Curly Snaps / Pre-Teen Scream - S3-E6
Other mistake: Pre-Teen Scream: When the kids are sitting on Arnold's stoop in the beginning, there are two shots where Arnold's pants are the same colour as his skin, giving the sense that he has no pants on. (00:12:03)
Monkeyman! / Buses, Bikes and Subways - S5-E1
Continuity mistake: Buses, Bikes, and Subways: Helga wears a watch on her right arm throughout the episode. However, when Helga approaches Sheena's uncle Earl and wakes him up, her watch is missing, then reappears when Earl's boat sinks. It disappears again when Helga comes up from the water, then reappears a moment later. (00:18:59)
Arnold's Thanksgiving - S3-E14
Other mistake: When Arnold is in his room putting on his costume, his reflection in the mirror shows his buttons on the left side of his clothes. Then, when Arnold answers the door, his buttons are on the same side; the reflection was not reversed. (00:09:26)
Parents Day - S5-E6
Continuity mistake: During the flashback, when little Arnold says goodbye to his parents, in the next shot of Stella and Miles, the bag's strap is slung over his dad's left shoulder as a crossbody, but mid-shot, the strap switches to his right shoulder with the bag on the opposite side. (00:14:30)
Parents Day - S5-E6
Continuity mistake: When Grandpa enters and exits Arnold's bedroom, the door opens the opposite way in various shots, with the doorknob on either the left or right. Additionally, the light switch beside the door appears and disappears, between shots.
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Harold the Butcher: The front door of Mr. Green's meat store has either "Green Meats" or "Green's Meats" printed on the door's window.
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Harold the Butcher: Mr. Green's meat store has a shopkeeper bell over its front door that vanishes in some shots, then it reappears. For instance, the bell is gone when Arnold is in the store while Harold sits across the street, but we hear it jingle and then the bell reappears when Harold enters the store.
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Harold the Butcher: In some shots of Mr. Green's meat store, its front door handle switches to the opposite side. Such as at the start, when Harold stops in front of Mr. Green's meat store because he's hungry. Also, while Harold sits across the street from the meat store, Green asks Arnold if Harold is still out there, and the store's front door handle is on the wrong side of the door. Next shot, as Arnold exits the store, the door opens properly. (00:19:30)
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Harold the Butcher: After Mr. Green informs Harold that his week is up, Harold follows Mr. Green into the store, and the green front door remains open. Mr. Green explains that he's getting ready for the annual meat sale, and as Harold begs to keep working in the store, we can see in the background that the store's green front door has vanished. The open green front door is back when Harold exits the store. (00:19:05)
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Harold the Butcher: When Mr. Green tells Harold his week is up and that Harold is done paying him back, both of their aprons have a white oval patch with "Green Meats" printed on it. As the scene continues, the white oval patch vanishes from Harold's apron entirely, and Mr. Green's apron patch loses its white background. (00:18:40)
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Harold the Butcher: At Mr. Green's meat store, there are at least two instances that the word "MEATS" is misspelled as "MAETS" on the store's aprons. When Mr. Green gives Arnold the package for Grandma, Green's apron changes to the misspelling. Then, when Harold returns to help Green with the crowd of customers, Harold's apron has the misspelling.
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Helga Blabs It All: While Helga is in the ventilation shaft, when she calls Phoebe for help, the rope is tied around Helga's waist with a knot at the front, but it cuts to a closer shot and the knot vanishes.
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Helga Blabs It All: After Helga successfully snatches the message tape, when she rushes out of Sunset Arms the front door is missing its handles, but one handle reappears when Campfire Lass and other girls chase after Helga.
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Helga Blabs It All: Phoebe stops the Jolly Olly ice cream truck and gets inside. As they head toward Arnold's house, in the interior shot a rearview mirror appears on the windshield where there wasn't one. Then, when the ice cream truck is parked in front of Sunset Arms, there are some changes to its appearance.
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Helga Blabs It All: When Helga falls from the vent opening, she knocks the telephone and answering machine onto the floor. Just as Helga notices the tape in the answering machine, the push button telephone has changed to a phone with a rotary dial. It then changes back to push button. (00:10:05)
Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Helga Blabs It All: While Helga goes after the tape at Sunset Arms, room numbers repeatedly change/vanish, or doors disappear and reappear. Some examples: Door 3 vanishes when Helga lowers herself via rope the first time. When Arnold unfolds the attic stairway, the closest doors are 7 and 8, but when Arnold and Gerald run down those stairs, door 8 changes to door 1. When Grandpa talks to Mr. Hyunh, door 1 is now door 3. When Grandpa and Ernie enter Hyunh's room, door 7 becomes door 5. When Grandma exits door 4, it then changes to door 2.
Timberly Loves Arnold / Eugene, Eugene! - S5-E22
Revealing mistake: Timberly Loves Arnold: When Lila says, "That is, if Arnold doesn't mind making it a threesome," her left eyelashes disappear for one frame. (00:05:50)
Grandpa's Packard / Phoebe's Little Problem - S5-E19
Audio problem: Phoebe's Little Problem: When Harold wets his pants at the end, Stinky can be heard saying, "Harold wet his pants," but in the shot, he is actually laughing. (00:11:39)
Full Moon / Student Teacher - S4-E1
Revealing mistake: Student Teacher: When Olga says, "But, nothing, baby sister!" before giving Helga detention, Rhonda and Brainy disappear for one frame. (00:17:17)
Helga's Masquerade / Mr. Green Runs - S5-E2
Other mistake: Mr. Green Runs: When Green tells Arnold he can't be himself and needs to come up with some fancy words, Arnold is wearing a "Vote Green" button. Then, just as Green says, "I gotta get outta here," Arnold's button now reads "Voet Green" with Vote misspelled.
Answer: The show is based in present day times. Plus most cars aren't old fashtioned, I recall seeing a limo and not to mention a cherry picker, etc.