Continuity mistake: Rodney says that he picked up the money off the table when they were trying to escape from the police, yet if you look closely he never goes near it. And he never has another chance to pick it up.
Only Fools and Horses (1981)
Episode list - season 1
Starring: David Jason, Roger Lloyd Pack, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield
Genres: Comedy
| All season 1 mistakes | Mistakes | |
|---|---|---|
| Show generally | 1 | |
| 1 | Big Brother | 7 |
| 2 | Go West Young Man | 3 |
| 3 | Cash and Curry | 3 |
| 4 | The Second Time Around | 4 |
| 5 | A Slow Bus to Chingford | 4 |
| 6 | The Russians Are Coming | 11 |
| 7 | Christmas Crackers | 7 |
More mistakes in Only Fools and Horses
Modern Men - S8-E2
Mike: Well?
Trigger: Well what?
Mike: What are they naming the baby?
Trigger: If it's a girl, they're calling her Sigourney, after an actress. And if it's a boy, they're calling him Rodney, after Dave.
Trivia: Only Fools and Horses was recently voted Britain's Best Sitcom, beating BlackAdder and the Vicar of Dibley into second and third place respectively.
Question: What exactly did Del and Rodney's mother die of?
Answer: Joan Mavis Trotter (Nee Hollins) was an unseen character in Only Fools And Horses, having died in 1964, 17 years before the series began. She died of an alcohol related illness due to both her sham marriage to Reg Trotter and being hit hard by the death of her secret lover Freddie "The Frog" Robdal.
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Chosen answer: An apparent long string of illnesses.