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At the end of the show, Fran and the gym teacher, played by Rita Moreno, are discussing Fran's high school boyfriend. Moreno's lines in the scene are from the song "A boy like that" that her character Anita sang in the 1961 movie West Side Story. See more...

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The Nanny (1993) - 47 mistakes in entire show

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Material Fran (season 2, episode 4)

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Revealing: When Fran is on the private jet, the champagne sitting between her and Cathy doesn't move through all the turbulence, showing that it is the camera shaking and not the plane.

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Here Comes the Brood (season 1, episode 5)

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Continuity: In the dining room, CC is wearing a scarf over her head as part of her "safari" outfit. When the shot shifts to a close-up of her looking horrified at the thought of taking the kids to the Zoo on her own, the scarf is suddenly around her neck.

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The Tart with Heart (season 4, episode 1)

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Continuity: When Fran's date Jack first enters the house, Fran closes the door behind him. A couple of shots later, the door is open and Fran is closing it again.

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The Whine Cellar (season 2, episode 10)

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Other: When Sylvia is outside the Sheffield mansion she says "I wonder if my daughter Fran is at home? I will see if she is" the doorbell rings as soon as she finishes that line, but you can see both her hands are visible. She can't have rung the doorbell.

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Pinske Business (season 2, episode 8)

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Continuity: When CC and Maxwell are hiding in CC's closet, the coat CC is hiding behind changes between shots. Some shots she is hiding behind Charles Haste's grey coat and other shots Fran's gold one.

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Continuity: None of the Sheffield children are aged properly over the course of the series. It's established that Grace is 6 years old in season 1, but two years later in season 3 she's 10. Maggie is 18 at the end of season 5 but turns 21 years old in early season 6. And finally, Brighton is in seventh grade in season 2 and somehow is graduating high school at the end of season 6 (when he should be only a junior, and nothing about Brighton's character would suggest he's capable of skipping a grade).

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The Nanny-in-Law (season 1, episode 10)

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Continuity: In the opening titles sequence, cartoon Fran is thrown out of the bridal shop and the doors are closed behind her. When she hails a taxi in the next shot the doors are open again.

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Maggie the Model (season 1, episode 13)

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Revealing: As Chloe Simpson is leaving the mansion at the end of the show, she trips over Fran's foot without touching her. She starts to trip about half a foot before Fran's shoe.

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The Butler, the Husband, the Wife and Her Mother (season 1, episode 6)

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Continuity: When Sylivia is telling Fran about her birth, she raises her right hand and has her left hand on her hip. When the shot changes her left hand is raised and her right hand is on her hip.

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The Family Plumbing (season 1, episode 14)

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Continuity: In the kitchen, while Fran is telling Maxwell about Brighton and Tiffany in the shower, the glass of juice on the counter appears and disappears between shots.

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Where's the Pearls? (season 3, episode 21)

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Plot hole: When Fran is waiting to ambush Elizabeth Taylor, Maxwell says "the kids left for school an hour ago", but Gracie comes running down the stairs right after that with no comment from anyone.

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The Family Plumbing (season 1, episode 14)

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Continuity: When Maxwell is talking to Brighton about the battle of the sexes, he puts his hands in his pockets. The shot changes and suddenly his hands are at his sides and he puts them in his pockets again.

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The Gym Teacher (season 1, episode 19)

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Continuity: In the second gym scene, while Fran is talking to the gym teacher, Maggie's arms change from being crossed to hanging at her side between shots.

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I Don't Remember Mama (season 1, episode 22)

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Other: Towards the end of the show, Fran has a tape of the Sheffield's which she removes from the cover and inserts into the player, upside down. It's quick but it's there.

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Frannie's Choice (season 1, episode 21)

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Continuity: In the scene in the kitchen with Val, Fran takes two green cups and places them on the bench. She takes two teabags and places them in the cups. In the next scene the two cups are on the table with Val, and Fran carries the teabags over to them and puts them in.

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Love is a Many Blundered Thing (season 3, episode 19)

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Continuity: When Fran and Val are in the bus stop, Val's arms change position between shots throughout the scene.

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The Nanny Napper (season 2, episode 6)

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Continuity: In the kitchen, when Fran and Maxwell are tidying up, Maxwell picks up the bottle of chocolate sauce from the table. When he walks to the sink, the bottle is suddenly back on the table, and a few shots later Fran picks it up again.

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Take Back Your Mink (season 2, episode 12)

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Continuity: In the final scene in the lounge, there is a plaster bust on the hall table that appears and re-appears between shots.

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The Nanny Napper (season 2, episode 6)

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Revealing: When Fran and Maxwell are changing the baby's diaper in the kitchen, the baby "pees", but the pee shoots from the baby's chest.

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The Family Plumbing (season 1, episode 14)

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Continuity: When CC takes the pile of showgirl resumes from Maxwell in the office, she holds them with both hands. When the shot changes, she is holding them with one arm under the pile and the other hand leafing through them.

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