History Trivia / NightmareTimeS1E3JanesACarAndTheWitchInTheWeb

* IKnewIt: The fact that Uncle Wiley used to be Wilbur Cross is quietly confirmed in the end credits, which list him as simply "Wilbur", which almost makes one wonder if it was ever even ''supposed'' to be ambiguous.

* ThrowItIn: The lines in the song "Jane's a Car" where Creator/DylanSaunders is talking over the bridge of the song ("Yeah... come on, Hatchetfield, let's go!"), as though talking to the crowd at a live concert, were ad-libbed by Dylan and weren't in Creator/JeffBlim's original lyrics. (And contradict the implied setting of the song, which ''doesn't'' take place in Hatchetfield but on "Highway One" in California.)

* DeletedScene: Controversially, the original sex scene between Tom and Jane -- which hilariously just went [[OverlyLongGag on and on]], with BrainBleach-inducing explicit details ("Take off your shirt... and your pants... [[FantasticArousal Careful with my cupholders, they're sensitive]]...") and amazing {{Reaction Shot}}s from the entire rest of the cast in gallery view -- was drastically reduced in length for the [=YouTube=] release, with a SexyDiscretionShot almost immediately after Jane propositions Tom cutting directly to Tim walking in on them (and only a brief few seconds of the cast's {{Reaction Shot}}s to the situation preserved). Opinions are divided on whether this was necessary to avoid [[MoralGuardians being demonetized by YouTube]], it was a response to offended reactions from fans, or it was a simple artistic decision to shorten the scene and make it flow better.\

* DeletedScene: Controversially, the original sex scene between Tom and Jane -- which hilariously just went [[OverlyLongGag on and on]], with BrainBleach-inducing explicit details ("Take off your shirt... and your pants... [[FantasticArousal Careful with my cupholders, they're sensitive]]...") and amazing {{Reaction Shot}}s from the entire rest of the cast in gallery view -- was drastically reduced in length for the [=YouTube=] release, with a SexyDiscretionShot almost immediately after Jane propositions Tom cutting directly to Tim walking in on them (and only a brief few seconds of the cast's {{Reaction Shot}}s to the situation preserved). Opinions are divided on whether this was necessary to avoid [[MoralGuardians being demonetized by YouTube]], it was a response to offended reactions from fans, or it was a simple artistic decision to shorten the scene and make it flow better.

* CaptainObviousReveal: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title of the story]] already spoils the initial {{reveal}}, but a minority of fans were still holding out the possibility it meant something more metaphorical.
** Also, TheReveal that Jane's intention is to kill another woman to come back to life by taking her body is something most fans could see coming a mile away, except the ones who, like Tom, were still in denial that this version of Jane isn't at all like the good person they imagined.

* HarsherInHindsight: James Tolbert as the Judge in this story uses the same voice and affect he did for the hilariously memeable "She has the lying tongue of a SNAAAKE" line as the Security Guard in ''Theatre/BlackFriday''. This time, with the more appropriate setting and the greater buildup for it, the act is much less funny and comes off as genuinely menacing and terrifying.

* NarmCharm: Hannah and her emotions are PlayedStraight and taken very seriously for this whole story; on the flip side, Angela Giarratana takes great pleasure in playing the Witch as the most over-the-top, unrealistic villain possible. Her piercing, nails-on-chalkboard shriek to Webby that Wiggly is "MY KIIIING -- ''YOUR KIIIING, BITCH!''" is a NarmCharm highlight.

* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: This time, Kendall Nicole as Hannah has to carry the whole story on her back as the main character, and is pushed to emotional extremes the whole time -- she spends almost the whole episode shaking and screaming in terror. It'd be easy to play such a role as one-note goofy {{Narm}}, especially as a child actor, but Kendall ''completely averts'' this -- her emotions all feel very real the whole time and the fans were terrified right along with her. In the original livestream you could see Curt Mega, her RealLife acting teacher, nodding with approval at her climactic final scene where her fear turns into righteous anger and she finally reclaims her power and defeats the Witch.

* HarsherInHindsight: Creator/JamesTolbert as the Judge in this story uses the same voice and affect he did for the hilariously memeable "She has the lying tongue of a SNAAAKE" line as the Security Guard in ''Theatre/BlackFriday''. This time, with the more appropriate setting and the greater buildup for it, the act is much less funny and comes off as genuinely menacing and terrifying.

* PlayingAgainstType: One complaint from fans of Creator/JaimeLynBeatty who found her underused in recent Starkid shows was pointing that she's generally played TheWoobie all the way from Ginny in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' to Charlotte in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', and they'd like to not just see her in a more major role that stretches out her acting chops but see her branch out into a different type of character. They got what they wanted ''in spades'' with Jaime as Jane, who's a very dark, intelligent, sophisticated PlayedStraight villainess who gives Linda Monroe a run for her money in the LoveToHate department (with the inherent BlackComedy in the fact that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin she's a car]]).

* PlayingAgainstType: One complaint about fans of Creator/JaimeLynBeatty who found her underused in recent Starkid shows was pointing that she's generally played TheWoobie all the way from Ginny in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' to Charlotte in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', and they'd like to not just see her in a more major role that stretches out her acting chops but see her branch out into a different type of character. They got what they wanted ''in spades'' with Jaime as Jane, who's a very dark, intelligent, sophisticated PlayedStraight villainess who gives Linda Monroe a run for her money in the LoveToHate department (with the inherent BlackComedy in the fact that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin she's a car]]).

* CreatorCouple: Creator/DylanSaunders' fiancée Shashona Brooks has been "Starkid-adjacent" for a long time (including acting alongside several Starkid troupe members in ''Theatre/TheLastDaysOfJudasIscariot''), but graduates to officially becoming a member of Creator/TeamStarkid by directing and shooting him in the MusicVideo for "Jane's a Car". (She had to, since with the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic there really weren't any other options.),

* CreatorCouple: Creator/DylanSaunders' fiancée Shashona Brooks has been "Starkid-adjacent" for a long time (including acting alongside several Starkid troupe members in ''Theatre/TheLastDaysOfJudasIscariot''), but graduates to officially becoming a member of Creator/TeamStarkid by directing and shooting him in the MusicVideo for "Jane's a Car". (She had to, since with the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic there really weren't any other options.)

* IKnewIt: The fact that Uncle Wiley used to be Wilbur Cross is quietly confirmed in the end credits, which list him as simply "Wilbur".
* ThrowItIn: When Uncle Wiley produces an apple from nowhere, Zoom reads it as part of the background at first, so for several seconds, Joey is holding an invisible apple which then really ''does'' materialize out of nowhere.

* ThrowItIn: The lines in the song "Jane's a Car" where Creator/DylanSaunders is talking over the bridge of the song ("Yeah... come on, Hatchetfield, let's go!"), as though talking to the crowd at a live concert, were ad-libbed by Dylan and weren't in Creator/JeffBlim's original lyrics. (And contradict the implied setting of the song, which ''doesn't' take place in Hatchetfield but on "Highway One" in California.)