Best animated movie mistakes of 1959

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Sleeping Beauty picture

Factual error: Maleficent states that Princess Aurora will prick her finger on a spindle - the part of a spinning wheel that holds the bobbin. Spindles aren't sharp; what Aurora actually pricks her finger on is the distaff, which is used to hold the fiber before it is spun.

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Wild and Woolly Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is performing his shooting stunt in the saloon, you can see the entrance behind Sam has nothing between it. When Sam tells Bugs he's missed, we cut to Bugs who says "Wait!" and then return to Sam, and this time there are doors between the entrance.

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People Are Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy comes down to Bugs' home, he shows Bugs two tickets. At this point, you can see Bugs is front of a chair, but when we see a close-up of him in the next shot, there is no chair, and in the shot after that it is back again.

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Tweet and Lovely picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester is looking through the window with his binoculars, he looks at Spike and you can see there is a bowl with a bone next to his kennel. But when Sylvester sneaks past Spike's kennel after entering the yard, the bowl has gone.

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Apes of Wrath picture

Continuity mistake: When Mama Ape takes Bugs Bunny out of his bed, Bugs is wearing a baby hat, but when Mama is holding him in the next shot, the hat has disappeared.

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The Tee Bird picture

Continuity mistake: When the judge gives Woody his money after he won the championship play-off, the notes on the top of the two left piles have nothing written on them, but when we see a close-up of Woody in the next shot, dollar symbols have appeared.

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Backwoods Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: When Elvis hands a pair of binoculars to his pappy, you can see there is a swarm of flies buzzing around Pappy, but in the next shot the flies have disappeared.

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A Witch's Tangled Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Witch Hazel is chasing Bugs Bunny up the castle tower, Bugs throws a stone through the window before Hazel appears from behind the curtains. When we see Bugs dressed up as Romeo, the glass panes have disappeared, and when we see Hazel dressed up as Juliet, they are back again.

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A Broken Leghorn picture

Continuity mistake: When Foghorn Leghorn slips an egg into Miss Prissy's nest, you can see that there is nothing on the wall of the chicken shed, but when one the other hens says "A little baby rooster!", there are now nails on the wall.

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