Gizmo (Gremlins)

Gizmo, also known as Giz, is one of the main characters from the Gremlins series.
== Charactah Account ==
Gizmo is an adorable Mogwai who Rand Peltzer buys from Mr. Wing (or rather, his nephew) to give to Billy as a pet. Completely peaceful and friendly, Gizmo is accidentally splashed with water and spawns a batch of other Mogwai, who then turn into Gremlins, leading to the chaos around Kingston Falls. The Gremlins themselves despise Gizmo and bully/torture him any chance they get, most likely because he refuses to transform and remains peaceful towards humans.
Gizmo is the infamous cute, kind, lovable, adorable Mogwai; and not being subject to Fuxi's curse, but merely its unaffected holder for his "descendant-siblings", Gizmo will and can be counted to try following the three rules to the best of his ability - avoiding sunlight, water and food after midnight even if any, two or all of such where made readily available to him, fully aware of the consequences otherwise. Despite not being vicious like the other gremlins, and most other Mogwai, Gizmo has shown he's just as adept as they are with weapons and electrical devices. Gizmo knows how to work an electrical keyboard, turning on a television, operating a toy car, playing a trumpet, and well just being plain adorable. Not to mention, making an effective bow and arrow out of office supplies. This might be a reference to his name, as the word "gizmo" means a gadget.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
* Teen Titans Go! Season 8
=== Movies ===
* Gremlins
* Gremlins 2: The New Batch
=== Video Games ===
* Gremlins
* Gremlins 2: The New Batch
* Gremlins Gizmo
* Gremlins: Stripe vs. Gizmo
* Gremlins: The Adventure
* Gremlins: Unleashed
* Lego Dimensions
* MultiVersus
== Trivia ==
* Gizmo was never shown to have eaten anything in both movies. However, a commercial that advertised Gremlins Cereal showed Gizmo eating Gremlins Cereal (Hopefully not after midnight). It’s also implied he was eating a candy cane. In the Mountain Dew ad, he takes a sip, but makes a mess.
** The novel of the first film, however, contradicts the above statement. Gizmo has eaten half an egg roll, rice, broccoli, twice-fried pork scraps, a Milky Way bar, a rubber washer, cardboard, and packing chips.
* According to the novelization of the first film, the mogwai are a result of genetic manipulations by an alien scientist to create a creature that would evoke good-naturedness and goodwill amongst the galaxy. However, a slight miscalculation caused all but 1 in 10,000 to be mischievous or evil and the transformation mogwai can go through being totally unintended. Only one in ten thousand are gentle and as a result, is hated by their brethren. Also, this previously mentioned mogwai is effectively immortal. As Gizmo is gentle and has a long list of historical figures that have owned him, it is clear that he was this mogwai type. If this mogwai eats after midnight though, he will lose his longevity, becoming a typical gremlin. However, as that was never mentioned in the movie, the credence to this nature of the mogwai/Gizmo is unknown.
** The novel also states Gizmo knows of two other eternal Mogwai that have been on Earth.
** Ironically, the trait of mogwai longevity was confirmed in Secrets of the Mogwai.
* Gizmo has musical talent since he can play a trumpet (that was actually perfect in size for him), knew how to play the electronic keyboard, and sings regularly.
* The Gizmo puppet used in the first film was not used in the second film, however, the Gizmo puppet used in Gremlins 2: The New Batch was featured on the DVD cover of Gremlins.
* In the first film, Gizmo spawned five mogwai. However, in the second film, he spawned only four.
* Originally, Gizmo was supposed to be the Gremlin leader in Gremlins, not Stripe.
* It is implied Gizmo had spawned Gremlins before the events of Gremlins, as he already seemed to know that Stripe was trouble moments after he spawned him. This was later confirmed to be true in Secrets of the Mogwai.
* In both films, Gizmo seems to recall what the characters in both movies he watched said, and mimicked the tactics in them.
* In the first film, in the scene where Billy was showing the cocoons to his mother, the white patch of fur on Gizmo's right eye was then on the left.
* In Gremlins 2: The New Batch, it is learned that Gizmo is a fan of Rambo.
* In the first film, Rand was the one who named him Gizmo but in the animated series which took place way before they met, Gizmo is already his name.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Gizmo at Gremlins Wiki
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