Continuity mistake: When Mikey opens Chester Copperpot's wallet, the wallet and what's inside differs between shots, as well as the way Mikey holds it. (00:54:55)
Continuity mistake: When they are with Chester Copperpot's remains, Mikey hands Data six sticks of candles and dynamite, but in the next shot Data takes hold of nine. (00:55:15)
Revealing mistake: When Brand finds the skeleton key in the dirt, he holds it up as Mouth wipes the dirt off the three holes. It's actually quite funny seeing what is supposed to be Mouth's hands in the close-up, with its female manicured fingernails. (00:55:40)
Continuity mistake: After they find the skeleton key, when Mikey lifts the string in the dirt, which triggers the scythe to cut the rope, the rope differs between shots. (00:56:20)
Continuity mistake: After Mikey sets off the falling boulders by pulling the wire, when Brand climbs up to move the rock Stef and Andy are standing about four feet apart, but in close-ups they are shoulder to shoulder, and so it goes over and over again. (00:57:20)
Other mistake: When Mouth is examining the coins in the well scene, if you look closely he keeps on dropping the same coin in his hand then picking it up to examine it again. Also note that the penny he first examines is practically the size of a half dollar coin. (01:00:35)
Continuity mistake: When Stef explains to the others why they shouldn't take the coins of the well, Mouth is standing next to Data silently counting the money in his hands. In the next shot of Mouth explaining how his wish didn't come true, he is now standing farther away from Data. (01:01:20)
Continuity mistake: Chunk is tied to a chair when Jake and Francis leave him in the room with Sloth. When Chunk introduces himself to Sloth, the rope around Chunk's right shoulder has gone up, off the chair, but then manages to lower itself again, back over the chair in following shots. (01:04:05)
Continuity mistake: When Jake Fratelli searches through Chester Copperpot's wallet, it faces the opposite direction between shots - note the driver's license. (01:08:30)
Continuity mistake: Just as Data hands Mouth the lantern and Mikey tells him to translate, Mikey stands between Data and Mouth, but next shot as Mouth says, "Copper bones. Westward foams. Triple stones," Mouth is between the other two boys. (01:09:40)
Continuity mistake: When Brand says, "Why couldn't I have had a little sisterÂ…instead of that?" it cuts to Mikey as he raises his left arm to the 'triple stones', but next close-up it's his right arm that is raised. (01:10:20)
Continuity mistake: When Mikey turns the 'triple stones' and triggers the large ball, the ball is stained and dull-colored when it begins to roll, then changes to a clean, high-gloss brown as it continues on the track, but reverts back to its original coloring when it falls. (01:10:45)
Revealing mistake: When Data falls into the hole and is saved by his Pinchers of Peril, which is attached through his left sleeve, the real stunt cable behind him is visible. (01:11:15)
Continuity mistake: After Andy kisses Mikey, when she tells Stef about it, her long hair is at her back, but in the close-ups her hair is in front of both shoulders, but next wideshot it's all behind again. (01:14:10)
Continuity mistake: In the cave, when Data does his 'slick shoes' there are metal plates attached to the back of his sneakers and strings which lead up the back of his pants, that instantly appear and disappear. (01:17:10)
Continuity mistake: When the Fratellis first catch up with the Goonies in the cave, in the close-up Data turns to his right to face the Fratellis, but next wideshot he is turned to his left as he gestures to them. The other kids' positions change between shots as well. (01:17:30)
Visible crew/equipment: When Francis Fratelli walks across the beam he slips and does a flip. In the wideshot, we see the sudden appearance of a riveted platform affixed to the beam, extending from its left side, directly in front of Francis. (01:18:00)
Continuity mistake: In the cave, when Francis Fratelli begins to balance himself on the beam, in the close-up when he shouts, "Don't push, Jake," the flashlight is under his left armpit, but next wideshot he holds the flashlight in his right hand. (01:18:00)
Continuity mistake: When the kids first see the the skeleton bone keys, Stef and Andy are arm in arm with each other, but next shot facing the skeleton Stef is standing behind Andy. (01:18:15)
Visible crew/equipment: When the Goonies are first climbing the ladder on the pirate ship to find one eyed Willy's gold, the second shot has a crew member waving his arm on the far left of the screen. (This is only visible in the widescreen version). (01:21:00)
Chosen answer: Well, his ship is hidden in America where the people spoke english, so perhaps it was done for the benefit of those who were most likely to find the map. Must have been his idea of a joke.Actually though, I'm betting it was the result of the filmmakers not thinking that through.
Phixius ★