Treehouse of Horror XIV - S15-E1
Continuity mistake: When the younger Professor Frink is receiving and wearing his Nobel Prize, his father goes nuts and starts stealing people's brains. The younger Frink figures out that kicking the elder Frink in the crotch will stop him. When he does, and the elder Frink falls off the stage, he is wearing the Nobel Prize, not the younger. (00:15:00)
Treehouse of Horror XIV - S15-E1
Continuity mistake: The piles of sweets and candy that Bart and Lisa have at the start vanish in the wide shots when Homer arrives.
Treehouse of Horror XIV - S15-E1
Continuity mistake: After Homer tries to stab himself with the banana, he drops it. But when Nelson's clothes disappear, the banana has vanished.
My Mother the Carjacker - S15-E2
Continuity mistake: When Homer is looking for a message to stop Grandma Simpson and the jail bus on the electric sign he has Bart with him. Then Bart is not on the bus with Homer and Grandma, but he is back at the end of the episode.
My Mother the Carjacker - S15-E2
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode when Homer is looking for another message from his mom to find out if she's really alive, Marge and the kids enter the kitchen, Marge says that it's 2 in the morning. But the clock on the wall shows that it's 9 pm.
The President Wore Pearls - S15-E3
Continuity mistake: When Lisa goes into Principle Skinner's office to resign, there is a mug and some papers on the desk. When she wants to use the microphone, the desk is clear.
The President Wore Pearls - S15-E3
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode Lisa gets on the school bus and in the back of the bus there is an emergency door with a small window in it. The following shot she starts singing out the back of the bus but the window has disappeared.
The Fat and the Furriest - S15-E5
Continuity mistake: When Homer realises that the bear was only agressive because of the electrical tag, they share a bear hug. The back of Homer's shirt is torn to tatters, and his back is bleeding. Immediately thereafter, the back of Homer's shirt is completely intact.
Continuity mistake: After Homer pushes in front of Lisa in the queue for the bathroom, she loses the toothbrush she was holding in her left hand. (00:01:15)
Continuity mistake: When we first see the medicine cabinet in the Simpson's bathroom the hinges are on the left. When Homer pokes it with the wire it opens as if the hinges are on the other side. The last time we see it, when Lisa rescues Maggie, the door is missing altogether. (00:01:25)
Continuity mistake: After he takes a puppy from Bart, Snake's car appears from nowhere. (00:04:15)
Continuity mistake: When Krusty ends up at his old neighbourhood, the street changes between shots. E.g. the "LLBeanie" sign appears above the door of the 2nd shop and the suit of the man reading the newspaper changes from grey to blue. (00:05:25)
Continuity mistake: When Krusty enters the Jewish Walk of Fame building, there are no stars on the pavement outside it. When he leaves there are. (00:06:15)
Continuity mistake: When Lisa is helpfully explaining what a Bar Mitzvah is, Krusty's new puppy loses its red lead. (00:07:30)
Continuity mistake: While Krusty is describing his prostate to the children, the green umbrella vanishes from beside Lisa. (00:07:40)
Continuity mistake: When Krusty is sacked, his bottle of pop vanishes. (00:13:45)
Continuity mistake: When Homer writes an autograph for Ralph at the restaurant, Lisa is sitting opposite Marge, has yellow liquid in her glass and has red and brown food on her plate. In the next shot, Lisa is opposite Homer, has a blue drink and has white and green food. (00:14:25)
Continuity mistake: When Homer leaves the studio after being cancelled there is no sign next to the door. When Marge walks up to comfort him there is now a 'stage door' sign there. (00:18:35)
Continuity mistake: During the 'whose garter is this?' joke Patty and Selma appear behind the Simpsons. (00:20:10)
Continuity mistake: In the Itchy and Scratchy cartoon 'A Briss Before Dying', Itchy throws Scratchy's eyes out of the window, but after putting the rest of his body through the grinder the eyes are back.
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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