Grandpa Wing is the patriarch of the Wing family, father of Fong Wing and grandfather of Sam Wing.
Appearance[]
Grandpa Wing is an elderly chinese man. He is mostly bald, and what hair he has left is gray. He has a gold tooth.
Personality[]
Grandpa is quite eccentric. He loves to tell tales of his past adventures, though by his own admission some of these stories were just made up.
History[]
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai[]
Before the events of the series, Grandpa Wing was an adventurer who, according to his own stories, travelled the world. He never brought home any valuables, but he did pick up some magic skills and gained a lot of knowledge about the various mythological creatures in the world, including Mogwai. He kept a journal about all these creatures.
By 1920, Grandpa Wing is living in Shanghai with his daughter Fong, son-in-law Hon and grandson Sam. Nothing is known about Fong's mother or why she is no longer around. Fong treats her father as a delusional old man and does not believe any of his stories. Sam is more willing to believe, but still takes caution when he is with Grandpa. When Grandpa is first seen, Sam is bringing him his medicine; a task he clearly does not like. As Sam walks into his room, and is grabbed by his grandfather from under the bed. His grandfather tells him that he is growing strong and is given arthritis medicine by Sam, which he does not drink all of.
Sam's grandfather gifted him his adventures box.
Sam's mother tells Sam that he can go shopping with his father, Hon, which excites the boy. His grandfather says that he is now inspired and wants to go with his grandson, convincing his daughter to let him go with Sam. He pulls out his adventures box, which fascinates Sam, so his grandfather gifts it to him.
Sam is excited to go grocery shopping, but his grandfather takes his list and says that he could get all that for half the price at the South market, which Sam says is filled with thieves and freeloaders. However, his grandfather tells him they should save up so they can go on an adventure. Sam wants to leave, but is taken by his grandfather.
Gizmo was forced to dance so that the audience would be entertained.
Sam's grandfather tells his grandson that if he wants to be a good doctor like his mother, then he needs to explore, which he could not do from his parent's sight. They go to the Seven Brothers Circus, where they present a white mountain yeti, which is simply a monkey painted white. Sam can tell they are getting tricked, but his grandfather tells him to stick around. The circus presents the mogwai as a cat-dog, which sparks Sam's interest, calling it cute and sad. The mogwai dances in ordrer to entertain everyone.
Elle approaches the mogwai, who uses weapons to cut the chord that was holding him. As he tries to run, he bumps into one of the brothers, who grabs him and tells him to take a bow. Sam's grandfather tells him they cannot leave and takes him away.
Elle offered to buy Gizmo, eventually convincing the circus master.
The mogwai is put in a cage and yelled at, while Sam's grandfather tells him that he is a Mogwai, which are the rarest mystical creatures, which have not been seen in centuries because they are very dangerous under human care. Sam's grandfather tells him that they need to take it, but the circus master is approached by Elle, who offers to buy the creature.
Sam sees this and gives up, but his grandfather pulls out a knife, saying that he would cause a distraction by cutting a rope. However, he falls and the circus master notices. His grandfather pulls out a marble, which he throws at the circus master. When he picks it up, there is an explosion and Elle takes the mogwai. However, he bites her and escapes his cage, so Sam's grandfather tells him to go after him.
Sam runs after the mogwai, along with the circus master, who manages to grab him. Sam gets him away from the circus master, but the mogwai runs from him as well. The mogwai is grabbed by Elle, so Sam runs after her. Sam's grandfather knocks down a pillar, which makes Elle throw the creature into the air. He is caught by Sam, who tells him that he would not hurt him.
The mogwai is surprised when Sam and his grandfather reveal that they know he is a mogwai and Sam's grandfather begins humming a song, which makes the mogwai trust them. Elle gets up and finds a flyer, which she can use to identify Sam and his family.
When Sam got Gizmo wet, small fur balls which turned out to be mogwai burst out from him.
Sam and his grandfather make it back. The mogwai introduces himself as Gizmo to Sam as his grandfather packs, telling Sam that they need to leave. Sam's grandfather says that they need to leave because mogwai's are dangerous. This statement offends Gizmo, but Sam's grandfather says that he knows all about them, so they need to return him to his home. As Sam wonders how dangerous Gizmo could really be, he knocks a glass of water over Gizmo, spilling him. Gizmo screams in pain as Sam's parents enter the room. Small fur balls pop out of Gizmo's back, which turn out to be more mogwais. Sam's grandfather tells him that he should never get them wet.
Sam's grandfather told them that mogwai have many rules to them.
Gizmo is scared looking at the other mogwai. Sam's grandfather tells him that there are many rules to mogwai, such as no bright light and never feed them after midnight. He puts them in a box while his daughter mentions that she believed his stories were not real. Sam's grandfather explains that mogwai are very real and both Sam and himself would be heading to Fengdong, which had been destroyed by the mogwai. Sam's grandfather invites his daughter and son-in-law while people show up at their shop.
Elle knocks, while her boss tells her to behave as if she works for him. Sam's family hides as Sam's grandfather says that he could protect Gizmo since he has a kind heart, handing him a book and saying he would scare the people outside, who threatened Gizmo's safety.
Sam's grandfather tells the mysterious man that their shop was closed, but the man says that nothing closes for him. After talking for a little bit, the man infers that he used to be a treasure hunter, also asking if he knows the value of what he had stolen from him. He introduces himself as Riley Green, saying that he also considers himself a treasure hunter, offering to leave if he gives him the mogwai. Sam's grandfather laughs, saying that he does have the mogwai, but had never come home empty handed during his days as a treasure hunter. He pulls out a spin drum and begins playing it, shooting at Riley's security and shooting at Riley as well.
Riley turned Sam's grandfather into a pearl he swallowed in order to consume his knowledge.
After smoke clears, Riley is unfazed, saying he had learned that trick as a child, and shooting at Sam's grandfather with something he mastered as an adult. Both of them clash with magic, but Sam's grandfather is overpowered and captured into a small pearl by Riley. Elle tries to escape, but is not allowed to do so by Riley. Riley opens his mouth wide and swallows the pearl Sam's grandfather was in.
After Riley's death, Sam's grandfather came back.
After Sam and Elle defeat Riley by tricking the sorcerer into turning himself into a cockroach with the Knife of Creation, Riley vomits up the pearls containing all the people he ever absorbed, and these people are released. Including Grandpa Wing. Grandfather and grandson happily reunite. Sam tells his grandfather about everything that had happened, which makes him sad since he could not see everything with him.
Nuwa says that the most difficult part would be gathering all the mogwai, who are led by Sam and Elle to the Valley of Jade once again. The celestial administrator shows up, saying that the city had been destroyed and he walks in the portal, followed by Nuwa. Sam asks his grandfather if he wanted to go to the Valley of Jade like he had wanted to his whole life, but he is told that he had had enough adventure being pearled up.
At the Wing Family Medicine shop, Sam and Elle work as Hon and Fong mention that they would probably end up working for the children someday. Gizmo watches happily as Sam's grandfather asks who could help him with deliveries.
Relationships[]
Grandpa Wing has a daughter and grandson. Since he has a daughter he was likely married at some point, but nothing is ever revealed about his wife or what happened to her.
Trivia[]
- Grandpa Wing shares the same surname as Hon Wing who is his son-in-law is kind of strange as a woman takes after her husband's surname after marriage and not the other way round.
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