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Bug Off/The Crawl Space - S9-E5

Continuity mistake: In Moving Away, Tommy tells the other Rugrats how they first met when Angelica lied about the nasty things they did. However in the Crawl Space, there is a flashback of Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil playing in the playpen when they were younger. Chuckie is scared of the Jack-in-a-box in that flashback, so the Rugrats could not have met for the first time back then.

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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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Sands of Jakku - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: BB-8 and Rey watch the Nightwatcher Worm go away after she feeds it and you can see BB-8 with the slime on him. It cuts to a different angle just before the droid asks her how she found him, and the slime spots on the side of his head change shape and size.Most notably the middle spot shrinks significantly and the bottom one over laps the edge of his head. (00:02:25)

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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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The Loose Tooth - S3-E16

Continuity mistake: After Michael's tooth falls out, the toys go to clean it. When they accidentally squeeze the toothpaste on each other, it finally shows Alfred holding up the toothbrush correctly because Diesel can't seem to, Alfred's appearance is short, dark green and smaller in size. But then Johnson appears and says "I'm going to remove this toothpaste tube before it causes anymore damage" the shot cuts to Alfred with the toothpaste squeezed on him, and his appearance has changed; with a larger head, bright green body and larger in size. A few shots later, he is back to his original form.

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Get Off My Tail - S2-E14

Continuity mistake: When Cleo tells Lewis that she had fun with him the other day in front of Charlotte, she's holding her hands together when the camera faces her. When the camera faces Lewis and Charlotte, Cleo's hands are on her side. (00:17:05)

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Ozzie and the Bridge Group - S6-E34

Continuity mistake: Ozzie goes to a boxing match. Stock footage shows two boxers fighting in a ring surrounded on all sides by ten rows of seats. Almost every seat is occupied. The close-ups show Ozzie sitting in the front row and there are only three rows of seats behind him.

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The Cave - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: When Will Parry visits his grandparents, the grandmother is sitting on the sofa next to Will's grandfather. The grandmother's position keeps changing from sitting right next to him to being further apart.

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