History Trivia / Gremlins

* DoingItForTheArt: Legendary Oscar-winning special effects artist Rick Baker was convinced to work on the second film by letting him completely redesign the mogwai/gremlins, including making the new hybrids.

** Speaking of Doctor, [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Saruman]]/[[FranchiseStarWars Count Dooku]] [[ChristopherLee is the]] amoral scientist playing with genetics!

** There were going to be more Mogwai in the sequel,one of them a female that could have served as a possible LoveInterest for Gizmo,but they were ultimately deleted.However,NECA released figures of the scrapped Mogwai reccently.Also,there were going to be more mutant gremlins as well,including an elephant/gremlin hybrid[[http://gremlins.wikia.com/wiki/Elephant_Gremlin]],but were left out in the end.

* TheCameo: HulkHogan appears in the sequel, threatening to beat up the Gremlins after they interuppt their own movie. BugsBunny and DaffyDuck also show up at the beginning and the end of the film.

** In the Japanese dub, [[ToshihikoSeki Billy is]] [[MobileSuitGundamWing Duo Maxwell]] and [[MobileSuitGundamSEED Rau La Creuset]].

** Raymond Cruz plays the delivery guy in ''Gremlins 2''.

** The sheriff's deputy from the first movie is Mike Ehrmantraut from ''BreakingBad''

** The sheriff's deputy from the first movie is Mike Ehrmantraut from ''BreakingBad''

** During production of the sequel, there were plans for an animated series. There was even a blurb for it in the ''He's 50, Folks'' magazine celebrating Bugs Bunny's 50th anniversary. Unfortunately, the poor box-office performance of the sequel resulted in the television series getting canceled.

** The first movie was going to be DarkerAndEdgier. Gizmo was going to become a gremlin in the second act, but this was deemed too confusing to audiences. Billy's mother was also going to be murdered by the gremlins, with her head rolling down the stairs. Additionally, Billy would have been your typical 80's HollywoodNerd and not only traveled around the town with two companions during the madness (a love interest and a bully-turned-emergency-ally), but wielded a sword.

** The first movie was going to be DarkerAndEdgier. Gizmo was going to become a gremlin in the second act, but this was deemed too confusing to audiences. Billy's mother was also going to be murdered by the gremlins, with her head rolling down the stairs. Additionally, Billy would have been your typical HollywoodNerd and not only traveled around the town with two companions during the madness (a love interest and a bully-turned-emergency-ally), but wielded a sword.

** The first movie was going to be DarkerAndEdgier. Gizmo was going to become a gremlin in the second act, but this was deemed too confusing to audiences. Billy's mother was also going to be murdered by the gremlins, with her head rolling down the stairs.

** The Brain Gremlin is [[TheOddCouple Felix Unger]].

** Speaking of Doctor, [[TheLordOfTheRings Saruman]]/[[StarWars Count Dooku]] [[ChristopherLee is the]] amoral scientist playing with genetics!

** Gizmo is voiced by [[DealOrNoDeal Howie Mandel]] and Stripe by Creator/FrankWelker.

** Gizmo is voiced by [[DealOrNoDeal Howie Mandel]] and Stripe by FrankWelker.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original script of ''The New Batch'' featured Randall Peltzer making a {{Cameo}} at the end of the movie with his latest invention -- a wetsuit-type device to prevent Gizmo from ever getting wet again.

** Clamp Enterprises are run by [[{{Smallville}} Lionel Luthor]] and his assistant [[StarTrekVoyager the Doctor]] ([[Series/DoctorWho no, not that one]]).

** For older tropers, Mrs. Deegle in the first film was played by Flo from the long-running sitcom ''[[{{Series/Alice1976}} Alice]]''.

** FOr older tropers, Mrs. Deegle in the first film was played by Flo from the 80s sitcom ''{{Alice}}''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Clamp Enterprises are run by [[{{Smallville}} Lionel Luthor]] and his assistant [[StarTrekVoyager the Doctor]] ([[Series/DoctorWho no, not that one]]).

* HeyItsThatVoice: The Brain Gremlin is [[TheOddCouple Felix Unger]].