Revealing mistake: When Mandarin lifts up the fallen canopy, the arm that is underneath it is briefly transparent. (00:20:24)
Phaneron
23rd Dec 2020
Iron Man (1994)
17th Dec 2020
Iron Man (1994)
Revealing mistake: When Tony Stark is approaching his father Walter in the hospital bed, what looks to be a hair on the animation cel appears to the left (viewer's right) of Walter's head, beginning on the pillow and extending off the bed, and then disappears after a few frames, just before Tony steps into the shot. (00:07:32)
16th Dec 2020
Iron Man (1994)
Cell of Iron - S2-E3
Revealing mistake: When Iron Man is flying towards Star Well as it is hurtling towards Earth after clearing out Sunturion, you can see the animators didn't depict it actually moving towards Earth, it is motionless. (00:19:09)
11th Dec 2020
Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994)
Inhumans Saga: Part 3: Beware the Hidden Land - S2-E4
Revealing mistake: When Black Bolt tackles the Seeker, the edge of an animation cel is visible on the viewer's immediate left of the Seeker. (00:16:58)
6th Dec 2020
Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994)
Inhumans Saga: Part 3: Beware the Hidden Land - S2-E4
Revealing mistake: When Maximus runs away from the battle, once he reaches the control panel, his feet are floating above the ground and his body briefly jerks up and down. (00:16:38)
5th Dec 2020
X-Men (1992)
Revealing mistake: When Wolverine is skiing towards the land bridge, his whole body moves back several feet as the camera is panning right. (00:02:54)
28th Nov 2020
X-Men (1992)
Revealing mistake: When Gambit and Wolverine are pinned to the wall by Tar Baby, Gambit's face somehow gets between the tar and his right shoulder when he is saying "Sticky situation, mon ami." (00:12:01)
26th Nov 2020
X-Men (1992)
Night of the Sentinels: Part 1 - S1-E1
Revealing mistake: When the Sentinel is landing on the sidewalk, you can see the sidewalk is destroyed a split-second before the Sentinel's feet touch the ground. (00:02:05)
25th Nov 2020
Iron Man (1994)
Revealing mistake: When MODOK is fleeing after the dragons have been defeated, the edge of an animation cel is visible on the right side of the screen. (00:19:13)
24th Nov 2020
X-Men (1992)
Revealing mistake: When the lab workers are running out of the plant as Magneto is wondering what Xavier looks like after so long, you can see the man in the lab coat and hard hat jerks backwards as he is near the flames. (00:07:53)
20th Nov 2020
Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994)
Inhumans Saga: Part 1: And the Wind Cries Medusa - S2-E2
Revealing mistake: The opening shot of the camera panning across the New York skyline shows the clouds in the sky remaining in the same spot in the background, making it look as if the city is moving from side to side, and not the clouds, revealing it to be a composite shot. (00:00:01)
18th Nov 2020
Wolverine and the X-Men (2008)
Revealing mistake: When Cyclops asks Emma Frost what is happening when Shadow King is transferring his consciousness from Storm's mind into Wolverine's, you can see Cyclops and Emma have white outlines drawn around them, indicating they were drawn separately and composited into the shot. (00:19:06)
18th Nov 2020
Wolverine and the X-Men (2008)
17th Nov 2020
Iron Man (1994)
Revealing mistake: When the villagers are bringing Mandarin to the doctor in a stretcher, you can see that the animators only drew the top half of his body, and the size of the stretcher is relative to it. When the shot changes, both the Mandarin's body and the stretcher are now the appropriate sizes. (00:21:05)
9th Nov 2020
Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Revealing mistake: When the heroes are approaching Doom's volcano base in the Fantasticar, you can see the seats are unoccupied. (00:17:39)
9th Nov 2020
Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Revealing mistake: When the heroes are fleeing in the Fantasticar from the exploding ship, you can see none of the seats are occupied. (00:13:14)
9th Nov 2020
Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994)
The Silver Surfer & the Return of Galactus - S1-E13
Revealing mistake: When Reed is saying "I want to watch my favorite program," part of his nose disappears. (00:03:14)
9th Nov 2020
Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994)
Behold the Negative Zone - S1-E12
Revealing mistake: The shot of Reed stretching out his arm to pull himself into the departing Fantasticar is recycled from the earlier episode The Silver Surfer and the Coming of Galactus: Part 1. (00:12:00)
23rd Oct 2020
Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994)
23rd Oct 2020
Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994)
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