Corrected entry: When lightning McQueen finds DOC's 3 piston cups they all have the years on them, but at the end of the movie when CHICK wins there is no year engraved on the cup.
Lummie
17th Nov 2007
Cars (2006)
3rd Oct 2007
Inside Man (2006)
Corrected entry: Detective Keith Frazier is told by his superior officer to bury the case because no money was stolen, and no one is pressuring him for answers. However just kidnapping 20-30 people at gunpoint is a very serious crime, and it's hard to see how the victims and the media would just allow the case to be buried.
Correction: Also keep in mind the feds would've been swarming all over this case. No way 30 plus people being held at gunpoint would ever get buried, or the mere mention of, in any way shape or form pressure be put on to bury it.
Correction: This is more argumentative than a mistake. The fact that no one was hurt or killed and nothing was stolen is generally going to be the biggest factor about whether to press charges. Add into that there was little to no physical evidence left behind and with all the witnesses unsure and varied about who was behind the siege. Frazier's superior was just being realistic to the situation. Even if he was fascinated to find out why this took place he may just not have the time and resources to dedicate to a case like this. It was unlikely in any event he would be even be able to bring an indictment against those responsible.
13th Jun 2007
Tommy Boy (1995)
Corrected entry: Rob Lowe is a main character in the movie playing "Paul", but is not credited at the end of the movie.
21st Mar 2007
Borat (2006)
Corrected entry: During the scene when Borat is taking his driving test, and he says "Look, there is a woman in a car! Can we follow her, and maybe make a sexy-time with her?" If you look closely at the person he is talking about, it is a bulky male driving a Ford truck. (00:20:25)
18th Mar 2007
Johnny English (2003)
Corrected entry: Even though Johnny carries a gun in the movie, he never actually succeeds in firing it.
9th Mar 2007
Donnie Darko (2001)
Corrected entry: When Rose Darko is talking to her friend about Jim Cunningham, her friend says "I can't believe he's single" But when Jim Cunningham is speaking at Donnie's school on the "Fear and Love" program, 'Patrick Swayze' is wearing his "wedding" ring.
23rd Feb 2007
Red Eye (2005)
Corrected entry: When Lisa wakes up after being hit in the head by Jackson, he says that he got her some aspirin, but you can't get aspirin on flights.
11th Feb 2007
Private Parts (1997)
Corrected entry: When Howard is on the verge of getting fired in Washington, his boss walks down the hall and says he is up two full points and Pizza Shed called and wants to buy time. Howard then says he loves Pizza SHACK and he eats there all the time.
19th Dec 2004
South Park (1997)
Woodland Critter Christmas - S8-E14
Corrected entry: In episode 8-14: "Woodland Critter Christmas," the squirrel tells Stan that the Antichrist's birth will lead to a thousand years of darkness in the forest. A few moments later, Stan laments the "ten thousand years of darkness" that are to come.
2nd Feb 2007
The Simpsons (1989)
Pygmoelian - S11-E16
Corrected entry: On the way to the beer festival, Homer took the door handles. How could Bart and Lisa get out of the car?
2nd Feb 2007
Shrek (2001)
Corrected entry: When Shrek and Fiona are walking back to the castle, they both blow up the skins of animals like balloons. If they blew them up with air from their lungs, why do the balloons float up to the sky?
24th Jan 2007
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Dying For Pie / Imitation Krabs - S2-E6
Corrected entry: If Spongebob says the sweater he made for Squidward was made of eyelashes, then how come his eyebrows are plucked out in the shot? Plus, Spongebob never even had eyebrows of that manner before this episode.
Correction: Spongebob made him a full sized sweater, no one in the world has that many eyelashes so the eyebrows were likely the next best thing. As it was meant to be a personal gift this might have been his only option. As for not seeing the eyebrows before, it's a visual joke that is done numerous times in the show. In one episode Patrick for a short scene had a much larger stomach and a lot more underarm hair and then all of sudden it goes back to normal.
2nd Jan 2007
Inside Man (2006)
Corrected entry: All of the hostages are considered suspects because they blend in with the bad guys, as they were all forced to don matching jumpers. The police are told that there is one woman with the criminals and that she has large breasts. So, while questioning one of the female hostage/suspects, the police ask her to unzip her jumper so they can check out how buxom she is. When she unzips her jumper, she is wearing all of her clothes underneath. This should have revealed her as one of the criminals - because the true hostages had been forced at gunpoint to remove their clothes before putting on the jumpers, which surely the true hostages would have communicated to the police.
Correction: There are two problems with this. Firstly we never see every single part of the plan. We know part of the plan was to confuse and disorientate the hostages. Taking off their clothes was one step but we don't see whether they told them to put them back on later and then put their jumpsuits back. Secondly the fact that she was wearing clothes is hardly solid evidence. It might arise suspicion but not much more.
14th Jan 2007
Blow (2001)
Corrected entry: To prepare for the role Johnny Depp interviewed the real George Jung while in prison.
10th Jan 2007
Futurama (1999)
Corrected entry: When Fry blows his past self into the freezing chamber, Future Fry begins to disappear. He should not, as this is NOT a paradox. Fry would need to go into the future so he could go back in time to confront Nibbler. Fry should instead disappear after he tells Nibbler to change his mode of transport, as this change would prevent him from going back in time, which is a paradox.
Correction: Strictly speaking there is no way to prove what should or shouldn't be a paradox. Fry was changing the fabric of time and so unless we saw everything that happened we can't see what exactly pulled him back. However it is perfectly reasonable that he would disappear after letting himself be frozen because he would have stopped himself from being put into the future otherwise.
5th Jan 2007
Frasier (1993)
Corrected entry: When Frasier first meets Claire, they have a flirtatious exchange speaking German. This contradicts the episode in Season 2 when Frasier discovers that Maris might be having an affair with her new Bavarian fencing instructor; in that episode, he says to the caller, 'I sorry, I don't speak German', and Marthe translates for him in the conversation with the instructor.
20th Dec 2006
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Corrected entry: Nobody knows Guy's last name prior to the end of the movie, yet Jason calls him Fleegman when they are planning to steal the beryllium sphere from the mine. Jason did NOT know Guy's last name prior to this operation, as Guy asked everyone what his last name was while in the transport pod and nobody answered, leaving Gwen to comfort him with, "Guy, you have a last name."
Correction: Just because he wasn't able to remember his last name at that point does not mean it was a deliberate mistake. I know through myself that sometimes I can't always recall someone's first or last name and then all of a sudden I can remember it. Unless Jason had been calling Fleegman repeatedly and it was proven he knew his last name very well, then its just assumption it is a mistake.
Correction: There's sufficient time between the scene in the landing pod and the scene on the alien planet for Guy to tell Jason his last name, or even for Jason to ask him about it offscreen - in the pod, Jason had looked uncomfortable enough to want to finally learn this important piece of information about his "crew member."
22nd Dec 2006
Frasier (1993)
Corrected entry: Frasier is with Niles at Cafe Nervosa, and he is telling him that he overheard Ronee make a date with Richard. Niles then argues that he wants no part of this issue and Frasier says, "You can't outscramble an egg" - when he should have say "unscramble". He was referring to Niles going back and undoing something already done. One could argue that we misspeak in real life, but this is a performance, not real life and it is a mistake of the performer (or the writers).
17th Dec 2006
Chocolat (2000)
Corrected entry: Anouk's imaginary friend Pantoufle, when shown at the end, isn't a kangaroo. It's a wallaby.
15th Dec 2006
Frasier (1993)
Dark Side of the Moon - S7-E22
Corrected entry: Frasier lives in a high rise, apparently on the 19th floor (his is 1901). When Daphne throws the other tenant's laundry off the balcony, we hear the crash of cars below within a second or two (she had earlier explained to her therapist that she caused a car accident). In real life, of course, it would have taken longer for them to reach the ground.
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