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Deception - S3-E13

Continuity mistake: When Tony and Abby determine where the car holding Lt. Cmdr Wilkerson hit a pair of railroad tracks, Tony has a napkin tucked into his shirt like a bib. In the next shot, the napkin has disappeared from his shirt, and he is holding it in his hand instead. (00:25:10)

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Frame Up - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: On their way to their crime scene, Ducky and Ziva accidentally fall into a river. Just a few moments later, when Ducky is observing the severed leg, his clothes are relatively, if not completely, dry.

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Family Secret - S3-E16

Character mistake: When Gibbs tells William Danforth that the body in autopsy isn't his son, he says, "Not according to AFIS." AFIS is the fingerprint database; since the body was identified using DNA, Gibbs meant to say "CODIS." (00:13:50)

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Light Sleeper - S3-E14

Continuity mistake: When NCIS is staking out the grocery store in Koreatown and they see Lee Sung answer the phone, the phone instantly switches hands, and the hand that was holding the phone inexplicably appears on top of the phone frame. (00:27:20)

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Deception - S3-E13

Continuity mistake: When Tony sees Ziva arrive at work, he is seated at his desk and starts to lean back in his chair. He is then instantly seated upright with his arms on his desk, then leaning back in his chair again. (00:01:35)

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Deception - S3-E13

Continuity mistake: When McGee shows up late in Abby's lab, and Tony ribs him about what he's wearing, Tony holds up McGee's writing pipe with one hand. In the next shot, he's holding the pipe with two hands. (00:13:05)

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Light Sleeper - S3-E14

Continuity mistake: When McGee and Ziva are headed toward the sensitivity training seminar, and they notice Tony hitting on a woman at the top of the stairwell, Tony has a document in his right hand, which then jumps to his left, and then back to his right. (00:02:30)

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Family Secret - S3-E16

Continuity mistake: When Abby and Gibbs determine that the ambulance exploding wasn't an accident, McGee is visible next to Gibbs. He then mysteriously disappears, and a moment later, walks around the ambulance carrying an evidence baggy. (00:08:15)

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Ravenous - S3-E17

Continuity mistake: When Abby is showing Gibbs and co. what she found on PO Riley's clothes, she has a clipboard under her left arm. In the next shot, the clipboard has instantly jumped over into her right hand. (00:25:35)

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Hiatus: Part 2 - S3-E24

Continuity mistake: The year Gibbs joined NCIS is inconsistent. It is revealed in this episode that he joined the NIS in 1992, the same year it became NCIS. But in the JAG crossover episode "Ice Queen", Gibbs tells Commander Rabb that he has been an agent for 19 years, which suggests that Gibbs joined NIS in 1984. And in "Singled Out" in season 4, McGee mentions that Gibbs has been an agent for roughly 16 Years, which would put Gibbs' joining NIS in 1990.

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Silver War - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: When Ziva, Ducky, and Dr. Burns find the graveyard, Dr. Burns is visible between Ducky and Ziva's shoulders. She then disappears in the following wide shot, and appears again in the closeup. (00:39:40)

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