Monkeyman! / Buses, Bikes and Subways - S5-E1
Continuity mistake: Monkeyman!: When Sid tells the kids that Gerald should tell the legend of Monkeyman, Arnold is squinting. In the next shot, he's not. (00:01:41)
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)
Monkeyman! / Buses, Bikes and Subways - S5-E1
Continuity mistake: Mr. Simmons counts 30 students in the bus, but nowhere near that many got off (nor have nearly that many fourth graders ever been shown).
Helga's Masquerade / Mr. Green Runs - S5-E2
Continuity mistake: Helga's Masquerade: When Arnold compliments Lila's bows, she says, "In fact, I'm certain I wear them just, every old day." Ironically, her right bow disappears mid-shot, and it remains missing in the following shot. It comes back shortly after. (00:01:50)
Helga's Masquerade / Mr. Green Runs - S5-E2
Continuity mistake: Helga's Masquerade: When Helga and Lila are at Slausen's Ice Cream, after Helga asks Lila where she gets her material from, Lila's right arm is below the table, but a shot later, it's above the table, and a spoon appears in her hand. (00:03:18)
Helga's Masquerade / Mr. Green Runs - S5-E2
Continuity mistake: Helga's Masquerade: When Helga and Lila are at Slausen's Ice Cream, after Helga asks Lila how she can learn to act so nice to people, she grabs her milkshake with her left hand. A shot later, she is now holding it with her right hand, and a spoon appears in her left hand. (00:03:30)
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: In the scene where Arnold's parents leave for the last time, Grandma's hair is dark at first, then it becomes purplish-gray.
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.
Parents Day - S5-E6
Continuity mistake: In the tricycle section of the last event, the chinpiece of Helga's helmet keeps switching colors.
Helga's Locket / Sid and Germs - S5-E7
Continuity mistake: When Sid decides to be a slob again, he picks up his frog and you can see that he has gloves on. When the following shot shows a close-up of the frog in Sid's hand, the hand holding the frog does not have gloves on.
Summer Love (a.k.a. Beach Story) - S5-E9
Continuity mistake: When the seagulls start flying above Arnold and Summer, they are both holding hands. In the next shot, they're not. (00:11:26)
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
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
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)
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
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)
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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