Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, in the long shot, Dallas is leaning back against a lamppost with his knee bent and foot against the post, trying to light a cigarette. Cut to the close up, he's still trying to light the cigarette, but he's leaning in the pole with his shoulder.
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19th Jul 2021
The Outsiders (1983)
14th Jun 2021
Friends (1994)
The One With the Pediatrician - S9-E3
Continuity mistake: Ross' broken finger disappears overnight. It's broken in one scene, not broken in the next scene which takes place on the same or next day.
30th Apr 2021
Friends (1994)

The One with the East German Laundry Detergent - S1-E5
Character mistake: Janice enters Central Perk with a large shopping bag and even shows Chandler what she bought but when she leaves a few hours later, she leaves without it.
30th Apr 2021
Friends (1994)
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Audio problem: When Rachel greets Mona at the door of the apartment, visually she says "Hi" but the audio is " Hi Mona. "
18th Apr 2021
Friends (1994)
The One with the Birth - S1-E23
Trivia: The nurse who attends to the single mom and to Carol is the same actress who is Estelle, Joey's agent in later episodes.
22nd Feb 2021
Friends (1994)
The One With Ross's Sandwich - S5-E9
Character mistake: Joey tells Chandler and Monica that Rachel found the underwear in Monica's sofa. It was actually Phoebe who pulled them from the sofa and held them up.
17th Oct 2020
Tombstone (1993)
Trivia: When Doc is playing poker in Prescott, AZ with Ed Bailey, (and our first introduction to him), he says, "Hmm. Five hundred. Must be a peach of a hand." This quick remark references his roots in Georgia where he probably practiced dentistry before he became ill.
10th Apr 2015
Friends (1994)

The One With Joey's New Brain - S7-E15
Character mistake: After Susan Sarandon slaps Joey the first time, after he tells her that her character is dying on DOOL, she turns away and right before she is off camera she smiles, instead of maintaining her anger. (00:06:05)
26th Mar 2015
The Green Mile (1999)
Visible crew/equipment: When the guards are ready to give Wild Bill the medicated soda, set lights are visible on Harry's glasses.
17th Feb 2015
Tombstone (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Doc and Kate are leaving the saloon after he stabbed Ed Bailey, as they stand in the doorway facing the people In the saloon, the light outside shows bright sun with shadows from the buildings, indicating it is mid to late afternoon. When they step outside, there is no bright sunlight and the entire street is in dusky shadow.
13th Feb 2015
Modern Family (2009)
Phil on Wire - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: In 1-20 "Benched", Phil specifically states he knows how to walk a tightrope because he went to trapeze camp. But in this episode, he learns how to walk a tightrope.
11th Jan 2015
Friends (1994)

The One with the Sonogram at the End - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Toward the end of the episode, the exterior shot of Central Perk shows about 8-10 people inside the cafe, at the coffee bar, at the tables. But the next interior shot shows the cafe is empty except for our six Friends, lounging in the closed cafe while Rachel cleans up. (00:12:15)
30th Dec 2014
A Christmas Story (1983)
Continuity mistake: As Ms. Shields lectures the children on what happened to Flick, the phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is written on the blackboard behind her. But when she is done lecturing them, she turns around to reveal "A Theme: What I Want for Christmas" written there instead.
27th Dec 2014
Friends (1994)
The One With Ross' Step Forward - S8-E11
Continuity mistake: It's obviously December, with the set decorations and Rachel's reference to sitting on multiple Santas' laps because she is randy from her pregnancy hormones. The characters establish that it's Rachel's fourth month of pregnancy...but she became pregnant about six weeks before Monica and Chandler's May 15 wedding. Her fourth month would have been in July, not December.
27th Dec 2014
Friends (1994)
The One With The 'Cuffs - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: Rachel is telling Chandler to break off his relationship with Joanna, who had walked through the room and went into Chandler's bedroom, shutting the door. By the end of the conversation between Chandler and Rachel, the door is open but no one has entered or left the room.
18th Dec 2014
Friends (1994)
The One With All The Haste - S4-E19
Continuity mistake: The singing neighbor is more than halfway done tying his tie but when Rachel yells at him, the tie is merely draped around his neck.
29th Jul 2014
Friends (1994)
Continuity mistake: Joey's bedroom door opens and closes as the camera goes between him and Monica and Chandler when he is telling him he doesn't want to see them kissing.
21st May 2014
Modern Family (2009)
Question: In Claire and Phil's house, what is the room behind the staircase that we never see? It wasn't there in the pilot episode but thereafter, it's got a window and supposedly a good amount of space, as it's in the front of the house, in front of the kitchen. Anybody have any idea?
16th Jan 2014
August: Osage County (2013)
Other mistake: Barbara and Violet are talking in the car after returning from the funeral and all of the windows are closed, even though great effort was made to convey the fact that temperatures were in excess of 100°. They spend three to four minutes talking in the car and neither even breaks a sweat, when in reality, they could not have sat in a closed car in that kind of midday heat for more than 30 seconds or so without becoming incredibly uncomfortable.
9th Sep 2013
Finding Nemo (2003)
Trivia: The dentist's name, P. Sherman, is a homage to the many Filipino crew members, whose native accent made the English word 'fisherman' sound like P. Sherman.
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Chosen answer: There was a plain wall at the foot of the stairs in the pilot episode. Thereafter, there is a room, but we have never been shown what's in the room.
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