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Other mistake: In the book, the horse is called "The Pie" because it is a piebald, which is a white horse with black spots. The horse used in the movie is not.

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Factual error: When the guys are singing about being in the navy, there is a line about "shovelling tons of coal in the boiler room." By 1925, all existing US Navy coal-burning ships had been converted to oil, and all new ships were built to burn oil.

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Log 62: Grand Theft Horse? - S1-E16

Continuity mistake: When Reed and Malloy are chasing two armed robbers, one of the robbers shoots at their car and a bullet damages the windshield. But after the incident, as they resume patrol, the windshield is undamaged.

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By Dawn's Early Light - S4-E3

Continuity mistake: When Columbo is talking with a cadet, Columbo says that he was in the army. Later, when the Colonel mentions 2200 hours, Columbo asks him what time that is. If Columbo had been in the army, he certainly would have known that 2200 hours is 10:00 PM.

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Mr. Monk and the Panic Room - S3-E2

Factual error: Disher hands Stottlemeyer a pistol and tells him that he just unloaded it, but Stottlemeyer just takes his word for it instead of double-checking it. You NEVER, under any circumstance, take anyone's word that a gun is unloaded; you always check it yourself. As a police officer, Stottlemeyer would know that.

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Factual error: Neal says he stopped believing in Santa Claus when he was three because he didn't get an Oscar Mayer wienie whistle. You didn't have to buy wienie whistles; the Oscar Mayer company gave them away to children for free at grocery stores. (I had one.)

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#1 Suspect - S4-E9

Continuity mistake: When Kenda pulls up to the fast food drive-thru, he orders a #1, which the menu board says is $5.49, but when his order is brought out to him, he is told that he owes $3.59.

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Run for Your Life - S3-E4

Factual error: When the tracking dog finds a gun in some bushes, Kenda, who is narrating, says that the gun was a Ruger Mark I, which is a semiautomatic target pistol; but the gun shown in the reenactment is a snub-nose .38 Special revolver.

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Continuity mistake: After Roger is hit on the head with the bowl, it mysteriously disappears from the sidewalk.

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Factual error: The date on Arch Stanton's grave is "3 February 1862," which is how dates are written in most countries. However, in the US, it would be written "February 3, 1862."

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Character mistake: After Felix arrives at Oscar's apartment, he is looking out the window and comments on the view. He then asks, "What is it, twelve floors?" He had just come up in a self-service elevator, so he would have known what floor he was on.

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Factual error: During the opening credits, Jack Lemmon walks past two "sailors" in dress whites. If they were actual sailors, they would have rate insignia on the left sleeve, service ribbons on the left breast, and a rocker patch on the right shoulder seam.

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Factual error: The movie is set in 1922, but the women's clothes are more along the line of 1928, with a strong 1960's influence. For an accurate depiction of 1922 fashion, refer to Season 4 of Downton Abbey.

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Show generally

Continuity mistake: In several episodes of the early seasons, Carson is said to have once been part of a music hall song-and-dance team with Charlie Grigg, who comes to Downton to blackmail Carson. But in later seasons, Carson is said to have come to Downton at a young age, serving as a hall boy.

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Factual error: Actual showboats were very rarely self-propelled. The engine and boilers needed to propel the vessel would have taken up the space needed for the stage, backstage area, and auditorium. As a result, they had to be towed everywhere by a towboat.

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Show generally

Factual error: The story is set in the 1850s, but when Greshambury Manor is shown at night, it is obvious that the front of the building is illuminated by electric lights.

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Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico - S2-E2

Factual error: Monk states that one of the reasons he suspected Dr. Maduro was because the doctor stated the amount of fluid in the victim's lungs in pints, which meant the doctor had worked in the US. But even in the US, the medical profession uses the metric system.

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Trivia: Sarah Jane is supposed to be a light-skinned African-American who "passes for white," but, ironically, the actress who plays her is the daughter of a Caucasian father and a Hispanic mother.

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Continuity mistake: When young Johnny goes over to Dundee's car to talk to him, he leaves his bag of newspapers on the sidewalk. When he walks away from Dundee's car after talking to him, his bag of newspapers is over his shoulder.

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Trivia: Throughout the series, nearly every Law Enforcement Officer with whom Jessica interacts is either conceited, arrogant, narcissistic, rude, incompetent, ignorant, stupid, or some combination thereof.

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