- At home, Billy helps mom prepare dinner.
- He attempts to use one of his dad's inventions to crack eggs, for when tapping them on the side of a bowl is too hard.
- Mom's sad over something to do with Mrs. Deagle, the most miserable woman on the planet, but her story is interrupted when dad, Rand Peltzer, comes home.
- He has a big gift for Billy, who hopes it's a puppy. What, is Barney not good enough anymore? He needs to trade the old mutt in for a new model?
- Dad dims the lights for Billy to tear off the wrapping paper. We like to do it with the lights on. By do it, we mean open presents, of course.
- The fuzzy little mogwai pokes his out of the box, and Billy is in awe of this unique little creature.
- Mom, she hopes he's housebroken.
- Dad has named him Gizmo.
- Mom gets the camera to take a picture.
- But the bright light scares Gizmo.
- Dad takes this opportunity to relay the three rules to the family: no sunlight, no water, and don't ever feed him after midnight.