This is a look at what Gremlins and Mogwai might be like from a pseudo-scientific perspective. This project was originally concieved in the late 1990s and early 2000s by Lynne S. & friends. It has been reprinted, updated, and modified with permission, by JP Cupertino. Most of the information is considered canon from various sources such as the original screenplays (by Chris Columbus) and much of the in-depth history and inner workings are from the fantastic novelization by George Gipe.
(Please note: The in-page links are not up yet, but all the sections are updated!)
| Digestive Process | Reproduction |
| Metamorphosis | Light Aversion |
| Lifespan and Growth | Nature |
| Instincts | Language |
| Intelligence | Adaptability |
| Minority | History |
| Sociality | Senses |
The digestive system
Mogwai can eat almost anything, although they prefer tasty things rather than things with little or no flavor, such as cardboard. The digestive system of the Mogwai is very capable and is able to use just about anything. Mogwai also have an innate ability to analyze their food instantly, judging whether or not it will harm them. Mogwai have a speedy metabolism; they digest food quickly and are often hungry. This is caused by one of the genetic miscalculations made by the creator of the Mogwai.
After a Mogwai swallows its food, the food enters the stomach where it is mixed with gastric juices. It then travels to a second stomach, where a chemical change takes place in the food that reduces it to atoms and then composes it into a nutritious food, no matter what it is. The only by-product of this is an enormous amount of heat.
This heat is used to keep the body of the Mogwai warm. For an animal of its size, the Mogwai’s pulse is extremely slow. The heat generated by the creation of food components in the Mogwai’s second stomach is used to energize and keep functional the Mogwai’s body. Therefore the by-products have an efficient use in the Mogwai’s body, and there is no other waste. If there is any unneeded heat, the Mogwai dispels it by cooling the blood in its ears. This is one reason why the ears are so large. An overheated Mogwai will spread its ears outward and forward for the most efficient cooling. The creator of the Mogwai built this into his creatures because it was both efficient and less messy for the Mogwai’s owners!
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Reproduction and Breeding
Mogwai reproduce asexually upon contact with water. With most asexual creatures, the daughters are exact clones of the parent. However, with Mogwai this is not the case. Mogwai will produce offspring with many different traits and genes.
Water is necessary for a Mogwai to breed. When water touches a Mogwai or Gremlin, it triggers delicate nerves just under the skin that send a message to the creature’s brain, inducing the release of the hormone that causes the process of reproduction to begin. For a Mogwai to use water in reproduction the water must be at a certain temperature; for example, a Mogwai cannot use the water vapor in the air, nor snow or ice. It can only reproduce with water in liquid form.
Genes are passed on to the Mogwai’s children from a special set used only for reproduction, that the Mogwai is born with. These genes are not part of the parent Mogwai’s genetic setup. Different sets from these genes are selected for each baby Mogwai. However, that gets old really fast. So how do the Mogwai get fresh and unique genes to use for reproduction?
There are two genders, male and female. Every Mogwai has both specific gene patterns to create both male and female offspring. Much like species that reproduce sexually, the two genders are attracted to each other. This is part of the process of a Mogwai acquiring new genes for its offspring. The two Mogwai of opposite genders will exchange sets of genes through sex. Each Mogwai releases a type of cell that carries a set of genes. It enters the other’s body, where it is incorporated into the reproductive set of genes. Meanwhile the other releases a different type of cell that carries a set of genes from its body to the body of the other, where it is incorporated. The Mogwai do not retain copies of their old genes, to save space for new information. They trade, simple and complete.
After new gene information is acquired and stored in the Mogwai’s body, it will be able to produce Mogwai with different traits then before. After reproducing several times however, the new supply of genes is strained to its potential for new combinations, and an exchange is necessary for new information.
The two different stages of Mogwai (Mogwai and Gremlins) cannot exchange genes with each other simply because after a Mogwai goes through the metamorphosis to become a Gremlin, the gene pattern used for reproduction mutates so bits of it are no longer compatible with genes from a Mogwai.
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Metamorphosis
A morsel of food at a certain time causes the metamorphosis of Mogwai to Gremlin. From midnight to dawn a Mogwai can eat to begin the process of metamorphosis.
Once the Mogwai’s internal clock says that it is time to eat and begin the metamorphosis, the Mogwai may become hungry. After getting mixed with juice in the first stomach, the food goes not to the second stomach but to an organ where it is converted into a form of energy to help with the metamorphosis. This process triggers a hormone that starts the metamorphosis. After the food reaches this organ, the hormone knocks the Mogwai out, and it curls into a ball, unconscious.
Glands under the skin, also triggered by the hormone, begin to secrete a sticky fluid through the Mogwai’s pores. This fluid surrounds the Mogwai. The sticky fluid begins to harden after a while, forming a pulpy, tough pod around the Mogwai. The Mogwai, curled up, is surrounded completely by fluid inside the pod. The process of creating the pod takes approximately three hours. After the pod is complete, the food energy in the organ that released the hormone is used to change the form of the Mogwai. The fur falls out, and the Mogwai grows rapidly in size, developing muscle tissue, armor, and changing its shape. This takes about four hours. Then, the development of Gremlin features ensues, including the ears, claws, tail, scales, and facial features, and any other details (such as Stripe’s mohawk). Also, the genes of the Gremlin mutate slightly from what they were as a Mogwai. This takes about five hours.
After the rapid metamorphosis is complete, the newly formed Gremlin regains consciousness. It will have no memory of the transformation, its last moment of consciousness being right before losing unconsciousness due to the hormone. The Gremlin instinctively heads towards the light coming from outside the pod, although it is intensely painful for the creature.
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Aversion to Light
Due to a genetic miscaculation by Mogturmen when he created the Mogwai species, Mogwai are repelled and injured by light radiation. In small doses, bright light causes pain and damage, and in large, constant doses it can kill. Sunlight is especially dangerous because of all the radiation from the rays that come from the star. Aritificial lighting is still potentially quite dangerous, but it has much less harmful radiation then does sunlight.
A Mogwai is born with an instinctive fear of any bright light. Although it does not know in its mind that light is harmful to it, the Mogwai knows that there is something that is extremely fatal to it, but it does not know what.
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Lifespan and Growth
When a Mogwai or a Gremlin is born, it will grow to an adult within ten minutes. Both Mogwai and Gremlins are adult creatures, fully mature, although it is a common misconception that the Mogwai are the baby stage of the Gremlins. The maximum lifespan of the Mogwai is several centuries; but the same chemical mutations that eradicate the chance to create a minority when the Mogwai goes through metamorphises shorten’s the creature’s lifespan. A Gremlin, in contrast to a Mogwai, lives only for a century or so.
Baby Mogwai and Gremlins cannot breed until they reach the adult stage. This means that if you get a not yet fully grown Mogwai wet, nothing will happen. This is true because the young of ANY species has to DEVELOP before they can breed.
In that ten minutes from the time the parent Mogwai or Gremlin gets wet until the baby reaches adult stage, a lot goes on. The set of genes is created, and a mass of cells is formed in a bubble-like pod on the Mogwai’s back. This mass of cells becomes a furry ball, which is released from the Mogwai’s body. It begins to grow, the features forming rapidly, and the brain evolving, developing the wrinkles of instinctive information that are passed on from the parent. The metamorphosis-triggering hormone and the reproduction-triggering hormone are both developed and produced to wait for the right signals.
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The Nature of Mogwai
The majority of the Mogwai, by fault of genetic miscalculations caused by their creator, are best described by the word evil. They are sadistic, with a twisted sense of humor and a taste for slap-stick style comedy. Mischeivous and conniving from the moment it is born, a majority Mogwai is truly a Gremlin at heart and will stop at nothing to create more of its kind, become powerful in the form of a Gremlin, and of course pull all sorts of deadly pranks and have a good laugh afterwards.
The minority Mogwai are gentle and charitable. They wish no one any ill, and they are the most wonderful creatures to have for pets, as long as one follows the three rules. Minority Mogwai will always try their best to keep less knowledgeable species out of trouble with Gremlins. All they want is to be loved and cared for responsibly, to prevent an outbreak of the majority by cause of only a few drops of water.
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Instincts
Mogwai are born with an immense amount of knowledge and instinct. They do not have to be taught to speak, or to fend for themselves. They know all they will need to know when they are born. There are some tidbits that are kept from them, such as the three rules. The Mogwai will know that there are three important pieces of information that it must discover, but it will not know what this information is, only its nature. For example, it will know that one of the tidbits is the key to reproduction. But it won’t know what the key is.
Mogwai also have an instinct built into them that does not allow them to kill each other. Violent thoughts toward another Mogwai are quickly eradicated before the Mogwai can get a hold on them. It may hate the other all it wishes, but it will never be able to lay a hostile paw on the other. This built-in loyalty to other Mogwai ends when the metamorphosis to a Gremlin begins. Gremlins have no instinctive restraints on killing Mogwai, but they do for each other. A Gremlin can not kill another Gremlin any more readily than a Mogwai could kill another Mogwai. Mogwai, as well are justified in killing a Gremlin or seriously thinking about it.
The topic of Gremlins killing one another has been discussed in length. In the first Gremlins film, Stripe shoots a Gremlin that cheated at poker in Dorry’s Pub, and in Gremlins 2, The Brain Gremlin shoots a gremlin that pops up and annoys him during the Grandpa Fred interview. Both of these instances have two traits in common: first, and most importantly, both Stripe and The Brain Gremlin are higher-thinking Gremlins. Each posesses a different, more independant mode of thought than the generic Gremlin. It is the generic Gremlin and mogwai that this document pertains to. The other trait that they have in common is neither of them killed the other gremlin unprovoked, and neither did it by hand. This is somewhat important in exploring the Gremlin’s mindset. A Mogwai or Gremlin is incredibly intelligent and quick-thinking. While they are not innately aware of the “Three Rules” or their limitations, they can however, discover them through experimentation and accident. This often will lead to attempts to work around those rules or restrictions. The simplest example is knowing that the sun kills them by the Mogwai’s, (Clorr) death when locked out on the patio. Then the mogwai know to only leave at night.
The same may be applied to them not being able to kill one another, where one of the Higher-Thinking Gremlins discovered that using a gun would not be directly killing the other Gremlin, since the bullet or ensuing wound may acutally be what kills the other Gremlin.
It is also explained in the novel that Gizmo was talented at tricking his own brain into thinking things taste different than they should, as well as his amazing control over his mind in general. This again alludes to a Higher-Thinking Gremlin or Mogwai would be able to trick its mind into believing that it was “not aiming for the gremlin” or “I am not killing a gremlin, The bullet is actually killing it.”
There is also the idea that Gremlins and Mogwai are Logical creatures to an extreme, therefore they will adopt a “Laizzes-Faire” policy to situations where they can manipulate their own minds into it being acceptable to indirectly, or by ommision of action, allow a fellow Mogwai or Gremlin to perish. For Example: When Lynne Peltzer killed the gremlins in the kitchen, not one made an attempt to save another. In fact, just the opposite occurred. One waited until she was done murdering another of them before renewing an onslaught of kitchenwares.
Another instinct of the majority of the Mogwai is their hatred for the minority. This is due to another of Mogturmen’s genetic miscalculations, and there is no way for a minority Mogwai to hide the aspects of its character. Majority Mogwai are enraged by those same aspects, and they seek to eliminate them in any way possible.
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Language and Language Capacity
The Mogwai language is very complex and flows at an extremely rapid pace, far too quickly for a human mind to be able to speak or comprehend it. Likewise, a Mogwai cannot speak human languages for the simple reason that the languages are just that: simple! They operate much too slowly for the Mogwai to be able to comprehend. Its mind moves much too quickly, and learning such a language would force it to slow down its thought processes to a primitive level.
There are very few Mogwai who can slow down enough to do this. Some very flexible Mogwai can change the speed of their thought processes and so can learn such languages. This does not mean they are stupid, it actually means they have more capacity and flexibility in their intelligence.
Body language in Mogwai consists of mainly facial expressions and ear movements, although there are many other subtle ties. The emotions portrayed by facial expressions are very much the same as in humans; teeth can be bared in a smile or a snarl for example. The ears are a more involuntary way of displaying the Mogwai’s emotions. Like a cat’s tail, they can help tell what the Mogwai is feeling. Ears perked high and forward indicate interest and attention, or excitement, flattened ears can mean anger or fear.
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Intelligence and Brain Capacity
Mogwai are incredibly intelligent beings, with an intellectual level far above that of a human. They can also control their minds and thoughts much more easily than can a human. Thus a Mogwai can entertain itself for hours with the simple activity of daydreaming. The daydreams of a Mogwai, often referred to as “mental tours” are vivid and realistic, and can be called up by the Mogwai for his entertainment at anytime, in any place. The Mogwai’s brain does not resist manipulation by its owner, as the human brain does.
Mogwai, being an intelligent species, have a profound sense of intuition along with a well-developed logical process. Their minds operate a lot on the nonverbal aspect, with an awareness of things but without connection with words. This intuition and nonverbal aspect allow a Mogwai to grasp the basic content and meaning of what alien beings say, though the language is completely foreign to them.
Mogwai are also logical and rational creatures, some individuals being extremely clever at such things (one example is Stripe; he was a rational creature, and an exceptionally smart one). A Mogwai’s mind moves at such a quick rate that humans cannot even begin to comprehend some of their reasoning.
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Adaptability
Mogwai are able to adjust rapidly and splendidly to, theoretically, any enviroment. With the obvious exceptions of course, such as dead space. The composition of the Mogwai’s blood changes in repsonse to temperature, pressure, and a number of other things. Mogturmen wanted his creatures to be distributed to all worlds, so naturally he created them to be very adaptable.
The adaptability of the Mogwai allows them to be able to adapt well to any situation, not just their enviroment. Their intelligence and quick learning ability also helps their adaptability.
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The Minority Mogwai
Each time water touches a Mogwai, and the cloning, fusion, and mixing of genes begins, there is a one in a thousand chance that the Mogwai will be of the type they were originally all meant to be. All majority Mogwai carry the recessive genes for the personality and characteristics of the minority, but there is only a one in a thousand chances that those genes will be the ones passed on.
Majority Mogwai instinctively hate minority Mogwai and want them dead, ironically. The minority Mogwai, with their gentle nature, actually help to fuel the continued existence of the majority because as long as they exist, there is a danger of them getting wet. They’re so kind and gentle that humans love them and want to keep them alive, no matter what kind of horror their kind causes.
Minority Mogwai live much longer (due to their less violent existence) and have much more knowledge than the majority. They live for centuries, and they have been around long enough to acquire a LOT of knowledge.
If a minority Mogwai ate after midnight and began the metamorphosis, it would become one of the majority. During the last stage of metamorphosis, the genes of the Mogwai are mutated, and this mutation would cause a minority Mogwai to acquire the personality traits of the majority, in effect, becoming one of them. For this reason, the minority can only be in the form of Mogwai: reproducing Gremlins will not have the slightest chance of producing a minority, because Gremlins do not have the genes to produce them; due to the mutation and differences in setup from Mogwai genes.
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The History
The Mogwai were created centuries ago, in another galaxy, by an alien being named Mogturmen from the planet Enz. Species creation was a very popular thing in those times, although it is unknown exactly why Mogturmen set out to create the Mogwai. His idea was to create a creature which could reproduce quickly, was very adaptable, and would inspire alien beings with peace and harmony, reducing the chance of violence and extinction.
Mogturmen’s creatures were hailed as a success, despite the few minor drawbacks. Some of these were the creatures’ inability to communicate (due to their high intelligence), and their aversion to light. Ignoring these flaws, the galactic powers had the first batch of Mogwai (which had come out just as planned) on three planets: Clinpf-A in the Beehive Pollux, Kelm-6 in the Poraisti Range, and the third planet orbiting MinorSun #67672, called Earth by its inhabitants.
It was soon discovered that Mogturmen’s creatures were highly unstable. Fewer than one in a thousand retained the sweet disposition and charitable aims built into it by its creator. The minority were successes: the majority were a nightmare. Mogturmen’s genetic miscalculations ensured that all kinds of unforeseen horrors were present in the majority of the Mogwai. The awful famines, landslides, and wars that had occurred on Kelm-6, Clinpf-A, and Earth were terrible evidence of failure to Mogturmen. (Source-Gremlins novel by George Gipe)
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Sociality
Mogwai are extremely social creatures, driven by an urge to be with a large group of others of their kind. This social urge is partly their reproductive drive, since they reproduce instantaneously with water, and it gives them nothing but pain. Within a large group of their kind, a Mogwai will have no urge to reproduce. If alone or even in a small group, a Mogwai will want to seek out water as quickly as possible to create more of its species. This is especially true among Gremlins. Mogwai view themselves as being “weak” and will sometimes wait on reproduction until the Gremlin form is achieved.
Although sadistic pranksters with a wacky sense of humor, Mogwai do have the ability to care for others. Whether the bond is between siblings, good friends, or mutually gene-exchange driven couples, the social Mogwai can become very close and even dependant on the other for their emotional well-being. This is an extreme case, however. Mogwai cannot kill each other, and they thrive wonderfully in the company of their own kind. They will get upset if seperated from other Mogwai, and they also hate to see others of their kind killed, no matter how close they are to that particular individual. This extends to rivals as well. A Mogwai will never even wish another Mogwai harm.
A Mogwai may have his or her customary group that he or she likes to associate with. The group can be small or as large as ten or so members. These groups are completely unofficial and are formed by common interests among the Mogwai. A Mogwai may be a part of several different groups, at different times and frames of mind. A Mogwai will often share a close association with blood relatives, but will seek out Mogwai from a different bloodline for the gene exchange for a good, fresh set of genes.
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The Senses
Mogwai are equipped with five senses, just as human beings are. Though all of these sense are extremely acute, probably the sense of hearing is the most important and best developed in a Mogwai.
The sense of hearing is aided by the Mogwai’s large, pointed, swiveling ears. The ears can be flattened to reduce the number of sound waves captured from the air. They can be perked up and forward, to the side, or in the relaxed position, which is slightly up and out to the sides.
The sense of smell is more acute than that of a human, but much less than in a creature such as a dog. The closest comparison could be to the sense of smell of a cat. A Gremlin has a much better sense of smell than does a Mogwai, a bit less than an average dog. The Mogwai do not have a very good sense of smell for the simple reason that there isn’t enough room for complex olfactory chambers. Gremlins, with their longer muzzles, have well-developed olfactory senses that they use often and in addition to their hearing.
The sense of sight is extremely well-equipped for darkness and very little light. Too much light will cause a horrendous stabbing pain in the eyes which spreads to the rest of the body, that can immoblize the Mogwai and possibly even kill it. Mogwai have very acute nocturnal vision, and they are nearly colorblind, able to see colors dully and faintly, much as a human cannot see colors when the light fades. Nearly pitch blackness looks like dusk to a Mogwai, and dusk looks like the brightest, most sunny day.
The sense of taste is as well-developed as the sense of smell (in the Mogwai more so) and is used by the creature to analyze potential food items along with the sense of smell, intuition, and inherent knowledege. A Mogwai will more readily eat a tasty food item than a tasteless one.
The sense of touch is perhaps not as important to Mogwai as to other species. They often use their other senses to identify or learn about something long before they will try to touch it. Although they are social, Mogwai prefer each other’s being there than actual physical contact between them. The most intimately they will ever touch is during a gene exchange.
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September 27, 2006 at 12:40 pm |
gremlins do kill others of their kind as in the 2nd gremlins movie the brainy gremlin shoots another one in a funny hat.
June 29, 2009 at 10:04 pm |
that is only because he was more inteligent than the rest of the Gremlins.
September 28, 2006 at 11:53 am |
Correct, but as mentioned, Mogwai will not harm another Mogwai, but that loyalty ends once a Mogwai becomes a Gremlin.
Thanks for the comment, and this section will be updated more often as some of it is a bit outdated
Just gotta get around to putting the information and pictures up!
October 22, 2009 at 5:12 am |
mogwi must be able to harm other mogwi as in gremlins 2 they lock gizmo in a vet and could quite easy hurt another one
December 8, 2006 at 7:36 pm |
“Gremlins have no instinctive restraints on killing Mogwai, but they do for each other. A Gremlin cannot kill another Gremlin any more readily than a Mogwai could kill another Mogwai.”
I’ve only seen Gremlins 2 once when I was too young to really remember it, so I didn’t know about that. However, Stripe did shoot another Gremlin in the first movie for cheating in a card game (the victim in question had a card hidden behind his ear, and another Gremlin pointed it out)
April 9, 2007 at 1:21 pm |
it said already that they can trick thier minds into thinking it wasnt them killing the other, but the object they was using did in fact kill them,, which in turn allowed them to kill the other with acception,, thats a great loop hole there,,,
too bad minority mogwai turn into majority gremlins,, ive always wanted to see a gizmo gremlin,, really bummed me out reading this lol,, but mabe they will make a movie one day where gizmo turns into a gremlin after drinking some vial and it interferes with his genes fully mutating,, *sigh* i can dream tho
April 15, 2007 at 10:55 am |
terrell, the idea of a gizmo gremlin, to me, is a great idea. I have often thought of this myself when thinking of what they can do with a third movie. I like the vial idea that would manipulate his genes into mutating into a mature gremlin. I think that whatever that would be in this vial would manipulate his genes to rapidly transform gizmo into mature gremlin, skipping the brief metamorphosis stage. This would allow gizmo to retain most of his gentle, heroic type personality; however, mixed with an amount of violent behavior, but nothing to extreme. I belief that this idea could have gizmo take on the gremlins in the same form and make it more action-packed and add more suspence than the first two movies. I also thought of the idea that throughout the movie Zach Galligan’s character, Billy, would progressively come into a minor conflict with the gizmo gremlin, but in the end come together to kill off the gremlins, having gizmo gremlin sacrificing his life to save Billy from a deathly blow and having Billy then respond to killing the final evil gremlin; thus, finishing off the species and the threat of gremlins on Earth once and for all….role credits…
April 15, 2007 at 11:00 am |
…i forgot to mention that this ending would be especially dramatic and sad in gizmo giving his life for Billy and knowingly doing so in order to save Billy and to give his live to end the continuous threat of gremlins on Earth…similar to the ending of terminator 2 and how the terminator terminated himself in molten metal…anyway…just wanted to clear the ending up a little more
May 9, 2007 at 7:44 pm |
Having Gizmo sacrificing his own life for Billy. That got bad idea written all over it. I don’t want Gizmo to die. Let him live on forever!!
July 8, 2007 at 11:15 am |
Can anyone who clloects Gremlins props let me know what they have. Id love to buy or trade items. Delieuc@aol.com. Anyone know where theres any real ones on display ?
July 10, 2007 at 10:58 am |
When I was younger, my friends and I would sorta LARP mogwai and gremlins, but we thought the rules about all gremlins being “bad”, and being stuck as gremlins forever was too limiting. So we changed the rules so that a gremlin could change back into a mogwai by fasting for 24 hours, and this metamorphosis would increase the chance of turning into a “good” mogwai. Ah, fun times.
August 13, 2007 at 5:42 pm |
i want too know some stuff
1. how old is gizmo?
2. is spike gonna be be the leader in gremlins 3?
3. why was greta in the bathroom if she was in the lobby in gremlins 2 do gremlins warp place 2 place? i want 2 know! can someone tell me.
August 13, 2007 at 5:46 pm |
PS. if you know all that other stuff maybe you’ll know this?
August 14, 2007 at 7:21 am |
Thanks for your comments Mega,
Here we go.
1. Gizmo is most likely around 200 earth years old. He was not young when Gremlins 1 took place, and he remembers many things that happened in earth’s young history that occurred in the early 1900s and on, so he has spent at least 100 just on earth, and there is no telling how long he was “in development”
2. There is no confirmed information on Gremlins 3. I assume you are thinking of “Stripe” from the first movie as there is no “Spike”.
3. There is short gap between her part in the musical number, and the demise of the gremlins. She was in the bathroom waiting for Forrester who she had been chasing throughout the movie. (And her name is “Lady Gremlina” for future reference.)
August 21, 2007 at 1:47 pm |
wow gizmo is 200 years old? ok thanks JP
-mega madness
August 21, 2007 at 1:49 pm |
PS. it been while. i asmost forgot about that!
August 21, 2007 at 6:35 pm |
what is a young gremlin or mogwai? they act like there older to me, if you know what i mean!
-mega
September 2, 2007 at 8:57 pm |
Are there any female gremlins or mogwais? If so what was her name?
September 4, 2007 at 8:48 pm |
The female gremlin is Lady gremlina
-BIG GEE
ps. trust me i know!
September 4, 2007 at 9:13 pm |
and if any one who needs too know the names of the gremlins here is a list of gremlins and mogwai i know
1. gizmo the mogwai
2. stripe the leader
3. brain also known as the brain gremlin
4. mohawk also known as the spider gremlin
5. Lady gremlina also known as the female gremlin
6. the veggie gremlin
7. the bat gremlin
8. the lighting gremlin
9. daffy the crazy gremlin
10. george the tough gremlin
11. lenny the dumb gremlin
that’s all the ones i know of that have names the rest do not have names some fans call some the poker gremlin and the gangster gremlin!
-BIG GEE
ps. Mohawk is my favorite gremlin cuz he acts like what a real gremlin could be like!
September 5, 2007 at 5:06 pm |
FACT: In gremlins 2 there are 7 lab gremlins cuz i forgot about “the phantom of the opera” gremlin.
-BIG GEE
ps. sorry i forgot about the phantom gremlin, he was the one who got acid through on hafe of his face. sometimes i call him twoface when he don’t have his mask on! lol
September 5, 2007 at 5:34 pm |
why do the new mogwai in gremlins 2 know gizmo’s name when they just “popped” out? that’s the only thing i don’t know about!
-BIG GEE
ps. can someone tell me please?
June 29, 2009 at 9:40 pm |
the reson the other Mogwai knew Gizmo’s name is because of minor genetic rememberance, or in other words, they remember small things from Gizmo’s mind.
September 10, 2007 at 1:21 pm |
les digo mis especulaciones.
1) para mi, la reproduccion de un mogwai/gremlin, se vasa en la hidratacion del cuerpo, con lo cual genera celulas nuevas y asi posibilitar la creacion de nuevos organismos, por lo cual el agua es impressindible para la reproduccion de la especie y por eso es rapidamente absorbida por su piel a travez de los poros. No obstante, el agua salada como la del oceano, al ser absorbida por su piel, no generaria nuevos individuos, sino, un alto grado de resequedad, llegando incluso, a enfermar al mogwai, dejandolo con altas probabilidades de morir a menos que se le de bastante de comer, con el fin de recuperar su hidratacion de una manera aparte a la del contacto con el agua, evitando asi la reproduccion.
2)No me gusto mucho la procedencia que dan a conocer en el texto sobre los mogwais.
Lo creo alguien de otra galaxia, correcto? eso conviere a gizmo en un extraterrestre. mas la procedencia que le dan, hace una historia poco convincente y fantaciosa.
Para mi, Gizmo fue el procedente de uno de los experimentos creados por los japoneses en un intento por ganar la 2° guerra mundial. quizas Mr. Wing tubo algo que ver en todo esto.
3) gizmo no puede tener 200 años, siendo que en la primera pelicula parecia solo un bebe, y 6 años despues (en gremlins 2) parecia tener rasgos mas desarrollados, como si hubiera ‘crecido’ para convertirse en un adulto o adolecente quizas. entre las diferencias que pueden verse en el gizmo de 1984 y 1990 pueden verse rasgos muy finos. Es decir, puede verse como Gizmo se transforma de un bichito despeinado, a un individuo mas elegante y hermoso.
4) basandome en el juego de gameboy y las peliculas; puedo decir que los Mogwais (a escepcion de los Gremlins) pueden hacerse una ‘bola’ (cosa que rara vez hacen) probablemente para escapar, atacar, etc. depende en la situacion en la que esten.
Tambien es posible que tengan la habilidad de componer y cantar sus propias melodias (solo en el caso de la minoria) como se puede confirmar en la primera pelicula. quien no recuerda la cancionsita que gismo tararea en la primera y segunda pelicula?
con esto finalizo mis especulaciones.
saludos.
September 10, 2007 at 1:30 pm |
sorry, olvide mencionar la extraña similitud de Mohawk con los tipicos sabios japoneses (con largos y finos bigotes y barbas).
)
quizas fue la manera de expresar que ‘japoneses=maldad’ tipico antiguo pensamiento norteamericano respecto a la guerra mundial (sin ofender a los habitantes de ese pais
gracias por leer mis mensajes. lamento mucho no poder escribir en ingles, pero soy mejor leyendo en ingles que escribiendo en ingles
SALUDOS DESDE ARGENTINA!!!
September 10, 2007 at 5:32 pm |
i think there might be a gap in the script of gremlins 2 about those mogwai?
September 10, 2007 at 8:36 pm |
sorry, my text is veeeeeeeeeery long.
perhaps you must to use a translator. I am using it now n_n
September 10, 2007 at 8:41 pm |
it will wait for 20 minutes but before going to me to sleep. I am going to eat a sandwich after midnight and I am going to sleep a little after eat
P.D: here: 11:41 PM
September 16, 2007 at 3:56 pm |
I just joking n_nU I know I am a simple and boring human ¬¬
October 4, 2007 at 8:57 pm |
Thank you so much for the help!
November 2, 2007 at 5:44 pm |
If anybody worked on gremlins please contact me….Delieuc@aol.com
Anybody have any gremlins molds left over…
December 4, 2007 at 11:01 pm |
You say that Mogwai can’t speak? Watch Gremlins 2 to the very end and you’ll hear Gizmo ask Billy if he has “Nick at Night and HBO..and then you’ll hear Billy tell his girlfriend that Gizmo is wondering wether or not they have cable. Gizmo can speak the human language so then other Mogwai might possibly speak bits and pieces too.
December 4, 2007 at 11:04 pm |
Also, If they can’t speak human language, then I find it rather funny that Gizmo’s Offspring call him by his name. Can anyone say “Gizmo CaCa”?
December 4, 2007 at 11:07 pm |
To answer you Gizmo “BIG GEE” Mogwai…They are his offspring…his “children” if you will. I am sure that they know his name instinctively…there can be no other reason, really.
December 5, 2007 at 9:10 am |
@Dave Wickner:
It is true that Mogwai and Gremlins can speak in some capacity, though it is an incredible feat when it happens, as is covered in the Novelization.
This piece was mainly written off the canon of the novel, script and film of the first movie, as the second one had a lot of jokes that completely ruined contuinity.
But as Mr. Wing said: “To hear, one has only to listen”.
December 5, 2007 at 11:10 pm |
Ahhh…..I see.
December 5, 2007 at 11:11 pm |
You certainly do know your stuff! Props.
December 10, 2007 at 8:38 am |
I have been reading your ideas of the gremlins and mogwai. And i find it intersting. I also have my own ideas. Im currently planing on writting a Gremlin book. And my ideas pretty much stay to the mainstream created by Gipe. But also a few modifications. My story takes place with a new twist. Granted all mogwai and gremlins are adults . but they are of the same speices. and for a species to continue there has to be an inter link between the 2 stages. My idea pertains to the Gremlin. As a gremlin begins to starve to death ( food running out in its environment.) The Gremlins body triggers a species self preservation gene that allows it to lay eggs. Eggs that only hatch when moisture levels in the air begin to rise. These eggs begin to burst open with a furry ball that grows into a mogwai. My story takes place in Nevada. Where a Space ship is shot down by the us military and crashlands near a small town. Local teens see the crash and go to investigate. There they find in the crash site a case of purple like eggs in which they take back to town . The military shows up cleans up the mess and the kids keep quiet about what they found. The eggs begin to hatch into a new generation of Mogwai. In which a few of them are friendly. These mogwai are smarter then the ones in the first films due to Genetic memories being able to be passed down from generation to generation. One of the Mogwai gets wet by accident of course. And the life cycyle starts anew.
January 2, 2008 at 4:14 pm |
Personally I find this extreamly fascinating!I love it!My friends will most likely like it as well.I plan to soon write a book and this gives me quite an idea of how to do so.I promise if I did I wouldn’t take all credits or steal ideas. Although, the cocoon thing coulda’ been a little better as well as the history.Because seriously, aliens?
January 2, 2008 at 4:16 pm |
What exactly does Kah-ka mean?
January 3, 2008 at 9:02 am |
Grey Kloud/Kah-Kah, the majority of this bio background section is taken from the Official Novelization of the film by George Gipe, including the aliens parts, which would make a lot of sense, when considered.
A lot was left out originally from the final screenplay used to make the film, and it went through many drafts, so there are a lot of things touched upon in the early scripts and novel that never made it into the finished film.
January 3, 2008 at 2:40 pm |
Is Gizmo a girl or boy? I think hes a boy but I’m not sure.
January 13, 2008 at 12:23 pm |
If there was a third stage to the mogwai, what do you think it would look like?
June 30, 2009 at 9:36 am |
A green and slimy mogwai that is a little taller and the arms are bigger.
February 9, 2008 at 3:57 pm |
What about the fact that they can symbiotize with other product such as what we saw in the lab in Gremlins 2??
I like to imagine an organ situated in the cortex which link its own blood flow with the conduit linking the two stomachs
Its purpose is to analyze the building block (cell component) of what was swallowed to see if it can be in good symbiosis with the gremlin enhancing its already great abilities. This symbiosis is not automatic. It has to serve the gremlin’s own agenda in life. Gremlin brain being what they are (an anathema) has the instinctive ability to analyze a once in a life-time substance that can either be organic or synthetic (lab research) perfect for that purpose.
Example: I use to run a D&D campaign and in it was a strange creature which happened to be a Psionic Gremlin fanatic (psionic = brain powers such as levitation etc.) It started when he was forced to fight an psionic Mindflayer(humanoid creature with a octopus like head) while fighting the flayer, the gremlin’s Organ detected the symbiosis potential and communicated to the part of the gremlin’s brain which controls its basic instinct: eat. Once killed the Mindflayer was immediately devoured. The brain was digested and analyzed then fused with the gremlin’s own brain giving the gremlin psionic powers.
So, even in wild life where no trace of humanity can be found, gremlin can have special traits. One gremlin could have venom fangs from eating a snake.
Hope you like the idea and for me it explains gremlin 2.
February 9, 2008 at 4:03 pm |
I forgot to mention that the organ can use the gremlin’s 5 senses to analyze such symbiotic potential. In the example above it used the olfactory and touch senses (enemy’s blood wound) to come to the conclusion of such a potential.
Hope it clarify the way it was detected.
Freddy
February 13, 2008 at 2:21 pm |
I’m writing this here since I think it is the best web site to do so.
If you’r interested in participating in a non-profit fan-movie project, please contact me.
Tell me what you’d like to do in it.
The movie would be in CG since it would be the cheapest and more paractical way to do so over the web.
Here is a short synopsis I’m thinking of. (those who have read the books might consel me on details about the strange laboratory.
The Chronicles of the Gremlins: a 3D animated series. I don’t have a specific movie title yet since the synopsis could change over time.
Synopsis:
During world War 2, the grand-father of the young kid in the first movie crashed landed on an island. The grand-father -in his mid 20 at the time- discovers a ruin witch looked like a laboratory. But what is stranger is the fact that the laboratory possesses technology (machines) that cannot exist on earth: not to his knowledge at any rate. (Remember the story takes place during the WW2 period.)
After he starts comprehending what the laboratory was for, he will encounter his first gremlins and later his savior-friend: a minority Mogwai. (see web page at the bottom of this post for reference about the minority mogwai)
He also discovers and other ruin site witch seem to predate the laboratory ruin
The rest of the movie will be about surviving, getting out of that island, revealing part of what the older ruin was and what other mystery the island holds-like creature prey of the gremlins.
Simply written, that’s the synopsis
Dont forget that even if you dont have any talent in CG there are a lot more to comtribute like voices FXsouds etc.
To contact me write me at frederic_morin_37@hotmail.com
February 14, 2008 at 3:03 am |
Is there a Gremlins fan named MAMI who looks at this site…….please contact me at Delieuc@aol.com
IF YOU HAVE ANY GREMLINS PROPS, MOLDS or ANYTHING PLEASE CONTACT ME.
March 30, 2008 at 6:32 am |
Interesting information to read, I never knew there was more to the Gremlins universe outside of the movies
I naturally think about certain things though, doubts, for example:
If the Mogwais need to exchange Genes to be able to reproduce, how often is it necessary? Between the two Gremlin movies, its obvious Gizmo didn’t have contact with another of his species.
It would be interesting if the subject got developed, it could explain why the Offspring in Gremlins 2 seemed more stupid (at least two out of the four) or maybe that could also be a factor in the Majority Mogwai being corrupt and evil, due to insufficient Genetic material to spread into the Offspring.
lets say the offspring only got negative genes because there were no more fresh or positive genes to pass on,. or something? I think you get the idea
Also, if the Mogwai/Gremlins have a superior intelect, then the Brain Gremlin would have his inteligence decreased or simply mutated to a human brain?
thats the only thing I didnt find so convincing, I don’t think they should be genius creatures, but becasue they have a long lifespam, they can acquire much knowledge.
April 14, 2008 at 9:09 pm |
I have to say that the Gremlins were the big seller in the merchandising market, it would be nice to see another film once again, also with a new batch of terrible Gremlins with some of the original actors.
there is more than one way to bring a new film. there is so many ideas and possibilites you can bring, there is always a possiblity the original film can be remade with CGI and Puppets and a brand new good mogwai.
How long can Gizmo live for?? really if there was another film I am sure they will have to think of a way around that one, Gizmo regenerates into another younger looking mogwai.
July 9, 2009 at 9:01 am |
Lol regenerate, like in doctor who!
April 19, 2008 at 1:10 pm |
OK, if you drop water on a mogwai’s stomach will a new mogwai pop out the their back or their stomach?
May 9, 2008 at 3:56 pm |
gremlins 3 needs to be made, what is the hold up, why do they have to wait from 1990 to 2008 just tio make a movie.
gremlins 3 should be about billy and kate have a son named michel and is a bad kid which they send him to boot camp and he steals gizmo and gizmo multilys there, meanwile the girl gremlin multiplys in new york at clamp corners, which a boy who loves the gremlins finds a way to control them to be his EVIL ARMY.
Oh and KAH-KAH if you drop water on a mogwai it will come out of the back. I dont know were you got the stomach thing from.
May 11, 2008 at 9:23 am |
I was just thinking about it and it kept me up all night! I know all of the mogwai’s offspring come out the back, but It makes absolutely NO sense at all for the mogwai to come out the back if the water fell on the front, but OK…
May 23, 2008 at 8:27 am |
just hope you understand now KAH-KAH.
May 23, 2008 at 5:29 pm |
Yeah, I get it.
May 24, 2008 at 5:19 pm |
KAH-KAH who is your favorite gremlin.
May 28, 2008 at 1:59 pm |
Personally I favor no gremlin over another, but if I had to chose one I would chose Stripe, he’s very crafty and he seems much more like how Gremlins where seen in WWII. Smart, mean, and when he’s not creating mischief he still is able to goof off. Take the Snow White scene for instance, he was laid back then.
May 30, 2008 at 1:51 pm |
daffy is my favorite gremlin because he is crazy.
June 3, 2008 at 12:14 pm |
Nice site
June 8, 2008 at 6:33 pm |
I made a Gremlins Blog if anyone wants to read it. There isn’t much on there but I’ve only had it for about a month!
It’s http://ilovemogwai.blogspot.com/
Did anyone know theres a band called Mogwai? Apparently there is and there very popular…
June 13, 2008 at 5:36 am |
i like to know… Why in second film, when Gizmo reproduced, first five new mogwai look different then mogwais in first film???? Why only this five Gremlins looks different then hundrets another???
June 20, 2008 at 5:09 pm |
i wrote a gremlins fanfic that tackles the ideas of gizmo turning into a gremlin, gremlins turning back into mogwais, and genetic memory. i will probably be uploading it over at fanfiction.net soon. within the next week most likely.
June 21, 2008 at 2:47 pm |
Thats a really good question!
August 18, 2008 at 12:30 pm |
this may be off topic but does any one think there will be a crash bandicoot and spyro show.
August 18, 2008 at 12:32 pm |
kitro 600 its because they were personallity gremlins.
September 15, 2008 at 4:40 pm |
hellow everybody! here a little questionarie, what you think?
do you think that greta is a minority gremlin? (She is otherwise harmless, like Gizmo, except for her affections for Forster; and she is also shown to be aggressive to other Gremlins, as in one scene, she kills a Gremlin by slashing it across the face for trying to hit on her)
Do you think that greta is alive? (She was the only gremlin in the film that was confirmed to have survived)
sorry for my bad english n_nU
greetings!
November 23, 2008 at 8:58 am |
Woah! How long has it been since anyone here has posted?!?! Weird… I’ve been on a lot of Newsies fan sites lately, my Gremlins obsession is dieing down! *GASP!* Someone quick! BRING ME BACK! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
November 30, 2008 at 9:23 pm |
it’s true, posts are decreasing. i think this web need a forum.
i maked a few draws and send them to the web, but it’s not updating
December 2, 2008 at 5:06 pm |
Yeah, I never come on here anymore. :p We really need a forum but yeah, no one ever comes on and it never updates! :’( Gremlins really isn’t my favorite movie anymore but this website is not to blame for that . Blame the 60 hot singing/dancing news boys of the 1992 musical flop. :p
December 6, 2008 at 7:09 am |
Fo-rum! fo-rum! (8)
Mr. Wing admin! yay! =D
January 2, 2009 at 4:50 am |
Hey I noticed someone had asked how the New Batch Gremlins knew Gizmo’s and I even noticed how the article addressed pre-natal memory in the species. What I have seen as apparent since the last time I watch G2 is that as in lower order asexual lifeforms, Mogwai/Gremlins possess Genetic Memory, that is to a certain extent a parent passes on his/her memories to his/her offspring. That would explain how Daffy (aka the Crazy Gremlin) as a Mogwai instantly recognizes the tube of paint and goes to play with it, how they knew Gizmo’s name as well as fragments of English, and why they would take out aggression on the microwave in the Kitchen scene in G2, its not mentioned in the books, but its the only logical explanation. Also, it would explain why the New Batch exhibited greater diversity than the First Batch and why they resembled TV/Movie characters, they absorberd fractured elements of Gizmos memories/personality AFTER he had been heavily exposed to TV and Movies by Billy tin the first film, as that was clearly his first exposure to the medium. Just my own wild speculation, but hey that as good as any when it comes to fictional species right? Haha. Thanks Muchly and great site btw.
March 19, 2009 at 10:01 pm |
it’s a little late to answer singram’s of topic question but I heard some rumors about a spyro show but no crash.
March 19, 2009 at 10:03 pm |
sorry about your name singrem.
March 30, 2009 at 6:43 pm |
Is there going to be baby mogwai’s if there is a 3rd one? P.S. Where do Mogwai’s come from ?
June 29, 2009 at 9:08 pm |
If Mogwai were created by Mogurton then how did the old guy in the shop get them?
June 30, 2009 at 9:39 am |
Mr wing saved Gizmo from being run over by an airplane about to take off during World War II, if I am not mistaken, and took care of him until Mr wing’s death in 1990.
June 29, 2009 at 9:27 pm |
Did you Know there was another good mogwai in the movie Gremlins (named earl),but he was brought to Billy’s science teacher and was caged, and because he did not get enough love and attention, he had the anger to eat after midnight and try to kill Gizmo.
September 23, 2009 at 9:42 pm |
I brought my toy Gizmo to school and i told my teacher to turn off the lights so i could show it during show and tell! good times! I wish they didn’t die in the light!
September 26, 2009 at 10:09 am |
hey, do stripe and mohawk look the same? It’s been a while sice i watched the movies and i’m wondering if they both look the ame as mogwai.
September 29, 2009 at 8:19 am |
No, Stripe was primarily green and brown, with a white mane on his head, while Mohawk’s colors were more dark with black and blue highlights. Mohawk also had more of a “spine” on his head rather than a mane of fur/hair.
October 23, 2009 at 12:39 pm |
Yeah, and didn’t he have spikes on his back? P.S. Gremlins is 3rd on my list! YIKES!
November 3, 2009 at 8:35 am |
stripes was black with a white stripe when he was a mogwai.when he was a gremlin he was part spider with spikes sticking out of his back and he still had a white stripe.I wonder what gizmo would look like if he ate after midnight?
November 12, 2009 at 8:09 pm |
he would probably look like all the others just not evil.