Continuity mistake: When Chief Wiggum says, "Give him your badge," he doesn't have anything on the right side (his right) of his shirt. After the camera flashes to Bart and back, Wiggum suddenly has a badge there.
Dandude776 1
6th Sep 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
10th Aug 2004
Seinfeld (1990)
The Pool Guy - S7-E8
Trivia: When Jerry, Elaine, and Susan are at The Movie "Chunnel", Susan is annoyed while Jerry and Elaine are talking during The Movie. Listen to The Movie dialogue in the background of the scene. The Voice which yells "Everyone out of the chunnel!" is that of co-creator Larry David.
21st Jun 2004
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Question: Why did the treasure chest given to them at the end have "Deus Ex Machina" written on it?
10th Jun 2004
24 (2001)
Question: Did the actress who plays Nina know the entire time that she was supposed to be bad, or was this written into the show mid-season?
8th May 2004
Seinfeld (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Elaine and Jerry are confronting Testicoff about paying for the woman's hospital bill, in the view from behind Testicoff he puts his left hand down to scratch his pants. When the shot switches to a closeup of Testicoff, he is waving both arms above his head.
8th May 2004
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Renfield enters Lucy's room he pulls off all the garlic on the far bar above her bed. He looks under the sheet, and as Lucy wakes up screaming and he stands up, the garlic on the far bar has reappeared.
22nd Mar 2004
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Ted and Mary - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: At the bowling ally, when Larry's wife picks up her shoes, the man behind the desk hands her 2 black shoes. As they are leaving, Larry's wife is wearing white tennis shoes. When they arrive at home, she is wearing the black shoes again.
9th Mar 2004
The Silence of the Hams (1994)
Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the movie, as everyone reveals who they really are, when the girl reveals herself to actually be Detective Putrid you can see a hand reach up behind him and place his hat on his head. It could have been an intentional joke for the hat to suddenly float onto his head, but the hand probably wasn't supposed to be there.
1st Mar 2004
The Fairly OddParents (2001)
Chin Up! / Dog's Day Afternoon! - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: This mistake is found in the episode where Timmy wishes himself into the Crimson Chin's comic book after causing the Crimson Chin to become depressed. After defeating the Bronze Kneecap, the Crimson Chin are walking, and the Crimson Chin has no cape. When they appear before a large American flag, the Crimson Chin suddenly has a long, flowing, red cape flapping in the win. When they walk into the "letters to the editor" page, the Crimson Chin no longer has a cape.
4th Feb 2004
Seinfeld (1990)
Trivia: The man who returns George's $20 bill and says "Sorry, your highness, but we don't accept bills with lipstick on the president", is the show's co-creator Larry David.
4th Feb 2004
Seinfeld (1990)
12th Jan 2004
The Fairly OddParents (2001)
Odd Jobs / Movie Magic - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: In the episode "Odd Jobs", when Timmy's dad is a racecar driver he nears the finish line, his car explodes, and he goes flying, landing within inches of the finish line. However, at the next shot of the cars driving across the finish line, Timmy's dad is now lying a number of feet away.
26th Dec 2003
The Hebrew Hammer (2003)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie, when the Hebrew Hammer is using his Jewish guilt on Santa, Santa is holding his gun. When the shot cuts to behind Santa, he waves his hands in the air and both hands are empty. When the shot cuts back, he's holding the gun again.
24th Dec 2003
The Fairly OddParents (2001)
The Big Problem! / Power Mad! - S1-E1
Trivia: In the episode "Power Mad", when Timmy, Chester, and AJ enter the video game, their outfits are almost identical to the virtual outfits in the movie "Tron".
2nd Dec 2003
Seinfeld (1990)
Continuity mistake: In the episode "The Suicide", Kramer discusses suicide with Jerry, and says that he'd give someone 72 hours to come out of a coma before all his property is up for grabs. However, in the episode "The Comeback", Kramer tells Jerry that he never knew that people could come out of a coma.
2nd Dec 2003
Seinfeld (1990)
The Suicide - S3-E15
Question: When George and Elaine go to see the psychic, the psychic tells George that she sees a Pauline. George gasps and says that his brother once impregnated a woman named Pauline. Since when does George have a brother? Was this brother shown or mentioned in any other episode?
Chosen answer: George does mention his brother in the episode "The Parking Space". They actually really never mention anything that contradicts the fact he had a brother though, it just isn't mentioned.
28th Oct 2003
The Simpsons (1989)

Continuity mistake: When it is announced that Amber is the winner of the contest, and Lisa is runner-up, the stands in the back of the stage are empty. However, when Lisa walks off, all the contestants are back on the stands. (00:15:00)
17th Oct 2003
Good Boy! (2003)
Factual error: At the beginning of the movie, the boy checks his calender and crosses of the final box in August, meaning that it would be September. However, when he goes outside, all the leaves are orange and brown. A little early for the leaves to be changing. (00:04:00)
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Chosen answer: "Deus Ex Machina" means "God out of the machine." It's from Greek plays, wherein a god would appear at the end of the story to solve a problem. Nowadays it basically means that a totally new plot element appears out of nowhere and solves everything. It's an easy (and cheap) way out.