Continuity mistake: Near the start of the film when Nina and Jake are driving to the mall, Jake points to an open parking space to his right. Nina starts to turn the steering wheel to the right but the next shot shows the car turning left into the space. (00:04:10)
Lummie
31st May 2005
One Hour Photo (2002)
23rd May 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Brake My Wife, Please - S14-E20
Continuity mistake: Whilst Bart is having breakfast he pours a lot of maple syrup onto his pancakes. When Marge walks into the kitchen to hurry him up the syrup on his pancakes has completely disappeared.
23rd May 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Brake My Wife, Please - S14-E20
Continuity mistake: As Hibbert handcuffs Bart to the radiator he uses the second bar to the right. The next shot it's moved to the next bar to the right.
23rd May 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Brake My Wife, Please - S14-E20
Continuity mistake: Whilst Moe is talking to himself about going back to barber college the door to his bar is wide open. When the shot changes to him when he says "Who the hell am I talking to?" the door has suddenly closed. There was not enough time for it to close between shots.
18th May 2005
Anchorman (2004)
Continuity mistake: After Ron throws the burrito at the biker the exterior shot of the car shows he is in the middle of the three lanes. When it cuts to his reaction shot you can see he is now in the left lane. After showing the biker in agony we see Ron getting out of his car in the middle lane. (00:45:20)
18th May 2005
Anchorman (2004)
Continuity mistake: Before the big brawl between the rival news crews there are a number of shots where the sun is nearly setting and a second or so later will be right back up. The most notable one is just after Ben Stiller's Spanish language crew arrive there is an aerial shot with the sun very bright. In the next shot of Tim Robbins the shadow has become much more noticeable. (00:59:35)
4th May 2005
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Continuity mistake: The wound and the sleeve of the jacket on Trinity's arm changes after she's cut by one of the twins. When she's cut, the wound and rip in the jacket are thin and diagonal. As Morpheus is calling Link, the wound is not really visible and the cut in the jacket is now larger and squarer, and has changed direction on her arm. (01:21:00 - 01:22:50)
29th Apr 2005
Futurama (1999)
Continuity mistake: Whilst Fry, Leela and the professor are on the log near the waterfall they are very close to the right side of the river. A few shots after Gunter puts the hat back on his head you can see they and the log are now all the way over to the left side of the river.
29th Apr 2005
Futurama (1999)
Continuity mistake: As Gunter is crying in the dorm, the number of bananas change between shots as well as the position of them on the floor. The changes are most notable when Fry approaches Gunter in the room.
23rd Apr 2005
Seinfeld (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Celia breaks out of prison and comes to George's apartment, George opens the door and starts talking with her. After George says "And you decided to pop in" the shot shows Celia but the door has now closed behind her. It would have been impossible to close without us seeing it because Celia would have had to have moved forward to close the door.
22nd Apr 2005
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Continuity mistake: In the qualifier between Average Joe's and the Girl scouts, Peter starts talking to the girl he hit while another girl throws a ball at him. The girl who throws the ball is almost right in front of him but you can see the ball that hits Peter comes in from the right of screen and hits between the top of his left shoulder and the bottom of his neck. (00:27:30)
20th Apr 2005
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Continuity mistake: After White knocks the food onto the Average Joe's players in the bar, Owen is holding a martini glass in his left hand. The following shot, the martini glass has disappeared. (00:32:35)
16th Apr 2005
Cabin Fever (2002)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Paul and Marcy are having sex, you can see there is nothing on Paul's left wrist. The following shot of them Paul is moving his hands up her back and you can see he now has a watch on his left wrist.
8th Apr 2005
Dexter's Laboratory (1996)
Star Check Unconventional - S2-E37
Continuity mistake: After the fight between Dexter and the large woman, the old Chinese woman who is sitting down has a collectible Barbie doll to the right of her in a glass case. After Dexter knocks the Barbie doll over and it breaks it cuts back to a shot of the Chinese woman and the doll is still in the case with no damage to the doll or the case.
1st Apr 2005
Mission Hill (1999)
Happy Birthday, Kevin (or Happy Birthday, Douchebag) - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: After Carlos sees the snake on the pole he leaps off the roof onto the pole. When he jumps you can see it's quite a distance from the roof. After catching the snake he is holding onto the pole and asks to be helped back onto the roof. The other characters just put their hands out and pull him up. There was no way with the distance between the pole and the roof they could have come close to reaching him the way they did.
31st Mar 2005
King of the Hill (1997)
Continuity mistake: After Peggy throws the tomato at King Philip you see it lands on the badge on his jacket. Most of the tomato lands about the top of his badge and seems to set on the top part. A few scenes later when Peggy is being put in the stocks for punishment you see Philip again and the stain has moved down the badge. Most notably the tomato stain looks larger and a large chunk of it has moved below the badge onto the shirt.
28th Mar 2005
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: As Susan tries to get the dog to help the second time you can see the towel Susan tried to use to get the dog to help her. The shot then shows Susan and the towel has disappeared. After a quick shot of the dog it cuts back to Susan and the towel has reappeared.
25th Mar 2005
Mean Girls (2004)
Continuity mistake: Before Regina starts writing the nasty things about herself in the "Burn Book", there is a red pen on the floor near the book. The next shot in a closeup of the book the pen has now moved to being right next to the book. (01:00:05)
19th Mar 2005
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Bree sees the presents that Rex has bought for the children, she walks up to the car. As she stops walking you can see her hair particularly on her left side is being blown gently by the wind and continues to be blown through most of the shot. In the following shot her hair is now sitting perfectly without any wind blowing it.
11th Mar 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Skinner's Sense of Snow - S12-E8
Continuity mistake: When the Hamster rolls through the glass of Flanders car it breaks it near the bottom middle of The Front windshield. Later on when Flanders and Homer are taking the kids home you can see the break in the glass has now moved to about halfway up The Front windshield. On of the following shots it moves back to its original position and then moves back to being around the middle of the windshield.
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