Revealing mistake: When Lionel is playing the piano while talking to Lex, you see inside the piano and none of the dampers are moving for the notes he's playing, revealing he's not really playing or even hitting the keys.
Bishop73
25th Nov 2022
Smallville (2001)
17th Oct 2022
Trouble Man (1972)
Revealing mistake: At the beginning, when the woman in the flotation seat is paddling backwards, you can see a fishing line attached to the back of seat that is being pulled to help her move backwards.
25th Sep 2022
She-Hulk (2022)
Revealing mistake: When Jen is at the cash bar and keeps putting money down, it's the same shot used multiple times since it's the same serial number on the $5. And in one shot they flipped the image to make it look different (you can see the "5" is a reverse image).
16th Sep 2022
Sliders (1995)
Revelations - S4-E22
Revealing mistake: When the group is fleeing from the cops, there's a shot of the road as they're turning. The camera used has a crack, or piece of debris, on it at the top to the left. The black line doesn't move as the camera pans across the road.
13th Jan 2022
Workaholics (2011)
Hungry Like the Wolf Dog - S3-E18
Revealing mistake: When Jillian throws the keg, you can see a rope attached to the keg pulling it after she spins.
2nd Jan 2022
Knight Rider (1982)
Revealing mistake: In most episodes you can tell different versions of the car are being driven. In most close up shots, or inside the car, KITT has a distinct black panel on the top part of the windshield and no rear view mirror. In some shots, the black panel has a different shape. But in most wide shots where we see real life driving, there is no black panel at all and sometimes there's a rear view mirror that can be seen. You can also see a normal steering wheel in driving scenes, especially during stunts.
2nd Jan 2022
Knight Rider (1982)
Knight Rider [Pilot; a.k.a. Knight of the Phoenix] (2) - S1-E2
Revealing mistake: When the 2 crooks take KITT, when Michael's on the phone, KITT takes over and the driver keeps saying he's not doing anything and isn't touching the wheel. When KITT is doing donuts, you see the driver's hands on the wheel, and he's the one doing the driving.
7th Dec 2021
Knight Rider (1982)
Good Day at White Rock - S1-E4
Revealing mistake: After we first see the pack of bikers riding, it cuts to two guys on bikes. They're being towed on a platform of some sort because the never turn their handlebars or front wheel but still turn with the curves in the road.
17th Apr 2021
WandaVision (2021)
Revealing mistake: When everyone is supposed to be frozen, the neighbor girl standing behind the car can be seen moving her hand onto the car. This happens as Monica says "I'm not afraid of you, Wanda." (00:24:25)
12th Apr 2021
Monk (2002)
Mr. Monk Makes the Playoffs - S7-E13
Revealing mistake: When Monk steps in front of the limo to stop it from leaving, on the bottom right of the screen there's a black line that doglegs to the right (seen over Monk's coat sleeve). It's like the camera was cracked or something was stuck to it. When the camera angle changes it's gone, but is there where the camera is back on Monk.
13th Feb 2020
The Magicians (2015)
Escape from the Happy Place - S4-E5
Revealing mistake: When the coach is killed by the monsters, the blood splatters onto the camera lens. The blood stays in one place until the camera slightly pans and it moves with the camera.
10th Oct 2018
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Revealing mistake: When the three are seen running to Apophis' ship (after taking out the Jaffas), the branches of the trees are shown to move because of the great speed they ran at. However, none of the leaves on the ground move.
9th Oct 2018
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Revealing mistake: You can tell the rocks of the cavern are CGI and they're walking in front of a green screen. For example, when everyone goes back to the cavern, with Nick, in one shot the rocks cover part of Teal'c's head.
2nd Nov 2017
Monk (2002)
Mr. Monk Gets Stuck in Traffic - S3-E13
Revealing mistake: When we see a shot of Steve in his car while in the dump truck, it's shot in a studio and the shot is reused each time we see Steve in the car. The shadow is completely different and at one point, when they show Steve in the car with the car and truck bouncing around, you can tell the image is just shaken, rather than the dump truck actually bouncing. There are loose chains hanging off the inside walls that don't move or sway at all.
27th Oct 2017
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Julia Louis-Dreyfus has the dog jump on her, you can tell it's a stunt double. In the shot of Julia, the gem on the back of her sequence dress and her hair doesn't go below the gem. When Snot is about to jump on her, the hair completely covers the gem and is much fuller and looks like a wig.
19th Sep 2017
Passenger 57 (1992)
Revealing mistake: When Rane jumps out of the hospital window and crashes through the umbrella, table, and people, you can see him land on an air mattress. Even though it's camouflaged to match the ground, you see it deflate under his weight.
8th Mar 2017
Stitchers (2015)
The Two Deaths of Jamie B. - S2-E4
Revealing mistake: When Naomi shows Kirsten the money, you can tell it's fake. Not only are the serial numbers all the same, you can read "this note is not real it is to be used for motion pictures."
16th Feb 2017
Seinfeld (1990)
Revealing mistake: When Kramer and his lawyer, Jackie, are in the taxi; when Jackie says "who told you to have a pow wow", a man is seen walking across the rear window. The taxi is supposed to be moving, but the man's position stays the same (the taxi should be pulling away from him). The actual traffic filmed for the green screen doesn't seem to react to a man jaywalking in front of them either, as it was someone walking across the set.
7th Aug 2016
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Revealing mistake: When one of the guys is shooting the mini-gun at the overturned bus Captain America is in, the spent shells still have the bullets in them.
3rd Jun 2016
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Revealing mistake: During Conan's sword-fight with one of the Queen's guard (after the escape from the castle), you can tell the sparks were added in afterwards. At one point, Conan's back is to the camera and the guard attacks from Conan's front and a spark is seen in front of the back of Conan's head when his head should have blocked the view of the spark.
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