History YMMV / HappyGilmore

** The DeletedScene where Happy beats the crap out of the orderly that was abusing the orderly is ''incredibly'' fun to watch.

** And then a large, older Asian woman overhears his creepy attempt at serenating his girlfriend back into his life (long after she's left) and comes up to his apartment with heart in hand. The fact that her age, weight and ethnicity are treated as ''repulsive'' by the movie would definitely not fly today.

** And then a large, older Asian woman overhears his creepy attempt at serenating his girlfriend back into his life (long after she's left) and comes up to his apartment with heart in hand. Happy is not only unsettled by this but blows her off after she tries to make him breakfast. The fact that her age are portrayed as uncomfortable/unsettling to the film's protagonist would likely not fly today.

** And then a large, older Asian woman overhears his creepy attempt at serenating his girlfriend back into his life (long after she's left) and comes up to his apartment with heart in hand. Happy is not only unsettled by this but blows her off after she tries to make him breakfast. The fact that her age, race and weight are all part of the reason for Happy's poor treatment of her would not probably not fly today.

* ValuesDissonance: As humorous as it can seem, Happy breakup with his girlfriend has him behaving in a very abusive and creepy manner: screaming obscenities at her, apologizing as a means of manipulating her back to his life and then lying to people about her dying.

* LoveToHate: Shooter [=McGavin=]'s over-the-top [[SmugSnake smarminess]] has seen him become a pretty beloved comedy movie villain, particularly the smarminess gets him in trouble.

* MoralEventHorizon: Shooter crosses it when he [[spoiler:buys Happy's grandmother's house in order to blackmail Happy into quitting the tour, and makes the comment that if Happy lays a hand on him, "[he'll] burn the house down and piss on the ashes]]." With this act Shooter takes their rivalry off the course and makes it personal, and nothing less than karmic retribution direct from Happy himself will do as punishment.

* NeverLiveItDown: Creator/ChristopherMcDonald is most known for his role in this movie and nothing else, despite playing multiple roles through film and television. Among this list is various characters in the Franchise/{{Superman}} franchise, including the Man of Steel himself... And yet, he's just remembered as Shooter [=McGavin=]. That being said, [=McDonald=] is a lifelong fan of golf, and says that he's never had to pay for another game of golf in his life after taking the role as Shooter, so one presumes that he's not too bothered by it.

* BetterOnDVD: The extended edition of the film has a scene where the cruel nursing home orderly gets his comeuppance (Happy throws him out of a second-story window after learning how he's been treating Grandma Gilmore). On the theatrical cut of the film he's a KarmaHoudini (if thankfully also a downplayed one from the full cut).

** Happy tries to fix his grandmother's air-conditioning unit but too much PercussiveMaintenance causes it to fall out of the window it's perched on and onto another resident. The woman ends up on her back somehow, flailing her limbs with the unit simply sitting on her like a large dog.
--> "You know that 'Mista Mista' lady? I think I just, uh, killed her."

** Chubbs has surprisingly few scenes for being the main character's mentor but they are powerful scenes. Being played by Creator/CarlWeathers can do that. He returns in ''Film/LittleNicky'' in [[spoiler:Heaven]].
** Mr. Larson has even fewer scenes than Chubbs, and one of them is a flashback, but he is as memeable as he is intimidating. Being played by Creator/RichardKiel helps here, too.
* FranchiseOriginalSin: Several of the issues that would be seen as negatives in Sandler's later films show up here, but in muted form that makes them tolerable.
** The blatant ProductPlacement. It's mostly PlayedForLaughs, what with the BadBadActing from Happy in the commercial, and how blatant Happy is shilling Subway comes off more as a parody, since Happy is doing product placement in-universe, and is quite bad at it. Plus the situation is justified: he's a pro athlete who's been suspended from playing but still needs to earn a large amount of money, making it a bit more natural than the in-your-face blatant product placement that his later films would employ unironically.
** The celebrity cameo from Bob Barker. He does kind of show up out of nowhere, but the context of a charity golf tournament with celebrities justifies Barker's inclusion, as well as Happy's fight with him being more in-line with Happy's character having a HairTriggerTemper. Not to mention, it gets a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome when Happy gets suspended for fighting with Barker on the tour.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did Happy's grandmother deliberately avoid paying her taxes or was she being scammed by an accountant who didn't do her taxes for her despite charging her for them?

* MoralEventHorizon: Shooter crosses it when he [[spoiler:buys Happy's grandmother's house in order to blackmail Happy into quitting the tour, and makes the comment that if Happy lays a hand on him, "[he'll] burn the house down and piss on the ashes]]. With this act Shooter takes their rivalry off the course and makes it personal, and nothing less than karmic retribution direct from Happy himself will do as punishment.

* FridgeLogic: Why was Shooter involved in the meeting between Happy and the president of the Pro Tour? [[WatsonianVersusDoylist So he could find out about Happy's Grandma's predicament.]]

** Chubbs has surprisingly few scenes for being the main character's mentor but they are powerful scenes. Being played by Creator/CarlWeathers . He returns in ''Film/LittleNicky'' in [[spoiler:Heaven]].
** Mr. Larson has fewer scenes than Chubbs, and one of them is a flashback, but he is as memeable as he is intimidating. Being played by Creator/RichardKiel helps.

** The blatant ProductPlacement for Subway. It's mostly PlayedForLaughs, what with the BadBadActing from Happy in the commercial, and blatantness of it coming off more as a parody, since Happy is doing product placement in-universe, and is quite bad at it. Plus the situation made sense: he's a pro athlete who's been suspended from playing but still needs to earn a large amount of money, making it a bit more natural than the in-your-face blatant product placement that his later films would employ unironically.
** The celebrity cameo from Bob Barker. He does kind of show up out of nowhere, but the context of a charity golf tournament with celebrities justifies Barker's inclusion, as well as Happy's fight with him being more in-line with Happy's character having a HairTriggerTemper. Not to mention, RealityEnsues when Happy gets suspended for fighting with Barker on the tour.

* OneSceneWonder: Bob Barker, as he utterly whoops Happy during their game. Barker initially was going to decline the cameo, until he was informed he would ''win''.

-->'''Shooter''': Well, ''moron'', good for Happy ''[sees Mr. Larson]'' Gilm-OHMY'''GOD!'''
-->'''Mansley''': Biggest thing in this town is probably the homecoming ''[sees the missing half of his car]'' que-OHMY'''GOD!'''

** Christopher [=McDonald=] gets a line where he interrupts himself with a panicked "OH MY ''GOD''!" when Shooter [=McGavin=] sees Mr. Larson for the first time. A few years later, he gets an identical gag in ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' when Kent Mansley sees his car chomped in half.

*** ''[ridiculously humorless and prissy]'' No!

** Shooter [=McGavin=] is his own meme.
*** "Well moron, good for Happy Gilm-[[OhCrap OH MY GOD]]!!"

** This wouldn't be the last movie that featured "Rock and Roll Part 2" that centered around a character (nick)named "Happy". [[Film/Joker2019 Fast forward 23 years later]]...

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Chubbs and Mr. Larson. Being played by Creator/CarlWeathers and Creator/RichardKiel helps. The earlier character returned in ''Film/LittleNicky'' in [[spoiler:Heaven]].

* LoveToHate: Shooter [=McGavin=]'s over-the-top [[SmugSnake smarminess]] has seen him become a pretty beloved comedy movie villain.

*** ''[ridiculously humourless and prissy]'' No!

** Happy's first girlfriend scolding and then breaking up with him over his speaker phone, just because it's ''so poorly acted''.

** Happy's corrupted happy place.

* TooCoolToLive: Chubbs.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Chubbs and Mr. Larson. Being played by Creator/CarlWeathers and Creator/RichardKiel helps. The earlier character returned in ''Film/LittleNicky'' at [[spoiler:Heaven]].

** This wouldn't be the last movie that featured "Rock and Roll Part 2" that centered around a character (nick)named "Happy". [[Film/Joker2019 Fast forward 23 years later]] ...

** It's all in the hips, it's all in the hips.....

*** ''[Ridiculously humourless and prissy]'' No!

* OlderThanTheyThink: ''Film/{{UHF}}'' also has a scene where a character says "Guns don't kill people. ''I'' do.".

* WatchItForTheMeme: As mentioned above, the "Happy Gilmore vs. Bob Barker" part is the most well-known part of the movie.

** Happy tries to fix his grandmother's air-conditioning unit but too much PercussiveMaintenance causes it to fall out of the window it's perched on and onto another resident. She's on her back, flailing her limbs with the unit simply sitting on her like a large dog.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: "You know that 'Mista Mista' lady? I think I just, uh, killed her."