Continuity mistake: When Bill and Ralph pull up in front of the motel in Faultline, they see Pam walking out of her own room. The problem is Bill's room number is 127, the same as Pam's room number, also 127. (00:16:55)
Super Grover
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Revealing mistake: At the paramilitary base, after Bill tells Bunker he has "a real cute bivouac goin'," it cuts to a shot of Ralph searching for Bill's location, and the stunt apparatus is visible at Ralph's waist area. (00:21:30)
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)

The Hand-Painted Thai - S2-E11
Visible crew/equipment: After Bill, Pam, and Ralph go to Erika Van Damm's show, when it cuts to Bill parking the car, we can see the reflection of the boom pole and mic on the car's windshield. (00:27:15)
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Just Another Three Ring Circus - S2-E12
Deliberate mistake: While they're in Yuri's tent, when Bill is standing in front of the tent wall Ralph describes all the good vibes he's getting about Yuri, and then Bill exits the tent. A few shots later, after the shot of the elephant sliding off the red pedestal, there's a shot of Bill standing in front of the tent wall, despite the fact that he left the tent, and note this shot is flipped. (00:10:50)
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Just Another Three Ring Circus - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: When the three kidnappers bring Biff Anderson to the "dating service" office, the blonde guy's sneakers are blue, but when the blonde guy jumps onto the desk, in the closeup his sneakers are tan. (00:43:55)
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Just Another Three Ring Circus - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: When Ralph flies up to the office of the dating service, his red suit's belt buckle is the silver/black style as usual, but when Ralph is in the office the buckle is oddly all silver and its appearance is different. (00:42:30)
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
Just Another Three Ring Circus - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: When Bill punches "Charles Fisher" and handcuffs him to the steel post, in the first shot he is cuffed to the left side of the x-beam, but next shot he's cuffed to its right side. (00:39:05)
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
The Shock Will Kill You - S2-E13
Continuity mistake: After Ralph drops down into the tunnel in order to lure the creature, Ralph stops in front of a junction box on the wall. In the shot facing the box head-on as Ralph gets one of his holographs, suddenly there's writing on the cover of the junction box. The writing is not part of Ralph's vision. (00:37:55)
18th Dec 2019
The Greatest American Hero (1981)
The Shock Will Kill You - S2-E13
Revealing mistake: While Ralph, Pam, and Bill are at the motel, Ralph wraps up all the metal plate covers and cutlery inside the bedspread, then when Ralph walks back and forth we can see the wires attached to the bedspread bundle as it moves. (00:18:15)
16th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)
The Ultimate Computer - S2-E24
Visible crew/equipment: After M-5 fires on the other starships Daystrom speaks to M-5 about the murders, then when Kirk walks over to Daystrom and tells him the M-5 must be destroyed, the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible over Daystrom. The white tape mark is also visible on the floor near Uhura's chair, where McCoy had been standing earlier. (00:42:15)
16th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: While Flavius guides Kirk, Spock, and McCoy to the city to find Merik, the foursome stop behind a group of trees. In the first wide shot, as Flavius explains they'll wait until dark, there are no red marks on the tree trunks, but in their closeups there are a few red marks (presumably from squibs), before the gunfire has even occurred. At the start of the second wide shot the tree trunks are still void of those marks, and when the police shoot at them that's when the red marks appear. (00:15:15)
16th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)

Visible crew/equipment: After Kirk tells the policeman that he wants to see Merikus and "perhaps" he's a friend, the policemen lock the cell then leave, and when it cuts to a view of the cell from the side as Spock walks over to the steel bars, the overhead boom mic is visible inside the cell, over Spock. It's visible again, with a better view, when McCoy walks over to Spock beside the bars. (00:18:15)
16th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: While Kirk, Spock, and McCoy attempt to escape, Merik contacts Enterprise with the stolen communicator and the Proconsul stabs him, then when Merik tosses the communicator it lands in front of Kirk's feet in a closeup. The problem is that in the closeup Kirk is wearing his black uniform pants, but during this scene Kirk is wearing the light colored slave pants. Also interesting to note, when the sword landed on the floor in front of Spock's feet, the Vulcan is wearing black lace-up flat footwear instead of his black uniform boots. (00:46:35)
16th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: When Scotty, Kirk, and the others follow Spock's signal to the chamber with the Controller, they encounter Kara and she activates their pain bands. Spock's body has a pain band around his waist as the other men drop to the ground, but after McCoy tells Kirk, "Spock, no pain," the pain band is missing from Spock's body, then in the next shot it reappears when he goes after Kara's bracelet. (00:35:05)
15th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Continuity mistake: When Kirk and his landing party beam down to the planet there are six shots of Morg, who have their right arms covered in fur in all those flipped shots, but when Morg attack the landing party it's their left arms covered in fur. Presumably, the first six shots were flipped for direction continuity. (00:13:15)
15th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Revealing mistake: After Scotty finally locates Seven on the gantry while he's tampering with the rocket, it cuts to a quick shot of Kirk and Spock, then in the following shot of Roberta when she turns the vault's combination locks, the stunt wire is visible behind her as it moves up to turn the door's wheel handle. (00:35:25)
15th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)
The Ultimate Computer - S2-E24
Continuity mistake: During the scene with the ore freighter, there are four closeups of Spock while he's bent over the scope at his station, and in the background behind Spock we can see Kirk and others on the bridge are gone. It also occurs in the earlier scene during the encounter with the two starships. (00:24:00)
15th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: After Melakon shoots at the curtained window and kills John Gill in the broadcast booth, Isak shoots Melakon, then when Eneg stops the soldier who points his gun at Isak, the shadow of the boom mic dips into view at the top, left side of the screen. (00:45:50)
15th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Deliberate mistake: When Rojan asks Kelinda if she wishes to remain with Kirk, she replies that although Kirk is "most interesting" she wishes to go with him, and the next closeup of Rojan is flipped. (00:48:15)
15th Dec 2019
Star Trek (1966)
Visible crew/equipment: When Scotty joins Thalassa while she's working, she asks if he has "prepared the megaton hydrocoils," and the shadow of the boom mic can be seen moving at the top of the screen. (00:33:20)
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