Greta is a Gremlin spawned as part of the new batch in 1990. She was also the sole surviving Gremlin after all of her fellow Gremlins were killed.
Personality[]
She appeared harmless, but her affinity for some men was quite troublesome.
Physical Appearance[]
Greta is a bright green gremlin with yellow coloration on her underbelly, the back of her thigh and her calf, as well as small yellow spikes coming out of her brow the top of her cheeks and her shoulders. Her coloration is more vibrant than other gremlins, as she has blue eyes, four purple scales on her biceps, and three purple scales on the front of her thigh, and on her ears. Greta also accessorizes with purple eye shadow, red lipstick and red nail polish. She also has long green hair, which most gremlins lack.
Greta's first attire consisted of a leopard print top and skirt, and black high heel shoes. Her second attire consisted of a red dress, a necklace, a pink boa, and a large red rose in her hair. Her final attire consisted of a white wedding dress.
History[]
Gremlins 2: The New Batch[]
Greta was originally one of the many gremlins that spawned at Clamp Center. She was among the gremlins that ransacked the Splice O' Life and drank a serum with the gender symbols, making her appearance more feminine.
Greta often brutally attacked other Gremlins when they tried to flirt with her. She fell in love with a Clamp Center employee named Forster, and would jump on to him and forcibly kiss him, leaving lipstick marks all over his face. Later she appeared in a red dress during the Gremlin musical number in the building's lobby. She then reappeared at the very end of the film in a wedding dress, apparently preparing to marry Forster in one of the Clamp Center bathrooms. She was the only Gremlin shown to have survived.
Forster was initially disgusted by Greta, but at the end of the film he shrugged in defeat and gave in.
Relationships[]
Frank Forster[]
Video Game[]
Greta appears in the Gremlins 2 Video Game Gameboy as an enemy.
Greta appears as a boss in the Video Game Gremlins: Stripe vs. Gizmo. Greta is encountered after completing the Firehouse Level when playing as Gizmo. Greta is seen wearing a Wedding Dress and her main attack is throwing bouquets.
Greta appears in Lego Dimensions as a Non-Playable Character.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Greta is also known as "The Girl Gremlin" (according to Gremlins 2's audio commentary) and "Lady Gremlin" (in the Gremlins 2 trading cards).
- A deleted scene depicting George and Greta's meeting exists. George shoves a grapefruit in Greta's mouth, causing Greta to spit it out and slap George across the face (with accompanying bongo sound effects). This is a parody of a scene from the 1931 film The Public Enemy featuring James Cagney and Mae Clarke. This is included as an additional scene amongst the special features on the film's DVD release.
- She appears in the Gremlins 2 game for the Game Boy and she's a boss in Stripe vs. Gizmo.
- She may be the incarnation of the Deagle Gremlin.
- She is one of the few characters introduced in Gremlins 2: The New Batch to have a Funko Pop vinyl figure.
- She is the second gremlin to possess real hair, the first being Stripe.
- Greta is the only mutant gremlin whose mutation was never seen.
- As gremlins do not have a biological sex and choose pronouns based on psychological makeup, it is possible that Greta always viewed herself as female similar to how Stripe and Gizmo view themselves as male, and that the serum with the gender symbol merely gave her gender-affirming characteristics.
- In 2021, NECA released a Greta figure, which gives her a pink feather boa alongside her leopard-print skirt and crop top.
- Monster High released a Greta doll in 2021 as a part of their Skillector line which features other popular horror characters such as Beetlejuice and Pennywise. Greta's doll comes with a small Gizmo and a purse with Stripe's face on it.