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The Little Mermaid mistake picture

Revealing mistake: Ariel swims underwater and opens a book with stiff and easy-to-flip pages that produce a flutter sound when turned. The paper should be either soggy, or with its pages stuck together or even dissolved, and in no case sound and look as if it were dry.

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The Little Mermaid mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Scuttle attacks Vanessa, she scares him away using her left arm. An instant cut later, both of her arms are raised.

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The Little Mermaid mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Vanessa approaches Eric and admires his ring while they stand side by side. A shot later, he has turned 90ยบ and is facing her.

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Continuity mistake: During the ring scene, the queen tells Eric to enjoy himself, her left arm lowered. A shot later, it's resting on his arm.

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31st Jan 2025

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Wizard of Oz mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: When the Gatekeeper opens the gates, a stage light is reflected on the column on the left. It wasn't there in the previous wide angle when the group arrived. (00:59:44)

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30th Jan 2025

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Wizard of Oz mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When the Munchkins say goodbye to Dorothy while singing "Follow the Yellow Brick Road," the lower part of the screen is an absolute mess: footage of Munchkins superimposes with other footage of Munchkins, creating a blurry havoc, plus the matte painted flowers, hut, and people clip through the real actors. (00:33:35)

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Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When the group is in the toy car, they freak out when they see a bulldozer running down a ramp about to crash against them. The problem is, all the front shots of them show that they left the ramp behind and the bulldozer had already crossed the track.

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Continuity mistake: Wayne climbs inside the Hi fi system and steps on the left side of the aluminium foil. A shot later, he is on the far right side, not stepping on it. The way the foil folds also changes.

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Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves mistake picture

Revealing mistake: While Patti and Diane talk next to the spider, in the close-up shot, the web becomes a thick white rope that has nothing to do with what we see in the wide angles.

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Revealing mistake: When the boys take the laundry basket upstairs, there's a shot from in front, and one can see none of the four family members is inside. The filmmakers didn't even bother to place toy figures inside.

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22nd Jan 2025

Cleopatra (1963)

Continuity mistake: When Mark Antony is crowned emperor, there is a man perpendicular to him, inches away, holding a cushion. A shot later, he is half a metre behind, yet now he stands parallel to Mark Antony. The shot changes, and he is back in the previous position.

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21st Jan 2025

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Sticks & Stones - S2-E10

Revealing mistake: When Jessica visits the basement, there's plenty of light everywhere. She then turns off the light, but there's still plenty of light. However, when Adam Frobisher shows up half a second later, the whole place is now in darkness to allow for all the mystery and the intrigue.

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21st Jan 2025

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Continuity mistake: Inside Nadeem's secret room, Lucky touches the horns on the wall with her left hand. In the immediate wide angle, she's using her right hand instead.

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Continuity mistake: When Manhattan is freezing, Phoebe and Callie are in the car and Phoebe's glasses rest on the lower end of her nose, close to the tip. A shot later, they've moved upwards.

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Trevor and Lucky go up to the rooftop before the final battle, they lean over and rest their hands on the middle of a tile. From the opposite angle, they're resting on the section dividing two tiles.

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Continuity mistake: When Manhattan freezes, the group meets at the HQ and Janine raises her right arm towards her chest and throat. An instant cut later, it's now her left arm raised instead.

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