Freddy Krueger is Harry Potter

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The name Krueger means Potter.

Krüger, Kruger or Krueger (without the Umlaut Ü) are Jewish-German surnames originating from Krüger, meaning tavern-keeper in Low Saxon or potter in High German.

There are similarities in their name. Both Christian names end in y and have double letters in them. Both surnames end in ER.The name Freddy or Frederick means 'peaceful ruler'. The name Harry means 'house ruler'.

Both are associated with the colours red and yellow. Potter's house colours are red and yellow and Freddy's jumper in the original script was red and yellow(changed for the movie).

They both have scars.
They both wear hats. Potter wears a witch style hat in the books, omitted in the films.

Harry wears specs. In the opening scene to ELM ST we see Freddy making his fingerknives and on a table we clearly see a pair of spectacles.
They both do magic.
They both survived death.
They are both orphans and are fostered by abusive people.

In ELM ST Freddy is listed as simply Fred Krueger. Which has eleven letters. Harry Potter has eleven letters.
Harry Potter adds up to 8. The initials of Freddy Krueger add up to 8.
They both become invisible during their respective films/books.