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**According to The Other Wiki, one planned yet scrapped ending had Jason and Freddy finding themselves in a darkened room about to continue their fight, only to have hooked chains spring in from nowhere to pin them both against the wall. As both struggle, they hear a familiar (to us) voice; "Now...what's all this fighting about?" In walks Pinhead, end scene.
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* BullyingADragon: Two ravers encounter Jason and mess around with him. [[NeckSnap It doesn't]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice end well.]]

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* BullyingADragon: Two ravers encounter Jason and mess around with him. [[NeckSnap It doesn't]] doesn't end]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice end well.]]well for them.]] They ''were'' high and drunk at the time, but even then it's still not a good idea to piss off a scary-looking behemoth who showed up out of nowhere.
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* BullyingADragon: Two ravers encounter Jason and mess around with him. [[NeckSnap It doesn't]] [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice end well.]]
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* KissOfLife: The film just barely averts this. Freddy forced Jason to dream of drowning, and the unfortunate Kia almost has to perform mouth-to-mouth on him. It's ''Jason Voorhees'' (who looks like a rotting corpse underneath the mask); you can hardly blame her for being reluctant. Fortunately he wakes up just in time.
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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:When Freeburg sees a monster bug show up, he thinks it's awesome when it takes out a bong, and decides to follow it when it goes away. This might be explained by the fact that he's stoned out of his mind, but getting high in the first place was his own decision as well, so he still qualifies.]]

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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:When Freeburg sees a monster bug show up, he thinks it's awesome when it takes out a bong, and decides to follow it when it goes away. This might be explained by the fact that he's stoned out of his mind, but getting high in the first place while knowing that they're on the run from ''two'' undead serial killers was his own decision as well, so he still qualifies.]]

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* CleanCut: Blake doesn't realize his father's been decapitated until he nudges him and the head falls off.

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* CleanCut: Blake doesn't realize his father's been decapitated until he nudges him and the head falls off. Jason seems to have done this [[ItAmusedMe solely for his own amusement]].



* EarAche: Lori tears of one of Freddy's ears and still has it in her hand when she wakes up. When she drops it on the floor, it turns into a pile of maggots.

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* EarAche: Lori tears of off one of Freddy's ears and still has it in her hand when she wakes up. When she drops it on the floor, it turns into a pile of maggots.



* FocusGroupEnding: [[spoiler:In the original ending, after Freddy and Jason are defeated, Lori and Will are back at her home making love for the first time. Will becomes violent in the middle of it, and then grows blades out of his fingers. Lori screams as he slashes her to death. The test audiences thought the acting in the scene was terrible, and were confused about what it meant, asking questions like "Does this mean [[TheBadGuyWins Freddy won]]? [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Where's Jason]]? Is this a dream? Is Will [[FaceHeelTurn turning evil]] and is now some sort of Son-of-Freddy?" It was then replaced with the current ending, where Jason walks out of the water holding Freddy's decapitated head, and Freddy winking at the audience.]]



* TooDumbToLive: When Will sees a monster bug show up, he thinks it's awesome when it takes out a bong, and decides to follow it when it goes away. This might be explained by the fact that he's stoned out of his mind, but getting high in the first case was his own decision as well, so he still qualifies.

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* TooDumbToLive: When Will [[spoiler:When Freeburg sees a monster bug show up, he thinks it's awesome when it takes out a bong, and decides to follow it when it goes away. This might be explained by the fact that he's stoned out of his mind, but getting high in the first case place was his own decision as well, so he still qualifies.]]
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** In a twisted way Gibb being killed by Jason when she's being molested can be consider this.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Supposedly, one of the endings tossed about for the movie was that Jason and Freddie would tumble into an arena in Hell surrounded by twisted demons, and prepare to resume their match, only to have hooks and chains burst from the walls and restrain them... and [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]] step out of the shadows to propose an alliance.

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* CreepyCemetery: This is where Lori ends up in her first nightmare.



* CompensatingForSomething: Kia tries to distract Freddy by trash talking him. Among others things, she says that the knifes on Freddy's glove are probably his way of compensating for the obvious. She also notes that in contrast to him, Jason wields [[BiggerIsBetterInBed a huge machete]] instead.



* DecapitationPresentation: Freddy presents Pamela Voorhees' decapitated head to Jason in his nightmare.



* EarAche: Lori tears of one of Freddy's ears and still has it in her hand when she wakes up. When she drops it on the floor, it turns into a pile of maggots.



* JumpScare:
** [[spoiler:In Lori's first nightmare, she sees the spectres of Freddy's previous child victims singing the "One, two, Freddy's coming for you" rhyme. Then Freddy jumps up out of nowhere.]]
** [[spoiler:Lori is talking to Will in the car, and he tells her that he believes that Lori's father killed her mother. Then Lori's father shows up banging on the car window.]]
* KickTheDog: Strangely, Freddy is given one of these with the dog being ''Jason''. In his nightmare, Jason reverts into a scared disfigured child, how he was before he became an undead killing machine. Freddy then tears off his hockey mask, calls him an "ugly little shit", and shows Jason the decapitated head of his mother.



* MindOverMatter: Freddy can easily move objects with his mind in the dream world. He even plays an ad-hoc game of pinball with Jason's body.



* MirrorScare: This is used by Freddy Krueger in Mark's nightmare.

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* MirrorScare: This is used by Freddy Krueger in In Mark's nightmare.nightmare, he's getting some pills to help him stay awake from the mirror cupboard in the bathroom. When he closes it again, his reflection is replaced by Freddy.



* NiceJewishBoy: Lindermann, who's an all-around nice guy and {{adorkable}}.



* OffscreenTeleportation: During the fight between Jason and Freddy at Camp Crystal Lake, Jason is propelled to a construction site by a propane tank projectile. Freddy then shows that he's standing on top of it, somehow having moved past Jason.



* OrificeInvasion: The bug creature in Freeburg's nightmare forces itself down his throat.



* PlotHole: Canonically, Springwood is a town in Ohio, and Camp Crystal Lake is in New Jersey. The protagonists drive from one to the other in about an hour.



* SerialKiller: Freddy and Jason
* SkinnyDipping: The movie begins with a girl skinny dipping at Camp Crystal Lake.

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* SerialKiller: Freddy and Jason
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* SkinnyDipping: The After Freddy's introduction, the movie begins with a girl skinny dipping at Camp Crystal Lake.



* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Welcome to my world, bitch!" -- which is said by both Freddy and Lori at different points near the end of the film.

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"Welcome to my world, bitch!" -- which is said by both Freddy and Lori at different points near the end of the film.film.
** Freddy also says "Let me handle this, bitch!" to Will when he's controlling Freeburg's body.



* TooDumbToLive: When Will sees a monster bug show up, he thinks it's awesome when it takes out a bong, and decides to follow it when it goes away. This might be explained by the fact that he's stoned out of his mind, but getting high in the first case was his own decision as well, so he still qualifies.



* UnPerson: The people of Springwood have erased all documents that Freddy ever existed, and quarantined everyone who knew about him, because this was the only way they could stop him.



* VillainousValor: Even Freddy's detractors must admit it takes ''balls'' to fight [[ImplacableMan something like Jason]]. Even after Freddy gets pulled into the real world (where he is mortal and '''seriously''' outclassed by Jason), he fights Jason anyway.

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* VillainousValor: VillainOpeningScene: For both Freddy and Jason. The film [[OpeningMonologue opens with a monologue]] by Freddy Krueger. He explains how he came to be, and that the parents of Springwood have stopped him by erasing him from memory. He has found someone (Jason Voorhees) who he will use to instill fear in the town of Springwood once again, which will allow him to come back. This is followed by Jason stalking one of his victims in Camp Crystal Lake in his dreams before Freddy manipulates him in the guise of his mother to go to Springwood.
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Even Freddy's detractors must admit it takes ''balls'' to fight [[ImplacableMan something like Jason]]. Even after Freddy gets pulled into the real world (where he is mortal and '''seriously''' outclassed by Jason), he fights Jason anyway.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Springwood decided to deal with Freddy by censoring any possible mention of him. This includes locking up any still-living kids that know his name and drugging them with unapproved anti-dream medicine that rendered dozens of kids comatose from overdose when it failed to work. It worked.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Springwood decided to deal with Freddy by censoring any possible mention of him. This includes locking up any still-living kids that know his name and drugging them with unapproved anti-dream medicine that rendered dozens of kids comatose from overdose when it failed to work. It worked.They successfully stopped him for four years.



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Freddy discovers Jason suffers from water-phobia due to the way he died as a child. This leads to a ContinuitySnarl when you remember Jason was completely fine around water in his series -- though there is an out, as Jason's fear of water comes into play only after Freddy brings up Jason's trauma in the Dream World, and later in the real world Jason shows no fear of water.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jason has a fear of water, Freddy has a fear of fire. This is discussed by Lori:
-->'''Lori:''' Wait a minute -- Freddy died by fire, Jason by water. How can we use that?
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Freddy discovers Jason suffers from water-phobia due to the way he died as a child. This leads to a ContinuitySnarl when you remember Jason was completely fine around water in his series -- though there is an out, as Jason's fear of water comes into play only after Freddy brings up Jason's trauma in the Dream World, and later in the real world Jason shows no fear of water.



* "WhyWontYouDie" said the ghost to the zombie.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: '''Jason''', of all people, comes off as one of these, especially during his Dream World battle with Freddy. Loads of fans root for Jason over Freddy; he may be a mindless supernatural killing machine, but at least he's not a child molester.
** Jason's actor was specifically recast to an actor who could emote with his eyes and make them sympathetic.

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* "WhyWontYouDie" said "WhyWontYouDie": Said the ghost to the zombie.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: '''Jason''', of all people, comes off as one of these, especially during his Dream World battle with Freddy. Loads of fans root for Jason over Freddy; he may be a mindless supernatural killing machine, but at least he's not a child molester.
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molester and murderer. Jason's actor was specifically recast to an actor who could emote with his eyes and make them sympathetic.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePresent: This is done to an impossible degree, even without counting various time skips in Jason's franchise. According to Sideshow Toy's action figure line, this film takes place "4 years after Freddy was killed by his daughter" -- an event which, as of 1990, happened "Ten Years From Now".
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* UnexpectedCharacter: An unused ending would have featured Pinhead from ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}''.
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* TermsOfEndangerment: Freddy, part of his [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty attitude to Lori]], calls her "Angel" and "Princess" at different points of the film, both before he takes to [[ForcefulKiss different]] [[AttemptedRape levels]] of said attitude.
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** The entire cast basically counts for this. It's like the writers intentionally wanted the viewers to hate everyone
* AttemptedRape: Gibb is molested by a raver who no doubt has other plans. His plans are ruined when [[spoiler:Jason guts both Gibb and her molester with a pipe.]]

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Gibb is molested by a raver who no doubt has other plans. His plans are ruined when [[spoiler:Jason guts both Gibb and her molester with a pipe.]]
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* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Inverted: [[spoiler: the mental-hospital staff in Springwood know damn well that Freddy is for real, and use Hypnocil and fraudulent institutionalization of witnesses to ensure that Freddy's potential victims remain Muggles. That way, the dream-stalking killer can't gain strength from their fear.]]


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* FinalGirl: Lori Campbell.


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* ImNotAfraidOfYou: The scene from the original ''Nightmare On Elm Street'' was going to be parodied in an early version of this film. [[spoiler:Kia]] repeats Nancy's lines almost word for word, and then turns her back... on Jason. As Freddy put it, right before [[spoiler:Kia]] is killed, "Wrong one, bitch."
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* TheCameo: Robert Shaye, who was a producer on every ''Elm Street'' film (as well as ''Freddy vs. Jason''), appears as high school principal Mr. [[TheDanza Shaye]]. There is also a cameo by Oscar "[[ReyMysterioJr Rey Mysterio]]" Guitierrez, according to the IMDB, presumably as [[RobertEnglund Robert Englund's]] stunt double during the second fight scene, where [[WrestlerInAllOfUs Freddy demonstrates some unusual dexterity.]]

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* TheCameo: Robert Shaye, who was a producer on every ''Elm Street'' film (as well as ''Freddy vs. Jason''), appears as high school principal Mr. [[TheDanza Shaye]]. There is also a cameo by Oscar "[[ReyMysterioJr Rey Mysterio]]" Guitierrez, according to the IMDB, presumably as [[RobertEnglund Robert Englund's]] Creator/RobertEnglund's stunt double during the second fight scene, where [[WrestlerInAllOfUs Freddy demonstrates some unusual dexterity.]]
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Freddy's plan did work; he got the power he required. But eventually, Jason realized he was tricked... Long story short, as anyone at Crystal Lake can tell you (the few who survived), having Jason angry it you is not a good thing.



* WentHorriblyWrong: Freddy's plan seemed to work at first, but eventually, Jason realized he was tricked... Long story short, as anyone at Crystal Lake can tell you (the few who survived), having Jason angry it you is not a good thing.
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* WentHorriblyWrong: Freddy's plan seemed to work at first, but eventually, Jason realized he was tricked... Long story short, as anyone at Crystal Lake can tell you (the few who survived), having Jason angry it you is not a good thing.

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* EvilVersusEvil

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* EvilVersusEvilEvilVersusEvil: Freddy Krueger vs. Jason Voorhees. Both are mass-murdering serial killers. The winner is [[EvasiveFightThreadEpisode fuzzy]], but on the whole most people find themselves siding with the guy who isn't a child molester (even if he does have many, many more kills). Even the ''heroes'' end up rooting for Jason over Freddy because they decide Jason is the LesserOfTwoEvils between them. There was also a pragmatic reason for the protagonists supporting Jason over Freddy. While Jason may have had a bigger body count, he's generally less dangerous because he tends to stay in Camp Crystal Lake unless provoked. Freddy actively hunts for victims and can kill you anywhere in the world as long as you're asleep.


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* YouExclamation: When Lori interupts Jason's nightmare in which Freddy is killing him through drowning, Jason vanishes from the dream as he wakes up. Freddy turns to Lori, lets out an enraged "YOU!", and focuses his attention on her.
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** The entire cast basically counts for this. It's like the writers intentionally wanted the viewers to hate everyone
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[[caption-width-right:295:[[MortalKombat Round one. FIGHT!]]]]

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* SkinnyDipping: The movie begins with a girl skinny dipping at Camp Crystal Lake.
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-->''"[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]] versus [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] -- place your bets!"''

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-->''"[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet ->''"[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]] versus [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] -- place your bets!"''
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* TheCameo: Robert Shaye, who was a producer on every ''Elm Street'' film (as well as ''Freddy vs. Jason''), appears as high school principal Mr. [[TheDanza Shaye]]. There is also a cameo by Oscar "[[ReyMysterioJr Rey Mysterio]]" Guitierrez, according to the IMDB.

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* TheCameo: Robert Shaye, who was a producer on every ''Elm Street'' film (as well as ''Freddy vs. Jason''), appears as high school principal Mr. [[TheDanza Shaye]]. There is also a cameo by Oscar "[[ReyMysterioJr Rey Mysterio]]" Guitierrez, according to the IMDB.IMDB, presumably as [[RobertEnglund Robert Englund's]] stunt double during the second fight scene, where [[WrestlerInAllOfUs Freddy demonstrates some unusual dexterity.]]

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* BroughtDownToBadass: Freddy loses his nigh-invulnerability and [[RealityWarper reality-warping powers]] when he's dragged into the Real World,but this doesn't mean he's going down without a fight. He's still MadeOfIron and strong enough to inflict lasting damage on Jason (with assistance from ImprovisedWeaponry and Jason's own Machete, of course).

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* BroughtDownToBadass: Freddy loses his nigh-invulnerability and [[RealityWarper reality-warping powers]] when he's dragged into the Real World,but this doesn't mean he's going down without a fight. He's still MadeOfIron and strong enough to inflict lasting damage on Jason (with assistance from ImprovisedWeaponry improvised weaponry and Jason's own Machete, of course).


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* {{Irony}}: Jason's kill of the (attempted) Rapist Raver - he was ''penetrated'' with a steel pipe.
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* BroughtDownToBadass: Freddy is killable in the real world, but he doesn't plan on going down without a fight, and he inflicts significant damage to Jason with improvised weaponry and Jason's own machete.

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* BroughtDownToBadass: Freddy is killable in loses his nigh-invulnerability and [[RealityWarper reality-warping powers]] when he's dragged into the real world, but he Real World,but this doesn't plan on mean he's going down without a fight, fight. He's still MadeOfIron and he inflicts significant strong enough to inflict lasting damage to on Jason with improvised weaponry (with assistance from ImprovisedWeaponry and Jason's own machete.Machete, of course).

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** In a twisted way Gibb being killed by Jason when she's being molested can be consider this

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** In a twisted way Gibb being killed by Jason when she's being molested can be consider thisthis.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: One cop accidentally blurting out Freddy's name kickstarts his return. Without that, even Will's return later in the film might not have achieved what Freddy set out for.



* PapaWolf: Lori's father does genuinely want to protect her. His secret drugging of her orange juice, lies, and general overbearing nature do a fair job of keep this from being positive, however.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Springwood decided to deal with Freddy by censoring any possible mention of him. This includes locking up any still-living kids that know his name and drugging them with unapproved anti-dream medicine that rendered dozens of kids comatose from overdose when it failed to work. It worked.



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:By the time Freddy becomes powerful enough to kill people, Jason has become more trouble than he's worth to Freddy, so Freddy attempts to kill him.]]

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:By the time Freddy becomes powerful enough to kill people, Jason has become more trouble than he's worth to Freddy, so Freddy attempts to kill him.]]]]
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The film takes place after ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'' and ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday''[[hottip:*:which hinted at the crossover for the first time with its final shot -- Freddy's claw dragging Jason's mask down to Hell]]. Freddy Krueger needs someone to help him regain his powers; Freddy can only kill people in their dreams if they're sufficiently afraid of him, and since the town of Springwood found a way to forget about him, he's been rendered powerless. After searching "the bowels of Hell", Krueger revives Jason Voorhees, then sends him to Springwood with the intent of frightening the town into blaming his killings on Freddy (which would give Krueger back his power).

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The film takes place after ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'' and ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday''[[hottip:*:which ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday''[[note]], which hinted at the crossover for the first time with its final shot -- Freddy's claw dragging Jason's mask down to Hell]].Hell[[/note]]. Freddy Krueger needs someone to help him regain his powers; Freddy can only kill people in their dreams if they're sufficiently afraid of him, and since the town of Springwood found a way to forget about him, he's been rendered powerless. After searching "the bowels of Hell", Krueger revives Jason Voorhees, then sends him to Springwood with the intent of frightening the town into blaming his killings on Freddy (which would give Krueger back his power).
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* AnArmAndALeg: In the beginning of their Dream World battle, Jason effortlessly slices off Freddy's arms. Freddy hams it up as horrible injuries before demonstrating he can simply heal. [[spoiler:In the real world, Freddy loses one of his arms in the explosion and is not happy about it at all.]]


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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The opening includes showing the parents of Springwood coming for Freddy and "taking justice into their own hands."


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* StartOfDarkness: During the opening flashbacks, Freddy claims this.
-->"When I was alive, I might've been a little naughty. But after they killed me, I became something much worse - the stuff nightmares are made of."
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* AssholeVictim:[[spoiler: The Raver who attempted to rape Gibb, and ulitimatly Freddy himself at the end of the film.]]

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* AssholeVictim:[[spoiler: The Raver Trey, the raver who attempted to rape Gibb, and ulitimatly ultimately Freddy himself at the end of the film.]]



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** In a twisted way Gibb being Killed by Jason when she's being molested can be consider this

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** In a twisted way Gibb being Killed killed by Jason when she's being molested can be consider this

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