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Three for Breakfast picture

Continuity mistake: When Chip slides down the drainpipe and holds on the frame to get to the window of Donald's house, you can see that there is nothing in front of the window, but when Chip is looking into the kitchen in the next shot, a cord has suddenly appeared.

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Racketeer Rabbit picture

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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The Goat picture

Continuity mistake: Buster Keaton drops his coat on the sidewalk in front of a light post. When he returns for it in the next shot, the coat has moved and wrapped itself around the pole.

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Hatch Up Your Troubles picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry orders the baby woodpecker out of his home, you can see that Jerry's right foot is facing sideways but in the next shot it is now facing straight.

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Character mistake: During the opening fight Jackie lands a punch on her opponent just after the round ends. The referee should've warned her about this as it's illegal in MMA to do this, and he didn't.

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Ready.. Set.. Zoom! picture

Continuity mistake: When the Coyote attempts to capture the Road Runner for the first time, he is standing on a bare patch of pavement surrounded by the puddle of glue he is spreading. In the next shot, the Coyote is now standing on glue with no bare patch, and when he realises he is about to be hit by the truck, he is standing on bare pavement in middle of the glue puddle once again.

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Fish Tales picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky Pig falls asleep in his boat, he is wearing a red shirt. In his dream, a big fish cuts off the red shirt to cook a now naked Porky. When the dream ends and Porky wakes up back on his boat, his red shirt is still missing, and he's still naked. He should have still had his red shirt on.

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Scram! picture

Plot hole: When Oliver attempts to lift the drain grille in order to get the drunk's car key, he claims it is too heavy. Yet when Stan gets his umbrella stuck down there, Oliver manages to lift the grille without any effort.

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Suggested correction: Ollie doesn't say too heavy, he just says "this thing is heavy."

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Operation: Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When we see the "Lump Massager" at work on the lump on Wile E. Coyote's head, you can see that there are three valves on the machine, but when we see Wile E. at work on his drawing board in the next shot, there are now two valves on it.

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A Wild Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer places the carrot by Bugs' home, the rabbit tracks around the hole keep disappearing and re-appearing between shots.

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Ali Baba Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: When Hassan is trying to remember the magic word to open the cave door, you can see there is a burrow tunnelling under the entrance, but when we return to Hassan trying to remember the word later on, the burrow has disappeared.

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Cracked Quack picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Daffy Duck all stuffed and on the mantelpiece, the time on the clock reads 5.35. But when all the other ducks fly on the window ledge and look through the window, the time is now 4.35.

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Audio problem: When Crash McDash says "That will finish him!" when he puts Willoughby into the barrel of water, his mouth does not move when he says "him."

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Foxy by Proxy picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see Bugs' hole, you can see there are three carrot ends around it. After the dogs run over the hole, there are now only two carrot ends, and when the hunters pass over the hole, there are now three.

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Wild and Woolly Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is performing his shooting stunt in the saloon, you can see the entrance behind Sam has nothing between it. When Sam tells Bugs he's missed, we cut to Bugs who says "Wait!" and then return to Sam, and this time there are doors between the entrance.

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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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All Hail the King picture

Visible crew/equipment: Lighting equipment is seen on Trevor's sunglasses just as he finishes speaking in his Mandarin voice. (00:03:30)

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