Recess

Principal for a Day - S2-E23

Continuity mistake: When TJ makes the morning announcements, in the first scene of the classroom we see a boy in a blue hat sitting in the back row. After TJ says that the kids can refuse to answer a teacher, the same kid is suddenly sitting in the second row so he can slap hands with someone in the first row.

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The New Kid - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: In the beginning, Gus' dad steps aside to reveal Gus behind him. Then, he says, "Well, my duty here is done. Mrs. Grotke, boys and girls," and then salutes them and walks away. He has moved back behind Gus. He had no time to move to that position.

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Principal for a Day - S2-E23

Continuity mistake: When TJ comes to school in the morning and everyone starts cheering, we see two Ashleys clapping with everyone else. As the camera follows TJ as he walks to the entrance, we see the same two Ashleys a second later.

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Jinxed - S1-E22

Continuity mistake: After Mrs. Finster has her show of strength and is pulling Gus away, he still has the chains from the wheel on his arm. When the shot changes, the chains are gone.

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Stand Up Randall - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: When Menlo tells the crew about Randall's joke book, he loosens his tie, and it's still loose when he says "Indeed." But half-a-second later, as he walks away, his tie is back to normal.

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The Pest - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: When the gang is playing marbles, there are seven marbles in the ring, with three black ones on the left and four orange ones on the right. In the next shot, there is suddenly a green marble on the right side of the ring, with a black marble next to it.

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Mama's Girl - S2-E14

Continuity mistake: After Miss Grotke avoids the mud puddle, a kid says, "Spinelli just called Miss Grotke Mama!" In this shot, Ashley Q is near the left side of the screen, Ashley B is near the right, and the other two Ashleys are nowhere to be seen. In the next shot, all four Ashleys are suddenly shown together, laughing.

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Schoolworld - S4-E21

Continuity mistake: When Gus gets locked out of the school after recess, he asks SAL to open the hallway door. He looks up at the clock, and the time on it is 10.46.05 (then goes up to 10.46.08 by the end of the shot). A few seconds later, the time changes to 18.46.16, then 10.46.17, then 10.45.18.

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Good Luck Charm - S4-E19

Continuity mistake: When the marble gets knocked out of Spinelli's hands and it falls into the drain, the marble approaches the hole to the very left of the drain, but in the next shot, it falls into the hole right next to it.

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The Great Can Drive - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: When the kids are fighting over the can at the celebration, the can keeps swapping between green and red between shots. There is also one shot where the can is red but turns green twice in two frames.

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The New Kid - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: In the beginning, after the kids have gone to recess, Vince starts talking to TJ about Gus. The number of bricks between the windows on the wall behind them and the bricks' position changes four times.

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Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler: Never kid a kid who hasn't had his recess.

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