The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin is about to buy the model Unicorn, there is an antique sale visible in the background. When Tintin says "Will you take 20 dollars?", a grandfather clock is shown, displaying 5:05. A couple of shots later, Sakharine pushes Tintin out of the way and the time suddenly changes to 2:00. (00:03:25)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Whilst buying the model Unicorn at the market, between the time Tintin says "Will you take 20 dollars" and when he is interrupted by Sakharine, the sales in the background change entirely despite only a few seconds passing. (00:03:25)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin says to the man with the Unicorn "would you take $20?" there are people behind him. The scene then cuts to the Unicorn guy. In the next shot, when Mr. Sakharine appears, the people behind him are completely different people. (00:03:35)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin places the broken model Unicorn back on the desk, the middle mast has broken off. Yet when Haddock walks in to notice the model Unicorn, the mast is now intact. (00:04:50)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Tintin is cleaning his apartment after it had been ransacked and is hanging a painting on the wall. From the wide angle, the skyline on the painting shows a clear blue daytime skyline. The shot cuts to a closer angle of Tintin, and the painting suddenly shows a dark blue near night time skyline. (00:08:20)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Thomson and Thompson arrive at Tintin's apartment to find they have been pick pocked again, their faces go from pale to not pale between shots. (00:08:30)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Tintin runs up to Captain Haddock's apartment door and begins knocking on the door. When Tintin begins knocking, the colour of Haddock's door is brown. In the next shot, the colour of the door is suddenly red. Then in the shot after that, the colour of the door is suddenly back to brown again. (00:10:25)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Captain Haddock shows Tintin the journal that belonged to Sir Francis Haddock, it's brown. Much later on in the episode, after Haddock has finished telling Tintin about the story of Francis Haddock, the journal is suddenly much lighter. (00:11:40 - 00:19:45)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When the pirates are partying, one of them throws a wine bottle towards the tied up Francis Haddock. One of his hands is shown tied and wrapped in ropes. The shot then switches to a close-up of his hand, which is now wrapped around the ropes tying his body to the mast, and not the other ropes shown a second ago. (00:17:10)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: Tintin, Haddock and Snowy are walking down the street and Haddock says he's going to be rich and tosses his hat in the air. There is a lamppost right next to Tintin. A man then opens his window, telling Haddock to keep the noise down and Tintin is suddenly standing about a foot away from the post. (00:26:20)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Tintin, Haddock and Snowy are walking down the street, they stop walking for a moment next to a lamppost. The shadow of the post is first cast across the building next to it. About two shots afterwards, the shadow is suddenly cast on the sidewalk directly in front of it. (00:26:20)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Haddock throws his hat in the air, there is a lamp post located next to Tintin and it is a light blue colour. A couple of shots later, the lamp post is suddenly a much darker turquoise colour. (00:26:20)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: The mast on the Unicorn model Sakharine has changed color when Tintin and Haddock find it, from beige to grey. (00:27:40)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: Sakharine is lying on the floor when they find him presumably dead. But when Thomson and Thompson run out of the room, Sakharine has disappeared. (00:28:20)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Captain Haddock approaches Thomson and Thompson, their hair is all messy. About 2 shots later, their hair is neatly combed. (00:28:35)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Sakharine wakes up, his door goes from fully open to nearly closed in the shots of Tintin without any time to close the door. (00:29:10)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Sakharine wakes up, Tintin runs to him and the detectives trip up. They are next to the door. In the next shot, we can see the door, but none of the detectives. (00:29:10)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: Thomson shows Tintin that he has had an elastic band attached to the wallet in his pocket as an attempt to catch the pickpocket. When they first use, the wallet with the elastic band is in Thomson's right pocket. In the next scene, when the pickpocket attempts to steal Thomson's wallet, it is now inside his left pocket. (00:30:20)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: Tintin, Haddock, Snowy and the detectives are back at the office after getting the pickpocket's coat and Tintin's wallet. Tintin opens his wallet and takes out the scroll inside it. When he takes out the scroll, the scroll is smooth and undamaged. He then hands the scroll to Haddock and it is suddenly tattered. (00:31:05)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 2 - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Tintin wakes up in the room, a voice tells him to check the intercom. The entire wall surrounding the intercom is blue. Tintin then walks up to the intercom and the surrounding wall is suddenly green. (00:34:50)
Chosen answer: If Hector was seriously intent on removing King Ottokar's scepter from the glass cage holding it and launching it through the window with the camera, then Hector would have been forced to knock out the two guards so they would not have interfered with Hector's plan as soon as he removed the scepter from the glass. As for Hector, himself, was explained when Tintin was explaining how Hector stole the scepter. Tintin placed a twig inside the camera and it launched out of the camera. Hector would have placed the scepter inside of the camera, and would have been knocked unconscious due to the spring effect created when the scepter had been launched.
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