Talk:A Nightmare on Elm Street

message: The character's name is "Freddy Kreuger".  Not "Fred".  It doesn't appear as "Fred" in any script, nor in the credits of any of the movies.  While one might be tempted to "class it up" or something similar by assuming that "Freddy" is short for "Fred", that's never stated.  Nor used.  In any of the movies.  Or the television show.  Assumptions without verification and validation have no place here, no?
Please, somebody, edit this article to restore legitimacy to it!  This isn't about what anybody thinks reads better or sounds better or more classy, as it were, it's about veracity and clewing to the source material when ostensibly providing accurate expanded information about said material.04:33, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Rewatch the original film and look at the credits. It says "Robert Englund as 'Fred Krueger'". It says it at the beginning, in the end, and it says it on the film's poster.   BIGNOLE   (Contact me) 04:38, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: His name is said very few times in the film, none of them being "Freddy". Have you ever seen the original? $©@®©Ξ 04:49, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

text: He says 'Come to Freddy' whilst Nancy dreams of him in the boiler room in the school's basement. Since he is also more popularly called Freddy Krueger in every other source, I think this should be changed to 'Freddy' for consistency.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.214.130 (talk) 22:33, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's how the character is known, which is why his article is Freddy Krueger, and not Fred Krueger. But, we don't retcon names that are later popular here. We go with what is credited. He is called more often, "Fred", and is credited as such.   BIGNOLE   (Contact me) 23:00, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Makes no difference to me which way he's credited but I have to pipe in here.  Although he's more commonly known as "Freddy" he is referred to as "Fred" in the film several times.  When Nancy confronts her mother in the kitchen, she pulls his hat from a drawer and says, "It even has his name written in it.  Fred Krueger, mom.  Fred Krueger.  Do you know who that is, mother?  Because if you do, you better tell me because he's after me now." Her mother replies, "Fred Krueger can't come after you, Nancy.  He's dead.  Believe me, I know."  Later in the basement, her mother says, "You want to know who Fred Krueger was?  He was a filthy child murderer who killed at least 20 kids in the neighborhood..."  Later, while talking to her father on the phone, Nancy says of Glen's murder, "Fred Krueger did it, daddy."  (Sadly I know the film so well I was able to quote all that from memory.) If memory serves, I think Nancy also refers to him as "Fred" in ANOES 3.  VinnieRattolle (talk) 20:14, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Remember two dream sequences, one in a boiler room where Krueger taunting Nancy, saying "Come to Freddy", and the other  where Krueger impersonating Tina and say "Help, Nancy, save me please? Save me from Freddy." Even Nancy's fight with Krueger during the climax she once referred Krueger as "Freddy". --NeoBatfreak (talk) 20:16, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, I think on the plot section, we can leave one sentence with "Freddy" due to what the character referred himself in the film, and the rest of it as "Krueger", which is actually the whole point of me changing the plot section of from "Freddy" to "Krueger" but leaving one sentence because of this dispute.  On the cast section, I've adjusted as "Fred 'Freddy' Kureger" in hope that this would solve this matter .--NeoBatfreak (talk) 20:56, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Fred or Freddy

message: In the plot section there is a sentence that states Pee wee Herman played Freddy Krueger. Is this true or is it just another person making fun of him.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.13.88.108 (talk) 16:03, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Pee-Wee Herman" 

message: Someone who has seen the film more recently than I needs to rewrite the last two paragraphs of the plot section.  Glen and Marge are spoken of as being murdered in the next-to-last paragraph, but then the last paragraph mentions them all being in the car the next day.  Any thought? --Brandon (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 18:18, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Marge and Glen are murdered. After defeating Krueger, Nancy wishes for her original life back and when she opens the door, she does. ~ ς ح д r خ є ~ 18:25, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: (edit) Nancy defeats Krueger in her bedroom. The ending is sometimes interpreted as being a dream, but that's original research, so we can only write what we see. ~ ς ح д r خ є ~ 18:29, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite Last 2 Paragraphs of Plot 

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RMCD bot 07:15, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Oppose. This is a binary inquiry. If the original film is not the primary topic of the term, then the franchise is. If this page becomes the primary topic page, it will promptly get a  tag, and at least be converted into a set index page, since I'm sure no one wants to delete the partial title matches which make up the vast majority of links on the page. bd2412 T 18:56, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: The original film is NOT set in Ohio, but takes place in Los Angeles. The sequel occurs in the fictional town.67.172.238.164 (talk) 03:00, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location 

message: The Release section (under Distribution) and the Box Office section (under Reaction) have redundant information, and some of the information in the Box Office section is simply incorrect - notably, the film did not gross $25 million in Holland and the cited source refers only to the U.S. gross.  Also, the correct figure for the U.S. gross appears to be $25,504,513 and not $10,777,659, as both Box Office Mojo and IMDB report the total domestic gross as the former number.  So, I'm going to go ahead and move the Release section into the Box Office section and correct the errors.  If anyone has any ideas for information to add to the Distribution section, probably information related to the film's marketing, that would be great to flesh out that section, and if anyone has any feedback related to the changes I'm making, be sure to let me know.  Rasil Bathrobe (talk) 20:17, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems with Release/Box Office Sections 

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message: Can anyone find any info on the Japanese releases (more specifically the VHS copies)? 206.255.66.172 (talk) 08:36, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japanese releases info