Freddie (dance) jumping jacks; then extends the right leg and raises both arms again. The moves are repeated until the song's conclusion. Although the dance never achieved lasting popularity, it was instantly recognizable. In a 1965 episode of "The Addams Family" ("Lurch, the Teenage Idol"), Gomez Addams (John Astin) does The Freddie enthusiastically in his living room. In 1989 "Do the Freddie" made a surprise comeback in the movie "Troop Beverly Hills". In 1987 another song called "Do the Freddy" was released, off the gimmick album "Freddy's Greatest Hits". Complete with guest vocals by Robert Englund as slasher movie icon Freddy Krueger,
Freddy Krueger had a conversation about having a group — imagine Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, Leatherface from "Texas Chainsaw Massacre". We never got a grip on how we would do it, whether they’d be DLC characters or what. We also wanted to introduce a character who was unexpected. This DLC thing opens the doors to realizing these ideas." Krueger went on to become playable in the mobile edition of the game's sequel, "Mortal Kombat X", alongside Jason from "Friday the 13th". In October 2017, Krueger was released as a downloadable playable character in the seventh chapter of the asymmetric survival horror game