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Never Squeeze a Fox is the seventh episode of Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, and the seventh episode overall.
It aired on June 15, 2023 on Max.
Synopsis[]
It's race against the clock as Sam, Elle, and Gizmo battle fearsome (and adorable) monsters in a last ditch effort to Gizmo's homeland.
Plot[]
The evil mogwai started wreaking havoc all over town.
The mogwai wreak havoc across town while Riley tells Elle to hand over the mogwai, saying he will forgive her if she does. Inside the tavern, Nuwa, Gizmo, Sam, and Elle hide from them. Nuwa complains that if Elle had not tried to go inside the portal, then she would not be poisoned and Gizmo would be safe at home. Elle fights off the rogue mogwai while Radish shows up, saying that he thought he and Theodora should warn them that Greene and the rest of the mogwai were there.
The evil mogwai keep attacking Sam and Elle, so Sam lights a fire, which scares off the rest of the mogwai. Riley still waits outside, telling his mogwai to wait until the poison takes effect because he prefers to win when he fights. However, when he sees that his mogwai are scared because of the fire Sam lit, he goes inside the tavern. He asks where his mogwai, the goddess and the children are. He believes he found Sam, but is surprised to see Radish there instead, who he shoots at in order to push him away.
The group was forced to run from fox spirits.
Sam, Elle, Gizmo, and Nuwa walk away from the bar while a fox spirit looks at them and tells her crew that since a mogwai was on the loose, and Nuwa was too weak to protect it, they should go after it. Elle helps Nuwa walk as the goddess complains. However, she tells them that Gizmo is in danger, so they need to go to the Bagua room in order to find someone there who can send Gizmo home. They see a fox spirit, so Nuwa says that they need to go. However, Sam stops to greet them, only to be chased by them, so they are forced to leave as soon as possible, pulling Nuwa on a wagon.
As they move, an explosion occurs. Elle tells Sam to give her the box while he takes Gizmo in order for her to work as bait. Sam runs with Gizmo as fast as possible, but he is still being chased by other creatures. Gizmo and Sam realize that they can smell Gizmo, so the mogwai rubs himself with fish in a cart, which Sam pulls. With the cart, they are able to cloud Gizmo's smell and they are able to move freely.
Riley was forced to fight off the fox spirits when Elle diverted them towards him.
Elle is still pushing Nuwa, who still complains that Elle only wants to go to the Valley of Jade for treasure. Elle stops and runs into Riley, who says that she could still be somewhat forgiven. She realizes that she is still being chased by the fox spirits, so she runs away from them, telling Nuwa that she would introduce two monsters to each other. Riley sees her approaching and tells his mogwai to block her. However, Elle pulls away, which makes the spirits unable to divert in time, and so they run into the mogwai and Riley, who begins to shoot at them.
Gizmo happily rides the fish cart Sam grabbed until they make it to the Bagua room. However, outside, Sam is saddened by the fact that he will have to leave Gizmo. Elle and Nuwa reveal that they made it in time as well. Sam and Elle drag Nuwa, which makes them forget Gizmo, whose cart begins to move backward. It turns out the cart was a river spirit who wants to eat Gizmo, so Sam and Elle rush to help. Sam hurries and throws poison into the fish's mouth, which makes it let Gizmo go. They push it into the river and celebrate.
Nuwa tells Sam and Elle that they are stupid because they pushed a river spirit into the river. which is the source of its power. The fish jumps up and heads straight for Gizmo, so Elle throws herself and pushes Gizmo out of the way, saving him, but making the fish eat her instead. Nuwa kills the spirit and Sam sees Elle, whose pulse is weak and is not breathing. Nuwa says that there is nothing that any human could do for her.
The Celstial Administrator helped bring Elle back to life.
A man called Administrator opens the door and sees Elle lying on the floor, so Nuwa tells him to help her out. The man takes out some ingredients as Sam cries for her friend. He says that he has a special magic ingredient which he takes out and uses in order to help Elle, who wakes up. Gizmo and Sam are happy to see Elle is okay; the first thing she asks is if Gizmo is okay, which Nuwa says had surprised her.
Evil mogwai laugh outside and join Riley as he makes his way to the Bagua room. Nuwa closes the door and tells Administrator to prepare a portal to the Valley of Jade. She tells Sam and Elle that they would be going through the portal as well. Nuwa tells them to try not to mess everything up as she hands them passports, mentioning that she would be trying to hold them off as much as possible. Everybody tells her to go with them, but she refuses, saying goodbye to Gizmo.
Nuwa heads outside, where she prepares to face Riley. The mogwai attack her, so she uses a power in order to send them all flying away. Riley uses his magic and shoots at her.
Administrator uses his powers and opens up a portal to the Valley of Jade, pushing Gizmo, Sam and Elle into it. All three of them fall onto a snowy mountain, and Gizmo sees the Valley of Jade close to them.
Having weakened the goddess, Riley turned Nuwa into a pearl and consumed her knowledge.
Riley and Nuwa keep fighting until a mogwai finds out he has a ring which is impervious to magic. Using it, he bites Nuwa and makes her lose her concentration, which allows all the mogwai to attack her. Riley approaches her, asking where his mogwai is, to which he is told that he would never find him, since he was not a god. However, Riley laughs and says that he has talent, eating her and acquiring all of her knowledge.
Cast[]
- Gabrielle Green as Elle
- A. J. LoCascio as Gizmo, Evil Mogwai Bartender
- Haviland Morris as Theodora
- Sandra Oh as Nuwa
- Matthew Rhys as Riley Greene
- Calvin Shen as Radish
- George Takei as Noggin
- Izaac Wang as Sam Wing
- Ming-Na Wen as Fong Wing (Credit only)
- BD Wong as Hon Wing (Credit only)
- Bowen Yang as Celestial Administrator
- Eric Bauza as Alexander, Evil Mogwai
- Grey Griffin as Claw, Evil Mogwai
- Ramona Young as Fox Spirit #1
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Continuity[]
References[]
| Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai episodes | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | 1. Never Get Them Wet · 2. Never Feed Them After Midnight · 3. Always Buy a Ticket · 4. Don't Drink the Tea · 5. Always Stab or Run · 6. Always Buy a God a Drink First · 7. Never Squeeze a Fox · 8. Never Hug a Mogwai · 9. Never Give Up · 10. Never Ever Expose Them to Bright Light |