Continuity mistake: Just before Lisa's Presidential "refund adjustment" speech she pushes Bart's tape player off the desk and we can hear it smash off screen. Later in the episode when Lisa agrees to legalise it, he starts playing the same player.
Lummie
26th Oct 2008
The Simpsons (1989)
25th Oct 2008
The Simpsons (1989)
Love, Springfieldian Style - S19-E12
Continuity mistake: In the third story of the episode, Bart and Nelson throw Martin into the Jukebox despite it never being opened. When he is trapped inside the box the glass is firmly in place as well.
12th Sep 2008
The Simpsons (1989)
Trivia: When Homer sees Moe as the little bird in the cuckoo clock, it keeps repeating "cuckold" instead of its customary cuckoo call. Homer then asks, "Whats a cuckold?" The term is generally applied to a husband whose wife is sleeping with other men. Perhaps fitting, as Homer suspects her of having an affair.
12th Sep 2008
The Simpsons (1989)
Tree House of Horror X - S11-E4
Plot hole: In "Life's a Glitch", Lisa finds out that she has a seat on the spacecraft going to Mars as the proofreader. How, though, was she not informed of this before going to the rocket? The family only finds out about the rocket after finding Krusty's letter/invitation and the fact that she was on the list there would be no reason why she wouldn't have been informed of this. It was still New Year's Day so if it had been by mail then it would have to arrive before the New Year so as to make the plan work, being as it was a public holiday and no mail would be delivered. Therefore it would have to be delivered personally or someone would need to contact her. There were also many well known celebrities and figures ready to board the rocket. I can't imagine they were all home in time to gather their mail and were all somehow contacted, yet Lisa was simply walking around town and at church and they couldn't find her? There was also no evidence to suggest anything would have stopped her from either receiving the invitation in time or being informed of the mission.
23rd Aug 2008
The Simpsons (1989)
Treehouse Of Horror XVI - S17-E4
Continuity mistake: At the end of "B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence," Homer climbs onto the ceiling and turns his head in a parody of "The Exorcist." He then lets go and lands on the bed. The only problem is that his body landing doesn't match the position it would from what we see on the ceiling. If he dropped down his face should be face down, body facing up and his head would be closer to the end of the bed. When he lands, his head is near the pillows, his body facing down and his head facing up.
8th Aug 2008
The Simpsons (1989)
Special Edna (a.k.a. Love and Marking) - S14-E7
Factual error: During the video screening at the Teacher of the Year committee, the panel is watching the teacher who acts like Robin Williams. In the video the main judge says "Next" and pushes a button on the video control. It goes to the video that Bart Simpson sent in. How was this possible? The video control would only fast forward the video and two separate entries would not be sent in on the same tape. The committee wouldn't have spliced the footage together onto the same tape as the tapes were piled up on the desk. At the start of the scene one of the judges mentions to put in the next tape.
8th Aug 2008
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: This episode rewrites the entire backstory of Marge and Homer. For starters, Lisa and Bart were both not born yet, despite the fact that in the episode "Lisa's First Word," the '84 Summer Olympic games were being broadcast, and Bart and Lisa were both there. In this episode, Homer and Marge were just dating, but again in "Lisa's First Word," they were married and living in their Evergreen Terrace house. Additionally, Maggie was born in the episode "And Maggie Makes Three." Homer also lost all his hair in that episode, yet in this episode in the early 90's he still has a full head of hair.
17th Jun 2008
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: As Bart is about to enter his house after trying to impress his friends by krumping, you can see he is entering The Front door. However, in the next shot when he gets inside and Marge is waiting you can see that he has entered the family room, which is only accessible through the back door. Entering by The Front door would place him by the stairs, at The Front of the house.
21st Dec 2007
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: The lettering on Smithers' desk name plate changes between shots. While he is taking the call from Mr Burns' mother you can see his name "W. Smithers" in black letters. The shot after seeing Burns, who keeps falling asleep, the letters are now red.
25th Nov 2007
The Simpsons (1989)
The Trouble With Trillions - S9-E20
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Homer is eating a hot dog just before the post office closes for the day, the vendor behind the hot dog cart has a apron over his shirt. The very next shot the apron has disappeared. (00:05:05)
13th Nov 2007
The Simpsons (1989)
Bart Carny - S9-E12
Continuity mistake: In the end of the episode when the family has reclaimed the house and are cleaning up the living room. As Homer mentions about letting the Cooders stay, Bart tells Marge to get him away from the window. She is standing right next to the couch in the lounge but the very next shot she lowers her hands and pats the couch yet is now in the family room. (Note: There was a few shots that showed there was two couches so the mistake is with Marge suddenly moving not the couch.).
21st Jul 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer Badman - S6-E9
Continuity mistake: Just after Marge's left jacket pocket bursts open at the candy convention the shot changes to a shot of Marge's face. The next shot her right pocket has suddenly burst as well and the candy in it is no where to be seen.
12th Jul 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer Badman - S6-E9
Revealing mistake: In the scene where Marge's coat pocket bursts open, the candy flows onto the floor. However if you look to the right of her some of the candy seems to almost float above the floor. The candy's direction is completely to the right but because of the floor being angled it spreads over one woman who is standing and there is nothing there to support the candy. (00:04:30)
11th Jul 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Team Homer - S7-E12
Continuity mistake: During the classroom scene where Bart reveals his Mad magazine shirt, he removes his sweater and puts it on his desk. In the next shot the sweater disappears. (00:03:40)
16th May 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Home Away From Homer - S16-E20
Continuity mistake: When Homer tries to leave his seat in the cinema and complains about eating the apple, the shot shows his body fat has wedged him in the seat. However we can see from all the shots before this that the fat was never wedged in like it was when he was trying to leave.
16th May 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Home Away From Homer - S16-E20
Continuity mistake: As the Simpsons are in the cinema watching "Kosovo Autumn" you can see there is a seat next to Homer to the right of screen. When Homer starts complaining about the film but cannot leave because he is stuck in his seat, the shot changes and we see him from behind however the seat that was next to him has disappeared.
24th Apr 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Springfield Connection - S6-E23
Continuity mistake: Before Marge sees Homer parking violation, if you look at where he is parked over the first handicapped spot there is a car parked in the first non-handicapped spot. A bit before Marge arrests him there is now a non-handicapped spot between the car and Homer's car. (00:14:35 - 00:15:05)
24th Apr 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Springfield Connection - S6-E23
Continuity mistake: When Marge sees Homer's car parked illegally over 3 handicapped spots you can see a car parked near Homer's that is orange. Later in the scene when Marge starts writing a ticket up for Homer the car next to Homer's is now a dark brown. (00:14:35 - 00:15:05)
24th Apr 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: As Homer is giving his speech to the dressed up monkeys, all of the monkeys are dressed in blue suits and you can also see there is one monkey next to the stairs on the stage. In the next shot of Homer leaving the stage there is now six monkeys, with only one wearing a suit and it is grey. (00:19:45)
1st Mar 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Bart is attacked by the wolf and goes back into class, the banner above the chalkboard that has the alphabet on it is blue. Every time we see the banner after that it is yellow. (00:18:40)
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