zenee

6th Jun 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

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Continuity mistake: Harold's age is inconsistent throughout the series. Harold has his Bar Mitzvah in "Harold's Bar Mitzvah", establishing that he is 13 years old, and in "Hey Harold!", he tells Patty that he was held back a couple years, which is why he is still in fourth grade. However, in "Helga on the Couch", he is shown in the same preschool class as the other kids, and in "The Journal", he is shown playing in the park with the other kids, and he is a baby just like all of them.

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Suggested correction: It's possible that Harold wasn't the only student held back, even though he's older than his classmates. Just a thought.

So? How does that justify him being in the same preschool class as the other kids?

zenee

He was probably held back in preschool but was not mentioned.

ccoccia

Fair enough, but he is also in "The Journal" which took place before the kids were in preschool. He is shown playing with the other kids as a baby, and there is no sign of an age difference, even though he is supposed to be 4 years older than them at most. All the other main kid characters are around 9 years old in the fourth grade. It's highly unlikely that Harold would be around those kids as a baby.

zenee

6th Jun 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

Dino Checks Out - S4-E17

Audio problem: When Arnold says, "It's almost like Dino left his whole life in my hands," as Grandpa responds with, "Not his whole life," his mouth doesn't move until the word "life." (00:06:58)

zenee

5th Jun 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

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Helga's Boyfriend / Crush on Teacher - S2-E14

Revealing mistake: Helga's Boyfriend: When Arnold walks up to Helga to tell her that Stinky loves her, he asks if he can talk to her about something, and in the shot of Helga, there is a line at the bottom of the screen going through her legs, cutting them off. (00:08:04)

zenee

4th Jun 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

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Operation Ruthless/The Vacant Lot - S1-E7

Revealing mistake: Operation Ruthless: When Helga and Phoebe are chasing Ruth in the bumper car, when Ruth's car stops and Helga looks back at her, Helga's right lower leg is incorrectly layered over the bumper car seat, and Phoebe's legs are colored black. (00:08:11)

zenee

4th Jun 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

Operation Ruthless/The Vacant Lot - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: Operation Ruthless: When Helga and Phoebe's bumper car flies into the air and lands on the hot dog truck, as the people start to run away, watch for one person that disappears from the shot, then reappears, and his shirt changes from green to orange. (00:08:36)

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4th Jun 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

Abner Come Home / The Sewer King - S1-E16

Continuity mistake: Abner Come Home: When Abner comes back to the boarding house at the end, Arnold starts running towards him, and there is no mud puddle. In the next few shots, a mud puddle suddenly appears for both of them to fall into and roll in. Then in the next wide shot, the mud puddle disappears, and in the last two shots of the episode, it returns once again. (00:11:09 - 00:11:48)

zenee

2nd Jun 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

1st Jun 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

Monkeyman! / Buses, Bikes and Subways - S5-E1

Revealing mistake: Buses, Bikes, and Subways: When Helga and Harold are riding the clown bike, a tall clown and two little clowns start chasing them. As the clowns are running, the left little clown is layered over the tall clown's right leg for a few frames, and the right little clown runs right through it. (00:17:39)

zenee

30th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

30th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

30th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

Summer Love (a.k.a. Beach Story) - S5-E9

Continuity mistake: When Helga sprinkles bread crumbs around Arnold and Summer, six seagulls come and fly above them. In the next shot, the shadows of the seagulls are visible, but there are only two seagull shadows. Then when both look up at them, there are only five seagulls flying above them instead of six. (00:11:26)

zenee

30th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

Summer Love (a.k.a. Beach Story) - S5-E9

Continuity mistake: When Arnold talks to Helga after overhearing her, he tells her that he heard everything she said. As Helga says, "You did?", the lifeguard stand that was behind her suddenly isn't there. Then when Arnold and Summer walk away from her, they are suddenly a lot further away from the lifeguard stand than they were before. (00:11:47 - 00:12:12)

zenee

30th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

28th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

28th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

28th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

27th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

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Career Day / Hey Harold! - S3-E11

Other mistake: Hey Harold!: When Harold's family is talking about Patty during dinner, as Harold's mother says, "We can show her those adorable baby pictures of you," her left eyelid is not colored in. (00:20:39)

zenee

27th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

27th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

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The Aptitude Test / Oskar Gets a Job - S3-E9

Other mistake: Oskar Gets a Job: On the second day that Oskar forgets to do his job, Arnold reminds him that he has newspapers to deliver. After Oskar says, "You won't believe what happened," Arnold blinks, and his right eyelid is not colored in. (00:18:56)

zenee

27th May 2024

Hey Arnold! (1996)

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The Aptitude Test / Oskar Gets a Job - S3-E9

Other mistake: Oskar Gets a Job: In the beginning of the episode, Arnold and Gerald overhear Oskar arguing with a man in his room. In the close-up of Arnold and Gerald as Oskar says, "You're a big man, aren't you?", Arnold's right eyelid is not colored in. (00:12:17)

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