Best TV corrections of 1997

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Selfless - S7-E5

Corrected entry: In the episode 'Selfless' Anya has a flashback to a song she sang at the time of the episode 'Once More, With Feeling'. During this flashback her hair is much longer and a much harsher blonde than it actually was during that episode.

Correction: It's a flashback. There are many other examples in film and television where a character's flashback does not accuratetly reflect the actual events that took place. It is a vision of that character's memory, and is therefore subject to various inaccuracies.

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Correction: This isn't a show goof, it's a character goof: the announcer made an honest mistake.

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The Shiner - S3-E9

Corrected entry: In this episode, the kid with shoulder length black hair and a red shirt talks and acts as a girl. But in every other episode the kid has been in, this person has talked and acted like a boy.

shorty30490

Correction: He could have been acting like a girl for a dare.

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Down The Hatch (1) - S7-E11

Corrected entry: Denise is on death row for the killing of 2 children. The problem is that there is no death row in Massachusetts. Massachusetts no longer has the death penalty. They have not executed anyone since 1976. There are no people currently on death row. Information comes from the Death Penalty Information Center.

luchador

Correction: You are working on the false assumption that the episode is about Massachusetts, it isn't! The episode is about New Hampshire.

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Descent - S6-E3

Corrected entry: When Jack says the line "I'm looking at some major shrinkage here" you can see Amanda Tapping trying not to laugh. That's because this line was probably ad-libbed and he was talking about his genitalia.

Correction: I don't see how this is trivia worthy. Across the entire series, Jack often makes jokes of a risque or foolish nature and Sam's reactions run from stifling laughter to rolling her eyes at him.

Grumpy Scot

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Bobby Goes Nuts - S6-E1

Corrected entry: In the beginning of the episode, Khan makes Connie's friends sign a contract when they come over for Connie's sleepover. Despite being an intelligent man he should know that even if a child signs a contract, it is null and void unless the child is with a parent or legal guardian. Khan might be rash and strict but with how seriously he takes these contracts it seems doubtful he would forgot something as important as a minor needing an guardian to sign an contract. Evidence of how serious he was about the contract that a little later in the episode, he even takes away the girls pillows when they are fighting in order to avoid anyone getting hurt. Then after this one of the girls makes a comment how Connie's dad made her pay for breakfast.

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Correction: You have completely missed the point of the situation. Khan is a control freak and he is always pressuring Connie to become a success i.e. "Bluegrass is Always Greener on the Other Side". He comes up with the idea of a special contract, which is only valid in his house and does not apply in any legal system whatsoever, as a means of preventing the other girls from making his daughter a stupid party girl.

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Corrected entry: In the spring of 2007, WWE ran a storyline in which Vince McMahon was apparently murdered in a limousine explosion, which was subsequently investigated by the FBI. The storyline was later changed to Vince coming out and saying he faked his death. This being the case, he should be spending several years in a federal prison for faking his own death, committing an act of arson and property damage, endangering the public, and defrauding the FBI (Yes we all know that professional wrestling is not real, but as it works from a script, it is subject to the same mistakes as any other TV show or film. This is also mostly for humor purposes so please don't take this too seriously).

S. Ha

Correction: Using your logic many wrestlers should be arrested for assault with a deadly weapon (chairs or other such weapons) or even attempted murder (Undertaker being put in a casket and lit on fire). All of these stories require quite a degree of suspension of disbelief. And since we do not know exactly how the "Exploding Limo" story was supposed to end due to a real life tragedy, this can not be considered a mistake.

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Correction: There are five claps in the song. They are just close together, but listen closely, there are five.

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Because I Said So - S1-E7

Corrected entry: While Al is preparing to leave, Huey asks if he is going to say goodbye to his stalagmites, and Al looks up. Stalagmites grow from the ground up, and Al would have looked at eye level or below.

Correction: Character mistake.

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To Kill a Mocking Alan - S1-E5

Corrected entry: When Alan is running across the field at the end you can hear the sound of the camera man's feet on the mud .A little poor considering they probably could have edited it out.

Correction: The footsteps heard could have easily been Jed chasing Alan.

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