Factual error: When the Russian Blue is in Luke's house, there is a shot where Butch is tangled up in the telephone wire but it should actually be mirrored since it was the reflection in the cat's eyes.
Continuity mistake: In the scene in the flocking factory when Jeff Goldblum's character is being confronted by the cat leader (Mr. Tinkles) another cat (Calico) is on Goldblum's shoulder. When the shot changes to an angle behind Goldblum, Calico disappears only to immediately reappear when the shot changes back to the angle facing Goldblum.
Other mistake: When Mr Tinkles & Co are in the car outside the flocking factory, you see them speeding around the corners wildly, but if you look on the floor there are already treadmarks from previous takes.
Continuity mistake: The lawn goes from established grass to freshly laid sod back to established grass. In the daylight scenes you can tell that the grass is growing, probably 4 inches tall, not mowed recently. During one of the night scenes about half way through the movie, you can see that the grass is kind of sickly looking and you can also see the lines around the strips of sod. The next day while the kid is doing his soccer stuff, the grass is back to green and uncut.
Continuity mistake: In the Mason Flocking factory, just after Butch says "I've got to find Lou," the camera shows the window of the office, and the blinds covering the window can be seen hanging at a steep angle. In the shot before Lou pulls on the rope, you can see Scotty's head, and behind it, the blinds are straight.
Continuity mistake: The cats test their formula successfully on Scott. But within minutes, he shows no effects when holding Lou.
Continuity mistake: In the shot of a jogger running past, the camera cuts to a different angle and the same person goes by again.
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Tinkles is telling the housekeeper that he can talk, in one shot he is sitting down, then the camera cuts and he is now standing up.
Continuity mistake: When Buddy is chasing the cat through the house at the beginning of the movie, there is a shot where the cat is sitting down at the end of a corridor. The shot changes and gets in closer to the cat, which is now standing up.
Continuity mistake: In the same scene as above, the kid's dad comes out of his lab with a bunch of wires all over him, and a mask on. When a camera shows an outside view and you can see the parents' shadows on the curtain, you can see his dad has no wires on him, and no mask.
Answer: Butch was abandoned. It's never stated but it's implied.
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"Okay, well, here's lesson number two: we help them. We work for them. We tolerate that stupid boochy-boochy baby talk. And for WHAT? So that when they go off to college, they can dump you off with some old lady who can't throw a ball without so much as breaking her HIP!" Pretty sure this counts as being abandoned.
As I said, it's never stated outright but it is implied.
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