Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) survives his attacks in the original film, and appeared in Dream Warriors. She was replaced by Alice Johnson (Lisa Wilcox) as the protagonist of the fourth and fifth installments, who has special abilities in her dreams which allow her to fight Freddy's machinations.

In the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series, Freddy Krueger was burned by a group of parents seeking vigilante justice after he was released from custody on a technicality. This act was a result of their anger and fear over Freddy's heinous crimes against their children.