Homer vs. Patty and Selma - S6-E17
Continuity mistake: When Homer is walking upstairs after kicking Patty and Selma out for the second time, the wall that Homer was approaching is a darker colour than it usually is, and Homer walked up the stairs slowly. But a second later he closed a door, indicating that he went into a room. Are we really to believe that he could go very quickly from the stairs to a room in a matter of seconds?
Homer vs. Patty and Selma - S6-E17
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, there is a drunk wearing glasses. He disappears in the next shot onwards.
Homer vs. Patty and Selma - S6-E17
Other mistake: When Homer burns a dollar bill, he turns his cigar around 180 degrees. If you look carefully, the smoke soon comes from the different side than it did earlier.
Homer vs. Patty and Selma - S6-E17
Revealing mistake: While the Simpsons are having dinner, the top portion of the chair Homer is sitting on disappears when he tilts the chair back.
Continuity mistake: When Wolfcastle says that 'Jay Sherman insulted him, now he will die', for a few shots the shadows are on the floor before they magically disappear. Also, the shadow of the gun does not match the real gun.
Continuity mistake: When the Simpson family and Jay Sherman are having dinner, things like the food from their plates, their knives and forks and even Homer's burping trophy disappear and then reappear for a couple of seconds before disappearing again.
Audio problem: When McBain is explaining about his movie on TV, we see a clip from his movie, in which he uses a machine gun. He throws it on the floor but we don't hear a sound of it crashing on the floor.
Continuity mistake: When everybody is chanting 'Film Festival', you can see that Mayor Quimby has his arm up. But in the next shot, which changes so that you can see Marge, he his holding up his other arm.
Continuity mistake: When wedding has been just called off, Lunch Lady Doris calls everyone for wedding cake, and among people who rush to it we can see Moe (you can recognize him by his eyepatch), then, Lisa starts to walk off and among the people she passes by you can see both Lunch Lady Doris and Moe.
Revealing mistake: When Lisa and Hugh go by Taxi to the Simpsons house, you can see that they pass the same buildings all the time, especially "Coffee shop".
Revealing mistake: By the end, when fortune teller lays "The Fiance" card on the table, it instantly makes the same angle as other cards lying there, even though the teller's hand is still under it. It doesn't change the angle when she removes her hand from under it, as though it's floating in the mid-air all the time.
Continuity mistake: By the vending machine, Lisa first points her card at the cell on the right, then there's a zoom on the cells and we see her hand starting to point again, but this time at the cell in the middle. In the next shot, she lowers her hand with the card, which however in this shot is pointing at the cell on the right again.
Continuity mistake: When we first see union flag on fire, the flames are already consuming over the half of its upper edge. Then when we see it reflected in Hugh's eyes, no more than a half of the edge is burning.
Continuity mistake: When Lisa enters the taxi and we see the door being closed, the camera turns into the full view of the taxi in the next shot, and now we see that the door (the one with company logo on it) has changed its shape between shots.
Character mistake: When Hugh proposes to Lisa using the electronic signage, he spells the word "honor" using the American English spelling. Hugh should have used "honour" as this part of the show was set in England, and Hugh is from England.
Two Dozen and One Greyhounds - S6-E20
Continuity mistake: There are twenty-six puppies eating from their bowls in the kitchen. As the title suggests, there's meant to be twenty-five.
Two Dozen and One Greyhounds - S6-E20
Continuity mistake: When they are in Mr Burns' laundry room, it is shown that Bart wasn't wearing his socks. However, part way through this scene, Bart is wearing his shoes and socks again without having time to put them on.
Revealing mistake: During Skinner's speech to the students in the school cafeteria, two Allison Taylors are seen sitting on different sides of the cafeteria.
Plot hole: When Bart locks Principal Skinner and Mrs Krabappel in Skinner's office, and tells them that they can't come out until they've reached an agreement, why didn't Skinner and Krabappel just climb out Skinner's office window instead of spending hours pounding on the door yelling to be let out?
Continuity mistake: While Bart is being beaten up by Nelson and Jimbo, Nelson is on the right side and Jimbo is on the left side. In the close up shot, you can see from their arms that Nelson and Jimbo have switched sides.
Answer: I'm not sure if this is the one you're thinking of, but an episode of "Ray Bradbury Theatre," called "A Sound of Thunder," dealt with a similar matter: a group of hunters travel back in time to hunt dinosaurs, only to find things have changed when they get back because someone stepped on a butterfly.
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