Continuity mistake: When Triton lowers his trident to change Ariel into human, Sebastian disappears, only to reappear later on.
Sacha
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Ariel marries, the rope with which Sebastian knocks out the chef suddenly appears.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel marries, all the guests on the boat suddenly disappear.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the movie starts, Sebastian conducts the orchestra and his baton switches hands between shots.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: During Eric and Ursula's wedding, the carpet swaps from being plain violet colour when they walk towards the Minister, to having flowers painted on it when Vanessa transforms back into Ursula.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: On the boat, when Ariel goes back to being a mermaid and Ursula cries "Too late!", the whole decoration behind (ribbons, laces, bouquets, book stand, etc.) disappear.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: Between the moment when the dolphins attack Ursula and when Scuttle does, a fallen table and the mess around appear/disappear/reappear between shots.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The bookmarks in the Minister's bible keep changing colour between shots.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Eric and Ursula are about to marry they stand inches away from the Minister. When the birds attack her, the ground-level shot shows nothing two meters ahead of them, therefore the Minister and his book stand have disappeared.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the lagoon, when Eric finds out Ariel's name, the oars and the outriggers disappear.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The Minister's cape lays sideways first, and straight behind him in the immediate angle.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Eric's boat leaves with Ursula in, there are ribbons and a long piece of fabric decorating the side of the boat by the 2 portholes, which disappear in later shots.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: The barrels that Sebastian uses for Ariel to float and swim to Eric's boat weren't there in any previous shots, and simply pop-out of nowhere.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the pond, Scuttle jumps on a branch that ends in 2 branches, plus a third one cut. When the angle changes, that third branch is fully grown and filled with leaves.
20th Apr 2012
The Departed (2006)
Visible crew/equipment: When Costello shows Billy the mutilated hand in a bag, filming crew members standing up are reflected on the wine glass.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Scuttle finds out that the girl is Ursula, he flies to tell Ariel. From the aerial angle she, Sebastian and Flounder are gone from the pier, only to reappear a frame later in a closer angle.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ursula stabs her bobby pin on the mirror it falls backwards. When the angle changes it's straight, then she steps on the make up cabinet and it's back to tilted backwards.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Scuttle peeps on the porthole and discovers Ursula, the design of the porthole changes style between the first and last shot.
20th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Revealing mistake: In Eric's cabin, when the young girl reveals herself to be Ursula, she starts to dance. Watch her right foot and you'll notice that it's blending and going through a green box as if it were not there.
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