Best short movie continuity mistakes of all time

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False Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When the Big Bad Wolf has finished hammering in the sign at the beginning of the cartoon, he is holding a hammer in his right hand. When he tells his nephew to put their rabbit outfits on, he holds up his right hand but the hammer he was holding a few seconds ago has disappeared.

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Rabbit Every Monday picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs takes out the bubble gum, you can see he is holding the gum between two fingers and a thumb. But in a close-up, he is holding the gum at the bottom of the wrapper.

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Bowery Bugs picture

Continuity mistake: When the old man asks Bugs why Steve Brody jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, the position of Bugs' carrot on the plaque changes between shots.

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Cheese It, the Cat! picture

Continuity mistake: When Ralph is walking up the steps to his apartment, he has a present in his right hand. The present disappears when he goes through the doors, but re-appears when he enters the kitchen.

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Tortoise Wins by a Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is viewing footage of the previous encounter between Cecil Turtle and himself at the start of the cartoon, you can see that viewed from behind, the projector only has one reel. When we see Bugs eating his carrot in the next shot, there are now two reels.

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The Tramp picture

Continuity mistake: In this movie, the Tramp leaves a letter for a girl, which shows up twice; It is obvious that the second time it shows up, it is a different letter. (00:24:50 - 00:26:00)

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People Are Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: Daffy takes down a gun from the mantle, but when Daffy points it at Bugs in the next shot, you can still see the gun on the mantle.

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Continuity mistake: When Yeggs Benedict puts the dancing cloth over Inspector Willoughby whilst he is entertaining him, Benedict has nothing on his right arm, but when he attempts to take away the Red-Eyed Ruby in the next shot, two bracelets have appeared.

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The Hare-Brained Hypnotist picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Elmer reading his book at the beginning of the cartoon, the strap of his gun switches shoulders between shots.

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Backwoods Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is in the hole, he asks to himself where he is and you can see there are pieces of dirt around the hole. But after a quick cut of a sign, we return to Bugs and the pieces have gone.

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Pluto's Blue Note picture

Continuity mistake: When Pluto is by the radio in the music shop, there is a record player behind him which has three buttons on the side, but in the next shot the buttons have moved a few inches to the right.

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Dumb-Hounded picture

Continuity mistake: When the convict runs up the stairs to his flat, you can see that the front door has a handle on the left hand side and three panels on it, but when the convict is in his flat in the next shot, the panels and the handle have disappeared.

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I Haven't Got a Hat picture

Continuity mistake: When Oliver Owl goes to the piano, he puts his bag of candy on the side by the keyboard. But after Beans the Cat has put the dog into the piano, there is now no sign of the candy.

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Tweet and Lovely picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester is looking through the window with his binoculars, he looks at Spike and you can see there is a bowl with a bone next to his kennel. But when Sylvester sneaks past Spike's kennel after entering the yard, the bowl has gone.

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Korgoth of Barbaria picture

Continuity mistake: During the tavern brawl, a group of three henchmen charges at Korgoth. During this parallel montage, the middle man changes from their first shot to their second (where he looks more like Hargon) and then back for the rest. (Also, the masked attacker on the right appears in two groups, but technically it could be twins or there could be more of them.)

Spiny Norman

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Blotto picture

Continuity mistake: When Stan climbs out of the window to send himself a telegram, the window blinds are fully up inside the house, but when we cut to him going outside, the blinds are now a third of the way down.

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Yankee Dood It picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer Fudd realises that some of the elves are missing, his elf helper steps forward and you can see behind him are the other elves. When Elmer says "What shoemaker?" we return to the elf and the other elves who were behind him have disappeared.

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The Wearing of the Grin picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky Pig arrives at the castle, he appears completely dry. But when he opens the door in the next shot, he is soaking wet, and when we see Porky a few shots later, he is dry again.

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Out-Foxed picture

Continuity mistake: After Reginald Fox ties up the dog in the bag, his monocle is on his left eye, but when he answers the door in the next shot, the monocle is now on his right eye.

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Chow Hound picture

Continuity mistake: In the overheard view of the dog grooming the cat, you can see there is nothing beside them, but in the next shot a blue ribbon suddenly appears.

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