Best family TV character mistakes of all time

Please vote as you browse around to help the best rise to the top.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air picture

Bang the Drum, Ashley - S1-E2

Character mistake: When Geoffrey serves tea after his sassy cough at Vivian's sentence about High Tea not being a sacred institution, the actor messes up when it's time to actually serve tea, with a napkin getting caught in the teacup saucer. Granted, accidents do happen, but it's quite uncharacteristic for the perfect butler Geoffrey is portrayed to be, and simply a flub by Joseph Marcell. (00:17:45)

Sammo

More The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air character mistakes
The Baby-Sitters Club picture

Stacey Takes a Stand - S1-E12

Character mistake: At the end of the dance routine, all of the girls strike a pose with one hand on their hip and the other behind their head, except for Stacey who just stands there.

Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.

Suggested correction: Stacey was in New York with her father for most of this episode, so perhaps she didn't learn the entire routine before performing it.

More The Baby-Sitters Club character mistakes
More Little Bill character mistakes
More Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! character mistakes
More Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo character mistakes
More Stingray character mistakes
More The Fairly OddParents character mistakes
More Zorro character mistakes
Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.

Suggested correction: The tray had more than 6, even if it was drawn to look like just 6, they could have been stacked on top of each other. Later when they're dumped in the fire, you can see more than 6 go in. Plus at that point we don't know how much Chowder was selling them for since it was after Mung Daal (while in disguise) paid more than 5 dollops for one.

Bishop73

More Chowder character mistakes
More The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! character mistakes
More I Dream of Jeannie character mistakes
Lizzie McGuire picture

Gordo and the Girl - S1-E19

Character mistake: When Matt is telling his Dad about his problems, he says "...I kicked our social studies globe last week by accent." He should have said accident; although this is not a major error it is worth noting and looking out for. (00:03:35)

Hamster

More Lizzie McGuire character mistakes
More Family Affair character mistakes

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.