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Stage Door Cartoon picture

Continuity mistake: Before Elmer Fudd does his high diving act, you can see the pot behind him has a plant in it but in the next shot the plant has disappeared.

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Cheese Chasers picture

Continuity mistake: When Hubie and Bertie first approach Claude, you can see that Claude is sleeping by a dark maroon chair. When Claude is in the bathroom and says "I must be dreaming", we return to the chair and there is now an end table occupying the floor space where Claude had been sleeping.

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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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Captain Hareblower picture

Continuity mistake: When Sam confronts Bugs by the Powder Room, Bugs takes out a match, lights it and throws it into the Powder Room. You can see that the packet of matches is now one short. When Sam tells Bugs that "If you does that once more, I ain't a-goin' after it!" we cut to Bugs and when he takes out the packet, it is now full with matches again.

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Beau Hunks picture

Continuity mistake: When Stan pulls the door into Oliver's face, Oliver falls backwards and the spring on his back sends him skywards and onto the piano. When Oliver falls onto the piano, you can see that there is nothing on his stomach, but a few seconds later he is covered with piano hammers and other parts from the interior of a real piano.

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Pests for Guests picture

Continuity mistake: When the Gophers hear Elmer Fudd and the furniture salesman coming, they hide in the bottom drawer, but when Elmer drives home, the Gophers are now hiding in the second drawer down.

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The Fifth-Column Mouse picture

Revealing mistake: When the mice are feeding the cat, the cat sits up and a mouse passes through his head.

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The Scarlet Pumpernickel picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy begins reading "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" at the start of the cartoon, you can see that the script is by the wall. Later on, both Daffy and the script are in front of J.L.'s desk, and a few shots later they are near the wall again.

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Baby Butch picture

Continuity mistake: When Butch opens the door to steal the ham from the fridge, the handle is initially on the right hand side of the door, but when he opens it later on the handle has moved to the left hand side.

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Piker's Peak picture

Continuity mistake: When Yosemite Sam says "I dares" to Bugs, you can see there is nothing behind Bugs, but in the next shot he is standing in front of a mountain.

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Lava picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see the male volcano, he is an entire island with trees and forests. After many years have passed and sinks into the ocean, it can be seen the trees and forests have now gone. However, after he spews out of the ocean and is together with the female volcano, the male volcano suddenly has trees and forests around him 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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Tom's Photo Finish picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry hides one of the photographs inside George's newspaper, you can see that the bottom part of the lamp is coloured blue, but in the next shot it is now green.

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Operation: Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Wile E. Coyote is filling carrots with liquid nitroglycerin in the explosives hut, you can see there is nothing next to the wall, but when Wile E. pulls down the blind after seeing the train coming towards him, boxes of TNT have appeared.

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Chili Con Corny picture

Continuity mistake: When Mrs Meany puts the menu on the table for Woody to read, the position of the menu changes between shots.

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Pet Peeve picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is playing with a ball of yellow wool next to Joan, look at the chair next to the table and you can see that George is missing, but in the next shot he is back in the chair.

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