Gremlionis

**Gremlionis** is an episode of *The Brothers Go to the Movies* series.

## Plot

Mama Marinara and her three sons Dannyno, Marlono and Cliff run one of the most renowned pizzerias in the heart of the New York City. One day, Dannyno and Marlono are seen making garlic pizzas. When Dannyno accidentally bumps into Marlono while taking the pizzas out, a fight ensues with Marlono throwing the pizzas at Dannyno. Mama sends the two to deliver the pizzas on her huge list. As Dannyno and Marlono go on their delivery run, they first deliver a pizza to none other than a character from another Saturday morning cartoon, Michelangelo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. After numerous deliveries, their last delivery to a Palm Reader, Mr. Cacciatore He doesn't have money so he shows them a Mogwai an ancient Italian pet. Dannyno and Marlono accept his offer since they know their little brother Cliff would love it. However the man gives them a stern warning not to feed the Mogwai garlic before they take off.

Back at the apartment, Dannyno and Marlono check up on Cliff, who has been run down with the sniffles. They show him the Mogwai to cheer him up. When Mama sees the Mogwai, she freaks out. She tells them that the Mogwai is a Gremiloni, which can grow, multiply and become nasty. To further exasperate things, she tells them that these little monsters destroyed her hometown in Italy. Seeing fuzzy green creature adorable as he is, they decide to keep the Mogwai anyway. When the Mogwai is hungry, Dannyno and Marlono try to remember what the Mogawai is not supposed to eat. Dannyno eventually remembers while Cliff accidentally feeds him garlic pizza. True to Mama's warnings, the creature pops a small ball which turns into a Gremlioni with a blue scale who escapes through the window. Dannyno eventually finds the Gremlioni making graffiti and brings him back. Meanwhile Marlono has found another one. It turns out that the blue scaled Gremlioni has eaten more garlic multiplying more Gremlionis. The little monsters are running havoc, angering or scaring the people, and trashing the city. The boys must do something to stop them.

The boys first go over to Mr. Cacciatore for some help about how to get rid of them. It turns out he is gone on Cliff. Then they go to the library to find informally about stopping them from multiplying. They find a book about Gremlionis and a cookbook. They learn in the cookbook that according to Mary Bell Sue's Cliff that in order to dilute the presence of garlic, a sprinkle of parsley does the job. Therefore, if the boys throw parsley on the Gremlionis, they will stop multiplying. They know their Mama has the best parsley, so they go over to the pizzeria where they found everything stolen including Mama. Mogwai then smells garlic coming from the sewers. The boys follow him and they eventually found Mama being held captive and being forced to make tons of pizza by the Gremilonis.

In order to save Mama and the rest of the city, the boys gather all the parsley they can find. Dannyno goes to every grocery store while Marlono finds a whole field of Parsley. Meanwhile Cliff orders numerous plates of pasta with parsley. Once they get all the parsley in the state, Marlono creates a machine where they can sprinkle parsley all over the Gremlionis' hideout and save Mama. The boys discover that when the parsley lands on Gremlioni it turns into a mushroom. Parsley got some of the Gremlionis while some manage to escape. Mama is pleased to see them but isn't happy they disobeyed her. Dannyno tells Mama to lock her doors until the Gremlioni problem is under control.

Later on, the boys are either walking down the street with parsley guns or flying on a blimp spraying parsley on the Gremlionis they can find in the city. After all the Gremlionis with the pink scales are all mushrooms, the last thing they need to do is to get rid of the ringleader, the Gremlioni with the blue scale. They chase him into an old parade float warehouse. Dannyno says the jig is up and Marlono has a trick up his sleeve. He offers the blue scaled Gremlioni garlic, much to Dannyno and Cliff's fear. Once the blue scaled Gremlioni eats the garlic, he turns into a mushroom. It turns out that the garlic is made out of parsley which Marlono learned from making the combinable pizzas.

Therefore, New York City is safe, the boys are heroes, and Mama is so proud of them. Dannyno hopes to never see one again and Marlono explains that Mogwai is taken back by Mr. Cacciatore, at least that's what they thought. Meanwhile, Cliff goes to a hidden drawer and there is Mogwai sitting there. It turns out that Cliff secretly decides to keep Mogwai since he's so sweet, cuddly and adorable.

## Cast

* Danny Murphy as Dannyno Marinara
* Marlon Murphy as Marlono Marinara
* Corey Murphy as Cliff Marinara
* Gremlionis
* Mama Marinara
* Mr. Cacciatore
* Michelangelo (guest cameo)

## Songs

* "Gremlionis"
* "Rebel Yell" originally performed by Billy Idol.

## Behind the Scenes

* This episode was based on the 1984 monster movie *Gremlins* and also used some scenes from *Ghostbusters*.
* The Green fuzzy creature Mogawai is based on Gizmo
* The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Michelangelo) makes a cameo appearance.