History Trivia / JaneTheVirgin

* CreatorCameo: Creator/JennieSnyderUrman appears in the GrandFinale as the woman who hands Jane water at the marathon.

** Michael was going to be killed at the end of Season 2 until the whole crew fell in love with Bret Dier's performance. [[spoiler:But they still decided it was best for their long term plans, and put in a line from the narrator about how he would love Jan "until his last breath" specifically so they'd still have to do it at some point. It ultimately took them until halfway through Season 3 to work up the guts, resulting in the oddity of "Part 2" lasting a season and a half after Season 1 by itself was "Part 1."]]

* AcclaimedFlop: Critics loved the show, and Gina Rodriguez and the show won Golden Globe Awards, but it's one of the lowest-rated shows on the CW. But much like fellow low-rating critical darling ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'', it managed to last just as long as the crew intended to tell their story.

* CastAsAMask: [[spoiler: Megan Ketch as Susanna Barnett (Michael's partner/murderer) is Rose in disguise all along.]]
* CastTheExpert: Professional celebrity dancer Creator/DerekHough guests in episode 40 for a salsa scene with Jane's character.
* ChannelHop: In Britain after the series didn't catch on the way ''Series/UglyBetty'' did - [[ChannelFour E4]] dropped it after the first two seasons, with Creator/{{Netflix}} taking up the slack from season three... and before season ''four'' began on Creator/TheCW.

* {{Defictionalization}}: Jane's novel was actually published at the same time as on the show, complete with blurbs from several fictitious writers mentioned on the show and Rogelio (which is of course wildly hyperbolic).

* AcclaimedFlop: Critics loved the show, and Gina Rodriguez and the show won Golden Globe Awards, but it's one of the lowest rated shows on the CW. But much like fellow low-rating critical darling ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'', it managed to last just as long as the crew intended to tell their story.

* PromotedToOpeningTitles: [[TheNarrator Anthony Mendez]] in season 3.

* CastAsAMask: [[spoiler: Megan Ketch as Susanna Barnett (Michael's partner/murderer) is Rose in disguise all along.]]

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The first episode says that Luisa is married "in some states." A year later, universal marriage equality was passed in America.

* ActorAllusion:
** Jane mentions that she's a really good rapper. Creator/GinaRodriguez's biggest role before this show was as a rapper in the movie ''Film/FillyBrown''.
** Rogelio wants to be an [[UsefulNotes/TheEGOTs EGOT]], i.e. someone who's won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. His mother is played by Creator/RitaMoreno, who's in that club.
** In "Chapter Sixty-Six" Rogelio is DisguisedInDrag. His appearance looks very similar to how he looked in the telenovela ''Por Ella Soy Eva'', where Camil's character did the same thing.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: There's an unintentionally visible ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' display in episode 11 (~39:00)

* MythologyGag: Multiple references to Venezuela, home to the source ''telenovela'' ''Juana la Virgen'':
** As explained in Chapter Eight, Alba (and the Villanueva family) is apparently of Venezuelan descent, as her husband's family got rich off their Venezuelan oil company.
** In Chapter Twenty-Two, Rogelio and Xo run into the Venezuelan chapter of his Rogelifans fanclub.

** Michael was going to be killed at the end of Season 2 until the whole crew fell in love with Bret Dier's performance. [[spoiler:But they still decided it was best for their long term plans, and put in a line from the narrator about how he would love Jane "until his last breath" specifically so they'd still have to do it at some point. It ultimately took them until halfway through Season 3 to work up the guts, resulting in the oddity of "Part 2" lasting a season and a half after Season 1 by itself was "Part 1."]]

** Alba was going to speak English, which Ivonne Coll is fluent in, and there's even a version of the initial trailer with it. Then they decided her only speaking Spanish would be a great cultural touch and true to life for many such families.

* CastingGag:
** Creator/CharlesMichaelDavis, a main character on the vampire-themed ''Series/TheOriginals'', plays a book agent who rejects Jane's proposal because the market is oversaturated with vampire stories.
** Creator/HaleyLuRichardson, Creator/BrettDier's real-life then-fiancee plays Charlie, a rival rancher who hates Michael's guts. [[spoiler:They end up engaged with a baby on the way.]]

** Elisabeth Röhm as [[spoiler:Eileen and Rose ''disguised as'' Eileen]].

** Justin Baldoni (Rafael) directed Chapter Seventy-Eight.

** Chapter Seventy-Four is directed by Creator/GinaRodriguez (Jane).
** Chapter Seventy-Eight is directed by Creator/JustinBaldoni (Rafael).

** Nadine's death was going to be revealed as a fakeout, which is why it's presented so vaguely. But their inability to get the actress back resulted in it apparently just being real.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The first episode says that Louise is married "in some states." A year later, universal marriage equality was passed in America.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Michael was going to be killed at the end of Season 2 until the whole crew fell in love with Bret Dier's performance. [[spoiler:But they still decided it was best for their long term plans, and put in a line from the narrator about how he would love Jane "until his last breath" specifically so they'd still have to do it at some point. It ultimately took them until halfway through Season 3 to work up the guts, resulting in the oddity of "Part 2" lasting a season and a half after Season 1 by itself was "Part 1."]]

* ActorSharedBackground: Rogelio's actor, Creator/JamieCamil, is a well-known {{Telenovela}} actor.

** Rogelio wants to be an [[TheEGOTs EGOT]], i.e. someone who's won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. His mother is played by Creator/RitaMoreno, who's in that club.