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Hostile - S1-E10

Other mistake: The kids are viewing the VHS tape...but somehow the tape ends up in the old Hispanic woman's house...who then shoots it.

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The Ivy Curtain - S1-E11

Other mistake: After being shot in the air traffic controller's office, the alien disintegrates, but the black residue remaining afterwards is out of position from where the alien disintegrated.

Scott215

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The Lost Tribe - S5-E11

Other mistake: McKay and Jackson enters a room and runs into 2 armored figures, Jackson eventually reveals that they are empty suits, however in every shot shot from behind the suits, the suits are constantly moving, as if they are hanging on strings.

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Turnabout - S1-E2

Other mistake: When Tom is sitting in the chair reading Ellen Combs' medical/surveillance file, the page he is reading just contains the lyrics from the Ella Fitzgerald song "Someone to Watch Over Me".

swordfish

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Other mistake: Every time someone calls, either on the comlinks, or the wall panels, there always appears to be a blank wall immediately behind the person on screen, even when the camera cuts to the person calling.

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Voices Carry - S2-E2

Other mistake: The rear windshield of the car was supposedly shot out, but you can see the defroster lines on the intact rear windshield. When the truck comes up behind them with their high beams on, the driver keeps looking into a non-existent rear view mirror as if they are blinding him. (00:12:45)

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Episode 3 - S1-E3

Other mistake: The instructions for the "manual improbability button" are written in English on an alien spaceship.

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Act I - S1-E1

Other mistake: During "My Freeze Ray", there's a shot where Billy, Penny, and several other people open doors to the laundry machines in sequence. When Billy opens the door to his machine, you can see the reflection of everyone else just standing there, waiting for their cue to walk forward.

TedStixon

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Pilot - S1-E1

Other mistake: Roy is in his chair on the porch steps, but, there is no wheelchair access to that porch. (01:00:06)

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Hog Wild - S2-E4

Other mistake: Preacher has a large bold tattoo at the center of his chest below his neck that changes repeatedly. For example, it's dark and clear when they capture the deputy, but it's smudged and partially gone when Preacher forces Stella, the deputy, and Ralph into the 18-wheeler. (00:29:10 - 00:36:50)

Super Grover

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Ruri chan 'Kôkai nisshi' - S1-E5

Other mistake: After looking for the special nanpura sauce, Akito is dashing through the corridor crossing paths with Yurika. Behind him in the frontal view the corridor looks empty, but a moment later his cart blazes past her followed by other 4 less than a meter apart. (00:09:10)

Sammo

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Other mistake: In first episode Wells apologizes for locking up Clarke's dad, then acts surprised when she tells him he got executed, when in episode 3 it's revealed they both assisted in the execution.

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The Threat of Zeon - S1-E12

Other mistake: The three comic relief kids burst into the bridge with hoover. The floor they are cleaning is a single smooth surface, but when Bright apologizes to them, they are standing on the only section with tiles. (00:06:40)

Sammo

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A Pile of Stones - S1-E6

Other mistake: At the end of this episode when Jonathan and Nicky set off on horseback to the canal to board the tug boat "Heartsease" they leave late at night and arrive the next day. But in episodes 7 and 8 Margaret rides on horseback to Heartsease and home again, and the journey only takes a few minutes.

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Cinethrax - S1-E2

Other mistake: There is a countdown on the movie screen. It is then reflected in Dusty's glasses. But the numbers are not reversed in the glasses. (00:41:00)

toroscan

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