Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Continuity mistake: After Blart gets spray tanned, his shirt is a mess with the tanning spray. A few shots later, his shirt is white again. Then a few shots later, his shirt has got spray tan on it again.

Continuity mistake: When the bad guys are clearing the mall, the camera follows "Rudolph" as he clears an exit on his skateboard. As he starts to clear the exit a young man with a black jumper with a white top half can be seen on his feet moving away. In the next shot he is sitting down with a bag on a bench and then gets up to leave. (00:39:35)

Jockman70

Continuity mistake: When Paul and the guy are fighting next to the air con intakes, the speed that the fan is spinning changes between the close and far shots.

Continuity mistake: When we see the dog chasing Paul, it is sunny. In the close ups of the dog, there are no shadows from the dog as there were in the previous shots. (00:06:50)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: Near the beginning, Paul is putting peanut butter on his pie. The amount significantly changes from the point when he puts it on until the final scene. At first, there is a lot of peanut butter, then there is only a little.

manthabeat

Continuity mistake: When Paul hits the glass door of the shop, he gets thrown back and his walkie-talkie from his shoulder falls off. When he stands up again, it's back on. (01:03:10 - 01:04:25)

Soermi89

Continuity mistake: When Paul hides halfway in the air duct, his feet are hanging down when seen in the exterior shots. When seen from inside the duct, his feet are tucked up behind him.

Continuity mistake: In the beginning scene, as Blart passes out, another trainee gets off the rope and starts running. The camera cuts to Blart's face for a second, then back to the trainee starting to run. The trainee should have already been running.

Continuity mistake: When Paul leaves the pen full of balls, you can see people in the far left walking. This would not have happened if the building was "secure" as the robbers stated.

Continuity mistake: Blart crashes through a couple of glass doors to get to the birthday cards. There are a bunch of shards of glass in his hair. In the very next shot they're gone.

manthabeat

Continuity mistake: When Paul falls from the ceiling, after everyone else falls, his feet knock over two boxes and everything sort of settles. In the next shot, one of the boxes is back up and his legs are coming down on the boxes again, but nothing is knocked over.

Bishop73

Continuity mistake: When Paul is talking to Veck about pretending to have a gun, his right hand is by his hip. We see him stand up straight and take his hand off his hip. In the next shot, his hand is back on his hip.

Bishop73

Continuity mistake: As Paul Blart enters the tanning salon shirt is damaged with the left shoulder lapel broken, this remains throughout this scene but as Paul leaves the salon his left shoulder lapel has been fixed.

INMK

Continuity mistake: When Paul is chasing the mobility scooter, the trainee has Paul's coffee in his right hand, then in his left hand instantly. (00:11:30)

Ssiscool

Other mistake: When Paul Blart is pwning Rock Band, the vocals shows the tambourine/clap notes. Paul Blart is doing nothing that would play those notes (singing or pressing the "a" button).

More mistakes in Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Paul Blart: I took a sworn oath to protect this mall and all inside it.
Security Guard: Paul, we don't have an oath.
Paul Blart: I know. I made one up. It's hanging in my room.

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Trivia: Kevin James's real-life wife, Steffiana De La Cruz, plays "the lady with the kids in the mall." She takes a lingering glance as he rolls away on his Segway.

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Question: If Pahud thinks that Paul Blart is with his girlfriend, why does he make him his "homie"? Wouldn't he hate Paul for taking his girlfriend?

Answer: Paul explains to Pahud that it's a misunderstanding, and Pahud then makes Paul Blart his homie.

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