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Home Improvement (1991) - 16 continuity errors in entire show

starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Patricia Richardson, Tim Allen (add more)

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In one of the episodes, Tim goes out to talk to Wilson. When he gets to the fence he picks up a football. When the camera cuts to Wilson, then back to Tim, the football is gone. Then the camera goes to Wilson and back to Tim. He has the ball again.

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Off Sides (season 1, episode 3)

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When Randy takes the phone from Mark, as he starts to turn away he lifts the phone to his ear. The angle changes and he is now holding the phone in front of him as he walks over to the magician's box and jumps up on it.

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Satellite On A Hot Tim's Roof (season 1, episode 4)

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When Jill is talking to Ron Dol and is asking Tim to call Al and help with the Satellite Dish Tim is tightening gloves on both hands. Then goes back to Jill, then in the next shot it shows Tim grabbing a cinnamon roll with one of the gloves in the other hand.

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For Whom The Belch Tolls (season 1, episode 14)

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Tim says something about Al's mother in-law but he was not married until the final season.

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Heavy Meddle (season 2, episode 5)

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In the beginning of the episode, when Karen takes a Diet Coke from the refrigerator, she starts pouring it into a glass, and fills the glass halfway up. Cut to Jill for a second, then back to Karen, who is still pouring, but the glass is now only about a quarter full.

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Bye Bye Birdie (season 2, episode 18)

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After Tim smashes Al's display cabinet, it cuts to Tim, then back to the workbench and the wrecked cabinet. The pieces of china and the pieces of wood on the bench differ in the two shots. In the first shot, there are two whole teacups, one whole plate and a bit of a shelf on the bench (the shelf is on the right side of the screen), in the second shot we see a broken tea cup, one broken and one whole plate, and the piece of shelf has disappeared.

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Karate Or Not, Here I Come (season 2, episode 19)

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When Jill is standing up to the other woman at Mark's karate class, she asks her "Will you stop calling my son 'Stick Boy'?" As the other woman replies "Then feed him something", her hands are on her hips, but when the angle changes, she has her right hand on her chest, with no time to move her hands between shots.

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Arrivederci, Binford (season 3, episode 5)

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When Al and Tim are in the bar, watch Tim's and Al's glasses topped with beer foam. In the first shot there is a lot of foam, yet in the very next shot there is no foam.

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Dollars And Sense (season 3, episode 9)

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When Tim comes in the house, the car above the fireplace is not there but a few minutes later when the kids come in it is there again.

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Let's Go To The Videotape (season 4, episode 7)

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The conversation Tim and the others have at the hardware store becomes a lot different when Jill sees the (supposedly) same conversation on videotape. First of all, Tim's remark the "Jill's speech was so boring" has become "Jill's speech was so DULL". Secondly, Eddie's entire tale on how his wife wanted to change the fabric in the sun room is missing from the tape. And third, when Tim is talking about Jill's psychology studies, the expression "these terms" has become "these USELESS terms".

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Ye Olde Shoppe Teacher (season 4, episode 10)

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At the beginning of episode 4.10, "Ye Olde Shoppe Teacher", Tim's lopsided toolbox that he made turns 180 degrees as Jill pushes it away. As Jill and Tim are talking, it turns back. Then it turns 180 degrees again just before Tim briefly leaves the room.

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Tool Time After Dark (2) (season 4, episode 23)

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When Tim goes outside to talk to Wilson, the distinct three-looped straw he used is still standing in his antacid bottle. When he comes back inside, the bottle is on the table where it was, but the straw has disappeared.

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Sisters And Brothers (season 4, episode 24)

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In the opening segment, as Heidi hands Tim his hot-air gun, he takes it with both hands, then lets go with his left so he's only holding the gun in his right hand. The angle changes, and Tim is once again holding the gun with both hands, before he once again removes his left hand.

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Shopping Around (season 5, episode 24)

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When Tim and Jill are out to dinner and Tim spots Mr. Leonard, he gets up and lays his napkin down flat on the table. When he returns to the table the napkin is bunched up in a ball.

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From Top To Bottom (season 7, episode 25)

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Near the end, Jill is serving sausage to Tim. She places three links on his plate, but in the wide shot, Tim's plate is shown with only two.

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Dead Weight (season 8, episode 24)

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At the end, Jill puts down her magazine to talk to Tim. The magazine is open, laying on her chest, but in a shot change, it is now closed.

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