're all bleeped out.]]

* [[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.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Professional golf events don't take place over the course of one day as Happy's early tournaments do, nor is it common for a player pairing to endure for all four days as the final tournament's pairing does. It isn't likely that Happy and Shooter would've been paired for '''all four days''' of a tournament. However, these aren't PGA tournaments.

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* [[Funny Background Event]]: While Virginia and the tour commissioner are discussing Happy, [http://youtu.be/8qaAKxJp0EM?t=2m3s Happy can be heard on the TV in the background swearing up a] ([[Cluster Bleep Bomb|bleeped]]-[[This Trope Is Bleep|out]]) storm.

{{quote| '''Happy''': [[Punctuated for Emphasis|Piece! Of! Monkey]][[This Trope Is Bleep|sh*bleep*]]!}}

* [[Good Colors Evil Colors]]: In Happy Gilmore's [[Imagine Spot|"Happy Place"]], Virginia is usually wearing white underwear. But when Shooter invades the dream sequence, her underwear is black.

* [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]]: In Happy Gilmore's [[Imagine Spot|"Happy Place"]], Virginia is usually wearing white underwear. But when Shooter invades the dream sequence, her underwear is black.

* [[Gretzky Has the Ball]]: Semi-averted; they ''do'' mention that one can take a drop with a two-stroke penalty, but neither Shooter nor Happy does (Shooter would be hitting a ball off a patron's ''shoe'', and Happy would be putting over a fallen broadcaster's tower that winds up amazingly like a mini-golf hole).

* [[Grievous Bottley Harm]]: Happy threatens Shooter with it, but Virginia stops Happy before he can.

{{quote| '''Happy:''' Yeah, I was just looking for the other half of this bottle, and-- oh, here's some! There's some... over there, too.}}

* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]: Happy.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Happy.

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Chubbs.

* [[Happy Place]]: [[Trope Namer]].

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* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: Happens offscreen to {{spoiler|Shooter}}.

* [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now]]: This is how Happy feels when he eventually wins enough money to pay off the money his grandma owes the IRS.

* [[The Obi Wan]]: Chubbs. The reason why he's [[The Mentor]] and not [[The Hero]] is better justified than in many stories. In golf, missing a hand [[Incredibly Lame Pun|is a large handicap]].

* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Chubbs. The reason why he's [[The Mentor]] and not [[The Hero]] is better justified than in many stories. In golf, missing a hand [[Incredibly Lame Pun|is a large handicap]].

* [[Oh Crap]]: Shooter's reaction to Mr. Larson's threat after he has to play it where it lies...off Mr. Larson's foot.

{{quote| '''Mr. Larson''': That's two thus far, Shooter.<br />

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* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: Happy.

* [[Take a Third Option]]: After a tower crashes down on the putting green, blocking Happy's path to the hole, Shooter fully expects Happy to just forfeit the tournament. Virginia suggests that he stroke ''around'' the crashed tower and get a two-putt to send the contest into overtime. Instead, Happy decides to use the struts of the tower as conduits to the hole in an attempt to win the game right there.

* [[This Is for Emphasis Bitch]]: First by Happy to Bob Barker ("The price is ''wrong'', bitch!") then by Bob Barker to Happy ("I think you've had enough...(''punts a downed Happy'') ''Now'' you've had enough...[[Ironic Echo|bitch]]!")

* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: First by Happy to Bob Barker ("The price is ''wrong'', bitch!") then by Bob Barker to Happy ("I think you've had enough...(''punts a downed Happy'') ''Now'' you've had enough...[[Ironic Echo|bitch]]!")

* [[This Loser Is You]]: Virginia argues that Happy is a ratings bonanza for the tour because professional golf needs a "working-class hero" whom ordinary people can look up to.

* [[Training From Hell]]: Happy goes through this twice — first, when he stands in a batting cage and gets pelted with baseballs to toughen himself up, and when he has to learn how to putt at a very gaudy mini-golf course.