Continuity mistake: While Rockford is kept waiting at Tallman's office he expresses his frustration to the secretary, Betty, and when she puts her eyeglasses back on in the closeup her left hand is empty, but in the next shot a pencil has suddenly appeared in her raised hand. (00:35:00)
Super Grover
11th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
11th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: The front and back license plate numbers on Rockford's car are different. The front plate number is "835-OKG" but the rear plate number is "853-OKG" and it's particularly noticeable when Rockford eludes his tail at the tunnel. (00:29:30)
9th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Continuity mistake: After the police inform Rockford that Prentiss Carr's cause of death was suicide, when it cuts to the closeup of Carr's widow pouring the drink, the woman in the closeup has long nails and is not wearing a belt. In the following shots Janet Carr is wearing a long red belt and her nails are shorter. (00:08:50)
6th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Backlash of the Hunter - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Sara uses Rockford's knockout drops in Jerry's drink, Sara's manicured fingernails are quite long in the closeup yet considerably shorter otherwise. The ring on Sara's ring finger also changes to a very large turquoise ring in the closeup.
6th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Backlash of the Hunter - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Rockford's car has license plate number "835-OKG" at the front of his car, but license plate number "853-OKG" at the back of his car, a few times during the episode. (00:35:40 - 00:37:50)
6th May 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Backlash of the Hunter - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Sara opens the yellow pages phone directory, in the wide shots she's looking at Rockford's information on the left page of the open book, but in the closeup Rockford's ad appears on the right page of the open book. (00:10:15)
2nd May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Lisa opens the classroom door (opposite the teacher's desk) and is shocked to see Miss Hoover has returned, note the door opens outward (into the hallway) and the doorknob is on the right side of the door. When Lisa runs out of the classroom, that door now opens inward and the doorknob is on the left side of the door. (00:13:40)
1st May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: In some shots Otto's beaded bracelet vanishes and reappears, such as when he's on the school bus before the accident. Also, note a watch suddenly appears on his left wrist then it disappears, on the school bus. (00:11:05 - 00:15:15)
1st May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: While Otto plays the guitar at 3:00 AM, the tuning keys on the guitar head are first facing down, then the guitar head flips and the tuning keys are facing up, between shots. (00:15:45)
1st May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Homer is wearing underwear while banging on the bathroom door the doorknob is missing, but next shot it appears on the door, and the closet door hinge also vanishes. (00:18:25)
1st May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Otto's guitar playing wakes Marge and Homer they go to the garage. Note the direction of the door when Homer opens it toward the right, but when Marge asks Bart what's going on, the door's open the opposite way toward the left. (00:15:55)
1st May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Marge comes downstairs she's shocked to see Homer in her house, and when the doorbell rings we see Mrs. Bouvier wearing an orange belt with a red buckle, but then the colors switch to an orange buckle and the belt center is red. (00:16:45)
1st May 2022
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Homer stands outside the Bouvier house to pick up Marge, the home's front door has three diagonal windows from upper left to lower right. However, when Marge gets home later after the prom, the three windows are diagonal the opposite way from upper right to lower left. (00:16:10 - 00:21:00)
17th Jan 2022
The Flintstones (1960)
Continuity mistake: When Fred and family start their drive toward Jellyrock Park, the trailer has one window and a door on its right side (behind Wilma's side of the car), but when they reach Jellyrock that side of the trailer now has two windows and the door is gone. (00:11:50)
23rd Dec 2021
Red (2010)
Continuity mistake: During the scene in the elevator when Sarah drops Frank's contact lens, Sarah's fingernails keep changing between short and longer manicured, depending on the angle of the particular shot. (00:49:50)
10th Dec 2021
Red Notice (2021)
Continuity mistake: In the Argentinian jungle, when Booth is handcuffed to the tree the handcuff around his left wrist has the single bar facing up, but when Booth makes the comment, "Super fun time, guys," the double bar is facing up. Later on the yacht, when Booth tells Hartley and Black the "funny story" about Das, in the flashback the handcuff around Booth's right wrist also turns itself the opposite way. (01:41:10 - 01:45:00)
10th Dec 2021
Red Notice (2021)
Continuity mistake: When Booth first arrives in Bali on the boat he's wearing a brightly patterned tropical shirt, and between shots the shirt's pattern completely changes, though it's the same style of shirt, then it changes back again. (00:13:40)
10th Dec 2021
Red Notice (2021)
Continuity mistake: When Hartley arrives at the Russian prison, as he's led down the corridor the handcuffs are around both his wrists with the double bars facing out, chained at the center, but when the handcuffs are removed in his cell note the handcuff is on the opposite way around his right wrist. (00:22:20)
6th Oct 2021
24 (2001)
Day 6: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - S6-E7
Continuity mistake: At the very end of the previous episode (approx 11:59 AM), Jack and Phillip are chained at the back of the van, and in the closeup Jack's handcuff double bar faces up on his right wrist. This moment is shown in the recap at the start of this episode. When the van reaches the dump site (approx 12:07 PM), Jack and Phillip are unchained and now Jack's handcuff single bar faces up on his right wrist. (00:01:55 - 00:07:55)
19th Mar 2021
Coming 2 America (2021)
Continuity mistake: While Semmi is telling Akeem about their visits to the nightclubs, there are shots from the original movie with some women they meet. When the "woman" in red tells them she's going to tear them apart, Semmi's wearing a patterned shirt, tie, and blazer when he spits his drink. Two shots later (new footage), Semmi's shirt collar style changes, as well as the pattern on his shirt and blazer. (00:11:15)
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