Smallville

Skinwalker - S2-E10

Visible crew/equipment: After Kyla dies the scene goes to the construction site as Martha and Lionel get out of a SUV. As Martha gets out you can see the camera and film crew reflected in the window of the SUV.

Noir - S6-E20

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, we see that the clock reads 2 o'clock. Jimmy then takes Chloe into the back room to his set-up movie date. A little into the scene, they then hear a gunshot. When they rush out, the clock now reads 4:15. However Chloe and Jimmy were not in the back room for this long. At 4:15 they find Lana shot, and call 911. Then after the credits, we return to the scene, but now the police have arrived. But now the clock reads 2:15. There is no way the police would have taken so long, that the clock would have jumped all the way around from 4:15 to 2:15, therefore the continuity on this clock is mixed up.

Red - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: At the bar, the agent looking for Jessie calls the barkeeper. He then proceeds to fold a piece of paper and puts down the pen which he was holding onto the bar. Cut to a different angle (as he takes out a photo of Jessie from his coat) but now the paper is unfolded and he is holding the pen in his hand again.

Magnetic - S3-E7

Continuity mistake: Seth fires at Clark and Clark dives behind a ride car to dodge the bullets. As Clark stands up he brushes the impacted bullets off of his shoulder. Seth says "Looks like I'm not the only one with special powers." before he turns to use his powers to pick up a ride car that is behind him. As Seth starts to get the car in the air, in the background you can see Clark is only just standing up and brushing his shoulder off again.

Visage - S2-E11

Continuity mistake: After Clark sees Whitney and realizes that he may be Tina Greer the next scene is at the school newspaper The Torch. The first shot of the computer, as the camera pans past it, has a story about Whitney's return up front with the story about Tina Greer's "suicide" behind it. Even though nobody touches the computer in the time between shots the next shot of the screen has just the story on Tina Greer and Whitney's story is completely gone.

Unsafe - S4-E11

Revealing mistake: Clark uses his heat vision to warm up Alicia's cup of hot chocolate. When the drink is hot enough to start giving off steam, the "steam" is not water vapor. Water vapor would be nearly clear and rise straight up from the cup. This "steam" is more likely from a piece of dry ice as the vapor is rolling over the side.

Asylum - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: When Lex first tries to break out of Belle Reve, he stabs a security guard in the leg with a pencil deep enough to draw a large amount of blood on the guy's pants leg. But when Lex is trying to incapacitate the man you can see the pencil flopping around on the guards leg and not sticking inside the guy's leg.

Perry - S3-E5

Audio problem: After Perry explains that the information he has on Lionel is with "multiple attorneys with 'in the event of my death' instructions" Perry tells Lex that the information is "all yours". As he says "all yours" the camera is behind and you can see Perry's mouth say "I just want one thing." but you don't hear Perry actually speak the line until the camera has switched and is facing Perry.

Obsession - S3-E14

Continuity mistake: After Adam says "Look who's talking." you can see Lana raise the notebook she found as she starts to respond when the camera is behind her. When the camera jumps to the other side, facing Lana, the notebook is down instantly between shots and she has to raise it up again.

Fever - S2-E16

Audio problem: After the DCA shows Clark and Jonathan the metallic key, Clark says, "We need to think about mom," but his lips are not moving.

Skinwalker - S2-E10

Continuity mistake: When the wolf jumps out the window of the Luthor mansion there is no blood on the glass shards that are left in the window. As Clark goes to the window, there is, all of a sudden, a lot of blood present on the glass.

Fever - S2-E16

Continuity mistake: In the kitchen, Martha collapses and Clark catches her just in time. Jonathan then rushes to his wife and puts his right hand on her cheek and his left hand on Clark's shoulder. Cut to a close up of Martha as Jonathan calls her name but now he has both his hands on Martha's face.

Spell - S4-E8

Audio problem: In the scene where Jason and Isabelle/Lana are talking and he is about to burn the book with the lighter, she quickly grabs the book with her magic. Isabelle then says some sort of spell flinging Jason against the wall to the right. In the shot where you see him thrown against the wall, Isabelle has already said the spell, but you can see her mouth moving saying the same thing (though nothing is heard).

Redux - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: As Clark walks into his grandfather's motel room, his hands are behind his back. He turns to face his grandfather and both hands are now in front of him holding the photo album. The next shot shows him in the foreground raising his left arm from his side to hold the album. (00:31:30)

Phoenix

Zero - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: After the package is delivered and Clark and Lana are talking, Lex walks over and promises to open the Talon on time. Lana skips from looking up at him to looking down for her line. (00:15:55)

Phoenix

Jitters - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: For several shots during the early scene with the baby in the crib, the blanket changes back and forth from tucked up to the chin, up to the shoulders, and up to the stomach in different angles. (00:01:55)

Phoenix

Hypnotic - S5-E16

Revealing mistake: After Simone's shower when she and Chloe meet, Simone is wrapped only in a blue towel, however, when she goes to the doot to call for Clark, underclothing in the form of a bra or a tube top is visible above the towel's edge.

Onyx - S4-E17

Continuity mistake: When Bad Lex is beating up Good Lex in the cellar right before their bodies are joined again, he repeatedly hits him on the right side of his face. However, when the two are finally fused back together, there is a bruising on the left side of Lex's face.

Lucy - S4-E16

Visible crew/equipment: Just after Becker starts to chase Lucy there is a shot looking up the hill towards the lodge where she started skiing from. To Lucy's left you can see a fresh pair of ski tracks being made by whatever the camera is on. You can tell these are fresh tracks because there is fresh snow being kicked in the air because of them.

Crush - S1-E19

Continuity mistake: When Chloe is kissing Justin the shot is behind him and her hands are not on his neck. The shot switches to behind Chloe and she does have her hands on his neck.

Shimmer - S1-E10

Lana Lang: That's the thing about Clark Kent. He's not always there when you want him... But he's always there when you need him.

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Trivia: Clark always wears blue and red clothes (or at least one of these colors). No surprise that when he got his Superman costume, he chose those same colors.

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Whisper - S3-E10

Question: In the episode, 'Whisper', there is a character that makes a very high pitched feedback like noise. Is this a character that was in the old comics and can anyone tell me how this guy does that noise?

Answer: No, there is no such character in the comics. He's a "meteor-freak" like all the other baddies on the show. The sound has something to do with him vibrating his vocal cords very fast to create a high-pitched squeal.

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