30th Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 2 - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Just after Alcazar says the gun shooting was a joke after losing chess, Tintin places a castle chess piece on the table. As he finishes doing this (in the side angle), the castle then tilts to the left a few inches. (00:29:35)
30th Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 2 - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin wins the game of chess, General Alcazar begins bellowing and ends up knocking all the chess pieces over. The shot after he says "A little joke" shows all the pieces suddenly upright. Tintin then moves another chess piece and all the chess pieces are lying down on the table again. (00:29:20)
30th Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 2 - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin says "Checkmate" to General Alcazar, no pawns are visible on the chess board. When Alcazar starts bellowing in the next shot, two pawns have suddenly appeared. (00:29:20)
30th Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 2 - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When a villain gives a general money, the amount of polka dots on his tie suddenly doubles. (00:25:20)
21st Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: Tintin shows the ship's captain the Arumbayan idol in a package. In a close-up, Tintin is shown to have only opened the top third of the package. In the next shot, at least half of the package is opened. (00:20:55)
21st Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: While placing the rope over the old man's beard, one of the villain's mustaches disappears for one shot. (00:17:50)
21st Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: A villain throws his knife in the middle of a 50 on a target board. 2 shots later, he removes the knife from the edge of the 50. (00:14:05)
21st Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: Tintin finds a yellow cage. The cage becomes white/green 8 seconds later. (00:10:25)
21st Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: A villain's knife suddenly grows a few inches as he says "I will pay him a little visit". (00:09:30)
21st Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: Two villains talk about Tintin and the parrot. One of them sharpens his knife with a sharpener, which changes from green to navy blue between shots. (00:09:15)
21st Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: The lamp post Tintin walks into changes size between shots. (00:07:15)
21st Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: Thompson says "You mustn't overlook the obvious, Tintin". He has a pencil raised to his shoulder. Shot cuts and the pencil has been lowered towards his stomach. (00:03:40)
21st Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: Tintin runs a bath. The cold tap is on the left and the hot tap is on the right. Yet as Tintin sits in the bath listening to the radio, the hot tap has moved to the left. (00:02:45)
21st Aug 2013
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: When the curator locks up the museum, the chain holding the lock suddenly gets a lot shorter. (00:01:20)
18th Aug 2013
Continuity mistake: When Haddock says "There they are" after the rescue, he is standing next to Professor Fossil and they are both standing at the end of the ship. As everyone starts cheering, they are standing somewhere near the middle of the ship and a scientist has suddenly appeared next to them. (00:20:30)
18th Aug 2013
Continuity mistake: The pilot goes onto a raft and looks at Tintin at a 12 o'clock direction saying "I can't get any closer". In the next shot, he's looking at Tintin in a 3 o'clock direction. (00:19:20)
18th Aug 2013
Continuity mistake: The huge apple that crushes the huge spider changes size between shots. (00:18:55)
18th Aug 2013
Continuity mistake: When the huge apples fall off the tree, half of them are red and half of them are maroon. As the apples fall on the ground in the next shot, all of the apples are red. (00:18:20)
18th Aug 2013
Continuity mistake: There is a shot of the meteorite and Tintin jumping onto it. In this shot he is approaching 4 meters away from the meteorite. Yet in the shot after a crew member of Peary yells "Pull, pull", Tintin is then seen approaching 4 meters to the meteorite a second time. (00:16:00)
18th Aug 2013
Continuity mistake: After the Peary financier says "The Aurora will not reach the meteorite", the scene cuts back to the Aurora sailing through a storm. In this shot, the name "Aurora" is visible on the side of the side. Yet by the end of this scene, and the camera is in front of the boat, the name "Aurora" isn't visible on the front of the ship. (00:10:35 - 00:11:55)
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