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| 1 | Monk | "Mr. Monk and the Badge": During Monk's therapy session with Dr. Bell, his right arm instantly changes positions - from extended to bent and resting in his lap - between takes. |
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| 2 | 24 | In the scene when Jack and Nicole isolate the Singers, Jack is informed that they've been tested on site, and the results were negative for the virus, less than 15 minutes after being isolated. However, later in the day the results take several hours to be made available, and have to be processed elsewhere, in a lab. |
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| 3 | Bones | Episode 4-19, "The Cinderella in the Cardboard": When Daisy convinces Sweets that she's not cheating on him, her arms move back and forth from his shoulders to around his neck. |
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| 4 | Saved by the Bell | Brandon begins the scene giving his speech while he is sitting/leaning on the desk. The students all move into the picture from both sides and gather around Brandon then they all say, "There's no hope with dope". After the conversation with Mr. Belding, they watch the commercial they just shot (beginning with each student giving his/her opinion about drugs). Then Zach says his speech while sitting/leaning on the desk. He stands up, the rest of the students <i>and</i> Brandon move in and gather around Zach, then Brandon gives his anti-drug speech. |
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| 5 | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Dennis and Neville are push-starting Oz's car after they have stopped for a break. This wouldn't help, as the car has an automatic gearbox. The automatic gear selector on these cars (Ford Zephyr) is on the steering column and can be seen when they break down on the motorway. |
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| 6 | V | After the transformation, Elizabeth is brought home. She lies asleep on the sofa. Who had the time to apply makeup to her? Her nails are shining, which means that someone has applied some polish on them. It is obvious that no actors (even male) will ever play without makeup; however, they should not have applied such an evident makeup to Elizabeth. |
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| 7 | One Tree Hill | In episode 12, season 5, 'Hundred', Nathan is watching Haley walk down the aisle, but when the camera pans to Nathan for a face shot, it is Lindsey's head that goes past the camera, and Lindsey he is looking at. |
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| 8 | Highlander | Tessa finishes Duncan's sentence saying that the last time he wore a tuxedo was on the deck of the Titanic, however, in a previous episode he's shown wearing one at a New Year's Eve party in the present day. After fighting another Immortal, he puts on the jacket to hide the bloodstain on his shoulder before returning to the party just in time for the countdown. |
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| 9 | South Park | When Roy gets caught in Stan's bear trap, he is seen hanging in front of the clubhouse. Yet the next day, when Stan, Clyde, Bebe and Wendy are playing Truth or Dare in the clubhouse, Roy is not shown hanging outside the clubhouse anymore. |
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| 10 | SpongeBob SquarePants | At the start of "The Thing" the walkway to Patrick's house is missing. |
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| 11 | London's Burning | Series 7 episode 7. In this episode Nick rides the Pump. However, being Station Officer, he should be riding the Pump Ladder. The London Fire Brigade <i>always</i> has the Station Officer in charge of the Pump Ladder and not the Pump (it's the Sub Officer who is in charge of it). |
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| 12 | Buffy The Vampire Slayer | In the scene where Buffy and Giles are talking to the zookeeper about the hyena possessions, in the zookeeper's over-the-shoulder shots, you can see that the audio of what he says does not line up with the visual of him speaking. |
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| 13 | Hannah Montana | When Olivia turns up at Jackson's house, she says, "That was my Saturday afternoon. This is my Saturday night!" which indicates it is the same day. But when Cooper arrives, he says, "Sorry for blowing off at you yesterday," which means another day has passed. However, at the Hannah concert, it is the same day all the while, so Cooper had got his days wrong. |
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| 14 | House, M.D. | When Foreman comes to inform the patients parents that the surgery to relieve inter-cranial pressure was successful, the mother asks "What happened? Did she hit her head at a meet or...?" The coach's audio responds with, "No, nothing like that," but the words don't correspond to his mouth movements. |
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| 15 | Charmed | When Piper and Leo confront the genie at the restaurant, the genie is eating food as fast as he can. At one point he gets a line of pasta sauce on his cheek. The shot changes, then goes right back to him only now the sauce is gone with no time for him to have wiped it off, especially since his hands are full of food. |
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| 16 | The Simpsons | When Bart flashes Lisa's laser at Principle Skinner's bottom, Chief Wiggum can still see it even when his car is in the way. |
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| 17 | Sonic X | Throughout the show, Dr. Robotnik is called "Dr. Eggman", even by himself and his robots. Dr. Eggman is the nickname the Sonic Team uses to mockingly refer to Dr. Robotnik. Dr. Robotnik hates to be called Eggman. |
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