Continuity mistake: When Bart comes back into the classroom after the wolf attack, Ms Krabappel is writing on the black board and there is quite a bit of writing up there. After we see Bart the shot goes back to Ms Krabappel and all the writing has gone. (00:18:45)
Lummie
21st Jan 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
12th Jan 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer Badman - S6-E9
Continuity mistake: When Homer mixes the Pop Rox with the soda he leaves the Pop Rox packaging over the can. After he throws the can and we see it in the air the Pop Rox packaging has disappeared.
12th Jan 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Homer Badman - S6-E9
Continuity mistake: After Marge's left pocket rips in the candy convention, she goes to start picking up the candy when we see that the right pocket has ripped all of a sudden. When Homer and Marge start running away the pockets are no longer ripped and full of candy again.
12th Jan 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Lisa on Ice - S6-E8
Other mistake: As Homer is signing Bart's academic alert form just before Marge starts talking to Lisa you can read the writing below the "Academic Alert" title, but the writing is completely incoherent including sentences such as "IMAEGTSIAD TSNHOJI NAMREB". Update; some of the "words" or parts of them are people's names, such as David, Stuart and Allison, but backwards. (00:03:50)
12th Jan 2006
The Simpsons (1989)
Lisa on Ice - S6-E8
Revealing mistake: After the buzzer goes on the final game and the crowd reacts one of the crowd members says "Tie Game.", then some woman in a red top says "What the Hell.". If you look at the woman when she moves her head you can see the nose on her face disappears. (00:19:55)
10th Dec 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Diatribe of a Mad Housewife - S15-E10
Continuity mistake: After the clown balloon that rips at the car dealership there is a bit of material left over and there is also a cord attached to the wooden platform where the balloon was. After a reaction shot, it cuts back and the material and the cord have both disappeared.
11th Oct 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Homer falls asleep at the wheel the truck starts to turn the corner. As its going around the bend you can see a white line on the road. The following shot the line has disappeared.
11th Oct 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: The stocks that are put on Marge and Homer are fitted so that their head and hands are secured and cannot be removed. Whilst in Flanders garage and Homer is using the rotary saw to remove Marge's stock, Homer's stock is still secured on him but his arms and shoulders are through the stocks.
26th Sep 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Kirk (Milhouse's dad) drives away from the stadium, Bart and Homer are walking along and you can see the Drink Duff sign right next to the edge of the fence. The next shot of Homer noticing the sign, the sign is further away from the edge of the fence and is smaller.
9th Sep 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Lisa's Date with Density - S8-E7
Continuity mistake: Whilst Chalmers notices the Honda symbol missing from his car, there are four holes in the corners of the leftover symbol. There is a screw in one of the holes indicating the symbol would have holes in its corners to hold it down. Later when Skinner finds the Honda symbol in Nelson's locker you can see there are no holes in the symbol.
8th Sep 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Lisa's Date with Density - S8-E7
Continuity mistake: As Homer is walking out of the Kwik-E-Mart, after Apu refuses him the donut, he has nothing in his hands. In the next shot from outside the store we see him carrying a small paper bag.
14th Aug 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
$pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) - S5-E10
Continuity mistake: As Marge arrives home and sees the bullet holes in the door, the shot changes to a POV shot from behind the door and you can see there are some changes in the holes. The first change is there are three bullet holes on the right hand side which are all the same distance from each other, when she enters the middle hole has moved closer to the bottom one. The other change is the large hole in the middle of the door. On the bottom right hand side its shape goes from being a little irregular to a more round shape. (00:16:20)
13th Aug 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
$pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) - S5-E10
Continuity mistake: When Marge comes home after the bogeyman incident, Homer trips over a footrest. You can see Bart sitting there however his pyjama's are a dark green color when before they were a bright green color. (00:16:35)
13th Aug 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
$pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) - S5-E10
Continuity mistake: When Homer makes the food with the mix of Tom Collins mix, cloves and a pie crust you can see the labels on the Tom Collins mix and the cloves change between mixing the ingredients and after tasting them. Also the top on the Cloves bottle keeps changing through the scene. When Homer takes the bottle out of the fridge you can see a red top on it. When he sits down the top has disappeared and starts pouring the cloves. When the shot changes the red top is back and it disappears after that. (00:15:20)
13th Aug 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
$pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) - S5-E10
Continuity mistake: As Bart is on the phone trying to book his new act, you can see there is a split down his white shirt. When the shot changes and he tells Lisa to be quiet you can see that split has disappeared. (00:15:05)
30th Jul 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Homer goes to catch Maggie (after flying out of the car) he jumps over two cars in front of him and then falls over the second one and there is no sign of any cars in front of him. However in the shot before he climbs over the cars the aerial shot of Maggie flying in the air, all the cars on the bridge are bumper to bumper with no spaces in between them.
31st May 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: On the trip back from the gardens, Homer rear ends the car in front of him on the bridge which sends Maggie flying out of the car. In a long shot of the bridge whilst Maggie is in the air you can see the car has changed to an orange color instead of the usual light purple color. The two cars in front of them also change during shot. The one in front of the simpsons changes from a normal red mid sized car to a blue van, whilst the car in front of that one changes from being a green car to a blue one during the aerial shot of Maggie.
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.
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