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 was a bright green gremlin with a yellow underbelly, small yellow spikes coming out of her brow the top of her cheeks and her shoulders, blue eye's with purple eye shadow, long arms with four purple scales on her biceps, a yellow mouth with red lipstick, 3 fingered hands with claws coated in red nail polish, short legs with three purple scales on the front of her thigh and yellow coloration on the back of her thigh and her calf, long ears but with purple lines on the edges, and long green hair.
Her 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 female serum, making her appearance more feminine.
Greta often brutally attacked other Gremlins when they tried to get a hit on her. She portrayed herself as being lovestruck for Clamp Center employee Forster, and clinging on to him and forcibly kissing him repeatedly, leaving smooch marks all over his face. Later she appeared in a 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 by the end of the film he gave in to her advances and shrugged in defeat.
Relationships[]
Frank Forster[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- 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.
- Greta us loosely based on the legendary actress named Greta Garbo (1905-1990).
- She is one of the only 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.
- Greta is implied to be transgender.
- In 2021, NECA released their Greta figure, which includes a long pink feather scarf for her to wear.
- 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.