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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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High Diving Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see Bugs at the Opry House, you can see behind him there is a pink poster with "Frizby the Magician" on it, and on the left there is a yellow poster. But when we see Bugs in the next shot, the "Frizby" poster is now yellow, the poster on the left is now red and a "World's Strongest Man" poster has appeared on the right.

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Pigs Is Pigs picture

Continuity mistake: When Piggy is seated at the dinner table, there is a bowl of fruit with a yellow lid next to it, and Piggy has in front of him a plate with a spoon on one side and a knife and fork on the other. After Piggy's mother stops him from taking some fruit, we cut back to Piggy, and the bowl of fruit and yellow lid have disappeared, and he only now has a spoon by the plate.

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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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Case of the Missing Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs puts a cigar in Ala Bahma's mouth at the end of the cartoon, the background is blue with a pink curtain, but after the cigar explodes, the background is green and the curtain is blue.

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From Hare to Heir picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs reaches the top of the stairs in Bedlam Manor, Yosemite Sam (dressed in a suit of armour) tries to chop off Bugs' head with an axe, but Bugs ducks and Sam falls down the stairs. When we see Sam falling down the stairs in the next shot, Bugs has disappeared.

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Bunker Hill Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see the "They" flag on Yosemite Sam's fort, it is completely fine. When Sam says "Ahoy, there!" there is now a hole in the top right hand corner.

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The Wise Quacking Duck picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Mr Meek with his axe at the beginning of cartoon, you can see there is nothing in the fence beside him, but in the next shot, wire fencing has suddenly appeared.

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Scent-imental Over You picture

Continuity mistake: When the dogs run away from the Mexican hairless dog after thinking she's a skunk, the Mexican dog's ears are pointing up but in the next shot they are pointing down.

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Love That Pup picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike grabs Tom's whiskers and threatens him, the background behind them changes from a fence to blue sky between shots.

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Little Runaway picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom (dressed as a seal) performs "Yankee Doodle" on the horns at the circus at the end of the cartoon, the background behind him changes between shots.

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I Haven't Got a Hat picture

Continuity mistake: Before Little Kitty attempts to recite "Mary Had a Little Lamb", you can see there is writing on the blackboard behind her. When she makes her exit, the writing has disappeared, and when Ham and Ex appear, the writing is back again.

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Porky's Pooch picture

Continuity mistake: When Sandy is watching the chef toss hot cakes at the American Grill at the start of the cartoon, you can see there is a jug and some dishes at the far end of the counter, but when the camera pans in on the chef, the jug and dishes are now much closer to him.

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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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This Is a Life? picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer walks up to the row Bugs and Daffy are sitting in, you can see Bugs is holding a carrot in his left hand. When Bugs says "Who, me?" after Elmer asks him if he was Bugs Bunny, the carrot has disappeared.

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Puss n' Toots picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is smoothing down his hair while at the dressing table, he uses a brush to flatten down a hair, but when we see Tom in the next shot, the brush is nowhere to be seen.

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Fast and Furry-ous picture

Continuity mistake: When the coyote is tossing the boomerang up and down, his tail keeps disappearing and re-appearing.

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Hare-Way to the Stars picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is climbing up the ladder, you can see that he has a toothbrush in his right hand, but when he enters the rocket ship, the toothbrush has disappeared.

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Droopy's Double Trouble picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike says "Let me have it, pal!" he is holding a knife, fork and a plate and has a napkin around his neck. But when Drippy punches Spike, he goes back into a veranda and the napkin, plate, knife and fork have all disappeared, and when Spike crashes back into the door, the napkin, knife and fork have re-appeared.

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Norman Normal picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Norman standing by the desk in his boss' office, you can see there is nothing in front of the boss on his desk, but when we see the boss in the next shot, a piece of paper suddenly appears.

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