Gremlins/Funny
- The gremlins caroling... singing their own theme tune instead of Christmas songs.
- The gremlins watching "Snow White and The Seven Dwarves" and loving it.
- Gizmo crying out "Bambi!" when he sees a deer in "Snow White".
- In the same vein, when Mr. Wu tosses Randy Peltzer's money on the couch, Gizmo exclaims "Moolah!"
From the sequel:
- The talk show interview with Brain Gremlin.
Grandpa Fred: Creature, what is it that you want?
Brain : Fred, what we want is, I think, what everyone wants, and what you and your viewers have: civilization.
Grandpa Fred: Yes, but what sort of civilization are you speaking of?
Brain: The niceties, Fred. The fine points: diplomacy, compassion, standards, manners, tradition... that's what we're reaching toward. Oh, we may stumble along the way, but civilization, yes. The Geneva Convention, chamber music, Susan Sontag. Everything your society has worked so hard to accomplish over the centuries, that's what we aspire to; we want to be civilized. (a silly Gremlin with a beanie cap acts goofy next to Brain) You take a look at this fellow here. (BLAMMO!) Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized. Now, bear in mind, none of us has been in New York before. There are the Broadway shows - we'll have to find out how to get tickets. There's also a lot of street crime, but I believe we can watch that for free. We want the essentials. Dinettes. Complete bedroom groups. Convenient credit, even though we've been turned down in the past...
- Most of everything Girl Gremlin says.
"What a hunk!"
"Oh, why can't you commit?!"
- The brief scene in the building's stock market department:
Gremlins: BUY! SELL! BUY! SELL!
Brain: ...Well, it's rather brutal here. We're advising our clients to put everything they've got into canned food and shotguns!
- A particularly well suited Shout-Out as the Gremlins melt and die:
Witch-disgised Gremlin: I'm melting! Meeellllting, oh, what a world, what a world...
- "We can't let them get away! All they have to do is eat three or four children and they'll be the most appalling publicity!"
From the first film's Novelization:
"I forgot to tell him not to feed them after midnight," [Billy] said, disgusted with himself.
"Don't worry," Pete said. "I'll stop by after I do my Christmas tree routine. It'll only be eight o'clock."
"You won't forget?"
Pete crossed his heart. "Word of honor," he promised. "May I turn into a Christmas tree forever if I forget."
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
Pete forgot.
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