Modern Family

Modern Family (2009)

56 mistakes - chronological order

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A Fair to Remember - S5-E7

Continuity mistake: When Jay is sitting in the patrol cart with his partner eating ice-cream, the amount of the partner's ice-cream that has melted keeps changing from shot to shot. Sometimes the ice-cream has melted a little bit, sometimes it has melted over his fingers, sometimes it hasn't melted at all. Jay's ice-cream also changes just as often, but is not as obvious. (00:09:20 - 00:10:25)

Zyen Hoo

ClosetCon '13 - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: In the scene after Luke tips the contents from the box onto the table, when he puts the box upright after tipping it, there is a white hose hanging over the edge. But in the shot when the box is visible again, the hose is on the table. After that when you see the box again, the white hose is once again hanging on the box, but in a different position than it was originally. (00:08:40)

Zyen Hoo

Don't Push - S6-E2

Continuity mistake: While trying to take a new Family Portrait, after Cameron, Mitchell, and Lily shake out their faces, say cheese and take another photo, Cameron goes to look at the laptop screen and there's a closeup of that newest photo, but when he tells Mitchell to look at the screen it's a different photo - note Lily's goofy eyes, etc.

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Haley's 21st Birthday - S6-E10

Plot hole: The family mistakenly believes Hayley will be having her first drink. However, there were several instances in earlier episodes where they saw her drinking or drunk, or she admitted she'd been drinking. For example, in the episode "Arrested", the family drove down to bail her out of jail for underage drinking, and they saw the video footage, and the family members who didn't go were informed of the situation.

MikeH

Fight or Flight - S6-E15

Other mistake: When Claire is sitting in first class, the woman she was sitting next to finished her drink while on her angry phone call and asks for more, but about a second later she is drinking it again and it is no longer empty.

Patriot Games - S6-E22

Continuity mistake: When Alex opens the door for Sanjay she is wearing red headphones around her neck, in the shot after that the headphones are gone. Two shots later, they reapear. (00:11:10)

Phil's Sexy, Sexy House - S7-E7

Continuity mistake: Phil is holding a plate with a red napkin on it while he speaks with Cam and Mitch, then after a camera change, the napkin is hanging on his left hand beneath the plate. After another camera change the napkin appears over his plate again. (00:00:50)

mikael

In Your Head - S9-E13

Continuity mistake: Mitch and Cam are eating breakfast and Cam only fills Mitch's wine glass. As the camera view goes back and forth a few times it keeps switching to show Cam's glass full then empty and so on. (00:08:30 - 00:09:30)

Daddy Issues - S9-E18

Continuity mistake: In episode 8-20: All Things Being Equal, while Lily is going to a feminist protest with Claire, Gloria, Haley, and Alex, Alex said something like 'The women burnt their bras', and Lily says 'Not me, I just got my first bra'. But in this episode Lily steals a bra because she's embarrassed to ask Mitchell and Cam to buy one for her.

A Sketchy Area - S10-E3

Continuity mistake: You see Phil take the coffee mug from the roof of the car and then he goes inside the car. A few seconds later it's back on top, then a few seconds after that it's gone again. (00:15:30)

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Snapped - S11-E2

Continuity mistake: Mitchell puts a sandwich down close to Cam on the kitchen island whilst talking to him. The sandwich then moves closer to Mitchell and a plastic food container is now moved to the other side near Cam instantaneously. (00:14:00)

Tricia Webster

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The Cold - S6-E3

Question: Mitchell is watching the wedding video and suddenly he is shocked by what he saw on the video - Cam dancing with Lilly. I don't get it why he is shocked?

Answer: He has seen himself dancing, and is mortified at how bad he looks.

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