History Trivia / CryBabyLane

* OldShame: {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} regrets airing the film because of how overly dark it was.

* MissingEpisode: More like Missing Made-For-TV Movie. The film itself aired for one night only in 2000 and wasn't seen again until more than a decade later. Since resurfacing in 2011, it's been shown a couple other times on [=TeenNick=], once in 2013 then started to be aired once or twice yearly starting in 2015.
** Fairly infamous example since someone used it for Creepypasta fodder, thus raising enough interest for someone to remember it was indeed a real movie and present an old recording.

* MissingEpisode: Until 2011. Since resurfacing, it's been shown a couple other times on [=TeenNick=], once in 2013 then started to be aired once or twice yearly starting in 2015.

* TruthInTelevision: You know all those {{creepypasta}}s about supposed shows/movies that only ever aired once because they were supposedly so scary they had bad side effects on those who watched it, or parents quickly called in to complain about it negatively affecting their child? This movie proves that such a thing ''[[ParanoiaFuel really can be]] this trope!''
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: During the chase scene Andrew finds out that Kenneth does not know where Cry Baby Lane is. To an audience accustomed to having Google Maps readily available on their phones, this can be jarring.

* OrwellianEditor: After the massive amounts of MoralGuardians deeming the movie as being ''too scary'' for kids on the initial airing. {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} denied any and all association with having created the film and stated that the movie airing was ''accidental''. They would continue to deny its existence for years until the movie resurfaced online 11 years later. Once it became known the film did exist and had aired on Nickelodeon, they went on to [[BlatantLies deny that they had ever said they did not make the movie or that the movie never existed]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Director Peter Lauer originally wanted singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Music/TomWaits to play the role of Mr. Bennett, but Nickelodeon insisted on Creator/FrankLangella in hopes that the movie would garner extra publicity.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Director Peter Lauer originally wanted singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Music/TomWaits to play the role of Mr. Bennett, but Nickelodeon insisted on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Langella Frank Langella]] in hopes that the movie would garner extra publicity.

* TruthInTelevision: You know all those {{creepypasta}}s about supposed shows/movies that only ever aired once because they were supposedly so scary that had bad side effects on those who watched it, or parents quickly called in to complain about it negatively affecting their child? This movie proves that such a thing ''[[ParanoiaFuel really can be]] this trope!''

* MissingEpisode: Until 2011. Since resurfacing, it's been shown a couple other times on [=TeenNick=], once in 2013 and again in 2015.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Still has yet to be released on any form of home media.
* MissingEpisode: Until 2011.
** Since resurfacing, it's been shown a couple other times on Teen Nick, once in 2013 and again in 2015.
* TruthInTelevision: You know all those {{Creepy Pasta}}s about supposed shows / movies that only ever aired once because they were supposedly so scary that had bad side effects on those who watched it, or parents quickly called in to complain about it negatively affecting their child? This movie proves that such a thing ''[[ParanoiaFuel really can be]]'' ''TruthInTelevision!''

** Since resurfacing it's been shown a couple other times on Teen Nick. once in 2013 and again in 2015.

** Since resurfacing it's been shown a couple other times on Teennick. once in 2013 and again in 2015.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Creator/JimGaffigan appears briefly as a customer of Mr. Bennett.

** since resurfacing it's been shown a couple other times on the 90's programming block on Teennick. once in 2013 and again in 2015.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Director Peter Lauer originally wanted singer-songwriter, composer, and actor TomWaits to play the role of Mr. Bennett, but Nickelodeon insisted on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Langella Frank Langella]] in hopes that the movie would garner extra publicity.