Grand Theft Auto V

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Revealing mistake: In the establishing shots of Los Santos, in the shot of the Del Perro Beach Pier, the railings surrounding it suddenly pop-up onscreen midway through the shot.

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Revealing mistake: Casing the Jewel Store: When Michael and Lester return to the garment factory after taking pictures of the jewellery store, there is a shot from the side of the building that pans from the car around to the building. When the shot is panning around to the building, there are some cardboard boxes and other objects shown next to the building that are suddenly animated partway into the shot. They just appear to pop-up onscreen out of nowhere.

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Other mistake: Scouting the Port: Just after removing the portrait of Floyd's girlfriend on the wall, Trevor takes out a marker pen and starts drawing the heist plan with only that. The wall is then shown and a series of photographs, a classified document and strips of duct tape are visible on the wall with the drawings. The problem is, Trevor only had a marker pen on his hands. He was never shown sticking any of these items onto the wall.

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Continuity mistake: Caida Libre: When Martin Madrazo shows Michael and Trevor the picture of Javier on his tablet, in the front shot Madrazo's right hand is along the side of the tablet, near the bottom and the fingers on his left hand are pressed against the tablet, but in the next shot, his right hand is along the bottom of the tablet, and his left hand fingers are more curled.

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Other mistake: Deep Inside: Franklin and Devin Weston are talking in the garage, and Lamar enters whilst holding his phone in his hand, observing the car. Lamar never uses his phone when talking to Franklin and Devin, but the menu screen on his phone remains on for the entire scene and never changes. There is no reason for the screen to be on since Lamar is not using it, nor does the screen ever goes into auto lock, despite Lamar not touching the screen.

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Continuity mistake: Paleto Score Setup: When Michael, Trevor and Lester return to Trevor's office after surveying the bank, Trevor takes a bowl of stew out from his fridge with his left hand, but when he goes to put the bowl in the microwave, the bowl is in his right hand.

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Continuity mistake: The Paleto Score: Whilst arguing before the heist, in the when Trevor says "I miss Brad", Lester is looking down at his laptop typing away, but in the next shot, he is suddenly looking at Trevor before turning back to his laptop.

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Continuity mistake: Crystal Maze: When Trevor is demanding Cheng's translator to tell him who they are dealing with, he grabs Cheng by the head and starts banging his head against a support column. In one shot, there is no blood on the support beam when Cheng's head is being banged against the column, but when the shot cuts to a different angle, a blood stain has suddenly appeared on the column.

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Continuity mistake: Fame or Shame: When Trevor tells Lazlow to take his pants off, Lazlow lowers his pants to his knees, but in the next shot, his pants are suddenly off completely and on the ground beside him.

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Continuity mistake: Dead Man Walking: Dave Norton takes a photo of Ferdinand Kerimov to show to Michael. When he first takes out the photo, his index finger is touching the corner of the photo. The shot cuts to a close-up of the photo, where his index finger is now placed over most of the photo.

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Continuity mistake: Did Someone Just Say Yoga?: When Michael is bending over while doing yoga, whilst Fabian is saying "Your lungs, they work, yes? Out through those wrinkled lips", Michael is bending down with his hands above the ground. The shot then cuts to a cutscene, where his hands are now touching the ground.

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Continuity mistake: Did Someone Just Say Yoga?: Whilst practicing yoga, when Michael is bending over, Amanda's shadow is cast on his mat, but when the game cuts to the cutscene, her shadow has suddenly moved to the edge of Michael's mat.

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Continuity mistake: Scouting the Port: When Wade picks up the portrait of Floyd's girlfriend, he grabs the lower left hand section with his left hand and grabs the middle of the bottom section with his right hand. The shot cuts to a different angle, where Wade's right hand is now closer to the right hand side of the bottom section.

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Continuity mistake: Scouting the Port: When Floyd returns to the apartment after Trevor and Wade have discussed the heist plan, Trevor begins to say "We are going straight to the local union rep" whilst walking around the counter. The shot ends with Trevor midway through past the counter, but in the next shot, he has suddenly walked past the counter, standing still.

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Revealing mistake: The Merryweather Heist (Freighter Approach): When Michael goes inside the freighter to plant the explosive, he closes the door behind him, but his hand does not touch the door. He just appears to be mining the actions of pulling the handle and the door closes on its own.

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Other mistake: Fame or Shame: When Michael and Trevor depart after chasing Lazlow, Michael takes out his phone to call Dave, but the screen is switched off.

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Revealing mistake: Father/Son: Michael goes into his backyard with a glass of whiskey, a cigar and listens to music. Michael takes a drink from the glass, but the level of liquid remains the same even after drinking.

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Continuity mistake: Casing the Jewel Store: Lester has a series of photos in his hand. He takes one and pins it on the left hand side of the cork board. The shot cuts to Michael, but when the shot cuts again, there are now multiple photos pinned to the left side of the cork board.

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Continuity mistake: Casing the Jewel Store: When Lester sticks the second photo to the cork board, he presses the photo against the board and it just sticks there. First, there is nothing sticking the photo to the board, it just sticks to it on its own. Second, a few shots after, a piece of tape is seen on the photo that was not there when he stuck it.

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Michael De Santa: Can you stop being an asshole, please?

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Trivia: The motion capture performer for Franklin is Shawn Fonteno. Shawn Fonteno is the cousin of Young Maylay, who voiced the character CJ from the earlier Grand Theft Auto game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

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Question: What is the name given to those cart things that can be driven around San Andreas? For a detailed description, the carts being referred to kind of look like a golf cart, but without the roof on it and they are only shown in San Andreas, and not shown in Los Santos.

Chosen answer: It is called a Civillian Caddy. Also the location being referred to is not San Andreas, but in fact Sandy Shores.

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