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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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Hyde and Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs discovers that Mr Hyde fired a hole in the wood that he used to board the door up to stop Mr Hyde from entering the basement, the number of planks change between shots.

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Puss n' Toots picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry runs onto the record player, he runs next to a button panel and there are four buttons on it: Fast, Stop, Start and Change. But when he is pressing random buttons later on in the cartoon, a "Record" button has been added and the "Change" button has disappeared.

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Hare Trigger picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs pours red ink on Sam's head, he leaves the bottle on its side and there is a label saying "Ink" on it. In the next shot, the word "Ink" has disappeared.

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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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Hic-cup Pup picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike threatens to kill Tom for giving him the hiccups, you can see that there is a burst paper bag by Spike and there is nothing in Tyke's bed, but when Tom crashes on the ground after climbing onto the house's guttering, the paper bag has disappeared and there is now a pillow and blanket in Tyke's bed.

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Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown picture

Continuity mistake: As the animated film opens, Charlie Brown's mailbox has a small red flag that is attached to the rear of the mailbox with the flag facing up. At the end of the film, the flag is attached near the front of the box and it is facing down.

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Hare Ribbin' picture

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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The Scarlet Pumpernickel picture

Continuity mistake: When the Scarlet Pumpernickel (Daffy) takes a box outside his pocket when he arrives at the church, you can see that there is nothing on the box and he puts his hand on the box to open it. But when we see the box in the next shot, it now has "Ye Olde Olympic High Jumper" on it and the Scarlet Pumpernickel's hand is no longer on the box.

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Rabbit's Feat picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the cartoon, you can see there is a post box outside Bugs' home. But when he jumps into the hole when Wile E. Coyote is pursuing him towards the end, the post box has gone.

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Speedy Gonzales picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the cartoon, there are four mice behind the wired fence, but when one of them says "Pussycat!" we cut back to the mice and there are now five.

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Downhearted Duckling picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is searching for Quacker, you can see that he is holding a fork in his right hand, but when he finds Quacker in a sandwich, the fork has disappeared.

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Scaredy Cat picture

Plot hole: When Porky walks up the stairs to his bedroom, Sylvester is clinging on to his back, still terrified. When Porky is in his room, he has somehow removed his clothes with Sylvester still clinging on to his back.

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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case picture

Continuity mistake: In a bedroom at the mansion of the late Ebenezer Laurel, Jervis the butler points to the spot where Ebenezer was murdered. In a close-up of Laurel and Hardy, the shadow of the butler's outstretched arm and index finger can be seen. However, in the following shot of the butler, his arm is still at his side. Then he raises his arm to point.

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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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Rhapsody Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: After Bugs shoots the man in the audience for coughing, the style of notes in the music book in front of him changes between shots.

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Design for Leaving picture

Audio problem: When Elmer has his hat and coat taken off by the Hat and Coat Remover, he says "Hey! What is this?" but his mouth doesn't move.

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Ain't She Tweet picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the cartoon, you can see that the top part of Tweety's cage is small but in the next shot has increased in size.

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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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