Happy Gilmore Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

10 of the most interesting Happy Gilmore easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Happy Gilmore movie message.

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Happy Gilmore poster
Happy Gilmore poster
Happy Gilmore Plot

A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.

Genre Comedy, Sport
Director Dennis Dugan
Stars Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay
IMDB score 7.0

Happy Gilmore Movie Trivia

1 - The actor playing Mr Larson, Richard Kiel, is always leaning on something or someone. He was in an accident a few years prior and had issues balancing. Later, while chasing Shooter, he appears to be getting pushed along on a cart instead of actually running.

The actor playing Mr Larson, Richard Kiel, is always leaning on something or someone. He was in an accident a few years prior and had issues balancing. Later, while chasing Shooter, he appears to be getting pushed along on a cart instead of actually running.

Happy Gilmore Movie Easter Eggs

The hockey team shown playing in the intro is not an Ice hockey team. It's a roller hockey team called the San Jose Rhinos of the Roller Hockey International league.

Happy Gilmore movie hidden details

1 - When Happy is dropping off his grandma at the assisted living facility, he drives in on the sidewalk.

When Happy is dropping off his grandma at the assisted living facility, he drives in on the sidewalk.

1 - Chubbs, who's hand was bitten off by an alligator, wears a Lacoste sweater.

Chubbs, who's hand was bitten off by an alligator, wears a Lacoste sweater.

Ben Stiller plays a mean senior home caretaker that asks if Gilmore's grandmother had seen his name tag, telling her she's in his house now. His character's name is Hal L. a play on the word "Hell."

1 - At around 1:09:40 when the championship is about to begin, you can see the car that hits Happy already crashed into the TV tower, even though that hasn't happened yet in the movie.

At around 1:09:40 when the championship is about to begin, you can see the car that hits Happy already crashed into the TV tower, even though that hasn't happened yet in the movie.

During the hockey tryouts, #77 is wearing a piece of paper with #77 over it.

Chubbs tore the bastard alligator's eye out with only one hand -- his left. His right hand had been bitten off when the damn alligator "popped up" and got him.

1 - Chubbs loses his hand to an alligator at a golf tournament. Throughout the movie, Chubbs can be seen wearing Lacoste, whose logo is an alligator.

Chubbs loses his hand to an alligator at a golf tournament. Throughout the movie, Chubbs can be seen wearing Lacoste, whose logo is an alligator.

The song used in the montage between Shooter and Happy in Happy Gilmore (1996) is the same song used in the iconic stair-dancing scene in Joker (2019)

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