The Sword in the Stone

Continuity mistake: When Arthur is out hunting in the woods, Arthur is lying on a tree branch. In one shot, his pants leg is coloured brown, whereas, in the next shot, it is skin colour (as if he isn't wearing any pants). In the next shot, the brown pants leg has returned.

Continuity mistake: When Pelinore enters the castle, he takes the glove off his left hand. When he's passing Wart, however, his right hand is the one that is bare. Immediately afterwards the bare hand switches back to his left.

Continuity mistake: As a squirrel, Merlin's glasses come off & suddenly, it has ear pieces on the frames. When he places them back on, they're gone.

Continuity mistake: When Merlin is thrown in to the armor under the water as a fish, his glasses are thrown off and they land on the nose of the armor. The next time they show him, the glasses are down beside him. And still again, when Merlin is changed back into a human, he has the armor on his head and when he pulls it off, his glasses are on underneath the armor.

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Suggested correction: Notice the dialogue just before Merlin turns himself and Arthur/Wart into fishes: Arthur: You mean you can turn yourself into a fish? Merlin: After all, I happen to be a wizard. If Merlin has the magical powers to turn himself into a fish, perhaps a by-product of his magic is that his glasses are magic, so he retains his glasses when he undergoes the transformation into a fish, even if his glasses fall off, they magically return to him, and his glasses magically reappear when he turns back into a human.

Rob Halliday

What's more likely - the director intended Merlin's lore to include magically retaining his glasses, or the team of animators made a couple continuity errors?

Continuity mistake: Arthur jumps over an enclosed fence to get to the Sword in the Stone. After he gets the sword, he runs out of an opening in the fence that wasn't there when he entered the area.

Continuity mistake: Merlin slides down the hill & skips across the water. As he crosses the water, there are a few large rocks in the water in the background. As Arthur skips across the water, there are no rocks in the water.

Continuity mistake: When the wolf slides into the water, after Arthur and Merlin, a big rock appears in the middle of the pond, that wasn't there when Merlin and Arthur crossed.

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Continuity mistake: The letters A and B on the bottom row on the blackboard differ styles between shots, being wobblier in the second shot.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Arthur is seen looking at the birds flying with a pipe. In the next shot, the pipe in Merlin's hand has gone.

Continuity mistake: The teapot with the flower at Mim's place keeps swapping back and forth between being next to the window and sitting on the centre of the windowsill.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Arthur is scrubbing the cauldron, a pot next to it disappears and reappears between shots. Also, the grip of the handles of the bucket behind him swap between round to square.

Sacha

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Continuity mistake: When Merlin arrives from the future, he talks about it to Arthur and puts the crown on his head. The sword, resting against the throne, appears and disappears randomly all the time.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Arthur takes the sword out of the stone, Hector stands in front of Kay. A shot later, they're both next to each other.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Arthur is out hunting in the woods, Arthur is lying on a tree branch. In one shot, his pants leg is coloured brown, whereas, in the next shot, it is skin colour (as if he isn't wearing any pants). In the next shot, the brown pants leg has returned.

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Merlin: Now, now, Mim, Mim, no... no dragons, remember?
Madame Mim: Did I say no purple dragons? Did I?

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Trivia: When Wart is cleaning the black cauldron, a tiny soap bubble "Hidden Mickey" floats just above his head.

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Answer: Part of it is the cliche of the abusive or angry step-parent or adoptive patent. Although this is something that does occur, Sir Ector just thought more highly of his own son and would rather see his son become king. He probably regrets having to take care of him, but felt obligated as a knight of Uther Pendragon. In addition, he's more of a brute and fighter and doesn't like learning (or magic). So when Arthur displays an aptitude towards learning over fighting, Ector has less in common with the boy and treats him as a servant.

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