Once Upon a Time

We Are Both - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: When Regina's father, Henry, tells her about Rumplestiltskin, he refers to him as "someone Cora knew before I met her." However, "The Miller's Daughter" establishes that Cora first met Rumplestiltskin while she was locked up in King Xavier's palace, after meeting Prince Henry when she delivered the flour and at the masquerade ball. (00:10:45)

Kylantha

We Are Both - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: After Mary Margaret is knocked out by Mulan and falls to the ground, the amount of straws and dirt on her clothes changes between shots. When she is thrown into the dungeon with Emma, her clothes are clean. (00:39:55)

Kylantha

Lady of the Lake - S2-E3

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, when Emma and Mary Margaret are walking through the camp with a group of refugees, in the first shot, they're at the edge of the camp. Cuts to a different shot, and the group have moved to a different part of the camp and are situated next to a table, before they walk over to a shed. In the next shot, they are farther away from the shed. When it cuts, they are standing next to it again. (00:05:00)

Kylantha

The Crocodile - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: At Granny's, when Belle and Ruby chat, the slice of lemon and the straw in Belle's iced tea move around between different camera angles. The same thing happens to the straw in the half empty glass in front of her. (00:12:15)

Kylantha

The Crocodile - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: Before the duel, as Rumplestiltskin says, "Sorry, but killing a man with his own sword was just too delicious to pass up", Killian's right arm is bent. In the next shot, his arm is down by his side. (00:17:25)

Kylantha

The Crocodile - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: When David and Rumplestiltskin are looking for Belle, when Rumple says "Look, can I ask you a question?", in the background, a man and a woman are crossing the street. In the next shot, they cross the street again. (00:20:40)

Kylantha

The Crocodile - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: When David and Rumplestiltskin walk down the streets of Storybrooke while searching for Belle, as David says "There is a difference between literal truth and honesty of the heart", a car is seen driving through the street. In the next shot, it's gone. (00:21:20)

Kylantha

The Crocodile - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: When Milah and Killian board The Jolly Roger, as Milah says "Fetch some water", a pirate with a coil of rope around his arm has just ascended the deck and is seen near the steps. In the next shot, he is nowhere near that area (he can briefly be glimpsed as he disappears behind a mast in the lower left hand corner). (00:25:45)

Kylantha

The Crocodile - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: Aboard The Jolly Roger, Rumplestiltskin says "Do I forgive you? Can I move on?", while walking past Milah. In the first shot, he is right behind her, but in the following wide-shot, he has suddenly moved to a position several meters away from her. (00:26:40)

Kylantha

The Crocodile - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: When Rumplestiltskin rips out Milah's heart, Killian catches her as she falls down. In the first shot, the back of her head is resting on his shoulder. In the next shot, her position has changed, and her head is resting on his arm. (00:28:10)

Kylantha

The Doctor - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: When the women find Hook under a pile of dead refugees, the amount and position of the dirt on his face changes a couple of times. The scarf around his neck also changes position. (00:01:40)

Kylantha

The Doctor - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: When Emma is questioning Hook while the group is gathered around the bench, the folds in the cloth/bundle lying on the bench keep changing between shots. (00:14:30)

Kylantha

The Doctor - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: When Regina is in the stable with Daniel, after she says "No, I won't lose you again", in some shot, she has her hands on his face/neck. In others, her hands are on his shoulders. (00:31:45)

Kylantha

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Tallahassee - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: When Emma is arrested, she has a flower tattoo on her left wrist. When she's climbing the beanstalk with Hook, in a few shots, her wrist is bare, and you can see that the tattoo is missing; this happens, for example, when she remarks, "You should be used to people not trusting you." (00:09:10 - 00:29:30)

Kylantha

Tallahassee - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: Sidney's newspaper article in 1-8 "Desperate Souls" stated that Emma was arrested in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1996. However, this is directly contradicted in this episode, which shows that Emma was actually arrested in Portland, eleven years before the frame story, meaning that the arrest took place in 2001 (since "Selfless, Brave and True" establishes that Emma arrived in Storybrooke in October 2011, and the frame story of "Tallahassee" takes place a few months later, in 2012; the year 2001 is confirmed in 3-22 "There's No Place Like Home"). (00:17:55)

Kylantha

Going Home - S3-E11

Other mistake: In the October 2011 flashback, when Mary Margaret gives Henry the storybook for the first time, he opens it to show Pinocchio and Geppetto in an illustration. However, according to 1-20 "The Stranger", Pinocchio's story was not added to the storybook until later after August came to Storybrooke, several months later. This is confirmed in 4-13 "Unforgiven", where Regina and Henry look at the exact same picture, and notice that the paper is different than the rest of the book, because this particular story was added by August. (00:17:00)

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Lacey - S2-E19

Mr. Gold: She now thinks she's a scantily clad barfly named Lacey. She has a false life, like you did under the curse with Kathryn, only hers apparently involves a lot more alcohol.

TheCleverGal

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Trivia: Every episode intro you can see something hidden in the intro like a building or a creature or a person. This is the same as Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013).

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Chosen answer: Even if one can see the future, it can be somewhat vague and left open to interpretation.

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He can sees the future all jumbled up. It is like a puzzle, it is hard to put together, but even when he does put it together it is not set in stone the future can change.

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