2nd Jul 2020
And Then There Was Shawn - S5-E17
Continuity mistake: When Shawn is grilling Kenny about asking to borrow Topanga's pencil, sometimes there is a female student sitting directly behind Angela with an open book on her desk, and other times the desk is unoccupied altogether. (00:00:21 - 00:02:40)
2nd Jul 2020
And Then There Was Shawn - S5-E17
Topanga: Look, none of us is the killer. There has to be somebody else in here and there has to be another way out. Somebody has to find a way out.
Eric: Fine, I'll do it. I'm the oldest.
Jack: Actually, I'm the oldest.
Eric: Yeah, but I've lived the longest.
2nd Jul 2020
29th Jun 2020
Eric: Which one of you brainwashed nuts validates parking?
29th Jun 2020
Torn Between Two Lovers (Feeling Like a Fool) - S5-E16
Continuity mistake: When Eric is saying "You think I should be a teacher," Mr. Feeny has his hands on his hips. When the shot changes, his arms are down by his sides. (00:15:42)
24th Jun 2020
Revealing mistake: When Topanga is picking up the letter off the ground, you can tell the snow isn't real because it doesn't behave like real snow and run together when she scrapes the letter against it. It looks more like shredded paper being swept aside. (00:20:38)
24th Jun 2020
Continuity mistake: When Cory is saying to Lauren "Well, today I guess you're stuck with me," he slightly raises his left hand and then sets it back down on his left knee. When the shot changes, his left hand is suddenly resting on the couch cushion between his legs. (00:05:03)
24th Jun 2020
The Eskimo - S5-E13
Factual error: When Shawn and all the other contestants - as well as the radio DJs and onlookers - are standing out in the cold for a chance to win Super Bowl tickets, no-one's breath is visible, nor are any parts of their faces red.
23rd Jun 2020
The Eskimo - S5-E13
Other mistake: When Shawn is saying "Thanks a lot Topanga" after she falls to the floor, he is looking down directly in front of him, but she is to his left.
23rd Jun 2020
The Eskimo - S5-E13
Continuity mistake: When Jack is asking Eric about his date the previous night, Eric puts down the book he was reading with the spine facing towards Jack. When the shot changes, the book has now rotated almost 90° counter-clockwise. (00:03:56)
23rd Jun 2020
The Eskimo - S5-E13
Character mistake: In the opening scene, Cory remarks that they have been in high school for 4 years and there's nothing left for them to be taught. They began high school in 7th grade and are now midway through their senior year, so they have actually been in high school for 5 and a half years.
Suggested correction: There's a difference between being at the same school and being in high school. For most students, high school is 4-years long (9th-12th grade). When I was in kindergarten, I went to a K-12 school. If I graduated from that school, I wouldn't have said I was in high school for 13 years.
It's openly stated numerous times beginning with season 2 when they are in 7th grade that they are now in high school. The school is even called John Adams High School, and not something like John Adams K-12 or anything like that. I remember being baffled by this growing up, because high school for me did not begin until 9th grade, and even then, we didn't attend an actual high school until 10th grade. It may be unconventional compared to real life, but the show firmly established that they were in high school starting with 7th grade.
21st Jun 2020
Raging Cory - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: When Shawn is talking about how the time Cory beat up his dad will be a great memory, the half of a cracker he is eating suddenly has another half-sized bite taken out of it and his hand is near his mouth. When the shot changes, the cracker is half-sized again and his hand is several inches away from his face. (00:03:40)
21st Jun 2020
Raging Cory - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: When Jack is sarcastically asking Shawn if his room is where what people throw down the garbage chute ends up, they are standing shoulder to shoulder. When the shot changes, there is now space between them. (00:02:25)
17th Jun 2020
A Very Topanga Christmas - S5-E11
Character mistake: When Cory is talking to Alan in the middle of the night, he mentions that Topanga has been staying with them for less than 8 hours. She arrived during the day time, and then convinced the family to go to Vermont to get a real Christmas tree, which they are cutting down at nighttime, and Eric later expressing after the new tree has been put up and decorated that it was 600 miles round-trip. All of this would take more than 8 hours. Driving from Philadelphia to the southernmost part of Vermont and back again alone would take more than 8 hours.
17th Jun 2020
A Very Topanga Christmas - S5-E11
Other mistake: When Topanga knocks on Cory's door at 3:00 AM, he comes out and expresses that he's always asleep at this time of night. Despite this, he shows no signs of having just been awakened from his sleep. On the contrary, he appears very alert.
17th Jun 2020
A Very Topanga Christmas - S5-E11
Factual error: This episode takes place near and on Christmas, but an establishing shot of the Matthews' house early in the episode shows the trees to still have very green leaves, and outdoor plants and the front lawn are still alive and healthy looking. None of this is possible in winter in Philadelphia.
17th Jun 2020
Trivia: The establishing shot of the club where everyone goes dancing at the end is the same club Wayne and Garth see Crushal Taunt early in the film Wayne's World.
15th Jun 2020
How to Succeed in Business - S5-E9
Continuity mistake: When Amy shows up in Eric and Jack's creative writing class, her backpack is first shown to be unzipped a few inches wide, and just before she sits down, it is suddenly zipped nearly closed. (00:06:20 - 00:07:00)
12th Jun 2020
The Witches of Pennbrook - S5-E5
Continuity mistake: When Shawn is saying "So, Rosemary, how's the baby?" his left hand is resting on a box of household items. When the shot changes, his left hand is instantly raised. (00:10:00)
9th Jun 2020
Factual error: When Shawn has first infiltrated the college philosophy class, the professor begins to resume the class' previous lesson on what he calls "Buridan's paradox," relating a dog caught equidistant between two bowls of food. This paradox in real life is known as "Buridan's ass," and as the name would suggest, concerns a donkey. While the name was probably changed to sound more family friendly, a college philosophy professor would certainly know the proper name and details of said paradox.
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