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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In "No More Mr. Nice Guy", the technicality that got Freddy cleared of all charges was that he wasn't read his ''Miranda'' rights while he was being arrested, thus making his arrest "illegal". In RealLife, not being read your rights would make anything you say during the arrest inadmissible in court, but it wouldn't clear you of the crime(s) you're arrested for. It's especially ridiculous considering all of the evidence they found on his property ([[CreepySouvenir various trophies kept from his victims]] and the murder implements he used to kill his victims) and several eye-witness accounts of his crimes made his guilt beyond reproach.



* AxCrazy: The Chopper in "Do Dreams Bleed?", who runs around Sprinfield at night, chopping his victims with an axe.

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* AxCrazy: The Chopper in "Do Dreams Bleed?", who runs around Sprinfield Springfield at night, chopping his victims with an axe.
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* ManOnFire: Freddy in the first episode, unsurprisingly, given how it was partially a retelling of how Freddy died the first time. An angry mob of parents tracked him down after he was let go (due to Lieutenant Tim Blocker failing to read him his rights), and Blocker winds up being the one to throw the match once Freddy threatens to go after his daughters. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Naturally, this winds up being the worst thing he could’ve done.]]
-->'''Freddy Krueger''': [[VaguenessIsComing I’LL BE BACK! I’M FREE!]]
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* PetTheDog: "It's My Party and You'll Die If I Want You To" reveals that Freddy had [[OnlyFriend one]] friend growing up, a socially awkward dweeb named Howard who, to this day, insists that Freddy "wasn't such a bad guy, once you got to know him". After an annoyed Freddy murders a Hollywood screenwriter who had wrote a script about him, he lets Harold steal the dead man's screenplay, even though he had ''just'' killed its writer to prevent it from getting out.

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* PetTheDog: "It's My Party and You'll Die If I Want You To" reveals that Freddy had [[OnlyFriend one]] friend growing up, a socially awkward dweeb named Howard who, to this day, insists that Freddy "wasn't such a bad guy, once you got to know him". After an annoyed Freddy murders a Hollywood screenwriter who had wrote a script about him, he lets Harold Howard steal the dead man's screenplay, even though he had ''just'' killed its writer to prevent it from getting out.
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* HollywoodLaw: The circumstances around the collapse of Freddy's trial in [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet the first film]] were already an example of this, but the pilot episode of this series turns the trope up to eleven, by having the entire case instantly thrown out simply because Freddy claims he wasn't read his rights when he was arrested. In real-life, any remotely competent judge would instantly dismiss Freddy's claims as hearsay unless either the arresting officer confessed to the mistake or a reliable witness confirmed Freddy's account. And even if Freddy's claim ''was'' accepted, it would only render anything that Freddy himself said following his arrest to be inadmissible; it wouldn't affect the eyewitness accounts or the material evidence that the prosecutor presented.

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* HollywoodLaw: The circumstances around the collapse of Freddy's trial in [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 the first film]] were already an example of this, but the pilot episode of this series turns the trope up to eleven, by having the entire case instantly thrown out simply because Freddy claims he wasn't read his rights when he was arrested. In real-life, any remotely competent judge would instantly dismiss Freddy's claims as hearsay unless either the arresting officer confessed to the mistake or a reliable witness confirmed Freddy's account. And even if Freddy's claim ''was'' accepted, it would only render anything that Freddy himself said following his arrest to be inadmissible; it wouldn't affect the eyewitness accounts or the material evidence that the prosecutor presented.

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* ManOnFire: Freddy in the first episode, unsurprisingly.
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** "Sister's Keeper": [[spoiler: Merit and Lisa form a plan they think will work to defeat Freddy for good. Unfortunately for them, however, Freddy kills Lisa while making it look like Merit killed her, thus meaning Merit will most likely get blamed for it.]]

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** "Sister's Keeper": [[spoiler: Merit and Lisa form a plan they think will work to defeat Freddy for good. Unfortunately for them, however, it doesn't work and Freddy kills Lisa Lisa. All the while making he makes it look like Merit killed her, thus meaning Merit will most likely get blamed for it.sent to a institution or prison.]]
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** "No More Mr. Nice Guy" [[spoiler: As expected from a Freddy origin story, but Freddy comes back from the dead and kills Lt. Blocker. Also things are about to get worse for the town of Springwood, now that Freddy is a supernatural force of evil.]]
** "Sister's Keeper" [[spoiler: Merit and Lisa form a plan they think will work to defeat Freddy for good. Unfortunately for them however it doesn't work and Freddy kills Lisa while making it look like Merit killed her-thus meaning Merit will most likely get blamed for it.]]
** "A Family Affair" [[spoiler: Paul tries to cheat death by cheating in a card game with his now deceased lover who he had a affair with. He wins the game, but as a act of punishment for him cheating, his son who was battling a drug addiction and was attempting to go clean, dies in a drug overdose. Tellingly even Freddy in his last segment actually has a grim solemn reaction to this.]]

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** "No More Mr. Nice Guy" Guy": [[spoiler: As expected from a Freddy origin story, but Freddy comes back from the dead and kills Lt. Blocker. Also Also, things are about to get worse for the town of Springwood, now that Freddy is a supernatural force of evil.]]
** "Sister's Keeper" Keeper": [[spoiler: Merit and Lisa form a plan they think will work to defeat Freddy for good. Unfortunately for them however it doesn't work and them, however, Freddy kills Lisa while making it look like Merit killed her-thus her, thus meaning Merit will most likely get blamed for it.]]
** "A Family Affair" Affair": [[spoiler: Paul tries to cheat death by cheating in a card game with his now deceased lover who he had a an affair with. He wins the game, but as a an act of punishment for him cheating, his son son, who was battling a drug addiction and was attempting to go clean, dies in a drug overdose. Tellingly even Freddy in his last segment actually has a grim solemn reaction to this.]]



* EvenEvilHasStandards: "A Family Affair" infamously ends without any schtick from Freddy, just him seriously intoning, "[[DrugsAreBad Drugs. Now there's a real nightmare...]]"

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: "A Family Affair" infamously ends without any schtick from Freddy, just [[spoiler:just him seriously intoning, "[[DrugsAreBad Drugs. Now there's a real nightmare...]]"]]"]]
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* BadHumorTruck: The first episode shows that Freddy used an ice cream truck to lure in children. After he’s let out of court, the first thing he does is go and retrieve it, greeting it like an old freind.

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* BadHumorTruck: The first episode shows that Freddy used an ice cream truck to lure in children. After he’s let out of court, the first thing he does is go and retrieve it, greeting it like an old freind.friend.

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