Continuity mistake: In the newer version of the film, there has been a new song called "Human Again" added, the wardrobe is about to dive into the fountain from a balcony. As she does, Mrs. Potts and Babette run away twice between shots. (01:01:25)
Hamster
9th May 2006
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
9th May 2006
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: In 'Be Our Guest', Cogsworth is in the blueberry pie, and has blueberry and pastry over him, yet in the next closeup it's gone. (00:39:10)
9th May 2006
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Belle arrives at the Beast's castle, her cape hood is down, hanging off of her head. In the very next closeup it's up on her head. (00:20:40)
9th May 2006
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: The amount of eggs which land on the floor / on LeFou's face is much lower than the the number which he threw up into the air. (00:28:40)
9th May 2006
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Belle enters the bookshop, she pushes the lower part of the door open. When she leaves it is closed and she opens it again. (00:04:25)
12th Mar 2006
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
12th Mar 2006
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
21st Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Belle jumps off the horse-drawn carriage and goes into the bookshop, the bookshop window consists of four glass panels alligned in vertical columns. However when Belle leaves the bookshop, the window has suddenly changed to consisting of three glass panels alligned in vertical columns. (00:04:25)
10th Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: There are a row of nails in the bottom of the front of Belles wooden porch door which disappear later in the movie. (00:18:05 - 00:48:45)
8th Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: In the 'Human Again' song, near the end of the song Cogsworth and Lumiere turn on the fountain and the large middle statue sprays out water, but the two statues either side of the middle one are turned off. Then the wardrobe jumps out onto the balcony singing and then it cuts to an ariel shot, and now the two side statues are suddenly spraying water too. (00:58:45)
8th Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: When the Beast shows Belle to her room, in a wideshot you can see the oval centrepiece of the foot of the bed has a large purple rose painted on it and it has a plain red border. In a later scene after Mrs. Potts and Chip leave Belle's room, the purple rose and red border have vanished from the centrepiece, which is now only decorated with evenly spaced gold dots. (00:24:35 - 00:31:05)
7th Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: When the Beast shows Belle her room, she walks in, and in the wideshot when the Beast says "Now if you need anything...", you can see the whole tiled floor around and under the bed is bare. Then seconds later when Belle runs to her bed crying, and the camera pans out the window, there is a large rug on the previously bare floor. (00:24:40)
6th Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Gaston comes in to propose to Belle, he sits in the chair and kicks of his boots etc., and between shots there's a bellows hanging by the fireplace which keeps disappearing and reappearing. (00:17:30)
6th Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Maurice gets his woodcutter working in the cellar, the axe starts cutting a log which is in a wooden bench, which sits in front of the woodcutter. However when Belle entered the cellar earlier, through the clouds of dust, the area in front of the woodcutter was empty. (00:08:45 - 00:10:05)
6th Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Lumiere and Belle go into the dining room before the 'Be our Guest' song, in a wide shot when Lumiere says "Ma chere mademoiselle," you can see by the left wall there is a stone statue of a bird. However when it cuts to the following closeup of him, the statue has gone. (00:36:40)
5th Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: In the kitchen, the stove says "I work and I slave all day long, and for what?" and the stone wall behind him is bare. Then when it cuts to a close-up of him saying "A culinary masterpiece gone to waste," two shelves have suddenly appeared on the wall behind him, with pots, pans and utensils on them! (00:35:30)
5th Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: After Belle lets Mrs. Potts in and walks backwards into the wardrobe, the panelled wall is bare. Then in a later wide shot when the wardrobe says "We all think so." there is a wall candelabra in between two panels which then disappears again later, when the wardrobe opens her doors and the moths flutter out. (00:30:20 - 00:31:10)
5th Apr 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Belle lets Mrs. Potts in, she then walks backwards into the wardrobe, and you can clearly see the wall from the bed to the corner is made up of three large purple wall panels. However in a later shot, when the wardrobe opens her doors and the moths flutter out, the wall is now made up of four purple panels. The design on the panels differs too. (00:30:20 - 00:31:10)
31st Mar 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Gaston is telling Belle all she has to do is marry him, and her father will be let go from the asylum, his hands are bare. Then when Belle gets the magic mirror and cries "Show me the Beast!", Gaston has yellow gloves on. Then in the next shot they're gone again. (01:07:25)
31st Mar 2005
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Continuity mistake: After the wolf attack, Belle has a bowl of hot water. In the shot where she raises the white cloth and wrings it out, there is a large beige pillar directly behind her. When it cuts to a wideshot of the whole room, the pillar has vanished. (00:46:55)
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