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Couples - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When we first see Captain Liberty's dog with the grenade in its mouth, the handle is at the top. Then the scene cuts and when we return the grenade handle is now at the side. Another cut and when we return before the dog barks the grenade handle is at the top again.

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The Terror - S1-E9

Revealing mistake: When Captain Liberty writes The Terror's phone number on the napkin we can plainly see that she is using a blue bic ballpoint pen - but when we get to see the napkin she had written the number on (again - second napkin) it was written by a felt-tip marker.

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Factual error: This happens throughout the entire film. Whenever bullet hits are shown on objects like cars or walls, the hits always appear to have been made from a weapon fired directly at the object - no matter what angle the shooter is actually firing from. This is particularly noticeable in the highway scenes. Bullet hits make very different impact scars/holes depending on the object and the angle.

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When The Tick first enters Arthur's apartment he breaks the door which then rests at a sharp angle. Then later when The Tick breaks the light fixture thinking it is the 'secret trigger' the broken door is propped up straight. In all shots after that one the door is at a sharp angle again.

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Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: When we first meet the character 'BatManuel' he swoops onto the rooftop where The Tick and Arthur are. At the top of the screen you can see the wire he swoops in on.

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Factual error: Submariners are trained to always listen to the sounds of the boat, since anything out of the ordinary could mean death. Given that training, the small size of a German U-boat and the less-than-skeleton crew aboard it is not possible that the sounds of the fight in the forward torpedo room, or the sounds of the German commander operating the chain on the torpedo loading rail would have gone unnoticed or uninvestigated for so long.

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Revealing mistake: The sliding door to the bedroom in Simonson's apartment appears to be covered with a sheet of 'bubble wrap' in early scenes of the room.

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Continuity mistake: When Thorn goes back to Simonson's apartment to see Shirl, he interrupts a party. Shirl is holding a drink which contains huge ice cubes, but right after the two of them go into the bedroom the ice is no longer in the drink. Way too fast to have melted.

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Revealing mistake: When the German destroyer is hit by the torpedo at the end of the film it is seen to stop dead in the water upon the torpedo impact. In reality momentum would have carried the ship forward some distance after the explosion. A thousand or so tons of steel just does not stop on a dime unless it hits something like a mountainside.

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Factual error: At the beginning of the film the diesel fuel in the German U-boat is shown being ignited by a spark and bursting into flames during the depth charge attack as if it were gasoline. In reality diesel fuel is quite hard to ignite when not compressed and does not burn quite so readily as shown in the film. (00:06:05)

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Factual error: At the beginning of the film the depth charge attack is shown rupturing a diesel fuel line in the engine room, which showers the fuel DOWN on the crew stationed there. In fact the fuel lines ran UNDER the deck plates and so a broken line could not shower fuel in that manner. (00:05:55)

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Factual error: At the beginning of the film the German commander is shown directing an attack using the periscope in the control room. German U-boats had two periscopes: a 'sky' scope (the one in the control room) used exclusively for searching the area directly above the boat prior to surfacing, and the 'attack' periscope located in the conning tower (turm). There'd be no sense in the commander using the sky scope - the attack scope had an integrated firing switch, much more stable view, smaller outline over water and better magnification. (00:03:00)

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Other mistake: A German U-boat could dive in less than 30 seconds. By the time the boarding party even got to the conning tower the boat would already have been submerged.

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Revealing mistake: The German destroyer is actually an old converted minesweeper.

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Continuity mistake: The doors to the suicide center are frosted opaque from the outside, but clear when seen from the inside. (01:10:10)

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