Factual error: When Jessica and Miguel finally convince Charity to play a videogame, they start playing, but you can see that there is no cartridge in the Nintendo 64 (which cannot play a game without the cartridge being inserted).
Knever
4th May 2017
Passions (1999)
18th Aug 2014
Covert Affairs (2010)
Factual error: When Annie sends the text message to Auggie, you can hear the sound that is played when a message is sent, but you can see that it still says "Sending..." at the top of the screen, and the sound doesn't play until the progress bar fills up completely.
9th Jun 2014
Genius (1999)
Factual error: The way that Charlie makes the skeleton move is way too complex to be controlled merely by a basic remote controller (which looks like it was originally for an RC car of some sort), which can only control up, down, left and right.
3rd Jun 2014
Alphas (2010)
Factual error: When Dr. Rosen is checking Dani's phone for a number, it is shown slowly scrolling without him physically swiping, which is not a feature of the iPhone. (00:22:00)
8th Nov 2013
Pokemon (1998)
Factual error: When we see that Dodrio's neck is tangled, the configuration doesn't make sense. It just looks like two bands of neck, but it doesn't reflect what it would actually look like if it was really tangled.
4th Nov 2013
Pokemon (1998)
The Ninja Poke-Showdown - S1-E32
Factual error: When Venonat uses Stun Spore, Ash tells Bulbasaur to use Whirlwind. Bulbasaur just blows the powder away with his mouth, but he doesn't use the Whirlwind attack. He can't learn Whirlwind in any of the games, and what Whirlwind is supposed to do is to blow the opposing Pokemon away. Ash could have just as easily told Bulbasaur to blow it away, but he instead chose to tell him to use a move that he can't possibly learn. The only Pokemon that can learn Whirlwind are either Flying types or Bug types; i.e., Pokemon with wings (with the exception of Makuhita and Hariyama, which weren't introduced until generation III, and did not exist at the time this episode aired). In The School of Hard Knocks (Season 1, Episode 9), a character mentions information regarding a Pokemon's levels, attacks, and information which is taken straight out of the game, so it's very clear that Bulbasaur should not be able to use Whirlwind. [This is a result of mistranslation. In the original, Japanese version Ash orders Bulbasaur to "blow it away." He didn't say Whirlwind. Still a mistake in the English version.]
6th Oct 2013
Sex Drive (2008)
Factual error: When Ian has the gun while he's in the doughnut suit, he manages to fire it. But the fingers are so big, there is no way it could possibly fit into the trigger guard to be able to pull the trigger.
22nd Nov 2012
8 Simple Rules... For Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002)
No Right Way - S2-E6
Factual error: When Kyle and Kerry go to the arcade, they look around to see which game they want to play. Kyle suggests the dancing game, which, although the name is not displayed, is Dance Dance Revolution. The current screen is the song select, which only appears after a token has been inserted and the game has started. It takes at least two presses of the start button to get to that screen, yet Kyle still feels the need to insert a token for some reason. Also, although this is trivial, the difficult setting on which they play is Beginner, which is laughably easy and doesn't require any of the theatrical dance moves that Kyle and Kerry perform.
28th May 2012
Smallville (2001)
Factual error: When Lionel is leaving the prison, there is a bus unloading convicts as he walks past. No prison in the world would ever unload inmates and release an inmate in the same area at the same time.
28th May 2012
Smallville (2001)
Factual error: Clark lifts Chloe's car by the back. He is only holding on to the very back left portion of the car, yet while he's turning it, the car is completely horizontal. The front of the car would buckle since it weighs so much and isn't being handled by its center of gravity.
22nd Jul 2011
The Machine Girl (2008)
Factual error: When the Kimuras make the chef eat his own fingers, you can see that all of the finger is on the piece of sushi. Yet, when we see his bloody hand, his metacarpals are all still attached. (00:37:30)
22nd Feb 2011
Spin City (1996)
Yeah Baby! - S6-E6
Factual error: When Paul demonstrates his Portuguese, the subtitles read "My monkey needs a haircut," when the translation is actually "I feel very sick."
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