Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991) - 15 mistakes

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, when Kenny is leaving with his friends, the truck starts to reverse down the street. His mother looks at him from the porch with her head turned to her right. The truck backs up for about ten seconds at a decent speed as they call back and forth, but his mother keeps looking at the same point to her right instead of moving left with the truck.

Continuity: When Mrs. Crandell is saying goodbye to the kids, Mrs. Sturak comes outside, sits on the steps and goes to hang her walking stick on the banister. In the next shot she has moved away from the banister and has her cane in a different position.

Visible crew/equipment: After the babysitter comes, there is a scene where Sue-Ellen is lying on her bed talking on the phone. In her doorway, you can see the tip of a brown shoe, worn by Melissa, just waiting for her cue to walk into the bedroom.

Other: The scene which introduces Sue Ellen working on her new job at Clown Dog firstly depicts people walking in and out of the shop, while the staff serve at the counter. As one family walks out, a boy turns his head to glance directly into the eye of the camera just as he's about to exit the screen frame.

Audio problem: When the drag queens are stealing the kids' car, Sue Ellen and Kenny look at each other and say "Liza," but Sue Ellen's lips mouth something different.

Continuity: In the scene where Sue Ellen serves cereal in the salad bowl, the milk carton moves on the table.

Continuity: When Sue Ellen and Bryan are talking on their beach date under the pier, the water doesn't even come close to them until they kiss, when they are suddenly standing in an inch of water for the grunion fish.

Continuity: When Sue Ellen and Bryan are bouncing in the toy store, after he stops and she circles back, he is smiling. Cut to his face and his mouth is closed.

Continuity: In the scene where Sue-Ellen has just come home from work, she places her pocketbook on the kitchen island. In the next scene the secretary is going through Sue-Ellen's office and finds her pocketbook and goes through it. How can that be if Sue-Ellen brought it home with her?

Continuity: When Sue Ellen shoots Gus with the water gun, the pattern changes between the closeup and the long shot.

Continuity: As Rose says goodbye to Sue Ellen at the end of the movie, Sue Ellen's hands are clasped high on her chest. Cut to behind her as Rose drives away and her arms are lowered.

Other: After Sue Ellen is hired by Rose, the first time she goes to fax papers the back of the fax machine is visible. Only the power cord is connected, no phone line.

Deliberate "mistake": In the scene where Kenny places a plant on his window sill, as he handles the pot containing the plant, you can see it is made of plastic. It then falls and sounds like a clay pot breaking.

Deliberate "mistake": When Mrs. Sturak interrupts Zack and Cynthia's car date, she switches her cane to her other hand and opens the door by the window to let Cynthia out. Neither one of her hands touches the door handle, but you can hear the door handle sound.

Continuity: In the scene were Caroline and her boyfriend are searching through Sue-Ellen's purse, Caroline is holding both the purse and the license with her left hand, but in the close up of the license, she is holding the license in a different position, and the purse has completely disappeared.