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The Simpsons (1989) - 1491 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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Another Simpson Clip Show (season 6, episode 3)

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Character mistake: In the first scene, Marge says it's 9:30pm, but after Homer's flashback the clock next to Homer says it is 11:50pm.

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Itchy & Scratchyland (season 6, episode 4)

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Continuity: Homer's two hairs over his head are dishevelled when the family arrive at Itchy and Scratchy land due to whatever has happened on the detour - however, it suddenly changes to being like he normally has it in the last frame that shows the family in the car, before the car park is shown.

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Continuity: When Cletus takes a picture of one of the robots at the parade, the old lady next to him changes from black to white between shots.

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Tree House of Horror V (season 6, episode 6)

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Continuity: In "Time and Punishment", when Homer returns to the basement after his first time travel, there is a scorch mark om the work bench where the toaster was placed when he turned it on. The angle changes to a shot from the stairs, and the scorch mark is gone. Later in the episode, the mark is back on the bench.

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Audio problem: In 'Time and Punishment,' Lisa yells "Dad your hand is jammed in the toaster!" and we then hear her screaming in the following shot, however her mouth is closed.

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Audio problem: In 'The Shinning' when the Simpsons finally arrive at the house, they climb out the car and start yelling "Hi." and "We're here." Listen to Lisa's voice, and watch her mouth. The audio is totally out of sync with her mouth movements.

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Continuity: In 'Time and Punishment,' when the machine picks up the Simpsons' house, to take it to the 'Re-Neducation Centre,' the garage is on the wrong side of the house. It is on the correct side in the following shots of Homer returning.

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Continuity: In 'Time and Punishment,' Homer goes back in time, then returns, and the kitchen table has plates of food, cutlery and glasses all set out. Then when Homer is informed that Ned is the Lord of the Universe, the house starts shaking, but you can see the table is now totally clear.

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Continuity: In 'Time and Punishment,' in the basement, as soon as Homer puts the back of the toaster back on, two pink wires taped to the side of the toaster suddenly appear.

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Continuity: In 'Time and Punishment,' when Homer exits the basement, he discovers Bart and Lisa are giants, and he then screams and runs back to the "basement" - however the same door that leads to the basement seconds ago, now leads to a green -carpeted room, and the basement seems to have vanished. The door is also hinged on the wrong side.

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Other: At the speed that Homer was chasing the family outside the lodge at the end of "The Shining", he would of caught them up with ease.

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Continuity: When Skinner is cooking the kids, he and the cook are chasing Bart, Lisa, and Milhouse. From the back, he has an apron tied around his neck. In the next shot, he puts on an apron.

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Continuity: In 'Nightmare Cafeteria,' in the opening shot we see Bart standing on a desk in the back row. It cuts to a closeup, and he is now on a desk in the second row from the back, as well as people appearing around him, such as Milhouse, who wasn't even in the classroom in the opening shot.

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Continuity: In 'Nightmare Cafeteria,' when Lunchlady Doris spills food on Jimbo, it only goes onto him. In the next shot it is also all over the table.

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Continuity: In 'Nightmare Cafeteria,' Lisa and Bart run into the basement, to tell Marge they are cooking kids at school. Between shots Bart and Lisa swap places.

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Continuity: When the Simpsons shed their skin at the end, the skin falls to the floor. In the next shot it's gone.

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Continuity: In the third story, the five remaining students are all in one classroom - Bart, Lisa, Milhouse, Wendell, and Ralph. Ralph disappears when the other four try to escape.

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Continuity: In 'Time and Punishment,' the blue button on the toaster occasionally differs from being at the bottom of the lever to suddenly at the top, visible in the first shots of Homer fixing the toaster and between shots after Homer sits on the pink fish.

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Other: At the end, just before the Simpsons are turned inside-out, Bart is not only wearing his red shirt in bed, but sitting in a position that's not even possible in any position he was sleeping in.

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Continuity: In 'The Shinning,' Homer is chasing his family with an axe. They are hiding behind a curtain, and then they run outside, away from Homer, opening only one of the double doors. In the following overhead shot of them running through the snow, both doors are now open.

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