Best movie continuity mistakes of 1954

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Little Boy Boo picture

Continuity mistake: When Egghead Jr. shows Foghorn Leghorn the formula for how he managed to dig him out of the ground, you can see that Egghead has nothing next to him, but in the next shot a spade has suddenly appeared.

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Mice Follies picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom attempts to squirt Jerry with the bottle of seltzer, Nibbles sets the freezer to Quick Freeze which freezes the floor and Tom is left frozen. You can see that when Tom is frozen, the bottle leaves an icicle of frozen water, but when Jerry and Nibbles dance around Tom at the end, the icicle has disappeared.

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Puppy Tale picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry and one of the puppies hear Tom whistling during the thunderstorm, you can see that there is a newspaper by the puppy when he and Jerry look out from their shelter, but when Tom falls into the river, we cut back to Jerry and the puppy and the newspaper has disappeared.

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Downhearted Duckling picture

Continuity mistake: When Quacker shows Jerry the picture of the ugly duckling in his book, you can see the book is standing up, but when we see the picture in the next shot, the book is lying flat on the ground.

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Dragon Around picture

Continuity mistake: When Dale is reading the Fairy Tales book at the beginning, you can see behind him there is an acorn, a small twig and an empty beer bottle behind him. But when he picks up the acorn and twig to pretend fencing, the beer bottle is nowhere to be seen.

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The Black Knight picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene set during the King Arthur and the Round Table era we see the end of a battle scene. The camera pans in on some dead enemy and we see a man in a helmet face down. The scene then changes but comes straight back to the dead enemy. The man in the helmet has turned away as if to survey the scene before him. Within a second he turns his head back to the original "dead" position. (01:19:30)

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Pigs Is Pigs picture

Continuity mistake: When Piggy is seated at the dinner table, there is a bowl of fruit with a yellow lid next to it, and Piggy has in front of him a plate with a spoon on one side and a knife and fork on the other. After Piggy's mother stops him from taking some fruit, we cut back to Piggy, and the bowl of fruit and yellow lid have disappeared, and he only now has a spoon by the plate.

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Baby Butch picture

Continuity mistake: When Butch opens the door to steal the ham from the fridge, the handle is initially on the right hand side of the door, but when he opens it later on the handle has moved to the left hand side.

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Illusion Travels by Streetcar picture

Continuity mistake: The two workers are being dismissed by their boss after their 'too zealant' repairs of the streetcar. Shot from behind when he stops them as they walk away, you can see him place his right hand flat on the desk, directly on the wood. Next shot and his hand is in a different position and on the papers. (00:05:30)

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My Little Duckaroo picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy challenges Canasta to a fight, the door behind Daffy has a window next to it, but when Canasta reveals his muscles, we cut back to Daffy and the window has disappeared.

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Design for Leaving picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy pushes a button to start the massaging chair, you can see that the button panel is on the arm of the chair, but when we see Elmer receiving a massage, the panel has disappeared.

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Goo Goo Goliath picture

Continuity mistake: When John comes home and finds his son's toys on the lawn, the red truck has a registration number on the back of it, but when John is speaking to Ethel in the next shot, the registration number has disappeared.

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Hic-cup Pup picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike is rocking Tyke to sleep at the beginning of the cartoon, you can see there is a bowl with a bone next to Spike's kennel, but when Spike and Tyke go to sleep later on, the bowl has disappeared.

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No Barking picture

Continuity mistake: When Frisky Puppy is looking inside the box at the dump, the fence behind him is grey, but in the next shot it is white.

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Bugs and Thugs picture

Continuity mistake: When Rocky leaps into the car and says, "Take off, Mugsy!" after robbing the bank, Rocky has a cigarette in his mouth. In the next shot, the cigarette has disappeared, and in the shot after that, it is back in Rocky's mouth again.

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Posse Cat picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom rushes up with his knife, fork and dish to get his dinner from the cook, you can see that Tom's knife is pointing straight but in the next shot it is now pointing to the right.

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