Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[russell]

The novelization was written by David Bischoff.

[kenzi]

In the original script, Randall Peltzer was to return after the gremlins were killed at the end, and give to Gizmo his newest "invention": a wet-suit like thing that would prevent Gizmo from ever getting wet again, therefore preventing any sort of gremlin problems in the future (provided it never ate after midnight). The scene was all set to shoot, and Hoyt Axton was available to shoot the scene. But, the filmmakers figured that the movie was already running too long, and they'd never use the scene anyway, so it was never shot.

[elmer]

Scenes from It's a Wonderful Life (1946) can be seen on one of the screens in Clamp's (John Glover's) office.

[leo]

The thirty-first most successful movie of 1990 (as opposed to Gremlins (1984) which ranked number four in the year-end charts for 1984).

[chad]

After Gremlins (1984) became such a surprise success, Warner Brothers immediately wanted a sequel, but Director Joe Dante had had enough Gremlins for a while and declined. Work on this movie proceeded without him, as the studio approached various directors and writers. Storylines considered included sending the Gremlins to cities like Las Vegas or even the planet Mars. After these ideas fell through, the studio finally asked Dante again, who agreed on the condition that he be allowed to do anything he wanted. He also received a bigger budget. In the DVD commentaries for Gremlins (1984) and this movie, Dante stated that he felt that this movie was a case of waiting too long to capitalize on the success of Gremlins (1984), which hurt this movie's chances of success.

[sara]

For the special effects, Director Joe Dante turned to Rick Baker, when Chris Walas and Rob Bottin had to turn it down. Initially, Baker was not interested, as he saw this movie as too much work for a project in which he would not be the creator, but rather a successor to Walas. He was eventually persuaded to accept the job when it was suggested he could make the Gremlins and Mogwai more diverse.

[russell]

The uplifting end of the world video scene was included by the filmmakers when they found out that one of the news networks actually had such a video prepared to run in case of the end of the world. CNN has a video for this purpose in its archive, and its staff are instructed to "hold the video for release until the end of the world is confirmed."

[willard]

Henry Gibson: As the employee fired by Forster, for taking an unauthorized break.

[jim]

Chris Walas, who created the Gremlins in the first movie, declined the opportunity to create them again, choosing instead to create the effects for and direct The Fly II (1989).

[toni]

In a deleted scene, Dr. Catheter (Sir Christopher Lee) examines a bat injected with the sunblock solution. He then says to Wally, "I'm told they sometimes feed on blood". This was a reference to Lee's performances as Count Dracula in the Hammer Film Productions horror movies.

[gerald]

There's a scene where a voice says "You know, I've been thinking, Mr. Clamp would make a great President." This scene didn't make it to the final cut, but it appears as a deleted scene on the Blu-ray and DVD editions.

[wesley]

Daniel Clamp is a parody of New York City billionaire (and President) Donald J. Trump, with media aspects of the Clamp empire being based on Ted Turner.

[albert]

Several gremlins hiccuping are archive recordings of Mel Blanc's hiccups from various Looney Tunes shorts.

[norma]

There is a sample of the action music from The 'Burbs (1989), also directed by Joe Dante and composed by Jerry Goldsmith, when the Bat Gremlin flies out of the Clamp Tower after being injected with the sunblock solution.

[linda]

The scene where Gizmo dances to "I'm Ready" by Fats Domino was originally supposed to feature "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol. The filmmakers were unable to get permission to use the Idol song, so they found another song with the same beat.

[oscar]

In the scene where Mohawk drinks a potion which enables him to change into a centauroid spider, the pulsating sound effect from Tarantula (1955) can be heard. The effect was originally recorded for the Martian war machines in The War of the Worlds (1953). The heavy metal song that plays in the background is one of the guitar solos from the band Slayer's 1986 song, "Angel of Death".

[leo]

Originally, Executive Producer Steven Spielberg wanted to cut the scene when a boy crosses the "Police Line" banner outside Clamp Tower. He changed his mind when Director Joe Dante revealed to him that this boy was his nephew.