Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is putting his mittens on at the table he his seen putting the first one on and the second one is on the table, the shot changes and the mitten is no longer on the table. He raises his hands and both hands have mittens on them. (00:01:55)
A Sneeze, Detention, and Sissy Spacek - S1-E13
Visible crew/equipment: When Sheldon is running away from Mary in the garage, the set lights are reflected in his helmet. (00:18:00)
A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When we see Sheldon in bed at the start he's either flat on his back or on his side depending on the shot. (00:03:45)
A Patch, a Modem, and a Zantac - S1-E6
Factual error: At the start of the episode when someone is talking at the podium, there's a a periodic table behind him on the wall. On the left of barium, 'Sc' for scandium is there instead of 'Cs' for cesium. (00:00:40)
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon and Missy are sitting at the table, Missy puts a paper in the basket in front of her. A couple of shots later when she says "sounds right" the paper has disappeared. In the next shot it reappears, in a different position than it was before. (00:06:20)
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)
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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