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Narrow Escape - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: Gene is chasing a smuggler who is driving a horse and buggy with an unwitting Pat Buttram by his side. The smuggler drives past a roadside post marking the U.S.-Mexico border. In the immediate long shot of Gene chasing him, the post has disappeared. (00:22:05)

Steven Lee

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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.

Spiny Norman

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The Cousins - S1-E37

Continuity mistake: When Mr. Castle complains that Martin Lane is a traitor, his secretary reminds him that he himself has declared Martin to be "the best managing editor in the country." Mr. Castle then takes a seat while holding his newspaper, but in the next shot his hands are empty as he impatiently stands up.

Super Grover

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Andi's Choice - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: When Andi tells Buffy and Cyrus about the one date with Walker, she gives Cyrus the clear cup with a red design and Buffy gets the green cup, but when Buffy insists that she's the sassy friend those two cups switch between shots, then the cups switch back again. (00:13:50)

Super Grover

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Et Tu, Scoob? - S2-E25

Continuity mistake: When Scooby and Shaggy are at the "Hotus Dogus" stand in the Coliseum, you can see that Scooby has two flags in his left hand, but after a quick close-up of Scooby, we return to him and his flags have disappeared.

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Hawaii Here We Come - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Benny comes to Top Cat's dustbin at the start of the episode, he first pushes a door bell and then uses a handle to knock on the dustbin. In the next shot, both the bell and handle have disappeared.

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Sharkbait - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: To beat the traffic, Coop skateboards inside a construction pipe. The pipe is on the back of a truck, so it's not exactly very long, and gets picked up by a crane arm mounted on the truckbed itself. However, Coop takes ages to come out of the pipe, and in the shot from inside the pipe it looks as if is dozens of meters above the street level, which isn't. (00:08:00)

Sammo

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Me and Mr. T - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When the teacher is asking the class questions about the declaration of independence, she has some info about it written on the blackboard ending with "1776 in." Then facing away from the blackboard, she asks a question and Mr. T quickly answers and then only a second later, the camera is back on the teacher and suddenly the world "PHILADELPHIA" is on the blackboard under the "1776 in" with no time for her to have written that word in one second.

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Teachers & Detention - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Mr. Monroe (Jim J. Bullock) is explaining infant care to his class using a rubber doll when a paper airplane with a sense of direction starts buzzing his head. He swings the baby, hitting the skeleton next to his desk, shattering its head and sending it to the floor. In the next cut, the skeleton is standing up again, and Mr. Monroe whacks it down again.

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End. Begin. All the Same. - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Rian and Mira are on the Spy glass, he understands she just invited him to Dreamfast. When she answers "Yes! I mean...if you wanted to?" his hair is suddenly all the way behind the sword's handle, when it wasn't in the shot before. (00:09:45)

Sammo

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Hanging Round - S19-E15

Continuity mistake: Paul and Barry paint a porthole pink, and paint noughts and crosses on the ship in white paint. However, through the episode when the camera pulls away, you can see that the pink/white paint has mysteriously disappeared.

swordfish

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