Best movie continuity mistakes of 1954

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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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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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Design for Leaving picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer returns to his house after being given a lift back, you can see there is nothing on the front door, but when Elmer walks to the door in the next shot, a handle and a key hole have appeared.

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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)

keiko

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Goo Goo Goliath picture

Continuity mistake: When John is trying to start his car, there are no handles on the doors. But when we see a close-up of the car in the next shot, handles have appeared.

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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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Downhearted Duckling picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom captures Quacker in his bag, he has nothing around his neck. But when we see Tom in the next shot, a napkin appears from nowhere.

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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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Bugs and Thugs picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the cartoon, you can see that Mugsy is bald, but when he pulls Bugs away from the telephone box, he now has hair under his hat.

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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)

Sammo

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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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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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By Word of Mouse picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Hans walking down the rope from the boat, he's carrying plain pink cloth. But when we see Hans the next time, the cloth now has white spots on it.

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My Little Duckaroo picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky tells Daffy to arrest Nasty Canasta, you can see the window next the door has four panes of glass, but when Daffy challenges Canasta to a fight, the number of panes has increased.

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Hic-cup Pup picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike threatens to kill Tom for giving him the hiccups, you can see that there is a burst paper bag by Spike and there is nothing in Tyke's bed, but when Tom crashes on the ground after climbing onto the house's guttering, the paper bag has disappeared and there is now a pillow and blanket in Tyke's bed.

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Pet Peeve picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is playing with a ball of yellow wool next to Joan, look at the chair next to the table and you can see that George is missing, but in the next shot he is back in the chair.

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