Yippee Ki Yay Melon Farmer - S6-E10
Continuity mistake: When Uncle Marvin drives his Miata up the driveway, he parks close to foliage, but when he gets out of the Miata, a blue car is reflected, rather than the greenery.
Yippee Ki Yay Melon Farmer - S6-E10
Continuity mistake: The hose wrapped around Uncle Marvin's chest changes position as Adam tells him he got the shot.
Factual error: As Murray and Adam first walk into the VHS rental, a pan shot displays a cardboard cutout of C-3PO and R2-D2. The cutout features artwork from the TV series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" which first aired in 2008, where as "The Goldbergs" take place in the 1980's. (00:04:30)
Angst-Giving - S7-E8
Continuity mistake: The cookbook draft Beverly gives Adam to take to school to show Dave Kim, is over 2 inches thick. When Adam returns home to give it back to Beverly it is half the size.
Continuity mistake: The Goldbergs' family car is a Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park (as shown in several episodes). The car being towed (with Barry inside) is a Ford LTD Country Squire despite being the Mercury in the scene right before.
Factual error: In the parking lot at Live Aid, the logo of the PAC 12 conference is visible on a sign in the background; an athletic conference that's made up of schools in the western U.S. and did not exist during that time period. (00:04:54)
Continuity mistake: He already had his sixteenth birthday season 5 episode 8 - The Circle Of Driving Again.
Continuity mistake: In season one it says something along the lines of Lainey and her mum are at home. And then in a later season it says that her mum left 7 years ago. Later in another episode it says it's been 4 years.
Yippee Ki Yay Melon Farmer - S6-E10
Other mistake: In this episode, Adam watches Die Hard for the first time. Earlier in season 2-1, he is shown wanting to watch Die Hard. Die Hard wasn't released until 1988 and the Goldbergs would have at least had 3 Hanukkahs before this episode. This is impossible considering the time frame at to be watching it at both times.
O Captain! My Captain! - S4-E11
Other mistake: Barry climbs up on the desk and comically recites the "Oh Captain my Captain" refrain, which is in reference to the finale of Dead Poet's Society, which came out in 1989. An actual time jump forward, that would make him 20-something, which he isn't. And makes no sense for the episode, which is still set in the mid-80s.
The Circle Of Driving Again - S5-E8
Continuity mistake: After Adam crosses the railroad tracks in Grandpa's car, the next quick view through the front of the windshield to the back window of their car shows a street scene, and not the railroad crossing lights, gates, or tracks that should be there.
Uptown Boy - S10-E20
Factual error: Adam kicks the wheel chock from the pickup truck, and it starts to roll back. Based on the ease and speed of the truck rolling, the chock would have been firmly stuck against the tire and would not have moved when Adam kicked it.
Factual error: Occasionally one of the characters will make a key reference to some film or other cultural event that took place in 1989 or later. Like the neighbor stating she saw Ghost, which came out in 1990.
Factual error: Towards the end, Beverly is wearing Crocs. They only came out in 2002.
Factual error: Whilst Adam and Erika discuss their grandfather buying a timeshare in Florida Adam states that their Grandfather is 80 years old. Erika responds that he was born in 1903 - thus setting the episode in 1983. However Adam is wearing a "Queen A Kind of Magic" T-shirt - an album that wasn't released until 1986.
DannyDonnieJoeyJonJordan - S2-E10
Factual error: In this episode Adam and Barry are mocking Erica for being a fan of New Kids on the Block when she was younger - she must have gone off them pretty quickly as NKOTB only became well-known outside of Boston (their home city) on the release of their second album in 1988.
Factual error: Adam says it is January 27th, 1980-something, and he is watching the new movie "Cocoon", but the movie was released on June 21st, 1985, not in January.
Factual error: The Phillies were in the World series in 1980. Talk into remote controls did not come out till 1989. The party in the park the kids are dancing to the song "Tricky" by Run DMC which came out in 1986.
Suggested correction: The Phillies were in the 1983 World Series as well (which is the likely year as they lost), and the Goldbergs didn't have a talk in remote - the kids said they had just to wind up their father.
