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Freddy
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Gender Male
Age 32 (at death)
Height 5'8" (1.73 m)
Weight 160 lbs. (73 kg)
Status Mass murderer
Origin Earthrealm
Resides Dream Realm
Species Unknown (former human)
Enemies Shao Kahn
Weapons Clawed Gloves
Appearances Mortal Kombat (2011)
Portrayers Patrick Seitz

Freddy Krueger was officially confirmed as the fourth DLC character for Mortal Kombat (2011) during the San Diego Comic Con 2011 event. He was made available for download on August 9, 2011.

Mortal Kombat biography

A malevolent spirit of the Dream Realm, Freddy Krueger preys on the souls of the living as they sleep. When Shao Kahn began to steal Earthrealm's souls - souls Freddy considered his own - Freddy battled the emperor in the Dream Realm. But Shao Kahn's will was too strong. He pulled Freddy into the real world, where he was mortal, and defeated him. A badly injured yet determined Freddy fitted both his hands with demonically enhanced razor gloves. Once he has killed Shao Kahn he will find a way back to the Dream Realm, where he will torment Earthrealm's souls for eternity.

Combat characteristics

Powers and abilities

Freddy possesses surprising agility, as well as his trademark weapon - his Clawed Gloves - which he uses to kill his victims. He also has hell-related powers.

Signature moves

  • Hell Spikes: Freddy sticks his claws in the ground, causing enlarged knives to reappear from under ground. This has Close, Medium, and Far commands.
  • Sweet Dreams: Freddy summons a green orb that falls on the opponent and causes them to fall asleep for a short time.
  • Glove Toss: Freddy sends one of his gloves to fly off his hand and into the opponent.
  • Freddy Fingers: Freddy sends one of his gloves to crawl across the ground and hit the opponents feet.
  • Dream Shift: Freddy disappears and reappears in fire. This has Away and Towards commands.
  • X-Ray Move - What A Rush: Freddy impales the opponent through the chest, breaking the ribs and puncturing the lungs, he then swipes the opponent across the face, damaging the skull.

Fatalities

  • Tell 'Em Freddy Sent Ya: Freddy disappears from view, then reappears behind the opponent. He impales the opponent and summons a hole. He then drags him/her into the hole. Afterwards, the hole spews a HUGE amount of blood.
  • Welcome To My Nightmare: Freddy summons a large furnace. He then stabs the opponent in the neck and stomach, and chucks them straight into the furnace. As the opponent burns in agony, Freddy waves goodbye and shuts the door, while the opponent's arm is hanging out of the furnace, cutting the arm off, and burning the opponent to death.

Other finishers

  • Babality: A baby carriage is seen and the camera zooms in to reveal a teddy bear with four cuts in its stomach. Freddy then jumps up from behind the carriage and attempts to take a slash at the camera.

Ending

"Freddy Krueger's bladed hands tore through Shao Kahn. The demonically-enhanced weapons had been more than a match for the emperor's dark magic. Though Freddy had saved Earthrealm, Nightwolf recognized him as an evil spirit, and in a Shamanistic ritual, sent him back to the Dream Realm. But that decision proved ruinous. Freddy did not resist. He welcomed a return to immortality. From the Dream Realm he will again create a nightmare in Earthrealm."

  • Freddy Krueger (Mortal Kombat)

Trivia

  • All of Freddy's moves are named after quotes he said from the movies.
  • If not counting the DC characters, Freddy is the second guest star in the Mortal Kombat series, the first being Kratos.
  • Freddy is the only guest star to come from films.
  • Unlike Kratos, Freddy is available for both the PS3 and the 360.
  • In the movies, Freddy only had claws on his right hand. In this game, however, he has claws on both hands for gameplay mechanics.
  • His first Fatality is based on the way he killed Johnny Depp's character in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, while his second Fatality is based on the way he killed Taryn White in the fourth one.
  • Even though Freddy's full name appears in the character selection screen, the announcer only say Freddy's first name when you win.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Films: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) • Freddy's RevengeDream WarriorsThe Dream MasterThe Dream ChildFreddy's DeadNew NightmareFreddy vs. JasonA Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Characters: Freddy Krueger (JEH / MK) • Nancy ThompsonOther characters

Related topics: Freddy's Nightmares (Eps) • Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacyNancy HolbrookComicsFreddy vs. Jason vs. AshThe Nightmare Warriors • "Dream Warriors" • "Are You Ready for Freddy" • "Nightmare on My Street" • Boiler RoomNightmare RealmDream World

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