Best comedy movie continuity mistakes of 2004

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The Lion King 1½ picture

Continuity mistake: When Rafiki is telling Timon "It means - Look beyond what you see", there is a glitch in the shading on Rafiki's left arm just before he moves his palm upwards and gestures. It disappears before he raises his hand.

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My Baby's Daddy picture

Continuity mistake: When Lonnie goes over to Rolanda's house to take Carver he grabs the baby and buckles him in the car. After he punches Rolanda's cousin and gets in the car to drive away you can plainly see the baby is no longer in the car.

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Raising Helen picture

Continuity mistake: When Helen takes the kids to the fashion show, they walk past Paris Hilton, who is sitting just to the left of the stairs. A minute later, when the little girl sees Paris' dog, Paris is now sitting on the opposite side of the runway.

Mark Bernhard

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Shaun of the Dead picture Shaun of the Dead mistake picture Video

Continuity mistake: When Shaun goes to the newsagents after the dead rise, he gets a drink out of the fridge, which has blood-stained hand prints on. He slips on what we assume is blood as he walks away, yet on the way in and as he leaves the shop you can see behind him that there is no blood or any other liquid on the floor. (00:25:35)

mandy gasson

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Suggested correction: Have just watched this on the big screen, and there is definitely blood on the floor. It's on the red tile, so it is hard to see; also hard to see on the DVD version.

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Jersey Girl picture

Continuity mistake: When Ollie is at the hospital and the doctor comes out to tell him his wife has died, he is smoking a cigarette. The first time or two that he puts his hands to his face, he is still holding it, the shot changes to the doctor, and back to Ollie, the cigarette has disappeared.

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Wimbledon picture

Continuity mistake: Peter states that his first match is at 3 PM, but when he goes out onto the court to begin the match we hear him thinking that it is 2 PM.

pinkwafer

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Garden State picture

Continuity mistake: In a profile shot, Largeman and Sam sit close together in a bathtub talking about Largeman's mom. Largeman begins to tear up and when the film cuts to Sam saying "Largeman" we see she is suddenly leaning against the back of the tub. When it returns to the profile she is kneeling close to him again.

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou picture

Continuity mistake: When the crew is in the submarine and they're just about to see the shark, Steve is holding on to the steering wheel. But when the view is of the steering wheel and little windows, no hands are on the wheel. Cut back to the crew, Steve is once again holding on to the wheel.

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The Ladykillers picture

Continuity mistake: The movie starts with the shot of a sculpture and a raven landing on it. From the side shot the raven is on the left sculpture, from above he is on the right sculpture.

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Shark Tale picture

Continuity mistake: When Oscar is at Sykes' desk he throws a load of documents at Oscar and when he piles the up in the first shot there are very few, but in the second shot there are three times as many. (00:13:10)

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Fat Albert picture

Continuity mistake: When Doris is watching The Fat Albert Show, she is holding the remote out just above her knee. When her tear falls down, it falls directly in the middle of the remote.

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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen picture

Continuity mistake: When Lola's Mother finally acknowledges her as being Lola, she is seen walking backward towards a green door. The camera moves to Lola, then back to the Mother where there are now two backstage people standing behind her, in front of the green door.

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Chasing Liberty picture

Continuity mistake: In the shot when Anna is on the helicopter after running from Ben, his t-shirt is up (showing his stomach), then down, then back up again in a matter of seconds.

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Team America: World Police picture

Continuity mistake: During Gary's speech at the end, in one scene his hair is messy, but as the camera angle changes it is straightened again.

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The Prince and Me picture

Continuity mistake: Eddie is trying to fix something, and oil starts spraying out of it all over him. In the next shot the oil is gone, then the next shot brings the oil back.

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Around the World in 80 Days picture

Continuity mistake: When Passepartout and Fogg arrive at The Royal Academy of Science explaining about breaking the speed barrier, Lord Kelvin asks where his authorization is and mocks Fogg while laughing and lowering his right arm. When it cuts, his arm is back up to his stomach. (00:13:00)

Mortug

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Bring It On Again picture

Continuity mistake: When Derek arrives at the house party he gets a blue drink off a tray, yet when he manages to get away from the jocks its disappeared.

cameron davies

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Sideways picture Sideways mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Jack and Miles pull up to the house to retrieve the wallet, one of the drapes is pulled back in the front window. When Miles walks up to the house, both drapes are drawn over the window.

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