Based off the hit movie, Gremlins, the mogwai is a small, furry, monkey like creature with weird abilities that first appeared in “The Gremlins Blog.” It was given to Mario as a Christmas gift from Fafa. The mogwai has three basic rules to care for, which Mario breaks all of course.
Rules
- No bright lights (especially sunlight).
- Never get him wet.
- Never feed him after midnight.
Bright lights harms the mogwai, with sunlight killing him (or causing him to combust into flames). Getting the mogwai wet will cause small fur balls to pop off him and spawn more mogwai. Feeding the mogwai after midnight will cause him to form a cocoon and emerge as a gremlin.
In its gremlin form, the mogwai becomes very mischievous and he’ll tear into anything, even throwing kitchen knives. Its Skin becomes dark green and he doubles in height. Mario was thankfully able to kill the gremlin by throwing it out the window into the bright sunlight.
Trivia
- It is unknown if the mogwai is Gizmo from the Gremlins franchise. While he does have the same look as Gizmo, this doesn’t confirm much, as many mogwai have the same look as the main mogwai.
- In its new form, the gremlin takes an immediate hatred towards Fafa.
- The mogwai is never given a name and is only known by its species names.
- Mario claimed the gremlin was better than gun powder, as it exploded more effectively.
- The mogwai had a strange obsession with “Captain Crunch” cereal, which Mario disliked and fed him a burrito.
- The mogwai is referred to as “he” by Mario and Fafa, confirming it as a male.