The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: When the curator locks up the museum, the chain holding the lock suddenly gets a lot shorter. (00:01:20)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Audio problem: The curator realizes the Arumbayan idol has gone and shouts out "The idol!" His mouth opens but never moves again during the line. (00:02:25)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: Tintin runs a bath. The cold tap is on the left and the hot tap is on the right. Yet as Tintin sits in the bath listening to the radio, the hot tap has moved to the left. (00:02:45)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: Thompson says "You mustn't overlook the obvious, Tintin". He has a pencil raised to his shoulder. Shot cuts and the pencil has been lowered towards his stomach. (00:03:40)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: The lamp post Tintin walks into changes size between shots. (00:07:15)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Revealing mistake: After losing the parrot, a man is shown writing a "missing parrot" note. After finishing the first line, we can see last word goes over the desk. (00:08:55)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: Two villains talk about Tintin and the parrot. One of them sharpens his knife with a sharpener, which changes from green to navy blue between shots. (00:09:15)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: A villain's knife suddenly grows a few inches as he says "I will pay him a little visit". (00:09:30)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Audio problem: A man returning the parrot to Tintin says "I hope this is the right bird". His mouth stops moving before he could he say "bird". (00:09:40)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: Tintin finds a yellow cage. The cage becomes white/green 8 seconds later. (00:10:25)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: A villain throws his knife in the middle of a 50 on a target board. 2 shots later, he removes the knife from the edge of the 50. (00:14:05)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Revealing mistake: When one of the villains throws a knife onto a target board, no knife mark is made afterwards. (00:14:15)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Other mistake: The villains lower a rope with a noose in it. They place it over a man's beard they believe to be Tintin. The noose is not tight yet, but it suddenly is when they pull on the man's beard, with no way for them to tighten it. (00:17:45)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: While placing the rope over the old man's beard, one of the villain's mustaches disappears for one shot. (00:17:50)
The Broken Ear: Part 1 - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: Tintin shows the ship's captain the Arumbayan idol in a package. In a close-up, Tintin is shown to have only opened the top third of the package. In the next shot, at least half of the package is opened. (00:20:55)
The Broken Ear: Part 2 - S2-E3
Deliberate mistake: When the villains' cuffs are unlocked, only one of the locks get unlocked, yet the cuffs come off both hands. (00:25:10)
The Broken Ear: Part 2 - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When a villain gives a general money, the amount of polka dots on his tie suddenly doubles. (00:25:20)
The Broken Ear: Part 2 - S2-E3
Other mistake: The chess pieces Tintin and General Alcazar use during their game are all white. There are never any black pieces at all. (00:29:15)
The Broken Ear: Part 2 - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin wins the game of chess, General Alcazar begins bellowing and ends up knocking all the chess pieces over. The shot after he says "A little joke" shows all the pieces suddenly upright. Tintin then moves another chess piece and all the chess pieces are lying down on the table again. (00:29:20)
The Broken Ear: Part 2 - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin says "Checkmate" to General Alcazar, no pawns are visible on the chess board. When Alcazar starts bellowing in the next shot, two pawns have suddenly appeared. (00:29:20)
Chosen answer: It is a pill that makes alcohol taste disgusting.