Continuity mistake: When Homer shows his "incriminating photos," you can see that in them, he is bald. We know from several previous episodes that Homer had hair when Bart was a baby. He even has a bit of hair when Lisa is born.
David Mercier
9th Dec 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
26th Nov 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Diatribe of a Mad Housewife - S15-E10
Continuity mistake: During the "performance" at the end of Marge's book, "Ned" is skewered by a harpoon and falls off the cliff. When "Homer" walks up to the cliff edge you can no longer see the rope trailing from the end of the harpoon. However, moments later he gets his leg caught up in it and is pulled over himself.
22nd Nov 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
The President Wore Pearls - S15-E3
Continuity mistake: When Lisa goes into Principle Skinner's office to resign, there is a mug and some papers on the desk. When she wants to use the microphone, the desk is clear.
15th Nov 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Bart Carny - S9-E12
Continuity mistake: When Bart starts Hitlers' car moving, for a couple of shots the "Iron Cross" disappears from the side of it.
15th Nov 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Bart Carny - S9-E12
Continuity mistake: Up until the point at which Skinner starts throwing rings at the block in front of the Spanish lamp, the block simply doesn't exist. It only appears once he starts throwing the rings.
15th Nov 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Bart Carny - S9-E12
Continuity mistake: At dinner when the carny dad is doing his cigarette trick, the shot changes to Bart and Lisa and they have piles of food on their plates. About 10 seconds later Marge gathers the plates up and there is nothing on them. Are we to believe that they ate all this food in such a short space of time?
14th Nov 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Krusty is telling his daughter that he lost her violin, keep an eye on the door of the appartment. A grey bar appears and disappears on the door underneath the "eyeglass" between shots.
24th Oct 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: Just before Marge tries to sell Skinner the tie rack, she is writing on something. She then puts her hands down by her waist, and then brings one up to turn it on and both up to pull the motor out. The point is that the pencil and the item she had in her hands have simply vanished, and we never saw her put them down either.
10th Sep 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: In Moe's, Homer points at Lenny and says "Are you calling me a liar," with the same hand which is instantly holding a beer in the next shot.
3rd Sep 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Homer is sleeping on Bart's school floor, Bart puts his shoe in Homer's mouth. Later, when Homer is screaming about "Cobras," the shoe has been coloured black, rather than the usual blue.
2nd Sep 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Mr Burns and Homer first enter the cabin, you can see the door opens with a door knob which is on the right hand side (looking from the outside). Later, after the avalanche, the door seems to open a different way, the knob has been replaced by a handle and it's on the other side.
24th Aug 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Home Sweet Home-Dum-Diddly Doodly - S7-E3
Continuity mistake: At the Flanders' house, in the kitchen, Bart and Lisa have sandwiches on plates in front of them. The shot changes and everyone on the table has an empty bowl including Bart and Lisa.
24th Aug 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: Bart flicks through his chequebook in the car and finishes on The Front page of it having gone through all the cheques. When the shot changes he is holding it open.
18th Aug 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: Near the start when Marge is putting jam on bread, she spreads it on the last piece but as she puts it on the plate it changes to a blob in the middle.
18th Aug 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
The Old Man and the Lisa - S8-E21
Continuity mistake: Right at the start when Lisa says "I could still use more paper," the plastic can-rings she was holding vanish in the next shot.
16th Aug 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Burns' Heir - S5-E18
Continuity mistake: The doughnut Homer later picks up isn't by the door when Lenny walks into Mr Burns' office, and we never see anyone put it there.
12th Aug 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: The location of the comet in the sky changes direction at several points. Whilst it's apparent size and altitude will of course change, the direction it is coming from cannot. As an example, it is seen looming over the power plant towers, but when Ned is on the hill, it's no longer there.
27th Jul 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: After the "sponge incident," Bart is standing in the drive with the sponge packet in his hand. In the next shot he says "everything about me must go," but the packet has vanished from his hand.
26th Jul 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Bart enters the tree house after being beaten up, he puts his hat on a peg behind him. In some later shots at an angle you can just see the hat behind him. In the shots from directly in front of Bart, the hat is not on the peg.
24th Jul 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the start, when Nelson takes the cupcakes, you can see that after he has started eating them there are 4 left in the box. Just before he shuts the lid to drop it, you can just see the tops of 6 cupcakes.
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