History ReferencedBy / ANightmareOnElmStreet

* Choi Bounge of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' wears a hat and clawed gloves similar to Freddy Krueger.

* David Robert Mitchell described the first film as a major inspiration behind ''Film/ItFollows''. There are two scenes that directly reference it: where Jay runs out from her house to one down the street when she realizes that It is coming for Greg, which is a reference to Nancy realizing that Freddy is coming for her boyfriend Glenn, and where Jay leaves class and runs into It in a creepy incident in the hallway.

* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "The Splendid Source" begins with Quagmire and Joe prannking Peter by constantly telling him a dirty joke that makes him laugh so hard, he craps his pants. In one scene, Quagmire goes to sleep and meets Freddy in the dreamworld and pays him to enter Peter's dream and tell him the joke, causing him to soil the bed.

* Freddy's killings are mentioned during the opening of ''Film/BehindTheMaskTheRiseOfLeslieVernon''. Furthermore, the house featured in [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 the original movie]] is shown and there's a shot of three little girls in white playing jumprope.

** Typing in the cheat code "Krueger" gives Caleb 200% health and also sets him on fire, as a reference to how Freddy died originally.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': The short, "Duck in the Dark" (part of "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E43BestOPluckyDuckDay Best O' Plucky Duck Day]]") has Buster and Plucky watching a film featuring a Freddy expy named Eddy Cougar stalk and (implied to have) kill a Disney/{{Bambi}} expy.

* The ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies'' map "Call of the Dead" has four prominent actors starring [[AsHimself As Themselves]] as [[CelebritySurvivor zombie-fighting]] [[PlayerCharacter Player Characters]], including Creator/RobertEnglund himself. Nearly all dialogue is references to the actors’ works.
->'''Creator/RobertEnglund:''' This is a real nightmare!

* A ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode has Buster and Plucky watching a film featuring a Freddy-expy named Eddy Cougar stalk and (implied to have) kill a Bambi-expy.

* In one episode of ''Series/FullHouse," Jesse comes back from the grocery store and talks about how Nicky and Alex both threw a temper tantrum because he wouldn't buy them any cookies. Jesse says that everyone at the store looked at him "Like he was Freddy Krueger."

* During Summer 2005, ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' ran promos for "The Boogeyman" which was supposed to be a new show on Creator/{{UPN}}. On the October 14th episode, [[{{Kayfabe}} UPN Executive]] Palmer Canon told [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure [=SmackDown=] General Manager]] Wrestling/TeddyLong that "something happened on the set, but we've got a multi-year holding deal with this gentleman" and introduced him to [[Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} The Boogeyman]]. Boogeyman recited a variation on the "1, 2, Freddy's coming for you" chant, with his own name in Freddy's place, though only singing the first, second and last lines, before smashing a clock over his head and reciting his CatchPhrase, "I'm the Boogeyman, and I'm coming to get you!"

* During Summer 2005, ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' ran promos for "The Boogeyman" which was supposed to be a new show on Creator/{{UPN}}. On the October 14th episode, [[{{Kayfabe}} UPN Executive]] Palmer Canon told [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure [=SmackDown=] General Manager]] Wrestling/TeddyLong that "something happened on the set, but we've got a multi-year holding deal with this gentleman" and introduced him to [[Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} The Boogeyman]]. Boogeyman recited a variation on the "1, 2, Freddy's coming for you" chant, with his own name in Freddy's place, though only singing the first, second and last lines, before smashing a clock over his head and reciting his {{CatchPhrase}}, "I'm the Boogeyman, and I'm coming to get you!"

** ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'' has one of Robbie's young nephews dressed as Freddy Krueger.

* The ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Lawnmower Dog" features a Freddy parody called Scary Terry. Rick even lampshades it by noting that Scary Terry appears to be "some sort of legally safe knock-off of a 80's horror character".

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "[[BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E18KilledByDeath Killed by Death]]" has a monster called Der Kindestod, who is sometimes referred to as "Der Krugerstod".

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* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' has reviewed [[VideoGame/ANightmareOnElmStreet the licensed game based on the movie]] by [[Creator/LJNToys LJN]].

* Choi Bounge of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' wears a hat and clawed glove similar to Freddy Krueger.