History Film / Gremlins2TheNewBatch

* CanadaEh: Billy and Marla went to a Canadian themed restaurant that has just about every stereotype (including an overly friendly waiter dressed as a Mountie, Molson as the only beer available, and Gordon Lightfoot playing in the background). The chocolate mousse? You guessed it - a molded chocolate '''''moose'''''.
-->'''Waiter:''' Would you like an antler?

* MonumentalDamage: The uncut version shows that the Gremlins have seized military grade weaponry from the Clamp building and plan on blowing up the Statue of Liberty.

** Girl Gremlin is the only "after midnight" Gremlin who isn't evil. She just wanna be loved.

''Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' is the 1990 sequel to ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', again directed by Creator/JoeDante.

A video game adaptation also came out in 1990 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem.

* DenserAndWackier: With the studio willing to let them do anything they wanted, the creators decided to go in a different direction from the original and just have fun; the setting is now just as over-the-top and cartoonish as the titular critters, completely neutering the horror elements from the original (which were caused by them wreaking their brand of violent havoc in a more-or-less realistic setting, with appropriate levels of pain and terror from their victims). The fact that the film starts with the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' rings with a cameo from WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck should give you an idea on how more comedic the film is.

* DenserAndWackier: With the studio willing to let them do anything they wanted, the creators decided to go in a different direction from the original and just have fun. The fact that the film starts with the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' rings with a cameo from WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck should give you an idea on how more comedic the film is.

* EvilElevator: The Gremlins commandeer one of the Clamp building's elevators with Kate inside it.

Dante only agreed to make the sequel if he was given free rein by the studio, and he pretty much went nuts. The resulting film is far more fourth-wall breaching and overtly comedic than its predecessor, with everybody from Wrestling/HulkHogan to WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck to Creator/ChristopherLee putting in an appearance. ([[Series/TheOddCouple1970 Tony Randall's]] voice-performance as the Brain Gremlin is a particular stand-out.)

A video game adaptation also came out in 1990 for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and was considered to be superior to the film.

In 2016, Zach Galligan announced that Creator/WarnerBros will be making a direct sequel to the film, while other sources have stated that ''Gremlins 3'' will be a reboot. The film has not yet surfaced. The animated series ''WesternAnimation/GremlinsSecretsOfTheMogwai'' debuted in May 2023.

Dante only agreed to make the sequel if he was given free rein by the studio, and he pretty much went nuts. The resulting film is far more fourth-wall breaching and overtly comedic than its predecessor, with everybody from Wrestling/HulkHogan to WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck to Creator/ChristopherLee putting in an appearance. ([[Series/TheOddCouple1970 Tony Randall's]] voice-performance as the Brain Gremlin is a particular stand-out.) Fans remain divided over whether it is better than or didn't live up to the original.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Clamp is obviously UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, in that his name sounds similar, he's a real estate magnate who puts his name on skyscrapers, and he's a shameless self-promoter. It's also implied that he'll hook up with Marla, referring to Trump's then-wife Marla Trump. Clamp also has a lot of UsefulNotes/TedTurner in him, what with the cable channels, the "End of the World" tape on-deck, and his colorizing old black and white films (shown in a deleted scene where he colorizes a scene from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'').

* BrickJoke: A particularly {{Meta}} example. In the opening animation, Daffy calls Bugs out on the 'fifty years' he's been hogging the spotlight. Bugs' first cartoon was in July 1940, fifty years before the film released in cinemas.