Raymond Cruz, who played Tuco Salamanca on "Breaking Bad," plays a messenger in "Gremlins 2."

Hulk Hogan appears in the theatrical cut and subsequent DVD and Blu-ray releases, but he's replaced with John Wayne in the VHS version.

Leonard Maltin, who gave the original "Gremlins" a bad review, plays himself reviewing the first film until he is attacked by the little monsters.

The genetic potions lead to the creation of a bat gremlin, a spider gremlin, a vegetable gremlin, an electrical gremlin, a smart gremlin and a female gremlin — but not a fire gremlin.

Kate reveals that she had a traumatizing experience on President Lincoln's birthday.

Director Joe Dante was friends with Warner Bros. animator Chuck Jones and hired him to create the "Looney Tunes" opening and closing segments for the film.

While William Schallert played Father Bartlett in the original "Gremlins," he did not appear in the sequel.

Jerry Goldsmith quotes his theme from "Rambo: First Blood Part II" when Gizmo dons his Rambo costume to fight the gremlins.

The credits list the mogwai/gremlin's name to be Daffy, who gets his name by acting completely insane — even in comparison to the other gremlins.

Christoher Lee plays Dr. Cushing Catheter, a mad scientist who collects diseases and runs the Clamp building's genetic's lab.

According to the behind-the-scenes documentary, "Gremlins 2" was shot under the title "Monolith" while filming in New York.

Microwave Marge makes bologna and bean dip rolls as well as a tuna, cheese chowder surprise — and her special ingredient is sherry.

Billy's mom kills a gremlin using a microwave in the first film. While "Gremlins 2" calls back to this scene by having the gremlins blow up a microwave, none are killed by one.