Continuity mistake: When Billy accidently squirts shaving foam onto his father, by use of the bathroom buddy, the foam around Rand's mouth disappears between shots. Foam also appears on his glasses between shots then disappears too. (00:27:15)
Hamster
22nd Oct 2004
Gremlins (1984)
22nd Oct 2004
Gremlins (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Pete is laying on Billy's bed talking to Gizmo, in one shot he's laying on his stomach, then in the next shot he's laying on his side. (00:23:55)
22nd Oct 2004
Gremlins (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Rand is showing the old man his invention, he pulls the toothbrush up, and it is facing away from him. When the shot changes the toothbrush is now facing him. (00:02:30)
19th Oct 2004
Labyrinth (1986)
Continuity mistake: When the soldiers start to fall, as the rocks start rolling in the Goblin city, in one wide shot Didymus is laughing and has both hands at his chest, with no staff. Then in the following closeup of him saying "Next time surrender" his left hand his out by his side, holding his staff. (01:20:55)
19th Oct 2004
Labyrinth (1986)
Visible crew/equipment: In the Goblin city, Ludo calls the rocks and the rocks emerge. There is then a shot of a soldier on his stead, wearing orange armour, tumbling over as he gets hit by a rock. As he falls, the wires holding him are blatantly visible. (01:20:50)
19th Oct 2004
Labyrinth (1986)
Continuity mistake: When Ludo calls the rocks in the Goblin city, there is then a wide shot of Sir Didymus standing by a house door, surrounded by soldiers. Between this wide shot, and the next closeup, the soldier's spears go from not being pointed at Didymus, to being pointed right close to him. The spears being pointed at him in the closeup also are different to the spears that belonged to the guards in front of him too (check the flags hanging at the end of the spears.) (01:20:35)
18th Oct 2004
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Continuity mistake: When Heather is talking to Dr. Heffner, whilst having her cuts bandaged up, Heather exclaims "I forgot to bring his dinosaur Rex..." After that shot, Dr. Heffner's hand goes from being on Heather's arm, to not, then back on her arm between shots. (01:08:15)
18th Oct 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: During the 'Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace' segment, when Bart is running from Willie, he plans to sink Willie in the sandbox. In the first view of the sandbox it is isolated on a field, yet when Willie is sinking in the sand there is a jungle-gym beside the sandbox. (00:11:35)
18th Oct 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In the 'Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace' segment, in Bart's dream you see a shadow of what looks like someone with four knife-fingers. Then when we see who it is, it is Willie holding a rake. But the rake has five tines, not four, so the shadow is wrong. (00:07:00)
18th Oct 2004
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Continuity mistake: In one scene Heather is in her room, when the TV turns itself on. She turns it off, then reaches for her coffee jug, and you can see a picture frame by the jug. Yet in the next wide shot of Heather, the picture frame has moved. (01:04:05)
18th Oct 2004
Last Action Hero (1993)
18th Oct 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In the 'Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace' segment, in Martin's dream, Willie emerges from the blackboard with a rake which has a wooden handle. When the shot changes the rake handle has changed to being metal. (00:08:25)
17th Oct 2004
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Visible crew/equipment: After Julie is killed, she falls to the floor, and if you look closely you can see the big black mattress she lands on. (Seen on DVD version.) (01:18:35)
17th Oct 2004
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Visible crew/equipment: You can the microphone dip into view whilst Dr. Heffner is whispering to her junior nurses, as you can hear Heather wrestling with the security officers. (Some DVD versions.) (01:14:00)
17th Oct 2004
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Continuity mistake: After Heather discovers the long scars on Chase's body, she turns to be sick. In one shot, she has her hand by her mouth, then when the shot changes her hands are down by her side. (00:33:45)
16th Oct 2004
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Visible crew/equipment: The boom mic dips into view once again whilst Heather is on the phone to Chase, as she says "...Like Freddy." (Seen on DVD version) (00:24:00)
16th Oct 2004
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Visible crew/equipment: When on the phone to Chase, Heather says "He's had some sort of an ... episode" and as she says this a boom mic briefly dips into view, above her head. (Seen on DVD version) (00:23:40)
16th Oct 2004
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Saddam enters the room with a suitcase, Satan is sitting on a sofa and Saddam comes and sits next to him. Between shots, Satan's legs go from being bent outwards to being bent inwards. (00:40:30)
16th Oct 2004
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Satan and Saddam are talking, Satan climbs into bed with Saddam and Saddam says "I love you." Between two shots the bedcovers jump up and cover more of Satan's body. (00:37:30)
16th Oct 2004
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Continuity mistake: On the Conan O'Brien show, Phillip farts in Terrance's face and Terrance lands in a drum. Terrance's moustache falls off and lands on the stage, yet in the next shot it's gone. (00:23:15)
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Chosen answer: The kid points them out in the film, in order to convince Arnold's character that he inhabits movieland. Also, after Arnold's character falls into the tar pit he is able to completely wipe himself clean, an obvious intentional continuity error.