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Knighty Knight Bugs picture

Continuity mistake: When King Arthur says "A good idea, fool!", Bugs Bunny stops and you can see that behind him is a wall. In the next shot, Bugs is now in front of King's Arthur's chair, and when he says "Beheaded?" he is back in front of the wall again.

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Home, Tweet Home picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Sylvester reading his newspaper at the start of the cartoon, you can see the front page has only one picture on the cover, but when we see a close-up of the picture in the next shot, another picture has appeared under it.

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Wags to Riches picture

Continuity mistake: When the millionaire is addressing Spike and Droopy at the beginning of the cartoon, you can see his briefcase is at the right hand corner of the table. In the next shot, the briefcase is now in front of the millionaire.

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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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Loose Loot picture

Character mistake: The hand bill identifies the company as Slipp-Skipp and Tripp. The sign on the door says Slipp, Tripp and Skipp.

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Droopy's Double Trouble picture

Continuity mistake: When Mr Theeves is speaking to Droopy while he is packing, there are three suitcases on the floor. In the next shot, the cases have disappeared.

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The Iceman Ducketh picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy is clawed by the bear, he loses his hat in the process. But when we Daffy running in the next shot, the hat is back on his head again.

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Tweet and Lovely picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester is looking through the window with his binoculars, he looks at Spike and you can see there is a bowl with a bone next to his kennel. But when Sylvester sneaks past Spike's kennel after entering the yard, the bowl has gone.

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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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The Yankee Doodle Mouse picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry launches his egg carton, there are initially three light bulbs in the back, but when he releases the bulbs, there are now four.

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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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Night Owls picture

Continuity mistake: When Stan rips Oliver's trousers when he is pulling him up on the wall, a robbery bag is by Oliver's elbow. But in a close-up of Oliver, the bag has disappeared.

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Cock-a-Doodle Dog picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike grabs the bomb (painted as an apple) from the cockerel, he takes a bite out of it. You can see that when Spike is about to eat it, the eaten part of the bomb is facing his mouth, but in the next shot the eaten part is now facing downwards.

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Elmer's Candid Camera picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Elmer Fudd reading his book at the start of the cartoon, you can see there is a lamp behind him, but when the camera pans in on Elmer in the next shot, the lamp is nowhere to be seen.

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Brats picture

Continuity mistake: When Stan is about to take his shot during the snooker game, the white ball is near the top right pocket, but a few shots later it is now beside the ball near the top left pocket.

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Nasty Quacks picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy Duck is eating his breakfast at the table, the cup next to him has nothing in it but in the next shot a piece of buttered toast suddenly appears.

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The Fair Haired Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Sam is preparing breakfast, he is holding a spoon in his right hand but when he comes out and tells Bugs breakfast is ready, the spoon is now in his left hand.

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The CooCoo Nut Grove picture

Continuity mistake: When we see "Ben Birdie" on the stage at the start of the cartoon, he is surrounded by a piano, tuba and a drum, but when a mouse appears out of the tuba in the next shot, the drum has completely disappeared.

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The Cat Concerto picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry replaces two keys on the piano with a mousetrap, Tom gets his finger caught and there is a catch lever at the bottom of the trap. But in the next shot when Tom pulls up the mousetrap and his finger expands, the catch lever has disappeared.

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