Modern Family

Modern Family (2009)

24 mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

(9 votes)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Dylan visits Haley at home, when Claire grabs Dylan as he's going up the stairs you can see a member of the crew (probably the man holding the mic) in the mirror in the background behind Claire. (00:10:40)

renesis

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)

renesis

Come Fly with Me - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: In the scene before Jay hits Phil in the face with the plane, the remote control's antenna (the one he is using to fly the plane) switches between the 'forward' and 'up' positions. (00:10:50)

Come Fly with Me - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Claire takes some cookies out of the oven and puts them on a cooling rack. When Manny asks her what the matter is with Claire, she holds still while she's about to put down the second cookie in the top row. When the camera cuts to a different angle there are suddenly three cookies in the row already. (00:12:05)

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.

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)

Chris88

Run For Your Wife - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: During the episode when Claire and Phil do their warm-up before racing each other, their children Alex and Luke arrive from school. They get down from the car, and the car takes off and goes away. But in the 2nd shot we can see that same car parked in front of them. (00:17:00)

Nishant Singh

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Run For Your Wife - S1-E6

Visible crew/equipment: While Phil and Claire are warming up for their race, Alex and Luke are getting dropped off. When you see them walking towards Phil and Claire you can see a crew member with equipment behind the bushes at the right side of the screen. (00:17:05)

Brecht Boerland

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En Garde - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: When Mitchell and Claire are in the park and Mitchell says that he never loved figure skating, the position of Claire's arms constantly change between shots, without her moving. (00:17:10)

Cubs Fan

Up All Night - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When Javier is setting up the pool table and Jay is about to break, we see in the next shot that the balls have slightly changed position, and in another shot before the end of the scene the balls have changed position again, without any play made between either of them. (00:09:00 - 00:10:00)

Chris88

Moon Landing - S1-E14

Visible crew/equipment: When Haley walks into the kitchen she tells Dylan they're over and hangs up on him. Then when Haley's cell rings, as the camera quickly pans around, the pink T-mark becomes visible on the floor behind Haley. (00:04:35)

Super Grover

Moon Landing - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: When Claire comes in the kitchen a wine bottle with a blue/white label is standing up on the table. When Luke explains the effects of Jägermeister the same bottle is lying down on the table. In the next scene the bottle is standing upright again. (00:16:10)

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

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

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Trivia: Though Luke is portrayed as being stupid, Nolan Gould has an IQ of 150 and is a member of Mensa.

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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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