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The Simpsons (1989) - 1369 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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Bart Gets An F (season 2, episode 1)

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Other: When Bart enters the school bus at the day of history test, we see close-up of his "Early American History" book open about in the middle, on the page saying "Chapter 1".

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Continuity: When Lisa shows her exam to her family, the "a" note keeps changing from being circled in red and in a red round.

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Simpson and Delilah (season 2, episode 2)

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Continuity: Near the start, when Homer is going through the medicine cabinet and we see various items. He takes out various hair growth products, and then when we see what's left, the floss has vanished.

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Continuity: When Homer is giving people tartar sauce at the cafeteria, he says "plenty for everybody" with his mouth closed at the end of him saying it. However the photo in the newspaper is shown with his mouth open. Also, for the last part of "everybody" his mouth doesn't move.

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The Simpson's Halloween Special: Tree House of Horror (season 2, episode 3)

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Continuity: When Homer is preparing the barbecue, he is wearing an apron that says "Mafia staff apron". After he goes to pick up the lighter fluid, it reads "Maffia staff apron", and after he has lit the barbecue, it is back to saying "Mafia".

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Continuity: In Hungry are the Damned, when The Simpsons are on the spaceship and the aliens show them the food, there are 3 pots and two plates. Yet when the shot changes there are 4 pots and no plates.

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Continuity: After the aliens have dropped off the Simpsons in their back yard, Marge is seen wearing her usual red pearls. Except in the final shot of the family. Then her pearls are white. This is not due to the alien light source altering the colors in the segment, because Marge's pearls have been a dark color through the whole episode, even inside the alien spaceship.

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Continuity: When the Simpsons are about to eat on the spaceship, in one shot just before they eat there are 3 candles on the table, and when they all sit down they're gone.

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Continuity: When Bart is unpacking his things from the box, if you look at the mantelpiece, we can see that there is a candle on the right hand side of it. But later on, there is a candle on the left hand side which wasn't previously there.

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Continuity: When the Simpsons are eating for the second time the alien on the very left, which previously had spots on his cheek, now has no spots.

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Continuity: In "Hungry Are The Damned", when the family are looking up at the UFO and Homer says that the burgers are getting cold, the burger he is eating has a bite out of it. In his close-up it is a whole burger.

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Continuity: In the Raven scene, you can see Homer's drool on his jacket, but in the next shot and following shots it's gone.

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Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish (season 2, episode 4)

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Continuity: The shot glass that Burns places on his desk disappears for several frames before reappearing.

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Continuity: After the safety expedition has taken place, we see that when everyone is in Burns' office that by his main doors there are 4 buttons on the wall. Yet when a shot from further away is shown, they are not there.

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Dancin' Homer (season 2, episode 5)

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Continuity: At the end of the Capital City number, where the car comes towards camera before they shout "Capital City, yeah", watch Marge's dress. It's green as the car approaches, but as soon as it parks, it turns red, right before your eyes.

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Dead Putting Society (season 2, episode 6)

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Continuity: When the Flanders and Simpsons first meet at the golf course, Flanders is wearing his usual long-sleeved green sweater over his shirt. After Homer says to him, "The fruit of my loins can beat the fruit of your loins any day of the week", the color of Flanders' sleeves are missing, making it look as if he's wearing a sleeveless pullover.

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Continuity: Bart is putting pool balls while training with Lisa, the 2 balls remaining on the table change from white to a pink/red.

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Continuity: During the tournament, Abe Lincoln hole, there is only one hole to shoot for when his legs open up, after Todd hits his ball through, you see 3 holes from the backside. After Bart hits his ball the legs open up to reveal 3 holes to shoot for from the frontside.

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Continuity: When Flanders' wife gives them the sandwiches in the recreation room there are 12 sandwiches, when Homer asks Ned to get him a beer there are only 6.

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Bart vs. Thanksgiving (season 2, episode 7)

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Continuity: When Patty and Selma bring food to the Simpsons' for one shot Patty's dress turns blue before turning purple again.

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