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* Whenever Nancy calls out her parents on how little they think of her and her feelings, from her snapping at Marge for believing she doesn't take Tina's death seriously, to her disgust at her father using her to draw out Rod, to her complete outrage when she finds out Marge knew Freddy Krueger was a real person this whole time but continued to let Nancy think she imagined him.
* In a meta sense, Robert Englund's performance. It built his career and truly defined Freddy as a character.
* A meta example in that ''A Nightmare On Elm Street'' was inducted into the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry in 2021, a very prestigious distinction for a slasher that only ''Film/Halloween1978'' has managed to achieve.

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* Whenever Nancy calls out her parents on how little they think of her and her feelings, from her snapping at Marge for believing she doesn't take Tina's death seriously, to her disgust at her father using her to draw out Rod, to her complete outrage when she finds out Marge knew Freddy Krueger was a real person this whole time but continued to let Nancy think she imagined him.
* In a meta sense, Robert Englund's performance. It built his career and truly defined Freddy as a character.
* A meta example in that ''A Nightmare On Elm Street'' was inducted into the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry in 2021, a very prestigious distinction for a slasher that only ''Film/Halloween1978'' has managed to achieve.
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* In a meta sense, Robert Englund's performance. It built his career and truly defined Freddy as a character.

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* In a meta sense, Robert Englund's performance. It built his career and truly defined Freddy as a character.character.
* A meta example in that ''A Nightmare On Elm Street'' was inducted into the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry in 2021, a very prestigious distinction for a slasher that only ''Film/Halloween1978'' has managed to achieve.
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* Whenever Nancy calls out her parents on how little they think of her and her feelings, from snapping at Marge for believing she doesn't take Tina's death seriously, her disgust at her father using her to draw out Rod, and her complete outrage when she finds out Marge knew Freddy Krueger was a real person this whole time but continued to let Nancy think she imagined him.
* In a meta term. Robert Englund's preformance. It built his career and truly created Freddy as a character.

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* Whenever Nancy calls out her parents on how little they think of her and her feelings, from her snapping at Marge for believing she doesn't take Tina's death seriously, to her disgust at her father using her to draw out Rod, and to her complete outrage when she finds out Marge knew Freddy Krueger was a real person this whole time but continued to let Nancy think she imagined him.
* In a meta term. sense, Robert Englund's preformance. performance. It built his career and truly created defined Freddy as a character.
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* Whenever Nancy calls out her parents on how little they think of her and her feelings, from snapping at Marge for believing she doesn't take Tina's death seriously, her disgust at her father using her to draw out Rod, and her complete outrage when she finds out Marge knew Freddy Krueger was a real person this whole time but continued to let Nancy think she imagined him.

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* Whenever Nancy calls out her parents on how little they think of her and her feelings, from snapping at Marge for believing she doesn't take Tina's death seriously, her disgust at her father using her to draw out Rod, and her complete outrage when she finds out Marge knew Freddy Krueger was a real person this whole time but continued to let Nancy think she imagined him.him.
* In a meta term. Robert Englund's preformance. It built his career and truly created Freddy as a character.

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* "I take back every bit of energy I gave you. You're nothing! You're shit." Best ending ever! [[spoiler: Or, at least it was until ExecutiveMeddling completely ruined it two minutes later.]]
* "I'm into survival." Perfectly sums up Nancy's character. It's no wonder that despite appearing only one other time canonically (not counting the metafictional ''[[Film/WesCravensNewNightmare New Nightmare]]'', which is partially a tribute to her actress Heather Langenkamp), people tend to consider her the protagonist of the entire series.

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"I'm into survival." Perfectly sums up Nancy's character. It's no wonder that despite appearing only one other time canonically (not counting the metafictional ''[[Film/WesCravensNewNightmare New Nightmare]]'', which is partially a tribute to her actress Heather Langenkamp), people tend to consider her the protagonist of the entire series.
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* "I'm into survival." Perfectly sums up Nancy's character. It's no wonder that despite appearing only one other time canonically (not counting the metafictional ''[[Film/WesCravensNewNightmare New Nightmare]]'', which is partially a tribute to her actress Heather Langenkamp), people tend to consider her the protagonist of the entire series.

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* "I'm into survival." Perfectly sums up Nancy's character. It's no wonder that despite appearing only one other time canonically (not counting the metafictional ''[[Film/WesCravensNewNightmare New Nightmare]]'', which is partially a tribute to her actress Heather Langenkamp), people tend to consider her the protagonist of the entire series.series.
* Whenever Nancy calls out her parents on how little they think of her and her feelings, from snapping at Marge for believing she doesn't take Tina's death seriously, her disgust at her father using her to draw out Rod, and her complete outrage when she finds out Marge knew Freddy Krueger was a real person this whole time but continued to let Nancy think she imagined him.
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* "I'm into survival." Perfectly sums up Nancy's character. It's no wonder that despite appearing only one other time canonically (not counting the metafictional ''[[Film/WesCravensNewNightmare New Nightmare]]'', which is partially a tribute to her actress Heather Langenkamp), she's almost as much of a series face as Freddy himself.

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* "I'm into survival." Perfectly sums up Nancy's character. It's no wonder that despite appearing only one other time canonically (not counting the metafictional ''[[Film/WesCravensNewNightmare New Nightmare]]'', which is partially a tribute to her actress Heather Langenkamp), she's almost as much people tend to consider her the protagonist of a series face as Freddy himself.the entire series.
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* "I'm into survival." Perfectly sums up Nancy's character. It's no wonder that despite appearing only one other time canonically (not counting the metafictional ''[[Film/WesCravensNewNightmare New Nightmare]]'', which is partially a tribute to her actress Heather Langenkamp), she's almost as much of a series face as Freddy himself.
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* Nacy bascially runs circles and circles around a full grown man, a pathetic full grown man once he no longer can rely on his powers.
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* Nancy MacGyvering various traps for Freddy and having him falling on every one of them.
** Especially when she sets him on fire, [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes much to his horror]].
* "I take back every bit of energy I gave you. You're nothing! You're shit." Best ending ever! [[spoiler: Or, at least it was until ExecutiveMeddling completely ruined it two minutes later.]]

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