Best short movie continuity mistakes of all time

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Thumbtanic picture

Continuity mistake: When the lady arrives at the Thumbtanic, the car has no writing. When the crane picks it up, it says "Sex Scene Car." (00:04:40)

Low Cow

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Going Bye-Bye! picture

Continuity mistake: When Stan opens the bedroom door and sends Oliver crashing to the metal bed frame, the newspaper which Stan is holding changes from his right hand to left hand between shots.

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Continuity mistake: Oliver Hardy, a street musician, enters a tavern along with his five bandmates. To the right of the door is a sign reading "Cheese sandwich, 5 cents." When the bandmates leave the tavern, the sign says "Cheese sandwiches." When Ollie exits, the sign once again says "Cheese sandwich, 5 cents."

Steven Lee

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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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Pie-Eyed picture

Continuity mistake: When the nightclub manager is chasing Stan in and out of several rooms in an apartment building, it is dark outside the windows. When the two men climb onto the fire escape, it is daylight. In addition, several scenes in the hallway were printed in reverse. The "JANITOR" sign on the closet is in reverse.

Steven Lee

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Don't Axe Me picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy rushes up to take his breakfast from Elmer, you can see the door behind them is closed, but when Elmer tells Daffy he's had enough, the door is now open.

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There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown picture

Continuity mistake: When Linus and Lucy are talking to Snoopy he's got a shopping cart stuck on his right leg. Then, when he's getting on the bus it's suddenly on his left leg.

Rob245

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Hillbilly Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is square dancing with the hillbilly brothers in the hall, you can see that the hall has a decoration on the wall, but in the next shot the decoration has disappeared.

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Hare Lift picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs tells Sam he's going to radio the authorities, he takes his book along and on the front cover it reads "Learn to Fly." But when Sam goes to retrieve the book after Bugs throws it out of the open door, the wording is missing.

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Home, Tweet Home picture

Continuity mistake: When the nanny hits Sylvester on the head with the handle of her umbrella, there is a bench in the background that disappears in the next shot.

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A Mouse in the House picture

Continuity mistake: When Butch points his pistol at Tom, you can see that the handle has nothing written on it, but in the next shot the words "Ajax" have appeared.

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Show Biz Bugs picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs pulls the two sawn boxes apart to demonstrate to the audience that Daffy has been cut in half, there is a saw on the floor. But when Daffy jumps out of the box in the next shot, the saw has disappeared.

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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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Tweety's S.O.S. picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester is at the medicine cabinet, he takes out a bottle of Seasick Remedy and starts drinking it. But when we see Tweety in the cabinet in the next shot, the Seasick Remedy bottle is still on the shelf when it should be in Sylvester's hand.

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Curtain Razor picture

Continuity mistake: When the turtle who says he is "The Man with 1000 Voices" is standing at Porky's desk, you can see he has his hat in his hand, but in the next shot he is wearing his hat on his head.

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Devil's Feud Cake picture

Continuity mistake: When Yosemite Sam attempts to attack Bugs in the Ben Hare sequence, Bugs says that Sam has flipped his lid and runs off. Sam then runs after Bugs and there is nothing in his hand, but when Sam runs down the stairs to the lions' den, he is now holding a sword.

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Puss n' Toots picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry runs onto the record player, he runs next to a button panel and there are four buttons on it: Fast, Stop, Start and Change. But when he is pressing random buttons later on in the cartoon, a "Record" button has been added and the "Change" button has disappeared.

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Tom's Photo Finish picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is placing a chicken under Spike's arm, Jerry takes a photo and you can see a trail of fake paw marks. When Jerry emerges from the dark room with copies of the photo, he takes one copy from the pile and has a look at it, but the picture shows no paw marks at all.

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