Best comedy movie continuity mistakes of 2001

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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back picture

Continuity mistake: When Jay and Silent Bob first get into the van with the girls and Brent, Brent reaches out to squeeze Justice's thigh with his left hand, but as the camera picks up the actual squeeze, it's Brent's right hand squeezing her thigh. (00:24:30)

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Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius picture

Continuity mistake: Nick's necklace is a string looped through a ring, but sometimes the string makes only one pass through the ring and sometimes two.

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The Mexican picture

Continuity mistake: The airport they fly out of is in Toluca. However, the airport in Toluca is not for public transportation. It is used for freight.

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Wet Hot American Summer picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Lindsay and the other girl counselors are stripping down to go into the lake, one of the girl counselors unhooks Lindsay's bathing suit top for her. In the next shot, her top is hooked back up again.

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The Animal picture

Continuity mistake: When Marvin goes after the fish in the fishtank at the shelter, his shirt gets completely soaked. For the remainder of the scene his shirt changes from being totally soaked to somewhat soaked and then back again.

MCKD

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Someone Like You picture

Continuity mistake: When Jackman and Judd are fighting about her going back to her ex-boyfriend, Jackman is standing next to light switches. One of them changes from up, to half way down, and up again.

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What's the Worst That Could Happen? picture

Continuity mistake: When Detective Alex Tardio first enters, he takes off his hat and places it onto a statue on his right. When switching in between shots the hat disappears then reappears.

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3,000 Miles to Graceland picture

Continuity mistake: During the car chase scene between Courtney Cox with Kevin Costner in pursuit, there is at least one instance where Cox's car has been smashed on the sides, then the very next shot has the sides of the car in pristine condition.

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Jason X picture

Continuity mistake: When the android steps up to fight Jason the first time, he throws his machete at her and hits her square in the chest. For the rest of the movie there is no hole in her jumpsuit. (01:03:00)

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Just Visiting picture

Continuity mistake: Julia (Christina Applegate) puts a "Hello My Name Is..." sticker on Thibeau's tunic with her phone number on it. Only part of the sticker is visible. When he turns around to walk down the stairs, it is fully visible. A moment later when he stops the purse snatcher, it's gone. Three seconds later, talking to the woman dressed as a witch, it's back again. (00:50:15)

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Camouflage picture

Continuity mistake: When Jack is trapped in the mine under a pile of wood the arrangement of beams changes from shot to shot. (01:25:00)

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Osmosis Jones picture

Continuity mistake: Look carefully at the brochure Frank has about the Buffalo Chicken Wing festival, the building pictured is the same building as his daughter's school (seen earlier in the movie).

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Suggested correction: While the buildings might look similar, they are different buildings. The school has 3 levels with rectangular windows with a pyramid top while the building in the brochure only has 2 levels of non-rectangular windows and more of a dome shape on top.

Bishop73

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Pootie Tang picture

Continuity mistake: When the DJ was broadcasting the new Pootie Tang song, pay attention to the hotdog eating guy. Through out the scene and between shoots, the hotdog was never fully finished. (In video viewing)

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American Outlaws picture

Continuity mistake: When Jesse and Frank are telling the doctor that his son was killed (right in the beginning of the movie) Jesse gained a lot of beard growth in five minutes. When they are outside talking to Zee, he has just a light beard, and then when they go inside he has a heavier one.

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South Pacific picture

Continuity mistake: Nellie is called into Captain Brackett's office one day. Later, one of the girls asks her "What did the old man want this morning?" However, the scene at night between Billis and Cable shows that a whole day and night must have passed in between these two scenes. Therefore the nurse should have asked "What did the old man want yesterday?"

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Max Keeble's Big Move picture

Continuity mistake: When Max and the evil ice cream man are fighting at the Chinese place, Max has very few, if any papers with him, then the next shot of him riding down the street he has a lot more papers in his bag.

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Mr Bones picture

Continuity mistake: When Vince gives his speech to the Kuvuki people there are two men standing behind him. In a panorama shot at the end of the speech there is nobody at that spot. (01:24:25)

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Summer Catch picture

Continuity mistake: Brubaker slides home head first. When he is coming to the dugout, he gives his team mates high-fives. It can be clearly seen that the front of his uniform is clean and spotless.

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The Man Who Sued God picture

Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie when Steve and Anna are in the boat going across the harbour, in the background is a Shell petrol station on the shore. The boat is travelling from left to right across the screen, but as the camera shots change from Steve to Anna, or both at once, the Shell sign keeps changing its relative position to the boat.

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Tomcats picture

Continuity mistake: When Jill spanks Michael with the special "scarlet letter" paddle, she stands and swings it like a baseball bat. This would've left a sideways A on his butt. Later, you see Michael walking away from the camera, nude. To leave the A at the angle shown in the second scene, Jill would've had to rest on her knees and swing the paddle like an axe.

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