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The Cosby Show (1984) - 12 mistakes in season 1

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Pilot

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Continuity: The father was known as Clifford in the beginning but the name was changed to Heathcliff (you can see this on the nameplate for his office).

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Deliberate "mistake": In the very first episode, the kids are fighting and arguing all throughout the house. Claire then asks Cliff, "Why did we have 4 kids?", referring to Denise, Theo, Rudy, and Vanessa. In all of the following episodes, they actually have 5 kids. I guess they decided to add Sandra (the oldest Huxtable) later down the road.

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Continuity: After Theo gives up an extra $100 for clothes, he is holding $300 left in his hand. However when the camera switches back to Cliff, who asks how much is left, it switches back to Theo, who is only holding $200 left.

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Bad Dreams

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Other: When Cliff dials the phone number to Wanessa's friend, it's obvious that he dialed "3" instead of "2", and still got right number.

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A Shirt Story

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Character mistake: When asked about the $95 Theo said that if he lived to be 90 years old that would be like a dollar a day. On this episode Theo is 14 years old, as stated by Cliff. If Theo wanted to equate his age to the value of the shirt he would need to live to 109 years old.

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Breaking With Tradition

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Audio problem: In the scene where Cliff takes the ball from Theo and places it on the counter, it is clear that the ball will roll off the counter. However, we never hear the ball actually fall off the counter. But, when the camera turns to Theo and he says, "Door two", then the camera turns back to Cliff, the ball is nowhere to be found on the counter.

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Play It Again, Vanessa

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Other: When Cliff and Theo are playing chess, Theo never starts the clock to start his turn, he just moves and stops the clock.

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Father's Day

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Other: It is daylight outside when Cliff and Clair are talking, but when he turns the lights off to try on his light-up Father's Day gifts, it gets pitch black in the room.

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Plot hole: Cliff says in the beginning that he has the day off, but when the kids go shopping it shows him at work in his office.

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Back to the Track, Jack

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Character mistake: When the race ends and the kids are cheering, you can hear Denise call Cliff "Bill" instead of "Dad".

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Slumber Party

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Continuity: After Cliff talks to Peter, Theo is told to run to the neighbors across the street. However, he can be seen in the background of some shots when the twins do their game. As soon as the twins finish, Theo is shown coming back into the house.

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Other: During the scene where the twin sisters were singing their song, Theo was asked by Cliff to go to Peter's house and ask his mother if he could stay. Theo left immediately after this. But if you look closely while the twins are singing, you'll see Theo's arm in the scene. When the twins finish performing, they sit down. After this, you see Theo coming through the door after having just gone to Peter's house.

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