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Aunt Bee's Cruise: Part 2 - S1-E16

Continuity mistake: Aunt Bee and Captain Wolford are sitting on the porch. The Captain extends his left arm behind Bee's head and rests his hand on her shoulder. In the close-up of Bee, there is no hand on her shoulder. In the following shot, the Captain's left hand is in his lap.

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The Demon Reborn - S3-E11

Continuity mistake: When Lois recovers in her apartment from the knock-out gas and starts swinging, Batman pushes her against her nightstand. But once she calms down and the camera makes a wide shot from the ceiling of the room, Lois and Batman suddenly crouch quite a distance away from the nightstand.

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Continuity mistake: In the episode where Fester invents a fabric: When Fester lies down on the parking lot, his head is first pointing upwards, towards a car, then in the next shot he has turned 90 degrees and his head is pointing towards Norman's legs.

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Haunted Doll - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: In the beginning, Miles is talking about how excited he is for the garage sale. When he takes a picture, Louie complains that ghosts don't show up in photos. But at the end, when they get grounded, and Miles takes the picture of the "first family punishment", then Miles and Louie show up in the photo.

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The Star Toter - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: While Gene plays guitar and sings "Back In The Saddle Again," a close-up shows the chuck wagon cook waving his ladle back and forth in time with the music. In the following long shot, the cook is leaning over and dipping the ladle into a stew pot.

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The Shock Will Kill You - S2-E13

Continuity mistake: After Ralph drops down into the tunnel in order to lure the creature, Ralph stops in front of a junction box on the wall. In the shot facing the box head-on as Ralph gets one of his holographs, suddenly there's writing on the cover of the junction box. The writing is not part of Ralph's vision. (00:37:55)

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Plunder & Lightning - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: As Baloo argues with Rebecca over ownership of the Sea Duck, Kit reminds him of the treasure stashed at Louie's. In the background is a turntable near Baloo's armchair. Sometimes it has a cover that's propped up, but in other shots the cover is missing altogether. (This mistake can be seen in the original 1990 television movie premiere version. It has since been amended in later DVD pressings).

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Larry Bird hands Marty the pie, Marty takes it with one hand and then grabs it with his other hand. In the next shot, the pie is no longer in his hands and he's seen grabbing it with both hands at once.

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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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