Warning: Contains spoilers for Gremlins: The Wild Batch Episode 5!
Gremlins: The Wild Batch Part 1 is now streaming on Max, and here’s everything that happens in the ending, explained. Gremlins: The Wild Batch is the second season of Max’s animated Gremlins series, after the hit first season Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. however, Gremlins: The Wild Batch takes things in a completely different direction, with a cast of new and returning characters like them Go to the United States in order to stop a new gremlin threat. Only the first five episodes of Gremlins: The Wild Batch are out, and here’s how they end.
Gremlins: The Wild Batch Pick up where Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Left off, with Sam and Al heading to San Francisco to stop Noggin and a new gremlin threat. While there, they quickly realize that Noggin has managed to climb his way up the criminal underworld of Chinatown, with Sam and Al enlisting the help of the former mob boss’ son, Chang. The finale sees the gang’s pursuit of Noggin come to a headWith Sam, Al, and Chang attempting to put an end to Noggin while a horde of gremlins overrun Chinatown.
What happens in Gremlins: The End of the Wild Batch Part 1
How does Noggin’s story end?
A lot happens in episode 5 of Gremlins: The Wild BatchWith it feeling like a season finale, even though it’s only the middle of the season. The episode ties up most of the plot lines that have occurred so far, with Sam, Elle, and Gizmo herding Noggin and the gremlins into a fireworks factory before it explodes. On top of that, Chang finally lives up to his father’s legacy, leading the gangsters of Chinatown in their fight back against Noggin and the Gremlins.
Meanwhile, Elle’s mom returns with the power to control waterWith her using her magical abilities to help fight the gremlins. She then explains that she was bound to the water and sends Sam and Elle on a quest to get a wish from the water god by freeing him. However, the episode ends back in Shanghai, with Grandpa Wing learning about the kids’ new quest and realizing that they may inadvertently cause the end of the world.
Elle’s Mom Appears in Gremlins: The Wild Pack (And She Has Some Mysterious Powers)
The story of part 2 will center around you
One of the biggest reveals in the finale of Gremlins: The Wild Batch Part 1 is the return of Elle’s mom, a character who has not had a major role in the series before. in Gremlins: Secrets of the MogwaiIt was revealed that Al was separated from her parents while attempting to steal from someone, with her parents never coming back to find her. Gremlins: The Wild Batch Features several flashbacks showing Elle interacting with her mother, although it is not until the finale of Part 1 that she is finally reunited with her long lost parent.
On your return in Gremlins: The Wild Batch Part 1, it is revealed that Elle’s mom has the ability to control waterSomething that is incredibly useful when fighting the gremlins. However, she tells Elle that she cannot leave the water, with her having made a deal that binds her to it. Fortunately, she has a plan. Elle’s mom tells Elle that she can be freed by making a wish that can be granted by a mysterious water god, one that Elle and Sam must go on a long journey to find. However, Elle’s mom will always be with the kids as long as there is water nearby.
Does Gremlins: The Wild Batch just kill Noggin?
It seems likely that Noggin will return
One of the biggest questions that is still lingering after the end of Gremlins: The Wild Batch Part 1 has to do with if the series just killed Noggin. Over Max S Gremlins animated series, George Takei’s Noggin was the main villain, with him returning in a big way in Gremlins: The Wild Batch. At the end of the episode, Noggin and the rest of the Gremlins are in a fireworks factory, with the Gremlins’ antics setting off the explosives. This seemingly kills every gremlin within, which would presumably include Noggin.
however, Noggin’s body is never shownAnd the series does not confirm that he is dead, which means that he probably made it out alive. After all, Nogin is much smarter than the rest of the gremlins, and his return in Gremlins: The Wild Batch Part 2 would parallel a similar moment with Stripe in the original Gremlins Movie. It would be weird to kill off the show’s main villain halfway through season 2, and while it’s believed that the rest of Noggin’s gremlin army died in the explosion, most viewers don’t buy that he’s actually dead.
Gremlins: The Wild Pack makes Elle its main character (not Sam)
And this will continue in part 2
Although Sam was the main character of Gremlins: Secrets of the MogwaiElle seems to get the spotlight in Gremlins: The Wild Batch. The main character shift mostly has to do with Al’s mom, who played a big role in Part 1 and is set to play an even bigger role in Part 2. Since the first season of Max’s animated Gremlins Show was all about Sam, it makes sense for Gremlins: The Wild Batch To have a cast switch and make Elle the protagonist, allowing for a new type of story.
How Gremlins: The Wild Batch Part 1 Set Up Part 2
Elle’s Mom, Noggin, & Chang
Although Gremlins: The Wild Batch Part 1 is over, the season is not over, the finale is already set Gremlins: The Wild Batch Part 2. Although The threat of noggin is goneThe finale gives Sam and Al a new quest. Part 2 will see them track down the water god in an attempt to free Elle’s mom, although Grandpa Wing and Sam’s grandparents will most likely be in pursuit in an attempt to stop them from dooming the world.
On top of that, it seems likely that Noggin will return, seeing as he’s the show’s antagonist. Meanwhile, Max is animated Gremlins Show has no gremlin threat, though it’s doubtful things will stay that way for long. It is unclear if Simu Liu’s Chang will stick around to continue being a main character in Gremlins: The Wild Batch Part 2, as his character arc was seemingly completed when the gang saved Chinatown at the end of Part 1.