Continuity mistake: When Skinner is addressing the class before the meat video we first see him with black trays on the desk to the far right. In the next shot they're much closer to him.
Continuity mistake: When Lisa knocks Bart's chop out his mouth she knocks it out front, however, the chop ends up going to the far right and into Homer's mouth.
Continuity mistake: When Homer is talking to Ned about having his own BBQ Ned is facing the fence but in the next shot he is facing alongside it with his head turned to Homer.
Continuity mistake: On Lisa's plate at dinner she has no mashed potato. During the lamb vision, her pork chops are now smaller and there's now mashed potato on her plate.
Continuity mistake: When Lisa knocks the lamb chop out of Bart's mouth to Homer's it changes colour during the journey.
Continuity mistake: In the Meat video Jimmy's steak is first seen to be a little thin. In the closeup it's very thick, then thin again in the next shot.
Continuity mistake: When Maggie's dummy is spinning after the goat has taken her, the ground is clear. In the next close up shot there are tufts of grass and clumps of dirt there.
Continuity mistake: When Lisa starts to drive away with Homer's pig, Marge is screaming 'No.' On Lisa's close up we can see Marge briefly to the left of the screen and her mouth isn't shouting.
Continuity mistake: When Lisa is with Apu, Paul and Linda the wall behind her is purple.On a close up of her when she's listening to Apu it's blue.In the next shot it's purple again.
Continuity mistake: During the lamb vision at dinner Lisa is holding her knife and fork. In the very next shot they're on the table.
Continuity mistake: Wiggum asks Homer for another burger and Homer throws it to him. When he catches it Otto has disappeared from sitting next to Eddie.
Continuity mistake: When Homer opens the door on Bart the door handle is purple with a grey backing. Later when Homer is saying 'If I went to a BBQ and there's no meat...' there is only the purple knob.
Continuity mistake: Homer opens the door on Bart just before he shows the kids his BBQ invites but there is never a door there in the Simpsons' home, only a doorway.
Continuity mistake: When Marge puts more lamb chops on Lisa's plate they are now grey in colour. Also the ones already on her plate have turned to grey.
Continuity mistake: When Homer is showing his BBQ invites to the kids Bart comes and stands next to Lisa and points to the extra 'B'. In the next shot, he's back over near Homer.
Continuity mistake: In the cafeteria scene, the shots from Lisa's perspective show glass protectors with signs where the food is. However, when the shot switches to Lunch lady Doris' perspective, the protectors are gone.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In the 'Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace' segment, in Bart's dream you see a shadow of what looks like someone with four knife-fingers. Then when we see who it is, it is Willie holding a rake. But the rake has five tines, not four, so the shadow is wrong. (00:07:00)
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Factual error: In "Nightmare On Evergreen Terrace", Martin has a dream, in which he speaks Latin. At one point, he says a verb that doesn't exist: "morire". The words is "mori" (to die), "moritur" (noun dies) or "moreris" (you die). The "moirie" is also on the blackboard behind Martin. (00:08:20)
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In the 'Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace' segment, in Martin's dream, Willie emerges from the blackboard with a rake which has a wooden handle. When the shot changes the rake handle has changed to being metal. (00:08:25)
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: During the 'Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace' segment, when Bart is running from Willie, he plans to sink Willie in the sandbox. In the first view of the sandbox it is isolated on a field, yet when Willie is sinking in the sand there is a jungle-gym beside the sandbox. (00:11:35)
Answer: I'm not sure if this is the one you're thinking of, but an episode of "Ray Bradbury Theatre," called "A Sound of Thunder," dealt with a similar matter: a group of hunters travel back in time to hunt dinosaurs, only to find things have changed when they get back because someone stepped on a butterfly.
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