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Beauty and the Obese: Part 1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Once the episode cuts to the inside of the Tender Loin club, a stripper dressed in blue and yellow is on the table with a very large group of men sitting around her. Once the kid comes in with the fake I.D. and is shown around by the manager, suddenly the crowd around the stripper's table is much smaller. (00:01:54)

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Vinari - S1-E24

Continuity mistake: In the close-up of putting the lids on the bottles, Mat's hands have 5 fingers (briefly done by a real person instead of the puppets). However, throughout the series, the duo is consistently 4-fingered - and that includes other close-ups that were also created with real hands briefly replacing the animation.

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Father to the Prof - S1-E28

Continuity mistake: At the start of the episode when Vinnie and Rocket search for Gabby's pet badger, after updating her, Vinnie goes back into his bedroom where Rocket is seen in the room pulling out a pirate's peg leg, Professor Q's "oscilloradioscope", and a baking soda volcano from behind his back. However, for about a frame, the other 2 items were also peg legs before turning into the respective item. His mouth also tilts between frames. (00:00:25)

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Is Lupin Burning... ?! - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When the Scorpion Leader announces that the driver of car number 4 is Lupin, we see a close-up of his face, but the man in the car had his face covered up to his nose by a scarf. Lupin puts the scarf and protective goggles only after a couple seconds. (00:04:45)

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New Trickster in Town - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When the kids in the chorus become possessed by the ghosts and run out of the room, Juniper is standing alone by the piano, still wearing the chorus robe. In the next shot, the chorus teacher is now standing next to her, and she is not wearing her robe.

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Polly Wants a Treasure - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Baloo and Kit walk through the Sea Duck's cargo area to try and find who they think is a stowaway, Baloo lifts a crate of fragile crystal glasses over his head. The crate rotates between shots, judging by its red "Fragile" stamp.

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Hindsight: Part 3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Angel is saying goodbye to Wolverine, the driver's side door of his car is open, and he is standing on the interior side of it. When the shot changes, you can see the door is now closed (note the window glare). (00:03:41)

Phaneron

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Continuity mistake: In the opening credits, Popeye is helping Olive Oyl put her washing on the line. When Bluto appears, he takes Popeye and uses one peg to hang him on the line, but in the next shot he is hanging by two pegs.

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The Greatest - S4-E11

Continuity mistake: In all other episodes of this season, Officer Dan has blonde hair. This one episode, Officer Dan has gray hair and his face looks completely different from other episodes.

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God's Chef - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Clay flips through the "Fake Facts of Life" book, he lands on the page for age 9, and we can see there is no picture on the page. But in the next shot, a picture of a thumbs-up has appeared. (00:05:15)

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Yuusha wa futatabi - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Throughout the episode, the "Pink Amigo" sign changes. Sometimes the word "Restaurant" is on top of the whole word "Pink", other times it begins after the "P", in other shots it's absent.

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Continuity mistake: In the opening credits, as the room becomes animated, Ricky has a coffee mug an inch away from him. The mug moves a good 10 inches away from Ricky the shot after Karl says "All right?" (00:00:35)

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Origins Part 1 - S1-E19

Continuity mistake: This is supposed to be the Rangers' first mission and we see Jayden use the Fire-Smasher mode of his spin sword. Jayden didn't learn how to use that feature until the third episode of the series, which takes place after this mission.

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