Hal L. (Happy Gilmore)

Hal L., or simply Hal, is a minor antagonist from the 1996 American film Happy Gilmore and a cameo character in the 2020 Netflix film Hubie Halloween. He is the orderly guy in the nursing home.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) He is very disrespectful to the elders, telling them death threats and being rude.
 * 2) He forces the elders to do activities they don’t want to do.
 * 3) His behavior can be compared to Angelica Pickles. Both are mean to people older/younger than them but act innocent when someone comes.
 * 4) No character development whatsoever.
 * 5) Many characters in Happy Gilmore have had a few loathsome moments, but none surpass Hal!
 * 6) Hal doesn’t want Happy’s grandma to tell Happy about hi, even though he does deserve to get comeuppance.
 * 7) He doesn’t care about the elders. When an old lady told him her fingers hurt from quilting, he told her a death threat.
 * 8) He gets NO comeuppance for his actions. However, it is worth noting there was a deleted scene where Happy found out what Hal did to his grandma and threw him out of the second story of the nursing home.
 * 9) He curses a lot in front of the people in the nursing home.
 * 10) He is rude, selfish, manipulative, mean-spirited, savage, antagonistic, and lacks empathy.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) As said in WHS #8, he got comeuppance in a deleted scene.
 * 2) His portrayal by Ben Stiller was pretty funny and enjoyable to watch.
 * 3) His cameo in Hubie Halloween was an unexpected and funny surprise, where he was overall a much better character than he was in Happy Gilmore.