Summer Love (a.k.a. Beach Story) - S5-E9
Continuity mistake: When Helga sprinkles bread crumbs around Arnold and Summer, six seagulls come and fly above them. In the next shot, the shadows of the seagulls are visible, but there are only two seagull shadows. Then when both look up at them, there are only five seagulls flying above them instead of six. (00:11:26)
Summer Love (a.k.a. Beach Story) - S5-E9
Continuity mistake: When Arnold walks up to Helga after overhearing her, a surfboard suddenly appears behind Helga, which wasn't there before. A few shots later, it disappears. (00:11:42 - 00:12:07)
Summer Love (a.k.a. Beach Story) - S5-E9
Continuity mistake: When Arnold talks to Helga after overhearing her, he tells her that he heard everything she said. As Helga says, "You did?", the lifeguard stand that was behind her suddenly isn't there. Then when Arnold and Summer walk away from her, they are suddenly a lot further away from the lifeguard stand than they were before. (00:11:47 - 00:12:12)
Summer Love (a.k.a. Beach Story) - S5-E9
Revealing mistake: When Helga is sitting on the boardwalk talking to her locket, as she starts to lay down, she is layered over part of the boardwalk that is in front of her. Her shadow is also layered over it. (00:12:24)
Summer Love (a.k.a. Beach Story) - S5-E9
Continuity mistake: In the scene at the end where "Babewatch" is being filmed, when Arnold drowns and the lifeguards save him, he is wearing his plaid shorts. A shot later, he is wearing his blue swim shorts. (00:22:34)
Stuck in a Tree / Rhonda Goes Broke - S5-E10
Other mistake: Stuck in a Tree: In Arnold's imagination, when the gang passes the huge tree on the conveyor belt, notice how huge Sid is compared to Rhonda. It looks as if Sid was meant to be in front of Rhonda, but was instead improperly layered behind her. (00:07:43)
Stuck in a Tree / Rhonda Goes Broke - S5-E10
Continuity mistake: Stuck in a Tree: When the firetruck shows up at the end, in Arnold's close-up, his sleeves are drastically shorter than usual. (00:10:29)
Stuck in a Tree / Rhonda Goes Broke - S5-E10
Revealing mistake: Rhonda Goes Broke: When Rhonda says, "I'm power walking. It's the healthiest way to get home," her mouth disappears four times. (00:21:42)
Stuck in a Tree / Rhonda Goes Broke - S5-E10
Other mistake: In the scene after the garbage dumpster scene, Buckley's lips disappear briefly while he's talking.
Beaned / Old Iron Man - S5-E11
Continuity mistake: Beaned: When Arnold is walking Helga to school and she sees some flowers, they are both standing on the sidewalk. Two shots later, they are on the road. Also, when Arnold walks up to Helga, he is in mid-air, and when Helga stands up, she is also in mid-air. (00:05:53)
Beaned / Old Iron Man - S5-E11
Continuity mistake: When Arnold reads to Helga, the book title says "GEO-" and "GRAPHY" (two words); the next day, it says "GEOGRAPHY" (one word).
Arnold Visits Arnie / Chocolate Boy - S5-E12
Audio problem: Arnold Visits Arnie: In the country store, when Lulu tells Arnold to get some of the apple butter on the shelf, Arnold says, "Sure," but his mouth doesn't move. (00:05:41)
Arnold Visits Arnie / Chocolate Boy - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: Arnold Visits Arnie: In the country store, when Arnold says, "But, what about Arnie?" and it cuts to Arnie counting the bubble gum, the "1893" on the window is red but changes to white in the next shot. The "Est." also disappears. (00:05:53)
Arnold Visits Arnie / Chocolate Boy - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: Arnold Visits Arnie: When Arnold walks out of the movie theatre, he walks into Hilda and they fall over. In the next shot, they turn 90° counterclockwise. (00:06:45)
Arnold Visits Arnie / Chocolate Boy - S5-E12
Audio problem: Arnold Visits Arnie: During the hayride, Arnold tells Hilda that she has a little straw in her hair. When he says, "Let me get it for you," his mouth does not move, it just stays in a smile. (00:09:14)
Arnold Visits Arnie / Chocolate Boy - S5-E12
Other mistake: Arnold Visits Arnie: When Arnold wakes up from his dream and he screams, his collar briefly loses its colour. (00:10:38)
Character mistake: Helga makes Arnold sit in a plate of chocolate pudding as a prank. Arnold then asks Grandpa on the phone to bring him a new pair of pants. When Grandpa arrives, he asks Arnold, "What's that on your pants?" The pudding is not on Arnold's pants; it's on the back of his shirt. (00:06:25)
Other mistake: When we first see Arnold walking Helga home after school, as Arnold says, "I never meant for this to happen," Arnold and Helga are briefly duplicated. As the shot continues, Arnold's backpack duplicates repeatedly. (00:11:22)
Continuity mistake: Helga makes Arnold sit in a plate of chocolate pudding as a prank, leaving a huge chocolate pudding stain on the back of his shirt. Then, when Arnold picks up the gift box from Grandpa and returns to the cafeteria, the chocolate pudding is gone from his shirt but reappears later on when Arnold and Helga are at Slausen's Ice Cream. (00:12:37)
Gerald's Game / Fishing Trip - S5-E15
Continuity mistake: Gerald's Game: When Arnold asks Gerald if he was in the alley near Dr. Steiglitz's office, Gerald is holding three books, with a purple book on top, and a green book on the bottom. Right before he drops them, the two books have switched place, and the purple book changes to blue. (00:03:24)
Answer: The episode doesn't really elaborate on who the kid was and what his motives were, so its pure speculation as to why he took it. Perhaps the kid could simply want a ball all for himself and decided to just take it, or was simply a rotten kid. The truth is the kid's motives are not important to the story other than it highlights Arnold was having a lot of trouble getting through the list.
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