Ik zal jullie niet vervelen met jeugdsentiment over de eerste Gremlins film, of hoe vreselijk slecht het verolg wel niet was. Maar één ding staat wel vast, er waren een aantal Gremlins met eigen karakter trekjes die gewoon geniaal waren. De website Topless Robot.com heeft nu vijftien van deze Gremlins op deze lijst gezet. Maar mijn favoriet is geworden:

Not to be confused with Brian Gremlen (my third grade nemesis), Brain Gremlin has the intellect of Einstein and the voice of Tony Randall. He's the most charismatic of all of the Gremlins and therefore probably the most dangerous. I mean look how easily he can throw together a first-rate Busby Berkeley production number while simultaneously planning to destroy the Big Apple. That takes some serious multi-tasking skills. Unfortunately, Billy, Kate, Mr. Futterman and company didn't appreciate his genius and he was killed in what's become known as the Clamp Centre Incident. Like Andy Kaufman before him, the Brain Gremlin was a culture jammer extraordinaire who went before his time.