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1This page is a listing of characters from the ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' film series.
2
3->''Film/WesCravensNewNightmare'', which takes place in the "real world", has its own page [[Characters/WesCravensNewNightmare here]].\
4''Film/FreddyVsJason'', a crossover with the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' franchise, has its own page [[Characters/FreddyVsJason here]].
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6[[foldercontrol]]
7
8!Original continuity
9[[folder:Freddy Krueger]]
10[[index]]
11* [[Characters/ANightmareOnElmStreetFreddyKrueger See his page]].
12[[/index]]
13[[/folder]]
14!!!'''Introduced in ''Film/{{A Nightmare on Elm Street|1984}}'' (1984)'''
15[[folder:Nancy Thompson]]
16!!Nancy Thompson
17[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nancy_a_nightmare_on_elm_street_resized_9079.jpg]]
18
19->'''Played by:''' Creator/HeatherLangenkamp\
20'''Appears in:''' Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 | [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors Dream Warriors]]
21
22
23-->''"I'm into survival."''
24
25The heroine of the original film, who returns for the third film as well. Daughter of Marge and Donald Thompson (divorced), she's best friends with Tina, Glen (her boyfriend), and Rod.
26----
27* ActionGirl: By the end of the first film, she's ready to kick Freddy's ass in the real world. And she hadn't lost that step in ''Dream Warriors''.
28* ArchEnemy: The first heroine who's faced Freddy multiple times and one Freddy absolutely ''despises''.
29-->'''Freddy:''' (In a low ''hate'' filled growl) You...
30* BadassNormal:
31** In the first movie, Nancy manages to hold onto Freddy and drag him into the real world, from then which she leads him through her booby trapped laden house and has him set on fire (Freddy hates fire since he was burned to death). She also survives the first movie's CruelTwistEnding.
32** This is made more explicit in the third movie (''Dream Warriors''). While more experienced than Freddy's other victims, she is also the only Dream Warrior without any actual dream powers. Nevertheless, she asserts herself as the leader without question [[spoiler:and damages Freddy enough to set him up for his defeat]].
33* BigGood: In the comics.
34* BigSisterInstinct: Shows some of this to the kids at Westin Hills.
35* BrutalHonesty: She has no qualms about talking back to her parents or her boyfriend about someone trying to ''kill her'', even throwing in a few curse words for good measure. However, she's more amicable when she's not constantly hounded by Freddy.
36* CovertPervert: In her diary, she reveals that she enjoys spying on Glen undressing from her window, even though she shouldn't be watching.
37* DyingMomentOfAwesome: In ''Dream Warriors'', she's [[spoiler:fatally stabbed by Freddy, but she manages to get back up and stab Freddy in the gut with his own claws, holding on to him long enough for Neil to finish burying and consecrating Freddy's remains.]]
38* FamedInStory: Downplayed, but what she went through is whispered about throughout the neighborhood in the second movie and in the third one her new dream therapy research has attracted a decent amount of attention and she's considered a rising star in the field.
39* FinalGirl: The first in the series.
40* HystericalWoman: She's treated as such in the first movie by all the adults, and she herself almost believes it when Freddy doesn't immediately show up to play in what she thought was the real world. Of course, since it's horror movie, she's ProperlyParanoid.
41* LockedIntoStrangeness: She gets one in the first movie, after pulling Freddy's hat out of the dream and it stays with her.
42* MysticalWhiteHair: Nancy's appearance is recognizable for her gray streak in her hair.The character's hair was supposed to be entirely gray and white, and Wes Craven had a wig made but was ultimately unsatisfied; deciding for Nancy to have a streak of gray which would remain in both Dream Warriors and New Nightmare.
43* PinkMeansFeminine: Nancy starts off the franchise as a GirlNextDoor type of character and wears pink sweaters and jackets in several scenes, especially before [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass.]] She's also shown to have pink underwear during a brief ToplessnessFromTheBack scene.
44%%* SacrificialLion
45* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Freddy mortally wounds her, but she lasts long enough to stab him with his own claw and hold him long enough for Neil to finish burying and consecrating Freddy's remains.]]
46%%* TeamMom: To the Dream Warriors.
47* TrapMaster: In the first movie, before dragging Freddy into the real world, she rigs her entire house with booby traps to slow him down.
48[[/folder]]
49
50[[folder:Marge Thompson]]
51!!Marge Thompson
52->'''Played by:''' Creator/RoneeBlakley\
53'''Appears in:''' Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984
54
55-->''"[to Nancy] There's something wrong with you -- you're imagining things."''
56
57Nancy's well-meaning, but struggling and occasionally neglectful mother.
58----
59* TheAlcoholic: Starts off slow when Krueger's murders starts to happen in the first film, but gets progressively drunk as the film goes on.
60* FreudianExcuse: Marge's alcoholism and refusal to entertain the notion that Freddy Krueger somehow came back, even as Nancy has physical proof something supernatural really is happening, are most definitely a result of being traumatized over killing Krueger and the multiple child deaths from so many years ago. She does not want to have to face that all over again, but at the same time doesn't realize she's effectively letting Krueger get his hands on Nancy by not helping her.
61* IRejectYourReality: She sinks further and further into alcohol-fueled denial over the course of the movie. While Marge's earlier reaction to Nancy's mention of her nightmares seemed reasonable at first, her response to Nancy's session at the dream clinic are desperate stubbornness. Even when it's clear there's no way Nancy could've made those slash marks on her arm herself, nor could she truly explain how her daughter ''pulled out a hat that supposedly belonged to a man who's been dead for years'', Marge would rather try to convince Nancy she's a sick girl and it's all a fantasy. It's pretty clear that Marge is so traumatized by Freddy Krueger's murders, that she refuses to even face the idea that Krueger has maybe returned.
62[[/folder]]
63
64[[folder:Lt. Donald Thompson]]
65!!Lt. Donald Thompson
66[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/donald_thompson_01.jpg]]
67
68->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnSaxon\
69'''Appears in:''' Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 | [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors Dream Warriors]]
70
71
72-->''"[To Glen] There's an unsolved murder and I hate unsolved murders, especially ones that my daughter is mixed up in, what are *you* doing here?"''
73
74Nancy's father, who divorced her mother some time before. He's a cop in the Springwood sheriff's department.
75----
76* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler:Only after Marge's death, however.]] He does get sober enough [[spoiler:to fight against Freddy's DemBones form]].
77* LetsGetDangerous: While fighting Freddy.
78* NotNowKiddo: Pretty much doesn't believe Nancy before it was too late.
79[[/folder]]
80
81[[folder:Glen Lantz]]
82!!Glen Lantz
83->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnnyDepp\
84'''Appears in:''' Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984
85
86-->''"Oh, man. Midnight. Baseball bats and boogeymen. Beautiful."''
87
88Nancy's boyfriend in the first film, who lives across the street.
89----
90* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He gets sucked into his bed and is ripped apart.
91* GirlNextDoor: Or boy rather. He's a plain, sweet and easily flustered mama's boy who feels emasculated in the presence of Tina's obnoxious macho lover.
92* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: When Glen is sucked into his bed by Freddy and killed, gallons of blood (far more than what the human body contains) suddenly spew out from it like a blood fountain. According to Wes Craven, that isn't Glen's blood, but the blood of all of Freddy's past victims.
93* TheWatson: Plays a bit of this to Nancy as they go over what they know at times, with Glen taking a less active role.
94[[/folder]]
95
96[[folder:Tina Gray]]
97!!Christina "Tina" Gray
98->'''Played by:''' Creator/AmandaWyss\
99'''Appears in:''' Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984
100
101Nancy's friend in the first film.
102----
103* DecoyProtagonist: The first movie begins from her point of view, and it isn't until she is killed that it becomes clear that her friend Nancy is the actual protagonist.
104* DisappearedDad: He's long gone, and her stepfather is indifferent to her nightmares.
105* SexSignalsDeath: She has the dubious honor of being Freddy’s first victim in the series. Freddy invades her dream immediately after she has sex with Rod.
106[[/folder]]
107
108[[folder:Dream Demons]]
109!!The Dream Demons
110
111Supernatural entities of unknown origin who gave Freddy Krueger his powers.
112----
113* EldritchAbomination: The closest thing that one could recognize as a form is a worm-like body with a grotesque human-like face.
114* GreaterScopeVillain: They gave Freddy Krueger his horrific powers to satisfy their love of causing evil and death.
115* KarmaHoudini: They get no punishment for enabling Freddy to continue killing after death.
116* TerribleTrio: There are three of them.
117[[/folder]]
118
119!!!'''Introduced in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' (1985)'''
120[[folder:Jesse Walsh]]
121!!Jesse Walsh
122
123->'''Played by:''' Mark Patton
124
125-->''"Something is trying to get inside my body!"''
126
127The lead character in the second film, whose body is gradually taken over by Freddy.
128----
129* AmbiguouslyBi: While he appears to genuinely love Lisa, the screenplay is by the writer's own admission a pretty thinly-veiled allegory for someone coming to terms with this, and Mark Patton (who is gay in real-life) also said that he played Jesse as someone unsure of his sexuality. There's also how he's very close to his best friend Grady.
130* ButtMonkey: Other than Lisa wanting to get into his pants, pretty much nothing goes right for him during the course of the film. His father treats him like crap, his mother and sister don't treat him ''as'' badly but are pretty dismissive of his problems, his biology teacher blames ''him'' for the fact that a snake escaped from its tank and attacked him, and the less said about his treatment at the hands of Coach Schneider, the better.
131* CallingTheOldManOut: Gets a moment of this for his dad moving them into a house where someone died without telling them.
132* DistressedDude: He has to be saved by Lisa.
133* HeterosexualLifePartners: He's both this and VitriolicBestBuds with Ron Grady. At least until [[spoiler:Freddy takes control of Jesse and kills Ron]].
134* MrFanservice: Jesse spends probably more time walking around shirtless than every other male character in the series ''combined''. Not to mention at least two shots of his bare butt.
135* PainfulTransformation: Whenever Freddy possesses him, his body is messily transformed into Freddy's own shape. This includes blades growing out of Jesse's fingers, his skin peeling off, and Freddy [[ChestBurster ripping open and bursting out of his chest]]. All the while, Jesse is screaming in agony.
136* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Not only does he scream far more than any of the female leads in the series, he even manages to do it in an even higher pitch. Mark Patton proudly proclaimed himself the first male Scream Queen.
137* SupportingProtagonist: While the second film follows him for the most part, he really doesn't accomplish anything of any real note and by the end he [[spoiler:completely transforms into Freddy]], leaving Lisa to take over as protagonist.
138[[/folder]]
139
140[[folder:Lisa Webber]]
141!!Lisa Webber
142
143->'''Played by:''' Kim Myers
144
145-->''"I love you, Jesse!"''
146
147Jesse's girlfriend from the second film.
148----
149* ActionGirl: She does more to fight Freddy than Jesse does by the end of the movie.
150* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:How she ultimately gets through to Jesse.]]
151* FinalGirl: Becomes this in the final parts of the second film, after [[spoiler:Freddy completely takes over Jesse]].
152* FieryRedhead: She's already shown to have a fairly strong personality early in the film, but she really takes it up a notch in the final scenes when she confronts Freddy and takes him down.
153* MsFanservice: Unlike most of the other Final Girls in the series, Lisa has no hang-ups about sex and wears some very revealing clothing, even going within an inch of being topless.
154* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:How she beats Freddy and frees Jesse.]]
155* SpoiledSweet: She's dubbed as the local rich girl (and the size of the house she throws her pool party supports the notion), but she's shown to be one of the series' nicest characters.
156[[/folder]]
157
158[[folder:Ron Grady]]
159!!Ron Grady
160->'''Played by:''' Robert Rusler
161
162A student that becomes Jesse's best friend.
163----
164* FireForgedFriends: Bonds with Jesse over Schneider's strict classes.
165[[/folder]]
166
167[[folder:Kerry Hellman]]
168!!Kerry Hellman
169-> '''Played by:''' Sidney Walsh
170
171Lisa's best friend.
172----
173* EatingTheEyeCandy: She's interested when Jesse's rear is accidentally exposed during gym class.
174* MauveShirt: Doesn't get too much characterization but makes it until the very end before being killed (assuming that was her and not a figment of Jesse or Lisa's dream).
175* ShipperOnDeck: A lot of her dialogue is encouraging Lisa's crush on Jesse.
176[[/folder]]
177
178[[folder:Coach Schneider]]
179!!Coach Schneider
180->'''Played by:''' Creator/MarshallBell
181
182Jesse and Ron's abusive coach.
183----
184* AssholeVictim: He is heavily implied to be a rapist.
185* BigNo: Last words.
186* CreepyGymCoach: He is revealed to a predator.
187* DepravedHomosexual: He is a sexually predatory gay man working as a gym coach at a high school. He abducts Jesse when he sees him in a gay bar, and it is heavily implied that he was about to rape him [[spoiler:before Freddy intervened and killed Schneider.]]
188[[/folder]]
189
190!!!'''Introduced in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors'' (1987)'''
191[[folder:Kristen Parker]]
192!!Kristen Parker
193[[quoteright:322:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kristen_parker_a_nightmare_on_elm_street_9195.jpg]]
194
195->'''Played by:''' Creator/PatriciaArquette (''Dream Warriors''), Creator/TuesdayKnight (''Dream Master'')
196
197-->''"The man in my dreams... he's real, isn't he?"''
198
199Succeeding Nancy as the main heroine, Kristen is one of the teenagers institutionalized at Westin Hills Asylum for an apparent suicide attempt, but is actually one of Freddy's targets.
200----
201* ActionGirl: She does a lot to fight Freddy in her first appearance and doesn't go quietly in her second.
202* CursedWithAwesome: A subversion. Kristen has the power to pull people into her dreams, but she subconsciously blocked the power for years after her parents got divorced. Years later, she isn't sure if she still has it until she accidentally pulls Nancy into her dreams in ''Dream Warriors''. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Freddy turns her ability into BlessedWithSuck when he uses her to pull Alice into her dream. After he kills Kristen, the power gets sent to Alice, so Freddy uses her as his new conduit so he can go after the other teenagers of Springwood.]]
203* DecoyProtagonist:
204** The first few scenes of the third movie follow Kristen being attacked by Freddy and then arriving at the mental hospital, but she becomes the {{Deuteragonist}} after Nancy is reintroduced.
205** ''Dream Master'' opens where ''Dream Warriors'' left off, making it look like Kristen, Joey, and Kincaid will have to go up against Freddy again. [[spoiler:He kills Joey and Kincaid in the same night, and once he has Kristen cornered, forces her to drag Alice into her dream. In doing so, Kristen transfers her dream power to Alice, but not before passing through Freddy, ensuring that she's his new power source.]]
206* LethallyStupid: [[spoiler:Right after pulling Alice into her nightmare, Kristen tells her to wake up, apologizes to her for dragging her into this mess... and then ''charges at Freddy'' who immediately grabs her and throws her into the boiler.]]
207* LonelyRichKid: Kristen's mom has a BigFancyHouse with a maid, several credit cards, and a luxurious wardrobe and is pretty dismissive of Kristen and her problems in ''Dream Warriors''. Kristen also takes a bit of time to bond with the other kids, although by ''Dream Master'' she has a close circle of friends.
208* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:A subversion. Krueger threw Kristen into a boiler and she became engulfed in flames. In the real world it looked as if Kristen fell asleep with a lit cigarette and accidentally set her bed on fire.]]
209* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:To Alice.]]
210* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:As the only person left knowing Freddy Krueger's real and with any actual power to stop him, Kristen's killed in front of Alice so Alice can immediately know how badly things are going to get ''and'' so she can get Kristen's power.]]
211* SmokingIsCool: She smokes cigarettes in ''Dream Master''.
212* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:She's killed off before ''Dream Master'' is half over to set up Alice as Freddy's new enemy.]]
213[[/folder]]
214
215[[folder:Kincaid]]
216!!Roland Kincaid
217
218->'''Played by:''' Ken Sagoes
219
220-->''"Let's go kick the motherfucker's ass all over Dreamland."''
221
222One of the teenagers institutionalized at Westin Hills, and one of Freddy's targets.
223----
224* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted in ''Dream Warriors'', where he survives the whole film. Played straight in ''Dream Master'', where he's Freddy's first kill.
225* DefiantToTheEnd: See SeeYouInHell below.
226* HeroesLoveDogs: In ''Dream Master'', he's revealed to own a dog named Jason.
227* SeeYouInHell: His last words to Freddy once Freddy stabs him. Freddy responds, "[[GiveMyRegardsInTheNextWorld Tell 'em Freddy sent ya.]]"
228* SourOutsideSadInside: Probably the angriest of the Westin Hills inmate, but it comes form being a very scared kid desperate to stay awake and avoid Freddy.
229* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: When Freddy returns in ''Dream Master'', Kincaid is his first victim.
230* SuperStrength: His dream power. He's strong enough to bend metal chairs with his bare hands, punch holes through walls, and pushes cars.
231* WhatTheHellHero: He and Joey both give this to Kristen for pulling them into her dream out of fear that Freddy is coming after them again, pointing out that her dreaming about Freddy may stir him up again.
232[[/folder]]
233
234[[folder:Joey Crusel]]
235!!Joseph "Joey" Crusel
236->'''Played by:''' Rodney Eastman
237
238A mute patient at Westin Hills due to his refusal to speak or sleep after experiencing horrific dreams.
239----
240* BigNo: Joey gets his voice back by shouting a Big "NO!" at the sight of the other protagonists being snatched away by the Mirror-Freddies.
241* BringHelpBack: When he sees Phillip apparently sleepwalking to his death, he doesn't have the voice to yell out, but does race around banging on the walls to alert people.
242* ChainedToABed: Freddy poses as HospitalHottie to lure Joey into an empty room where he ties him to the bed with giant human tongues.
243* EroticDream: Joey has one in ''Part 3'' and ''Part 4'' each, but both times they turn into nightmares by Freddy.
244-->'''Freddy:''' ''[bursting through Joey's waterbed in ''Part 4'']'' How's this for a wet dream?
245* GlassShatteringSound: Joey's dream power is to scream loud enough to break a set of mirrors and free his friends, who were trapped within them, which contrasts with his muteness in the real world.
246* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: When Freddy returns in ''Dream Master'', Joey is his second victim.
247* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Joey manages to overcome his muteness to scream the BigNo that shatters the mirrors and saves his friends.
248[[/folder]]
249
250[[folder:Taryn White]]
251!!Taryn White
252->'''Played by:''' Creator/JenniferRubin
253
254A patient at Westin Hills hospital due to her difficulty sleeping following a series of horrific nightmares, with a history of drug abuse.
255----
256* BodyHorror: When Freddy threatens her with syringes full of heroin, her old injection scars turn into greedy, sucking orifices, clamoring for their fix.
257* ClosetGeek: Taryn is a tough-talking girl who's fond of punk clothing, but she also plays a fantasy role-playing game with Will and Joey.
258* DeathByIrony: She has a history with drugs. [[spoiler:Her death ends up being from Freddy lethally injecting her with multiple syringes of heroin.]]
259* PlayingWithSyringes: Freddy kills Taryn by turning his fingers into heroin syringes, which he then thrusts into her arms.
260* ShutUpHannibal: She angrily rebukes the orderly who offers her drugs for sex.
261* TookALevelInKindness: Taryn is initially a moody and quick-tempered girl and harshly calls out how Will is lying about what caused his paraplegia (a suicide attempt). However, it's implied that this attitude is due to sleep deprivation and resentment over Dr. Sims and Neil not understanding what's going on with her. [[spoiler:Phillip's]] death deeply affects her, and Nancy believing the group and helping them so much causes Taryn to become a more caring and protective member of the group.
262* VasquezAlwaysDies: She is the more butch, action-oriented Dream Warrior, and gets killed.
263* WhatTheHellHero: Taryn angrily rebukes Kincaid for saying [[spoiler:Phillip]] died because he was weak.
264[[/folder]]
265
266[[folder:Dr. Neil Gordon]]
267!!Dr. Neil Gordon
268->'''Played by:''' Creator/CraigWasson
269
270A doctor in charge of trying to treat the children at Westin Hills for their refusal to sleep and experiences of bad dreams. After meeting Nancy Thompson, he begins to believe that their dreams may be more than group delusion, eventually teaming up to stop Freddy.
271----
272* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Subverted. While skeptical at first, he is willing to admit the possibility that the Freddy-plagued kids he is counseling and Nancy are faced with a supernatural threat.
273* {{Determinator}}: Despite getting beaten up and then [[ShovelStrike knocked out with a shovel]] by [[DemBones Freddy's skeleton]], manages to wake up, get the bones into the grave, and give him the Last Rites to put an end to him.
274* TheShrink: He is mostly an Awesome Shrink, but subverts it when he's willing to use drugs (Hypnocil) to aid his patients.
275[[/folder]]
276
277[[folder:Sister Mary Helena ('''SPOILERS''')]]
278!!Sister Mary Helena / Amanda Krueger
279->'''Played by:''' Creator/NanMartin (''Dream Warriors''), Beatrice Boepple (''Dream Child'')
280
281The mother of Freddy Krueger. After deciding to become a nun and choosing "Mary Helena" as her name in Christ, Amanda Krueger was given as her first assignment to care for the inmates of the Westin Hills Hospital, but was accidentally locked inside with some of the worst psychopaths and killers housed at the hospital and left for several days over the Christmas period. During this time she brutally raped, and when she is finally found, she is barely alive and pregnant. Amanda gives birth to Freddy Krueger and immediately gives him up for adoption. She died at some point after Freddy got OffOnATechnicality, before returning as a spirit by the time of the events of ''Dream Warriors'' to aid Neil Gordon in defeating her son. Her backstory is revisited more in depth in ''Dream Child'', where her final fate is crucial to defeating her son again.
282----
283* BarrierMaiden: What she becomes in the fifth movie, thanks to Freddy using her to come back once he had enough power from Jacob. He knows she can seal him away again and is terrified of going near her, even if she's stuck at Westin Hills.
284* BigGood: Generally plays this role in the movies, as a recurring benevolent figure providing valuable aid to our protagonists in fighting Freddy. Particularly in the fifth movie, given how he's explicitly warded off and given pause by her appearance.
285* NunsAreSpooky: Sister Mary Helena comes off as eerie, what with her cryptic conversations and [[StealthHiBye Stealth Hi/Byes]]. Justified because she really is a ghost.
286* StealthHiBye: Sister Mary Helena does it to Neil when he sees her for the first time by disappearing behind a crowd.
287* TragicHero: In life, she was a nun who suffered horrific sexual abuse when she was held captive and repeatedly raped by a bunch of maniacs. After being forced to give birth to a child that was only a reminder of her trauma, she lived her life being haunted by Freddy's crimes until she hung herself when he was let go on that technicality. Unable to move on, she's stuck on Earth trying to do what she can to stop Freddy no matter how painful that is for her.
288* UncertainDoom: Freddy somehow managed to break free of her between the fifth and sixth films, with no mention of what happened to her spirit.
289* VehicleVanish: The first time Dr. Gordon sees Sister Mary Helena she vanishes when a group of people walk in front of her and block his view.
290[[/folder]]
291
292[[folder:Will Stanton]]
293!!Will Stanton
294->'''Played By:''' Ira Heiden
295* AscendedFanboy: Will is fond of playing role-playing games and gains genuine magical powers in the dream world.
296* BrokenPedestal: Will's reaction to being told that his parents participated in a vigilante execution is one of shock, brief disbelief, and sadness.
297* BungledSuicide: Will initially says that he’s in a wheelchair because of an “accident”, but Taryn and Kincaid reveal that it was a failed suicide attempt.
298* NerdGlasses: Will is a fan of role-playing games and wears glasses with lenses about the size of his mouth.
299* NiceGuy: Will is one of the more polite and well-meaning kids at the asylum.
300[[/folder]]
301
302[[folder:Phillip Anderson]]
303!!Phillip Anderson
304->'''Played By:''' Bradley Gregg
305* DeathByIrony: He's a sleepwalker who makes marionette puppets. [[spoiler:Freddy kills him by puppeteering his body via his own arteries as if he were sleepwalking and making him walk off the building.]]
306* GenreSavvy: He's quick to logically argue against Dr. Sims' claims about Freddy being a mass hallucination.
307* NiceGuy: From what we see of him he's very friendly.
308 [[/folder]]
309
310[[folder:Jennifer Caulfield]]
311!!Jennifer Caulfield
312->'''Played By:''' Penelope Sudrow
313* CigaretteBurns: Does this to herself to stay awake (along with watching TV).
314* DeathByIrony: She dreams to be an actress on TV, and frequently watches it to keep her awake. [[spoiler:Freddy kills her by slamming her into a TV.]]
315* DramaticIrony: A ShrinkingViolet whose dream is to be an actress on TV.
316* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:She shares this role with Phillip, as the only two of the teenagers in ''Dream Warriors'' who don't get to show off any special powers.]]
317* ShrinkingViolet: Especially compared to Kristen and Taryn.
318* TranslatorBuddy: She acts as one for Joey since his nightmares have left him mute from traumtization.
319[[/folder]]
320
321[[folder:Dr. Elizabeth Simms]]
322!!Elizabeth Simms
323->'''Played By:''' Creator/PriscillaPointer
324Another doctor at Westin Hills, one who refuses to consider Freddy Krueger exists and unintentionally acts as a detriment to the teenagers as well as Neil and Nancy.
325----
326
327* DrJerk: A unintentional example on her part. Simms wants to help the kids, but refuses to budge on her perception that the kids are being plagued by guilt complexes and repressed sexual desires when even other doctors could see there's something else going on with them.
328* IgnoredEpiphany: For a moment, Sims looks troubled and hesitant after Kristen calls her a stupid bitch and yells that her methods are ''killing'' the kids she's trying to help. She quickly brushes it off though, and continues to have Kristen sedated.
329* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:She last appears having Kristen sedated and dragged into the Quiet Room, with no indication Simms ever paid for her actions that allowed Freddy to claim other victims. Although, she did have the best of intentions and sincerely thought that Freddy was just a collective delusion that the teens were reinforcing on each other.]]
330* KnowNothingKnowItAll: How she ultimately comes across in her diagnosis of what's harming the teenagers. Elizabeth assumes their nightmares are all due to extreme guilt and repressed sexual anxiety, and she stands by this for the entirety of the movie. Even when it's logically pointed out how unlikely it is that every kid would've dreamed up the same man and how it's obvious there is something deeper going on than just a guilty conscience, Elizabeth still thinks the kids need uninterrupted R.E.M. sleep.
331* TookALevelInJerkass: In her first scene, Sims is friendly with Neil, speaks encouragingly about their new coworker (Nancy), and shows some sympathy for the kids (although she does consider putting Kincaid in isolation permanently). In her following scenes, she's a lot more cold and condescending to both her colleagues and her patients. Since the teens under their care keep killing themselves and Neil's experimental, carefree methods have apparently proved counterproductive, one can understand why Simms would think that a firmer hand was necessary.
332* WellIntentionedExtremist: She's honestly trying to help Kristen and the other kids, but fails to realize her methods are counterproductive are only making them easy targets for Freddy.
333[[/folder]]
334
335[[folder:Elaine Parker]]
336!!Elaine Parker
337
338->'''Played by:''' Brooke Bundy
339
340Kristen Parker's apathetic mother, who brushes off Kristen's problems as a spoiled brat's cries for attention.
341----
342* AdultsAreUseless: Par for the course with the Elm Street parents, to the point she is so quick to ignore Kristen's issues that [[spoiler:in ''Dream Master'' she drugs Kristen's lemonade with sleeping pills to make her get some sleep.]]
343* BreakTheHaughty: She gets thoroughly shattered as soon as [[spoiler:Elaine opens Kristen's bedroom door to find the bed's on fire and Kristen's dead.]]
344* {{Jerkass}}: She is very rude to Kristen, Nancy, her own housekeeper, and just about everyone except her boyfriends.
345* LackOfEmpathy: Elaine's concerned enough about Kristen's supposed suicide attempt to put her in Westin Hills, but thinks this is some attempt at getting attention. She gets worse in ''Dream Master'' where Elaine genuinely doesn't appear to give a shit about [[spoiler:Kristen losing both her friends in a single night.]]
346* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:You can see it on her face that she realizes Kristen wouldn't have died if Elaine hadn't drugged her, though she assumes it's because Kristen might've fallen asleep with a lit cigarette and not Freddy Krueger.]]
347* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She drugs Kristen with sleeping pills and sends her right into Freddy's clutches, which not only gave Freddy the last Elm Street child but a conduit for new victims in the form of Alice Johnson. Literally every death that occurs from ''Dream Master'' is thanks to Elaine unwittingly helping Freddy establish a connection to the rest of Springwood's children.]]
348
349[[/folder]]
350
351[[folder:Max]]
352->'''Played By:''' Creator/LaurenceFishburne
353The main orderly at Westin Hills.
354----
355* DeadpanSnarker: Max enjoys making snarky comments.
356-->'''Neil:''' [Sims] thinks it's nothing but sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll [that's causing the nightmares and suicides].\
357'''Max:''' Shit. That's what keeps people alive.
358* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Max is willing to help restrain the kids for sedation and can get a little irritated with them, but he's just doing his job and treats them with respect and kindness for the most part. He doesn't seem to believe that there's anything supernatural about what's going on, but does help the kids out in other ways.
359** He lets Jennifer stay up late due to seeing how afraid she is of going to sleep.
360** He lets Nancy back into the hospital after she's fired so she can say goodbye to the kids.
361** Taryn trusts him enough to threaten Lorenzo to tell him about Lorenzo's attempt to coerce her into sex.
362[[/folder]]
363
364[[folder:Lorenzo]]
365->'''Played By:''' Clayton Landey
366* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lorenzo is introduced firmly but professionally helping subdue Kristen when she starts lashing out rather than be sedated. Later, he has a friendly conversation with one of the nicer nurses and offering to walk her down a dark hall. Then [[OrderliesAreCreeps he offers Taryn drugs if she'll sleep with him and cruelly mocks her when she refuses.]]
367* HateSink: Lorenzo is a disgusting SmugSnake who uses his position to sexually harass patients, calling him unlikeable is putting it lightly.
368* KarmaHoudini: Lorenzo is the vilest character in the movie after Freddy himself, but Freddy has no reason to target him and there are no witnesses when he goes after Taryn, so he never gets any comeuppance and is still free to harass the patients, one can only hope that Dr Simms or Max caught him. Worst still [[spoiler: his main victim, Taryn, doesn't get out of the film alive, but he does]]
369[[/folder]]
370
371!!!'''Introduced in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster'' (1988)'''
372[[folder:Alice Johnson]]
373!!Alice Johnson
374
375[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alice_johnson.png]]
376[[caption-width-right:350:''"Come on, you fucking coward!"'']]
377
378->'''Played by:''' Creator/LisaWilcox
379
380-->''"Now I lay me down to sleep. The master of dreams, my soul I'll keep. In the reflection of my mind's eye, evil will see itself and it shall die."''
381
382The lead protagonist of the fourth and fifth films, and a high school friend of Kristen.
383----
384* AbusiveParents: Alice and her brother Rick had to deal with emotional abuse from their alcoholic father for years. [[spoiler:Following Rick's death their dad started going to Alcoholics Anonymous and by ''Dream Child'' has become a more loving and attentive father.]]
385%% * ActionGirl: Gradually became this by the end of ''Dream Master''.
386* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Alice is the only protagonist to survive two films straight.]]
387* ArchEnemy: She becomes the most powerful of the Elm Street heroines as the [[GoodCounterpart Dream Master]] and the one whom Freddy legitimately loathes and fears the most. She's the only one who [[spoiler:made it difficult for him to come back. Once she killed him in ''Dream Master'' he had to find another way to invade dreams as she was too powerful for him to overcome directly. He spends the majority of ''Dream Child'' taunting Alice through murdering her boyfriend and friends, but can't actually do anything to her because he could end up harming Jacob in the process.]] She is also the only one capable of really pushing his BerserkButton to the point of dropping his sick sense of humor and taking her seriously as an enemy.
388* BigDamnHeroes: Has the distinction of being a rare heroine to save one of her friends (Yvonne) from Freddy.
389* BlessedWithSuck: With [[spoiler:Kristen's dream power]], Krueger used Alice to pull people into her dreams so he could murder them.
390* CharacterDevelopment: Alice goes from a quiet and demure ShrinkingViolet to a GenreSavvy and confident ActionGirl over the course of two films.
391* CombatPragmatist: Alice is compared to Series/{{MacGyver|1985}} with how handy she can be, same as Nancy.
392* DreamWeaver: She's the titular Dream Master.
393* FieryRedhead: Was this by the end of ''Dream Master''. In ''Dream Child'' Alice became blonde, but her personality stayed the same.
394* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:And the only one to survive two movies in a row.]]
395%% * GenreSavvy: In her second appearance, after having survived Freddy once.
396%% * GoodCounterpart: Freddy's, once she becomes the Dream Master.
397* GoodParents: She becomes this in ''Dream Child'' by reaching out to Jacob in the dream world, assuaging his fears that she doesn't want him and stopping Freddy from corrupting Jacob. In this way Alice actually triumphs in a manner Marge Thompson and the other Elm Street parents failed, as she is out to protect her son from Freddy Krueger ''and'' she is emotionally there for him.
398* HatesTheirParent: In ''Dream Master'' Alice would fantasize about screaming at her dad for being such a useless, horrible person. Their relationship's been repaired by ''Dream Child'' thanks to him getting sober, to the point Alice is happy to know Dennis was at her graduation ceremony.
399* ItsAllMyFault: Her reaction when she realizes that Freddy is using ''her'' to kill new victims.
400* MagicalGirlWarrior: Barring the lack of a TransformationSequence[[note]]Although she does do a symbolic costume change before her final fight with Freddy, complete with [[AutobotsRockOut awesome rock music]][[/note]] and the aesthetics of the genre, she's about as close as you can get to this in a Western horror movie, and an example of what happens when you make one the FinalGirl. It's a decidedly darker take, since her dream powers at first only serve to make everyone around her bigger targets for Freddy, and AllYourPowersCombined comes from her absorbing her friends' powers as Freddy kills them. Otherwise, it has the typical tropes: shy and insecure teenage girl receives magical powers one day (from Kristen, the previous FinalGirl) and, over the course of the movie, overcomes her insecurities and matures into her role as the titular Dream Master, freeing the children's souls from Freddy while getting the hot guy and reconciling with her abusive father.
401* MamaBear: The whole point of ''Dream Child'' was that she wouldn't let Krueger get away with warping her unborn child.
402* MissingMom: Her mother is not in the picture.
403* PersonalityPowers: An inversion. As Krueger killed off her friends, Alice began inheriting their dream powers and pieces of their personalities.
404* ThePowerOfFriendship: The power she gains from her friends gives her the strength to face Krueger on her own, [[spoiler:but it's also that their power gave her the strength to find her ''own'' strength, which is what ultimately stops him and frees his enslaved souls in ''Dream Master''.]]
405* ShrinkingViolet: Originally.
406* SuperiorSuccessor: She's the strongest of all the Elm Street heroines and outclasses both Nancy and Kristen in terms of power and the ability to survive.
407* TakeUpMySword: From [[spoiler:Kristen]].
408* TeenPregnancy: She's pregnant in ''Dream Child''.
409* ThisCannotBe: Her reaction in ''Dream Child'' when she witnesses Freddy's return.
410-->'''Alice:''' You can't come back! I locked the door on you!\
411'''Freddy:''' But I found the key.
412* TookALevelInBadass: When ''Dream Master'' began, Alice was rather meek and spent most of her time in daydreams. By the end of the film, she became someone who took Krueger on by herself.
413-->'''Alice:''' ''[as Freddy is harassing Dan]'' Get away from him you ''son of a bitch!''
414[[/folder]]
415
416[[folder:Dan Jordan]]
417!!Daniel "Dan" Jordan
418->'''Played by:''' Danny Hassel
419
420A star high school football player who is friends with Rick Johnson, the latter who introduces him to Alice Johnson, who has a crush on him.
421----
422* AcademicAthlete: In addition to being a fit jock, Dan is the valedictorian of his class.
423* BodyHorror: Dan is killed in ''The Dream Child'' by getting fused with a motorcycle.
424* DistressedDude: Alice's confrontation at the end of ''The Dream Master'' is prompted by her having to save Dan from Krueger. He attempts to ''not'' be this and tries to help Alice fight Krueger at the end, but he's woken up during his surgery after the doctors finish and they won't put him back under despite his protests. Unfortunately, she's unable to save him in ''The Dream Child''.
425* LovableJock: Dan is a popular sports jock whom Alice crushes on, is an all-around nice guy who avoids [[JerkJock the mean behavior]].
426* NiceGuy: He's a genuine sweetheart and exactly as Alice imagined him to be as a boyfriend, sticking by her side and offering to fight Freddy alongside her.
427* ShirtlessScene: Gets a couple in ''The Dream Child.''
428* SophisticatedAsHell: Dan ends his graduation speech on a deliberately unsophisticated line.
429-->'''Dan:''' And as adults, we must now prepare for our new life outside this wonderful environment known as Springwood High. So let's blow this pop stand!
430* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: After having barely survived in ''The Dream Master'', Dan dies early on in ''The Dream Child''.
431* UnwillingRoboticisation: Dan's fatal nightmare is him being fused to the motorcycle he is riding, and dying in a car crash in real life.
432[[/folder]]
433
434[[folder:Rick Johnson]]
435!!Rick Johnson
436->'''Played by:''' Andras Jones
437
438Alice' brother and Dan's friend, who is Kristen's boyfriend by the time of ''The Dream Master'' and a martial arts enthusiast.
439----
440* CoolBigBro: Rick is an energetic, entertaining guy who treats his ShrinkingViolet sister pretty well.
441* DeathByIrony: Rick is a martial arts enthusiast. Freddy kills him by summoning a dream dojo where he beats him up before propeling his knived glove at him, killing him.
442[[/folder]]
443
444[[folder:Sheila Kopecky]]
445!!Sheila Kopecky
446->'''Played by:''' Toy Newkirk
447
448A teenage genius who is asthmatic.
449----
450* BlackAndNerdy: An African-American straight-A student.
451* KissOfDeath: Freddy kills her by kissing her and [[VampiricDraining leaving her a withered husk]] in her nightmare, causing her to have a fatal asthma attack in the real world.
452* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the Girly Girl to Debbie's Tomboy, but only slightly.
453[[/folder]]
454
455[[folder:Debbie Stevens]]
456!!Debbie Stevens
457->'''Played by:''' Creator/BrookeTheiss
458
459A tough teenager who's afraid of bugs.
460----
461* BookDumb: She's bad at math because she spends more time watching soap operas and often gets Shelia to help her.
462* CreepyCockroach: Debbie hates roaches. She is turned into one in her nightmare and is trapped in a roach motel.
463* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Even by the standards of the franchise, hers was incredibly drawn out and horrifying.
464* DarkIsNotEvil: Wears a black punk outfit in several scenes, and a black dress to Rick's funeral but is a loyal and caring friend.
465* DeathByIrony: In Debbie's first scene she's shown to hate cockroaches, and she squashes one under her boot. Later on she gets turned into a cockroach by Freddy, who then crushes the roach motel she's trapped inside.
466* ForcedTransformation: Freddy turns Debbie into a giant, helpless cockroach, puts her inside a roach hotel and then crushes her.
467* MamaBear: Is openly protective of Shelia and frequently steps in when she gets accosted by assholes.
468* PainfulTransformation: How does Freddy transform Debbie into a cockroach? By breaking off her arms and then forcing her to [[TearOffYourFace rip her face off]] to reveal the insect parts underneath. The worst part is before she dies, we see her legs are still human which means she wasn't even fully turned.
469* SkepticNoLonger: After Rick's death.
470* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Shelia's Girly Girl. She's a weight lifting tough girl.
471* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: The above being said, she also loves ''Series/{{Dynasty|1981}}'' and is terrified of bugs.
472* TransformationHorror: Debbie's transformation into a cockroach is as disgusting as it is ''disturbing'', with her screaming in pain and horror nearly the entire time
473[[/folder]]
474
475!!!'''Introduced in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet5TheDreamChild'' (1989)'''
476
477[[folder:Jacob]]
478!!Jacob Daniel Johnson
479->'''Played by:''' Whit Hertford
480
481The son of Alice Johnson and Dan Jordan. After being defeated by his mother, Freddy Krueger returns using Jacob's dreams while he is still a fetus, and feeds the souls of his victims to him to make him like Krueger. The spirit of Jacob as a young boy appears to his mother to help her defeat Freddy, though she is unaware of his true identity at first.
482----
483* CreepyChild: Jacob gradually turns into one due to Freddy's influence.
484* FetusTerrible: Freddy's aim is to turn Jacob into this, feeding the fetus souls to strengthen it, presumably intending to either make the baby into his agent, or possess it.
485[[/folder]]
486
487[[folder:Greta Gibson]]
488!!Greta Gibson
489->'''Played by:''' Erika Anderson
490
491A friend of Alice Johnson who is subject to an overbearing mother. She dreams of becoming a supermodel.
492----
493* AndShowItToYou: A non-heart example. During her nightmare Freddy cuts out a chunk of her stomach to show that he's been making her eat her own organs.
494* AntagonisticOffspring: A heroic example. While her mom still has a lot of control over her, Greta does have her ways of fighting back against Racine. Despite everything, Greta became a loving, compassionate person who will put up with her mom's bullshit when it only effects her but will openly express her anger when Racine insults her friends.
495* {{Autocannibalism}}: Freddy force-feeds her her own innards.
496* BodyHorror: Even without counting the whole "force-feeding her her own organs" thing, Greta is force-fed until her cheeks swell up to a grotesque size from both the "food" she's eating plus her own vomit.
497* CallingTheOldManOut: She gets pissed off at her mother shamelessly chiding her for not being appreciative when one of the sleazy guests at Racine's dinner party claims he has an in with a fashion bigwig, to which Greta responds she'd appreciate time to mourn her dead friend.
498* TheChewToy: After she's killed, Freddy continues to torment her by using her soul to mock Alice and Mark.
499* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Defied all over the place. While she never went as far as to date Mark, one would assume a rich girl like Greta's only reason for associating with Mark, Alice, Yvonne and Dan was for the sake of annoying Racine. Greta mourning Dan is the clearest demonstration her mom had nothing to do with Greta joining Alice's group.
500* DeathGlare: When one of her mom's guests states "Greta certainly has the perfect body for modeling," the expression Greta gives the guy is one of both exhaustion and one that clearly indicates she would murder him if she had the energy.
501* DueToTheDead: Cries over Dan's yearbook photo and the graduation photo taken earlier in the day.
502* ForceFeeding: Freddy force-feeds Greta until she chokes to death.
503* GoThroughMe: Promises Alice that Freddy will have to do this if he does exist. This only worries Alice, and with good reason.
504* HatesTheirParent: Every interaction between Greta and Racine makes it abundantly clear Greta cannot stand her mother due to her controlling behavior.
505* TheHeart: Greta's death is what clearly shakes up Alice's group to the core, more so than Dan's. While Alice and Greta are both shown visibly upset at Dan's passing, Greta's murder shakes up both Yvonne and Mark indicating they were closer to her than they were Dan.
506* HiddenDepths: At first glance Greta looks like she's another spoiled, vain rich girl. It's quickly established she's not particularly hung up about her looks or being rich, is insecure about her feelings for Mark, and cares deeply about her friends to the point she openly mourns Dan's death and cries over his photo.
507* IJustWantToBeNormal: While she's indeed interested in having a modeling career, how much of it is what she wants and what her mom wants is up for debate. Greta makes it clear she knows exactly how obnoxious her mother and people in their social circle are and wants no part of any it, if only Racine wasn't so controlling.
508* IndifferentBeauty: Yes, Greta wants to be a model, but isn't particularly boastful of her good looks. Her mother Racine, on the other hand, does the boasting for Greta.
509* LightFeminineDarkFeminine: She's the light to her mother's dark as exemplified during the dinner party scene. Greta wears a stylish white dress with her hair its natural color and loose and is considered the child of the two, contrasted to Racine's somewhat dated black dress, dyed red hair, and noticeable make-up making her the adult. The conversation between them concerns Greta's modeling career, with Racine happy as men talk about Greta's "perfect body" while Greta doesn't bother to hide her annoyance and disgust. Ultimately played with in that the light character is angry and frustrated while the dark character is seemingly happy.
510* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: She's the direct antithesis of her mother Racine. Racine's all about looks and connections, is domineering, and generally lacking in sympathy or consideration. Greta doesn't particularly care that much about her looks or knowing important people, is supportive, and is capable of great empathy and compassion. The dinner party best highlights this, comparing Racine's severe cut, dyed red hair, make-up and black dress, to Greta's loose, natural brown hair, lack of make-up, and white dress. To put it simply, Racine's all artificial while Greta's the real deal.
511* MamaBear: A subdued example and rather atypical considering Greta's also the designated "hot girl" in the cast. She cares deeply about her friends, is willing to stand between them and whatever might try to hurt them, and will openly blast her mother in public if Greta thinks her loved ones are being insulted.
512-->'''Racine:''' Greta, you're being offered the opportunity of a lifetime. I think you should show a little gratitude?\
513'''Greta:''' (in a very "what the fuck is wrong with you" voice) One of my friends ''died'' yesterday, mother. Do you mind if I take a few hours off to remember him?
514* MyBelovedSmother: Greta's mom, Racine Gibson, mixed in with StageMom. She thinks that the best way to help Greta's dreams of becoming a supermodel is to constantly starve her.
515* NiceGirl: Is easygoing, sweet, cares a lot about her friends, and while she doesn't believe Freddy is real she still supports Alice.
516* TrueCompanions: She considers herself this with Alice and the others in ''Dream Child''. Greta's deeply upset about Dan's death, and is the first to assure Alice whatever might be after her will have to go through Greta and the rest. She's particularly disgusted at her mother's apathy regarding Dan's death when Racine tries to assure one of her guests that they weren't close.
517* WeightWoe: Greta's mother is constantly "slapping her wrist" about her weight and what she eats. This was toned down from the script, where Greta herself was the one afraid of what junk food and eating too much would do to her skin and body, while in the finished film she's just worried about Racine giving her crap.
518* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Her kindness is shown to be genuine when she's found mourning Dan's death alone in her room with none of the other characters nearby or even aware it's happening.
519[[/folder]]
520
521[[folder:Mark Gray]]
522!!Mark Gray
523->'''Played by:''' Joe Seely
524
525A friend of Alice Johnson who is obsessed with comic books and is a talented comic book artist.
526----
527* AfraidOfBlood: He's notoriously squeamish around blood in real life, which Greta teases him about since his comics are so gory. [[MechanicallyUnusualFighter This actually saves Mark's life]]. After Freddy's first attempt to kill him leaves Mark with several cuts on his hands. Upon seeing how bloody his hands are, Mark faints in the dream sending him back to the waking world. [[spoiler: Freddy works around it by turning him into a drawing.]]
528* CannotSpitItOut: Can't voice his crush in Greta, something he deeply regrets. He is, however, able to phrase his affection as a joke so Greta won't take him seriously. During graduation she sees him with a giant lollipop and we get this exchange.
529-->'''Greta:''' What is that?\
530'''Mark:''' My undying love, have some.
531* CurbStompCushion: He manages momentarily fight off Freddy by consciously turning into his comic book character. It doesn't work, but he put more fight than most.
532* ForcedTransformation: Freddy turns him into a two-dimensional drawing before slicing him to bits.
533* TheLancer: For the fifth movie, believing Alice fairly quickly and doing the most to help keep her safe and combat Freddy.
534* {{Rotoscoping}}: How Mark being sucked into the comic-book dreamscape is represented.
535* SerendipitousSurvival: The first time Freddy attacks him he gets randomly woken up just in time.
536* TookALevelInBadass: He tries to attempt this by transformation into his comic character, the Phantom Prowler, so he can fight against Freddy. Freddy unfortunately proves too powerful.
537[[/folder]]
538
539[[folder:Yvonne Miller]]
540!!Yvonne Miller
541->'''Played by:''' Creator/KellyJoMinter
542
543A friend of Alice Johnson.
544----
545* BigDamnHeroes: Helps find Amanda's remains and gets her spirit involved in the climax.
546* CassandraTruth: Yvonne is the only one of Alice's friends who outright doesn't believe her about Freddy... until Freddy comes after Yvonne and Alice bails her out.
547* CloserToEarth: She's the most grounded and realistic of Alice's new friends (not that any of them are foolish or anything). Whereas Greta's a rich model-in-training and Mark's a squirmish pseudo-Goth comic nerd, Yvonne's a diver who works at the hospital. She's of the same social class as Mark, but her interests are more practical. When dealing with Alice supposedly being "deluded" about Freddy, Yvonne doesn't simply tell Alice she's crazy. Yvonne phrases it as Alice needing to deal with reality for her sake and the sake of her unborn child.
548* TheDeterminator: Whatever Yvonne puts her mind towards, she will accomplish. She keeps working and practicing despite losing two friends in two days, and upon realizing Freddy Krueger's real Yvonne does all she can to help Alice defeat him.
549* EmptySwimmingPoolDive: When Yvonne does her swimming pool dives at night, Freddy attacks her by turning the swimming platform into a giant hand to crush her. She jumps off the platform to escape, but the pool morphs into an empty one in mid-jump. Yvonne only avoids plummeting to her death when she manages to dive into a puddle in the pool floor, which unfortunately sends her straight into Freddy's clutches.
550* HiddenDepths: Yvonne seemingly comes across as stubborn and bullheaded during her confrontations with Alice about Freddy's existence, but it's later shown she's clearly dealing with a lot and the last few days have left a visible mark on her. Between juggling her job and swim practice while dealing with two friends dying and her other two insisting they were killed by some monster, Yvonne visibly appears worn out and somewhat depressed over how shitty things turned out after graduation.
551* TheLancer: She takes this role from Mark [[spoiler:after he dies]], doing stuff in the real world while Alice fights Freddy in the dream realm.
552* OnlySaneMan: Subverted. Yvonne ''thinks'' she's this when Alice and Mark both start focusing on ways to beat Freddy, and assumes that stress is making them act crazy. The moment she realizes Freddy ''is'' real, her help proves so crucial if it hadn't been for her finding Amanda Krueger, Alice and Jacob would've lost.
553* SassyBlackWoman: She has ''some'' shades of this, but it's thankfully not her entire character.
554* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After learning Mark's hopped on the Freddy bandwagon, Yvonne storms out of Alice's house in disgust at the thought both her friends are now deluding themselves.
555
556[[/folder]]
557
558[[folder:Racine Gibson]]
559!!Racine Gibson
560->'''Played by:''' Pat Sturges
561
562->''"Greta! That's NOT what a cover girl puts in her body!"''
563
564Greta Gibson's mother, a domineering twit obsessed with turning Greta into a world famous supermodel no matter how much it makes Greta hate her.
565----
566
567* AbusiveParents: Emotionally and mentally, she controls nearly everything Greta does and shows no consideration to Greta's feelings about anything. It's a wonder how Greta managed to stay friends with Alice and the others with Racine breathing down her neck about everything. Everything that happens in Greta's nightmare are all indicators of what Racine's done to Greta over the years.
568* AdultsAreUseless: It doesn't get any more useless than watching your child violently choke to death in front of you and doing absolutely nothing about it.
569* DramaticIrony: She micromanages and dominates Greta's life so her daughter will have a career as a model. Freddy Krueger utilizes everything Racine's done to Greta in order to kill her, ending Racine's plans and taking away her only child in the process.
570* EvilRedhead: It's an obvious dye job, but she still fits the bill.
571* HateSink: Is quite frankly one of the worst people in the franchise due to how controlling and smug she is even if she doesn't cross the line into outright sexually abusing or murdering others.
572* IRejectYourReality: Racine tells people with a straight face that she and Greta are frequently confused for sisters.
573* LackOfEmpathy: She doesn't care at all about Dan's death or how it affects Greta, and instead tries to downplay Greta's connection to Dan so people won't think poorly of her daughter being associated with a supposed drunk driver. Racine takes this to an almost absurd degree, as she is ''so'' oblivious to the pain and frustration Greta's dealing with Racine ''literally could not tell Greta was choking to death in front of her''.
574* OutlivingOnesOffspring: She watches Greta choke to death right in front of her.
575* StageMom: It's painfully obvious she's trying to live through Greta, and her goals for Greta's career are mainly so Racine can vicariously live through her accomplishments. Racine's perfectly happy with grown men leering at Greta if it means furthering Greta's career.
576* UpperClassTwit: Racine's almost a parody of this trope due to how out of place she seems in a town like Springwood. She talks like she's old money and she surrounds herself with an entourage of sleazy assholes who supposedly have ins with the fashion industry.
577
578[[/folder]]
579
580!!!'''Introduced in ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'' (1991)'''
581[[folder:"John Doe"]]
582!!"John Doe"
583
584->'''Played by:''' Shon Greenblatt
585
586-->''"Freddy won't hurt me. I'm family."''
587
588The last surviving child of Springwood, who manages to escape from the town, only to be brought back to investigate exactly what has happened there. As time passes, he starts to suspect that he's related to Freddy.
589----
590* DecoyProtagonist: ''Freddy's Dead'' treats him as the main character until [[spoiler:the survivors try to escape Springwood, after which Freddy kills him, and Maggie takes over as the protagonist]].
591* HisNameIs: Manages to tell Maggie a little about Freddy's real child which, although incomplete, is still enough to put her on the right track.
592* MysteriousPast: We never actually find out his real name or anything of any real significance about his backstory.
593* NoBodyLeftBehind: After [[spoiler:Freddy kills him]], his body vanishes, and aside from a brief mention by Maggie, he's never seen or mentioned again. Not only that, all evidence indicates that he was ''erased from history''.
594* UnwittingPawn: Freddy fully planned for him to bring some fresh victims and, most importantly, [[spoiler:his daughter]] to Springwood.
595* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After bringing [[spoiler:Freddy's daughter, Maggie/Katherine]] to Springwood, Freddy no longer has any real need for him, [[spoiler:and kills him with a bed of spikes]].
596[[/folder]]
597
598[[folder:Maggie Burroughs ('''SPOILERS''')]]
599!!Margaret "Maggie" Burroughs (aka Katherine Krueger)
600->'''Played by:''' Creator/LisaZane
601
602-->''"Freddy's dead!"''
603
604A psychologist who appears in ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'', investigating the appearance of the mysterious "John Doe" and the deaths of every child in Springwood. In reality, she's Freddy's long-lost daughter, and the only person who can finally destroy Freddy.
605----
606* AlliterativeName: Her real name, '''K'''atherine '''K'''rueger.
607* DarkSecret: One that even ''she'' doesn't know about; she's Freddy's daughter, and witnessed him murdering her mother.
608* FinalGirl: As with Lisa Webber, she's initially not the film's focus character, but takes over the role in the final act when Freddy kills "John Doe".
609* ParentalAbandonment: Her mother was killed by Freddy. Something that's all the worse when you consider that her father ''is'' Freddy!
610* SelfMadeOrphan: She kills Freddy, her father. [[JustifiedTrope However, he was already a horrifically evil serial killer]], so it's hard to blame her.
611* StraightMan: The sole voice of reason among the generally dysfunctional characters in the sixth film.
612* StrongFamilyResemblance: Her natural hair color [[spoiler:is the same sandy brown as her mother and father.]]
613* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: In the non-canon comic series ''Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors'', she betrays the group of heroes confronting Freddy and Jason, revealing her true allegiances as her father's ally, before [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome being killed shortly thereafter]].
614* UnwittingPawn: She unknowingly helps carry Freddy out of Springwood, leaving him free to attack the entire world.
615[[/folder]]
616
617[[folder:Carlos]]
618!!Carlos
619->'''Played by:''' Ricky Dean Logan
620
621A youth under the counsel of Maggie Burroughs who was physically abused by his parents, leaving with him a hearing disability.
622----
623* BuryYourDisabled: The deaf kid Carlos becomes Freddy's first dream victim.
624* DesperateObjectCatch: Afflicted with hyper-sensitive hearing in his nightmare, Carlos sees Freddy preparing to drop a pin from a high balcony, and catches it with a frantic DivingSave. Too bad Freddy had a whole ''handfull'' of additional pins...
625* EarAche: Freddy kills him by replacing his hearing aid with one that makes all sounds ultra-loud, then gets out a chalkboard and repeatedly scratches it with his knives until his head [[YourHeadASplode explodes]]. Much earlier, he drives a giant q-tip through his ear, replicating the way his mother deafened him in the first place.
626* TwoferTokenMinority: Carlos is both Hispanic and deaf.
627* YourHeadASplode: Freddy eventually makes Carlos's head explode.
628[[/folder]]
629
630[[folder:Spencer]]
631!!Spencer
632->'''Played by:''' Creator/BreckinMeyer
633
634A youth under the counsel of Maggie Burroughs. He is sent to the shelter because his father's demanding expectations have driven him to drugs. He has a strong fascination with video games.
635----
636
637* DeadpanSnarker:
638--> '''Spencer:''' We're in ''Series/TwinPeaks'' here.
639* DenserAndWackier: The circumstances of his death makes it easily the silliest in the entire franchise; being turned into a video game character and [[DeathByFallingOver dying by falling into a giant pit.]]
640* DrugsAreBad: He falls asleep while high and left his fate to be sealed, as he was so stoned that he ''couldn't'' be awakened.
641* IronicEcho: "Be like me!", his father's statement to him during one of his lectures and also what the video game antagonists in his visage chant at him.
642* JockDadNerdSon: His father is a tall and strong former tennis player while he is short and spends his time divulging into video games and marijuana.
643* TheStoner: He takes up marijuana because his father's demanding expectations.
644* WellDoneSonGuy: Subverted; he hates his father and knows that he is unable to please him so he does his best to both ignore him and piss him off.
645[[/folder]]
646
647[[folder:Tracy]]
648!!Tracy
649->'''Played by:''' Lezlie Deane
650
651A youth under the counsel of Maggie Burroughs who was sexually abused by her father.
652----
653* AbusiveParents: She was sexually abused by her father until she finally killed him in self defense.
654* HatesTheirParent: Freddy takes on the role of Tracy's sexual abusive father to terrify her. It instead enrages her to the point Tracy attempts to beat him to death with a coffee pot, with the implication that was how she killed him in real life.
655* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: When confronted by an apparition of her dead father, Tracy proceeds to beat the shit out of him before grabbing a coffee pot and completely destroying his face.
656* OnlySaneWoman: She's shown to be the most levelheaded of the initial trio, to the point she knows how to willingly enter a dream state on her own and is smart enough to wake herself up before Freddy can get his hands on her. [[spoiler:It's why she's the only survivor of the kids.]]
657* TookALevelInBadass: Helps defeat Freddy in the climax with a pipe bomb.
658* TraumaButton: Freddy tries pressing her's by manifesting as Tracy's sexually abusive father. Instead of being scared, Tracy snaps and beats the ever loving shit out of her "dad."
659-->'''Tracy''' (''while smashing her "dad's" face in with a coffee pot''): ''Here! Do you love me now?! '''DO YOU LOVE ME NOW?!'''''
660[[/folder]]
661
662[[folder:Doc]]
663!!Doc
664->'''Played by:''' Creator/YaphetKotto
665
666A counselor at Maggie Burroughs shelter.
667
668* AdultsAreUseless: One of the biggest aversions in the franchise due to his expertise in dream therapy and ability to understand kids like Tracy.
669* TheMentor: He's something of an expert on dreaming, similar to Nancy's role in ''Dream Warriors''.
670* NoSell: Freddy's attempt to erase Carlos, Spencer, and John from everyone's memories doesn't work on Doc because he has better control over his dreams.
671* ParentalSubstitute: He acts as something of a parental figure to Tracy to the point he's the only adult in her life besides Maggie she'll trust.
672* RippleEffectProofMemory: Doc still remembers Carlos, Spencer and John even after Freddy erases them from everyone's memories.
673
674[[/folder]]
675
676!Remake continuity
677[[folder:Freddy Krueger]]
678->See [[Characters/ANightmareOnElmStreetFreddyKrueger his page]].
679[[/folder]]
680
681[[folder:Kris Fowles]]
682!!Christina "Kris" Fowles
683
684->'''Played by:''' Creator/KatieCassidy
685
686----
687* AdaptationNameChange: Her surname in the original is Gray rather than Fowles. Furthermore, while in both cases they have the first name Christina, here she is nicknamed "Kris", while in the original she was nicknamed "Tina."
688* DecoyProtagonist: Although anyone familiar with the original expected Nancy to take the spotlight sooner or later.
689[[/folder]]
690
691[[folder:Jesse Braun]]
692!!Jesse Braun
693
694->'''Played by:''' Creator/ThomasDekker
695
696----
697* AdaptationNameChange: The character in the original movie whose role he's fulfilling was named Rod Lane.
698* DecoyProtagonist: The narrative follows him briefly after Kris' death.
699* TorsoWithAView: Krueger thrusts his gloved hand into his back and pushes it through his body, making it erupt from the chest.
700[[/folder]]
701
702[[folder:Nancy Holbrook]]
703!!Nancy Holbrook
704
705->'''Played by:''' Creator/RooneyMara
706
707----
708* AdaptationNameChange: Her surname in the original is Thompson rather than Holbrook.
709* SupportingProtagonist: This Nancy is more of a reactive character, dealing with Freddy's torment, while Quentin comes up with solutions on how to counter him.
710[[/folder]]
711
712[[folder:Quentin Smith]]
713!!Quentin Smith
714
715->'''Played by:''' Creator/KyleGallner
716
717----
718* AdaptationNameChange: He's the Glen Lantz equivalent in the movie.
719* CallingTheOldManOut: He confronts his father about his hole in Freddy's death after learning the truth.
720* {{Deuteragonist}}: He's the most prominent character behind Nancy.
721* GuestFighter: Appears alongside Freddy in ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''.
722* NiceGuy: He's a friendly guy, to the point he even feels pity for Freddy until he realizes just how bad the guy really was.
723* SparedByAdaptation: Unlike Glen, he makes it to the end.
724[[/folder]]
725
726[[folder:Dr. Gwen Holbrook]]
727!!Dr. Gwen Holbrook
728
729->'''Played by:''' Creator/ConnieBritton
730
731----
732* AdaptationNameChange: Besides Nancy's family name in the original being Thompson rather than Holbrook, Nancy's mother there was named Marge.
733[[/folder]]
734
735[[folder:Alan Smith]]
736!!Alan Smith
737
738->'''Played by:''' Creator/ClancyBrown
739
740----
741* AdaptationNameChange: The character he took the place of was named Don Thompson.
742* AndThisIsFor: "This is for my son!" as he tosses a molotov into the room where Freddy is trapped.
743* DecompositeCharacter: Some of the role played by Nancy's father in the original is given to him instead.
744* KnightTemplarParent: Lead a mob to murder Freddy before he could face due process after learning about his sexual abuse of their children.
745[[/folder]]
746

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