Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, the orange-and-white scarf that Paul Harley uses to blindfold Lorissa changes positions and color patterns repeatedly between shots as he escorts her from the pool to the garage.
Continuity mistake: When the commissioner is getting into the car, he opens the door pretty wide. In the next shot when his hat gets taken, he's seen opening the door again.
Mr. Monk Meets the Godfather - S3-E5
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Monk meets Salvatore Lucarelli (Philip Baker Hall), Lucarelli is cutting up fisheads on a cutting board. Throughout the scene the fish on the table constantly change between shots. One of the notable changes is when Lucarelli is discussing the case he has for monk there is a shot of a fish, and when the shot changes you can now see the fish's head has all of a sudden been chopped off.
Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: About midway through, the new nurse is sitting on Monk's kitchen counter eating a sandwich. She puts the sandwich down on a plate as she hops off, the shot switches to another angle to include Monk as she walks away, and the sandwich has suddenly jumped off the plate and is now lying on the counter a few feet away. Neither of them had time to pick it up or move it.
Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: At the end, when Sharona and Monk are leaving, Sharona opens the car door. But in the next shot, it's closed.
Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: When Sharona sets the two grocery bags on the counter, the position of the items change after they tip over and after she picks the one on the floor up when talking to her ex.
Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: After Sharona's class, she's holding her book upside down when talking to the teacher (so the binding can be seen). In the next shot, the book is held right side up. Afterwards, when she's walking away, the book is upside down again.
Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: When Meredith's husband has his heart attack, his head falls into the soup bowl. However, in one shot the bowl (with his head in it) is tilted; after a cut, it is suddenly flat on the plate.
Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: When the episode begins, the Employee Of The Month is shown walking into Mega-Mart. The exterior of the store is shown as a cement color and there is a garbage can right beside the front door of Mega-Mart. When the Employee Of The Month is shown opening up the door to the store, just seconds later, you will see the exterior of the building is now yellow and white and there is no longer a garbage can beside the door. Clearly they are using two completely different buildings. (00:00:40)
Mr. Monk and the Game Show - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: When Monk is telling Dwight how the guys are cheating, he holds the green sachet with one hand, but in the next shot, he is holding it with two. (00:32:30)
Mr. Monk and the Game Show - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: Whilst Monk is being introduced to the long standing winner on the show a stagehand is adjusting the microphone on his jacket with both hands. As he says "Are you almost done?" the shot changes and the stagehand is just using his left arm to adjust it. The stagehand then pulls his arm away but the next shot he is adjusting the mic again and using both hands to do it. It keeps changing throughout the rest of the scene.
Mr. Monk and the Game Show - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: The way Lizzy is holding the envelope changes in the different shots. Plus, the flap is down at first but then up later.
Mr. Monk and the Game Show - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: When Monk visits Natalie's home, he stops in her room and the door opens left to right. At the end when he goes in her room again, the door opens right to left.
Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: During Monk and Sharona's race to the armored car robbery scene, the red Mustang's rear-view mirror disappears. When they arrive, though, it's back in place on the windshield. (00:36:30 - 00:38:30)
Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: When Monk is eating dinner, he spills ketchup on his shirt, but in the next shot his shirt is clean.
Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: In Stottlemeyer's hospital room, a medicated Monk finishes off the leftover pudding from the food tray. Then, while he's talking to them, the pudding smeared on his upper lip disappears and reappears between shots.
Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: In the hospital, after Monk hugs Stottlemeyer, Stottlemeyer has his left hand on his right shoulder. In the next shot, it's down by his side.
Mr. Monk and the Red Herring - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: When Natalie puts out the fire with the extinguisher, the nozzle is still pushed down when she uses it, but when she puts it on the table, in the next shot the nozzle is fully extended. There are a number of times during the scene, when Monk is trying to figure out how to use it, where the nozzle's position keeps changing between shots.
Mr. Monk and the Red Herring - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: At the science fair, after Lyle Peck lights the poster on fire he puts the Bunsen burner onto the table a little away from its original position but when the camera angle changes it is back where it originally was, under the beaker and stand.
Mr. Monk and the Red Herring - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: Monk empties a pocketful of pushpins onto the science teacher's counter top. One rolls to the very edge, separate from the others. A few minutes later, the stray pin is missing. Just before Monk and Natalie leave, however, it reappears on the counter edge.
Answer: Notice also that in the opening credits scene when he is touching parking meters her also wipes his hand on his clothes each time he does it.