The Vartabedian Conundrum - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is told that he can't talk, he goes from sitting to standing instantly.
The Vartabedian Conundrum - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Stephanie asks Leonard why he hasn't told her about Penny, he spills some of the pancake mixture out of the bowl he is stirring. In some shots the spilled mixture vanishes and the appears again.
The Vartabedian Conundrum - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Leonard, Raj and Howard are talking about Leonard's new trousers, the items on the tray behind Howard keep changing.
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Penny takes a drink from the egg-nog carton before kissing Leonard on the cheek, between shots the logo-branded label changes which direction it faces in her hand. (00:16:45)
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Leonard gives Penny her christmas gift, as she unwraps it she tears the paper off so that most of the box is exposed. In the next shot much more of the wrapping is back intact and differently positioned. (00:19:40)
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon emerges with all of the bath item gift baskets for Penny, he drops them on the floor and chair. Between shots one of the baskets on the chair changes from being an upright green-ribboned basket, to a toppled-over white-ribboned basket. (00:19:50)
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: Near the start, when the camera is on Raj, David Underhill is seen in the top left-hand corner of the screen shaking someone's hand, already in the cafeteria. Then, when the camera is on Wolowitz, David is just walking into the door of the cafeteria. David sits down to the right of the man sitting at the table, then shortly afterwards David is now sitting where the other guy was, originally.
The Killer Robot Instability - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: When Penny and Howard are arguing near the start, Penny has her arms crossed in one shot and down by her side in the next. (00:04:50)
The Killer Robot Instability - S2-E12
Factual error: M.O.N.T.E. would not be able to knock down the door as he does at the end.
The Killer Robot Instability - S2-E12
Revealing mistake: Near the end of the show, the big robot is chasing the other robot down the hallway. The camera starts to zoom in as the robots come by it. The big robot stops just before the camera zoom is past it, yet they keep running down the hallway like the robot is still going.
The Killer Robot Instability - S2-E12
Revealing mistake: When M.O.N.T.E. crashes through the door at the end, the door hits the wall on the other side of the corridor. The wall shakes, revealing it's a set.
The Killer Robot Instability - S2-E12
Revealing mistake: When M.O.N.T.E. crashes through the door, if you watch carefully, the door is already off its hinges and falling before M.O.N.T.E. hits it.
The Financial Permeability - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: When the guys are using the whiteboard to figure out their cinema plans, Sheldon draws two black X's on the board with a marker. In the following shots the appearance of the X's changes. (00:00:30)
The Financial Permeability - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: Sheldon opens the can with money in and puts the lid on the side, However in some shots he has the lid in his hand. (00:04:00)
The Financial Permeability - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is holding the money out to Penny, the can that is being held by Sheldon is constantly moving up and down in height in relation to his shirt. (00:04:00)
The Financial Permeability - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon asks Penny if he lent her enough money, the container he is holding opens on its own. (00:09:25)
The Maternal Capacitance - S2-E15
Continuity mistake: After Leonard's mother says, 'Tell me about it', her head was tilted downwards, but in the next shot, she was looking straight again. (00:04:35)
The Maternal Capacitance - S2-E15
Character mistake: Leonard has his phone on his left ear. Sheldon says "Since ears don't cross hemispheres..." This is an error. The vast majority of the input to the left (or right) ear crosses over to the opposite hemisphere.
The Cushion Saturation - S2-E16
Factual error: Leslie Winkle takes shelter with Howard in the middle of a paintball game. Her gun has no hopper for paintballs and thus no ammo, so it's useless, despite her apparently using it outside seconds earlier. This isn't a model with an internal magazine - the port to attach the missing hopper is plainly visible.
The Cushion Saturation - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Howard and Leslie are in the paintball shed, Howard's paintball ammo pack is closed, but when he and Leslie start kissing, it's open.
Chosen answer: It does. The variable cleanliness of the cab and the habit of taxi drivers to engage customers in small talk would be too much for Sheldon to handle, and not an option for him.
Captain Defenestrator