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* CoitusEnsues: A hilariously shocking moment of depravity when, in the depths of his guilt and internal conflict over Jane asking him to become an accomplice to murder, Tom goes along with Jane's offer to seal the deal by ''having sex with her'' to prove he still sees her as his wife. The original scene from the livestream had this scene ''[[OverlyLongGag just keep going]]'' and escalating the {{Squick}} the whole time before Tim mercifully interrupts it by [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown walking in and catching them]].
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* FantasticArousal: The extended version of the Tom/Jane sex scene from [[DeletedScene the original script]].
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-->'''Jane''': Careful with my cupholders, Tom... they're sensitive... Yes, Tom, yes!
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* AndIMustScream: Some of Jane's behavior can at least theoretically be excused by the fact that, as she points out, she spent 18 months being worked on in Tony's garage, the equivalent of a human being spending all that time trapped in the hospital undergoing surgery, only worse because of her awareness that ''she isn't human anymore''.
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* TraumaButton: Tom and Tim's first scene reveals that Tom still feels significant discomfort looking at bumper cars, after the accident.
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* TraumaButton: Tom and Tim's first scene reveals that Tom still feels significant discomfort after the accident from looking at bumper cars, after video games involving car crashes -- on top of his ''existing'' PTSD from Iraq over games that involve gun violence. Later on, Jane reveals her awareness of Tom's more specific TraumaButton of being blamed for her death in the accident.accident and accused of not really caring about her enough to prevent her death, and uses it shamelessly to guilt him into obeying her orders.
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The three major female characters in this story -- Jane, when she was alive (and as we see her represented by Creator/JaimeLynBeatty as a ghost) was a brunette, the Greenpeace Girl is a blonde and Becky Barnes is a redhead. Lampshaded by Jane, who talks about how much she likes the Greenpeace Girl's hair when considering her as a host, and when she settles on Becky talks about looking forward to seeing what life is like with red hair.
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* DramaticIrony: Lex, Ethan and Tony all make comments about not being able to imagine dealing with the grief Tom is feeling over losing his wife, none of them knowing that in the AlternateTimeline of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' Ethan dies tragically -- as he very nearly does in the opening scene of this story -- forcing Lex and Tony to go through the same TheMourningAfter Tom did. (With Ethan himself, ironically, having argued that to do so is irrational and one should try to move on as quickly as possible.)
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* DramaticIrony: Lex, Ethan and Tony all make comments about not being able to imagine dealing with the grief Tom is feeling over losing his wife, none of them knowing that in the AlternateTimeline of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' Ethan dies tragically -- as he very nearly does in the opening scene of this story -- forcing Lex and Tony to go through the same TheMourningAfter Tom did. (With Ethan himself, ironically, having argued that to do so is irrational and one should try to move on as quickly as possible.))\
* EndearinglyDorky: Becky definitely has her moments, including when she's poking fun at her reputation as an AllLovingHero by protesting she's bad at ''Zombie House'' because she'd rather help the zombies than shoot them.
* EndearinglyDorky: Becky definitely has her moments, including when she's poking fun at her reputation as an AllLovingHero by protesting she's bad at ''Zombie House'' because she'd rather help the zombies than shoot them.
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* HeroicBSOD: Doug's final monologue describes Tom as having "completely lost his mind" after having to helplessly watch the woman he loves get hit by a car in a situation he's responsible for ''the second time''. The story ends with him [[BedlamHouse locked up in the psych ward at St. Damien's]] for the foreseeable future.
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* HearingVoices: Although ''we'' can see Jane's ghost being played by Creator/JaimeLynBeatty, Tom can't, and only experiences her presence as a voice in his ear telling him it's her ghost inside his car, which is a major reason he suspects she isn't real and he may be hallucinating. (TruthInTelevision -- visual hallucinations are incredibly rare compared to auditory ones.)
* HeroicBSOD: Doug's final monologue describes Tom as having"completely lost his mind" "a complete mental breakdown" after having to helplessly watch the woman he loves get hit by a car in a situation he's responsible for ''the second time''. The story ends with him [[BedlamHouse locked up in the psych ward at St. Damien's]] for the foreseeable future.
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* MurderIntoMalevolence: Tom thinks Jane isn't "acting like herself" and that possibly she CameBackWrong, although whether her actions make sense for someone truly desperate to become a human again is debatable (and hotly debated by the fandom). What's pretty clear though is that seeing a version of Jane ''this'' [[LackOfEmpathy utterly unconcerned with anyone else's welfare but her own]] is a deeply chilling contrast to how highly Emma and Tom spoke of her when she was TheGhost in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' and ''Theatre/BlackFriday''.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: No one can hear Jane's voice except Tom, and Jane's actions involving controlling Tom's systems only occur with Tom in the driver's seat (minus the prologue with Lex and Ethan, which Tom didn't witness), making it seem awfully likely that [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness the whole thing is just Tom's hallucination]].
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: No one can hear Jane's voice except Tom, and Jane's actions involving controlling Tom's systems only occur with Tom in the driver's seat (minus the prologue with Lex and Ethan, which Tom didn't witness), making it seem awfully likely that [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness the whole thing is just Tom's hallucination]].
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* ParodiesForDummies: Tom goes to the bookstore to buy a "Neurology for Dummies" book to try to figure out if it's possible Jane's voice is a {{Hallucination|s}} caused by PTSD or brain damage. He lampshades that even the "for Dummies" version of this subject is a bit beyond his usual reading level and that self-diagnosis from a book isn't really a great idea -- although, [[{{Irony}} ironically]], the person he'd normally ask is the person his questions are about (his dead wife Jane).
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* ShoutOut: Hatchetfield's local SuckECheeses, Pizza Pete's, shows up again in this story, as does Tim's favorite game at Pizza Pete's, ''Zombie House'' (an obvious BlandNameProduct for ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'').
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* SelfPunishmentOverFailure: ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' revealed that Tom thinks of Jane's death as the result of his own incompetence and hates himself over it as deeply as if he were a murderer; in this story, Jane seems aware of this guilt and ''exploits'' it in order to make Tom feel like he has no choice but to go along with her plan to undo it and bring her back, no matter the cost to himself or to others. Doug harshly sums up what looks from the outside like a purely irrational decision to throw away the life he'd been building before Jane came back:
-->Maybe the guy just didn't want to be happy.
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* TragicKeepsake: Tom's Mustang -- the car Jane died in -- has become this for him. Lex and Ethan have an animated conversation about how his quixotic -- and very expensive -- quest to restore it to exactly as it was before the accident is an understandable decision or not, and whether it's healthy to indulge the romantic impulse to hang onto a loss from your past and never fully let it go. This story ends up literalizing the metaphor about how a reminder of grief like this can keep you from moving on, in a disturbingly visceral way.
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** A brief MoodWhiplash joke in the horrifying climax in the Witchwood has Becky consider climbing a tree to try to escape being run over by Jane but deciding against it "[[NoodleIncident after what happened last time]]", alluding to the story Prof. Hidgens told in "The Hatchetfield Ape-Man" about Becky being "stuck up a tree for two days" that was never elaborated on.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Tom's rock-bottom moment in this story is when Tim walks in on him having sex with Jane, i.e. he walks in on his dad having stripped down to his underwear, writhing and moaning in the backseat of his car with the windows fogged up. Tom just barely manages to gather his composure and utter a brief non-excuse that, thankfully, Tim is old enough to know better than to ask follow-up questions about.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Tom's rock-bottom moment in this story is when Tim walks in on him having sex with Jane, i.e. he walks in on his dad having stripped down to his underwear, writhing and moaning in the backseat of his car with the windows fogged up. Tom just barely manages to gather his composure and utter a brief non-excuse that, thankfully, Tim is old enough to know better than to ask follow-up questions about.
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* DarkestHour: Creator/NickLang has described this particular story as one designed to bring Tom Houston to the worst possible extreme of despair and dysfunction he could experience, and the scene where he agrees to [[{{Squick}} have sex with Jane as a car]] only to be [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown caught by his son]] as the specific moment he hits rock bottom.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Most fans expected it, but a few were still taken off guard by the fact that the title is completely literal -- Jane, Tom's dead wife, really does come back as a car.
* ForcedIntoEvil: Jane basically drags Tom kicking and screaming every ''inch'' of the way into complicity with her murderous EvilPlan, having to repeatedly slam Tom's TraumaButton about his guilt over her death and his feelings of inadequacy as a husband until he succumbs.
* ForcedIntoEvil: Jane basically drags Tom kicking and screaming every ''inch'' of the way into complicity with her murderous EvilPlan, having to repeatedly slam Tom's TraumaButton about his guilt over her death and his feelings of inadequacy as a husband until he succumbs.
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* HeroicBSOD: Doug's final monologue describes Tom as having "completely lost his mind" after having to helplessly watch the woman he loves get hit by a car in a situation he's responsible for ''the second time''. The story ends with him [[BedlamHouse locked up in the psych ward at St. Damien's]] for the foreseeable future.
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* PsychoPsychologist: This story reveals that Jane's profession in life was as a psychiatrist at St. Damien's, and the version of Jane we meet seems perfectly willing to use her general analytical skills re: the human psyche and her specific knowledge of Tom's inner demons to get herself back in a human body, regardless of the cost.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Tom already had a hell of one before this story began and the events of "Jane's a Car" push him all the way to his breaking point -- [[HeroicBSOD and beyond]]. Jane ''intentionally doing this'', knowing how fragile Tom's psyche is and where all his weak points are, makes her very very difficult to forgive.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Tom continues his tendency of doing this from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', only in much direr circumstances. When he tells Becky that Jane is "in my car" and Becky asks, alarmed, if he means he dug up his wife's corpse, he scoffs and says he's not ''crazy'' -- he's referring to the fact that [[YouHaveToBelieveMe his wife's ghost is possessing the car and he's hearing her voice telling him to do awful things]].
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* AmbiguousSituation: This story led to fierce debate over whether Jane was always a callous, abusive person and Emma and Tom just described her after her death through rose-tinted glasses, whether Jane CameBackWrong due to the evil ritual used to resurrect her or alternatively was DrivenToMadness by her situation of being [[AndIMustScream trapped with an inanimate object for a body]], or whether the spirit possessing the car isn't ''really'' Jane at all but some kind of demonic impersonator sent by the Lords in Black, like Ethan's "Bad Double" in ''Theatre/BlackFriday''. WordOfGod on the matter is vague, but Creator/NickLang generally talks about this episode as though Jane is in fact the "real" Jane but that we shouldn't judge Jane's actions in life by her actions after death.
** WordOfGod is that this story was ''also'' meant to leave it ambiguous whether the car is really haunted at all or [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Tom is imagining it all and going insane]]; however, most fans found Ethan's near-death experience at the beginning to be evidence enough that Jane is real, even before the WhamLine confirming it in the ending.
** WordOfGod is that this story was ''also'' meant to leave it ambiguous whether the car is really haunted at all or [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Tom is imagining it all and going insane]]; however, most fans found Ethan's near-death experience at the beginning to be evidence enough that Jane is real, even before the WhamLine confirming it in the ending.
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* UnseenNoMore: This story finally brings PosthumousCharacter Jane Perkins -- about whom we've [[SmallRoleBigImpact heard a lot but never seen]] -- onstage, and has her played by fan favorite actress who's been relatively OutOfFocus in Hatchetfield, Creator/JaimeLynBeatty.
* UnseenNoMore: This story finally brings PosthumousCharacter Jane Perkins -- about whom we've [[SmallRoleBigImpact heard a lot but never seen]] -- onstage, and has her played by fan favorite actress who's been relatively OutOfFocus in Hatchetfield, Creator/JaimeLynBeatty.
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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Tom doesn't do a very good job of explaining to Becky what's going on in a way that doesn't make him sound crazy -- and, in fact, his confession that he's a danger to himself or others, i.e. "Sooner or later Jane's gonna make me run someone over", is a major tactical error in that it obligates her as a medical professional to call the police. But it's hard to really chide someone in his circumstances for not being in the clearest state of mind.
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** Mariah's other character from ''TGWDLM'', the Greenpeace Girl, also comes back and plays a major role in the plot (although she technicaly doesn't have a [[TheVoiceless speaking role]] this time).
* CallBack: Just as in ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', Tom and Becky make love while the horrible holiday movie ''[[ShowWithinAShow Santa Claus Is Goin' to High School]]'' is playing, although the circumstances this time are completely different.
** The Greenpeace Girl surprisingly comes back, still doing the same crappy job she was doing in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''.
* CallBack: Just as in ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', Tom and Becky make love while the horrible holiday movie ''[[ShowWithinAShow Santa Claus Is Goin' to High School]]'' is playing, although the circumstances this time are completely different.
** The Greenpeace Girl surprisingly comes back, still doing the same crappy job she was doing in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The whole plot of the episode happens because Jane happened to die in a car accident at the ''exact'' moment the car stereo was playing the [[BodySurf soul transfer]] incantation from the Black Book being recited by her patient. (Presumably in every timeline where Jane ''doesn't'' come back as a haunted car, the timing was slightly off and this coincidence just didn't happen.)
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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Jane tries to argue that what she wants from Tom isn't ''murder'' because the goal isn't to actually kill the other woman's body, just damage it enough to "jar the soul loose" while leaving it in healthy condition for Jane to occupy. When Tom presses her on what exactly happens to the original soul, she admits she doesn't actually care but that it probably ends up in whatever afterlife may or may not exist -- i.e., yes, she absolutely is talking about murder.
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* HopeSpot: The first half of this episode is a long SliceOfLife examination of Tom slowly but surely overcoming his grief and PTSD in order to build a new life and family with Tim and Becky. It contains tons of minor SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments that are pure FanficFuel for Barneston shippers... which is why, given that this is a ''Nightmare Time'' story following Creator/SamRaimi's rules of horror, a [[BackFromTheDead supernatural event occurs]] that blows all of Tom's hopes for a happy ending to smithereens.
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** Tom reveals to Becky that part of Jane's PassiveAggressiveKombat with him while they were married was trying to manipulate him into doing things for her that she was perfectly capable of doing herself, and that he's worried her forcing him to drive her around may be a manifestation of the same behavior. Sure enough, when he flat-out refuses to run over Becky Barnes, Jane reveals she's gained the ability to control ''all'' of the car's systems -- accelerator and steering wheel included -- and leaves Tom a helpless passenger in the driver's seat with a front-row view of his girlfriend's murder.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The opening scene of the episode foreshadows ''hard'' that Lex and Ethan are TemptingFate by openly making fun of the haunted car for being old and busted while testing its engine, and that Ethan is about to continue Robert Manion's trend of being a ChronicallyKilledActor by being the SacrificialLamb showing Jane GainingTheWillToKill -- only for the story to relent and allow Lex to save Ethan's life by slamming on the brakes at the last minute. (This was a last-minute writing change made in RealLife, because of the tongue-in-cheek fan petition to stop killing Robert's characters.)
** The final scene of the episode with Becky waking up in the hospital after being run over tries hard to tease the possibility that the car was never haunted and [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Tom just let his grief drive him mad]], before the ending WhamLine lets us know Jane's ghost really was controlling the car and is now controlling Becky.
** The final scene of the episode with Becky waking up in the hospital after being run over tries hard to tease the possibility that the car was never haunted and [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Tom just let his grief drive him mad]], before the ending WhamLine lets us know Jane's ghost really was controlling the car and is now controlling Becky.
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* DownerEnding: Especially for fans of Becky, since TheReveal that Jane's KillAndReplace scheme succeeded means poor longsuffering Becky either suffered CessationOfExistence or has her soul [[AndIMustScream trapped in a wrecked car about to go to the junk heap]].
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* DownerEnding: Especially for fans of Becky, since TheReveal that Jane's KillAndReplace scheme succeeded means poor longsuffering Becky either suffered CessationOfExistence or has her soul [[AndIMustScream trapped in a wrecked car about to go to the junk heap]]. (And Tom's fate, being institutionalized as an attempted murderer for the foreseeable future, isn't great either.)
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* DramaticIrony: Lex, Ethan and Tony all make comments about not being able to imagine dealing with the grief Tom is feeling over losing his wife, none of them knowing that in the AlternateTimeline of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' Ethan dies tragically -- as he very nearly does in the opening scene of this story -- forcing Lex and Tony to go through the same MourningAfterDeath Tom did. (With Ethan himself, ironically, having argued that to do so is irrational and one should try to move on as quickly as possible.)
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* DramaticIrony: Lex, Ethan and Tony all make comments about not being able to imagine dealing with the grief Tom is feeling over losing his wife, none of them knowing that in the AlternateTimeline of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' Ethan dies tragically -- as he very nearly does in the opening scene of this story -- forcing Lex and Tony to go through the same MourningAfterDeath TheMourningAfter Tom did. (With Ethan himself, ironically, having argued that to do so is irrational and one should try to move on as quickly as possible.)
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* AmbiguouslyBi: A lot of the LGBTFanbase got excited when Jane demanded Tom take her down to the beach to scope out chicks in swimsuits, only for this to turn sour when they realized [[KillAndReplace what Jane's motive actually was]]. (Not that this is evidence she ''isn't'' bi, and in fact just tees her up for the DepravedBisexual trope.)
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Jane gives her litany of (quite understandable) reasons she was upset to wake up in the form of a car, she ends with how humiliated she was that Lex made fun of her for being an older model and called her stereo obsolete.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Jane gives her litany of (quite understandable) reasons she was upset to wake up in the form of a car, she ends with how humiliated she was that Lex made fun of her for being an older model and called her stereo obsolete.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: It's been revealed this episode is one for ''Theatre/BlackFriday'''s Tom Houston, played by Creator/DylanSaunders, and the "Jane" in the title is his famously [[LostLenore dead wife]]. (It remains to be confirmed in what sense exactly Jane is a car, though most fans are guessing that it's [[HauntedTechnology her ghost]] possessing the car she died in.)
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* ADayInTheLimelight: It's been revealed this episode is one One for ''Theatre/BlackFriday'''s Tom Houston, played by Creator/DylanSaunders, the heretofore UnseenCharacter of his wife Jane Perkins, their son Tim, and Tom's new girlfriend Becky Barnes. Episode Three is one in general for characters who originated in ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' rather than ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', with Lex and Ethan also showing up in the opening scene -- and with ''TGWDLM'' characters OutOfFocus, with Paul Matthews only being mentioned in passing and the "Jane" in BitCharacter the title is his famously [[LostLenore dead wife]]. (It remains Greenpeace Girl showing up later on.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jane's actions toward the women on the boardwalk at the beach at Starry Cove come across a lot like a creepy pervert -- and pushing ''Tom'' tobe confirmed act like a pervert, as he's uncomfortably aware. It arguably gets worse when it turns out she's not making Tom stalk the Greenpeace Girl in what sense exactly Jane is a car, though most fans are guessing that it's [[HauntedTechnology order to creep on her ghost]] possessing or violate her but to ''murder'' her and steal her body, the car she died in.worst violation of all.
** It's ambiguous as to whether Jane's creepiness toward the women whose bodies she's considering stealing has any element of [[AmbiguouslyBi prurient interest]], or whether in this situation that's even a meaningful distinction to make. (Stealing someone's body in order to ''become'' them is arguably the highest possible level of sexually violating somebody, and all.)
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Jane's actions toward the women on the boardwalk at the beach at Starry Cove come across a lot like a creepy pervert -- and pushing ''Tom'' to
** It's ambiguous as to whether Jane's creepiness toward the women whose bodies she's considering stealing has any element of [[AmbiguouslyBi prurient interest]], or whether in this situation that's even a meaningful distinction to make. (Stealing someone's body in order to ''become'' them is arguably the highest possible level of sexually violating somebody, and all.)
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* DownerEnding: Especially for fans of Becky, since TheReveal that Jane's KillAndReplace scheme succeeded means poor longsuffering Becky either suffered CessationOfExistence or has her soul [[AndIMustScream trapped in a wrecked car about to go to the junk heap]].
* DramaticIrony: Lex, Ethan and Tony all make comments about not being able to imagine dealing with the grief Tom is feeling over losing his wife, none of them knowing that in the AlternateTimeline of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' Ethan dies tragically -- as he very nearly does in the opening scene of this story -- forcing Lex and Tony to go through the same MourningAfterDeath Tom did. (With Ethan himself, ironically, having argued that to do so is irrational and one should try to move on as quickly as possible.)
* DramaticIrony: Lex, Ethan and Tony all make comments about not being able to imagine dealing with the grief Tom is feeling over losing his wife, none of them knowing that in the AlternateTimeline of ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' Ethan dies tragically -- as he very nearly does in the opening scene of this story -- forcing Lex and Tony to go through the same MourningAfterDeath Tom did. (With Ethan himself, ironically, having argued that to do so is irrational and one should try to move on as quickly as possible.)
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* OutOfFocus: Episode Three puts the characters from ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'' (who've dominated the {{Call Back}}s in the first two episodes of ''Nightmare Time'') OutOfFocus -- the only one who appears is former BitCharacter the Greenpeace Girl. Notably, "Uncle Paul" is only mentioned in passing, and Paul's girlfriend Emma -- Jane's sister -- is never mentioned nor appears at all. (This is regarded by some fans as a PlotHole, since Emma is Tim's actual next of kin after Tom and the scenario at the end of the episode should logically involve her in some way.)
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* UnseenNoMore: This story finally brings PosthumousCharacter Jane Perkins -- about whom we've [[SmallRoleBigImpact heard a lot but never seen]] -- onstage, and has her played by fan favorite actress who's been relatively OutOfFocus in Hatchetfield, Creator/JaimeLynBeatty.
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* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Kim Whalen revealed on social media the new character she plays for the finale of ''Nightmare Time'' Season 1, a character named "Miss Holloway" with prominent EightiesHair and fashion.
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* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Kim Whalen revealed Miss Holloway was unveiled on social media shortly before the new character she plays episode premiered. She and Duke, as social workers who care deeply for Hannah and help her with her problems both mundane and supernatural, would seem to be the finale of most significant Hatchetfield characters to debut in ''Nightmare Time'' Season 1, a character named "Miss Holloway" with prominent EightiesHair Time'', and fashion.were never seen or mentioned until now, in the final story of the season.
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* IdenticalGrandson: Played with; Willabella Muckwab and her distant descendant Lex Foster are both played by Angela Giarratana, but of course, this connection exists between [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles a ton of other characters in the franchise as well]]. Instead, Willabella sharing Lex's actress serves the function of making it emotionally impactful when Lex, in her only appearance in the story, is revealed to actually be Willabella in disguise and we witness the transformation onscreen. TheNarrator's description and the way Angela [[EvilIsHammy puts her all into contorting her face]] suggests that Willabella, in fact, does not much resemble Lex.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: There are three characters the titular "Witch in the Web" could refer to -- the malevolent witch haunting Hannah's nightmares, the mysterious woman who shows up to help her fight the bad dreams, or even Hannah herself.
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* WhamShot: When Hannah and Miss Holloway reach the Starlight Theatre, we get Joey Richter sauntering into the frame with his Ted mustache shaved off, his hair slicked back, and in-character as Uncle Wiley. Cue the audience ''losing their collective shit''. He's also noticeably without his denim jacket from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', indicating that it's the one Miss Holloway is currently wearing.
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* AdultFear: From Becky's perspective, after things ''finally'' seem to be going well, her boyfriend suddenly has a psychotic breakdown and runs her over with his car, in the very same woods where she escaped from her abusive ex.
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* BackFromTheDead: The big [[WinTheCrowd hypeable]] moment in the run-up to this episode was Robert Manion revealing this episode features the return of Ethan Green, his [[OneSceneWonder Two-Scene Wonder]] BreakoutCharacter from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' who was [[WeHardlyKnewYe taken from us too soon]]. Most likely he isn't ''literally'' BackFromTheDead, and this episode is yet another AlternateUniverse.
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* BackFromTheDead: The big [[WinTheCrowd hypeable]] moment in the run-up to this episode was Robert Manion revealing this episode features the return of Ethan Green, his [[OneSceneWonder Two-Scene Wonder]] BreakoutCharacter from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' who was [[WeHardlyKnewYe taken from us too soon]]. Most likely he isn't ''literally'' BackFromTheDead, and this episode is yet another AlternateUniverse.Jane's spirit returns, but not without consequences.
* DomesticAbuse: If the thing possessing the car is indeed Jane [[AmbiguousSituation and not some other malevolent entity]], a lot of her actions towards Tom veers uncomfortably close to emotional abuse, with constant guilt-tripping, condescension, possessiveness, and outright bullying, trying to force him into things he repeatedly expresses he is not comfortable with. Her wanting Tom to prove he loves her also reeks of emotional blackmail. And if it is Jane, it raises some unsettling questions about what their marriage was like -- though, to be fair, it's heavily insinuated that Jane CameBackWrong and that her negative qualities have been ramped up.
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* TheGhost: Tom's wife and Emma's sister Jane has been this for the two Hatchetfield stage shows, both of which start with her having [[PosthumousCharacter died in a car accident]] a year ago. The title of this story implies she'll finally appear directly in some capacity, even if it's [[SentientVehicle as a car]].
* HauntedTechnology: The episode preview describes Tom's Mustang coming back from the repair shop "haunted by a ghostly passenger".
* HauntedTechnology: The episode preview describes Tom's Mustang coming back from the repair shop "haunted by a ghostly passenger".
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: A large part of the episode's tension is wondering whether Jane is truly possessing the car, or if we're seeing this ThroughTheEyesOfMadness, with the near-miss with Ethan at the start of the episode
* SanitySlippage: Tom fears he's going insane when he first hears the car talk, and later, her actions and what she asks him to do drive him off the deep end for real... though not enough to actually try and harm Becky, as everyone assumes.
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* WhamLine: "Mommy's home."
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* ShoutOut: When the judge in 1824 sentences Willabella to death, he declares, somewhat randomly, "You must taste blood to be a man." This is the third of Creator/SamRaimi's "three rules of horror", which Hatchetfield does its best to embody.
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* AccidentalAdultery: Tom begins seeing Becky, which Jane is ''not'' happy to hear. But no reasonable person could fault Tom for this, seeing as how Jane ''died'' and he had no way of knowing her soul was still around. Unfortunately, Jane is not a reasonable person, and treats it like Tom was actually having an affair.
* TheBadGuyWins: Jane successfully takes over Becky's body and reunites with her son. The only snarl is that she doesn't get Tom back, but she doesn't seem particularly broken up over it.
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* ChronicallyKilledActor: Averted. Robert Manion directly promised fans that Ethan Greene would ''not'' die this time, breaking a trend for the fate of featured characters played by Robert in Starkid productions. Ethan is ''almost'' hit by the ghost car in the first scene in the story, but is saved at the last second. Indeed, behind the scenes he was ''meant'' to die in this story, but they decided against making a macabre RunningGag out of Robert getting killed.
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* PsychoExGirlfriend: [[spoiler: Jane, after having her soul put inside a car]] becomes this when getting murderous around women Tom might like, having the goal to escape her automobile prison and possess their bodies at every opportunity. [[spoiler: And at the end, she succeeds in doing so with Becky, even if Tom isn't around to see it]].
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* ParentWithNewParamour: Tom, after mourning his wife Jane for over a year, begins to date Becky Barnes, who he's introduced to his son. In a twist on the usual trope usage, Tim doesn't mind at all that his dad is moving on, and actually likes Becky a lot. It's Tom's ''dead wife'' that has objections.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The tape recording left by Jane's mysterious psychiatric patient primarily serves the function of reciting the soul transferrence ritual, but also features the utterance of five eldritch names: Pokotho, Bliklotep, T'Noy Karaxis, Nibblenephim, and Wiggog Y'wrath -- the Lords in Black. The previous episode briefly used the name T'Noy Karaxis to refer to Tinky, and the second story in this episode confirms that Wiggog Y'wrath refers to Wiggly. This recording's mention of the Lords' names, as well as the name of their group and their exact numbers, thus comes one story ''before'' the story that fully reveals this information.
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* PsychoExGirlfriend: [[spoiler: Jane, after having her soul put inside a car]] becomes this when getting murderous around women Tom might like, having the goal to escape her automobile prison and possess their bodies at every opportunity. [[spoiler: And at the end, she succeeds in doing so with Becky, even if Tom isn't around to see it]].
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* AutoErotica: Becky fondly recalls when she and Tom used to get up to this in the back of his Mustang, and muses about doing so again. Tom, already suspecting the car is haunted by Jane's spirit, turns her down. Eventually, the haunted car begs Tom to make love to her, and he does his best, kissing and fondling every bit of the car's interior. In a deliberate parallel to the trope, Tim eventually comes knocking at the fogged-up window of the car and Tom acts sheepish.
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** Hilariously, Mariah Rose Faith then piggybacked on this, generating a wave of hype about the return of her AscendedMeme BitCharacter "Doug", the background cop character she played in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''.
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"Forever & Always and Time Bastard" is the third and final episode of ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'''s first season, livestreamed on October 24, 2020, before being released on [=YouTube=] on February 14, 2021.
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"Forever & Always and Time Bastard" is the third and final episode of ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'''s first season, livestreamed on October 24, 2020, before being released on [=YouTube=] on February 14, 2021.
As with all ''Nightmare Time'' episodes, it's a DoubleFeature, consisting of two stories:
[[folder: Jane's a Car]]
!! Jane's a Car
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[[caption-width-right:201:''"I've traded in for new, but I come right back to you."'']]
After a year and a half of repairs, widower Tom Houston is reunited with his newly restored 1986 Foxbody Mustang, only to find that the car now carries a ghostly passenger...
'''Music:''' "Jane's a Car", performed by Dylan Saunders.
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* BackFromTheDead: The big [[WinTheCrowd hypeable]] moment in the run-up to this episode was Robert Manion revealing this episode features the return of Ethan Green, his [[OneSceneWonder Two-Scene Wonder]] BreakoutCharacter from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' who was [[WeHardlyKnewYe taken from us too soon]]. Most likely he isn't ''literally'' BackFromTheDead, and this episode is yet another AlternateUniverse.
* BetaCouple: A preview on Twitter revealed this episode brings back our favorite teen BetaCouple from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', Lex and Ethan, with the AlphaCouple in this episode being Tom and his dead wife.
** Hilariously, Mariah Rose Faith then piggybacked on this, generating a wave of hype about the return of her AscendedMeme BitCharacter "Doug", the background cop character she played in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''.
* TheBusCameBack: Some social media waves were made by Mariah Rose Faith jokingly piggybacking on Robert Manion announcing the return of Ethan Green, announcing that she also had a returning character in "Jane's A Car": Her [[BitCharacter unnamed police officer]] from ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', whom she'd joked on Instagram was named "Doug" and was [[{{Transgender}} non-binary]].
* ChronicallyKilledActor: Averted. Robert Manion directly promised fans that Ethan Greene would ''not'' die this time, breaking a trend for the fate of featured characters played by Robert in Starkid productions.
* CoolCar: Tom's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang_(third_generation) 1986 Fox-Body Mustang]]. (Having a whole half-episode about Tom's CoolCar could be a CallBack to the swipes at Bill's [[TheAllegedCar AMC Pacer]] in "Watcher World".)
* ADayInTheLimelight: It's been revealed this episode is one for ''Theatre/BlackFriday'''s Tom Houston, played by Creator/DylanSaunders, and the "Jane" in the title is his famously [[LostLenore dead wife]]. (It remains to be confirmed in what sense exactly Jane is a car, though most fans are guessing that it's [[HauntedTechnology her ghost]] possessing the car she died in.)
* TheGhost: Tom's wife and Emma's sister Jane has been this for the two Hatchetfield stage shows, both of which start with her having [[PosthumousCharacter died in a car accident]] a year ago. The title of this story implies she'll finally appear directly in some capacity, even if it's [[SentientVehicle as a car]].
* HauntedTechnology: The episode preview describes Tom's Mustang coming back from the repair shop "haunted by a ghostly passenger".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Witch in the Web]]
!! The Witch in the Web
When Hannah Foster's dreams are haunted by an evil witch, and her friend, Webby, goes missing, she'll need the help of a mysterious woman with strange powers to escape her own nightmare time...
'''Music:''' "The Witch in the Web", performed by Kendall Nicole, and "The Web I Spin For You", performed by Mariah Rose Faith.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: A long-awaited one for ''Theatre/BlackFriday'''s WaifProphet Hannah Foster, giving some clarity on the mysterious nature of her powers and her ImaginaryFriend, the GiantSpider Webby.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: There are three characters the titular "Witch in the Web" could refer to -- the malevolent witch haunting Hannah's nightmares, the mysterious woman who shows up to help her fight the bad dreams, or even Hannah herself.
* DreamWalker: The Witch in the Web confronts Hannah in her dreams.
* GrandFinale: This is slated to be the grand finale for Season 1, uniting the entire combined cast of the Hatchetfield series.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Kim Whalen revealed on social media the new character she plays for the finale of ''Nightmare Time'' Season 1, a character named "Miss Holloway" with prominent EightiesHair and fashion.
* TitleDrop: The summary of this episode describes Hannah's struggle against the Witch in her dreams as a literal "nightmare time".
[[/folder]]
As with all ''Nightmare Time'' episodes, it's a DoubleFeature, consisting of two stories:
[[folder: Jane's a Car]]
!! Jane's a Car
[[quoteright:201:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/janes_a_car.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:201:''"I've traded in for new, but I come right back to you."'']]
After a year and a half of repairs, widower Tom Houston is reunited with his newly restored 1986 Foxbody Mustang, only to find that the car now carries a ghostly passenger...
'''Music:''' "Jane's a Car", performed by Dylan Saunders.
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* BackFromTheDead: The big [[WinTheCrowd hypeable]] moment in the run-up to this episode was Robert Manion revealing this episode features the return of Ethan Green, his [[OneSceneWonder Two-Scene Wonder]] BreakoutCharacter from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' who was [[WeHardlyKnewYe taken from us too soon]]. Most likely he isn't ''literally'' BackFromTheDead, and this episode is yet another AlternateUniverse.
* BetaCouple: A preview on Twitter revealed this episode brings back our favorite teen BetaCouple from ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', Lex and Ethan, with the AlphaCouple in this episode being Tom and his dead wife.
** Hilariously, Mariah Rose Faith then piggybacked on this, generating a wave of hype about the return of her AscendedMeme BitCharacter "Doug", the background cop character she played in ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals''.
* TheBusCameBack: Some social media waves were made by Mariah Rose Faith jokingly piggybacking on Robert Manion announcing the return of Ethan Green, announcing that she also had a returning character in "Jane's A Car": Her [[BitCharacter unnamed police officer]] from ''Theatre/TheGuyWhoDidntLikeMusicals'', whom she'd joked on Instagram was named "Doug" and was [[{{Transgender}} non-binary]].
* ChronicallyKilledActor: Averted. Robert Manion directly promised fans that Ethan Greene would ''not'' die this time, breaking a trend for the fate of featured characters played by Robert in Starkid productions.
* CoolCar: Tom's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang_(third_generation) 1986 Fox-Body Mustang]]. (Having a whole half-episode about Tom's CoolCar could be a CallBack to the swipes at Bill's [[TheAllegedCar AMC Pacer]] in "Watcher World".)
* ADayInTheLimelight: It's been revealed this episode is one for ''Theatre/BlackFriday'''s Tom Houston, played by Creator/DylanSaunders, and the "Jane" in the title is his famously [[LostLenore dead wife]]. (It remains to be confirmed in what sense exactly Jane is a car, though most fans are guessing that it's [[HauntedTechnology her ghost]] possessing the car she died in.)
* TheGhost: Tom's wife and Emma's sister Jane has been this for the two Hatchetfield stage shows, both of which start with her having [[PosthumousCharacter died in a car accident]] a year ago. The title of this story implies she'll finally appear directly in some capacity, even if it's [[SentientVehicle as a car]].
* HauntedTechnology: The episode preview describes Tom's Mustang coming back from the repair shop "haunted by a ghostly passenger".
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Witch in the Web]]
!! The Witch in the Web
When Hannah Foster's dreams are haunted by an evil witch, and her friend, Webby, goes missing, she'll need the help of a mysterious woman with strange powers to escape her own nightmare time...
'''Music:''' "The Witch in the Web", performed by Kendall Nicole, and "The Web I Spin For You", performed by Mariah Rose Faith.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: A long-awaited one for ''Theatre/BlackFriday'''s WaifProphet Hannah Foster, giving some clarity on the mysterious nature of her powers and her ImaginaryFriend, the GiantSpider Webby.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: There are three characters the titular "Witch in the Web" could refer to -- the malevolent witch haunting Hannah's nightmares, the mysterious woman who shows up to help her fight the bad dreams, or even Hannah herself.
* DreamWalker: The Witch in the Web confronts Hannah in her dreams.
* GrandFinale: This is slated to be the grand finale for Season 1, uniting the entire combined cast of the Hatchetfield series.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Kim Whalen revealed on social media the new character she plays for the finale of ''Nightmare Time'' Season 1, a character named "Miss Holloway" with prominent EightiesHair and fashion.
* TitleDrop: The summary of this episode describes Hannah's struggle against the Witch in her dreams as a literal "nightmare time".
[[/folder]]
