Freddy Krueger

Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger is a fictional character from the Nightmare on Elm Street series of horror films. He first appears in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) as a disfigured dream stalker who uses a glove armed with razors to kill his victims in their dreams, ultimately causing their deaths in the waking world as well. However, whenever he is put into the real world, he has normal human vulnerability. He was created by Wes Craven, and has been consistently portrayed by Robert Englund since his first appearance. In the 2010 remake, however, Krueger is portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley.

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

Biography

 * Mortal Kombat (2011): "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."

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 Spike: Freddy sticks his claws in the ground, causing enlarged spikes to reappear from under ground. This has Close, Medium, and Far commands. (MK 2011)


 * Sweet Dreams: Freddy summons a green orb that falls on the opponent and causes them to fall asleep for a short time. (MK 2011)


 * Glove Toss: Freddy sends one of his gloves to fly off his hand and into the opponent. (MK 2011)
 * The enhanced version is called Power Glove Toss. Freddy sends both of his gloves to fly off his hands, causing more damage.


 * Freddy Fingers: Freddy sends one of his gloves to crawl across the ground and hit the opponent's feet. (MK 2011)


 * Dream Shift: Freddy disappears and reappears in fire. This has Away and Towards commands. (MK 2011)


 * X-Ray Move - What A Rush: Freddy uppercuts the opponent, then impales the opponent with his claws through the chest, breaking the ribs and puncturing the lungs. Then he swipes the opponent across the face, damaging the skull. (MK 2011)

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. (MK 2011)


 * Fatality 2: 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. (MK 2011)

Trivia

 * If not counting the DC characters, Freddy is the second guest character to appear in the Mortal Kombat series, the first being Kratos.
 * However he is the first DLC character originated from movies.
 * Unlike Kratos, Freddy will be available for both consoles.
 * Also unlike Kratos, he will not get his own arena.
 * 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 Nightmare on Elm Street, while his second Fatality is based on the way he killed one of his victims in the 4th Nightmare on Elm Street (which was his response to his victim's saying "I'll see you in hell"). His X-Ray Move is based on the way he killed one of his victims in the 3rd Nightmare on Elm Street (That was the line he spoke as he killed the victim as the victim was a former junkie).
 * Much like Shang Tsung, Freddy Krueger feeds off the souls of his victims.
 * Much like Kabal, Freddy's disfigured appearance is the result of being burned alive.
 * Krueger and Scorpion were both aged 32 before they died and became immortals. They also share a similar power of hellfire.
 * Ed Boon has stated there's a future possibility of more DLC, but it's uncertain at this time.

DLC Video
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