Best short movie continuity mistakes of 1949

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Senor Droopy picture

Continuity mistake: When the announcer tells Droopy and the wolf about the prize they can have if they win the bullfight, there is a red wall behind the announcer that keeps disappearing and re-appearing between shots.

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Hare Do picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is at the theatre, you can see he a man sitting next to him when he finds his binoculars, but when Bugs sees Elmer in front of him, we cut back to Bugs and the man next to him has disappeared.

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Bad Ol' Putty Tat picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the cartoon there is a "Do Not Disturb" sign outside Tweety's house, but when Sylvester is bouncing on the trampoline to get into the birdhouse, the sign has disappeared.

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Awful Orphan picture

Continuity mistake: When the delivery man comes to the door with Porky's canary (Charlie Dog), the front door handle has a keyhole with it, but when Porky throws Charlie out of the house, there is no keyhole.

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Hatch Up Your Troubles picture

Continuity mistake: When the mother woodpecker leaves the nest for lunch at the beginning of the cartoon, she puts a sign saying "Gone for lunch - back 10 minutes" on the nest, but when Jerry returns the baby woodpecker to his nest later on, the sign has disappeared.

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Frigid Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs dons his top hat and tails and tells the penguin, "I've always wanted a nice long formal vacation", he takes the penguin by his left hand. When the two are walking along in the next shot, Bugs is now holding the penguin in his right hand.

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Donald's Happy Birthday picture

Continuity mistake: When one of Donald's nephews sees a box of cigars in the book he is looking at, you can see that above the box it reads "Smello Cigars." But when we see a close up of the page in the next shot, it now reads "La Smello Panatellas."

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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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Bowery Bugs picture

Continuity mistake: When the old man asks Bugs why Steve Brody jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, the position of Bugs' carrot on the plaque changes between shots.

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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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The Grey Hounded Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we see "Grandpa's Folly" being 'scratched' in his starting box, the box has no door in front of it, but when we see the boxes at the start of the race in the next shot, a door has suddenly appeared.

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Mississippi Hare picture

Continuity mistake: During the poker game, the Colonel says "I've got five aces" and he lies down his cards in front of him. You can see that next to the Colonel there is half a coin and a pack of playing cards. When Bugs says "I've got six aces, sir." he takes the half-coin away from the Colonel, but the Colonel's cards and the pack of playing cards have disappeared.

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Fast and Furry-ous picture

Continuity mistake: When the coyote is tossing the boomerang up and down, his tail keeps disappearing and re-appearing.

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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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Curtain Razor picture

Continuity mistake: When the turtle who says he is "The Man with 1000 Voices" is standing at Porky's desk, you can see he has his hat in his hand, but in the next shot he is wearing his hat on his head.

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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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Long-Haired Hare picture

Continuity mistake: Throughout the cartoon, Giovanni Jones's hair is blonde, but when he emerges from the rubble at the end of the concert, his hair is now reddish.

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Wise Quackers picture

Continuity mistake: Before Elmer's two dogs shake hands on agreeing to catch Daffy, one of them draws a diagram which is a dotted line and a circle with a cross in it. After the two dogs run into a tree, they go back to their meeting point and this time the diagram is completely different to the one drawn before.

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High Diving Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see Bugs at the Opry House, you can see behind him there is a pink poster with "Frizby the Magician" on it, and on the left there is a yellow poster. But when we see Bugs in the next shot, the "Frizby" poster is now yellow, the poster on the left is now red and a "World's Strongest Man" poster has appeared on the right.

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Out-Foxed picture

Continuity mistake: After Reginald Fox ties up the dog in the bag, his monocle is on his left eye, but when he answers the door in the next shot, the monocle is now on his right eye.

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