History Film / ANightmareOnElmStreet3DreamWarriors

* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:The closing scene shows one of the windows in the replica of the 1428 Elm Street house lighting up. Possibly subverted in that it's implied to be Nancy's spirit rather than Freddy's, and indeed the following movie has him resurrected without any connection to this scene.]]

* CigaretteBurns: While watching TV late at night past the mandatory bedtime at Westin Hills Asylum, Jennifer puts out a cigarette on her hand in an effort to stay awake so Freddy can't come after her. [[spoiler:It fails, and he kills her.]]

* BigNo: Joey gets his voice back by shouting this at the sight of the other protagonists being snatched away by the Mirror-Freddies.

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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Because of Patricia Arquette's pronunciation, it's often hard to tell if her character's name is Kirsten or Kristen. Other characters' pronunciations clarify the issue.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Joey's dream power, which contrasts with his muteness in the real world.

* GroinAttack: When Don gets clawed by Freddy's skeleton, it at first looks like he was stabbed in the stomach, but when the skeleton lifts him up, it reveals he got it in the balls.

* TookALevelInDumbass:/TooDumbToLive:

* BigNo: Joey gets his voice back by shouting a Big "NO!" at the sight of the other protagonists being snatched away by the Mirror-Freddies.

* TheCameo: Zsa Zsa Gabor appears in a television interview with Dick Cavett watched by Jennifer.

Freddy is still plaguing the dreams of the teens of Springwood. Their condition is thought to be psychological, and several of them have been placed in a psychiatric hospital. Nancy Thompson, the FinalGirl of the first film, joins the hospital staff, planning to help the kids to realize powers within their dreams and become the Dream Warriors to defeat Freddy.

Following the mixed reception of ''Freddy's Revenge'', New Line managed to convince Wes Craven back to write a sequel that makes no mention of the events of the second film and brings back the protagonist of the original feature, Nancy Thompson. The film added more dark humor into the ''Elm Street'' formula by having Freddy make jokes and one-liners about his victims' plights, an aspect that would carry over into the subsequent sequels. It also establishes the pattern of Freddy tailor-making nightmares to play off each victim's unique fears and self-doubts.

* FighterMageThief: Fittingly for a movie that has the teenagers role play badass versions of themselves in the dream world, with one of them being a D&D enthusiast. Will, said D&D fan, is obviously the Mage, with Kincaid and his SuperStrength being the Fighter and Taryn the KnifeNut being the Thief.

* NiceHat: Nancy has one at [[spoiler:Jennifer]]'s funeral scene.

* CelebrityCasualty: Freddy Krueger kills Creator/ZsaZsaGabor while she is appearing on DIck Cavett's talk show.

* TookALevelInDumbass:

* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover has: Taryn with white EightiesHair rather than the black spiked mohawk and what looks to be daggers rather than switchblades; a male character wielding a metal mace although no such weapon appears in the film; a girl in the who middle seems to be a combination of Nancy and Kristen, with Kristen's long hair but Nancy's SkunkStripe that goes down the middle of the hair; and Kincaid carrying a black billy club/baton even though he has no weapons. (It is of course possible this artwork was based on an earlier version of the script wherein the characters and/or their weapons and powers were different.)

* SeriesContinuityError: Nancy's SkunkStripe returns, but it's on the wrong side.

* KickTheDog: Not only does Freddy [[spoiler:kill Donald]], but [[LieToTheBeholder he disguises himself as him]] in order to fool [[spoiler:Nancy]] into entering his DeadlyHug. What makes it particularly malicious is that he quite obviously knew how much he meant to her and was able to convincingly portray him, and that (his ability to take on the appearances of others aside) the idea of [[spoiler:Donald]]'s spirit appearing in the dream world before moving on is not as far-fetched as it appears at first glance, so that the viewer could be as fooled as she was until TheReveal. 
* KnifeNut: Taryn's dream power is being "beautiful and bad," which means that she carries [[DualWielding two switchblades]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Elizabeth Simms and Donald Thompson. In the case of Simms although she doesn't believe them about Freddy, as a Doctor she genuinely cares about her patients and is worried about their mental health. In Donald's case, he was trying to protect his daughter from Krueger and bury the past even though it's clear that it's crippling him. When Neil accused him of not caring about Nancy, he slapped his arms away from him (Neil slammed him against a wall earlier) showing clearly he does care.

-->'''Kincaid''': Save it lady. We're not in the mood.

* VasquezAlwaysDies: [[spoiler:Taryn]] is the more action-oriented Dream Warrior, and dies because of it.

** Will and Taryn. Unlike Kincaid, Nancy and Kristen who opted to look for one another, these two decided to fight Freddy on their own. [[spoiler: They didn't win.]] Will especially since he decided to rush Freddy even though he had him [[spoiler: somewhat]] at bay with his magic and had a ranged advantage.

* StopMotion: The transformation of Philip's unfinished marionette into a miniature Freddy.

* DecapitationPresentation: Freddy does it in one of Kristen's nightmares, decapitating her mother and presenting the head to Kristen... so it can bitch at Kristen for ruining her date.

* NaughtyNurseOutfit: Seen in Joey's dream. Justified in that it's a teenage boy's sexual fantasy ... at least, until Freddy takes possession of the dream-nurse.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The movie makes no reference to the fate of Jesse and Lisa, the surviving protagonists of the second movie, and who had been attacked by Freddy in the final scene. In fact, this movie, as well as almost every sequel, makes no reference to ''Freddy's Revenge'' events. You can imagine that Nancy, who no longer lived in the old neighborhood, may never have heard of the events, but at the same time it's hard to believe that she hadn't paid attention to any news that might signal Krueger's return... It would take 18 years until finally a sequel, ''Film/FreddyVsJason'', mention the events of ''Freddy's Revenge'' and confirm them as part of the franchise canon (The end titles of ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' also features footage from ''Freddy's Revenge'').
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The heroes discover they can use dream powers. Kincaid gets SuperStrength, Taryn turns into a badass punk chick with two switchblades and the skill to use them, Will can turn into a wizard straight out of his TabletopGames, and Joey [[spoiler: gets something like a sonic scream]]. Kristen... can do gymnastics.

* LosingYourHead: Freddy messes with Kristen by decapitating her mother, and [[DecapitationPresentation presenting]] her scolding head to her.[[note]]It becomes a MythologyGag in ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' when he does the same exact thing to ''[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]'', of all people.[[/note]]

* KickTheDog: Not only does Freddy [[spoiler:kill Donald]], but [[LieToTheBeholder he disguises himself as him]] in order to fool [[spoiler:Nancy]] into entering his DeadlyHug. What makes it particularly malicious is that he quite obviously knew how much he meant to her and was able to convincingly portray him; and that, his ability to take on the appearances of others aside, the idea of [[spoiler:Donald]]'s spirit appearing in the dream world before moving on is not as far-fetched as it appears at first glance, so that the viewer could be as fooled as she was until TheReveal. 
* KnifeNut: Taryn's dream power is being "beautiful and bad", which means that she carries [[DualWielding two switchblades]].

* KarmaHoudini: Dr. Simms, despite technically being the one responsible for the kid's horrific deaths (sedating them so Freddy can kill them), get absolutely no comeuppance whatsoever. Unusual for a character like this in a horror movie. Her behavior, denying the bizarre nature of the kids' situation even led some people into thinking she was in league with Freddy, but if she was nothing was ever said.