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Entertainment Now | December 11 - 17, 2021 By Adam Thomlison TV Media Q: Something has always bugged me about "Gremlins": If water makes them multiply, why doesn't it happen when they're out in the snow? Didn't the director think of that? A: It seems that Joe Dante (known for previously helming 1981's "The Howling") and writ- er Chris Columbus (who would go on to direct the first three Harry Potter movies) didn't no- tice this. In their defense, though, a mogwai is just about the most complicated and high- maintenance Christmas present in history, so there's a lot to keep track of. The adorable little pet given as a gift in the 1984 holiday-hor- ror classic "Gremlins" comes with a list of strict rules: Keep him out of the light, don't get him wet and don't feed him after midnight. The water thing is indeed a lit- tle problematic, but maybe not for the reason you point out. Yes, they do go traipsing about in the Upstate New York snow, but that's when they're in their ugly green gremlin form, not when they're cute little mog- wais. We don't know that the water rule applies to gremlins in the same way (even though the light rule definitely does). However, there are at least two spots when Gizmo, the orig- inal mogwai (voiced by latter- day game show host Howie Mandel), cries. There's no expla- nation for why his tears don't set off another multiplication fit. And it's worth noting that the other rules aren't exactly infalli- ble, either. The don't-feed-after-midnight thing is tricky. Midnight local time? The film suggests Gizmo was imported from China — at what point did his internal clock switch to New York time? And at what time does "after midnight" end? As for the other rule, how much light is too much? Like time, light is relative. 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