Other mistake: With the red alert at MoonBase, all three Interceptors are launched with their loaded missiles. Then, as the UFO gets closer, the Interceptors are within range, yet Straker orders them not to intercept. However, when the three Interceptor pilots are told to return to MoonBase, all three Interceptors are inexplicably missing their missiles. (00:03:25 - 00:05:35)
Super Grover
23rd Jun 2024
UFO (1970)
23rd Jun 2024
UFO (1970)
Identified - S1-E1
Deliberate mistake: While Sky One is flying above SHADAIR, Peter spots the UFO at 12 o'clock. He then tells SHADAIR they're the target. Peter's next two close-ups are flipped shots. Note his facial scars and helmet microphone. (00:32:35)
23rd Jun 2024
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Bertram sneaks into Stewie's bedroom, he tiptoes past Stewie, who is sleeping. But in the next close-up of Bertram, the shot pulls back and pans the room so we see Stewie's crib is empty. But in the next shot, Stewie is still sleeping, and then he wakes up. (00:10:25)
23rd Jun 2024
The Wizard of Oz (1982)
Continuity mistake: At the start, when Aunt Em and Dorothy exit the house, Em holds a basket on her arm, but in the close-up, the basket has vanished as Em adjusts her hat. In the next shot, the basket reappears.
19th Jun 2024
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Visible crew/equipment: At breakfast, when Billie Jo comes down the stairs in her party dress, just as she enters the dining room, the shadow of the boom pole/mic swoops in at the right side of the screen. (00:03:30)
16th Jun 2024
Samurai Jack (2001)
Episode XXIX - Couple on a Train - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: On the train, Josephine walks past Jack when he's given his cup of tea. In this shot of Josephine, her facial beauty mark is on her left cheek, but in previous and following shots her beauty mark is on her right cheek. (00:07:35)
16th Jun 2024
Samurai Jack (2001)
Episode XXIX - Couple on a Train - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: After Jack releases the train's log load, it thwarts Ezekiel temporarily. When Jack enters the coach car and takes his seat, it then cuts to an exterior shot of the speeding train's passengers as it passes the windows, and Josephine's beauty mark is missing from her right cheek, though we should absolutely see it in this shot. (00:13:00)
16th Jun 2024
Samurai Jack (2001)
Episode XXIX - Couple on a Train - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: When the train leaves the station, it begins the journey with three coach cars, but as the train speeds along the number of coach cars continues to increase. Then, by the time Jack defeats the Clench duo, the train's coach cars have multiplied significantly, to well over twenty. (00:06:20)
15th Jun 2024
Bob's Burgers (2011)
Sacred Cow - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Animal Control Guy walks over to Moolissa and states the cow must have had a heart attack, his shirt buttons, badge, shoulder mic, etc, are at his left. Then Animal Control Guy begins to walk back to his van, and watch as mid-shot his shirt buttons and everything else switch to the opposite side (if it's paused we also see his mic cord clips through his arm). (00:17:55)
10th Jun 2024
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Better Never Than Late - S3-E16
Visible crew/equipment: While Kate and the family are seated on the Cannonball headed to Pixley, after Charley tells Floyd to look at the pressure gauge (because he forgot to load the tender), when it cuts back to Kate we can see a crew member (animal trainer likely) making hand gestures, at the right side of the screen.
6th Jun 2024
Casino Royale (1967)
Continuity mistake: While Sir James and Hadley are standing beside the map, Bond asks about his namesake. When Hadley provides an update, in the shot facing Hadley he's holding up the mini flag with his left hand, but in the next shot facing Bond the mini flag is being held up in Hadley's right hand. (00:38:35)
4th Jun 2024
Blue Bloods (2010)
Continuity mistake: Danny and the ESU enter the warehouse basement to find Bobby, and when they start to return fire, the first guy they shoot knocks over the white plastic lawn chair (beside the recliner) as he goes down. Then, in the next shot facing the door, that white lawn chair is upright (not the yellow table chairs), but in the next shot it's lying on the floor again. (00:32:40)
4th Jun 2024
Parenthood (2010)
Visible crew/equipment: While Drew is pumping up the football, Zeek tells Drew he wants to discuss something, and just as Zeek says, "Man to man," a T-mark (plastic type) is visible on the ground, at the left side of the screen. (00:09:00)
2nd Jun 2024
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Continuity mistake: During the election meeting held at the saloon, there's a large sign that reads "Capitol City Here We Come" on the wall by the stairs. We see this sign in numerous shots. When Valance enters the saloon there's still a sign on that wall by the stairs, but now the painted handwriting on this sign is different. Moreover, the original sign that had been by the stairs is now up on the side wall of the saloon, where Valance and his thugs stand; note the handwriting. (01:09:20 - 01:13:45)
2nd Jun 2024
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: After the red ribbons are distributed to the officers, Ram walks away, and Marcus goes after him. Then, when Marcus tells Ram that he should order him to stay at headquarters, an actor's T-mark (plastic type) is visible on the ground behind Ram. It's still visible in the next shot as everyone moves out. (01:47:25)
2nd Jun 2024
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: While the winding road up the "bump" is being built, Ram is on the radio updating on the Legion's movements, and he says, "They're moving up hill 49, half a mile from our road." At the very start of the next shot when it cuts to Magda, Marcus, and Asher at the jeep, we can see the film crew's clapperboard in front of Kirk Douglas, as it swiftly moves offscreen at the bottom right side of screen. (02:04:10)
2nd Jun 2024
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: At the start of the overhead shot, as we hear the British Ambassador say, "To Col. David Marcus, for his able work in WW2, in the fields of combined planning and military government," a yellow tape mark is visible on the rug in front of Marcus, as he's bestowed honorary rank. (01:14:20)
31st May 2024
Family Guy (1999)
The Courtship of Stewie's Father - S4-E16
Continuity mistake: After Peter and Stewie's Jungle Cruise ride, when Michael Eisner walks up to the duo, Eisner's suit buttons are on his left, but then the buttons switch to the opposite side, and his tie's stripes change direction as well. (00:19:50)
31st May 2024
Family Guy (1999)
The Courtship of Stewie's Father - S4-E16
Continuity mistake: When Peter takes the garden hose upstairs, the bathroom doorknob is on the right side. As Peter kicks in the door, but from inside the bathroom, the doorknob is on the opposite side of the door, so it swings open the opposite way. (00:10:25)
31st May 2024
Family Guy (1999)
The Courtship of Stewie's Father - S4-E16
Continuity mistake: After Peter's mess of glee club, in the first shot of Obi-Wan the right side of his robe is over his left side, but next shot it's the opposite way with the left side over the right. (00:02:15)
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