Continuity mistake: As the Rube Goldberg type setup works, the gold cherub statue pours batter in the pan the Lincoln statue is holding. When the camera angle changes, the cherub starts to pour the batter again.
Movie Nut
11th Sep 2015
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
11th Sep 2015
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Other mistake: In the beginning, as Pee-Wee waits for the crown in his dream, a bell starts ringing, and everyone leaves, leaving him alone. After all the photographers are gone, there is one more flash from a camera before the transition to his room.
11th Sep 2015
Star Trek (1966)
Requiem for Methuselah - S3-E19
Revealing mistake: As Kirk pulls the shroud away from the Rayna duplicate, look closely at the part of her head just below her left ear. The bald cap she wore to conceal her hair and give her an unfinished look.
11th Sep 2015
Doctor Who (2005)
Other mistake: As the Doctor passes a stack of three cubes, the camera is close enough to see the top cube has two small squares intertwined on the side facing diagonally toward the light. He said all were the same, no difference or individuality whatsoever. (00:03:53)
11th Sep 2015
Futurama (1999)
Trivia: When being shown around the sewers, the group comes to the church. When Fry looks inside, the set up is done as cathedral in the movie "Beneath the Planet of the Apes", the second of the original "Ape" series.
11th Sep 2015
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Nth Degree - S4-E19
Other mistake: After Data reports the bypass blocked, Riker goes to call to Barclay. The chirp preceding the computer, now Barclay's, response occurs almost simultaneously with the call, rather than a second or two gap between the call and chirp.
11th Sep 2015
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Nth Degree - S4-E19
Continuity mistake: When Barclay enters the Holodeck to create an interface, he calls for a chair, an input for the left and a display for the right. When Picard comes to question him, the input and display units are gone.
11th Sep 2015
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Peter gets his happy thought, he floats just above the ground in his regular clothes. As he shoots upwards toward the top of the tree house and out, he suddenly has his Pan clothing on. After returning, he suddenly has his normal clothes.
11th Sep 2015
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: In the final fight, Pan's sword is golden colored. When he gives it to the Lost Boy, it's silver.
11th Sep 2015
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: As Peter selects the largest Lost Boy, he stops, and holds the sword out. After the angle change, he stops again.
11th Sep 2015
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: During the sword fight between Pan and Hook, Pan switches the sword from right to left. After dodging a thrust, it's suddenly back in his right.
11th Sep 2015
Top Secret! (1984)
Visible crew/equipment: As Nick jumps off the piano, the tip of the boom mic dips into the shot.
11th Sep 2015
Top Secret! (1984)
Continuity mistake: The windows in the sedan with the British spy go from clear to black from the time it stops in the junk yard until it is put in the crusher.
11th Sep 2015
Top Secret! (1984)
Visible crew/equipment: When the "blind" spy is talking with the British agent, the lighting rigs are reflected in his shades a few times.
10th Sep 2015
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: As Lucy goes down the hall, she opens door 214, then 215. As she comes to the next door on the right, she opens 214 again, rather than it being 216. This is particularly noticeable because the third room she enters is "her" room, containing her greatest fear - and the first room she went into numbered 214 had a completely different fear. (00:00:56)
1st Sep 2015
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Continuity mistake: When the T-850 tosses John off the hood where he was pinned down, the hood is undamaged. When the 850 started to beat on the truck, it was already damaged before he started.
1st Sep 2015
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Continuity mistake: As Catherine grabs a pistol and shouts "Outta my way!", the Terminator stands up, with his left quarter profile towards her. After a cut to her, then back, his position changes to right quarter profile forward. (00:51:05)
1st Sep 2015
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Continuity mistake: When John is in the cage Kate threw him in, they hear a crash, and he starts to sit up. The next second, his left arm is suddenly along the side of the cage.
1st Sep 2015
Doctor Who (2005)
Continuity mistake: As the Doctor talks to Idris/TARDIS, he reaches into his coat. When the angle changes, he reaches in again. (00:18:20)
1st Sep 2015
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Where Silence Has Lease - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: When Riker and Worf are beamed off the Yomato, Riker is on the left of Worf. When they materialize, Riker is on Worf's right.
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