Factual error: When Marty enters the 1955 Hill Valley, one of the cars has a white licence plate with blue text and a sunset, which was not used until 1982. (01:04:54)
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19th Mar 2024
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
5th Mar 2024
Pokemon (1998)
Flower Power - S3-E6
Factual error: During the second battle with Team Rocket, Arbok and Victreebel use Tackle, a move they cannot legally learn in the games. (00:18:15)
Suggested correction: Differences between anime and games are not mistakes.
3rd Feb 2024
Pokemon (1998)
Pokémon Contest! Hajitsuge Convention! - S7-E10
Factual error: During the battle with Team Rocket, Beautifly uses Tackle. However, it was unable to learn it until Generation VIII. This episode, a Generation III episode, would mean that at this point in time, Beautifly was unable to learn it by any means. (00:19:57)
Suggested correction: Differences between anime and games are not mistakes.
1st Feb 2024
Pokemon (1998)
Factual error: During the second battle with Team Rocket, Victreebel uses Tackle on Ash and his friends. However, it cannot legally learn it in the Pokémon games. (00:18:18)
Suggested correction: Differences between anime and games are not mistakes.
31st Jan 2024
Pokemon (1998)
Factual error: It is stated in this episode that Ghost types are strong against Psychic Pokémon. However, in Generation I, Psychic types were only weak to Bug-type attacks. It is also implied that Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to Psychic-type attacks. However, they actually take normal damage from Psychic-type attacks.
24th Jan 2024
Pokemon (1998)
Pokemon Fashion Flash - S1-E28
Factual error: When Misty looks at herself in the mirror, her reflection is not reversed. (00:12:41)
16th Jan 2024
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
Factual error: When water starts flooding Brooklyn, the water floods the main road but never floods the side roads. (00:12:21)
30th Oct 2023
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
Mush-Rumors - S1-E17
Factual error: When Mario and Luigi jump into the water, the car is reflected in it but Mario and Luigi are not. (00:07:30)
25th Oct 2023
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
Misadventures in Babysitting - S1-E13
Factual error: When Mario and Luigi arrive back in Brooklyn, it can still be bright outside. However, Junior's mother says she and her husband will be back at 22:30, and Luigi mentions that they will be home in 15 minutes. Therefore, when they arrive, the time is at least 22:15. At the latest, dusk in Brooklyn is at 21:05, so it should have already been dark. (00:11:44)
15th Oct 2023
A Kingdom for Keflings (2008)
Factual error: When the game progresses through the seasons, the shadows of everything remain the same. However, in reality, the shadows are longer in the winter and shorter in the summer. This also happens in the game's successor.
8th Oct 2023
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
Factual error: When Kootie Pie is putting lipstick on at the beginning of the episode, her mole is on the right side of her face, but her reflection shows it to be her left. In the same shot, she speaks without moving her mouth. (00:00:43)
7th Oct 2023
Pokemon (1998)
Factual error: When the power in the lift goes out, all of the lights turn off. However, in real life, some of these lights would remain on for emergency lighting. (00:04:28)
7th Oct 2023
Pokemon (1998)
Factual error: When the lift starts working again, the cables on one side of the lift are being pulled downward while the ones on the other side remain in place. However, lifts are pulley systems; if one end is pulled down, the other end is pulled up. (00:05:24)
29th Sep 2023
Pokemon (1998)
Factual error: When Jessie says she was a costume designer, her left foot is curved up, but her reflection shows it to be her right. (00:05:54)
28th Sep 2023
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
Factual error: When King Koopa looks in the mirror, the reflection is not reversed. Additionally, it would not be possible for him to get a reflection of Mario and his friends since they are underneath him. (00:12:24)
26th Sep 2023
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
Reptiles in the Rose Garden - S1-E1
Factual error: When Mrs. President closes the doors, there is a crack between them, but no water pours through it. In the same shot, the water only pours from the bottom of the doors despite the White House being completely underwater. (00:06:55)
26th Sep 2023
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
Reptiles in the Rose Garden - S1-E1
Factual error: After the White House is teleported to the Mushroom Kingdom, the President can be seen still using his phone, but it would not work as it would be disconnected from the landline. (00:03:44 - 00:07:19)
3rd Oct 2022
Pokémon Visual Companion: Second Edition (2016)
Factual error: On page 204, Eelektrik is said to weigh 22 pounds or 48.5 kilograms when it is actually 48.5 pounds or 22 kilograms. Also, Eelektross is said to be 6 feet and 1 inch when it is actually 6 feet and 11 inches. Additionally, Emboar and Emolga are said to be 1.1 metres and 1.6 metres respectively when they are actually 1.6 metres and 0.4 metres respectively. Furthermore, they weigh 30 kilograms and 150 kilograms respectively when this is actually the reverse.
8th Apr 2022
Pokemon: the First Movie (1998)
Factual error: When New Island's reflection is in a window on Giovanni's helicopter, it is not reversed. (00:15:19)
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