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Quackodile Tears picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy paints a hand grenade white to throw at the crocodile, he leaves a tin of paint by the nest containing the real egg. But when Daffy's wife puts him on the nest after the hand grenade blows up, the paint is nowhere to be seen.

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Continuity mistake: When Rocky says his prayers and gets into bed, he has a gun belt around his nightshirt. But when he jumps out of bed after seeing Bugs, the gun belt has disappeared.

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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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I Do picture

Revealing mistake: Harold Lloyd is trying to cross a busy intersection. Apparently the scene was double-exposed. As one car passes by, it appears translucent and the streetcar tracks can be seen through it.

Steven Lee

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Feed the Kitty picture

Continuity mistake: When the kitten comes out of the can at the start, the can has "Salmon" written on it, but in the next shot that has disappeared.

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Robin Hood Daffy picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy is standing on the branch of the tree ready to jump off, he is holding on to a rope. When the camera angle changes to behind Daffy in the next shot, the rope is missing.

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Herr Meets Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs Bunny says "Watch your blood pressure, chubby!" to Göring, the medals on Göring's lederhosen change between shots.

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Awful Orphan picture

Continuity mistake: When the delivery man comes to the door with Porky's canary (Charlie Dog), the front door handle has a keyhole with it, but when Porky throws Charlie out of the house, there is no keyhole.

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Continuity mistake: When the dog is sniffing Bugs Bunny, you can see that Bugs has his right hand on the tree while he is eating a carrot, but when we see a close up of the dog in the next shot, Bugs' hand has disappeared.

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Come Clean picture

Continuity mistake: When Stan and Oliver are speaking to the ice-cream salesman, the amount on the till reads "05", but after Oliver has given him the money to pay for the ice-cream, the amount is now "10."

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Cue Ball Cat picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom shoots a stream of balls to flatten Jerry, the last ball in the pack is coloured purple, but when the balls rebound off the side rail, the last ball is now a green one.

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Love That Pup picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike grabs Tom's whiskers and threatens him, the background behind them changes from a fence to blue sky between shots.

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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: After the mouse is revived by water from Jasper, he goes up to the cat and you can see that the mouse's left hand is under Jasper's mouth, but in the next shot his hand is now near the whisker area.

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A Wild Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer thinks he has captured Bugs in his trap, there is a sign by the trap that reads "Carrots." In the next shot, the sign has gone.

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Ducking the Devil picture

Continuity mistake: When the Tasmanian Devil passes by the hamburger stall, you can see there is nothing next to the radio on the counter, but when we see a close-up of the radio in the next shot, there is now a mustard pot and a bottle next to it.

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Ain't She Tweet picture

Continuity mistake: Throughout the cartoon, the position of the "Beware of Dogs" sign on the wall at Granny's house keeps changing between shots. On at least one occasion, the sign is missing.

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Visible crew/equipment: When the gardener is hit on the back of the head by a plant that Oliver threw out of the window, a hand is throwing the plant directly at him.

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