Gremlins 2: The New Batch Quotes

Brain Gremlin Fred, what we want is, I think, what everyone wants, and what you and your viewers have: civilization.

Grandpa Fred Yes, but what sort of civilization are you speaking of?

Brain Gremlin The niceties, Fred. The fine points: diplomacy, compassion, standards, manners, tradition. That's what we're reaching toward. Oh, we may stumble along the way, but civilization, yes. The Geneva Convention, chamber music, Susan Sontag. Everything your society has worked so hard to accomplish over the centuries. That's what we aspire to. We want to be civilized. You take a look at this fellow here.

Beanie Gremlin TV! TV! TV! I'm on TV!

Brain Gremlin Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized. Now, bear in mind, none of us has been in New York before. There are the Broadway shows. We'll have to find out how to get tickets. There's also a lot of street crime, but I believe we can watch that for free. We want the essentials: Dinettes, complete bedroom groups, convenient credit even though we've been turned down in the past.

Billy Peltzer Sir, I'm... I'm sorry about the building.

Daniel Clamp I'm not.

Kate Peltzer You're not?

Daniel Clamp For one thing, we're insured for the damages. For another, maybe it wasn't a place for people anyway. It was a place for things. You make a place for things, things come.

Daffy Duck Patently ridiculous

Daffy Duck Long, isn't it?

Daffy Duck Still lurking about? Don't you people have homes?

Taglines Here they grow again.

Theatre usher Mr. Hogan? We have Gremlins in the projection booth. Would you help us?

Hulk Hogan Gremlins, in this theatre? Now? OKAY, YOU GUYS, LISTEN UP!

Gremlin Uh-oh.

Hulk Hogan People pay good money to see this movie! When they go out to a theatre, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and NO MONSTERS IN THE PROJECTION BOOTH! Do I have to come up there myself? Do you think the Gremsters can stand up to the Hulkster?! Well, if I were you, I'd run the rest of Gremlins 2 RIGHT NOW! Sorry folks, it won't happen again.

Taglines We warned you. Remember the rules. You didn't listen.

Brain Gremlin Yes, I'd say it's a full-scale panic. Are you having a run on the bank there yet? Well, it's rather brutal here. We're advising our clients to put everything they've got into canned food and shotguns!