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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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Caballero Droopy picture

Continuity mistake: When the bandit takes Droopy's wallet, he empties the contents and finds a photo of Droopy's girl. At this point, you can see the bandit is holding the photo with two hands, but when we see a close-up of the photo in the next shot, he is holding it with only his right hand.

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The Screwy Truant picture

Continuity mistake: When Screwy squashes the truant officer's nose with a mallet, the nose jumps off in pain and then hides under the officer's face. At this point, the truant officer is wearing a hat on his head, but in the next shot the hat has disappeared.

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Norman Normal picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Norman standing by the desk in his boss' office, you can see there is nothing in front of the boss on his desk, but when we see the boss in the next shot, a piece of paper suddenly appears.

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Frigid Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs dons his top hat and tails and tells the penguin, "I've always wanted a nice long formal vacation", he takes the penguin by his left hand. When the two are walking along in the next shot, Bugs is now holding the penguin in his right hand.

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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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Slap Happy Lion picture

Other mistake: After the fade out, the "The End" board shows it as an "MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon." The two stars were not in this short at all.

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Banty Raids picture

Audio problem: When the rooster says "Get out and stay out!" when he kicks the Banty Rooster into the horizon, his beak doesn't move.

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Tick Tock Tuckered picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Porky and Daffy sleeping at the start of the cartoon, you can see that the light above Porky's bed has nothing on it, but when Porky goes to bed later on, the light now has a cord attached to it.

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Much Ado About Nutting picture

Continuity mistake: When the squirrel attempts to cut the coconut with the saw, the saw's teeth break off and fall around the coconut. But when the squirrel returns with an axe, the pieces of teeth have changed position.

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The Music Box picture

Continuity mistake: When Oliver falls into the fountain with the wooden crate, you can tell the crate is empty because it is floating. But when we see a close-up of Oliver in the next shot, the crate has been weighed down and is not floating.

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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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Raw! Raw! Rooster! picture

Continuity mistake: When Foghorn Leghorn is relaxing in the barnyard, you can see there are two hens fanning him, but when a man on a bicycle arrives with a telegram, the hens with fans have disappeared.

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Birds Anonymous picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester is unable to sleep at night, the camera pans in on his eyes and you can see that he has his head on the pillow when this happens, but in the next shot he is lying flat out on the bed.

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The Ducksters picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky emerges after his mauling from the gorilla, his face is covered in scratches, but when he is speaking to the Ajax Broadcasting Company on the telephone, the scratches have disappeared.

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Bedevilled Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is trussed like a roast pig, the Tasmanian Devil puts salt and pepper on him and he leaves the salt shaker on the tree stump next to Bugs. But when the Devil unties Bugs later on, the salt shaker has disappeared.

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The Wearing of the Grin picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky is knocked out by the mace, there are two cases by him. But when the two Leprechauns go over to Porky, the cases are now in front of the door.

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Men O'War picture

Continuity mistake: Laurel and Hardy are in a rented boat with two young women. Laurel is seated behind Hardy. They each have an oar over the left side of the boat and the boat is going in circles as they paddle. After a brief shot of James Finlayson staring at them from the dock, both men's oars are suddenly on the right side of the boat.

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