Scrubs

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Continuity mistake: In the episode where Elliot is missing J.D. and talking to him a lot on her phone, he asks her to drop the phone into Dr. Cox's pocket. She drops it into his left coat pocket, but he later pulls it out of his right coat pocket. He couldn't have changed it in his pocket, because he's surprised to find it.

SexyIrishLeprechaun

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Elliot and J.D are going up the stairs and J.D asks if they are racing, Elliot has a watch on her left hand, then in the next shot when they are racing, the watch is gone and doesn't reappear.

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Right at the end, the shot shows Carla walking towards JD with a security guard in the background, the shot cuts to behind JD and suddenly the security guard has moved forward in position dramatically.

Cybermoose

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When JD says it might be a penny blocking the door the Janitor says "If it's a penny in there, I'm taking you down" while placing his screwdriver on JD's shoulder. When it cuts he places it under JD's chin.

Mortug

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When JD is in the lift (elevator) with all the people and asks his patient if his gas is bad for the other people, the woman on the right has her arms crossed then in the next shot she has a single hand on her chest.

Cybermoose

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My Mentor - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: In the apartment there is a cardboard box on a table, with a strip of blue tape on it and a tube of paper sticking out of it. A few shots later another strip of blue tape suddenly appears on the box and the tube of paper has vanished. (00:02:35 - 00:03:15)

Hamster

My Mentor - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When Dr Cox is watching TV, a guy in green walks past the people in the background, the camera goes to a close up of the doctor with the remote and the same guy walks past again.

Cybermoose

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My Old Lady - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When J.D. picks up the granddaughter to blow out the candles on the cake, there are 3 candles placed at the front of the cake in the camera close up, but there weren't any before he picked her up. (01:17:35)

bytemyshineymetalass

My Old Lady - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When JD is at the birthday party, watch the chocolate on his face. At one point there are two separate bits of chocolate on his left cheek, then the shot changes and they are gone. The shot changes again and they are back.

Guy

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My Bad - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Turk and Elliott are in the line at the cafeteria, you can see that Turk has two plates on his tray and Elliott has a juice box on her tray. When they turn around at the end of the line Turk has just one plate on his tray and the juice box on Elliott's tray is also gone.

Bjoern_Buller

My Bad - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When the janitor is speaking into the stethoscope, his right elbow is on his knee and his left hand is on the mattress, when it cuts closer, his elbow is further up and his hand is next to his leg.

Cybermoose

My Way Home - S5-E7

Character mistake: Early in the episode, Keith pages JD from home to the hospital. When JD arrives, he asks Keith what's the big emergency and Keith asks if he wants the patient to be prescribed unfractionated or low molecular weight heparin. JD gets angry and says that they're the exact same thing. This is in fact completely incorrect. Low molecular weight heparin is made from fragments of unfractionated heparin. They have different effects in their metabolism, half life and dose monitoring (unfractionated needs a blood test, low molecular weight doesn't). The choice between unfractionated and LMWH is an important clinical decision and should not be dismissed as "the exact same thing".

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Carla: You can deny you like her all you want. But, I know for a fact, that every time you guys are done "playing racquetball" or "having a conversation" or whatever it is you crazy kids are calling it, you like nothing more than to just lie next to Jordan and watch her sleep.
Dr. Cox: It would be impossible for me to lie next to Jordan, she sleeps hanging from a ramp in the ceiling, wrapped in a cocoon of her own wings.

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Trivia: Ben Sullivan, Dr. Cox's best friend and brother-in-law, loves his camera and takes pictures everywhere he goes. Brendan Fraser, who plays Ben, has a great interest for photography in real life.

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Season 1 generally

Question: In one episode (I think it's My Balancing Act) Dr Kelso is trying to scare the interns, so he pulls his face off and 'becomes' a guy with crazy ginger hair and a very annoying loud voice. I'm a Brit so that's maybe why I don't recognise this guy. Is he supposed to be someone famous?

Answer: This is an American comedian called Scott Thompson, more widely known by his stage name of "Carrot Top".

Tailkinker

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