Critters vs Gremlins
Before We Start…
For this blog will be using pretty much anything we can get our hands on that isn’t a crossover. So that’s The first two gremlin movies, comics, novels and games. And as for the critters, it’s pretty simple just the five movies and the show what’s all that said let’s get into it
Background
Gremlins
Oh Christmas, what a wonderful time of year the joy, laughter and of course, the Christmas presents, except it ain’t always easy finding that perfect gift for a loved one. Randall Peltzer, an amateur inventor who went to Chinatown to see if he could find an interesting present to get his son. Billy he ended up, finding himself in a little antique store run by a man who goes by the name of Mr. Wing who ended up having the perfect gift… a creature that goes by the name of Gizmo. Gizmo was a Mogwai, a furry creature that has been around for quite some time sort of like a Harrier white and furred Yoda. as it turns out these creatures are very intelligent, knowing the English language and being able to catch onto American pop culture very quickly. However, there are a few rules that you must abide by if you would want to keep one of these things
- keep them away from sunlight or anything bright. it will fry them instantly
- Don’t let them get wet otherwise they will start to multiply
- And most importantly don’t ever ever feed them after midnight
So anyway Billy messed up and got them wet by accident and they also ate after midnight which led to them becoming the horrific monsters that we know today as gremlins
Critters
Somewhere across the stars, an asteroid goes by. On it, is a prison housing an alien species unseen by any civilization. These creatures were doomed to be sent to another station, but they found a way out, hijacking a spaceship and escaping into the vast regions of space, and two bounty hunters were hired and hot on their trail.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, we meet the Brown family in a small Kansas town: the father, Jay; his wife, Helen; their teenage daughter, April; and their mischievous son, Brad. Brad often hangs out with Charlie McFadden, a clumsy local mechanic. One day, while the two are outside, Charlie accidentally hits April with a slingshot pellet. Brad, trying to protect his friend, takes the blame and ends up grounded. Later, he sneaks out to sit in a tree and sees a comet streaking across the sky, crashing with a loud boom. Jay, hearing the noise, rushes outside and finds Brad, who jokingly claims he was blown into the tree by the explosion. Skeptical but curious, Jay takes Brad to investigate.
At the crash site, they find that the 'comet' is actually a spaceship carrying an alien race known as the Critters. The creatures, in search of food, soon head toward the Brown’s farm and cut the power. Jay, Helen, and Brad head to the circuit breaker, but Jay is attacked by one of the Critters. The family escapes back into the house, while two alien bounty hunters arrive on Earth and scour the town for the Critters. Brad eventually finds the bounty hunters and leads them back to his home. When they arrive, the Critters retreat to their ship, taking April with them. Brad manages to rescue her, and he and Charlie throw a custom-made firecracker into the ship just as the Critters destroy the Browns' house. The firecracker detonates, seemingly destroying the Critters as they try to escape.
The next morning, the bounty hunters give Brad a strange, remote-like device before departing. Using it, they quickly repair the Browns' house, then fly off. Just in case any green eggs begin to hatch somewhere far far away…
Experience/Skill
Gremlins
While Gremlins are very animalistic and reckless creatures, they are very capable of doing things humans can do, such as tampering with machinery. There is one Gremlin in the 2nd film that was more evolved however, a Gremlin named Brain Gremlin, who developed a genetic sunblock that nullifies the effects of sunlight on gremlins.
Critters
While their looks may be deceiving, these little guys are actually pretty dangerous and are considered top priority for any bounty hunter who comes into contact with these creatures. They are capable of killing hundreds of people and other alien hunters that they may come into contact with. So be warned if you ever hear strange noises in the night don’t bother running or hiding under your bed. You’re already dead.
Weapons/Equipment
Gremlins
Claws And Natural Weaponry
When Mogwais transform into gremlins, they gain sharp claws which they can slice and scratch at their prey with. They also gain sharp teeth to bite at you with as well.
Mallets
Seemingly the most common weapons Gremlins use, fitting considering their cartoony nature. Bogart Gremlin (Yes like the actor) uses this to knock out a sock puppet Gremlin annoying him, other gremlins play pool with it, in the video games they use them to knock around bowling balls like they're playing golf, and they’re generally seen holding them in action figures and such.
Firearms
The Gremlins love causing chaos, and what better way to cause chaos than guns! They’ve wielded many through their many bits of media so we’ll be mentioning all of them here.
● Colt Official Police: The Mugger Gremlin wields this to threaten Kate with. He never gets to actually use it but eh, it’s cool nonetheless. Stripe also appears to wield one at the end of the film to try to kill Billy with, he also wielded earlier in the film to kill a Gremlin cheating at poker cause he’s that much of a hater.
● Smith & Wesson Model 65: The Brain Gremlin is seen using this to shoot and kill the Propeller Hat Gremlin who interrupted an interview. Which was very fun but not very civilized.
● IMI Uzi: Mohawk gets a hold of this trusty firearm and begins firing at billy with it. This is also very useful as it’s a rapid fire machine gun type gun!
● Launcher Thingy: Legit i have 0 idea what the fuck this even is but Stripe wields it in the games and it fires big green balls.
Christmas Lights
Stripe And His Lackeys Back In There Mogwai Forms Use These Christmas Lights To Wrap Billy's Dog Barney Up With (Poor Dog)
Tennis Racket
Stripe uses this tennis racket to torment Gizmo With Using Him As The Ball
Darts
Stripe And His Goons Wrap Gizmo Onto A Dart Board And Use Him As The Bullseye And Begin Throwing Darts At The Mogwai
Syringes
One Of Gizmos Clones Turned Gremlin Earl Injected Unknown Syringes Into Hanson
In The Released Film It’s In His Ass While In The Original Version He Was Stabbed All Over
Gingerbread Men
One Of Stripes Goons Is Shown Eating Billy's Mothers Gingerbread Men Cookies And Later Throw Them At Her
Dishes
One Of Stripes Other Minions Threw Plates At Billy's Mother As A Projectile
Christmas Tree
One Of Stripes Little Bastards Hide Within A Christmas Tree To Get The Jump On Billy's Mother
Christmas Carol Books
They Can Sing!!!! Also They Have Scarfs And Hats To Keep Themselves Warm
Cigarettes And Beer
Stripe And The Gang Head To A Bar And Drink Loads And Smoke A Ton
They Also Throw Empty Beer Bottles At Kate
Fire Extinguisher
One Of Stripes Goons Use These To Put A Fire Out Caused By A Gremlin Putting His Fingers In
An Electrical Socket Of A Lamp
Popcorn
Stripe Has Popcorn Which He Can Fling At You With Or Eat For Himself
Camera
Stripe Used A Camera In A Department Store To Make Himself Appear On Every Screen To Mess With Billy
Sawblades
Stripe Threw A Whole Bunch Of These At Billy To Try Slice Him Up
There Also Capable Of Moving Through The Ground And Up Walls
Baseball Pitching Machine
Stripe After Escaping On His Tricycle Began Firing Baseballs At Billy With This Machine
Boxes
Stripe Begins Throwing Boxes At Billy Along With The Baseballs
He Also Beats Down Rand With This Box Thing In The Comic
Crossbow
Stripe Uses One Of These To Fire An Arrow Into Billy's Arm
He Can Also Materialise Boomboxes For The Arrows To Hit Causing Small Explosions
Chainsaw
Stripe Taps Into His Inner Leatherface And Uses A Chainsaw To Try Kill Billy With
He Can Also Place It On The Ground To Drag Him Away From Harm Or Send It Towards People
Electrical Wires
Stripe After Reincarnating Into Mohawk Got His Hands On Gizmo And Began Torturing Him With Bright Sparks From Electrical Wires
Whisk
Lenny uses this to scare marge spooky
Eggs
Lenny Throws A whole bunch of these at Marg
Pans And Pots
Lenny Throws A Bunch Of These Into A Microwave To Cause An Explosion
He Could Also Throw Them At You
Scientific Potions
After Invading A Lab Some Of The Gremlins Consume These Potions
What They Do We Will Get Into Later
Genetic Sunblock
The Gremlins Make This In A Science Lab
It's A Small Needle Which When Injected Into A Gremlin Removes The Bright Light Weakness They Had Allowing Them To Run Around In The Sun
While It's Only Shown Being Used On One There Can Potentially Be More Created.
Knight Armour
A Gremlin Is Seen Wearing Knight Armour A
Shield And A Sword
Variety Of Explosives
Mohawks Goons Get A Hold Of A Bunch Of Dynamite Grenades Landmines And Even A M72 Law Said Explosives Where Also Going To Be Used To Destroy The Statue Of Liberty
Bowling Balls
Lenny Sent Bowling Balls Towards Gizmo With His Mallet
Launcher Thingy
Yeah I Have No Idea What This Is But It Does Launch Out These Green Balls
Custard Pies
Stripe Uses These To Turn Mogwais Into Gremlins Adding New Members To His Army
And For Non Mogwais Well… Would Probably Hurt If He Force Fed You A Bunch Considering How Many He Carries In Game
Critters
Teeth
These bad boys got quite the chompers on them. Capable of chewing through flesh and bone and even wood
Catapult
They go flying!!!!
Rope
Used to tie up an old couple before eating them
Voice changer
What is this scream 3
Vehicles
Gremlins
Snowplough
Multiple Gremlins Use This Vehicle Capable Of Smashing Through Walls To Drive Into The Futterman's Home (But Somehow Are Alive In The Sequel?)
There Needs To Be Multiple Gremlins To Drive It Although
Tricycle
Me on my way to do your mom
Skateboard
He’s fucking grinding
Motorcycle
A motorcycle which they use to chase Gizmo with
Toy Train
Mohawk also ties up Gizmo to hit him with this. Poor Gizmo
Pogo Stick
Stripes Goons Can Use These Trusty Tools To Jump Around
Rockets
Stripes Army Have Access To Rockets Which They Ride And Fly Around On
If They Come In Contact With You They Explode
Jetpack
They Have Jetpacks Allowing Them Fly In The Air
Critters
Spaceships
With these ships the critters are capable of traveling interstellar distances with ease, communicating with others and releasing giant critter balls. They once even blew up a house
Powers/Abilities
Gremlins
Gremlin Physiology
After A Mogwai Eats After Midnight They Turn Into One Of These Guys And That Was The Same For Stripe In The Process A Cocoon Forms Around The Mogwai Like A Caterpillar Said Cocoon Can Even Cause Explosions When They Hatch
They Become Taller Lose Their Fur For Scaly Reptile Like Skin And Gain 3 Large Claws And Sharp Teeth But Still Retain Some Of The Mogwais Biology Mainly Being Able To Duplicate When Coming In Contact With Water. its shown that it only works with water as juice or spit won't work
With Even Just A Cup Of Water It Can Create 5 Mogwais And Pray To God If One Of Them Reaches A Pool Like Stripe Did
For Mogwais Small Little Balls Popped From Them And Formed Into Mogwais For Gremlins Like Stripe However The Back Of The Gremlin Get Riddled With Big Blisters That Contain Smaller Gremlins Which Rather Quickly Break Free And Start To Grow
One Final Thing Stripe Even As A Skeleton Can Keep On Fighting Although If It's Broken That's It For Him And In The Nes Game Gremlins Can Spit Out Fire
Reincarnation
Mohawk our favorite sequel Gremlin was Just A reincarnation of stripe according to Joe Dante himself
Fourth Wall Awareness
Stripe And The Other Gremlins Are Fully Aware Of Being Fictional Characters
As Shown Here He’s Jumping Out His Own Poster And Vandalising It They’ve Even Escaped There Own Movie And Messed With The Projector To Do Hand Puppets Promote Gremlin Video Games In Commercials Hell in the Novelisation of Gremlins 2 The Brain Gremlin Attacks The Writer And Writes The Next Few Pages
Critters
Size manipulation
The critters can grow in size and that’s kinda all there is to it
Support
Gremlins
Stripe
The leader of the Gremlins
Greta Gremlin
A Gremlin after drinking a potion transformed Into a female Gremlin (she’s implied to be trans according to the wiki awesome!). Dubbed Greta (named after legendary actress Greta Garbo) She’s Shown Being Lovestruck For Clamp Centre Employee Forster And Clinging On To Him And Forcibly Kissing Him (They Get Together At The End)
And In The Game She's Shown Throwing Flowers And Kisses As Projectiles
Vegetable Gremlin
A mutated Gremlin made out of vegetables
Brain Gremlin
After drinking a potion called the Brain Hormone it developed a very intelligent brain allowing it to talk and give out plans to its fellow gremlins. It could also SING!
Bat Gremlin
After drinking bat DNA tit developed bat you usual bat powers such as flight, and claws.
Spider Gremlin
A gremlin with spider like powers such as webbing and crawling walls.
Electric Gremlin
After drinking an electric potion it turns into pure electricity capable of shooting out electricity. Tho it has no sense of directions.
Smart noggin
Bro’s a 🤓
Caseoh
Mate she big
Critters
Reg critter
Good old fashioned critter and it should’ve
been the only Krite
types New binge try not to be the
worst thing ever challenge impossible but anyway, these demented
Furbies are capable of shooting out little quills that can knock a person out
and leave them dazed and like I mentioned earlier they can grow in size. The
Krites Also have their own language that
they use to communicate with each other and have a hierarchy of sorts.
Critterball
A giant ball of those critters that will run you down and tear off your skin. Hard AF
Red critter
The same as a regular critter except when this one shoots out a spike it blows up the person’s head
Overall
Gremlins
● Nearly killed everyone twice
● Have a total kill count of 7
● Supports the LGBT
● Stripe rules
Critters
● First two movies are great
● Has nearly taken over towns
● Has a kill count of 30
● Supports LGBT
● Charlie
Strength
Gremlins
● Stripe is capable of jumping into glass so hard it shatters (72.47 Joules)
● Knocked Out Rand With Nothing But A Box
● With Nothing But A Box Was Able To Knock Billy To The Ground With One Throw
● Threw Saw Blades So Hard They Embedded Into Walls
● Capable Of Putting Dents In Walls
● Are Capable Of Killing A Full Grown Man
● Hitting Pool Balls So Hard It Shatters Beer Bottles (24,000 Psi)
● Knocking Christmas Trees Over (Average Christmas Tree Is About 48.5 Us Tons)
● And Are Capable Of Hacking Right Through Metal Wall With An Axe And Potentially Punching Through It As Well (145000 Joules)
● With One Slap Can Stun Mogwais Who Are Capable Of Enduring Large Falls Which Result In Small Explosions Being Smashed Through Floors And Even Electricity Which Is About (3.6 Megajoules)
Critters
● Multiple critters can dent a car door by flying into them
● Their quills are strong enough to pierce metal
● Tore the sheriffs stomach out
● A Critter ball can knock a man on his butt
● knocked down a telephone pole
Speed
Gremlins
● Got To The Kingston Falls Ymca Before Billy
● Billy Took His Eyes Of Stripe For Just A Second And He Was Across The Store On A Tricycle
● Scales To Daffy Who Ate This Corn Really Fucking Fast
● Dodges Bowling Balls Being Dropped On Him (20-21 Mph)
● Capable Of Jumping Across Large Pits
● Scales To Billy Who Avoids Gunfire From Stripes Colt Official Police Revolver Shots (850 Fps Aka 579.545 Mph)
● Scales To Gizmo Who Avoids Electricity Bolts Up Close (270,000 Km/S Aka 603972799 Mph)
● Can dodge light based attacks
Critters
● A critter was fast enough to create fire while moving (Mach 5)
● With their spaceship they can dodge a lasers (likely FTL)
Durability
Gremlins
● Strip slammed himself through a glass wall and was no worse for wear
● Endured a brightlight right in face
● Was Dragged Around By A Chainsaw Then Slammed Into A Wall And Was Only Just A Bit Dizzy
● Upscales Mr. Fetterman who survived being run over by a snowplow
● Can Keep Fighting Even When All His Skin And Organs Are Gone
● Ate A Grenade As It Went Off Inside Of Him And Was Still Alive (276,000 Joules)
● Lenny Throws A Metal Pan At George Who Barely Notices
● One Gremlin Gets Shot By Mowhawks Uzi And Laughed It Off With It Only Causing Small Holes
● Tanks Hits From Gizmo Who Is Capable Of Lifting Large Weights So Heavy The Floor Around Him Breaks Tanking Hits From The Bat Gremlin Who Can Destroy Walls And He Can Tank Hits From The Electric Gremlin Who Melted A Crowd Of 446 Gremlins
Critters
● The critter ball survives a huge building explosion (357.978 Megajoules)
Weaknesses
Gremlins
Despite their ferociousness army they are still prone to reckless stupidity and they have a pretty consistent weaknesses to light such as sunlight and camera flashes.
Critters
As strangely formidable as these little bastards are, they are still…very stupid. They can't stick to even basic orders to just not eat anything on several trips, causing international incidents and getting bounty hunters on their tails for little reason otherwise. Their small size also means stronger foes can easily ragdoll them, and a select high-frequency pitch can instantly kill all of them in radius.
Bonus Art
Verdicts
Stats
In terms of stats both are equal in speed with both being light speed, but in terms of strength and durability that Critters hold the edge due to tanking a blast that destroyed a huge house which gets 357 megajoules which is higher than any feat Gremlins ever had so for this one this goes to the Critters
Weapons/Abilities
In terms of weapons though the Gremlins have a lot more weapons and duplication can be a problem but Critters aren’t too far off, they have quills that can knock a person out which could be a problem not to mention since none of said weapons neg durability besides the dynamite they used to blow up the liberty statue which basically while definitely could one shot critters is pretty ooc for them while the Critters have their own to one shot them. So basically quality vs quantity.
Tertiary Factors
While both are dumb the Gremlins have shown a lot of more strategic and more intelligent moments with one of their armies literally capable of talking and creating serums benefiting them. They also have a leader that gives good commands and is pretty smart. Point goes to Gremlins once more
Overall
This is a close one, the gremlins may have more advantages in terms of quantity, and very good experience but the fact that they can’t harm the Critters with big is pretty noticeable while the Critters own army hax, and multiple ways to one shot gives them a very close edge. The winners are the Critters
Summary
Gremlins
Advantages
● Has the better arsenal by a wide margin
● Far more versatile
● Even in speed
Disadvantages
● Far weaker physically, although their weapons close the gap
● Less smart?
● Still haven’t gotten a third movie
Critters
Advantages
● Physically stronger
● Equal in speed
● One of them canonically fucked a human woman
○ Half of this was shown on-screen
■ This resulted in a human-critter hybrid
● WTF WAS THIS SHOW
Disadvantages
● Less weapons
● Less vehicles
● Half the franchise
Votes
Gremlins - (1) Fiction
Critters - (2), Round 1 and Iceking
Credits
Stripe vs Chucky
Before we go to a special blog….
Let’s just say this match is a duo blog between these two tragic characters….
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