A Stunted Childhood and a Can of Fancy Mixed Nuts - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Paige arrives for a sleepover, Mary closes the door, and her hand is by her waist. When the shot changes, her hand is now down against her leg. (00:04:10)
A Stunted Childhood and a Can of Fancy Mixed Nuts - S2-E10
Visible crew/equipment: When Missy puts her sunglasses on in the car, a square stage light is reflected. (00:04:00)
A High-Pitched Buzz and Training Wheels - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When George gets out of bed to go and comfort Mary at the window, he puts his hand on her shoulder. When the camera changes to a view from the front, the hand on her shoulder has gone. (00:09:50)
An 8-Bit Princess and a Flat Tire Genius - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Near the end, when Hershal is talking to George over a beer, the position of the two empty spots in the pack keeps changing. In some shots, the 2 beers are taken from one side, and in others, one is taken from each side. (00:15:30)
Summer Sausage, a Pocket Poncho, and Tony Danza - S1-E21
Continuity mistake: When Missy tries the Lobster for the 1st time, the way she holds her fork keeps changing between shots. (00:16:50)
Summer Sausage, a Pocket Poncho, and Tony Danza - S1-E21
Continuity mistake: When George Sr. is cracking the claw of the lobster, he goes from holding the cracker to holding a fork instantly. (00:16:38)
A Dog, a Squirrel, and a Fish Named Fish - S1-E20
Continuity mistake: When Pastor Jeff is talking about "Love Thy Neighbour," the Bible is open in his hands, apart from one shot where it closed. (00:13:20)
Gluons, Guacamole, and the Color Purple - S1-E19
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon startles Connie in bed, Connie has her hands up by her head. Shot changes and her hand is now across her chest. (00:15:20)
A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside - S1-E18
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is shown the M.I.T leaflet, the way it's displayed to him changes between shots. (00:09:20)
A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside - S1-E18
Continuity mistake: When the guidance councillor holds up the leaflet for Caltec, where she holds it changes between front and rear camera angles. Note the distance from the top of the leaflet. (00:09:10)
Jiu-Jitsu, Bubble Wrap, and Yoo-Hoo - S1-E17
Continuity mistake: When Mary arrives at the bowling alley and is talking to Brenda, Brenda's hands are constantly changing between instant cuts. In some shots she's holding shoe freshener and in others it's shoes. (00:13:15)
A Sneeze, Detention, and Sissy Spacek - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When the principal gets the paddle out of the drawer, he holds it in two hands. But as he goes to sit down, he is only holding it in one hand. (00:02:30)
Jiu-Jitsu, Bubble Wrap, and Yoo-Hoo - S1-E17
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is wrapping bubble wrap around his torso, it goes from neat to messy between long and close shots. (00:04:50)
Killer Asteroids, Oklahoma, and a Frizzy Hair Machine - S1-E16
Continuity mistake: At dinner, Missy says her day was fine until she learnt they can't afford cable. When she does, she has her fork over her green side bowl. When the shot changes, her fork is now over her main plate. (00:05:10)
Killer Asteroids, Oklahoma, and a Frizzy Hair Machine - S1-E16
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon grabs the school intercom, the principal has a piece of paper folded up out of the folder in his lap. When the shot changes, this piece of paper has disappeared as it should be visible in both shots. (00:04:00)
Dolomite, Apple Slices, and a Mystery Woman - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is doing laundry, the two items in/on the adjacent machine to the one he is throwing clothes in, keeps changing position between all the cuts of Sheldon. (00:13:10)
Dolomite, Apple Slices, and a Mystery Woman - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is talking to the girl in the library, her left arm is constantly changing position depending on the camera angle. (00:01:30)
Dolomite, Apple Slices, and a Mystery Woman - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: When talking with Tam in the library, the way Sheldon holds his floppy disk keeps changing. Note his hand in relation to the hole in the middle. (00:00:50)
A Sneeze, Detention, and Sissy Spacek - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Connie is talking to Mary about getting Sheldon out of the garage, Mary's beer is either on the table or in her hands depending on the shot. (00:16:50)
A Sneeze, Detention, and Sissy Spacek - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Mary opens the beer towards the end, she throws the bottle cap on the table, and it lands next to an orange item. When the shot changes, the cap has moved further away from the orange item. (00:16:30)
Answer: It's as simple as money is tight, it's not "George's money", it's the family's money so the expenditure was selfish.
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