History YMMV / FreddyVsJason

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Gibb (due to being played by popular scream queen Katharine Isabelle) and [[TheStoner Freeburg]] (because of his hilarious one-liners) tend to be the best received of the teens.

** Gibb is treated terribly by her boyfriend, becomes depressed by his death, and then is subjected to an AttemptedRape at the same time that Freddy is tormenting her in the dream world.

** Lori Campbell. Some think she's among the worst [[FinalGirl Final Girls]] in the series, if not ''the'' worst, because of Monica Keena's notoriously poor performance and the character being a very shallow stereotype. Others think she's a very brave and likable girl who manages to become a badass at the end.

* TheWoobie: Jason as he's being [[MindRape mind raped]] by Freddy in the dream world. As he's forced to relive his ill-fated drowning way back in Camp Crystal Lake. He's even reduced to the scared child that he is, with Freddy going so far as to rip off Jason's hockey mask and calling him an [[KickTheDog ugly piece of shit]]. Not just that, but before his first fight with Freddy begins, the latter yells him while he's disguised as Jason's mother, ranting about how disappointed "she" is that Jason didn't stop killing. Poor Jason even gasps in shock, thinking that he really did disappoint Pamela. [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Making his mother]] [[SoProudofYou proud of him]] has been his [[WellDoneSonGuy driving purpose]] as a mass serial killer, so hearing these words must have broken his heart, before he realized that Freddy was just using his mother's image to trick him into killing people.

** [[SassyBlackWoman Kia]] as well. Some viewers very much enjoyed Creator/KellyRowland's LargeHam performance and found the character to be both amusing and likeable. Others found her to be nothing more than a grating, poorly written stereotype and felt Kelly's performance was amongst the worst in the movie, not to mention that she casually called Freddy a faggot (albeit seconds after he calls her "dark meat.")

* ScapegoatCreator: Fans are quick to blame Ronny Yu and Ronny Yu ''alone'' for the decision to [[TheOtherDarrin replace Kane Hodder with Ken Kirzinger as Jason Voorhees]], since Kane stopped receiving word after Ronny Yu was hired as director. In actuality, while he did ultimately agree to the change in casting, this was a decision made by the higher ups at New Line Cinema who wanted to recast Kane Hodder as they wanted a Jason that could tower over Freddy and had more expressive eyes. [[WordOfGod Even Yu admitted]] in both ''Never Sleep Again'' and ''Crystal Lake Memories'' documentaries that, even if he wasn’t a fan of either film series, he wasn't against Kane reprising Jason again as he knew both Sean S. Cunningham and the fans wanted it.

** Or he was mad that she was accusing HIM of being gay... something that in the 70s would be looked at with disdain and hatred. Keep in mind that just a minute earlier he called Kia [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain "dark bitch."]]

** [[SassyBlackWoman Kia]] as well. Some viewers very much enjoyed Creator/KellyRowland's LargeHam performance and found the character to be both amusing and likeable. Others found her to be nothing more than a grating, poorly written stereotype and felt Kelly's performance was amongst the worst in the movie, not to mention that she casually called Freddy a faggot (albeit seconds after he calls her "dark bitch.")

** Or he was mad that she was accusing HIM of being gay... something that in the 70s would be looked at with disdain and hatred. Keep in mind that just a minute earlier he called Kia [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain "dark meat."]]

** Or he was mad that she was accusing HIM of being gay... something that in the 70s would be looked at with disdain and hatred and knowing Freddy he'd HATE being compared to them. Keep in mind that just a minute earlier he called Kia [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain "dark meat."]]

** The movie could have been the perfect chance to bring back characters from both franchises, especially Tommy Jarvis and Alice. It's even sadder when you remember that this was the last chance for producers to do this, as both franchises would have a reboot years later.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Inverted; Mark's dead brother is played by the bully from ''Film/AChristmasStory''.

* CriticProof: Despite being bashed by critics, this is the highest-grossing film in the history of both franchises (or at least the Friday the 13th franchise, since the [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 Nightmare reboot]] outgrossed this one).

** See that ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' shout-out on the main page of the movie? It's amusingly prophetic because with the announcement of the first DLC character for ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', Freddy and Jason have appeared in the ''Mortal Kombat'' series, in that order. ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''' for Freddy and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' for Jason. The mobile version re-adds Freddy to the roster.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Mark's dead brother is played by the bully from ''Film/AChristmasStory''.
** Will is played by Jason Ritter, the future voice of [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper Pines]].
** Creator/EvangelineLilly appears as an extra.

* TheScrappy: While most characters have a few fans, no one likes Will. Jason Ritter's poor acting (to the point of smiling when his friends are dying) tends to be the biggest reason why.

* TearJerker: On a meta level, "And Creator/RobertEnglund as Freddy Krueger" has become this in hindsight, knowing that this was the last time that long-familiar credit will appear.

** Or he was mad that she was accusing HIM of being gay... something that in the 70s would be looked at with disdain and hatred and knowing Freddy he'd HATE being compared to them. Keep in mind that just a minute earlier he called Kia [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain "dark bitch."]]

** [[SassyBlackWoman Kia]] as well. Some viewers very much enjoyed Creator/KellyRowland's LargeHam performance and found the character to be both amusing and likeable. Others found her to be nothing more than a grating, poorly written stereotype and felt Kelly's performance was amongst the worst in the movie, not to mention that she casually called Freddy a faggot (albeit seconds after he calls her "dark meat.")

** Or he was mad that she was accusing HIM of being gay... something that in the 70s would be looked at with disdain and hatred and knowing Freddy he'd HATE being compared to them. Keep in mind that just a minute earlier he called Kia [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain "dark meat."]]

* CompleteMonster: Freddy Krueger. See [[YMMV/ANightmareOnElmStreet here]] for details.

** And on Kia. Is she [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero really a homophobe]], or is she just pretending to be so to taunt Freddy? Or is she just using edgy pre-2010s slang that was considered somewhat more acceptable at the time?

* ValuesDissonance: If it was released in a later decade, Kia wouldn't use a homophobic slur towards Freddy.

* VindicatedByHistory: Downplayed. Although no one would say that this is a great movie, fan opinion seems to have improved over the years, especially after the mixed and/or negative reception of the reboots that the two franchises had years later. While the human characters and the pacing continue to be regarded as the film's biggest problems, many fans admit that when the film focuses on the two villains killing people in the most graphical ways possible or fighting each other, it delivers a lot.

* CharacterRerailment: Freddy Krueger returns to the terrifying, demonic monster he was introduced as in the original movie from 1984, as he being played almost dead serious and has none of the campy trends or humour from the other sequels that he became infamous for. And while he still possess his witty one-liners, they're used less for the silly humour like in the sequels and more - like in the original movie - to emphasize just how much of a sadistic, murderous monster he actually is.

** Same with Jason Voorhees. Some fans saw it as one of the better portrayals of the character, praising him for his menacing size and more Frankenstein-esque movements as adding something new to the character. Others found it to be one of the most pathetic and laughable incarnations, criticizing said Frankenstein build as making him feel much stiff than even earlier installments and overall disliked his weird trait of being afraid of water all the sudden. Then there are those who hate this take altogether just because he’s not played by Creator/KaneHodder.

* ContestedSequel: Depending on the fan (either of Freddy, Jason, or both), this movie is either the greatest thing to have happened in both franchises or a completely incoherent mess that pisses on their legacies.

* CharacterRerailment: Freddy Krueger returns to the terrifying, demonic monster he was introduced as in the original movie from 1984, as he being played almost dead serious and has none of the campy trends or humour from the other sequels that he became infamous for. And while he still possess his witty one-liners, they're used less for the silly humour like in the sequels and more - like in the original movie- to emphasize just how much of a sadistic, murderous monster he actually is.

* CharacterRerailment: Freddy Krueger returns to the terrifying, demonic monster he was introduced as in the original movie from 1984, as he being played almost dead serious and has none of the campy trends or humour from the other sequels that he became infamous for. And while he still possess his witty one-liners, they're used less for humour and more to emphasize just how much of a psychopathic, murderous monster he actually is.

* {{Narm}}: The title itself. If you hear it not knowing it's referring to ''that'' Freddy and ''that'' Jason, it sounds like the name of a contemporary stoner comedy.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Or is it Spiritual ''Predecessor''? In November 1984, ''Fangoria'' magazine ran a 5-page color comic strip entitled "1st ''Fangoria'' Splatterbowl," by comic artists John Arnold and Linwood Sasser, wherein [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] took on Jason Voorhees and [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]].