Deliberate mistake: After Bud overhears the plans for Flipper, he decides to hide his dolphin. When he boards the skiff, there are two flipped wide shots before they head out. Note the reversed dock, launch, and "Whaler" on the skiff.
Super Grover
5th Oct 2023
Flipper (1964)
4th Oct 2023
Flipper (1964)
Continuity mistake: While Bud is lying on his porch, reading the book, Dr. Murdock shows up. In the closeup, facing Bud, he reaches out to Murdock with his right arm, but it cuts to the next shot and it's Bud's left arm outstretched.
4th Oct 2023
Flipper (1964)
Continuity mistake: After Bud tells Porter that Dan is out dynamiting alone, when it cuts back to Dan deep underwater, both of his scuba fins repeatedly disappear and reappear in the following shots.
3rd Oct 2023
Flipper (1964)
Continuity mistake: When Flipper guides Rick to Bud's location, Rick carries Bud to the launch and hands him to Mr. Enfield, with Bud's head at Enfield's left arm. It cuts to the next shot, and now Bud is lying in Enfield's arms the opposite way, with his head at Enfield's right arm.
3rd Oct 2023
Flipper (1964)
Flipper and the Bounty - S2-E13
Visible crew/equipment: After Bud wakes up all alone in Bligh's cabin, he soon realises all the doors are locked. Then, just as Bud rushes over to the stern window (particularly the second time), a seated crew member is visible at the bottom right corner of the screen; we can see the movement of a leg and two hands (so, it's not a mannequin).
3rd Oct 2023
Flipper (1964)
Continuity mistake: While Bud is napping/fishing in the skiff, Flipper grabs hold of the anchor line and tows the skiff. However, in Flipper's closeup, the anchor is missing from the line. Then it reappears when Bud pulls up the line and sets the anchor down in the skiff.
2nd Oct 2023
Flipper (1964)
Continuity mistake: While the boys are trapped underwater inside the car, when Porter opens the jammed car door, his left sock is missing, but as he and the boys float up, Po's wearing both socks. (00:20:00)
2nd Oct 2023
Flipper (1964)
Continuity mistake: Aboard Tollner's boat, when Porter and Tollner are above the water, both of their gear straps are yellow. But while underwater, one of the men has dark gear straps. (00:15:00)
25th Sep 2023
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Betty Jo's First Love - S1-E23
Visible crew/equipment: While Billie Jo and Bobbie Jo are dancing with their dates, when Betty Jo stands up and tries to get Orville's attention, the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible at the top, right corner of the screen. (00:19:05)
25th Sep 2023
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Visible crew/equipment: While Uncle Joe is outside Drucker's store, when the two women approach him, there are two T-marks on the ground where they stand. (00:03:10)
18th Sep 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Continuity mistake: When June enters the boys' bedroom at nearly 1:00 am, she turns on their light. In the closeup, she flips the light switch, which is already in the up position, and the light turns on, but in the next shot, the light switch is in the down position. Then, when June exits their bedroom, in the wide shot, the light switch is in the down position, but in the closeup, the switch is in the up position so she can flip it down (off). (00:06:35)
17th Sep 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Visible crew/equipment: After Bengie pours the green paint all over himself, when his mother arrives, there's a chalk T-mark on the floor by the door. (00:19:45)
17th Sep 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Visible crew/equipment: In the middle of the night, when June walks in on the boys reading Tom Sawyer by flashlight under the blanket, the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible on the wall, at the right side of the screen. (00:06:40)
17th Sep 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Continuity mistake: While Wally, Beaver, and Eddie are talking about military school, Beaver is sitting inside a car tire swing, and depending on the shot, the tire's whitewall stripe either faces away from Beaver's front or his back. (00:17:25)
17th Sep 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Visible crew/equipment: After Beaver and Larry decide to head over to the supermarket for free food samples, when it cuts to Wally's bedroom, there's a T-mark on the floor beside his bed. (00:09:55)
17th Sep 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Visible crew/equipment: When Wally enters the kitchen and tells June that Beaver is upstairs changing his backwards underwear, the T-mark is visible on the floor under the sink. (00:01:05)
17th Sep 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Continuity mistake: While Beaver and Larry are watching the "corkscrew" digging a hole, when their books and lunchboxes are run over by a truck, the damage changes in the following shots. (00:04:40)
17th Sep 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Visible crew/equipment: While Ward and Beaver are in the garage, Ward straightens out Beaver's Olympics three-legged race misconception. Then, just as June enters the garage, the moving boom mic casts a shadow at the top left corner of the screen. (00:07:40)
12th Sep 2023
Friday the 13th (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: At the diner, when Sandy walks to the other end of the counter and talks to Steve, the reflection of the boom mic is visible at the top of the window behind Steve. (00:48:10)
12th Sep 2023
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Continuity mistake: In sickbay, when Nog walks over to Collins, he takes her hand and returns his gold Red Squad pin. In the closeup, Collins has a long, manicured thumbnail, but in the next shots facing Nog, Collins has short fingernails. (00:43:15)
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