Best family movie mistakes of 1952

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14 Carrot Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Sam points his gun at Bugs at Fort Knox, he says "But I can't take any chances!" and throws away the gun. In the next shot, the gun is back in his hand again.

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Magical Maestro picture

Continuity mistake: When Poochini is rehearsing, Mysto the Magician knocks on the door of his dressing room. At this point, you can see that the handle is on the left hand side of the door, but when Poochini opens the door, he opens it from the right hand side.

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Rock-a-Bye Bear picture

Continuity mistake: When the little dog throws items from the cabinet down to Spike, Spike catches two trays of glasses, a yellow vase with his right foot and a pink teapot with his left foot. But when Spike goes out of the house after a pepper pot lands on his nose, the vase and teapot have changed positions.

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Jack and the Beanstalk picture

Revealing mistake: When the Prince and Princess are catapulted over the wall of the Giant's castle, you can see their shadows on the "sky" above the wall; the sky is a studio wall painted blue.

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Triplet Trouble picture

Continuity mistake: When the orange kitten and the brown kitten attend to Tom after they knocked him out by hitting his head on the ceiling, the eyebrow over the orange kitten's right eye disappears for a few seconds.

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Hans Christian Andersen picture

Factual error: In Danny Kaye's song about "The Emperor's New Clothes" he persistently and repeatedly uses the words "the king is in the altogether." Hans Christian Andersen lived from 1805 to 1875, but the expression "in the altogether", meaning naked, was invented and popularised by George Du Maurier in his novel "Trilby" which was not published until 1894.

Rob Halliday

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Beep, Beep picture

Continuity mistake: When the Coyote is pursuing the Road Runner at the start of the cartoon, he is holding a fork in his left hand and a knife in his right. But when we see the Coyote a few seconds later, he is now holding the knife in his left and the fork in his right.

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Fit to Be Tied picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry is removing the nail from Spike's foot with a hammer, the distance of the wall behind Spike changes between shots.

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Ain't She Tweet picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the cartoon, you can see that the top part of Tweety's cage is small but in the next shot has increased in size.

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Cruise Cat picture

Continuity mistake: When the captain lifts the lid and finds that Jerry has been eating his pancakes, you can see there is a knife behind the plate, but when we see a close-up of Jerry in the next shot, the knife has disappeared.

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Foxy by Proxy picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see Bugs' hole, you can see there are three carrot ends around it. After the dogs run over the hole, there are now only two carrot ends, and when the hunters pass over the hole, there are now three.

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Hare Lift picture

Continuity mistake: When Sam discovers that the plane is going to crash into earth, you can see Bugs is beside him in the chair reading a "Learn to Fly" manual. But when Sam goes to the cockpit window, look at the chair and you can see Bugs has gone.

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Pluto's Party picture

Continuity mistake: When Pluto puts the pinned tail on the picture in the "Pin the Tail on Pluto" game, the position of the pinned tail changes between shots.

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Little Runaway picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom (dressed as a seal) performs "Yankee Doodle" on the horns at the circus at the end of the cartoon, the background behind him changes between shots.

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Going! Going! Gosh! picture

Continuity mistake: When the Coyote is curled up like a spring, he is holding a knife in his left hand and a fork in his hand. When he starts chasing the Road Runner, he now has the fork in his left hand and the knife in his right.

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Operation: Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When we see the "Lump Massager" at work on the lump on Wile E. Coyote's head, you can see that there are three valves on the machine, but when we see Wile E. at work on his drawing board in the next shot, there are now two valves on it.

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Rabbit Seasoning picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy Duck is printing fake rabbit tracks at the beginning of the cartoon, he puts two tracks next to Bugs Bunny's hole. But when Elmer Fudd arrives at the hole, the two tracks have disappeared.

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Oily Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see Bugs' home at the beginning of the short, there are four carrot ends around the hole. When the oil tycoon and Maverick approach Bugs' home later on, there are now only two carrot ends.

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