Would you say the other Mogwai were jerks before they were gremlins when compared to Gizmo?

They were abusive, conniving, manipulating little deviants.

They reminded me of teenagers

I think they were just misunderstood. Gizmo was a wet blanket. It is hard to live with someone that never wants to have fun. Besides, who wants to look like a teddy bear when they’re really a party animal on the inside? No eating after midnight? No bathing? WTF? I’d have totally gone gremlin.

Screw Gizmo. Let’s hook up with Animal from the Muppets.

I love Animal! I loved Gizmo though too.
When I was in the Navy, I once got some feedback about a barracks inspection of my room while I was working. When I got home, the barracks PO told me the XO came along on the inspection that time, and had some remarks of his own to add to the report of my room. It said pets are not allowed in barracks rooms, and some cobwebs needed to be cleared, but my room passed inspection. The PO was laughing as he told me of the reaction to my room. I had fake webbing stretched around for upcoming halloween. I also had a gizmo stuffie tied to a dartboard with a red curly phone cord style bungie cord, and hanging on my closet door. On my bunk was a Stripe stuffie, holding a dart.
When the right question gets asked, I will tell of the other time the XO inspected my room, and I was there!
I do, indeed, feel the others were well, dorks, dweebs, and jerks. Gizmo was sweet, but a bit of a pansy-ass until the very end.