0 0 ▁Fe et ", ▁a ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁Tw il ight ▁Zone ▁episode , ▁st arring ▁William ▁Sh at ner , ▁is ▁a ▁hom age ▁to ▁the ▁legend ▁of ▁gre ml ins , ▁one ▁being ▁seen ▁dis m ant ling ▁an ▁air lin er ▁during ▁flight . ▁The ▁role ▁was ▁played ▁by ▁John ▁Lith gow ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁movie . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁book ▁" M yth ▁Con ception s ," ▁from ▁the ▁M yth Ad vent ures ▁series , ▁Robert ▁As pr in ▁describes ▁a ▁gre ml in ▁as ▁a ▁small , ▁blue - sk inned ▁creature ▁that ▁has ▁a ▁t endency ▁to ▁van ish ▁when ▁the ▁vie wer ' s ▁attention ▁is ▁dist ract ed . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁film ▁Gre ml ins , ▁produced ▁by ▁Steven ▁Spiel berg ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁Joe ▁D ante , ▁is ▁lo os ely ▁inspired ▁by ▁D ahl ' s ▁characters , ▁featuring ▁evil ▁and ▁destruct ive ▁mon sters ▁which ▁mut ate ▁from ▁small ▁fur ry ▁cre atures . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Dark ▁Hor se ▁Comics ▁published ▁The ▁Gre ml ins : ▁The ▁Lost ▁W alt ▁Disney ▁Production , ▁a ▁faith fully ▁restored ▁and ▁updated ▁version ▁of ▁The ▁Gre ml ins ▁including ▁an ▁introduction ▁by ▁acc laimed ▁film ▁historian ▁Leonard ▁M alt in ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁creating ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁Gre ml in - in sp ired ▁to ys ▁and ▁figur ines , ▁that ▁were ▁pattern ed ▁after