Batman: The Animated Series

Two-Face (1) - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: When a policeman warns Gordon that the SWAT team is in place, there's nothing to the right of the police car; in that spot there was another patrol car, and a policeman with his gun out. He ducked when the villains started shooting, but he couldn't have gone away without any cover. (00:02:55)

Sammo

Be A Clown - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When Bruce Wayne plays clumsy and fends the crowd with his large package, the same people (like the elderly woman with the big hat) move out of his way multiple times in different shots. (00:09:05)

Sammo

Be A Clown - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: In the overhead shot of "Jekko" that pushes the cart with the cake, next to a waiter with a red towel there's a man in an orange shirt. Next shot and his shirt is blue. (00:07:55)

Sammo

Be A Clown - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: The first time we see Jordan in his room, a huge monstrosity of a doll is propped against the door. This puppet reaches the knob of the door while in a sitting position. Then a few seconds later his dad enters the room, and the doll is at his ankles. (00:04:00)

Sammo

Be A Clown - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: Summer Gleeson points the microphone at Mayor Hill while she has her left hand on a broken beam that is either absent or at different angle when they pull him out of the rubbish. (00:02:50)

Sammo

The Forgotten - S1-E23

Continuity mistake: Trying to protect Salvo, Riley punches two thugs. The second one is a red bearded man. The big boss urges then the other baddies to attack, and redbeard is way behind him, hasn't leaped into action yet. (00:11:35)

Sammo

The Forgotten - S1-E23

Continuity mistake: The chain gang trio is having a bit of chit-chat underground. The social worker Batman came looking for hauls a giant rock on top of the cart, but the rock is gone when the gallery starts to collapse. (00:08:25)

Sammo

The Forgotten - S1-E23

Continuity mistake: The fat boss tells his underling that the prisoners will bring him "twice the gold ore." He asks then "Do you hear me?" The fan is in front of him or behind the back. (00:06:15)

Sammo

P.O.V. - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: Bullock's version of the story; he drops the gun, and he crawls over to grab it. The gun, as evidenced by the cone of light it is in, changes position on the floor between shots. (00:05:20)

Sammo

The Underdwellers - S1-E27

Continuity mistake: The content of the table of the Sewer King constantly change when he has his messy dinner. At the end he flips the table and throws everything on the floor, and the floor is clean a second after, even. (00:12:35)

Sammo

Two-Face (1) - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: The pothole with the mud that Rupert Thorne's henchman kicks at Harvey Dent appears from nowhere. When the henchman is shown kicking the mud, the pothole is located between the police officer behind the henchman's right shoulder and Harvey's assistant Carlos on the henchman's left. However, in the previous shot, the ground shown between the police officer and Carlos contains no pothole. (00:04:35)

Phaneron

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Trivia: The series was animated on darker (typically black) paper as opposed to standard white paper. This helped aid in the show's aesthetic, and also helped save time when animating nighttime sequences, since they wouldn't have to paint the entire background black.

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