Knever

4th May 2017

Passions (1999)

Show generally

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

18th Aug 2014

Covert Affairs (2010)

Horse to Water - S2-E14

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.

Knever

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.

Knever

3rd Jun 2014

Alphas (2010)

Falling - S2-E8

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)

Knever

8th Nov 2013

Pokemon (1998)

A Chansey Operation - S1-E45

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.

Knever

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.]

Knever

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.

Knever

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.

Knever

28th May 2012

Smallville (2001)

Scare - S4-E10

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.

Knever

28th May 2012

Smallville (2001)

Truth - S3-E18

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.

Knever

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)

Knever

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."

Knever

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