Audio problem: When Tintin first sees the telescope, he says "What?" His mouth is out-of-sync when he says this. (00:02:50)
Casual Person
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Continuity mistake: Tintin arrives at the observatory with a green shirt. But by the time he finds the telescope, he suddenly has a yellow shirt. Then as Tintin walks back to the apartment, he has the green shirt again. (00:02:25 - 00:02:55)
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
Continuity mistake: Tintin has a black and red striped tie as he and Snowy are walking. The tie becomes a black and brown striped tie by the time he returns to the apartment. (00:01:40)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Character mistake: After reaching the border, Snowy finds an umbrella and Tintin states that it is Calculus's umbrella. It isn't Calculus's umbrella - Calculus's umbrella has a brown handle, and this one has a grey handle. (00:42:25)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: After rescuing Calculus, Haddock then hugs him. He has gloves on in this shot, but the gloves disappear in the next. (00:39:50)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: A guy at a desk tells the Colonel that Calculus will be released. After he goes into his office, the guy at the desk has a phone that is a foot away from him. 2 shots later, the phone is about 6 inches away from the guy. (00:39:30)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Other mistake: When the Colonel opens the door after finding out about Calculus's release, the door handle is never pushed down, but the door still opens anyway. (00:39:30)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: A soldier guarding the hotel picks up a smashed light bulb with 1cm of glass on the edge. Shot cuts and there is now about 4cm of glass on the edge. The smashed glass around the bulb also disappears. (00:35:30)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Tintin and Haddock walk through a corridor with two drunk men, Tintin opens a door. The key hole on the door is blue. For a few frames, the key hole becomes brown, then back to blue again. As he closes the door, the key hole is once again brown for a couple of frames. (00:34:50)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of Hotel Zsnorr, Tintin is shown with a dark blue sweater. After his phone call with Haddock, he now has a light blue sweater. (00:33:40 - 00:34:10)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: The Italian driver's car has a number plate on the left front of his car. In the shot where he drives through the bushes, no numbers are seen on the plate. (00:30:15)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Haddock starts to fall out of the helicopter, he tugs on a seat belt. The wall around the seat belt is red. In the next shot, the wall is blue. Then when Haddock gets back into the helicopter, the wall is brown. (00:28:55)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: As Tintin, Haddock and Snowy are running whilst being shot at, Snowy is holding Calculus's umbrella with his teeth. The handle is facing the right as this happens. However, when they are shown in the helicopter, Snowy is suddenly seen holding the umbrella with the handle facing the left. (00:28:25)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: In the shot where Tintin picks up the cigarette, it is a flipped shot. Note the "M" is at the end of the logo where as all other shots of these cigarettes have the "M" at the start of the logo. (00:26:45)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: Tintin and Haddock see a car sitting outside the post card shop. The villain drops a cigarette out of the window. The cigarette disappears when Tintin and Haddock walk over to the car. (00:26:30)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Calculus walks to the post card shop, Haddock points at his watch. If you look at his watch, you will see that the minute hand keeps on titling from 8:50 to 9:00 and back. (00:26:00)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Audio problem: When Tintin, Haddock and Calculus exit the hospital, Haddock says "Blistering barnacles, I'm glad to be out of there. The food was terrible". His mouth doesn't move when he says "The food was terrible". (00:25:50)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When Tintin says to Topolino that the man impersonating Calculus was an impostor, there is a cigarette in an ash tray that doesn't have the logo on the cigarette. The shot cuts and the logo suddenly appears on the cigarette. (00:18:20)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When Professor Topolino talks to Tintin and Haddock at a table, there is a wide shot showing Haddock looking downwards. In the next shot, Haddock is suddenly looking at Topolino. (00:18:00)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Revealing mistake: Tintin says to Professor Topolino it wasn't Calculus who tied him up. The next shot shows a timer on a bomb ticking. As each second ticks, the minute hand on the clock keeps ticking backwards or forwards. (00:17:50)
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