Hogan's Heroes (1965)

5 continuity mistakes in Praise the Fuhrer and Pass the Ammunition - chronological order

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Starring: Bob Crane, John Banner, Robert Clary, Werner Klemperer

Genres: Comedy, War

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Praise the Fuhrer and Pass the Ammunition - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: Klink was sitting in his chair as Hogan is guessing his age. Klink's hands are clasped in front of him, and a second later, his right hand is on his hip.

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Praise the Fuhrer and Pass the Ammunition - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: As Klink tells Hogan of his suspicion, his arms are folded. A second later, his left fist is by his mouth.

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Praise the Fuhrer and Pass the Ammunition - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: When Hogan and company pull up to the ammo dump, the guard is standing to the left of the "HOCHE SPRENGGEFAHR" (high explosives) sign. A second later he is standing in front of the other end of the sign.

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Praise the Fuhrer and Pass the Ammunition - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: As Newkirk leaves the stage to do his "hat trick", his sweater is clean. When doing the trick, there are stains on the sweater before he starts.

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Praise the Fuhrer and Pass the Ammunition - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: When the German officer throws the dummy grenade, it lands about 15 or so feet from Hogan. In the next shot, Hogan takes only a step or two (about three or four feet) and picks it up.

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Mistakes

Request Permission to Escape - S1-E32

Continuity mistake: While Carter and Klink's secretary are conversing, the waste basket Carter holds switches positions from up to down and back again.

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Quotes

Never Play Cards with Strangers - S4-E7

Hogan: You wanted to see me, Commandant?
Klink: Yes, I do. Hogan, one of the most important men in Germany today is visiting Stalag 13.
Hogan: [Looking at Hitler's picture] Old Bubble head's coming here?

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Trivia

Trivia: A sinister aspect of an otherwise lightheated comedy, but the fact is that Hogan and his men are war criminals. They engage in combat activities behind enemy lines when not in uniform, and worse, while wearing enemy uniforms. The Germans tried that during the Battle of the Bulge and those arrested were shot.

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Questions

The Antique - S5-E12

Question: When Hogan gives Klink $100 for the cuckoo clock, the bill handed over was a crisp American $100 note. How did Hogan get an American $100 note? At best, in this time period, he should only have Reich Marks. And how would he have 333 Marks, 33 pfennigs? Unless he had a side businesses going, this seems unlikely.

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Answer: It's a comedy, not a documentary.

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Perhaps it was counterfeit. There are numerous episodes where they deal in counterfeit monies.

Answer: Werner Klemperer fled Nazi Germany as a teenager. His two conditions for taking the role of Colonel Klink were that he had to be a bumbling idiot and he always had to lose. It would then be a character mistake that if Hogan offers him a fresh American hundred-dollar bill, he's not going to ask questions, he's going to take the deal. The fact that he's Commandant and could just confiscate the money from Hogan would never occur to him because, again, he's a bumbling idiot who, by the actor's contract, always has to lose.

Captain Defenestrator

Chosen answer: Hogan and his men are running a spy ring out of the camp, they have access to supplies from outside. (In another episode, they have to convince a defecting German officer that they're legitimately working for the Allies by arranging a specific personal ad to run in the next day's London Times, so a new $100 bill is not beyond their capabilities).

Captain Defenestrator

Answer: Rightfully, Hogan should not have any money at all. POW were stripped of all cash they carried. The intention was to make escape more difficult. The fact that Hogan has what is the equivalent of a third of the price of a KdF-Wagen (You'd probably know it as a Volkswagen Beetle) in cash should rightfully make Klink more than a litle suspicious.

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