Modern Family

Modern Family (2009)

56 mistakes

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Hawaii - S1-E23

Continuity mistake: It is stated that Phil and Claire didn't have a wedding, and just went to the courthouse to get married, but in episode 1x08, Great Expectations, Phil says he's pretty sure he sang "If you leave" by O.M.D. at their wedding.

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)

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Come Fly with Me - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Claire and Manny are discussing how they are brother and sister, Claire is placing cookies on a cooling rack from top to bottom. When the shot changes they are now placed left to right.

Dance Dance Revelation - S2-E10

Revealing mistake: When Lily hits Mitchell in the face, her 'arm' is covered by a pyjama-like material, but the next shot shows her wearing a sleeveless dress, showing her 'arm' was really a padded stick.

The Incident - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Mitchell goes outside to speak to his Dad in the pool, his Dad has a glass beside him. When the shot cuts back to his Dad it has disappeared. (00:13:00 - 00:14:00)

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Aunt Mommy - S3-E15

Continuity mistake: When Claire is talking to Phil about having Cam's baby, she grabs a coffee cup out of the cabinet. In the next shot she grabs the same cup out of the cabinet again. (00:13:10)

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The Musical Man - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: When Jay is talking with his brother and finds out about his brother's cancer, he is holding a glass of scotch with a tiny bit of ice. When his brother approaches him the glass now just has ice with no scotch. We don't see the glass for a short period before he is about to sit in his chair and spills the contents of the glass, which now has the scotch and ice again.

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The Bicycle Thief - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Luke gets his new bike when Phil places the helmet on Luke's head the strap is not buckled up, but when the shot changes back and forth again it's buckled up and fastened. (00:05:05)

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Baby on Board - S3-E24

Plot hole: Luke says they received a red light ticket in the mail from the time he stole a car, but it was Cameron's car he stole. (00:21:25)

Family Portrait - S1-E24

Continuity mistake: The scene in which the whole family were mud-fighting. Just after the camera man says "Excuse me, are we still doing this" look at Manny's shirt. It just has a small mud stain on the pocket, but as the scene continues the stain looks different with no reason and there is suddenly mud on Manny's face too.

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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.

Travels With Scout - S1-E21

Visible crew/equipment: When Manny gets done with the dentist Jay convinces him to go to the movies, and as they leave the office we can see the reflection of the boom pole/mic on the receptionist's glass window, at the top, left side of the screen. (00:01:40)

Super Grover

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The Help - S5-E6

Visible crew/equipment: After Gloria and Andy's scene at the park, when it cuts to Pepper presenting his unique wedding ideas, in the first two shots facing Mitch and Cam, the yellow T-mark taped to the floor is visible at the bottom, left corner of the screen. (00:03:35)

Super Grover

Jay Pritchett: Isn't it enough this family spends a lot of time together? Now we have to inbreed.

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Question: In Claire and Phil's house, what is the room behind the staircase that we never see? It wasn't there in the pilot episode but thereafter, it's got a window and supposedly a good amount of space, as it's in the front of the house, in front of the kitchen. Anybody have any idea?

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Chosen answer: There was a plain wall at the foot of the stairs in the pilot episode. Thereafter, there is a room, but we have never been shown what's in the room.

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