Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time (2011)

30 mistakes in season 3 - chronological order

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The Heart of the Truest Believer - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: When Neal and Mulan are walking to Rumpestiltskin's castle, after Mulan says "Your belief in love wasn't strong enough to overcome your fear of rejection", her hair keeps changing. In close-ups, some of her hair is over her shoulders; in the wideshots, all of her hair is behind her shoulders. (00:23:00)

Kylantha

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Good Form - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: When Emma and Hook kiss, in the shots from behind Hook, Emma tilts her head to the right. In the shot from behind Emma, she tilts her head to the left. In addition, Emma's left hand jumps from the back of his head to his shoulder between shots. (00:37:10)

Kylantha

Good Form - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: When Killian rallies his crew to join him in taking over the ship and becoming pirates, as he's holding onto the ropes used to control the vessel's sails, the number of ropes he's grasping repeatedly changes between shots; in some shots, it's only two ropes, in other shots, there are three ropes in his hand. (00:38:50)

Kylantha

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Think Lovely Thoughts - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: In Neverland, when Rumplestiltskin's father tells him to think of a food, a slice of cake appears in the palm of the boy's hand. When Rumple walks to place the cake down, suddenly there's a round, white doily under the slice, but when he sets the cake on the wood the doily is gone again. (00:16:50)

Super Grover

Save Henry - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: When Regina talks to Rumplestiltskin, he is holding onto the bars in his cell. In the beginning of the scene, his left hand keeps clutching different bars between shots. After Regina says "Nothing can stop me now", his hands keep going from holding the bars and not holding them. (00:02:00)

Kylantha

The New Neverland - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: As Pan (in Henry's body) is first looking through Henry's storybook, after he turns the page, the left page is just text. Cuts to a different angle, and the same page has a big picture on it. (00:13:10)

Kylantha

Going Home - S3-E11

Revealing mistake: In the convent, when the Shadow knocks Hook off his feet, sending him sprawling onto the ground, the one who actually falls down is Colin O'Donoghue's stunt double. (00:11:10)

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)

Going Home - S3-E11

Continuity mistake: When Peter Pan removes the enchanted black leather cuff from his arm, he uses his magic to transfer it to Mr. Gold's wrist. However, as he sends Mr. Gold flying across the room, there is a close-up of Pan's arm, where the cuff is back on his arm, next to the normal brown cuff that he usually wears. (00:21:20)

Kylantha

New York City Serenade - S3-E12

Plot hole: When talking to Hook about the photos, Emma states he could have photoshopped them to make it look like she and Henry were in Storybrooke, however she had taken them directly from Henry's camera and had them developed. So Hook had no way to photoshop the pictures from inside the camera. (00:27:00)

Marj Spiritdove

Quiet Minds - S3-E15

Continuity mistake: When the Vault of the Dark One opens, there is a wide shot where Neal turns around, and you can see that the area around the circular vault is covered in snow. In the next shot, a large area around the vault is free from snow. The amount of snow around the vault keeps changing during the rest of the scene. (00:26:45)

Kylantha

It's Not Easy Being Green - S3-E16

Continuity mistake: When Hook is at the beach with Henry, after he says to him, "Fair enough, mate", the pendant on Hook's necklace goes from resting against his chest, to being partially tucked under his waistcoat. In the close-ups, the pendant is completely covered by the waistcoat. (00:26:50)

Kylantha

The Jolly Roger - S3-E17

Revealing mistake: When David is letting Henry drive his truck, there is a close-up of Henry, followed by a wide-shot of the car where the tires are screeching, and you can see that the one who is actually driving is Jared Gilmore's stunt double. (00:30:15)

Kylantha

Kansas - S3-E20

Continuity mistake: After Emma gives Hook mouth-to mouth, her left hand keeps changing position: Most noticeably, as she whispers, "Hook, come back to me", her hand is on his chin. In the next shot, her hand is resting on his chest. (00:11:50)

Kylantha

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

raywest

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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