Continuity mistake: Before Tony and Bridget kiss, he looks into her eyes and says "Cat." But between shots, Bridget's head instantly tilts from right to left. (00:35:15)
ryguy_1983
21st Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
21st Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: When Fievel is standing beneath the stove near a hot piece of coal, his hands are placed on his backside. But in the next shot he's seen reaching for his backside just before being burned by the coal. (00:15:15)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: When Fievel is sitting upon Henri's head during "Never Say Never" his red shirtsleeves rest above Henri's eyes at first, but one shot later the sleeves are wrapped around Henri's chin instead. (00:23:10)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: When Fievel is running along a clothesline towards the sound of a violin emanating from a nearby apartment building, notice how the rope is attached to the siding at first. But one shot later the rope can be seen attached to the window sill instead. (00:31:50)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: After the secret weapon breaks free from Professor Digitalus' Museum, some missing pieces of wood on the door frame reattach themselves. (01:03:10)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: During "There Are No Cats in America" Papa finishes singing his piece, holding a blue hat in his right hand. But the hat vanishes between shots, right before the first chorus begins. (00:12:10)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: After Tony whistles at Fievel from atop the Hester Street lamppost, Fievel's blue hat can be seen lying in a puddle. But between shots the hat moves itself onto dry ground. (00:33:25)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: When Fievel is wandering the streets alone, he finds a small piece of cheese on the ground. But the number of holes in the cheese changes with every shot, right before it gets snatched up by another passerby. (00:30:20)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: During the rally at Mausheimer Park, Fievel steps up to the podium and whispers a plan into Gussie's megaphone. When Honest John asks to hear it, Gussie can be seen holding the megaphone's handle with three fingers as she speaks to him. But once the shot changes, she suddenly has only two fingers on the handle. (00:45:20)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: After Fievel sinks his teeth into Warren T. Rat's left arm from behind a mirror, he howls in pain. In this shot, the reflection of Warren T.'s teeth isn't reversed like it should be. (00:51:25)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning when Tanya is looking into a mirror admiring her new orange headscarf, she turns completely around towards the dining room between shots. (00:03:55)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Fievel speaks to Tony for the first time about finding his family, he jumps up from the lower bunk bed and walks towards the window with a plan in mind. But between shots, several things change: Tony is awoken when Fievel accidentally kicks the top bunk (whereas he was fully alert and talking in the previous shot), clothespins holding the bunks together suddenly become wrapped in string around their centers, an orphan mouse appears from nowhere - sleeping by the window, and Fievel instantly switches from lying face down to belly before jumping out of bed. (00:28:50)
15th Feb 2011
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: When Henri and Fievel land upon the Statue of Liberty during "Never Say Never", the statue's tablet is positioned right up against the cloak. But one shot later the tablet is extended far out into the air instead. (00:22:10)
29th Dec 2010
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: In the sewer where Fievel is trying to evade the cats - at the point where he's on a roller skate heading downhill into the path of a live bear trap - several notches on the skate's belt disappear between shots. (00:52:10)
29th Dec 2010
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: Between the overhead and underwater views of an apple falling into a barrel of herring, the barrel's wooden cover completely changes shape. It's missing a large triangular-shaped section in the shot where Papa makes his appearance. (00:10:25)
16th Dec 2010
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: During the storm, Fievel gets carried off on a bar of soap. Upon making his way to the staircase he's seen five steps down below the swinging door, ducking for cover as a wave crashes into the lower deck seconds later. But after the wave passes by, he looks up at the swinging door from the sixth step instead - having not moved from his place through it all. (00:16:15)
14th Dec 2010
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: When the Giant Mouse of Minsk is racing towards the other cats huddled at end of the pier, Warren T. Rat is briefly missing his nightcap in one shot. (01:04:20)
14th Dec 2010
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: Throughout the orphan alley scene, from the point where Fievel gets taunted by a gang of bullies until he hears Papa's violin in the distance, the slanted window in the background is broken in different places from one shot to the other. At one point is has no visible breaks anywhere at all. (01:08:30)
14th Dec 2010
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: As Fievel is gazing into the barrel of herring, an apple core falls in. The apple casts no reflection as it falls into the water, whereas Fievel's shadow is visible. (00:10:25)
14th Dec 2010
An American Tail (1986)
Continuity mistake: Just before Gussie leaves Mickey O'Hare's wake, Fievel can be seen in the background behind Honest John eating a large piece of cheese from a nearby teacup. However in the next shot he's standing in a completely different location and no longer has any cheese in his hands. (00:40:05)
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