Continuity mistake: When Evan gets his first nosebleed, during the hypnosis session, the blood on his face changes quite a bit as shots change while the doctor is trying to wake him up. One shot shows two streams of blood, another shows only one, and yet another shows hardly any blood at all. (00:18:00)
OL1V3R666
24th Jul 2004
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
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.
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.
19th May 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Dude, Where's My Ranch? - S14-E18
Continuity mistake: When Lisa meets Clara, there is a close up of her necklace. The necklace is never there in any of the other shots that we see her. Her ring, as also seen in the close-up isn't visible either.
12th May 2004
Johnny English (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: In the hearse chase scene, when Johnny is getting out of the car, on the side view you can see a very obvious cover up of the camera in the window reflection.
5th Aug 2005
Shrek (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Lord Farquaad announces Shrek as champion, there are flagposts surrounding them. In the close-up of Shrek and Donkey, these flagpoles have disappeared, as have the shields on the walls that the flagpoles stand on. (00:24:35)
15th Jul 2004
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Revealing mistake: In the first scene of the film, Evan is writing frantically in a journal and his last words that the camera zooms in on are "Save her". Look closely and you can see that those same words are already indented on the page as indicated by a visible letter "s" and "h" and a period that had already been written on the pad of paper. Obviously they had done some other takes. (00:01:35)
6th Sep 2004
Johnny English (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Johnny and Bough are talking after Agent One died, you see that Bough's coat is pulled together, but when it shows the backside of him, it's apart. Then it's back to normal again.
13th Feb 2005
Johnny English (2003)
Continuity mistake: The first time the film of Johnny in the mirror is shown, look at the toothpaste in the bottom right corner. First you see the Aquafresh, then it cuts to Sauvage, and when it cuts back the toothpaste tube has moved. Then it cuts away and back again, and the toothbrush has moved in front of it.
27th Aug 2001
Shrek (2001)
Continuity mistake: At the start of the film, Shrek is painting his "Ogre Beware" sign, you will notice that quite a bit of the top left corner of the board is missing. When he hangs the board on the post it is the opposite corner that is gone. He did not paint on both sides. (00:02:35)
26th Nov 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: Nelson makes a hole in the Honor Roller during the finals. This hole disappears and reappears between shots. (00:20:00)
27th Aug 2001
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Continuity mistake: In the post office scene, when Cindy is talking to her dad, you can see a post box marked "Grinch" and it has nothing in it. Later we are shown a close-up of the Grinch mailbox and it has spider webs in it.
12th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Other mistake: How can Sideshow Bob make the "I H8 BART" licence plate if there are no number keys on the keyboard? (00:04:45)
7th Sep 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the family are driving home from the cinema, Bart draws an angry face on the back of Homer's head. It is never there at any other point in that night.
8th May 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: Marge tells Bart not feed Maggie the Monopoly houses. Bart shows the box and says that there's enough of them. The shot later, the box has disappeared. (00:16:15)
7th May 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: Just after Bart has played the guitar in the street, he picks up two books. Before Bart picks them up they are green but they instantly turn blue when he does pick them up. Then when he gets on the bus the books have disappeared completely. (00:10:10)
7th Sep 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Lurleen sings 'No-One Understands You', she puts on her apron and picks up a tray. On the tray, there are three bottles of beer. But in the next shot, Homer goes over to Lurleen, and there is only a cup. (00:07:15)
9th Nov 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Bart finds out that Lisa took the teacher's books, his Hall Monitor sash disappears and reappears for several shots. (00:20:05)
21st Apr 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Burns first shows the team the nerve tonic, the "&" on the 'Brain & Nerve Tonic' label is facing backward, but as Burns pulls it away it faces forward. Then as he moves it around as he's talking, the "&" switches between facing forward and facing backward again. This happens all in the one shot.
29th Sep 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: In the introduction, initially Maggie's seat is light purple. However, in the wider shot of her and Marge, the seat changes to a burgundy colour. (00:00:50)
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