Best short 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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Smitten Kitten picture

Continuity mistake: When the green devil recalls the time Tom serenaded another girl with his big bull fiddle, his whiskers disappear for a moment.

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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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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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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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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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Feed the Kitty picture

Continuity mistake: When the kitten comes out of the can at the start, the can has "Salmon" written on it, but in the next shot that has disappeared.

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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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A Bird in a Guilty Cage picture A Bird in a Guilty Cage mistake picture

Other mistake: When Sylvester is looking in the mirror whilst trying on hats, one of the hats has a price tag on it which reads $105.95. However, you can see the price numbering is the right way round - it should be back to front.

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Operation: Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs comes out of his hole to see what Wile E. Coyote is up to, you can see there nothing next to his hole, but after he has kicked Wile E. Down the other hole and put the pressure cooker on top of him, he returns to his hole and a club has suddenly appeared.

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Going! Going! Gosh! picture

Other mistake: In the opening credits, Lloyd Vaughan's surname is misspelt as "Vaughn."

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Hare Lift picture

Continuity mistake: When Sam falls out of the plane after Bugs pulled the cord, Sam panics and he is drops his guns in the process. But when Sam tells Bugs he is taking over the plane, his guns have suddenly re-appeared.

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Ain't She Tweet picture

Continuity mistake: When Granny collects Tweety Pie from the delivery man, the handle on the gate is on the left hand side, but when the postman comes to put the parcel in the mail box, the handle is now on the right.

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Oily Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When the oil tycoon says "Lower away, Maverick!" his two guns are beside him. But after a quick cut to Maverick, we return to the oil tycoon and the two guns have now disappeared.

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Pluto's Christmas Tree picture

Continuity mistake: Mickey Mouse uses an axe to cut down a tree for Christmas. Each chop he makes is horizontal, but when the tree falls over, the lower part of the trunk comes to a point, and the stump remaining in the ground has disappeared.

Steven Lee

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Caballero Droopy picture

Continuity mistake: When the bandit takes Droopy's wallet, he empties the contents and finds a photo of Droopy's girl. At this point, you can see the bandit is holding the photo with two hands, but when we see a close-up of the photo in the next shot, he is holding it with only his right hand.

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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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