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: 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: 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'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.
Part-Time Friends / Bio Square - S2-E19
Continuity mistake: Part-Time Friends: When Arnold and Gerald get part-time jobs at the flower shop, while Mrs. Vitello explains things to them, she asks if she's going too fast, and in the next close-up, Arnold's apron vanishes, then it reappears.
Part-Time Friends / Bio Square - S2-E19
Other mistake: Bio Square: While Phoebe and Stinky are telling the class about their science fair experiment, just as Phoebe shares that it was in honor of her hero, "I.P. Pavlov," watch as Stinky's eyes move off to the side of his head, then return to normal.
Casa Paradiso / Gerald's Tonsils - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: Gerald's doctor's name is spelled "Murray Stieglitz" on the sign, but "Steiglitz" in the credits.
Weird Cousin / Baby Oskar - S4-E11
Continuity mistake: In "Baby Oskar" when Suzie answers the phone there are 12 buttons on the phone, but when she is sitting on the bed there are 9 buttons.
Helga's Show / The Flood - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: Grandpa's rubber raft got much bigger between the time he left the greenhouse and the time he arrived.
Big Gino / Jamie O. In Love - S4-E2
Other mistake: In the cafe, after Charice speaks, when Gerald says "Aloha, Gladiators on Ice", there are three places where Gerald's mouth disappears.
6th Grade Girls/The Baseball - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: While walking down the stairs, Maria only has three toes on each foot; she has four at the pool.
Benchwarmer / Cool Jerk - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: The scoreboard has room for 10 names on each side when shown in close-up, but when Arnold is shooting free throws, there are only 7 spaces on each side.
Downtown as Fruits / Eugene's Bike - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: In the Eugene's Bike episode, when Arnold has to tie his shoe, he sets his books down on a bike in a bike rack. This causes the bike to tip over and makes all the other bikes in the rack to fall down. Eugene's bike falls into the middle of the street and get ran over. When Eugene finds out his bike is destroyed, he looks at Arnold and yells. Right after this you get a good look at the bike rack. You'll notice there are no bikes in or around the bike rack.
Love and Cheese / Weighing Harold - S4-E7
Continuity mistake: Lila was pretty much entirely underwater in a "standing" position when Arnold rescued her, how come suddenly the water only reached her knees?
Love and Cheese / Weighing Harold - S4-E7
Trivia: In 'Weighing Harold', when Arnold is in the comics store, there are comics in the background referencing other Nickelodeon shows, "Catdog" and "Spongebob Squarepants." The former had aired almost exactly a year before this episode did ('Catdog' premiered on 4/4/1998 and this episode on 4/7/1999). The later aired about a month after this episode.
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).
Continuity mistake: In "Miss Perfect", Helga, Rhonda, Sheena, Phoebe, and Nadine are cooking up ways to make Lila's (the new girl) life miserable. In one shot, Rhonda is wearing her new blue outfit. When the scene cuts to the boys and Lila, and then back to the five girls, Rhonda is wearing her standard red sweater and black pants. For the rest of that day, she is back in her new outfit.
Back to School / Egg Story - S4-E8
Other mistake: Back to School: After Phil completes his long division on the chalkboard and it cuts to a shot of Arnold, the shot is flipped, with Arnold's hair being the most notable giveaway. (00:04:43)
Runaway Float / Partners - S2-E20
Other mistake: Runaway Float: After Nick talks about redesigning the parade float, Bob asks the kids who wants to ride on the float. Arnold then tells them it's great the way it is, and when the kids start saying, "Me! Me!", there is an animation glitch where part of Robert's head and hands get stuck in the air for about a second. (00:06:01)
Back to School / Egg Story - S4-E8
Other mistake: Back to School: After Principal Wartz tells Phil he will find a classroom for him, it cuts to a shot inside Mr. Simmons' classroom. If you look at Sid in this shot, the lower half of his body is cut off. Phoebe's right foot is also layered over him. (00:03:58)
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.