Although the setting is never mentioned in the first movie, multiple sequels confirm the location as Springwood, Ohio.

Nancy is able to light him on fire with a Molotov cocktail and lock him in the basement.

Will Smith raps about this guy who's "burnt up like a weenie and his name is Fred" and who "wears the same hat and sweater every single day."

Craven has said he based Freddy on a bully named Fred Kreuger who menaced Craven in his youth. Freddy's famous hat and sweater is said to be influenced by a homeless man whom Craven remembers staring at him through his bedroom window when he was 10. The colored sweater was also a nod to the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man.

The plot of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors centers around Freddy's attempt to kill the remaining children of the parents who murdered him. The kids are committed to a psychiatric hospital where Nancy Thompson works. Having dealt with Freddy before, she helps the kids discover their dream powers so they can fight him.

Nancy's house has a blue door in the first film. In all of the sequels, it has a red door.

Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon cited the character's violent nature and iconic status as a reason for including him in the game.

The original film introduced his backstory as "The Springwood Slasher", a serial killer of children who had been burned to death by his victims' parents after evading prison on a technicality.

In Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, it is revealed that he was adopted by an alcoholic named Mr. Underwood (Alice Cooper) who abused him throughout his childhood until Freddy finally murdered him as a teenager.

When Glen is lying in bed listening to music, the DJ announces that it's radio station KRGR -- Krueger without the vowels.