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Several times during the film, RJ is seen going to sleep in a tree at night, which is inaccurate; raccoons are nocturnal. [Raccoons don't carry backpacks, walk upright or plan elaborate schemes either. RJ is shown in several scenes going about his business nocturnally. He is an opportunist and sleeps when he is able.]
Edit Corrected by MovieFan612
When the bear reaches through the roof of the Verminator truck, he says "You're dead RK". The raccoon's name is RJ. [Not true - Nick Nolte's voice is gravelly so you misheard it. He uses the correct character name.]
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Near the end of the movie, when the Verminator truck slams into the house, from the outside it lands right side up, but from the inside it has landed upside down. [The van is spiralling even as it lands on the house so it would've continued its spiral and landed upside down.]
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In the "Rosebud" scene where Ozzie does his big performance there is one shot where Ozzie's got his paws on his throat, pretending to choke. You can hear the squeaking noises that the humans hear (since they can't understand animal language) but Ozzie's mouth doesn't move. [It's possible for animals to squeak without moving their mouth. I have some pets who can do that.]
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Why is that RJ and friends sometimes get over the hedge and come out onto a street in front of Gladdy's and sometimes into Gladdy's patio? [It's a really long hedge, and you can't be sure they always go over the same part of it. They could easily go over it in slightly different places, ending up in different areas.]
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During the foraging scene with the music playing, when they play cards, the middle porcupine kid is talking but no sound is heard. [He could be talking under his breath or whispering, and we just can't hear it due to the music.]
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When Tiger the cat first meets Stella the skunk he comments on her powerful scent. However, when he finds out she is a skunk he says it's no problem as he is unable to smell anything. [He probably didn't want Stella to think he was a freak because he couldn't smell, so he lied. Later, when he found she was a skunk, he told her his secret so she would still like him.]
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In the scene where RJ shows everyone the trash cans and they all start eating, Verne picks up a diaper and is about to eat it, RJ stops him. Yet throughout the entire movie, you never once see any infants or children for that matter, in or around Gladys' property. [Even Gladys must have relatives or friends over sometimes, and if a visitor brought a baby, it would maybe at some point require a change of diaper.]
Edit Corrected by Andreas[DK]
Near the end of the movie, RJ says 'Vincent, you were right. With Spuddies, enough just isn't enough.' During that shot, you can not see RJ wearing Verne's shell at all. All you can see is his neck. After Hammy has fixed the Depelter Turbo, you see a shot with Vincent biting RJ. He is wearing the shell and it covers his neck. [RJ was trying to trick Vincent, so he couldn't let Vincent see he was wearing the shell. He probably kept the shell hidden until the last second when Vincent tried to bite him.]
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Whenever Verne is inside his shell, he has a tail (and references to it "tingling" are made throughout the movie), however, when he is out of his shell he has human-style buttocks and no tail. [This is a cartoon, and a nonrealistic portrayal of characters is par for the course. Mulan's facial features change when she dresses as a man, Batman's chin often changes when he puts on the mask, etc.]
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In the shot where Ozzie gets up after playing dead for the first time in the movie, his tail sweeps across the grass yet the grass doesn't bend as Ozzie's tail goes over it. [Yes it does.]
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You would assume that animals that are smart enough to take a cooler off the top of a car and drive the exterminator's truck would be smart enough to walk down the hedge to the next house that doesn't have any security setup in the backyard. [Obsessive compulsive disorder- not just for people. Besides, that would be a character mistake.]
Edit Corrected by Rlvlk
Tortoises cannot fully remove there shell, as there spine is attached to the carapace (top of shell). Verne seems to have no problem doing this in the movie. [Um. This is a cartoon. So Vern can remove his shell just as a Racoon can pull a wagon full of goodies.]
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Stella the skunk is woke from hibernation by Verne,then she 'clears the room'. In reality, skunks do not hibernate. [It is agreed that skunks do not hibernate, however they do go into torpor much like bears. Torpor is a sleep like state. As it is never mentioned that the skunk was hibernating this does not qualify as a mistake.]
Edit Corrected by Scrappy