When the other mogwai pop out of Gizmo, they are already mischievous, and when they turn they become even more evil. It seems to imply that mogwai are already bad, and the transformation makes them worse. But Gizmo is extraordinarily kind. So if Gizmo was turned would he be evil, or would he still be kind?
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I think the transformation can be viewed as an allegory for drug use. Some very kind people can go quite hostile and berserk on drugs, others would remain somewhat similar to their base selves. Most mogwai are baseline hostile, if harmlessly so, and the transformation merely gives them junkie strength and looks, which cause their harmless baseline hostility to become harmful. Gizmo would take on the looks of the junkie, but it would be a 50/50 if it went evil or stayed mostly the same beyond looks.