Skins

Thomas - S3-E3

Continuity mistake: When Effy walks in on her Mum and Steve in the bedroom, Steve does up some of his shirt buttons. In the next shot they're undone again and he redoes them.

Hamster

Michelle - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode where Michelle punches Tony then storms off, Michelle and Jal leave the rest of the group standing under some trees. However, in the background of the next shot we see the space under the trees is empty.

Zoee

Naomi - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: When Naomi climbs inside the teachers car, one of her bag straps falls off her shoulder. In the next shot both straps are on her shoulder again.

Hamster

Thomas - S3-E3

Continuity mistake: When Steve starts to dress after Effy walks into her Mum's bedroom, the desk next to him is clear but in the next shot his eyeglasses are sitting on the desk, appearing out of nowhere.

Hamster

Alo - S6-E7

Continuity mistake: Series 6, episode 7: When Poppy and Alo are dancing in Poppy's house, halfway through the dance Alo's right hand is in the air and his left hand is in front of him, next shot his left hand is in the air and his right hand is in front of him.

Aled Wesker

Naomi - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: When Emily is sat in Naomi's room and they are talking about Naomi running in the student election, the form Naomi places on the bed should be folded, as when Keiran gave her the form outside it was.

JM1347

Freddie - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: When JJ eats the spliff, in one shot he eats the spliff, then in the next shot when it's facing Cook you can see it sticking out of his mouth.

Effy - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: When Effy is stopped from leaving the art studio by her teacher, the Horse painting is completely different to what it was like only seconds before.

Katie And Emily - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: When Emily and Katie are in their room, Katie is getting clothes at her closet and talking to Emily about going to the Love Ball. She says to Emily, "Please, I need you, OK?" Then James comes in and Katie, who is naked, hides herself with the clothes she has in her hand. First the two clothes hangers are black, then in the next shot one is black and the other is purple. (00:22:15)

Finale - S3-E10

Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the episode, after Cook's father has been pushed off the boat, there should be only 4 people left on the boat (J, Freddie, Cook and Effie). However there is a camera man sitting behind Freddie inside the opening to the hull (you can see their arm/hand and camera lens).

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Chris Miles: Last night man, cool. Total blast. Everything you could ever want from an evening. Songs, choir girls, colourful costumes, fellatio... rabbits.

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J.J. - S3-E7

Trivia: In Cook's apartment there is some writing on the wall that says "Chris loves fish" which is a reference to generation 1 with the character Chris having a subtle obsession with fish. (00:29:05)

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