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Stargate: Atlantis (2004) - 24 mistakes in entire show

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Factual error: Anytime a character fires a missile at an airborne target, it's invariably from an M136 antitank launcher. The M136 is designed to hit relatively slow moving ground vehicles and is useless against fast moving airborne targets. (This is because used M136 tubes can't be reloaded and are very cheap to use as props).

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Continuity: In Season 5, Episode 11, "The Lost Tribe," when the Wraith have taken over the Daedalus, Dr. Keller's hair changes from being wavy to being completely straight and back to wavy.

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Continuity: In the second season, episode "Condemned", in the beginning when the crew is in the jumper, Ronan Dex has his hair tied back. When they land on the island and walk into the camp, his hair is down, and then they have to run back to the jumper when the prisoners start shooting at them. When they get back in the jumper, Ronan's hair is tied up again.

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Deliberate "mistake": In season 4 episode 17, "Midway": As the Wraith "stun bomb" activates at the SGC and everyone falls to the ground, it is visible how everyone uses their arms to dampen the fall.

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Plot hole: In early episodes, when Sheppard and his team are attempting to capture a Wraith, they ambush him and his soldiers with tasers. The taser just irritates the Wraith. Why don't they have Zat guns? (The real reason, of course, is that Wraith stunners will be introduced in 2 or 3 episodes.) But it makes no sense to not bring such a useful non-lethal weapon along into unknown territory.

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Factual error: Season 4 Episode 16 "Trio": When Sam breaks her leg, Dr. Keller discusses with McKay the possibility of internal bleeding, then returns to splint her leg and offer her some ibuprofen for pain. A doctor concerned about internal bleeding would never offer a patient ibuprofen, as it inhibits blood clotting.

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Factual error: In season 4, episode 1, "Adrift," at 32:22 when Sheppard and Zelenka are repairing the damaged hyperdrive control array, Zelenka pulls a crystal out of a panel and then lets go of it, the crystal flies up and out of his hand when they are in a zero gravity environment.

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Plot hole: Why do Dr. Beckett and Dr. Keller use so much Earth medicine? While the Ancients may have evolved past disease and genetic defects, they would still need treatments for physical injuries. And we know such advanced medical machines exist, scanners have been shown on screen and the Go'auld reverse-engineered their sarcophagi from an Ancient device. While they may be reluctant to use unknown machines for surgery or disease, surely bruises and broken bones should be healed instantly!

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Rising (1) (season 1, episode 1)

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Continuity: When they first arrive on Teyla's planet, the DHD is close to the gate. When the wraith attack, the DHD is much further from the gate.

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Hide and Seek (season 1, episode 3)

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Continuity: Right at the end, after the entity has gone through the gate, we get an overhead shot of McKay lying on the ground in front of the gate. His legs are stretched out straight. In the next shot, one of his legs is bent. He's unconscious, so he shouldn't have moved.

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Thirty-Eight Minutes (season 1, episode 4)

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Continuity: When they finally get through the gate by blowing the rear hatch (which serves as the exit ramp when open), they arrive on the other end with the ramp closed.

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Continuity: Right at the beginning, the crew of the jumper only dials five symbols into the DHD before hitting the engage button.

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Suspicion (season 1, episode 5)

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Continuity: In the scene where the Wraith attack on the Mainland, Sheppard is stunned and falls with his right hand on his gun near his hip, but when McKay and the other guy grab him, to pull him to the gate, both the gun and his right arm are above his head.

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Home (season 1, episode 9)

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Plot hole: General Hammond is promoted to 3-star general and command of the SGC is given to General O'Neill before the Atlantis gang even left earth. Why is it, that none of them find it the least bit odd that a 2-star Hammond greeted their return instead of O'Neill?

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The Defiant One (season 1, episode 12)

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Revealing: When the team first lands on the Planet and fist step out of the Puddle Jumper, you can see multiple footprints going in and out of the puddle jumper from previous takes.

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Letters from Pegasus (season 1, episode 17)

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Plot hole: After Zelenka is finished with his description of how Atlantis rose from the ocean, Ford asks him if he said anything that would require security clearance to see. But if he is worried about security, why did he film Zelenka sitting in front of a top-secret Naquadah generator? This would be the equivalent of a soldier filming Enrico Fermi (speaking in Italian) in front of a nuclear bomb prototype then asking if he said anything secret.

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The Hive (2) (season 2, episode 11)

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Visible crew/equipment: After taking the enzyme, Mckay is talking to himself as he dials the gate. When he goes to push the centre button, an arm moves on the opposite side of the DHD.

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Michael (season 2, episode 18)

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Continuity: In the scene where Michael is first introduced to his quarters, he goes to pick up a picture of his parents. In the first shot, the laptop next to the picture is closed, but in the next shot through the security camera, the laptop is wide open.

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Sateda (season 3, episode 4)

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Revealing: When they are escaping in the beginning of the episode, watch Rodney dial. As he finishes, one of the DHD address panels pops out and falls off.

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Progeny (season 3, episode 5)

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Revealing: One of the dots used to "steady" the CG within a shot remains in the shot for a protracted period of time. Its a blue dot towards the bottom right of the screen.

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