After watching the commercial the first time, I wasn’t fully convinced that any of it was real. I mean, sure, the 80s were corny, but a full-on theme song about the rules from Gremlins (one of the greatest films of all time)? That seemed like too much to be believed (as did the fact that the plush looked like the love child of a Chihuahua and a dust bunny), but according to the least amount of research possible, it all appears to be legit.

Okay, so it’s real and I guess it would have been pretty cool if you were a kid back when the movie came out, but I definitely prefer the plush Gizmo that NECA made a few years back. In addition to actually resembling the character, it doesn’t look like the kind of thing your cheap uncle found in the parking lot of the mall after a rain storm.

Added bonus: after three viewings, the song really grows on you. Can we get a full version, dance remix and then a stripped-down folk cover please?