Gremlins Page #2

on the house.

You haven't seen my new apartment.

I haven't seen your old apartment.

We're talking cable.

Can we have dinner tomorrow night?

I'm working.

Why don't you tell Dorry you're sick?

He can't dock your pay.

Billy, is that you?

Yeah, Mom. It's me.

I'm in the kitchen.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, movie house!

Merry Christmas, emporium!

- Hi, Mom.

- Hi, sweetie.

Do you need any help?

Yeah, you could do the eggs.

Thanks.

Dad's machines work so well

the first couple of weeks, then....

Use the sink.

Is something wrong?

No, it's a sad movie.

How was your day?

It was fine.

Come on, what is it?

What's wrong?

Mrs. Deagle called again

this afternoon.

Let's not talk about it now.

Don't say anything to Dad.

Fine with me.

Don we now our gay apparel

Hi, sweetheart!

- Welcome home.

- Hey, Dad.

I'm glad you're back.

How was the trip?

It was great.

The Miracle Company, who has

the Kitchen Companion...

...might be interested

in the Bathroom Buddy.

Great!

- Thanks!

- You'll like this.

What is it? A birdcage?

No, don't shake it. Open it now.

It won't wait till Christmas.

It's a puppy, isn't it?

Yeah, I can tell.

It's a new car.

- Honey, would you dim the lights?

- Sure.

Dim the lights?

Does it glow in the dark?

It's important. Trust me.

Go ahead, open it.

What is it?

It's your new pet.

Come on, Barney.

Be a good dog.

You're kidding.

Dad, it's really neat.

Where'd you get this?

Some little junk store in Chinatown.

Can I pick him up?

Sure, go ahead. Just be careful.

- You gotta be gentle.

- I will.

I hope he's housebroken.

Isn't he cute?

Has it got a name?

Mogwai.

Some Chinese word.

I just call him...

...Gizmo.

He seems to like it.

Look up here a minute.

We're getting our picture taken.

Smile.

Ready?

One, two, three....

Bright light!

What happened?

He hates bright lights.

There's some important things

I forgot to tell you.

Number one, he hates bright lights.

You gotta keep him out of the sunlight.

Sunlight will kill him.

Number two, keep him

away from water.

Don't give him any water to drink.

Whatever you do, don't give him a bath.

And the most important thing...

...don't ever feed him

after midnight.

Looks like you hurt yourself.

Light bright! Light bright!

Just sit down there

and don't fall off, okay?

I'll get you fixed up in no time.

All right.

Hold still.

Sorry. Sorry.

Try not to move so much, okay?

Good night, Giz.

I'll see you in the morning.

I got a tree!

Oh, Christ!

Billy!

I just brought in

your Christmas tree.

What happened?

Slight problem

with the Peltzer Peeler-Juicer.

I thought your dad fixed it.

I thought so too.

You should just buy orange juice

in cartons. It's a lot easier.

See, it works.

- I had to come.

- So I see.

Now I can see. It takes...

...a certain kind of guy.

And that guy needs

a certain kind of dame.

It's no problem, Pete.

Leave it up here.

What'll you tell him?

I'll just tell him a bunch of bikers

stole it from me on my way home.

Wow! The Hooded Menace.

Issue number one!

Pretty neat, huh?

Where'd you get it?

Dr. Fantasy's, I think.

What's that?

Come here. I'll show you.

This is my new pet.

My dad gave him to me.

Neat! What's his name?

His name's Gizmo. Hi, Giz.

He's a mogwai.

Cute!

Blink your eyes.

Go like that.

Can you do that?

Watch. Maybe he'll sing.

Come on, Giz.

Let's go over to the table.

I'll be careful.

There we go.

Gee, Billy, where

can I get one of those?

I don't know.

This is the only one I've ever seen.

Can I hold him?

Sure. I don't see why not.

He seems to like you.

Great! Thanks a lot.

Sorry.

What was in that jar?

Nothing! Just water!

Why is he making that noise?

What is it?

I don't know.

Is it alive?

I don't know.

One, two, three,

four, five new ones.

Now can I have one?

I don't know.

Look, that one's got

a cute stripe on its head.

Isn't that incredible, Pete?

Yeah, great.

Don't you think this -- ?

This is incredible!

Oh, it is neat.

I'm serious. It's neat.

Gizmo, what's the matter?

- There's something I should tell you.

- Look.

You're familiar

with the Bathroom Buddy?

I have made an improvement.

Watch this.

Now, let's say you're

late for the big meeting.

It's really important.

You're on your way. You reach up.

You forgot to shave.

What're you gonna do?

Under normal circumstances...

...you are in trouble.

But not if you have

the Bathroom Buddy.

Watch this.

What do you think?

That's pretty neat.

What's this button?

- Sorry, Dad.

- It's okay.

I'm sorry.

It's not your fault. I'm working

on that. I haven't finished that.

I came up here because

there's a problem with the mogwai.

Yeah, what's that?

It multiplies with water.

Do you see what I mean?

I don't believe that.

All that from water?

They got wet?

Plain water.

It's funny.

The new ones aren't like Gizmo.

The striped one

seems to be the leader.

You know what?

I'll bet every kid in America

would like one of these.

They might replace

the dog as the family pet.

Think about it.

The Peltzer Pet.

This could really be the big one.

Barney, who did this to you?

Hold on, I'll get you down.

Stay still.

Poor dog. Another minute

and he would've been a dog-sicle.

All I know is that I'm positive

that I closed and locked the door.

How else did she get to him?

We can't point any fingers,

not even at Mrs. Deagle.

She's been threatening him.

She'd love to get her hands on him.

We don't have proof. We can't even

find footprints leading up to the house.

I'm gonna take Barney

to your grandmother's.

Take him there on the way to the

convention, pick him up on the way home.

He'll be here for Christmas.

It'll be all right.

I don't think we can drink this.

Why not?

What's wrong with this?

Is that a mogwai?

Yeah, I'm gonna have

Mr. Hanson check it out.

And all of a sudden, there were

five new ones like this one.

Now watch this.

Can I keep one of these here,

run some tests on him?

I think I can spare one.

This is some Christmas, Katie,

I'll tell you.

First the old bat closes the factory,

and now it's my goddamn plow.

Mr. Futterman, guess what?

It's time to go home now.

- How about one more beer?

- No, it's late.

One more beer,

I'll help you clean up.

No, thanks, though.

It'll be okay.

- It'll be okay.

- It will not be okay.

I brought my plow in for a tune-up

and found it loaded with foreign parts.

I mean, everything.

Gaskets, pistons, spark plugs.

All of it's foreign.

Going home?

Gremlins!

You gotta watch out for foreigners.

They plant gremlins

in their machinery.

The same gremlins brought down

our planes in the big one.

That's right.

World War II.

Good old...

...W-W-I-I.

They're still shipping them over here.

They put them in the cars, the TV.

They put them in the radios

you stick in your ears.

They put them in the watches.

Little teeny gremlins.

It's not a good idea that you drive.

Why don't you walk home?

You know, Katie, I think

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