Best animated movie continuity mistakes of 1955

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Lady and the Tramp picture

Continuity mistake: Lady is put in her bed and the master leaves the kitchen but he goes back in and puts a newspaper on the floor and leaves again but Lady gets out of her bed so the master comes back once more and puts her back in her bed but the newspaper on the floor has vanished.

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Pecos Pest picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is running away from Uncle Pecos, he runs into the house and slams the door. When he slams the door, you can see the little door at the top has nothing on it, but in the next shot a handle has suddenly appeared.

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Smarty Cat picture

Continuity mistake: When Butch and the other cats tiptoe past Spike at the start of the cartoon, you can see that Spike's bone is next to his kennel, but when Jerry is thrown out of the house by the cats before the film begins, he lands in Spike's mouth and the bone is now next to Spike.

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Ready.. Set.. Zoom! picture

Continuity mistake: When the Coyote attempts to capture the Road Runner for the first time, he is standing on a bare patch of pavement surrounded by the puddle of glue he is spreading. In the next shot, the Coyote is now standing on glue with no bare patch, and when he realises he is about to be hit by the truck, he is standing on bare pavement in middle of the glue puddle once again.

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This Is a Life? picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs takes the gift from Elmer at the end of the show, you can see a settee behind him, but when we see a close-up of Bugs in the next shot, the settee is missing.

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The Hole Idea picture

Continuity mistake: When Calvin Q. Calculus has invented the portable hole, he says "Eureka!" and you can that there is a beaker on the desk, but in the next shot the beaker has disappeared.

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Heir-Conditioned picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer answers the door after retrieving the case of money from Sylvester, he puts the case on the ground and there are two cats pretending to be a widow and her child. But when Elmer says "Would a few dollars help?" the case has disappeared.

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Pests for Guests picture

Continuity mistake: When the first gopher approaches the second gopher at the start of the cartoon, the gopher is holding some acorns and on the ground beside him is an acorn and some leaves. But when we see a close-up of the gopher in the next shot, the leaves have gone.

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Hyde and Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Dr Jekyll arrives at the park, he is carrying a bag of carrots. But when he is sitting down on the bench, he is holding a carrot but the bag is nowhere to be seen.

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Stork Naked picture

Continuity mistake: When the stork jumps down the chimney at Daffy Duck's home, he is holding the egg in a bag when he jumps, but when he lands on the trampoline in the next shot, the bag has disappeared.

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Designs on Jerry picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom finishes drawing up the blueprint, the stand with the pot and cup on changes position between shots.

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Speedy Gonzales picture

Continuity mistake: When Manuel takes off his sombrero to give to the other mice, you can see he has a straw in his hand, but when we see Manuel in the next shot, the straw is nowhere to be seen.

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One Froggy Evening picture

Continuity mistake: When the man is imitating the frog to the agent in the talent agency, he is initially holding his hat, and then throws his hands up into the air. When his hands come back down, the hat has disappeared.

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Roman Legion-Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Sam closes the door after escaping the lions, you can see there is nothing under his feet, but in the next shot a doormat has suddenly appeared.

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Rabbit Rampage picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is horrified to realise that he was holding a picket sign, the yellow paint on his tail disappears briefly.

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Bearly Asleep picture

Continuity mistake: Park Ranger Donald is leading five bears to a cave, so they can hibernate for the winter. He finds a bear sleeping in a hammock and forces him to join the others. There should now be six bears but a seventh bear has appeared out of nowhere. Later in the cave, their number has grown to nine.

Steven Lee

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Knight-Mare Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see the book that Bugs is reading at the beginning of the cartoon, there are words on the front cover and spine. In the next shot, the words have gone.

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Lighthouse Mouse picture

Continuity mistake: When Hippety Hopper breaks his crate apart on the rocks, you can see there are pieces of crate on the ground, but when we see Hippety in the next shot, the pieces have disappeared.

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Guided Muscle picture

Continuity mistake: When the coyote is about to eat a tin can at the start of the cartoon, the bottle of wine in front of him changes position between shots.

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