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The A-Team (1983) - 20 mistakes in entire show

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Revealing: Throughout numerous episodes while the team is supposed to be driving the van, the gear selector can be seen in the "park" position.

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The Beast From the Belly of a Boeing (season 1, episode 13)

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Continuity: The Boeing 747 in this episode is supposed to belong to Beller Air, however exterior shots show the TWA Airlines logo.

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Labor Pains (season 2, episode 8)

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Continuity: At the beginning during the bridge jump scene, the A-Team van changes. It suddenly has round headlights, its hub caps can be seen popping off when it lands, and it doesn't have any spotlights. The real van has double square shaped headlights, steel spoked rims, and spotlights.

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A Nice Place to Visit (season 1, episode 14)

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Factual error: When the team is in uniform for their friend's funeral, Smith and Peck (both commissioned officers) have their Special Forces insignias on their berets when they should have their rank insignia.

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Pros and Cons (season 1, episode 4)

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Visible crew/equipment: As Hannibal and Murdock are coming over the wall of the jail in their hot-air-trash-bag chairs, you can see that the brick is a facade as the guard shoots at them. (41:25 / 41:39).

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Diamonds 'n' Dust (season 2, episode 1)

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Factual error: The A-Team go to South Africa to help a diamond mine, and every single vehicle is left-hand drive. South Africa use right-hand drive cars.

Edit Submitted by GalahadFairlight

West Coast Turnaround (season 1, episode 10)

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Continuity: During the scene when the A-Team drops watermelons on the pickup truck, the windshield shatters. The next shot after this, the truck flips over, but the windshield is intact.

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Bounty (season 3, episode 22)

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Other: The bridge jump scene in this episode is recycled from the season two episode "Labor Pains" where the van changes.

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Labor Pains (season 2, episode 8)

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Revealing: The Ballot Box label is written backwards: TOLLAB XOB. May be an indication that the shot was flipped. (41:50).

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When You Comin' Back, Range Rider? (1) (season 2, episode 5)

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Continuity: When the A-Team van is pulled out of the water, Captain Crane opens the door to look inside for bodies; you can see right through the front of the van. There is no engine and it is simply a shell of the van.

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Blood, Sweat, and Cheers (season 4, episode 8)

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Character mistake: In the scene where Jack is phoning Col. Decker to give him the A-Team's location, the camera zooms to a wanted poster of the three members. The poster lists Faceman as the rank of Captain, instead of Lieutenant.

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Quarterback Sneak (season 5, episode 4)

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Factual error: When the two men are watching the soccer game between the USA and East Germany, look at the 'East' German shirts - they are actually WEST German shirts (white with black trim, with even the stylised eagle of the DFB (the West German Soccer Federation).

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A Little Town With an Accent (season 4, episode 22)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Sonny Marlini gets in his car at the gas station and drives off (after Hannibal has refused his offer), a movie light can be seen reflected in the car's window.

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A Nice Place to Visit (season 1, episode 14)

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Continuity: After the Watkins Brothers run the A-Team Van off the road and the van flips; the Van suddenly becomes a Ford Econline van with Stock wheels, very much different from the original red turbine mag wheels on the GMC.

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Labor Pains (season 2, episode 8)

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Continuity: The second van has no GMC badge, no number plate and only one windscreen wiper.

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Across whole show

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Continuity: John "Hannibal" Smith's rank changes from to Colonel to Lieutenant Colonel in different shows. In some of the early episodes we see him in uniform as Lt. Col. but in later episodes such as when they are on trial, Smith is wearing the rank of Full Colonel.

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The Out-of-Towners (season 1, episode 8)

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Continuity: When the A-Team visits the bad guys' Sugar Hill Club, after shooting the place up and dumping the garbage truck, BA gets out of the garbage truck leaving the door open, the next shot the door is closed, the next shot the door is open and closes, and for the final shot as they exit it's open.

Edit Submitted by kknudson

The Beast From the Belly of a Boeing (season 1, episode 13)

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Factual error: The hijacked plane is a Boeing 747 where the cockpit is on the upper deck. When the passengers are loading on the plane, the cockpit is shown on the lower deck.

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Mexican Slayride (2) (season 1, episode 2)

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Continuity: When the team is escaping with Al, BA swipes a truck. After loading everyone in, he puts a pin in to hold the gate on the driver's side. When they meet up with Face & Murdock at the helicopter, Hannibal jumps out, pulls one pin from the passenger's side, and the gate swings down.

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Pros and Cons (season 1, episode 4)

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Revealing: When Hannibal drives the blue car into the sheriff's office trying to get arrested, the wooden jump ramp is visible.

Edit Submitted by Mister Ed