Continuity mistake: When Steve Martin is going berserk in the grocery store he is wearing white socks as he runs away from the assistant manager. In the next scene in the jail cell, he's wearing black socks.
Super Grover
27th Aug 2001
Father of the Bride (1991)
27th Aug 2001
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: When Cowboy, Joker, Rafterman and the other Marines are running across the buildings to get to Animal in the final sniper scene, watch the foreground. Right before they reach Animal, you can see they run by a crouching crew member, in the foreground at the bottom of the screen. (01:38:52)
28th May 2023
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: While Troi tells Riker about the Captain's grueling negotiations between the Gemarians and Dachlyds, when Picard joins them on the bridge, there are three visible T-marks taped to the floor. (00:01:50)
2nd Sep 2003
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Visible crew/equipment: Before the last battle, when the Wendol warlord nears the Norse village he's on horseback and raises his arm swinging his weapon. It cuts to his closeup, and under his right arm there's a visible plastic slider buckle on the strap (looks like nylon) of his bear costume. (01:21:15 - 01:30:55)
27th May 2023
Adam-12 (1968)
Visible crew/equipment: When Reed asks Walters how many kids he has, the moving boom mic casts a shadow on the lockers at the top, left side of the screen. It appears again a few shots later. (00:00:50)
26th May 2023
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: When Lt. Chang tells the candidates, "It's unfair that only one candidate from Relva will attend the Academy this year," there are two tape marks visible on the floor between Chang and Mordock. (00:49:00)
26th May 2023
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: When Will is wearing the (unforgettable) indigenous apparel for his meeting with Beata, the moving boom mic casts a shadow on the wall on the right side of the screen. (00:16:25)
19th Feb 2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: During Data's second dream experience he imagines becoming a bird and flies through the Enterprise and beyond. As he flies past his father Soong standing at the anvil, a crew member is sitting on the floor by the double doors behind him. This has been edited out in some versions. (00:36:10)
21st May 2023
13 Going On 30 (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Jenna sees herself in the mirror and topples backward over the shelf, there's a tall floor lamp directly behind the striped armchair with an ottoman. As Jenna gets to her feet, we also see there's nothing beside the armchair's arm. When Jenna's new appearance shocks her and she whispers, "What is happening?" the floor lamp has vanished, and now a small table with a plant appears beside the armchair. (00:14:20)
7th Aug 2004
13 Going On 30 (2004)
Visible crew/equipment: When Lucy closes the car door after Jenna finally gets in, you can see the microphone and boom pole through the reflection of the car. (00:17:25)
16th May 2023
Menace II Society (1993)
Revealing mistake: Just before A-Wax kills the guy in the red sweatshirt, you can see the squibs bulging on his back, underneath the victim's clothing.
20th May 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
Captain Jack - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Ward jokes about the boys having two baths in three days, being some kind of record. It then cuts to the boys sitting on the floor in the bathroom, and we can see the hamper at the right with nothing atop it, but when Wally stands up to put CJ back in the "aquarium" the tank lid is lying on the hamper. (00:11:35)
15th Feb 2013
The Other Guys (2010)
Continuity mistake: During the fight scene in David Ershon's office, Will Ferrell grabs a painting off the wall and smashes it, and two shots later while the fight scene is still happening, the same painting is back up on the wall in perfect condition. (00:55:25)
19th May 2023
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Church Benefactors - S8-E20
Visible crew/equipment: At the start of the finance committee meeting, when Clara walks into the office modelling the choir robe, the shadow of the boom mic is visible on the door, in the top right corner of the screen. White tape marks are also visible on the floor, as Clara twirls in the choir robe. (00:08:15)
9th Aug 2010
The Other Guys (2010)
Continuity mistake: Gamble and Hoitz get thrown to the ground when the accounting office explodes. In an overhead shot of them rolling around on the ground, Gamble's wooden gun has fallen from its holster and is lying on the ground. Cut to a side shot and the gun is back in its holster. Gamble had both hands covering his ears the whole time, he did not pick up the gun. Then comes another overhead shot, the wooden gun is again missing from the holster. (00:48:45)
19th May 2023
Marathon Man (1976)
Continuity mistake: In Uruguay, when the woman puts Christian Szell's folded shirts in the drawer, the camera pans toward the photographs on the dresser. There's an unframed photo of his brother Klaus in the closeup, but it's a different photo in the next wide shot. (00:38:25)
19th May 2023
Doctor Who (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Slaar discovers the video link is operational and being viewed on Earth, in the closeups of Slaar we can see the edge of the reptilian mask and the actor's real human neck. (00:20:40)
19th May 2023
King of the Hill (1997)
Bystand Me - S10-E2
Continuity mistake: When Bobby encounters Harv at the Get In Get Out mini-mart, Harv's fingerless gloves vanish and reappear a few times until Bobby leaps into Dale's van. (00:11:00)
19th May 2023
Marathon Man (1976)
Continuity mistake: When the crash occurs, Klaus pulls out the key on a keychain. In the first shot, Klaus is not wearing a pinky ring on his right hand while holding the key with the round charm dangling, but in the closeup Klaus is now wearing a pinky ring on his right hand and is instead holding the keychain charm, with the key dangling. (00:08:15)
16th May 2023
Leave It To Beaver (1957)
School Play - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: After the school festival performance, when Beaver reveals himself as the mushroom, the two costume straps hang straight down over Beaver's shoulders, but in the wide shot the two straps are crisscrossed, then reverts back to the original way. (00:22:20)
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