The Simpsons

Fear of Flying - S6-E11

Continuity mistake: In the scene in the airport bar, two pilots sitting next to each other have brown and gray hair, respectively. When they stand up, the hair has switched colours.

Dancin' Homer - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: When we first see Homer at Moe's at the beginning of the episode, he is sitting at the bar and there is an ashtray by his glass of beer. But after a quick cut to Moe, we return to Homer and the ashtray has disappeared.

Simpson and Delilah - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: In the full view of Mr Burns' office when he is talking to Homer towards the end of the episode, there is only one fountain pen holder on the desk, but when Mr Burns tells Homer to leave after giving him his old job back, there are now two holders on the desk.

Simpson and Delilah - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: When Mr Burns tells Homer that he is only eighty-one in the meeting in his office towards the end of the episode, there is a fountain pen holder next to his arm on the desk, but when the camera is behind Mr Burns' chair in the next shot, the fountain pen holder has gone.

Simpson and Delilah - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: When Homer sobs after Bart dropped his bottle of Dimoxinil on the carpet in the bedroom, he drops the empty bottle next to the remains of the contents. When Homer is looking at Marge in the next shot, the bottle has disappeared.

Simpson and Delilah - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: After they say their goodbyes at the power plant, Karl asks Homer if he brought an umbrella and you can see that Homer is standing behind the doorway, but in the next shot he is now standing in the doorway.

Simpson and Delilah - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: When Homer opens the doors to the Executive Washroom, there is a sign on both doors, "Executive" on the left door and "Washroom" on the right door. When we see Homer walking with Karl and Smithers, the "Washroom" sign on the right door has gone.

Simpson and Delilah - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: At the power plant's board meeting, look at Homer and you can see there is a piece of brown paper in front of him on the table, but when the camera is behind Mr. Burns, the paper in front of Homer disappears.

Simpson and Delilah - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: When Homer runs towards Moe's Tavern with his new head of hair, he looks into the window and you can see there is an empty beer bottle on the window sill next to him. When the camera changes to inside the Tavern in the next shot, the beer bottle has gone.

Simpson and Delilah - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: When the doctor (in disguise) gives Homer a wrapped-up present in the alleyway, they are standing next to a lorry and underneath the lorry there is some rubbish. But in an overview of the lorry in the next shot, the rubbish has disappeared.

Homer's brain: It's simple, just use reverse psychology.
Homer: Reverse psychology? That sounds too complicated.
Homer's brain: Alright, don't use reverse psychology.
Homer: Alright, I will!

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Trivia: Maggie scans as $847.63 in the supermarket at the beginning (not NRA4EVER, as Troy Maclure asserts in 3F31 "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular), the price it costs to feed and care for the average American baby every month.

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Answer: Willy referred to an encounter he believed he had with actual aliens, while Wiggum thought he was referring to the arcade game.

Answer: The joke is that Willie was so addicted to Space Invaders that he believed it was reality: every time he played, he was actually defending the Earth from dangerous aliens. It's a surprise to him that it was actually a game.

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