Audio problem: When Eddie and Lou are taking Bart for a ride in a police car, Eddie says "I tell you, they only come out at night" the audio does not match what he is saying. (00:06:10)
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11th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
10th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Moe and Barney are seen drinking wine at the wedding, somebody walks away with a tray. When they are drinking the animation is repeated because you can see part of the tray keeps coming on and off-screen. (Look by the bottom right). (00:13:25)
10th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
10th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: After the dinner with Sideshow Bob, Patty, Selma and the Simpsons, the food on Bart's plate changes between shots. We first see a piece of meat with some peas, then we see two pieces of meat and some mashed potato. It changes randomly throughout the scene. (00:02:40 - 00:07:05)
10th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Bart's Friend Falls in Love - S3-E23
Continuity mistake: When Samantha is introduced to Bart's class, to Wendell's right and a boy sitting in front of him there is an empty column of desks. But in the overhead shot, this column has disappeared. (00:04:45)
10th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Bart's Friend Falls in Love - S3-E23
Continuity mistake: When Lisa is explaining about subliminal tapes to Homer, there is a robot on the cover of the magazine, whose helmet is yellow. But in other parts of the episode, it is grey.
10th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Other mistake: Near the beginning of the episode when Selma and Sideshow Bob arrive at the Simpsons' house, Bart and Lisa scream and hide behind Marge. Selma says "What the - ?" but the DVD subtitles say that Marge says it. It is shown "MARGE: What the - ?". (00:02:30)
8th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Other mistake: When the pupils are doing the test at school, you hear Miss Hoover say a question with three possible answers; but 1) There are 5 possible answers on the test when we see Lisa doing it, and 2) Miss Hoover says the 60th question, but Lisa looks to be nowhere near the 60th question.
8th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Lisa is clapping erasers, you can see the alphabet above the board, and part of the A is cut off.
4th Jul 2005
Son of the Mask (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Otis (the dog) is in the trap, in the shot before he falls in the piano, Tim is standing in the room, but when the piano closes, he is not there. He suddenly appears in the next shot, so he couldn't have run out of the room and come back in.
4th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Bart uncovers the photo of the Simpsons behind the books in Lisa's locker, the books change between shots.
3rd Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Like Father, Like Klown - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: In Krusty's story after he has his makeup washed off by a rabbi, just after his father speaks to him his makeup suddenly reappears. (00:09:40)
3rd Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington - S3-E2
Factual error: When the piano keys are shown when it is played at the end of the episode, it is shown having one black key each time. Real pianos start off with three black keys, then two, then three and so on.
3rd Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: During the Itchy and Scratchy episode at the beginning, Itchy's hammer changes from being held above him to beside him between shots.
1st Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Audio problem: When McBain is explaining about his movie on TV, we see a clip from his movie, in which he uses a machine gun. He throws it on the floor but we don't hear a sound of it crashing on the floor.
1st Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Homer is gambling with the gangsters, you can just barely see the shoulder of an ORANGE shirt that Bart is wearing, but in all other shots he is wearing his tuxedo. (00:12:10)
30th Jun 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
There's No Disgrace Like Home - S1-E4
Other mistake: When Homer is at Moe's, there is a boxing match happening on TV. There is a bald guy who is getting considerably battered by the opponent and gets knocked out, and then for some absurd reason he is victoriously standing and smiling as if he had won.
30th Jun 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Audio problem: Just after Mr Smithers says "...so that we have the energy to from your favourite video game to yummy cotton candy machines", all the children start clapping but the sound of clapping starts BEFORE they start clapping. (00:05:05)
27th Jun 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment - S2-E13
Continuity mistake: When the family are outside, in the shot just after Homer says "At the worst possible time" you can see the living room - everybody has disappeared in that shot.
26th Jun 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment - S2-E13
Continuity mistake: When the door is answered to Mr Burns and Mr Smithers, Barney is seen answering, who has orange sleeves. However when the door is opened, you can just make out a white sleeve, which could be none other than Homer's.
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