Continuity mistake: While Trapper and Hawkeye are lying on their cots, one by one everyone joins them in the Swamp, and in Trapper's closeups the "USA sterilized" that's printed on his pillow is upside down, but in the wideshots his pillow's flipped over with the print right-side up.
Super Grover
5th Jan 2016
M*A*S*H (1972)
5th Jan 2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Continuity mistake: After the Starkiller Base weapon is fired at the Hosnian system, when it cuts to Finn loading gear onto Ithano's ship he stops at the top of the stairs and turns to watch the sky. The blaster's strap is beside Finn's neck slung crossbody, but in the shot from behind there's no strap near his neck. (01:10:20)
2nd Jan 2016
M*A*S*H (1972)
For the Good of the Outfit - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: While Radar and Hawkeye are in the mess tent, after Hawkeye cracks a joke about how the cook sculpts grease into the shape of lamp chops, between shots facing Radar and the shots facing Hawkeye we see Radar either holding bread in his right hand or a fork.
2nd Jan 2016
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Trapper and Hawkeye are sitting outside the Swamp, Hawkeye pours the martinis from the tall glass beaker, and in the shots facing Hawkeye there are quite a few large ice cubes in the beaker, but in the shots facing Trapper there aren't as many ice cubes floating in the beaker.
2nd Jan 2016
M*A*S*H (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Hawkeye and Lt. Johnson are sharing Hawkeye's bottle of "wine" there's a closeup of Johnson's hand holding the glass, and in the closeup that hand has short nails, whereas in all other shots Johnson has long nails.
2nd Jan 2016
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Countdown Reflection - S5-E24
Continuity mistake: After Howard and Bernadette are pronounced husband and wife, when they kiss the camera angle switches to an overhead shot, but as it zooms out (to a digital image) things change - such as the configuration of the rooftop, or things move - such as the cable dishes, or things even vanish - such as air-conditioning units.
29th Dec 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Continuity mistake: After the TIE fighter crashes on Jakku, when Finn searches for Poe in the wreckage he finds Poe's jacket and grabs hold of the jacket arm, but when it cuts to the following shots as the ground starts shaking, Finn's holding the top (neck area) of the jacket, even though it never left his hand. (00:24:35)
29th Dec 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Continuity mistake: After the TIE fighter crashes on Jakku, the closeups of Finn waking up and releasing himself from the seat strap while he's lying on the ground are flipped shots. (00:24:05)
29th Dec 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Continuity mistake: When Rey rescues BB-8 from the scavenger Teedo, the top part of Rey's outfit is crisscrossed with her right side over left, but when she shushes BB-8 it's crisscrossed with her left side over the right. Then it's back to the original way. (00:15:25)
29th Dec 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Continuity mistake: At the Resistance base, after it's said that, "The weapon will fire in two minutes," it cuts to Rey and Finn running in the woods on the surface of Starkiller Base, and the leather cuff is now on Rey's right wrist, presumably due to it being a flipped shot. (01:50:35)
29th Dec 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Continuity mistake: After Leia tells Han that she always hated watching him leave and he still drives her crazy, they hug and it cuts to the Starkiller Base. When we see Stormtroopers walking through the corridor and then Rey sneaking away, it's a flipped shot - note the Stormtroopers' backs, and Rey's hip bag and leather wrist cuff. (01:35:15)
28th Dec 2015
Toy Story (1995)
Continuity mistake: While Andy's falling asleep, when Potato Head and Rex pop out of the Eggman Mover's box it has "Andy's toys" written on one side and the adjacent side is solid - no openings, but when Woody opens this box in the moving truck, there are now open handle cutouts on the two adjacent sides to where "Andy's toys" is written.
28th Dec 2015
Toy Story (1995)
Continuity mistake: After Sid tapes Buzz to the rocket, when the thunder and lightning occur there's a shot of the window in front of Sid, and the window pane molding with the two handles at the bottom of the lower window is missing. When Sid walks over to that window it's back.
27th Dec 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Continuity mistake: After BB-8 tells Rey that the Resistance base is located in the Illenium system, while Rey is down in the hold she asks Finn for something she needs and she holds her right arm up and points, but in the shot facing Finn it's her left arm that's up pointing as she repeatedly shouts "NO!" to him, and then it's her right arm up again. (00:38:40)
15th Dec 2015
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Continuity mistake: After Duke unlocks the gate, when the Mayflower moving truck is driven out of the lot there's a built-in tow hitch at the back of the truck, but when it pulls into the apartment building the tow hitch is gone - the back bumper is one solid piece.
14th Dec 2015
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Continuity mistake: When the Mayflower moving truck leaves the lot and picks up the crew there's no license plate on the front bumper when Tommy gets in, but when the truck crosses Broadway suddenly there's a license plate on the bumper, and then it vanishes. Additionally, when the van's stowed away in the truck it doesn't have an antenna on the hood and "256-245" is the van's license plate number, but after the heist there's an antenna and the van's plate number is "C47-618".
14th Dec 2015
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Continuity mistake: After Mrs. Longene eggs on Socks to kill her husband for not revealing the safe's combination to save her, it cuts to the first man on Everson's team rappelling without gloves - the gloves are in his back pocket, and in the next shot he's wearing the gloves. Then the next cop to rappel across is not Everson, but in the close-up it's Everson reacting to the rope burns on his hands as if he had just crossed.
14th Dec 2015
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Continuity mistake: After Duke gets frustrated that Mr. Longene still hasn't given him the combination to the safe he asks for Socks, and when it cuts to Everson and his team rappelling to another building, as Everson climbs over the railing his shoes have changed to climbing boots and his badge has vanished.
14th Dec 2015
Murderers' Row (1966)
Continuity mistake: When Matt and Suzie get into Suzie's black convertible there's no rear view mirror, but then a mirror appears, disappears, and reappears. Then, when they've switched cars its rear view mirror also plays the vanishing game while they're still being chased.
9th Dec 2015
Toy Story (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Buzz watches the TV commercial and realizes that he's really a toy, by the time "Al's Toy Barn" is mentioned and he reads "made in Taiwan" on his arm, one of the soda cans on the floor changes its position and the trash bin with the crumpled paper around it vanishes.
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