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When the three hyenas (Ed, Shenzi and Banzai) have Simba and Nala trapped in a dark corner of the elephant graveyard, Mufasa suddenly jumps in to save them. After he wrangles the hyenas to the ground, look at how Mufasa's left paw is placed right beside Ed's ear. But in the next shot where they're begging for mercy, Mufasa's paw is all of a sudden positioned further down by Ed's feet. See more...

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The Lion King (1994) - 25 corrections

starring Cheech Marin, Ernie Sabella, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg (add more)

Genres: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance

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In the scene where Scar tells the hyena's that they couldn't even get rid of the two cubs, (in the steam caves), Shenzi tells Banzai that hearing Mufasa's name makes her shudder. Banzai repeats Mufasa's name several times and Shenzi falls back with tingling laughter, but her face changes from her character's face, to Banzai's. [Watch the scene again. At no point does Shenzi fall back or experience a face change resembling one of her fellow hyenas. Shenzi starts laughing, but once the shot changes it's Ed we see falling back with laughter - the giveaway being notches on both ears, which Shenzi lacks.]
Edit Corrected by WebsterJake
When Simba finally sees his father's ghost in the clouds, he first stands in front of the water. As Mufasa begins to fade away, Simba suddenly runs forward, exactly where the water should be, yet it's not there. [There are some close ups of Mufasa's head at this point. The pond is not very wide across; Simba had a large opportunity to step across.]
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In the scene where Timon is pulling out bugs from a log, one of the bugs is actually wearing a tiny Mickey hat. [I've just watched this scene and used step by step and zoom and no bug is wearing a Mickey hat.]
Edit Corrected by Starchild
On the Extended DVD version, in the scene where Timon and Pumbaa finally wake up Simba and talk to him, Timon says "Ghee, he looks blue" then Pumbaa replies "I'd say brownish gold", according to the subtitles it was Timon that said the "Brownish Gold" quote not Pumbaa. [Mistakes in the subtitles are not movie mistakes.]
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During the "Be Prepared" scene, Scar kicks one of the hyenas off the ledge into the bone pile. When the hyena climbs back up the ledge, and is dropped off again by Scar, the background turns yellow and you can see that the ledge has changed drastically. [By this point, the song has turned into a fantasy sequence as evidenced by the stylized shadows and designs on the wall behind him, the hyenas goosestepping on a lined field, and Scar's ascension on a rock propelled by magma.]
Edit Corrected by JC Fernandez
When the wildebeest are stampeding, they appear to defy gravity by running straight down the side of a near-vertical side of the valley. [Watch some real-life footage of wildebeest stampedes - they run down some astonishingly steep slopes that look near-vertical in the footage. Strange as it looks, this is actually quite authentic.]
Edit Corrected by Tailkinker
(May only apply to the original VHS release.) When Scar has Zazu locked up in a cage, Zazu mentions Mufasa's name and Scar yells at him, "What did you say?" Right before Scar's actual line, whilst Zazu is talking, you hear Scar's "What did you say?" line very faintly in the background, even though Zazu has not even mentioned Mufasa yet. [Scar is still singing the "coconuts" song, so that is likely what you hear.]
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Apples do not grow in the African savanna. Also, Pride Rock has totally dried up. But when Pumbaa and Timon create the diversion, Pumbaa has an apple in his mouth. [Hula skirts and flower necklaces aren't available in Africa either, nor do meerkats dance the hula. It's just done for a gag.]
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In the scene where Mufasa is clinging onto the rock after rescuing Simba and Scar is above him he says 'Scar brother help me'. If you listen very carefully he says the word 'brother' twice but his mouth only moves the second time he says it. [You can say the word "brother" without moving your mouth notably, especially if you're saying it almost as a moan as Mufasa does.]
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When Mufasa is hanging off the cliff he calls to Scar, "Brother..." You can hear someone whisper this to him before he says the line. [It's true that you can hear a muffled "brother" before Mufasa cries it out. But that's actually Mufasa, struggling to hold on to the cliff. Listen to it, it's spoken by James Earl Jones, voice of Mufasa.]
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After Simba collapses on the ledge, sending the seeds flying back to the Pride Lands, we see Rafiki catch them and he recognizes that Simba is alive. However, Rafiki's tree looks just the same as it has throughout the movie. Since the rest of the Pride Lands is dark, gray, and dead looking by that time, with all the trees bare and the grass gone, why does Rafiki's tree still look brightly colored with lots of green leaves on its branches? [We're never shown where Rafiki's tree is. He could live outside the Pride Lands, in an area similar to where Timon and Pumbaa live.]
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When Simba and Mufasa look up at the stars at night (after the elephant grave yard), you can see the constellation Leo (obviously because the films about lions). but Leo can't be seen in Africa. [Actually, the constellation Leo can be seen in its entirety from anywhere on Earth above about 60 degrees South latitude. This includes all of Africa.]
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During the singing of "I just can't wait to be King", when Simba sings, "Everybody look left, Everybody look right", he's actually moving to OUR left, then OUR right, the opposite direction of what he is saying. [In Disneys the Lion King Simba moves to the "kids viewing" left and right on purpose. It is difficult for young viewers to seperate your left from my left. The words are sung from viewers point of view.]
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Pumba supposedly became an outcast because he smelled so bad, and he apparently still does because Timon often makes references to it. But neither Simba, Nala, nor any of the other animals meeting him for the first time react to his smell in any way. Of course they wouldn't make a big deal out of it if they're trying to be polite, but you'd think if he smelled that bad they'd have some reaction. [It's not exactly his regular smell that made him an outcast. It's his flatulence problem. It may very well be that, durring those scenes that we are shown, Pumbaa is simply not tooting.]
Edit Corrected by Garlonuss
In the opening scene, you see a bunch of leaf cutter ants walking across a branch. Leaf cutter ants are found in South America, not Africa. [The profile of those ants in the film is not indicative of leafcutters, since leafcutters tend to have more rugged, spinose bodies with smaller abdomens.]
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At the beginning of the film, Scar says, "Oh, no Mufasa. Perhaps you shouldn't turn your back on me." Mufasa runs up to Scar, roaring, and says, "Is that a challenge?" Problem is, the roar is still going on while Mufasa is speaking. [They're in a cave. It's an echo.]
Edit Corrected by Kara
"Mmm...tastes like chicken." How would Timone know what chicken tastes like? There are no chickens in Africa. [There are lots of chickens in Africa. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/W8989E/W8989E01.htm]
Edit Corrected by jle
Simba is taken to a small pond through roots of trees and thorns and bushes by Rafiki to show him where Mufasa is. Soon after, Mufasa appears in the clouds, reveals to Simba who he really is, and disappears. The place where Simba stands shows no trace of the path covered. [The grass is tall and thick all around Simba. There would be no discernible paw prints from the side 'camera' angle, possibly only if it were veiwed from above.]
Edit Corrected by lmao
In the stampede scene, Mufasa is crawling up a slanted slope, but when we get an overhead view, it's straight down. [When viewed from the top of the rocky cliff, the steepness of the rocks isn't clear, so the view we have is more dramatic for the shot. It's only from a side view that can we see the incline.]
Edit Corrected by lmao
Near the end, When Zazu is in the cage of bones and Timon runs in with him because two of the hyenas are chasing him, Pumbaa follows them. Banzaii is in front, and Shenzi is by the cage. Banzaii calls Pumbaa a pig, and Pumbaa charges. We get a view of the two hyenas, and they have switched places. [During this scene, both Shenzi and Bonzai are in front of rib cage facing Timon and Zazu. We the viewers see them thru the ribs. When Pumbaa charges at Shenzi and Bonzai, they haven't switched places, they're still in front of the rib cage, they've just turned around to face a charging Pumbaa and the 'camera' angle is different.]
Edit Corrected by lmao

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