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Episode #2.3 - S2-E3

Continuity mistake: Jack and Georgina pull into parking spot next to another vehicle. In next shot, as they walk away from their Mercedes, there is no vehicle in the next spot with no time for it to have pulled out. (00:28:15)

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Appeal - S4-E8

Continuity mistake: While the Agents are reviewing the courthouse security footage, they zoom in on the unsub's license plate number "28K-XK8" on the video feed. Barnes states aloud that it's "28K-XQ8" and Remy asks which employee drives a vehicle with that plate number, then the Courthouse Vehicle Directory shows "28K-XQ8" as the unsub's license plate number. (00:21:25)

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Premature Theories - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: Earlyish in S1:E4 "Growing Suspicion" there is a still photo of Christa Carlyle wearing a cast on her broken right leg. Early in this episode there is a quick motion shot of her handing out a T-shirt to another student. The cast is now on her left leg.

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Episode #3.5 - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: Sidney is attending a pre-wedding dance in the camp he is visiting wearing a light colored shirt. When he leaves the dance floor to chat with other attendees, he is now wearing a green sweater over his shirt.

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The King Came Calling - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Inspector Ressler is struck across the temple on his left side in the scene at the "bawdy house". He holds a hanky on that spot later and there are no visible marks to the right side (his right) of his face. Then, in the street scene afterwards and while looking at the Swedish Bakery he has marks on his right temple. Those marks are no longer there in later scenes such as Claxton's office. (00:41:20 - 00:42:30)

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Continuity mistake: The three friends finally meet in person after all the texting. Karube brings a cigarette to his mouth when Chota asks "Where to?", but in the next shot his hand is lower. (00:07:15)

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Kessei! CLAMP gakuen tanteidan - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Nokoru Imonoyama is looking at the dossier about the brother-in-law of their client. The chart showing the sorry state of his business looks different from the close-up when Nokoru puts it down - for instance, it's bi-color grey and white, when it was simply with white background before. (00:13:15)

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Continuity mistake: Hannah's outfits don't match when she follows Miles into the Chappelle after she finds him smoking. She goes in wearing red and once she enters they show her wearing green. (00:24:16)

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Family Day - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: When Harry first picks up a water balloon and throws it, his hands are now empty. In the next shot, he has a blue water balloon in his hand. When he throws that one, you see it's a pink balloon being thrown.

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The Outlaw Eddie Wagner - S2-E3

Continuity mistake: Stabler is patted down by a NYPD Officer and the officer is shown slipping something into Stabler's left front pants pocket. After the officer departs Stabler pulls a paper out of his front right pants pocket. (00:15:52 - 00:16:30)

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Sanctuary - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: Hannah enters the bar wearing a University of Texas hooded sweatshirt with its unmistakable school color when she asks Charley to take her to see her father. When they arrive at her father's house, she is wearing a plain dark sweatshirt.

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Episode #1.12 - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: When one of the supermarket workers announces the three-minute sale on toilet paper, loads begin rushing towards the paper. In the shot where the worker is heard saying "Here we go", a woman in a purple jumper (the one who bumps into Kang-bae a few seconds later) can be seen in the background behind Kang-bae beginning to walk towards the paper. A POV shot is then shown of Kang-bae turning around, and the same woman can be seen standing still, back where she was originally standing. (00:57:00)

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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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Chucky Actually - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: When the living-doll version of Glen/Glenda/GG is revealed, after they thank Tiffany for giving them a makeover, the way they are holding the mirror changes instantly between cuts. This then continues throughout the rest of the scene, with them holding the mirror in a different way between shots probably a dozen times.

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