<s>
Gremlins	B-Language
is	O
a	O
1984	O
American	O
black	O
comedy	O
horror	O
film	O
directed	O
by	O
Joe	O
Dante	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
Chris	O
Columbus	O
,	O
and	O
starring	O
Zach	O
Galligan	O
,	O
Phoebe	O
Cates	O
,	O
Hoyt	O
Axton	O
,	O
Polly	O
Holliday	O
,	O
and	O
Frances	O
Lee	O
McCain	O
,	O
with	O
Howie	O
Mandel	O
providing	O
the	O
voice	O
of	O
Gizmo	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
mogwai	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
draws	O
on	O
legends	O
of	O
folkloric	O
mischievous	O
creatures	O
that	O
cause	O
malfunctions	O
—	O
"	O
gremlins	B-Language
"	O
—	O
in	O
the	O
British	O
Royal	O
Air	O
Force	O
going	O
back	O
to	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
was	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
large	O
merchandising	B-Device
campaigns	O
and	O
opts	O
for	O
black	O
comedy	O
,	O
balanced	O
against	O
a	O
Christmastime	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gremlins	B-Language
was	O
theatrically	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
1984	O
by	O
Warner	O
Bros	O
.	O
to	O
critical	O
and	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
this	O
and	O
to	O
similar	O
complaints	O
about	O
Indiana	B-Device
Jones	I-Device
and	I-Device
the	I-Device
Temple	I-Device
of	I-Device
Doom	I-Device
,	O
Spielberg	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
Motion	O
Picture	O
Association	O
of	O
America	O
(	O
MPAA	O
)	O
alter	O
its	O
rating	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
did	O
within	O
two	O
months	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
new	O
PG-13	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Gremlins	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
Batch	I-Application
,	O
in	O
1990	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
more	O
satirical	O
tone	O
and	O
parodies	O
Hollywood	O
sequels	O
,	O
to	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
a	O
box-office	O
bomb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hanson	O
is	O
killed	O
by	O
his	O
gremlin	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lynn	O
and	O
Billy	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
kill	O
off	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
,	O
except	O
for	O
Stripe	O
,	O
who	O
escapes	O
to	O
a	O
local	O
YMCA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
,	O
Stripe	O
jumps	O
into	O
the	O
swimming	O
pool	O
,	O
spawning	O
an	O
army	O
of	O
gremlins	B-Language
who	O
wreak	O
havoc	O
in	O
Kingston	O
Falls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
people	O
are	O
injured	O
or	O
outright	O
killed	O
by	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
 '	O
rampage	O
,	O
including	O
Mrs.	O
Deagle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Billy	O
and	O
Kate	O
discover	O
that	O
the	O
town	O
has	O
fallen	O
silent	O
and	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
are	O
watching	O
Snow	O
White	O
and	O
the	O
Seven	O
Dwarfs	O
in	O
the	O
local	O
theater	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
set	O
off	O
a	O
natural	O
gas	O
explosion	O
,	O
incinerating	O
all	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
except	O
for	O
Stripe	O
,	O
who	O
left	O
to	O
commandeer	O
more	O
candy	O
at	O
a	O
Montgomery	O
Ward	O
store	O
across	O
the	O
street	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
morning	O
approaches	O
,	O
they	O
follow	O
Stripe	O
into	O
the	O
department	O
store	O
,	O
where	O
Stripe	O
attempts	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
water	O
fountain	O
to	O
spawn	O
more	O
gremlins	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mogwai	O
and	O
Gremlin	B-Language
vocal	O
effects	O
provided	O
by	O
Brad	O
Kesten	O
(	O
uncredited	O
)	O
,	O
Michael	O
Winslow	O
,	O
Bob	O
Bergen	O
,	O
Fred	O
Newman	O
,	O
Peter	O
Cullen	O
,	O
Jim	O
Cummings	O
(	O
uncredited	O
)	O
,	O
Sonny	O
Melendrez	O
(	O
uncredited	O
)	O
,	O
Mark	O
Dodson	O
,	O
Bob	O
Holt	O
,	O
and	O
Michael	O
Sheehan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gremlins	B-Language
was	O
produced	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
combining	O
horror	O
and	O
comedy	O
was	O
becoming	O
increasingly	O
popular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Professor	O
Noël	O
Carroll	O
,	O
Ghostbusters	B-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
the	O
same	O
weekend	O
as	O
Gremlins	B-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
comic	O
strip	O
The	O
Far	O
Side	O
also	O
followed	O
this	O
trend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
notion	O
of	O
gremlins	B-Language
was	O
first	O
conceived	O
during	O
the	O
1920s	O
when	O
mechanical	O
failures	O
in	O
RAF	O
aircraft	O
were	O
jokingly	O
blamed	O
on	O
the	O
small	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
gremlins	B-Language
"	O
also	O
entered	O
popular	O
culture	O
as	O
children	O
's	O
author	O
and	O
RAF	O
pilot	O
Roald	O
Dahl	O
published	O
a	O
book	O
called	O
The	O
Gremlins	B-Language
in	O
1943	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
mischievous	O
creatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Bugs	O
Bunny	O
cartoon	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
,	O
Falling	O
Hare	O
,	O
has	O
him	O
battling	O
a	O
gremlin	B-Language
on	O
an	O
airplane	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	O
Dante	O
had	O
read	O
The	O
Gremlins	B-Language
and	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
book	O
was	O
of	O
some	O
influence	O
on	O
his	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
Dante	O
publicly	O
distanced	O
his	O
work	O
from	O
earlier	O
films	O
,	O
explaining	O
,	O
"	O
Our	O
gremlins	B-Language
are	O
somewhat	O
they	O
're	O
sort	O
of	O
green	O
and	O
they	O
have	O
big	O
mouths	O
and	O
they	O
smile	O
a	O
lot	O
and	O
they	O
do	O
incredibly	O
,	O
really	O
nasty	O
things	O
to	O
people	O
and	O
enjoy	O
it	O
all	O
the	O
while	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
of	O
Gremlins	B-Language
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
Chris	O
Columbus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
deciding	O
to	O
executive	O
produce	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
Spielberg	O
chose	O
Dante	O
as	O
his	O
director	O
because	O
of	O
his	O
experience	O
with	O
horror-comedy	O
;	O
Dante	O
had	O
previously	O
directed	O
The	O
Howling	O
(	O
1981	O
)	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
time	O
between	O
The	O
Howling	O
and	O
the	O
offer	O
to	O
film	O
Gremlins	B-Language
,	O
he	O
had	O
experienced	O
a	O
lull	O
in	O
his	O
career	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
scenes	O
were	O
cut	O
,	O
including	O
one	O
which	O
portrayed	O
Billy	O
's	O
mother	O
dying	O
in	O
her	O
struggle	O
with	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
,	O
with	O
her	O
head	O
thrown	O
down	O
the	O
stairs	O
when	O
Billy	O
arrives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
scene	O
where	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
ate	O
Billy	O
's	O
dog	O
and	O
a	O
scene	O
where	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
attacked	O
a	O
McDonald	O
's	O
,	O
eating	O
customers	O
instead	O
of	O
burgers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
Stripe	O
being	O
a	O
mogwai	O
who	O
becomes	O
a	O
gremlin	B-Language
,	O
there	O
was	O
originally	O
no	O
mogwai	O
named	O
Stripe	O
;	O
rather	O
,	O
Gizmo	O
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
transform	O
into	O
Stripe	O
the	O
gremlin	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spielberg	O
did	O
not	O
like	O
the	O
scene	O
but	O
,	O
despite	O
his	O
creative	O
control	O
,	O
he	O
viewed	O
Gremlins	B-Language
as	O
Dante	O
's	O
project	O
and	O
allowed	O
him	O
to	O
leave	O
it	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
parody	O
of	O
this	O
scene	O
is	O
featured	O
in	O
Gremlins	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
Batch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Veteran	O
actor	O
Glynn	O
Turman	O
portrayed	O
the	O
high	O
school	O
science	O
teacher	O
whose	O
study	O
of	O
a	O
newborn	O
mogwai	O
leads	O
to	O
his	O
death	O
after	O
it	O
forms	O
a	O
cocoon	O
and	O
emerges	O
as	O
a	O
vicious	O
gremlin	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dick	O
Miller	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
a	O
regular	O
in	O
Dante	O
's	O
films	O
,	O
was	O
another	O
experienced	O
actor	O
on	O
the	O
set	O
,	O
playing	O
a	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
veteran	O
who	O
first	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
creatures	O
as	O
gremlins	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
an	O
introductory	O
scene	O
to	O
Gremlins	B-Language
was	O
cut	O
,	O
Axton	O
's	O
voice	O
earned	O
him	O
the	O
added	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
narrator	O
to	O
establish	O
some	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
special	O
effects	O
relied	O
mainly	O
on	O
puppetry	O
(	O
an	O
earlier	O
attempt	O
to	O
use	O
monkeys	O
was	O
abandoned	O
because	O
the	O
test	O
monkey	O
panicked	O
when	O
made	O
to	O
wear	O
a	O
gremlin	B-Language
head	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
actors	O
worked	O
alongside	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
puppets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Numerous	O
small	O
rubber	O
puppets	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
mechanical	O
,	O
were	O
used	O
to	O
portray	O
Gizmo	O
and	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
to	O
satisfy	O
the	O
crew	O
,	O
a	O
scene	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
hang	O
Gizmo	O
on	O
a	O
wall	O
and	O
throw	O
darts	O
at	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
marionettes	B-Application
were	O
also	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walas	O
had	O
also	O
created	O
the	O
exploding	O
gremlin	B-Language
in	O
the	O
microwave	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
a	O
balloon	O
that	O
was	O
allowed	O
to	O
burst	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
Welker	O
who	O
suggested	O
Mandel	O
perform	O
in	O
Gremlins	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
gremlins	B-Language
 '	O
voices	O
were	O
performed	O
by	O
Michael	O
Winslow	O
and	O
Peter	O
Cullen	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
remaining	O
voices	O
were	O
done	O
by	O
Bob	O
Bergen	O
,	O
Fred	O
Newman	O
,	O
Mark	O
Dodson	O
,	O
Bob	O
Holt	O
,	O
and	O
Michael	O
Sheehan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
score	O
was	O
composed	O
with	O
the	O
objective	O
of	O
conveying	O
"	O
the	O
mischievous	O
humor	O
and	O
mounting	O
suspense	O
of	O
Gremlins	B-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Gremlins	B-Language
...	O
Mega	O
Madness	O
"	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
,	O
with	O
"	O
The	O
Gremlin	B-Language
Rag	O
"	O
as	O
its	O
B-side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Financially	O
,	O
Gremlins	B-Language
was	O
a	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
trailer	O
showed	O
little	O
of	O
either	O
the	O
mogwai	O
or	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
other	O
advertisements	O
concentrated	O
on	O
Gizmo	O
,	O
overlooked	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
,	O
and	O
made	O
the	O
film	O
look	O
similar	O
to	O
Spielberg	O
's	O
earlier	O
family	O
film	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Gremlins	B-Language
was	O
released	O
into	O
North	O
American	O
theaters	O
on	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
1984	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
Ivan	O
Reitman	O
's	O
Ghostbusters	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gremlins	B-Language
ranked	O
second	O
,	O
with	O
$12.5	O
million	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
weekend	O
,	O
$1.1	O
million	O
less	O
than	O
Ghostbusters	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
made	O
it	O
the	O
fourth	O
highest-grossing	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
behind	O
Beverly	B-Application
Hills	I-Application
Cop	I-Application
,	O
Ghostbusters	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Indiana	B-Device
Jones	I-Device
and	I-Device
the	I-Device
Temple	I-Device
of	I-Device
Doom	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Gremlins	B-Language
had	O
an	O
international	O
audience	O
,	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
overcome	O
cultural	O
barriers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dante	O
credited	O
this	O
work	O
as	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
factors	O
which	O
helped	O
to	O
make	O
Gremlins	B-Language
a	O
worldwide	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dante	O
admitted	O
to	O
reporters	O
later	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
taking	O
a	O
4-year-old	O
to	O
see	O
Gremlins	B-Language
,	O
thinking	O
it	O
's	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
cuddly	O
,	O
funny	O
animal	O
movie	O
and	O
then	O
seeing	O
that	O
it	O
turns	O
into	O
a	O
horror	O
picture	O
,	O
I	O
think	O
people	O
were	O
upset	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
opinion	O
,	O
Gremlins	B-Language
did	O
this	O
partly	O
through	O
depictions	O
of	O
mysterious	O
worlds	O
(	O
the	O
shop	O
in	O
Chinatown	O
)	O
and	O
tyrannical	O
elderly	O
women	O
(	O
Mrs.	O
Deagle	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Variety	O
declared	O
,	O
"	O
Make	O
room	O
for	O
adorable	O
'	O
Gremlins	B-Language
 '	O
dolls	O
on	O
the	O
shelves	O
and	O
start	O
counting	O
the	O
take	O
for	O
another	O
calculated	O
audience	O
pleaser	O
from	O
the	O
Steven	O
Spielberg-Frank	O
Marshall-Kathleen	O
Kennedy	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
later	O
wrote	O
that	O
despite	O
being	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
picture-postcard	O
town	O
"	O
and	O
blending	O
the	O
feel	O
of	O
It	O
's	O
a	O
Wonderful	O
Life	O
(	O
a	O
clip	O
of	O
which	O
appears	O
in	O
Gremlins	B-Language
)	O
with	O
that	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Blob	I-Application
,	O
the	O
film	O
is	O
"	O
negated	O
by	O
too-vivid	O
violence	O
and	O
mayhem	O
"	O
;	O
giving	O
the	O
film	O
two	O
out	O
of	O
four	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maltin	O
later	O
made	O
a	O
cameo	O
appearance	O
in	O
Gremlins	B-Language
2	O
,	O
repeating	O
his	O
criticisms	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
on	O
film	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
in-joke	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
throttled	O
by	O
the	O
creatures	O
;	O
he	O
later	O
gave	O
the	O
second	O
film	O
a	O
more	O
positive	O
rating	O
,	O
three	O
out	O
of	O
four	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
some	O
critics	O
criticized	O
the	O
film	O
's	O
depictions	O
of	O
violence	O
and	O
greed	O
—	O
such	O
as	O
death	O
scenes	O
,	O
Kate	O
's	O
speech	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
 '	O
gluttony	O
—	O
for	O
lacking	O
comic	O
value	O
,	O
scholar	O
Charlotte	O
Miller	O
instead	O
interpreted	O
these	O
as	O
a	O
satire	O
of	O
"	O
some	O
characteristics	O
of	O
Western	O
civilization	O
"	O
,	O
suggesting	O
that	O
Westerners	O
may	O
take	O
too	O
much	O
satisfaction	O
from	O
violence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gremlins	B-Language
can	O
also	O
be	O
interpreted	O
as	O
a	O
statement	O
against	O
technology	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
some	O
characters	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Billy	O
's	O
father	O
,	O
are	O
overly	O
dependent	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirkpatrick	O
Sale	O
also	O
interpreted	O
Gremlins	B-Language
as	O
an	O
anti-technology	O
film	O
in	O
his	O
book	O
Rebels	O
Against	O
the	O
Future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
scholar	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
film	O
is	O
meant	O
to	O
express	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
observations	O
of	O
society	O
by	O
having	O
the	O
gremlin	B-Language
characters	O
shift	O
in	O
what	O
they	O
are	O
meant	O
to	O
represent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colin	O
Greenland	O
reviewed	O
Gremlins	B-Language
for	O
Imagine	O
magazine	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Two	O
or	O
three	O
good	O
jokes	O
,	O
three	O
or	O
four	O
neat	O
scenes	O
,	O
lots	O
of	O
detail	O
,	O
but	O
overall	O
a	O
manic	O
melee	O
of	O
pyrotechnics	O
that	O
made	O
random	O
grabs	O
for	O
my	O
sympathy	O
and	O
failed	O
to	O
hold	O
my	O
attention	O
,	O
A	O
bit	O
more	O
coherent	O
thought	O
,	O
and	O
who	O
knows	O
,	O
it	O
might	O
have	O
been	O
something	O
good.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Gremlins	B-Language
has	O
been	O
criticized	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
its	O
depictions	O
of	O
violence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
another	O
critic	O
wrote	O
that	O
in	O
hindsight	O
,	O
Gremlins	B-Language
has	O
"	O
corny	O
special	O
effects	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
film	O
will	O
tend	O
to	O
appeal	O
to	O
children	O
more	O
so	O
than	O
to	O
adults	O
;	O
he	O
also	O
said	O
the	O
acting	O
was	O
dull	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
initial	O
mixed	O
criticism	O
,	O
Gremlins	B-Language
has	O
continued	O
to	O
receive	O
critical	O
praise	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
and	O
is	O
considered	O
by	O
many	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
films	O
of	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Rotten	O
Tomatoes	O
,	O
the	O
film	O
holds	O
a	O
"	O
Certified	O
Fresh	O
"	O
approval	O
rating	O
of	O
86%	O
based	O
on	O
76	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
average	O
rating	O
of	O
7.4/10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
's	O
critical	O
consensus	O
reads	O
,	O
"	O
Whether	O
you	O
choose	O
to	O
see	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
statement	O
on	O
consumer	O
culture	O
or	O
simply	O
a	O
special	O
effects-heavy	O
popcorn	O
flick	O
,	O
Gremlins	B-Language
is	O
a	O
minor	O
classic.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Warner	O
Home	O
Video	O
released	O
Gremlins	B-Language
on	O
VHS	O
,	O
CED	O
Videodisc	O
,	O
and	O
Beta	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gremlins	B-Language
made	O
$	O
79,500,000	O
in	O
video	O
rental	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
Rosenbaum	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
film	O
compares	O
gremlins	B-Language
to	O
African	O
Americans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Ceramic	O
Uncles	O
&	O
Celluloid	O
Mammies	O
,	O
Patricia	O
Turner	O
writes	O
that	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
"	O
reflect	O
negative	O
African-American	O
stereotypes	O
"	O
in	O
their	O
dress	O
and	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turner	O
groups	O
Gremlins	B-Language
together	O
with	O
Little	O
Shop	O
of	O
Horrors	O
as	O
films	O
that	O
show	O
fears	O
of	O
African-Americans	O
"	O
without	O
realizing	O
it	O
"	O
,	O
although	O
she	O
credits	O
the	O
film	O
with	O
containing	O
"	O
a	O
rather	O
charming	O
love	O
story	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turner	O
also	O
claims	O
that	O
the	O
origin	O
of	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
with	O
a	O
Chinese	O
character	O
suggests	O
that	O
"	O
no	O
one	O
in	O
the	O
dominant	O
culture	O
is	O
to	O
blame	O
for	O
the	O
havoc	O
wrecked	O
 [ sic ] 	O
by	O
the	O
unruly	O
aliens	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
its	O
commercial	O
themes	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
cuteness	O
of	O
the	O
character	O
Gizmo	O
,	O
Gremlins	B-Language
became	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
considerable	O
merchandising	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
rising	O
trend	O
in	O
film	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
received	O
a	O
boost	O
from	O
Spielberg	O
's	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Gizmo	O
and	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
were	O
mass-produced	O
as	O
action	O
figures	O
,	O
and	O
Topps	O
printed	O
trading	O
cards	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
,	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Jun	O
Planning	O
and	O
the	O
National	O
Entertainment	O
Collectibles	O
Association	O
produced	O
all-new	O
Gremlins	B-Language
toys	O
and	O
collectibles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
Trick	O
or	O
Treat	O
Studios	O
began	O
producing	O
official	O
Gremlins	B-Language
life-size	O
puppets	O
of	O
Stripe	O
and	O
Gizmo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
NECA	O
unveiled	O
their	O
Christmas	O
2019	O
collectible	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
two	O
Gremlins	B-Language
singing	O
carols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
novel	O
offered	O
an	O
origin	O
for	O
mogwai	O
and	O
gremlins	B-Language
as	O
a	O
prologue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
origin	O
is	O
unique	O
to	O
the	O
novel	O
but	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
in	O
the	O
novelization	O
of	O
Gremlins	B-Language
2	O
by	O
David	O
Bischoff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
definitive	O
origin	O
for	O
mogwai	O
or	O
gremlins	B-Language
is	O
given	O
in	O
either	O
Gremlins	B-Language
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
novelization	O
contains	O
a	O
subplot	O
that	O
was	O
cut	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
film	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
National	O
Guard	O
plans	O
to	O
neutralize	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
with	O
fire	O
hoses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
was	O
Gremlins	B-Language
,	O
released	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
their	O
2600	B-General_Concept
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
released	O
a	O
completely	O
different	O
(	O
and	O
more	O
technically	O
advanced	O
)	O
game	O
—	O
also	O
called	O
Gremlins	B-Language
—	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
console	O
and	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
version	O
went	O
to	O
manufacturing	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
the	O
turmoil	O
surrounding	O
Jack	O
Tramiel	O
's	O
takeover	O
of	O
Atari	O
's	O
consumer	O
business	O
resulted	O
in	O
it	O
not	O
being	O
released	O
until	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2000s	O
,	O
more	O
games	O
were	O
released	O
;	O
Gremlins	B-Language
:	O
Unleashed	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
released	O
on	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
about	O
Gizmo	O
trying	O
to	O
catch	O
Stripe	O
and	O
thirty	O
other	O
gremlins	B-Language
,	O
while	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
also	O
try	O
to	O
turn	O
Gizmo	O
into	O
a	O
gremlin	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Gremlins	B-Language
Team	O
Pack	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Lego	B-Application
Dimensions	I-Application
on	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
scenes	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
entitled	O
Gremlins	B-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Adventure	I-Device
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
various	O
home	O
computers	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
Gremlins	B-Language
brand	O
breakfast	O
cereal	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Ralston	O
concurrent	O
to	O
and	O
for	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
film	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
cereal	O
box	O
featured	O
Gizmo	O
,	O
and	O
inside	O
were	O
decals	O
of	O
the	O
malevolent	O
gremlins	B-Language
,	O
including	O
Stripe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
not	O
only	O
spawned	O
the	O
sequel	O
,	O
Gremlins	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
Batch	I-Application
,	O
and	O
an	O
advertisement	O
for	O
British	O
Telecom	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
believed	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
the	O
inspiration	O
for	O
several	O
unrelated	O
films	O
about	O
small	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
Vulture	O
reported	O
that	O
Warner	O
Bros	O
.	O
was	O
negotiating	O
with	O
Amblin	O
Entertainment	O
to	O
reboot	O
the	O
Gremlins	B-Language
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
December	O
2016	O
interview	O
with	O
Bleeding	O
Cool	O
,	O
Galligan	O
again	O
spoke	O
about	O
a	O
third	O
film	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
Warner	O
Bros	O
.	O
definitely	O
wants	O
it	O
,	O
Chris	O
Columbus	O
wants	O
to	O
do	O
it	O
because	O
he	O
’d	O
like	O
to	O
undo	O
the	O
Gremlins	B-Language
2	O
thing	O
as	O
he	O
was	O
n’t	O
thrilled	O
with	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
Spielberg	O
wants	O
to.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
claimed	O
Gremlins	B-Language
3	O
is	O
being	O
written	O
by	O
Carl	O
Ellsworth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
script	O
explored	O
the	O
idea	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
on	O
the	O
fan	O
's	O
mind	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
:	O
"	O
if	O
all	O
the	O
gremlins	B-Language
come	O
from	O
getting	O
Gizmo	O
wet	O
and	O
feeding	O
his	O
mogwai	O
offspring	O
after	O
midnight	O
,	O
should	O
Gizmo	O
be	O
eliminated	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
both	O
Gizmo	O
and	O
Stripe	O
made	O
their	O
appearance	O
in	O
Lego	B-Application
Dimensions	I-Application
as	O
playable	O
characters	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
Team	O
Pack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
in-game	O
playable	O
characters	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Supergirl	O
,	O
hint	O
not	O
to	O
give	O
gremlins	B-Language
water	O
or	O
light	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
gremlins	B-Language
were	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
animated	O
film	O
The	O
Lego	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
Movie	O
,	O
with	O
director	O
Chris	O
McKay	O
explaining	O
he	O
loved	O
the	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gremlins	B-Language
were	O
among	O
numerous	O
villains	O
from	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
Batman	B-General_Concept
franchise	O
playing	O
a	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
added	O
antagonists	O
owned	O
by	O
Warner	O
Bros	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
studio	O
's	O
parent	O
company	O
WarnerMedia	O
greenlit	O
an	O
animated	O
series	O
,	O
Gremlins	B-Language
:	O
Secrets	O
of	O
the	O
Mogwai	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
property	O
for	O
its	O
streaming	O
service	O
,	O
Max	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2021	O
,	O
a	O
trio	O
of	O
Gremlins	B-Language
including	O
Stripe	O
appear	O
in	O
Space	B-Device
Jam	I-Device
:	I-Device
A	I-Device
New	I-Device
Legacy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
shown	O
running	O
towards	O
the	O
site	O
of	O
the	O
basketball	O
game	O
between	O
the	O
Tune	O
Squad	O
and	O
the	O
Goon	O
Squad	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
seen	O
cheering	O
from	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
blue	O
Bronto-Crane	O
from	O
The	B-Application
Flintstones	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Gizmo	O
and	O
Stripe	O
appear	O
as	O
playable	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
2022	O
fighting	O
game	O
MultiVersus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
violent	O
sequences	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
similar	O
complaints	O
about	O
Indiana	B-Device
Jones	I-Device
and	I-Device
the	I-Device
Temple	I-Device
of	I-Device
Doom	I-Device
,	O
Spielberg	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
Motion	O
Picture	O
Association	O
of	O
America	O
(	O
MPAA	O
)	O
alter	O
its	O
rating	O
system	O
by	O
introducing	O
an	O
intermediary	O
between	O
the	O
PG	O
and	O
R	O
ratings	O
.	O
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