Gremlins story
A young man receives a strange creature called a mogwai as a pet, which then spawns other creatures who transform into small, destructive, evil monsters. This story was continued with a sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, released in 1990.
13 total · 9 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas traditions | major | A town was overrun by gremlins on the night of Christmas Eve. |
| entrepreneurship | major | Randall Peltzer was a struggling invention who any any number of wacky gadgets to credit to his name. In particular, he pushed hard to peddle a Swiss Army-like device full of travel accessories, called the Bathroom Buddy. |
| father and son | major | Randall Peltzer brought a gremlin back from a business trip to China as a present for his son Billy. |
| human vs. monster | major | The townspeople were overrun by gremlins on Christmas Eve. |
| infatuation | major | Billy and Kate. |
| master and pet | major | Billy and the gremlin Gizmo. Billy and his trust pet dog Barney. |
| mother and son | major | Lynn Peltzer and her son Billy. |
| reptilian being | major | The gremlins are a race of intelligent reptile-like creatures. They are generally regarded as aliens, but no indication was given of that in the film. |
| teen romance | major | Billy and Kate. |
| childhood trauma | minor | Kate hated Christmas because the police found her father dead in the chimney dressed in a Santa Clause suit when she was 9 years old. |