Best fantasy movie mistakes of 1987

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The Chipmunk Adventure picture

Continuity mistake: There is a scene where the Chipmunks and Chipettes are singing the song "Girls of Rock and Roll." In that scene, it shows the boys walking up the stairs together and from left to right the order is: Simon, Alvin & Theodore. The shot goes to the girls then back to the guys. The order of the guys has switched: (left to right) Theodore, Alvin & Simon.

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The Princess Bride picture The Princess Bride mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: After Wesley sets the ROUS on fire, as the ROUS is writhing on the ground, you can see a crew member (fire safety?) walk into view beneath one of the roots of the trees on the right-hand side. (00:47:35)

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Hellraiser picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Ashley is running down the corridors before escaping back into her medical room, you can see the dolly that The Engineer chasing her is being pushed on. (01:04:50)

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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace picture

Revealing mistake: After Nuclear Man destroys the cab's hood, the shot changes and there's a thick string running behind him all along the car, and the cab driver is stretching out to pull it. Probably he was activating some sort of bad FX.

Sacha

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Visible crew/equipment: When Ash crashes his car into the tree stump and is ejected through the windshield, you can see the wire attached to the dummy pulled through the windshield. (00:12:35)

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Mannequin picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Emme is flying through the store, you can clearly see a rope guiding the path of the glider.

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The Brave Little Toaster picture

Continuity mistake: In the beginning when the photo of the Master is broken, the pieces of glass change position and then disappear altogether.

Piemanmoo

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Creepshow 2 picture

Visible crew/equipment: When Annie Lansing is looking out of the back of her car to see if the hitchhiker is still running behind her, he has disappeared but instead you can see a crewmember through the upper left corner of the car window.

Cybermoose

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A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors picture

Continuity mistake: During the opening credits, Kristen is making a Papier-mâché house, and in the process, her hands become covered in mixture. However suddenly both her hands are completely clean. (00:02:10)

Hamster

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The Witches of Eastwick picture

Continuity mistake: When Daryl first meets Sukie, he has 4 scratch marks on his face, but when they play tennis, he only has 1, and then in the swimming pool, it's back to 4.

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Like Father Like Son picture

Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Chris is at the track meet as his father and he dives toward the finish line, you can see the air mattress that he jumps on. In the next shot, the mattress is gone.

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Masters of the Universe picture

Continuity mistake: When the microwave explodes, the bucket of chicken disappears right after the explosion. (00:48:50)

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Batteries not Included picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene on the roof when the local hoodlum is attempting to take on the flying saucers you see the scene from two points of view. There are four people watching the local hoodlum getting fried. From the front, from left to right you see an old guy; a tall black guy; a women in pink and then a young guy with lots of hair. When seeing the scene from behind these watchers, you only see the old guy and the guy with the all the hair. Each time the angle changes the tall black guy and the women in pink are there.

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The Monster Squad picture

Audio problem: In the mansion, the boys open a secret passage and fall through the floor. They scream after shining a flashlight on a skeleton. Eugene then can be heard whining that he wants to go home, but his mouth is not moving.

SAZOO1975

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Visible crew/equipment: When Jesse is in the kitchen trying to get the skull from the bird's mouth, you can briefly see the puppeteer operating the bird in the lower right corner of the screen.

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G.I. Joe: The Movie picture

Continuity mistake: The BET is shielded by a metal dome that folded up. Nemesis Enforcer walks up and peels two portions back to reveal it inside the dome. Two shots later from the side, the dome is suddenly completely gone on that side, despite Nemesis Enforcer only peeling back a little of it. (01:08:30)

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Teen Wolf Too picture

Continuity mistake: After Todd Howard knocks out his opponent in the boxing match, the crowd immediately starts throwing cups of popcorn into the ring. The camera cuts to Todd cheering and then an overview shot of his opponent laying face down on the canvas. At that view you can see that there is no rubbish or popcorn or anything else in the ring. Then when the camera cuts back to a side view there is loads of rubbish and popcorn all over the place once again.

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