Factual error: Characters sometimes talk to one another on video calls, and a character (A) often watches these from an angle rather than face on, allowing the viewer to see both character A and the character on the call (B). When this happens, character B is shown turned a little to one side, to give the impression that they are looking directly at character A (as they would be if they were present in the same room). In reality, this means that character B is looking off to one side of their monitor and not at the image of character A, something that it makes no sense to do. No matter what angle the laptop is shown from, provided character B is visible, they should appear to be facing the viewer.
Suggested correction: Since we almost always see these video calls using full-screen, people sitting side-by-side would be on different sides of the screen. You wouldn't look into the webcam itself to see them. You would look at the screen, and move your head slightly to look at the left part versus the right.
The Rothman Disintegration - S5-E17
Continuity mistake: After Amy returns to the apartment for the Grease DVD and discovers Penny doesn't like the painting, she then exits the apartment with the painting and the DVD with her. When Amy says to Penny she doesn't need her pity, the DVD is placed above the hanging string of the painting. In the next shot, as she walks into the hallway, the DVD is suddenly almost half below the string.
The Prestidigitation Approximation - S4-E18
Continuity mistake: Near the end of the episode, in the canteen scene, Howard shows the card trick to Sheldon again. The card at the bottom of the deck is the 2 of hearts as he takes them from the box. Sheldon then takes this card from near the top of the deck when Howard puts them on the table. The deck is not shuffled between times.
The Robotic Manipulation - S4-E1
Continuity mistake: The lemon wedge in Amy's water flips back and forth throughout the dinner scene. (00:17:00)
The Plimpton Stimulation - S3-E21
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon, Penny, and Leonard are discussing Leonard's tryst with Dr. Plimpton, Penny pinches the bridge of her nose with her right hand. The shot changes and Penny brings her left hand down from her face.
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon and Penny are talking at the end on the stairs, Penny's hands keep changing from clenched to hanging down.
Continuity mistake: In the beginning of the series Sheldon knocks on Penny's door only once. Later in the series Sheldon explains he has always knocked 3 times because he walked in on his father with another woman.
The Hot Troll Deviation - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: When Leonard and Howard are talking at the University, Leonard says "Oh my god you ran over a hobo!" when he does so Howard is not holding his fork, camera cuts and he suddenly has his fork in his hand. (00:05:15)
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 Classified Materials Turbulence - S2-E22
Continuity mistake: In the comic book store, when Stuart and Leonard are talking about Penny saying "Leonard" when with Stuart, Stuart's pen/hand is constantly changing position instantly.
The Work Song Nanocluster - S2-E18
Continuity mistake: When Penny gets the package, the position of the box on the counter keeps changing position.
The Vartabedian Conundrum - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is told that he can't talk, he goes from sitting to standing instantly.
The Lizard-Spock Expansion - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon goes to speak to Leonard, he is sitting on the couch. Camera cuts to Raj for one second, then to Penny and you can see Sheldon has crossed the apartment and is now in the hall. There is not enough time to move that far in that time. (00:09:05)
The Locomotive Manipulation - S7-E15
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode when Lennard asks Sheldon about his train ride, he says that he kissed Amy on the lips, and says that it tasted like the brownies that they had that for dessert. But they were eating a tart of some type, with a shortbread crust. No brownies were on the table.
The White Asparagus Triangulation - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is questioning Raj and Howard in the cafeteria, the bottle of water is on Raj's tray faces the camera with the barcoded side. But in one closeup it rotates to show the logo-branded side.
The Middle Earth Paradigm - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When Leonard is talking to Sheldon in the kitchen about the party, Sheldon is pouring juice. In one shot he places the bottle cap on the bottle yet in the next shot his hand is down on the counter with the lid in it. (00:04:50)
The Vegas Renormalization - S2-E21
Continuity mistake: In the bathroom of the hotel in Las Vegas, we can see Rajesh taking a small white bottle and keeping it in his hand while saying "I love Las Vegas". In the next shot, the bottle has returned to its place instantly.
The Nerdvana Annihilation - S1-E14
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Leonard is packing up his collectables to sell, at 15:32 he is dusting what appears to be a Hasbro Marvel Legends Yellow jacket figure, which also has a yellow post-it on the back. At 15:42 he is still dusting a figure but he now holds a different (darker but not yellow) figure from the same series, with no post-it on the back, and the Yellow jacket figure is now on the table (house left of the box of collectables). At 15:56 The Yellow jacket figure has disappeared from the table, and it is not the figure in Leonard's hands either. (00:15:30)
Continuity mistake: When Sheldon is talking with Leonard in the kitchen at night, as he pours himself a mug of milk the mug moves between shots. (00:04:50)
Deliberate mistake: Whenever anyone walks across the front hallway, it takes them 6-7 seconds to walk from one stairway to the other. On the backside of the stairway, it only takes 1-2 seconds to walk across.
