The Psychology of Letting Go - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Professor Duncan comes into the classroom, he circles and underlines "anthropology." When Chang walks in, the circle and underline change drastically. It goes back to the original way in various shots.
The Psychology of Letting Go - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: The amount of the black oil stuff that covers Annie when it spills on her increases in the next shot of her, before she and Britta start fighting.
Mixology Certification - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: Near the end, when Jeff says to Troy "you're a man now" the camera goes onto Troy and we can see Abed asleep on Britta's shoulder (Britta is also asleep), even though in the shot before that, they were both awake. Then after the shot of Troy we see Britta and Abed awake again.
Asian Population Studies - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: Right after the intro, the group is sitting in the Anthropology class waiting for Prof. Duncan. The chalkboard is filed with writing on it. When Duncan enters, the chalkboard is, except for the 3 top-corner titles, completely clean. (00:03:02)
Answer: It was part of the plot that when the boiled yam was dropped it looked like it was stepped on (which it never was). So there was no way to tell the difference between the flesh being soft because it was boiled or because it was stepped on (in the show that is, I don't know if one could tell the difference in real life). Plus, the rest of the yam wasn't boiled, so there was no evidence the yam was sitting in boiling water.
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