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Below Zero picture

Continuity mistake: When Oliver is laughing after Stan tossed the woman's bucket in the street, the top of Oliver's coat and his bowler hat are covered in snow. In the next shot, the snow has disappeared.

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Punch Trunk picture

Continuity mistake: When the elephant walks up to the bowl of clothes pegs, the number of pegs in the bowl changes between shots.

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Hair-Raising Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When the scientist locks the door to prevent Bugs from escaping, you can see the latches are made of metal, but in the next shot they are now made of wood.

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The Battle of the Century picture

Continuity mistake: When Charlie Hall slips on the banana skin with his tray of pies outside the pie shop, he places the tray on top of his left leg, but in the next shot the tray is under his leg.

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Tweetie Pie picture

Continuity mistake: When Thomas uses a fishing rod to hoist himself up to Tweety's cage, you can see that Tweety is resting himself with his arm on the swing. But when we see Tweety in the next shot, his arm is on his chest.

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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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Stork Naked picture

Continuity mistake: When the stork takes the baby to Mr and Mrs Pierce, he is holding the bag in his left hand when he walks up the stairs, but when he arrives at the flat, the bag is now in his right hand.

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My Bunny Lies Over the Sea picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is about to tee off at the first hole at the golf course, the objects behind him change position between shots.

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The Bodyguard picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike is captured by the dog catcher at the end of the cartoon, you can see that there is a padlock on the door of the van, but when Jerry is chasing the van in the next shot, the padlock has disappeared.

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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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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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Easter Yeggs picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs Bunny opens the blue door on one of the houses towards the end of the cartoon, you can see that the door knocker is completely made of metal but when Bugs opens the door in the next shot, there is now a hole in it.

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Napoleon Bunny-Part picture

Continuity mistake: When Napoleon takes some snuff, he puts the box back on the map, but in the next shot the box is now on the table near Bugs.

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Knight-Mare Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is reading his book, he puts his carrot on the stand next to him. But when the apple falls on his head, the carrot has disappeared.

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Hare Force picture

Other mistake: During one scene where Bugs Bunny is barbecuing his carrot on a skewer near the fireplace, the carrot incorrectly appears behind the flames of the fire.

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Hare Splitter picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs and Casbah are sitting on the porch swing, Casbah puts a carrot in a glass parcel on Bugs' lap. But in a close-up of Bugs, the glass parcel has gone.

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Continuity mistake: When Daffy says to Porky, "Did you lose something, Fat Stuff?" the number of trees in the background decreases between shots.

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