The Greatest American Hero

Train of Thought - S2-E9

Continuity mistake: Bill's car has narrow whitewall tires when he pulls off the road, but in the close-up of the tire when Ralph lifts the car, instead of a whitewall tire there's a Bridgestone tire at the front passenger side.

Super Grover

Divorce Venusian Style - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: After Zedlocker uses the blow torch on the red suit, for the next bullet test they hang the suit over the black metal fireplace screen, but in the closeup it's hanging over an entirely different type of screen with a wood frame. (00:34:15)

Super Grover

Divorce Venusian Style - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: When Pam finds one of the small communicators in the motel parking lot she's wearing pumpkin-color hosiery, but when Pam gets into her car and the ignition starts courtesy of the aliens, in the closeups of Pam's legs she is not wearing any hose at all and her shoes differ. (00:17:50)

Super Grover

There's Just No Accounting... - S2-E18

Continuity mistake: While the kidnappers try to grab the judge's son, Bill drives up and stops them. When one of the kidnappers flees the scene Bill takes off after him, and as Bill rams his car into the kidnapper's car, Bill's car is entirely different. Then it reverts back to the original car. (00:31:00)

Super Grover

Heaven is in Your Genes - S3-E6

Revealing mistake: While Ralph is in mid-air, en route to the airport cafe, something dips into view at the top left corner of the screen. Then when Ralph takes off from that cafe, two shots later as he's in mid-air, we can see the shadow of the helicopter filming the background stock footage, but it's been flipped so the helicopter is flying backwards, and when more background footage is shown again the helicopter shadow is flying properly. (00:13:15)

Super Grover

Dreams - S2-E17

Audio problem: After Ralph gets the holograph showing Pam and Bill taken hostage, when Ralph makes an embarrassing entrance into the youth crime seminar he quickly impersonates a singing telegram, and his mouth is out of sync as we hear the phone number. (00:37:30)

Super Grover

The Good Samaritan - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: A woman tells Bill that her blind neighbor, Judy, is still in the burning building. In the following shot, when Tanner approaches the door there's a pane of glass beside the door knob and there's a backplate behind the knob, but in the next closeup both the pane of glass and the backplate have vanished. (00:03:45)

Super Grover

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Dreams - S2-E17

Visible crew/equipment: When Ralph keeps telling Coach Buck not to change his game plan, Ray doesn't listen and Ralph shouts that he's making a big mistake. Then when the two other teachers walk past Ralph, as he starts to follow them we can see two T-marks on the ground where Ralph and Ray had been standing. (00:14:15)

Super Grover

The Newlywed Game - S3-E5

Visible crew/equipment: While Ralph is flying the "reconnaissance mission" and taking pictures for Powers, in some of his closeups the cushion under his abdomen is visible. Then when Ralph returns to the base he winds up on his knees, and the bulging outline of a mic transmitter is visible at Ralph's backside. (00:29:50)

Super Grover

It's All Downhill From Here - S2-E16

Continuity mistake: While Ralph is invisible in order to eavesdrop on Klein, when Klein makes a crack about Bill being little league, Ralph deliberately knocks the cup in Klein's hand so the coffee spills on his shirt, tie, vest, and jacket in the closeup, but in the next shot Klein is spotless. Additionally, Klein has a black pocket square and the cup he holds is white styrofoam, but in the closeup the pocket square is gone and he holds a white mug. (00:27:50)

Super Grover

Who's Woo in America - S2-E21

Continuity mistake: At the rec center, when Ralph enters the reserved racquetball court two men force him onto the floor for another polygraph. Ralph's wearing striped socks, blue shorts with white stripes, a blue half-shirt with red/white stripes that bares his midriff, but in the closeups as Ralph sits down and has the polygraph hooked up, all the stripes on his clothing have vanished and Ralph's abdomen suddenly has a significant amount of dark hair. (00:20:55)

Super Grover

It's All Downhill From Here - S2-E16

Continuity mistake: When the shooter is driving the snowplow and also later when Yuri defects, in some shots the driver's side lower window has "Squaw Valley" printed on it, but in other shots the window is clear. The shape of that lower window also changes. (00:12:00)

Super Grover

Ralph Hinkley: Bill, I've got an idea.
Bill Maxwell: Good, put it to me in a letter, I'll try to get back to you by the end of the month.

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