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| Final girl | |
| Classification: | Industry term |
| Associated franchises: | Friday the 13th film series Halloween film series Nightmare on Elm Street Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
| Associated films: | A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Associated programs: | American Horror Story |
| Character examples: | Alice Hardy; Laurie Strode; Nancy Thompson; Sally Hardesty |
| Related articles: | Survivor; Victim |
Final Girl refers to a character archetype often utilized in the slasher sub-genre. Also known as the "survivor girl", the Final girl is the would-be victim of a slasher who not only survives the assailant's attack, but is also responsible for defeating him. The psychology behind the Final girl trope implies that the woman can only defeat her opponent by adopting masculine characteristics and killing him with some sort of phallic symbol. The film Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon goes into great detail explaining what the Final girl syndrome is and how it applies to horror films.
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- Final Girl redirects to this page.
- Survivor girl redirects to this page.
- It should be noted that just because an individual may be the "Final Girl" in one film or episode, it does not guarantee them safe livelihood in perpetuity. For example, though Alice Hardy was the Final Girl in Friday the 13th, she was quickly done away with in the beginning of Friday the 13th Part 2.
- Margaret Booth from American Horror Story: 1984 was perceived as a final girl concerning events relating to a 1970 campground massacre as seen in the season premiere, "Camp Redwood". Information supplied later however, establishes that Margaret is not a "Final Girl", but was actually the perpetrator of the crimes.