Character pages for Gremlins (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch, and Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.
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Yao/Odd-Odd
Yao
Played by: Randall Park
Appears in: Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
A shapeshifting spirit with a Bian lian inspired face that desires to eat Gizmo.
- Affably Evil: He engages in casual conversation with Elle and Sam after he trapped them with his quills.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He disguises himself as a kind and lenient train inspector to get Sam's trust so Sam would give him the Mogwai.
- Glamour Failure: When disguised as Sam to trick Elle, she notices he has hooves for feet.
- Immortality Immorality: They seek to become immortal by eating poor innocent Gizmo.
- Imposter Forgot One Detail: While disguised as Sam he does not know that Mogwai can talk, confusing Elle and Gizmo even further.
- Nice Character, Mean Actor: Outside of his roles, he brags about his great act as the train inspector and claims that he is not good at playing "victim roles" like Sam.
- Out-of-Character Alert: His impersonation of Sam is very flawed in terms of personality, his version of Sam is way too much of a jerk to the point that both Elle and Gizmo instantly notice.
- Perfect Disguise, Terrible Acting: Played with, while he can replicate Sam's look and voice well enough, he fails to capture his personality. His train inspector disguise is much more convincing, implying that he can be a good actor with certain material.
- The Prima Donna:
- He has this personality, constantly talking about what a great performer he is.
- It backfires quickly when Sam and Elle use it to distract him while Gizmo escapes.
- Spike Shooter: He has spikes across his body which he can shoot out to target people.
The Jiangxi
Jiangxi
Played by: Keisuke Hoashi
Appears in: Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Undead creatures that can turn another person into one with a scratch.
- Asshole Victim: One of the Jiangxi was an unhinged bandit that tried robbing Sam and Elle at knifepoint before being turned.
- Chinese Vampire: They are the Jiangshi from legend and have most of the qualities such as the hopping, the reaching arms, and the bureaucrat outfit. According to Grandpa Wing, the first Jiangxi was a bureaucrats who could not think for himself, and thus could not decide to leave his body when he died.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Placing a special talisman on their forehead will freeze them so long as it remains in place.
Fox Spirit
Fox Spirit
Played by: Ramona Young
Appears in: Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
A Fox Spirit Gizmo and Co. encounter in episode six who tries to present herself as nice and helpful.
- Affably Evil: Acts nice and polite, breaking up a confrontation with a spirit the heroes can not understand, but she just wants to eat Gizmo herself.
- Asshole Victim: After trying to eat Gizmo, she has trouble with the Gremlins that followed him.
- Completely Unnecessary Translator: She begins to translate what the large angry spirits coming after the heroes want, the protagonists did already figure that one out on their own.
- Obviously Evil: Since the Fox Spirit is a lousy actor, Elle, Gizmo and even Sam can quickly see her true intentions.
- Translator Buddy: She tries to present herself as one.
- Zerg Rush: When she returns in episode seven as one of the main threat, she ends up being far more dangerous by attacking with a huge group of Fox Spirits.
Nuwa
Nuwa
Played by: Sandra Oh
Appears in: Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
The Goddess of Creation who also created the Mogwai.- The Alcoholic: She's introduced guzzling bottle after bottle of alcoholic bevearages.
- Big Good: She is quick to help Gizmo and could have helped the protagonists with their Gremlin problem if she didn't end up poisoned.
- Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?:
- Elle attempts this on her, rushing to the portal she created but Elle is quickly pulled back.
- Pulled off by Riley and the Gremlins who trick her into drinking poison that depowers her.
- Drowning My Sorrows: After the test for humanity failed and she was barred from creating anything ever again, she spends all her days in a tavern getting drunk.
- Failed a Spot Check: She was so drunk that she failed to notice Gremlins invading the bar she was in and poisoning her drink.
- She also doesn't really seem to notice that her brother did cheat with their bet, first stacking the deck against her by writing the three rules (two of them include something very common and ever-present in the human realm) and then flat out cheating by cursing the Mogwai spawned from Gizmo to be evil, thus ensuring that the third rule would be broken as well and humanity would suffer greatly.
- Healing Serpent: Her healing ability is so incredibly strong that she can revert Gremlins back to Mogwai and break her brother's curse on them to render them non-evil.
- Jade-Colored Glasses: Nuwa used to see the good in humanity, but after her test failed miserably, she now sees humanity as a lost cause. As such, she refuses to let Sam and Elle escort Gizmo the rest of the way to the Valley of Jade. The only reason she allows them to come is because Gizmo refuses to go unless they came as well. In the end, after Sam and Elle have risked their lives for him, when Gizmo wants to stay with Sam, she allows it, deciding to give humanity another chance.
- How the Mighty Have Fallen: She was once the one of the creators of the world alongside her brother. After she made a bet with him that humanity would be able to take care of the Mogwai without breaking the rules, she was barred from creation and spends her time in a bar getting drunk. This is encapsulated in her first scene when she introduces herself to Sam and Elle as the Goddess of Creation and then lets out an undignified burp.
- Mind over Matter: She can easily levitate multiple people at once.
- Shrink Ray: Her magic allows her to shrink other spirits at will to render them harmless.
- Snake People: Her lower half is a serpent like in the myths.
- Worf Had the Flu: She is incredibly powerful since she is a Creator Goddess but a deadly poison soon ends up depowering her and is then slowly killing her.
Fuxi
Fuxi
Appears in: Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
Nuwa's brother who is responsible for the rules of the Mogwai.- Greater-Scope Villain: He's the one who created the 3 rules for the Mogwai, thereby causing the destruction the Gremlins wreak. He also cursed the Mogwai's offspring to be murderous tricksters, whether they're fed after midnight or not.
- Humans Are Insects: Nuwa claims that he sees humans as ants. Amusing from afar but becoming a pest when close.
- Killer Game Master: He not only cheated to screw over his sister, his twisted game got a lot of humans killed.
- Manipulating the Opponent's Deck: He flat out wrote all the rules about the Mogwai, thus explaining why they are written in a way to screw over the humans. The additional curse he put upon the Mogwai made it even MORE unfair.
