Best animated movie mistakes of 1949

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Long-Haired Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see Giovanni Jones' house at the beginning of the short, there are five windows and the patio door in the middle is wide open. When Jones is frustrated with Bugs' singing and goes out to deal with him, the patio door is no longer in the middle - it is now the second door on the right.

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Ragtime Bear picture

Continuity mistake: In this first Mr. Magoo animated short, Waldo is playing a four-string banjo. Throughout the cartoon, the number of strings keeps changing. Sometimes there are three and sometimes there are only two.

Steven Lee

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Wise Quackers picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer is introduced to his food at the table, it's close to him, but in the next shot, it's far away from him.

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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad picture

Other mistake: Just as Ichabod Crane places his coat across a small stream of muddy water so Katrina can cross, Brom Bones rides his horse through the water, creating a large splash. Ichabod winds up covered with mud and sitting in the water. Brom scoops up Katrina and rides off with her. There is not a speck of mud or water on her, on Brom or on the horse.

Steven Lee

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For Scent-imental Reasons picture

Continuity mistake: When we see the cat sitting down by the door, Pepe speaks to her from a window above the door. The window was not in the previous shot when Pepe was chasing her.

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Wags to Riches picture

Continuity mistake: When the millionaire is addressing Spike and Droopy at the beginning of the cartoon, you can see his briefcase is at the right hand corner of the table. In the next shot, the briefcase is now in front of the millionaire.

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Donald's Happy Birthday picture

Continuity mistake: When Donald cuts off the string that one of his nephews has tied a coin onto, the coin falls into the money box. You can see that there is a slot on the box, but in the next shot it has disappeared.

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Love That Pup picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike grabs Tom's whiskers and threatens him, the background behind them changes from a fence to blue sky between shots.

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Honey Harvester picture

Continuity mistake: When Donald is cutting on the piece of fly paper, you can see there is nothing on the table, but in the next shot a cotton thread appears out of nowhere.

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Bad Ol' Putty Tat picture

Continuity mistake: When Tweety is running away from Sylvester, he hides in a tube of "Badminton Birds." When Sylvester comes around the corner, you can see there is a racquet next to the tube, but when we see Tweety coming out of the tube in the next shot, the racquet has disappeared.

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Often an Orphan picture

Continuity mistake: After Porky ties up the mailbag with Charlie Dog in it, he is holding the bag vertically, and puts the label "to Scotland" on it. When Porky goes in the house, Charlie is standing by the bag which is lying horizontally, and the label is affixed differently.

Movie Nut

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Jerry's Diary picture

Continuity mistake: After Tom has torn up Jerry's diary, you can see that the pie is next the hole of Jerry's home, but when Jerry comes around the corner and sees Tom, the pie is now positioned near Tom's foot.

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