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When that insane gremlin has Billy sitting in a dentist chair and is attacking him with the dentist tool, at some point he asks, "Is it safe?", for many it must have seemed senseless, but it is actually a nod to the 1976 movie "Marathon man", in which, during a scene, Dustin Hoffman is sitting on a dentist chair while tortured with a dentist tool by an ex- Nazi (played majestically by Sir Lawrence Olivier) who keeps asking him the same question once and again. See more...

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Mistake Continuity: When Forster grab the painting from Billy, the way he holds it differ between shots.

Mistake Continuity: As the crazy Mogwi changes from a ball to an actual creature, a can suddenly changes position on the shelf above, though nothing touches it.

Mistake Factual error: When the Security Guard in the pump room gets bitten on the nose, he starts shooting with his revolver (a SIX shooter). Count the bangs. He manages to fire SEVEN times.

Mistake Continuity: When the waiter presents the chocolate moose, he holds and empty hand in front of the moose. When it cuts a plate suddenly appear in his hand.

Mistake Revealing: When Henry Futterman is attacked by the winged Gremlin, most pedestrians just pass by, only glancing occasionally at Dick Miller's frantic performance, since the Gremlin was only inserted. Only when Futterman smashes the pest into the wet cement, the Gremlin is the 'real' thing.

Mistake Continuity: When the gremlin drinks the brain hormone, it starts shaking knocking over the bottle. When it cuts the bottle is back up.

Mistake Continuity: As Billy grabs Gizmo out of the cage he grabs him with both hands. When it cuts he only holds him with one hand.

Mistake Continuity: When Clamp introduces himself to Billy, Billy is holding a pen. The way Billy holds the pen changes several times between the shots.

Mistake Continuity: When the drawer opens and Clams asks what's up with the drawer, Billy says it opens automatically while having his hands in his pocket. When it cuts his arms are crossed.

Mistake Visible crew/equipment: After Billy has grabbed Gizmo from the laboratory he walks into the men's room. When the voice says "I hope you washed your hands", you can see the camera man moving reflected on the wall.

Mistake Continuity: When Billy shows Marla his new sketches she is holding a notepad and a briefcase. Her hand on the notepad change position between the shots.

Mistake Revealing: The Gremlin who throws the beaker full of acid has his arm operated by a stick, which is visible as he chucks the beaker.

Mistake Deliberate "mistake": The elevator operated by gremlins starts ascending at around 5 stories per second, based on the floor readings. Yet when the elevator suddenly stops dead, Kate does not fly into the air caused by the huge speed change.

Mistake Continuity: When Gizmo falls down the hatch he lands on the cocoons. As he land on the floor you can see some green slime on his chest. A few shots later the slime is all gone.

Mistake Continuity: When the Futtermans arrive at Billy's and Kate's, we see Murray standing in the doorway with the luggage. On his right luggage there is a paper bag lying on top of it. When it cuts the paper bag has moved over to the other side.

Mistake Continuity: When the gremlins are throwing pans in to the microwave, the display on the microwave is reading 9:20. As the gremlin gets hit by one of the pans the display is off. When it cuts the display is back on reading 9:20.

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