The One Where No One's Ready - S3-E2
Other mistake: When Monica beeps into Richard's machine and changes the outgoing message, she always presses the same two buttons when trying to interact with his machine, but gets a different result each time. (00:19:00)
The One Where No One's Ready - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: When Phoebe comes out of the bathroom after trying to get out the hummus stain on her dress, the bathroom door is left wide open. But when Monica is playing her message, the door is suddenly almost shut, though no-one had gone near the door.
The One Where No One's Ready - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: Just before Rachel and Ross are leaving Monica's apartment at the end, Rachel stops by the door but the next shot they're further in the room, then they walk past the door and out.
Continuity mistake: When Pheobe is talking to Ursula's stalker, her hands move places with no time to do so. (00:02:45)
Continuity mistake: When Phoebe is talking to her stalker for the first time, at one point, he tips the flowers to the side when Phoebe says, 'Well, this is awkward,' and he puts his left hand on the end of the stems. In the next shot he is holding them with both hands. (00:02:55)
Visible crew/equipment: When Ross and Rachel realise they are in an empty apartment, studio lighting can be seen over their heads in the ceiling as Ross leads Rachel into the centre of the room. (00:04:35)
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Chandler is talking to Rachel and Ross about how Janice thought that he had somehow called her fat, if you watch Monica's closet in the back, you can see the shadow of someone walking past, under the door. (00:05:20)
Continuity mistake: When they are talking about sperm donation, Joey is eating a cracker with jam on it. Between shots it instantly rotates in his hand. You can tell because the jam goes from being on the top to the bottom side, and because of the way he is holding it you can see there is only jam on one side. (00:14:15)
Continuity mistake: Right at the end when Ross hits Chandler with his rolled up magazine, he only folds over one-third of the magazine onto the middle third. When it cuts to him hitting Chandler (without a time delay between him hitting Chandler and folding the magazine) the magazine is fully folded over. (00:21:30)
Audio problem: In the scene where Malcolm is talking to Phoebe in the subway, you can hear him but his lips aren't moving.
The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When they are in the coffee house talking about the fact that Joey missed his audition, Phoebe says, "And that is why we don't invite you to play." Her hands are at chest height, but in the zoomed out shot, they are lowered. (00:02:50)
The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: The position of the lid of Janice's box of contact paper changes repeatedly and after she tells Chandler she doesn't know what to say, she begins to slide the roll of paper back into the box. In the shot from behind, the box is closed. (00:09:50)
The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Rachel and Monica are comforting Chandler, just before he gets up Rachel has her hands on the chair but when Chandler gets up Rachel's hands change position. (00:12:40)
The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Chandler is getting relationship advice from Monica and Rachel near the end, the label on the ice cream tub he is holding changes position depending on whether the shot is close up or not. (00:13:00)
The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Ross shows G.I. Joe to Ben, the Barbie's legs are pointing towards the refrigerator. In the next shot, they are suddenly pointing the opposite way. (00:13:50)
The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Monica is telling Susan and Carol that Ross used to dress up as a girl, Ross goes over to the table and picks up a drink. When he picks it up it has a cork in it. In the next shot he has the cork already in his hand. (00:20:30)
The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel - S3-E4
Revealing mistake: While Chandler and Janice are in D'Agostino's, some grocery products have their names partially covered, such as Uncle Ben's and Grape Nuts.
The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel - S3-E4
Visible crew/equipment: After Chandler gives Janice the contact paper for his dresser drawer, when Chandler stands up and says, "Yes, I did," we can see the camera at the right side of the screen.
The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: While everyone's watching Joey's commercial for the Milk Master 2000, the TV area changes in the closeups.
The One With The Metaphorical Tunnel - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Ross is singing to Ben about GI Joe, there are two plates in the dish drainer behind him, but when Joey walks in and sits down the white plate has vanished.
Suggested correction: I've seen a few of these listed as errors, but they're not. A lot of shows do this often if you pay attention. It's called "product displacement", and it is done to avoid being sued or having to pay licensing fees. Also, it is cheaper to alter logos like this than pixelate/blur them out. What is interesting though, is that one of the grape nut boxes in this picture does not have an altered logo.
Yes, it's product displacement, and this is specifically referred to as the "greeking" process. However, your correction only offers an excuse as to why this occurs. The tape or paint partially or fully covering the brand names or logos are a distraction, and it removes viewers from the fake reality of the show or movie. Originally, these types of submissions were to be listed in trivia, but instead they were placed in the mistake section.
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