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[[caption-width-right:301:No rest for the wicked... ''or'' the innocent.]]

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[[caption-width-right:301:No rest for the wicked... ''or'' the innocent.]]
[[caption-width-right:301:''[[Music/IceNineKills When night comes creeping,\\
my cruel hand will rock you to sleep!]]'']]
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* ''A Nightmare on Elm Street Special'' (2005) -- Published by Avatar Press, set in the same timeline as ''Film/FreddyVsJason''.

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* ''A Nightmare on Elm Street Special'' (2005) -- Published by Avatar Press, Creator/AvatarPress, set in the same timeline as ''Film/FreddyVsJason''.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Inverted: the people of Springwood keep Freddy at bay by not thinking or speaking of him...well, at least not until ''Freddy VS Jason'', anyway...

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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Inverted: the people of Springwood keep Freddy at bay by not thinking or speaking of him...well, at least not until ''Freddy VS vs. Jason'', anyway...
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* SequelHook / TheEndOrIsIt: Every film but ''Freddy's Dead'' and ''New Nightmare''.

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* SequelHook / TheEndOrIsIt: SequelHook: Every film but ''Freddy's Dead'' and ''New Nightmare''.

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* CrustyCaretaker: Pre-death Freddy.

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* CrustyCaretaker: CrustyCaretaker:
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Pre-death Freddy.
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* IconicSequelCharacter: Kristen and Alice debut in the third and fourth films but are nearly as well known as the original FinalGirl, Nancy. Taryn and Kincaid (two of Kristen's RagtagBunchOfMisfits allies in the third movie) and TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Debbie from the fourth film aren't far behind Alice and Kristen in renown with the fanbase.
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* ''Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2019) -- Focuses on the legacy and themes of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' and the life and experiences of its star Mark Patton.

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* ''Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2019) -- Focuses on the legacy and allegorical themes of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' and the life and experiences regarding his sexuality of its star Mark Patton.
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* ''ComicBook/NewLineCinemasTalesOfHorror'' (2007) -- Features two stories, ''[[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre The Texas Chainsaw Salesman]]'' and ''Copycat'' about a serial killer who is trying to pose as Freddy Krueger.

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* ''ComicBook/NewLineCinemasTalesOfHorror'' (2007) -- Features two stories, ''[[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre ''[[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre The Texas Chainsaw Salesman]]'' and ''Copycat'' about a serial killer who is trying to pose as Freddy Krueger.
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** The fan-made web comic ''Power Rangers: A Nightmare On Elm Street'' features Freddy pitted against the Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers (and later Jason, [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]], the Alien Rangers, and the Series/MaskedRider get thrown into the mix).
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* ''Franchise/NightmareOnElmStreet'': Kristen and Alice debut in the third and fourth films but are nearly as well known as the original FinalGirl, Nancy. Taryn and Kincaid (two of Kristen's RagtagBunchOfMisfits allies in the third movie) and TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Debbie from the fourth film aren't far behind Alice and Kristen in renown with the fanbase.
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* ''Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2019) -- Focuses on the legacy and themes of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' and the life of its star Mark Patton.

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* ''Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2019) -- Focuses on the legacy and themes of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' and the life and experiences of its star Mark Patton.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Freddy Kreuger was originally a perfectly human person, with no extra-normal abilities. Post-death, he became a borderline RealityWarper.

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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Freddy Kreuger Kreuger, though still a depraved murderer, was originally a perfectly human person, with no extra-normal abilities. Post-death, he became a borderline RealityWarper.
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* ''Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2019) -- Focuses on the legacy of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' and the life of its star Mark Patton.

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* ''Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2019) -- Focuses on the legacy and themes of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' and the life of its star Mark Patton.
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* AdultsAreUseless: You'd think that by the fourth film, the adults and parents of Springwood would realize that something was amiss about all these deaths but instead remain oblivious at best, or downright hostile jerks at worst. Ronee Blakely, the actress who played Nancy's mother, has said they [[ObliviouslyEvil "verge on being villains"]]. It's not until '''''Film/FreddyVsJason''''' that they finally accept that Freddy is not just an urban legend. And even still, it took Freddy killing every child and teenager in town before they finally stopped carrying the IdiotBall, even if it did result in leaving Springwood in an almost totalitarian state.

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* AdultsAreUseless: You'd think that by the fourth film, the adults and parents of Springwood would realize that something was amiss about all these deaths but instead remain oblivious at best, or downright hostile jerks at worst. Ronee Blakely, the actress who played Nancy's mother, has said they [[ObliviouslyEvil "verge on being villains"]]. It's not until '''''Film/FreddyVsJason''''' ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' that they finally accept that Freddy is not just an urban legend. And even still, it took Freddy killing every child and teenager in town before they finally stopped carrying the IdiotBall, even if it did result in leaving Springwood in an almost totalitarian state.
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* ''Nightmares in the Makeup Chair'' (2018) -- Features Creator/RobertEnglund once again donning the makeup as the process is detailed and he reminisces about his experiences in the films.
* ''Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street'' (2019) -- Focuses on the legacy of ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' and the life of its star Mark Patton.
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* ''Franchise/NightmareOnElmStreet'': Kristen and Alice debut in the third and fourth films but are nearly as well known as the original FinalGirl, Nancy. Taryn and Kincaid (two of Kristen's RagtagBunchOfMisfits allies in the third movie) and TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Debbie from the fourth film aren't far behind Alice and Kristen in renown with the fanbase.

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* ManOnFire: This is how Freddy Krueger died at the hands of the parents of Springwood.
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* ResurrectedMurderer: Freddy Krueger was a serial child murderer burned alive by the parents of his victims. Making a deal with the Dream Demons, he stalks the dreams of their other children to kill them in real life.
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* YourWorstNightmare: These movies are probably the best example of this trope, with hapless teenagers being tormented and slaughtered by the dream-walking, OneLiner-spouting psycho-killer Freddy Krueger.



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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Despite how dark and gruesome Freddy's kills can get, this is one of the more idealistic horror series. It de-emphasizes the {{jerkass}} teenagers the genre is stereotypically known for in favour of groups of friends or FireForgedFriends who support each other, and even the {{jerkass}} teenagers are given an understandable and sympathetic FreudianExcuse. The narrative is firmly on the side of young people, since secondary antagonists tend to be AbusiveParents or [[AdultsAreUseless other obstructive adult authority figures]]. Freddy himself is overcome by the series' many {{Final Girl}}s through a combination of willpower, imagination, and ThePowerOfFriendship, and they pass on their knowledge to the next girl and others to help everyone have a better fighting chance. Overall, the tone of the series tends to resemble typical dark fantasy coming of age stories, only with a horror twist.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The majority of the parents throughout the movies are apathetic or just downright abusive towards their children, which is ironic because the reason Freddy was killed in the first place was because the parents were trying to protect their kids from him. Their [[AbusiveParents abusive tendencies]] vary, from Marge Thompson and Dennis Jordan's [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]], Elaine Paker's [[ParentalNeglect neglect]], Racine Gibson being a domineering StageMom, to the most extreme example being Tracy's sexually abusive father whom she is implied to have killed in self-defense. Even Freddy himself dealt with jerkasses before his conversion into a serial killer. Examples include other orphans, and the alcoholic Mr. Underwood.

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* {{Jerkass}}: The majority of the parents throughout the movies are apathetic or just downright abusive towards their children, which is ironic because the reason Freddy was killed in the first place was because the parents were trying to protect their kids from him. Their [[AbusiveParents abusive tendencies]] vary, from Marge Thompson and Dennis Jordan's Johnson's [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]], Elaine Paker's [[ParentalNeglect neglect]], Racine Gibson being a domineering StageMom, to the most extreme example being Tracy's sexually abusive father whom she is implied to have killed in self-defense. Even Freddy himself dealt with jerkasses before his conversion into a serial killer. Examples include other orphans, and the alcoholic Mr. Underwood.
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* '''''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare''''' (1994) -- [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt As you can tell]], Creator/WesCraven returned to the franchise -- this time, as writer and director for this meta picture. ''New Nightmare'' sets itself in our reality, where we think of Freddy as nothing more than a fictional horror film icon. After Craven starts to develop ideas for a new installment in the terminated franchise, [[UltimateEvil an ancient evil]] -- [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned]] in the film series since the first and released by Freddy's death in the sixth -- decides it doesn't like the idea of getting trapped again; once it sets out to stop the production, it begins to target Creator/HeatherLangenkamp (who the entity views as "Nancy", the only one who can stop it) and her young son. The arguable precursor to ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'' (also written and directed by Craven), ''New Nightmare'' received a degree of praise for its study of the [[NoFourthWall nature of reality]].

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* '''''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare''''' (1994) -- [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt As you can tell]], Creator/WesCraven returned to the franchise -- this time, as writer and director for this meta picture. ''New Nightmare'' sets itself in our reality, where we think of Freddy as nothing more than a fictional horror film icon. After Craven starts to develop ideas for a new installment in the terminated franchise, [[UltimateEvil an ancient evil]] evil -- [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned]] in the film series since the first and released by Freddy's death in the sixth -- decides it doesn't like the idea of getting trapped again; once it sets out to stop the production, it begins to target Creator/HeatherLangenkamp (who the entity views as "Nancy", the only one who can stop it) and her young son. The arguable precursor to ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'' (also written and directed by Craven), ''New Nightmare'' received a degree of praise for its study of the [[NoFourthWall nature of reality]].
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* '''''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare''''' (1991) -- A SeriesFauxnale vaguely set "[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture ten years from now]]" (which is supposed to be 2001) and originally was released in 3D, with the last act being the only 3D filmed part. ''The Final Nightmare'' has Freddy, who has now killed off damn near every non-adult in Springwood, concoct [[GambitRoulette a complicated scheme]] to escape Springwood's borders and begin his reign of terror elsewhere. Since Freddy can only hitch a ride in the psyche of his own flesh and blood, Freddy lures his long-lost daughter to Springwood as part of the plan to escape the dying town. ''The Final Nightmare'' explores [[StartOfDarkness Freddy's own dark background]] while ratcheting the campiness of the last two entries UpToEleven. Most of the fans usually regard this entry as mediocre due to the farcical treatment of Freddy's GrandFinale.

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* '''''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare''''' (1991) -- A SeriesFauxnale vaguely set "[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture ten years from now]]" (which is supposed to be 2001) and originally was released in 3D, with the last act being the only 3D filmed part. ''The Final Nightmare'' has Freddy, who has now killed off damn near every non-adult in Springwood, concoct [[GambitRoulette a complicated scheme]] to escape Springwood's borders and begin his reign of terror elsewhere. Since Freddy can only hitch a ride in the psyche of his own flesh and blood, Freddy lures his long-lost daughter to Springwood as part of the plan to escape the dying town. ''The Final Nightmare'' explores [[StartOfDarkness Freddy's own dark background]] while ratcheting the campiness of the last two entries UpToEleven.up to eleven. Most of the fans usually regard this entry as mediocre due to the farcical treatment of Freddy's GrandFinale.



** UpToEleven in the reboot, where his bad puns are always related to terrifying yet mundane topics and things.

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** UpToEleven in In the reboot, where his bad puns are always related to terrifying yet mundane topics and things.
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* NiceHat: Freddy's fedora, of course.
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* AdultFear: The very premise of the franchise is a nightmare to any parent -- the possibility of your own child being horribly assaulted and murdered by a psychopath in a manner that you have ''absolutely no way of protecting them from''. And worse, this psychopath is supposed to be dead, because you and other parents took the law into your own hands after his string of child murders went unpunished due to a technicality.

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