Shrek 2 (2004) - 20 mistakes

Continuity: When Fairy Godmother is throwing the books behind her, the book "Snow White" lands on the other books. "Snow White" noticeably changes position between two shots.

Continuity: When Shrek and everyone else are trying to get into the castle, shots of Shrek facing back toward the other side of the drawbridge are missing the others, i.e. the pigs, Wolf, Donkey, Puss, Pinocchio, and mice.

Continuity: When Puss in Boots plants his sword in the ground then jumps out of his boots, his sword, boots and hat are nowhere near any trees or grass. Yet after attacking Shrek, Puss in Boots lands in his boots, and his boots, sword and hat have moved to being right beside a tree.

Continuity: When the door to Shrek's house is first opened (just after the honeymoon), it opens into the house. Every other time it opens to the outside. It's not a two-way door, because you can hear it hit the doorframe.

Continuity: When Shrek, Donkey and Puss all go to the barn to shelter themselves from the rain, the doors open inward. Later, after the potion has taken effect and Donkey's showing off his trotting ability, the doors open outward.

Continuity: When Fiona shows her fighting talent by saving Shrek, they approach the trap holding hands, yet Fiona is not even visible in the medium range shot when Shrek is caught.

Continuity: When Puss is getting the Happily Ever After potion from behind the glass, the piece of glass he cuts out to pull the potion through disappears when the camera angle changes.

Audio problem: When the Fairy Godmother sings "Holding Out for a Hero" she tells the pianist to 'put it in C minor,' yet the pianist immediately begins to play in G minor, and the rest of the song is sung in that key.

Deliberate "mistake": When Shrek first meets Puss In Boots, Puss In Boots bursts out of Shrek's clothes "Alien" style leaving a tear. Then when we see them enter the Fairy Godmother's factory the tear is gone for the rest of the movie.

Continuity: At the dinner scene, Shrek says "better out than in" to Fiona. After that, the handwashing bowl and the shell's plate suddenly changes.

Continuity: Puss saves the Gingerbread Man from drowning in the castle's moat by catching him with his sword, however, he is on Donkey's back and the drawbridge is a couple of meters above the water. So the sword would have to have been 2-3 meters long to get down to the Gingerbread Man.

Other: This is a UK/US vocal talent variation. In the UK version the voice of the Ugly Stepsister is that of UK TV/Radio Presenter Jonathan Ross yet the vocal talents are credited as CNN talk show host Larry King. Also, the voice of the Red Carpet Reporter is none other than UK Pop Idol Extra presenter Kate Thornton, yet again, the voice is credited as Hollywood reporter Joan Rivers, whom the physical appearance of the character is based on.

Continuity: During the first night in the castle, Shrek walks to the door of their room and his ears wilt. In the following pan shot to the king's balcony, his ears are standing up again. There is no time in which he could have voluntarily changed them.

Continuity: When the trio first enters Far Far Away, we see a "Farbucks" on one corner of the main street. When Mongo and Shrek tear through town toward the end of the movie, The "Farbucks" is now in the center of the block (and the townspeople run from one to the other, across the street, again, in the middle of the block).

Continuity: Fiona enters the study while her parents are drinking tea to tell them she's leaving. The doors are both wide open behind her and the hallway is completely clear. But when she leaves the room, she reaches down and picks up her suitcase in the hallway, which would have been visible behind her moments before.

Continuity: The dove that crashes into the castle during Fiona's homecoming entrance disappears after the King steps over him and descends the stairs. The bird should be visible during several subsequent shots and none of the King's attendants would have removed it - everyone is still immobile with the shock of seeing the ogres and no one except the leads have moved.

Audio problem: When Fairy Godmother is lying on the piano using her wand as a microphone and singing about tossing and turning, sometimes Kyle's hands don't match the sounds of the piano. This is especially visible in very last shot - just before she says "Hit it", Kyle raises one hand and then we hear a part requiring both hands.

Other: In the scene where Shrek wakes up to find himself human in the barn, Puss is holding the potion bottle, reading its disclaimer. What is wrong, is the shadows on the floor (casting behind him) don't match the shadows on his body (casting to the right side).

Continuity: When Sherk is reading Fiona's diary his fingers change position every time the camera changes.

Continuity: When the request is made by the messenger to have Shrek and Fiona come to Far Far Away for the wedding party, as the trumpeteers troop off in the background you can see their footprints on the ground. However, when the same view is shown again seconds later the footprints are gone.