Continuity mistake: When Regina casts aside the guards at Snow White's wedding, one of the guards drops his sword on the floor. In the following overhead shots, the sword has vanished. This is best seen when she turns around after saying "I shall destroy your happiness, even if it's the last thing I do." (00:02:45)
Kylantha
9th Jan 2014
Once Upon a Time (2011)
9th Jan 2014
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Continuity mistake: When The Evil Queen crashes Snow White's wedding, the guests alternate between looking at the queen and averting their gaze between shots. (00:02:30)
3rd Jan 2014
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Continuity mistake: When Sean is visiting Ashley at the hospital, as he says "Yeah, I'm back", baby Alexandra is waving her tiny hands in the air. In the previous and following shots, her hands are down. (00:39:10)
3rd Jan 2014
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Continuity mistake: After Henry runs up the stairs, he puts his backpack on the bed, with the backside facing upwards. When he takes off his shoe and throws it on the floor, the top of the backpack is facing upwards. When Regina enters his bedroom, the backside is facing up again. (00:38:35)
3rd Jan 2014
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Continuity mistake: When Ashley is holding baby Alexandra while Emma comes in, her left hand repeatedly changes position between shots; for example, when Emma says "It's pretty", her hand is on one side of the baby's head; in the next shot, it is on the other side. (00:36:25)
3rd Jan 2014
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Going Home - S3-E11
Continuity mistake: In the Neverland flashback, when Hook offers Tinker Bell the rum bottle, the stopper (attached to the bottle) is hanging over the back of his hand. In the next shot, it is not. (00:09:55)
29th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Continuity mistake: When Regina is standing in front of Rumpelstiltskin's mirror at the end of the episode, as he asks, "What are you gonna do now, then?", the cloth that was used to cover the mirror is lying on the floor. When he transforms her back to her normal form, it is gone. (00:38:45)
29th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
The Thing You Love Most - S1-E2
Revealing mistake: When Emma walks Henry to school, as Emma says "Because I'm the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming?", a reflection of the clock tower building is visible in the window behind her, only there's no clock (the top two layers of the clock tower, including the clock, are visual effects). (00:13:40)
29th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
The Thing You Love Most - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Throughout the scene where Emma walks Henry to school, the surroundings change between shots. For example, when Emma asks, "Because I'm the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming?", they are in front of a clock store. In the next shot of Emma, there's a completely different shop behind her, even though neither of them move. (00:12:35)
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: When Emma takes out Sidney's card at Henry's playground, in the first shot, her hand is closed around the bottom of the card. In the next shot, she's holding it between her thumb and index finger, with the thumb on top of the card. (00:07:10)
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: When Sidney hands Emma a card with his number, the way he's holding it in his hand keeps changing between shots. (00:02:40)
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Continuity mistake: After Charming and Snow embrace in King George's castle, Snow's hand is on Charming's chest. In the next shot, it is resting on his shoulder. (00:32:45)
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Continuity mistake: The dove that Mary Margaret finds in the woods has white feathers with a reddish plume around its neck. When she releases the bird after the storm has passed, it is not the same dove. The dove that she releases is completely powder white, with a different colored beak. (00:12:20 - 00:29:40)
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Save Henry - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: When Regina talks to Rumplestiltskin, he is holding onto the bars in his cell. In the beginning of the scene, his left hand keeps clutching different bars between shots. After Regina says "Nothing can stop me now", his hands keep going from holding the bars and not holding them. (00:02:00)
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
The Heart of the Truest Believer - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: When Neal and Mulan are walking to Rumpestiltskin's castle, after Mulan says "Your belief in love wasn't strong enough to overcome your fear of rejection", her hair keeps changing. In close-ups, some of her hair is over her shoulders; in the wideshots, all of her hair is behind her shoulders. (00:23:00)
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
The Heart of the Truest Believer - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: After Neal wakes up on the bier, after he says "A .45 caliber arrow", Aurora's dress keeps alternating between having straps and being strapless between shots. (00:13:25)
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Second Star to the Right - S2-E21
Continuity mistake: When Baelfire eats the bread, what remains of the loaf keeps changing shape and position on the tray between shots, and the two other loaves also move around. When Wendy picks up the tray, all three loaves are untouched. (00:02:20)
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Continuity mistake: When Anton is trapped in the hole, right before Charming exits his car, there is a shot of Anton clinging to the pipe, where you can see the rope they will use to rescue him, dangling next to him; even though the rope hasn't been lowered down yet. (00:20:40)
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Continuity mistake: At Lake Nostos, in the first shot of Emma, Snow and Mulan, there is a giant rock on their left. None of them move, but two shots later, the rock is on their right.
17th Dec 2013
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Continuity mistake: At Lake Nostos, when Emma says "You're not going anywhere. This portal's taking us home", in the wideshot, Snow's quiver strap is over her pink cardigan. In the close-up, it is under the cardigan. In addition, Mulan's and Snow's weapons are held at different angles between shots.
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