Helga's Parrot / Chocolate Turtles - S4-E6
Audio problem: After Arnold accuses Lila of flicking his ear, as he says, "Well, somebody flicked it," his mouth only says, "Well." It never says, "somebody flicked it." (00:08:38)
Helga's Show / The Flood - S3-E15
Audio problem: When the kids go into room 315 looking for Mr. Simmons, Arnold calls out his name, and his mouth does not move. (00:20:24)
Runaway Float / Partners - S2-E20
Continuity mistake: When Arnold stands up on the bike before jumping onto the parade float, Eugene's hair disappears mid-shot. (00:10:11)
Arnold's Hat/Stoop Kid - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Grandpa is telling Arnold about how how he tried to cover his head when his hair falls out, the camera cuts back to him with his arm on Arnold's shoulder and Arnold has his hat on, even though the whole story is about him losing his hat.
Coach Wittenberg / Four-Eyed Jack - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: Coach Wittenburg's anchor tattoo changes color from red to purple in between shots.
The High Life / Best Friends - S2-E10
Deliberate mistake: In "The High Life", there is a scene where Stinky submerges his head in a tank of water. He delivers the line, "Gee willickers, it's still ticking", and everyone somehow understands what he is saying with his head underwater.
False Alarm / World Records - S1-E17
Continuity mistake: In "World Records", during Arnold's inspirational speech on the stoop of the boarding house, Gerald is sitting on the railing. He changes positions from sitting facing Arnold on the steps to facing the street between shots.
The Little Pink Book/Field Trip - S1-E2
Other mistake: When Arnold is reading the diary at the school the other kids ask him to read more. He says "OK, but it is the last page." There are more pages. When he starts to read, then it is the last page.
Save The Tree / New Teacher - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: In the beginning of 'Save The Tree', the tree ladder is a distance above the ground. Later on in the episode, when Arnold and his friends go to the tree house for the last time, the ladder is practically touching the ground.
Save The Tree / New Teacher - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Harold eats Mr. Simmons' tomato sandwich, there is a red stain from the tomato on Harold's desk. This stain disappears in later shots.
Weird Cousin / Baby Oskar - S4-E11
Continuity mistake: In "Baby Oskar" the apartment number on the door to Oskar and Suzie's apartment appears and disappears multiple times throughout the episode.
Weird Cousin / Baby Oskar - S4-E11
Continuity mistake: In "Baby Oskar" when Suzie answers the phone there are 12 buttons on the phone, but when she is sitting on the bed there are 9 buttons.
Answer: The episode doesn't really elaborate on who the kid was and what his motives were, so its pure speculation as to why he took it. Perhaps the kid could simply want a ball all for himself and decided to just take it, or was simply a rotten kid. The truth is the kid's motives are not important to the story other than it highlights Arnold was having a lot of trouble getting through the list.
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