History YMMV / Gremlins

*** [[AdaptionExpansion]]. In the novel, it is explained as Gizmo being the only Mogwai, falling from space many years ago.

* HilariousInHindsight: John Glover plays Daniel Clamp, an honest, likeable Millionaire who subverts many of the stereotypes about corporate executives. Ten years later, he played Lionel Luthor who may just be the trope codifier for the CorruptCorporateExecutive.

* CompleteMonster: All the Gremlins, but especially Stripe/Mohawk. Unlike the other rest of the Gremlins who are more tricksters than villains, he is more sadistic and fiendish. Even as a mogwai he is extremely mischievous and sinister, at one point trying to bite the index finger of Billy Peltzer's friend Pete Fountaine.
** Lets not forget Mrs Deagle as well. She takes a gleeful delight in threatening to kill dogs, abusing carol singers and, in her most heinous act, takes sadistic pleasure in evicting poor, starving families from Their homes on Christmas. She is the only other person the Gremlins directly kill (apart from perhaps Billy's teacher) and, by jove, did she have it coming to her.

* IAmNotShazam: For the record, the main gremlin's name is "Stripe" not "Spike", and the lead gremlin in the sequel is officially named Mohawk.

*** [[Adaption Expansion In the novel]], it is explained as Gizmo being the only Mogwai, falling from space many years ago.

** Why haven't these creatures taken over the world á la [[StarTrek tribbles]]? Surely some time in the past some wild mogwais would have got caught in the rain...

** Lets not forget Mrs Deagle as well. She takes a gleeful delight in threatening to kill dogs, abusing carol singers and, in her most heinous act, takes sadistic pleasure in evicting poor, starving families from Their homes on Christmas. She is the only person the Gremlins directly kill and ,by jove, did She have it coming to her.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: AwesomeMusic/JerryGoldsmith

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: One particular Mogwai, stated as Earl in official media, is hinted in the film and novel as being one of the few Mogwai blessed with a more docile personality similar to Gizmo, [[spoiler: that is until he is taken to the university to be experimented on and then happening on that sandwich, destining him as another psychotic Gremlin and to the same ill fate as all his other bretheren.]]

** First movie: The whole "Santa Claus" speech in the first film comes out of nowhere, and has absolutely no reason to be in the movie [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel than to be disturbing.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: John Glover plays Daniel Clamp, an honest, likeable Millionaire who subverts many of the stereotypes about corporate executives. Ten years later, he played Lionel Luthor who may just be the trope codifier for the ''CorruptCorporateExecutive''.

* HilariousInHindsight: John Glover plays Daniel Clamp, an honest, likeable Millionaire who subverts many of the stereotypes about corporate executives. Ten years later, he played Lionel Luthor who may just be the trope codifier for the ''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive]]''.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids - This movie, along with ''{{Indiana Jones}} and the Temple of Doom'' led to the creation of the PG-13 rating.

* DeaderThanDisco: ''Gremlins 2'' is a 1990 film and it ''shows'', with references to ''Film/{{Batman}}'', ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', DonaldTrump and Marla Maples' affair, and so on.

** An offhand radio broadcast in the first film implies that the Marines were going to hose down the gremlins if it weren't for Billy and Gizmo killing them all first.

* DeaderThanDisco: It's a 1990 film and it ''shows'', with references to ''{{Film/Batman}}'', ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', Donald Trump and Marla Maples' affair, and so on.

* IAmNotShazam: For the record, the main gremlin's name is "Stripe" not "Spike", and the lead gremlin in the sequel is officially named Mohawk.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Oh, HELL, yes. HILARIOUS Nightmare Fuel.
** Take the already dangerous and ubiquitous power of electricity and give it (semi-)intelligence and self-control. Oh yeah, and make it evil. Probably one of the most terrifying gremlins when you think about it.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
** Gizmo going all {{Rambo}} on the spider gremlin in the sequel. Also, in the first film, there's a Gremlin with a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]. Gremlin. With. A. CHAINSAW!
** [[ActionMom "GET OUT OF MY KITCHEN!!"]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Billy and Gizmo's reunion in the second film.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: One particular Mogwai, stated as Earl in official media, is hinted in the film and novel as being one of the few Mogwai blessed with a more docile personality similar to Gizmo, [[spoiler: that is until he is taken to the university to be experimented on and then happening on that sandwich, destining him as another psychotic Gremlin and to the same ill fate as all his other bretheren.]]

** An offhand radio broadcast in the second film implies that the Marines were going to hose down the gremlins if it weren't for Billy and Gizmo killing them all first.