Other mistake: When Homer is crossing the rickety bridge in the snow plow there is no snow on the planks even though he is in a blizzard and the storm couldn't have just started because the path he just came from was covered in snow. (00:18:55)
Ssiscool
26th Jun 2008
The Simpsons (1989)
21st Dec 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer's Triple Bypass - S4-E11
Continuity mistake: In this episode, Homer closes the curtain on Ned when he is praying. And the curtain is blue. However, a few scenes afterwards, when Homer is talking to Krusty, the curtain is green/beige. (00:14:10)
15th May 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie - S4-E6
Continuity mistake: When Homer is in Lisa's classroom and imitates a farting sound, there is a sink at the back of the classroom and nobody is using it. However in the wide shot, there are suddenly two people by the sink. When the shot is back to Homer, nobody is by it. (00:03:00)
10th Oct 2007
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer's Triple Bypass - S4-E11
Continuity mistake: When Homer is having his operation, and Dr. Nick says, "I know I'm supposed to cut something, but what and where?" his moustache disappears three times. (00:19:50)
28th Dec 2007
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer's Triple Bypass - S4-E11
Continuity mistake: When Homer is eating the bacon and what looks like scrambled eggs after claiming Marge's oatmeal had a bug on it, the close up of the bacon shows that it is pink/purple and the eggs are yellow but the in the following shot, when Bart says, "Dad, there's a bug on that." the bacon and the eggs switch colours. (00:03:40)
7th May 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Skinner starts to drive the bus, he says "Off we go". During this shot the sky is a brighter colour when you look out of the bus windows than if you just look outside the bus. (00:12:15)
22nd Sep 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Mr Burns draws the moustache and horns on the T.V. screen of Marge, they just disappear in the next shot when he starts to draw the bees. (00:19:30)
13th Jan 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: Willie rips off his entire shirt before he fights the wolf, but in the next scene, when he is wrestling the wolf, he is wearing a torn-up shirt. (00:18:40)
25th Jun 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Bart's Friend Falls in Love - S3-E23
Continuity mistake: When Samantha is being introduced to the class, there is a boy in The Front row on the right side that is wearing a white shirt and has brown hair. A few shots later (an overhead shot of the classroom), the boy is completely different, with a blue shirt and white hair. (00:04:00)
7th Sep 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: Near the end of the episode, when Skinner shouts at Ralph to shut up, the sky outside the bus changes from nighttime to daytime between shots. (00:14:15)
10th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
30th May 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer's Triple Bypass - S4-E11
Continuity mistake: When Dr Nick visits Homer for the first time, he leaves the door open. But later before the reporters come to the door, the door is closed. (00:13:40)
28th Feb 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: In one scene Bart is swinging on a washing line then we see Homer talk to Marge and he says "He'll soon get tired of it" then it goes back to Bart and he is facing the opposite direction and he is swinging on two washing lines. (00:04:22)
22nd Sep 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the family is at dinner, there is a top down view which zooms in on them from above. In this shot there is no newspaper on the chest (to Homer's left). In the next shot of Homer a newspaper has appeared. (00:07:50)
21st Dec 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer's Triple Bypass - S4-E11
Continuity mistake: When, Lisa bangs on the window of the operating theatre, there is a person sitting behind her who is asleep. However, when she shouts to Dr Nick, the people behind her are completely different. Then she sits down again, and the sleeping person is behind her. (00:20:00)
11th May 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie - S4-E6
Continuity mistake: When Maggie is driving Homer's car, a man is behind him. He is seen waving his left arm but when the shot changes to Maggie he is waving his right arm. (00:14:50)
14th Sep 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie - S4-E6
Continuity mistake: When Bart and Lisa are watching TV, Bart says something like 'I've got my ticket' and pats a ticket that is inside his shirt pocket (which there is none). But later in that same scene when they are still watching TV, both the pocket and the ticket have gone. (00:12:20 - 00:14:15)
8th Sep 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Skinner is calmly driving the bus on the way to school, they have obviously gone past a number of power lines (you can see that they have because you can see them in the background). However, when Skinner is trying to get onto the main road, the power lines have disappeared from the background. (00:12:45)
24th Dec 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie - S4-E6
Continuity mistake: When there is a queue to see the movie, it stretches right back to the Simpson house, and we see Bart looking through the window. However, when Homer talks to Bart whilst sitting on the window, the queue has disappeared. (00:16:45)
12th Aug 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Bart's Friend Falls in Love - S3-E23
Revealing mistake: When Bart tells Otto not to leave due to Milhouse not being on the bus, when Otto replies you can see that his left arm up to the headphone cable flashes pink for a frame. (00:07:45)
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