The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda (1989)

417 mistakes - chronological order

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Ganon is about to blast at Frog Link to make him hop, Frog Link is sitting next to a tree and there are no roots visible right under him. It cuts to a close up and suddenly there is a tree root under his legs. His feet and legs also change positions suddenly in the close up. (00:07:15)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Revealing mistake: Zelda trips over some tree roots trying to save Link from Ganon and then an Octoroc wraps its tentacles around her. The underside of the tentacles are shaded much darker due to being in shadow. But as the tentacles wrap around her, the side that is in shade on part move the other side and remain dark, when the light should be shining on it from the other side. It is not simply the coloring of the creature as in a following shot there is no dark areas at all due to no shade. And in other shots also the lighting effects where the dark areas are. (00:07:25)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When the Octoroc picks up Zelda, the first shot showing it shows lots of the areas on it covered in shadow due to the lighting. But in the shot after Zelda screams when she sees what has her as Ganon walks towards Link, there are no shadows on the Octoroc at all. Also the shot where Zelda is screaming she is looking directly at the Octoroc, but the immediate shot where the shadows on it change she is looking back at Ganon. (00:07:30)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Ganon tells Zelda that she is coming with him, he laughs and then lowers his head again. As he does, the shadows on his face and helmet, most notably on the left side (from our perspective) instantly change drastically in just a single frame. (00:07:45)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Ganon is approaching the unconscious Frog Link by the tree as the Octoroc is holding Zelda, everything changes in the next scene when the two Red Dealers are dropping down on Link. Link's position on the tree changes, the color and shape of the tree is different, even a low branch vanishing. And suddenly the trees in the background are a lot fewer and much closer, and the skyline becomes visible, where previously it was completely out of view from tree tops. (00:07:55)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Revealing mistake: After Frog Link awakens and sees the two Red Dealers, he licks his lips and says "Yum!" but he ribbits just before that. When he does, there is a fault in his drawing on his right eye, which moves and out of focus for a moment then back, almost like an eye twitch. But nowhere near intentional. (00:07:55)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: After Link eats the Red Dealers, the shot shows their webs still dangling there where they came down like spiders. It cuts to a close up of Link licking his lips for a brief moment, and then cuts back. Now suddenly the webs have vanished, the grass is a lighter color, and the trees and bushes in the background change up and move around. Also link's toes become much smaller. (00:08:00)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Link awakes in his Frog form and sees the Red Dealers dangling in front of him and then eats them, his head resting against the tree. When the shot cuts closer as he lays back in satisfaction and licks his lips, the size of the tree roots above the ground shrinks. And then they change size yet again in the very next shot. (00:08:00)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: As the camera pans across Link's room, it shows it in a mess with an overturned table and cloth on it behind the podium that holds up the Triforce of Wisdom. Then a bit later as Link and Spryte are consulting the Triforce how to return Link to human form, one of the legs of the table vanishes, the cloth over it changes how it is folded, the light brown part of the table top becomes much lighter, the floor design changes up, and the shape of the Triforce's podium changes. (00:08:15 - 00:08:55)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: After Link's transformation into a frog, he goes back to Hyrule Castle and meets up with Spryte. In the shot that first shows her, there is a chair by the wall by the window. When it cuts to a different angle to show Link covered in a robe, you can tell by the position of the chair against the wall in relation to the lines of the bricks and the lines on the floor that either the bricks, the chair, or the design of the floor has changed size or all the above. (00:08:25)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: In the distance shots of Frog Link talking to Spryte while he is wearing the robe, he is a darker green than usual. Then in the close up as the fly enters the room, he is back to his normal shade of green, his shirt is now a different shade of green, and the robe is lower on his chest. (00:08:35)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Link's room is first shown as Spryte is looking for it, the camera pans by his bed and shows a blue sheet draped over the bed post and the top of the bed, but only that way. A bit later the camera cuts to a different view from the opposite side of the bed post and now the sheet is coiled and wrapping around the post much further. (00:08:35)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Revealing mistake: In Link's room after he shows Spryte his new frog form, the Triforce of Wisdom begins speaking. When shown, the Triforce is misshapen and lopsided on one end, poorly drawn. Then returns to normal in the following shot. (00:08:55)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Link talks to Spryte in his room with the Triforce, he stays in the same spot pretty much the whole time. But when it shows him after Spryte first starts talking to him and then later when she is on his shoulder and they are consulting the Triforce, he is suddenly standing by the window, but he has not budged from that spot. (00:09:00)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Revealing mistake: As the Triforce of Wisdom is telling Link to seek out the Witch in the Walls, Link still has the robe around him that he was using to hide his appearance from Spryte. As he speaks and moves, the part over his right shoulder keeps flashing and changing colors from the white of the robe, to the brown of his shirt. (00:09:00)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: As Link and Spryte are consulting the Triforce of Wisdom, Spryte is standing on Link's shoulder and the robe is still over his shoulder and up to his neck. Then the Triforce talks for a moment, and the camera cuts back to them, and now Spryte is in the same spot on his shoulder, but the robe is now off his shoulder. (00:09:15)

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Kiss 'N Tell - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: As the wall without end is first shown, the camera pans across to show Link and Spryte walking/flying along it. The top of the wall is a layer of blue bricks with lines between each one showing the division. But then it cuts to a close up of the duo and shows the wall closer, the top part is now suddenly one solid piece. In all following shots, the wall top is once again made of a layer of blue bricks. (00:09:25)

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The White Knight - S1-E3

Question: In this episode, Link is in a town that is attacked by an Octoroc and several large minions that appear to be a red and white knight in armor sort of thing. Link attacks and calls them by their name. It sounds like he is saying Tin Suits. But I am unsure. And there is no option for captions or subtitles on the DVD. Is Tin Suits what he says or is he calling them something else?

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Chosen answer: He does in fact call them Tinsuits.

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