Factual error: When Mr. Gaunt puts the jacket on Hugh, he says it's 1955 all over again. The flashback occurs and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" is playing on the car stereo. However, "Great Balls of Fire" wasn't released until 1957.
Bishop73
7th Aug 2017
Needful Things (1993)
7th Jun 2017
No Ordinary Family (2010)
Factual error: When J.J. first discovers his powers and understands math, the parabola "seen" on the board is wrong for the given equation and it's different than what J.J. actually ends up drawing, which seems more like the right answer.
16th Feb 2017
Seinfeld (1990)
Factual error: On the bottom of all checks, they have the routing number, followed by the account number, followed by a repeat of the check number found in the top right corner. When we see Jerry's bounced check, "1246" isn't seen after the account number.
30th Nov 2016
American Dad (2005)
Why Can't We Be Friends? - S8-E5
Factual error: When the guys are on the Graviton, you can tell they're spinning clockwise, or to their left. That means everything should be pushed in the opposite direction, but one girl's hair is flowing to her left when it should be flowing to her right.
24th Nov 2016
Stranger Things (2016)
Chapter Eight: The Upside Down - S1-E8
Factual error: When Nancy shoots the creature the second time, she fires at least 8 shots from a 6-shot revolver without reloading. And that's assuming she reloaded after firing 3 shots at the creature the first time, even though the situation made it seem unlikely. (00:20:30)
12th Nov 2016
American Dad (2005)
9th Nov 2016
Between (2015)
Us vs. Them - S2-E2
Factual error: We see Liam's driver's license. It says he's from Rhode Island, but the license looks nothing like RI's. It's issued by the State Motor Vehicle Commission, but RI does not have an MVC (only New Jersey does). And the expiration date is always the same as the holder's birthday, but here we see it's 2 days after his birthday.
6th Nov 2016
Family Guy (1999)
Factual error: When Carter puts on the Jack LaLanne record, you can see it has eight individual grooves (or rings) around it. However, records only have one continuous groove.
16th Oct 2016
Family Guy (1999)
Factual error: When Peter is on The Price is Right, Drew says he's the top winner of the day so he'll spin first. However, the top winner always spins last.
3rd Oct 2016
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Factual error: The scene at the beginning is set at a German concentration camp in occupied Poland in 1944 (as annotated). When Erik enters Shaw's office, the song "La Vie en Rose" by Edith Piaf is playing. The song wasn't written until 1945 and wasn't recorded until 1947.
9th Sep 2016
The Simpsons (1989)
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2) - S7-E1
Factual error: When Chief Wiggum opens the revolver's chamber, there's 5 rounds with one open slot. In the next shot, we see the reverse end of the chamber and it's drawn in such a way to indicate those 5 rounds all have bullets in them still, meaning the empty slot is from when Maggie shot Mr. Burns. But revolvers don't eject spent shells automatically and no one handled the gun after it dropped on the floor. So the empty casing should have still been in there when Wiggum opens it up for the first time.
6th Sep 2016
Knight Rider (1982)
26th Jul 2016
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Factual error: During the first car chase, when Solo asks Gabby if he can "borrow her car" that she was working on, it's a 1966 Wartburg 100. The film takes place in 1963.
16th Jul 2016
Mr. Robot (2015)
Factual error: The home computer tablet controlling the alarm system shows June 11th, 2015 as a Wednesday. 06/11/15 was a Thursday.
11th May 2016
Houdini and Doyle (2016)
Factual error: The show starts in 1901 with a woman constable working for the Metropolitan Police Service (Scotland Yard). However women didn't join the Metropolitan Police until 1919 (which is also when the first woman's police uniform was created). Prior to that, women volunteered in the Women's Police Service, but that wasn't formed until 1914.
11th May 2016
Rush Hour (2016)
Factual error: When the trucker reaches into the bag that's suppose to have his cash with his "bonus", he's bitten by a venomous snake. However, we see the snake and it's a non-venomous king snake.
3rd May 2016
Bates Motel (2013)
Factual error: When Dylan gets a call on his cell phone, it's from an 8-digit Costa Rica number, but caller ID shows +1 506 2555 0122. +1 is the US international code.
18th Apr 2016
Gotham (2014)
Factual error: The address on Lee's business card shows her zip code for Atlanta, GA as "11453." This is a non-existent US zip code, and the zip code for Atlanta is "303xx."
11th Apr 2016
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Factual error: When Austin sees the reflection of the assassin in Robin's eyes, it should be a reverse image since it's a reflection, but it's not. The assassin is seen raising his right hand both times when the reflection should make it look like it's his left.
8th Apr 2016
Hap and Leonard (2016)
Factual error: Hap is sending a package to Houston, Texas but the zip code he writes is "89921." This isn't anywhere near Houston. At best it's El Paso, although 89921 isn't in use. (And if his 5s look like 8s, "59921" is in Montana).
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