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| Rank | Title | Mistake |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Simpsons | After the donut delivery guy asks Carl why all the donuts are piling up, Carl responds with Lenny's voice. |
| 2 | Friends | Any scenes outside Central Perk always sound as if they're on a set (which let's be honest, they are) - the sound is often muted and footsteps on the pavement have a very slight echo to them. |
| 3 | Fawlty Towers | In the first scene when Basil is trying to repair his car, when he tries to start the engine, the engine sounds are totally out of sync with Basil turning the ignition key. |
| 4 | Buffy The Vampire Slayer | When everyone is in the Bronze - just before the vamps show up - you hear the first line of a song being played, Ballad For Dead Friends by Dashboard Prophets, cut to outside and you see the vamps strolling along and killing the doorman, then cut back into the Bronze and the same line plays again. This is a total error in cutting the show, it is stated there is no live band but still the same line plays twice when that is not how the song goes. |
| 5 | Desperate Housewives | Episode 1-20 - Fear No More. As Carlos is giving his speech at the barbecue, Julie sees Zach and says to Susan "Oh God". After cutting to a shot of Zach and his father it shows Julie and Susan again. If you look to the right of the shot you will see Carlos' face is just looking in front of him and not speaking, but you can still hear him giving his speech whilst he is in shot. |
| 6 | Drake and Josh | Ep. 2-18 "Drake and Josh Go Hollywood" - Near the end when Drake is playing Hollywood Girl and gets into the bridge (the steady drum beat part) you can obviously tell he's mouthing the words. |
| 7 | Dark Shadows | 1897: Quentin challenges Barnabas by pulling a decorative sword from a wall display and pointing it at his throat. Unfortunately, the display wasn't all that well attached to the set wall. Though the camera pans away, you can hear a loud <i>clunk</i> as the piece falls, followed by the loud crash of shattering glass as it strikes and breaks a table lamp. You can also see the actors struggling very hard to keep straight faces as they continue with their lines. |
| 8 | Only Fools and Horses | During the first scene of this episode, (the scene with Rodney and Cassandra in bed) there is a distinct echo on the soundtrack. |
| 9 | Eastenders | In a recent episode where Jane is moving into Ian's place, she accidentally knocks over Ian's daughter's clay vase she made. When you hear the crash, it sounds something like glass shattering on tiles, but it's clay that has fallen on a carpet. |
| 10 | Family Guy | When Peter introduces the pope to his friends at work, and he is saying "Remember when we got that stripper for Charlie and it turned out to be his son? I think this is gonna top it" or something along those lines), Peter's mouth very obviously does not sync up with the words being said. |
| 11 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | In one scene, when Warrick is in the prints lab, Nick claps his hands twice, but the sound track has him clapping three times. |
| 12 | Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers | Rita is dubbed over extremely poorly - her words don't match her mouth. |
| 13 | Dawson's Creek | When Abbie is trying to get Pacey's signature and says, "I'm collecting signatures," the movement of her lips doesn't match the speech. |
| 14 | The Andy Griffith Show | In the end where the old lady asks for Mr. Fife the second time, she doesn't say Fife, she says something like "Mr. Fipe". |
| 15 | The Prisoner | For some reason, "Londonderry Air" was dubbed over the original song being performed by the actors/singers. Their lips aren't moving in sync with the words at all. |
| 16 | It Takes a Thief | When Katrina walks out of the building at the end and crosses the street to Dover's car, the sound of her boots on the pavement doesn't match the actual movement of her feet at all. |
| 17 | Smallville | Clark listens to his father and Earl talking in the hospital through the visitor window. The sound is the same volume and quality as when Earl was using the microphone, which he is not using now. Even if Clark used super-hearing to eavesdrop, it wouldn't sound the same as the microphone. |
| 18 | Drawn Together | Season 1 Episode 2: "Clara's Dirty Little Secret". When Princess Clara and her Evil Stepmother make up, the latter thanks Clara before the scene switches to the Confession Room. When she says 'Thank you', her lips do not move. |
| 19 | Dad's Army | Jonesy is playing the organ. A pigeon 'flies' out the top of the organ and lands on the keys, so Jonesy picks it up and moves it, taking both his hands off the keys. Yet the music plays on. |
| 20 | SpongeBob SquarePants | In the scene where Spongebob is falling into Gary's dream, Spongebob is screaming for at least one second after he hits the ground. |
| 21 | Battlestar Galactica (1978) | Throughout this episode, Lucifer is audibly breathing while speaking, yet he is a robot, and unlike "Data" on "Star Trek", does not mimic human traits. |
| 22 | Lost | In the scene where Mr. Eko dies, he starts saying "Psalm 23." He says the first line, but when it cuts to him backing away he's half way through (note: righteousness). |
| 23 | Quantum Leap | During the speech where Al tells Sam to quit (to force Chewie to play), Sam says he can't quit but his mouth doesn't move for a couple seconds after the words start playing. |
| 24 | Jericho | When Hawkins asks Jake if he needs help putting out the third fire, he uses his hand to stop Jake from opening the car door a couple of times. The first time he does this, the thump of his hand is heard a split second before his hand connects with the door. |
| 25 | The High Chaparral | After the Apaches rescue Blue, Buck signs to their leader and says, "Vaya con Dios to you too, brother." But his lips never move. |
| 26 | Doctor Who (2005) | When the Doctor is proving his identity to Harriet Jones by telling her about when they were trapped together at Downing Street, his words don't match the movements of his jaw when we see him from behind - the timing's all off. |
| 27 | Murder, She Wrote | When singing "Goodbye little yellow bird" Emma blows a kiss to Oliver offstage, but she is still singing the song when she is blowing the kiss. Although it's possible she was pretending as it was part of the act, her voice wasn't even muffled by her hand. |
| 28 | Red Dwarf | In Rimmer's future echo he says, "You're space crazy", but in the real conversation with Lister, he actually says, "You are space crazy". |
| 29 | Doctor Who (1963) | In episode 1, The Doctor hits something on the central console (not the door control) and walks towards the door. The door doesn't open, but the sound of the door opening is still heard. |
| 30 | Xena: Warrior Princess | When Xena says "It seems so haphazard" the word haphazard is said with her Kiwi accent. |