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The Simpsons (1989) - 1490 mistakes in entire show

Directed by Matt Groening, starring Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Kelsey Grammer, Nancy Cartwright, Phil Hartman, Yeardley Smith (add more)

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Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish' (season 7, episode 22)

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Continuity: At Asa's funeral Burns and Grandpa both produce a key to unlock the compartment in the Hellfish monument, but even though they both take their keys out of the keyholes after turning them, all 9 keys are in place in the following shots.

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Homer's Phobia (season 8, episode 15)

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Continuity: John is wearing Homer's old "Pin-pals" bowling shirt when the Simpsons first meet him, but only after we see the back of the shirt does the name "Homer" appear over John's breast-pocket; clearly there was nothing there during their entire previous conversation. And even if this is a deliberate "mistake" for comic purposes, in 7th season episode"Team Homer", the very same bowling shirt is ripped to shreds when Homer is being mauled by Mr.Burns' dogs at the very end.

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Bart Carny (season 9, episode 12)

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Continuity: When the Simpsons are cleaning their house, the painting above the chair goes from a picture of Maggie to a picture of a boat.

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That '90s Show (season 19, episode 11)

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Continuity: When Homer is in his mansion watching Weird Al's parody of his song, the trash on his floor (frappacino cups, pizza boxes, etc.) keeps switching places.

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Bart of Darkness (season 6, episode 1)

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Continuity: In the scene where Lisa runs into the attic as she dives behind the chest she rattles a bird cage, later when Ned faints you can see that the bird cage has disappeared.

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Old Money (season 2, episode 17)

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Continuity: Abe's girlfriend dies in the middle of this episode, but in the end, seconds before the end credits, you can see her walk behind some other old people.

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Treehouse of Horror XVIII (season 19, episode 5)

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Continuity: Treehouse of Horror 18: When Marge puts the logo Hugh Laurie in the microwave, he splatters in the corner. Next shot the splatter is in the middle of the microwave.

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Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo (season 10, episode 23)

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Continuity: Marge loses one of her shoes in the "lava" , but when they fall down, Marge wears two shoes again.

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Bart to the Future (season 11, episode 17)

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Continuity: During the concert at Nelson's club, when the amplifier makes a terrible sound and everyone covers their ears, you can see that old Carl (sitting with Lenny) is pictured white. I mean, yellow. (He's supposed to be black.)

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Homer Defined (season 3, episode 5)

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Continuity: When Smithers makes Mr. Burns his Wine Spritzer, Burns makes Homer Employee of the Month. While Smithers is pouring the stuff in the bottle, his left hand turns black for three frames.

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Mommie Beerest (season 16, episode 7)

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Continuity: When Marge arrives home complaining that she is too tired to talk, there is an alarm clock on Homer's night table. When first shown it is a black electric clock, but when it is shown in the very next scene, it is an old orange one. Only a few seconds passed between these scenes, meaning there was no time for anyone to change it.

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My Sister, My Sitter (season 8, episode 17)

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Continuity: When Bart falls down the stairs, you see him fall down at least 50 stairs in the close up. There are never this many on the full shots of the staircase.

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Fear of Flying (season 6, episode 11)

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Continuity: When Homer and Marge are on the plane, they both have seat belts on. However, when Marge gets up to run up and down the plane, both seat belts have disappeared.

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Pygmoelian (season 11, episode 16)

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Continuity: When Moe is reading the script there are no pink pages in the book, but when the director says "pink pages are dreams" they show pink pages that weren't there before.

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Selma's Choice (season 4, episode 13)

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Continuity: When Bart and Lisa wake Homer and Marge up in the morning of the Duff Gardens visit, the kids are standing by the bed. However, when Marge throws the mouldy sandwich in the bin in the next shot and Homer collapses, the kids have disappeared. In the next shot, they are back again.

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Dog of Death (season 3, episode 19)

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Continuity: When Homer and Barney are talking about the lottery, Barney says, "130 million." Then, they set their mugs on the table but when they all run off their mugs have disappeared.

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Simpson Safari (season 12, episode 17)

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Continuity: When they are riding the boat type raft, the stripes change from red on the left and black on the right, to the other way around and then back again.

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Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em (season 18, episode 3)

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Continuity: In the episode where Marge becomes a construction worker, one of the more recent ones, it is revealed that Bart is very allergic to shrimp. However, in the episode where Marge and Homer get "framed" for a murder and end up on "Frame Up", Bart says he was in the green room and that he "ate so much shrimp".

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Springfield Connection (season 6, episode 23)

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Continuity: When Marge is reading the books on death sports the police arrive and she turns around, you can see the two posts with the round balls on top with no words on it. But when Marge starts walking towards the police station it says "Police" on the balls and the post changes size. Also the door to the police station changes from brown to blue to clear glass and back to blue during the scene.

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Continuity: In the scene where Homer first spots Snake dealing you see Marge with a handbag. In the next shot the handbag has disappeared.

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