A Gremlins promotional standee sits on a table at Family Video—but it's not the adorable Gizmo on display. It's one of the malevolent gremlins. This is a significant hint. When Dustin feeds chocolate to baby Demogorgon "Dart," he's raising what will become a vicious monster—a detail foreshadowed by that Gremlins display. The creatures' aversion to light is another parallel between Demogorgons and gremlins.