There are several great movies to watch during the holiday season. My favorite one happens to be Gremlins, but to be honest, I hadn’t seen it in quite some time. Last night was a treat, as we sat down to give it a good watch. Noel pointed something out to me that got me thinking. Her one little observation made it very clear to me that Gremlins is the precursor to Pokemon.
If you haven’t seen Gremlins, it’s about a guy who buys a strange pet from the grandson of this Asian man for his son. The strange animal is very cute and smart. At the same time this pet has a few stipulations. It hates bright lights and the sun can kill it. Don’t give it water and don’t feed it after midnight. All this sounds easy enough, but of course things go wrong and someone spills water on it which causes it to give birth to like five other creatures. These creatures are much more devious and trick the boy into feeding them after midnight which allows them to evolve into green monsters that terrorize the town.
Now that you get the basic idea, let’s tackle the theory at hand. The biggest and craziest thing about the movie is that no one, NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON is more curious about what the hell these little furry creatures are. They just immediately accept it despite all the strange talents they posses. “Oh hey, it’s a small creature that can walk on two legs, play music instruments, kind of talk, read, and devise clever plans in order to trick humans. I see those things all the time, nothing weird about that! Let’s buy one for my son!” When it is given to the son, he hardly asks any sort of important questions about it, assuming it’s perfectly normal. This leads me to assume that apparently creatures like this must be showing up. Perhaps no one has seen this particular creature as of yet, but there must be some that are similar in nature to this one in this bizarre alternate universe. THIS leads me to believe that Pokemon are starting to slowly come out of the woodwork. These things must be one of the first. At this point people don’t have the technology for Poketech, but the creatures themselves are coming around. Mogwi are the beginning.
That’s a big point too. Gizmo, the name of the creature given to the boy Billy, often only says what sort of creature he is: Mogwi, in the same way that some Pokemon simply say what they are. Eventually he learns a few other words, but that’s not unusual for Pokemon is it? Gizmo also understands English very well and can convey feelings and emotions much like Pikachu relates to Ash. In fact Billy and Gizmo’s relationship is just like that of Ash and Pikachu. This shows how much different a relationship between humans and Pokemon can be compared to that of a human and a dog or a cat.
Evolution is another key to this theory. Often Pokemon will evolve into another form or gain different attributes through experience or when given something to stimulate this process. The key factor here is the latter. Much like a Pikachu can evolve into Raichu when exposed to an Electric Stone, Mogwi can evolve into “Gremlins” when fed after midnight. This radically changes their form and way of thinking. What’s better still is that in Gremlins 2, they evolve into more specialized gremlins or perhaps different types such as Flying type, Bug type, and even Plant type. The evidence is here for you to consider and discuss with your friends. Tell us what you think!