It seems some TV shows, especially in later seasons, will include a version of their own show or movie into the show itself. "Seinfeld" had "Jerry." "Stargate SG-1" had "Wormhole X-Treme." "Monk" had an episode where they were going to make a movie about Monk and the show "Crime Lab S.F." (but that's might have been more a parody of "CSI"?) And now "Lucifer" has "Diablo." What are other examples of TV shows doing this? And this is different then the normal show within a show trope, like "Home Improvement" having "Tool Time" or "Full House" having "Wake Up, San Francisco").
Bishop73
6th Sep 2020
General questions
5th Sep 2020
Lucifer (2015)
Save Lucifer - S4-E9
Question: This is a question about when Maze walks into the room when Linda is giving birth. Is this what it would look like in real life in a hospital? It looks like Linda is giving birth in her hospital room (even though the sign says birthing room, the room looks set up for guests), there's only 1 hospital staff, and Amenadiel is in his regular clothes, no sterile or protective coverings. And, ignoring the fact that Maze would go wherever she wants, wouldn't a staff member at least try to stop her from going in or try to prep her for entry? Maybe the 1 staff member was prepping her, but it seemed like they added baby crying sounds to indicate she was in the process of giving birth.
Answer: At least as far as clothing goes, I was in regular clothes when my wife gave birth, only changing into scrubs when they thought we'd have to move to an operating room (but ended up not needing to), otherwise I'd just have stayed in them. The room was also pretty much a regular hospital room, but no doubt there were some birth-specific differences I wasn't aware of!
5th Sep 2020
Lucifer (2015)
Devil Is as Devil Does - S4-E7
Character mistake: On Earl D. Bolden Jr.'s wanted poster, it says "if you see this man NO NOT approach..." It should say "DO NOT."
5th Sep 2020
Lucifer (2015)
5th Sep 2020
Lucifer (2015)
Other mistake: When Julian is in custody, being interviewed by Chloe, a lawyer comes in and says a judge has released Julian on his own recognizance. Then Chloe asks what happened to the $2M bail and the lawyer says it's already been paid in full. It's one or the other, if he was released on his own recognizance, no bail would have to be paid. If the bail has been paid, he would be released and no need for a judge's order. Not to mention the fact that all of this takes place the same day he's brought to the station and hasn't had a bail hearing. He didn't even seem to have been processed, he was just being questioned.
31st Aug 2020
Total Recall (1990)
31st Aug 2020
Total Recall (1990)
Other mistake: When Quaid goes through the x-ray machine the first time, the person behind the man with the dog isn't shown to be carrying anything (there's no purple object shown). But then later the purple object is seen.
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Suggested correction: Could simply be someone else with an item passing the person without any. He was walking very slow and certainly 1 person passed him, could be another one did as well.
Two people would have had to pass him and there's nothing to indicate 2 additional people were walking that much faster than him, or close to him.
They were off camera before. 1 person definitely did pass him so a second person doing the same is not unlikely.
They weren't off screen long enough.
I've seen this part multiple times. Who you see behind Quaid before entering the machine is first a woman with a handbag, then a man with mustache and case, then a blind man with a dog, after him a woman with a handbag again and more people. Now, the man with the mustache and case and the second woman with the handbag probably paused before entering the machine because we don't see them when Quaid passes, only the first woman with a bag, then a blind man with a dog and then a man with nothing. So both must have then sped up and then passed the man holding nothing. You see them walking faster than the others too. Not illogical when people are rushing to work or home either.
31st Aug 2020
Total Recall (1990)
Continuity mistake: When the man delivering the briefcase calls Quaid and tells him to go to the window, you see on the screen he turns to look to his side, but when Quaid goes to the window the man on the phone is still looking straight and then is seen turning to his side again.
31st Aug 2020
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Question: This probably spans the whole Star Trek series, but I noticed it specifically on DS9. How does the computer locate an individual on the station without a com badge, but at the same time, can't locate an individual if his or her com badge is taken off (i.e. the computer only locates the com badge)? Is it ever revealed, in any Star Trek show, if individuals (such a guest) without com badges are given something else?
Answer: The Com badges are Starfleet issue and most likely programmed for each individual. Most visitor's individual physical measurements are taken when boarding a ship or station for security reasons. Height, weight, age gender and nationality.
31st Aug 2020
Total Recall (1990)
31st Aug 2020
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
Other mistake: When Mr. Peabody is fencing with Robespierre in the sewer, the sword goes flying up and causes the manhole cover to go flying up too. But then the manhole cover falls through the opening to land on Robespierre. There's no way a round manhole cover can fall through its own opening.
31st Aug 2020
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Trivia: On the theater marquee, the film "Cannibal Girls" (with Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin) is seen. "Cannibal Girls" was directed by "Ghostbusters" and "Ghostbusters 2" director, Ivan Reitman.
31st Aug 2020
Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
Continuity mistake: When Sarah grabs a taquito, she uses her left hand, then switches it to her right hand to bite it. In the next shot it's back in her left hand.
31st Aug 2020
Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
Trivia: At the comic book store, when Eric and Abby are talking, there is a "Plants vs Zombie" comic on the rack in front of them.
31st Aug 2020
Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
So Then a Bat or A Monkey - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: In the beginning when Joel wakes up, he looks at the clock and it's 6:58. He wakes up Sheila and they start talking. Less than 45 seconds pass and the alarm goes off at 7:00.
31st Aug 2020
Mr. Deeds (2002)
20th Aug 2020
Mr. Deeds (2002)
10th Aug 2020
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Continuity mistake: When Carl is shot and falls to the ground, the position of his body changes. For example, his left arm is down, but in the wide shot, both arms are straight out in a more dramatic pose.
31st Jul 2020
Delta Farce (2007)
Larry McCoy: I'm getting too fat for this shit.
26th Jul 2020
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
Continuity mistake: When Luther punches through the armoire, most of panel falls off when he pulls his hand back. But in subsequent shots, there's just a hole in the panel.
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Answer: Supernatural famously had at least two instances of this. There's a running plotline through the series where they discover a series of "Supernatural" books based on their antics, which end up being written by God himself. Even more meta, in the episode The French Mistake they end up in an alternate reality on the set of a show called "Supernatural" where everyone starts referring to them by the real actors' names, their angel friend Castiel is now a goofy actor called Misha Collins (the real actor) and their demon foe Ruby is now actress Genevieve Padalecki, married to one of them (as she is in real life).
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