History Characters / ANightmareOnElmStreetFreddyKrueger

** Extended media tend to build up on the hate between Freddy and Alice, as she's the only FinalGirl to have survived him across two different movies and challenges his title as, "Dream Master."

* VillainousValour: During ''Film/FreddyVsJason'', Freddy puts up a good fight against the superstrong Jason Voorhees even when he's technically just a weak, disfigured, physical ghost [[BuffySpeak thing]] when not in the Dream World.

* EvilIsNotAToy: A significant plot point in ''Freddy vs. Jason''. Trying to control Jason Voorhees was ''never'' going to end well.

* FragileSpeedster: When pulled into the real world in ''Freddy vs. Jason'', he's this to Jason's MightyGlacier. He can easily dodge most of Jason's attacks and gets in lots of good hits, but one punch from Jason sends him flying.

* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: As revealed in ''Freddy vs. Jason'', Freddy's power is entirely dependent on how many people know of and fear him; when the people of Springwood eradicated every trace of his existence, he was no longer able to kill teenagers.
* GoneHorriblyRight: In ''Freddy vs. Jason'', he brought [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] BackFromTheDead and set him upon Springwood, knowing that he himself would be blamed for Jason's killings, which would give him enough power to escape Hell and go about haunting Springwood again. The plan works, but Freddy never anticipated that Jason would continue to intrude on his territory and steal his potential victims.
-->'''Freddy:''' Everyone forgot! That's why they weren't afraid anymore! That's why I needed Jason to kill for me, to get them to remember! But now he just won't ''stop''!

* ManipulativeBastard: He sets off the events of ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' by posing as the mother of ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' villain Jason Voorhees to trick Jason into resurrecting from the dead once again and heading for Freddy's hometown of Springwood, Ohio. Freddy banks on Jason's inevitable killing spree being blamed on Freddy by the town residents (if no one remembers Freddy, he can't harm anyone), and he is proven correct.

* UnPerson: ''Freddy vs. Jason'' states that after it became known that Freddy grows more powerful based on how much he is feared and by how many people know of him, the town of Springwood tried to erase all knowledge of his existence and his murder spree to spare their children. Those who had any knowledge of Freddy were institutionalized and put on Hypnocil. It worked so well that Freddy brought Jason back to stir things up.

* IdenticalGrandfather: In Alice's dream of how Amanda Krueger was raped, one of the 100 maniacs looks ''exactly'' like pre-death Freddy, and is played by Robert Englund too. Before Alice is assaulted by the maniacs, a shot briefly lingers on his face, hinting that this is in fact Freddy's biological father. It's also hinted that this is actually Freddy himself in disguise, although why he would take on the guise of his father is unclear.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Many female characters who come across him, such as Tina, Nancy and Lori, become a target of his lust. The men aren't safe from this either.
* {{Immortality}}: Technically a spirit rather than a physical being, he can't die. Even if ''killed'', it is shown his spirit simply returns to captivity in Hell, or just waits until another victim dreams. As promised by Hell's Dream Demons, his spirit cannot ever truly die.
* {{Invisibility}}: Freddy can turn himself invisible at will. He uses it in ''The Dream Master'' to attack Rick.
* IronicFear: Fire. Although he enjoys his living in Hell and enjoys setting fire to various victims, it's often shown that fire is something he's truly afraid of following his physical death, and is one of few things that can truly harm him, even in dreams.

* HateSink: He's even ''more'' detestable than his original counterpart, which is no easy feat. For one, as a result of returning to the first film's roots, this Freddy lacks the goofy (though no less sadistic) personality OG Freddy eventually developed. And he's explicitly a child rapist, something that was merely implied with the old Freddy, which adds another dimension of vileness.

* EvilIsPetty: Especially in ''The Dream Child'', where he frequently goes out of his way to torment Alice by flaunting his kills in front of her and generally just harassing her when he can. Of course, this is largely because he genuinely hates Alice, but since he could end up hurting the unborn Jacob, who he aims to turn into a FetusTerrible, he can't actually do anything to her, and she's still the Dream Master while he's weakened from having his souls released, and as such has good reason not to try and face her directly.

** Just like in ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2FreddysRevenge Freddy's Revenge]]'', he can takes control of one's body for committing crimes. [[spoiler:In this case, it's Lori's father]].

* AdaptationalVillainy: Yeah, like Freddy Krueger couldn't be a ''bigger'' asshole. He's always been very evil, but where the original series portrayed Freddy as a SerialKiller preying on children before he died. (with a [[StartOfDarkness bad backstory]] to boot) The remake portrays Freddy as a child molester who sexually abused his victims. It's heinous no matter how you slice it, but remake Freddy may be considered even worse (or at least {{Squick}}ier) because RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil. And what he plans to do to Nancy is ''way'' worse.

* ArchnemesisDad: [[spoiler: To his daughter eventually.]]

* BadHumorTruck: ''Freddy’s Nightmares'' reveals that Freddy operated out of an ice cream truck at times. After he’s let out of court, the first thing he does is go and retrieve it.

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: At the end of ''Comicbook/FreddyVsJasonVsAsh: Nightmare Warriors''. And how so? In the original timeline Freddy was let go after someone forget to sign the warrant, and after a TimeyWimeyBall, an FBI agent signs the warrant, leading to Krueger's arrest and the fact he never became the Nightmare God that he once was.]]

-->'''Freddy''': You wanna know the secret of pain? If you just stop feeling it, you can start using it.

-->'''Freddy''': Everyone forgot! That's why they weren't afraid anymore! That's why I needed Jason to kill for me, to get them to remember! But now he just won't ''stop''!

-->'''Tina''': Please, God!
-->'''Freddy''': (brandishes claws) ''This'' is God!

!!The Entity / "Freddy Krueger"

** The opening shows him when he was a human approaching an abducted little girl with his claw. [[spoiler: Later, she is shown with her eyes gouged out in a nightmare]].

-->'''Nancy''': Fuck you!
-->'''Freddy''': Ooh, sounds like fun. It's a little fast for me. How about we hang, first?

-->'''Freddy''': Why you screaming? I haven't even cut you yet. ''(Chuckles)''

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: It doesn't work, though.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: He just wouldn't be Freddy without his usual {{sadist}}ic one-liners:

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference:
** His appearance went through quite a few revamps before settling on his best-known look. In the first film, his sleeves were solid red and only his face was burned. The second film added the stripes to his sleeves and had the burn scars extend all the way down his body, and also gave him a hooked nose, and his khakis changed from brown to the black he would exclusively wear in later films (barring ''Freddy vs Jason''), but he also had {{red eyes|take warning}} and a bladed hand (instead of a glove) that would not appear in the sequels. Later installments would keep a mostly consistent design, albeit with some minor alterations from film to film (i.e. the color of the glove, the size and shape of his burn marks, etc.)
** In the first movie, he is referred to as "Fred Kreuger" by several people (and the credits). From the second movie onward, he's called "Freddy" by everyone.

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: His appearance went through quite a few revamps before settling on his best-known look. In the first film, his sleeves were solid red and only his face was burned. The second film added the stripes to his sleeves and had the burn scars extend all the way down his body, and also gave him a hooked nose, and his khakis changed from brown to the black he would exclusively wear in later films (barring ''Freddy vs Jason''), but he also had {{red eyes|take warning}} and a bladed hand (instead of a glove) that would not appear in the sequels. Later installments would keep a mostly consistent design, albeit with some minor alterations from film to film (i.e. the color of the glove, the size and shape of his burn marks, etc.)

* IronicNurseryRhyme: The song associated with him, sungto the tune to "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe."

Nine, ten; {{never sleep again}}''

* AttemptedRape: He pulls Lori's skirt up with his index blade while she wreathes on the floor, the only reason he didn't commit the deed was she woke up and brought him to the living world in time. It should be noted this is the only time in the films he decides to rape his victim instead of straight forward killing them.

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