Continuity mistake: It's clear Mr Bean is hanging from the diving board by one hand by the time the boy decides to stamp on his hand. When the boy does stamp on him, watch the position of Bean's left arm in the next shot – he appears to be holding on with both hands.
Neil Jones
7th Sep 2024
Mr. Bean (1989)
13th Jan 2023
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Continuity mistake: When WIlly Wonka is talking to Mrs Teevee about Loompaland (at the "Mr Wonka I am a teacher of Geography", "Oh good then you'll know all about it" part), the rear shot of Mrs Teevee shows Mr Beauregarde proceed to eat a giant sweet of some sort. But in the next shot he has the sweet at waist height.
17th May 2019
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
Continuity mistake: When Stefan is reunited with his parents at the film festival he runs to them and stays with them. When Carson Clay arrives and taps Bean on his shoulder, from the back shot Stefan is now suddenly standing next to Bean.
23rd Apr 2019
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Continuity mistake: When it is announced that Rowley has won the school cartoonist job, Brett (at the desk next to Rowley's left), starts to clap, then in the very next shot his arms are on the table and you can see him start to clap again.
12th Oct 2018
The Sandlot (1993)
Continuity mistake: Scotty is collecting the baseball from under the bushes. The ball rolls to a stop and the name is square level. When Scotty scoops the ball up the name is now at an angle.
30th Aug 2018
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Comic Book Guy turns off the water hydrant, the two boys in purple and blue trunks change position between shots.
24th Jul 2018
My Pet Dinosaur (2017)
Continuity mistake: When the boy wakes up in the middle of the night after first hearing the dinosaur, his alarm clock reads 2:0x (its not clear but the digit segments on show imply it's either 2:05 or 2:06). The next time we see the clock it's 2:02, then two scenes later when the dinosaur decides to and then does jumps off the table the clock now reads 2:22.
26th Apr 2018
Outnumbered (2007)
Episode #4.2 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: When Ben is serving the puree/meal he created, firstly he removes the lid from the serving dish with his left hand. It then reappears in his right hand. Also the ladle Ben is holding to serve his concoction switches hands for the next three shots.
26th Mar 2018
Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971)
Continuity mistake: When Miss Price and the children are first en-route to London on the bed, Paul is holding his cap in some shots (from the side and front) and not at all in the shots from behind him and his sister.
21st Jan 2018
The Inbetweeners (2008)
Thorpe Park - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Neil is jumping around in his Mr Monkey costume because a wasp has entered it, you can see a family of a mum, girl and a boy in a stripey T-shirt in the background and a group of onlookers. When Neil is bouncing up and down on his back, the family and the onlookers are present. When he first takes the costume's head off after standing up, there is no crowd or family of three behind him (though a second boy in similar clothing can be seen, its not the same kid who was with his family). After a cut to his friends and back, the crowd and family of three have suddenly reappeared behind Neil.
3rd Nov 2017
Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
Continuity mistake: When the characters arrive at the pub, Richard parks the car not within the parking bay and with a big gap between the front bumper and the bollard. He then goes into the pub. Meanwhile all subsequent shots of the car show it parked right up against the bollard, and in addition a wide shot seen while Hyacinth is waiting for Mrs Fortescue shows the car is parked within the lines.
25th Oct 2017
Outnumbered (2007)
Episode One - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Pete is trying to get the drill back from Ben (before Pete says "I'll give you a fiver if you give me the drill"), the position of Ben's hands on the drill change between shots.
16th Jun 2017
The Big Green (1995)
Continuity mistake: Just after Juan shows off his football skills for the first time, he turns to leave and the kids, lead by the blonde boy, crowd round Juan to stop him leaving. The positions of at least two of the group changes between shots. In the initial shot the blonde boy has nobody standing on his right yet in the very next shot he is further in the middle of the group and now has two girls to his right.
15th Feb 2017
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
Continuity mistake: When the girl is looking up the fire engine in the oversized book, the little blonde boy in the red T-Shirt on the stool next to her changes the position of his head and hands between shots as she brings the book to the desk.
3rd Jan 2017
The Inbetweeners (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Jay first shouts "Bus Wankers" from Simon's car, the people at the bus stop change between shots, as does the weather. On the first viewing of the stop as we approach it, there are five people around it and it is sunny. On the shot going past the stop there are now six people at the stop. Also the weather in the second shot is now overcast and sunless. Also in the next shot of the boys laughing to Jay's outburst, there is no sign of the bus stop they've just past but in the car's interior shots you can see the Bus Stop road markings through the rear window.
12th Nov 2016
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Homer says he's going to the cinema, we see his drinking bird working in front of the computer. It makes a key press on the lower right of the keyboard, however on the following close up shot of the bird pressing the Y key it is a standard qwerty keyboard layout.
29th Sep 2016
Daddy Day Care (2003)
Continuity mistake: After the day care centre opens, Phil is playing/singing Rhinestone Cowboy on the guitar. The girl in the polka-dot dress and the boy in the red "1985" T-shirt change positions between shots. She is behind him in the front shot, and in front of him in the rear shot.
23rd Aug 2016
Pan (2015)
Continuity mistake: When Peter Pan is fighting the tribe's Pan on the trampoline and they're just about to finish Peter Pan off, the elder chief calls for the fight to stop. Peter's arms are above him in the overhead shot but are outstretched in the view from behind Peter.
8th Jul 2016
Robot Overlords (2014)
Continuity mistake: When the kids are looking at the Stonehenge-type structures, the younger boy calls for everybody to come and see the hidden message. From the shot in front of the boy you can tell from his body position he's sitting up, however in the next shot from overhead, the boy is now lying down on the rock.
4th Jul 2016
Vacation (2015)
Continuity mistake: When the car blows up after the dad stabs buttons on the key-fob, the younger boy is standing at the edge of the road and on his mother's left. In the very next shot from in front of the family, the younger boy is now suddenly off the road and on his brother's right. Also the shadows of the family varies in the same two shots, from long in the rear shot to short in the front shot.
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