Best animated movie continuity mistakes of all time

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The Iron Giant picture

Continuity mistake: When the Iron Giant follows Hogarth home they cross a railwayline and the Giant starts to eat the steel rail. During this scene you can see the distance of the railway sleepers changing from a fair distance apart to close together over the course of the shots. In the same scene you can also see that, although there is a crossing with lights, no vehicle could possibly pass as the rail has no crossover facility at that level. (00:24:30)

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Pinocchio picture Pinocchio mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Pinocchio is locked up in the cage of Stromboli, Jiminy goes inside the cage lock, and he hangs his coat and hat on the outside of the lock. In the next shot, they have disappeared.

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The Emperor's New Groove picture

Continuity mistake: When Kronk is disposing of the llama body, he runs down a very tall staircase. At the bottom, he runs into two peasants and leans up against the wall. The peasants pass him, walking toward the left side of the screen. Immediately after they disappear from the screen, the "camera" zooms out so you can see the entire palace. Now, the only place the peasants could have gone was up the staircase Kronk had just come down from, unless they wanted to fall off a cliff. If you look on the stairs, though, no one is there. The peasants couldn't have made it all the way up the extremely tall and steep staircase within seconds, so they just mysteriously disappeared.

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Pokemon: the First Movie picture

Continuity mistake: In Pikachu's Vacation, when Pikachu and the rest of his friends are pulling Charizard's head out, the rope that they use was not there during the previous shots.

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The Polar Express picture

Continuity mistake: Throughout the movie, the number of cars the train has changes. The scene where Hero Girl's ticket is surrounded by a pack of wolves shows the train having around 20 cars, but the scene where the train's on the ice shows it having 5.

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Suggested correction: The entire journey is likely just a dream. There are many things in the movie that cannot happen in the "real" world, and the number of cars changing is just another aspect of the dreamlike nature of the trip.

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TMNT picture

Continuity mistake: During the fight between Raph and Leo, Raph breaks Leo's swords. Later when Raph gives the broken swords to Splinter they are broken much closer to the hilt then before. (00:56:40 - 01:00:25)

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars picture Star Wars: The Clone Wars mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When R2-D2 closes the door to the platform in the back of the monastery (before Asajj attacks Ahsoka), Asajj stabs both of her lightsabers through the door, a few inches apart from each other, and starts moving them downward. In the next shot, on the other side of the door, there is already a solid line (the top of the circle) cut into the door. There wasn't enough time for her to have stopped and connected the space between the two holes. (00:45:40)

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked picture

Continuity mistake: When Alvin is making the big SOS sign, one shot shows the whole beach and Simon and Theodore are in the middle of the big letter O. In the next shot, they are at the O's edge.

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Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox picture Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox mistake picture

Continuity mistake: After Batman shoots Reverse Flash through the head, Flash rushes over to Batman and catches him before he falls over from his wounds. As Flash is lying him down slowly, there is no blood on Batman's face. It then cuts to a close up as Batman reaches up to pull off his mask and there is suddenly blood on his lips and chin. (01:12:20)

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The Lego Movie picture

Continuity mistake: During the chase scene in the Wild West, Bad Cop shoots a tracking device onto the back of Emmet's left leg. The tracking device disappears and re-appears at random until it is revealed during the attack by Bad Cop on Cloud Cuckoo Land.

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Barbie as Rapunzel picture

Continuity mistake: Although Gothel cuts Rapunzel's really long hair using a spell, at the end of the movie when Rapunzel gets married, for some reason, her hair is still long, even though it had no time to grow back.

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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water picture

Continuity mistake: When SpongeBob says he should sacrifice himself, the squidosaurs Rex has Mr. Krabs in his hands, but when SpongeBob walks to the counter, Mr. Krabs is right next to Squidward. When the camera zooms in on a group of citizens and Squidward, Mr. Krabs is gone. Then, another shot of the squidosaurs Rex, Mr. Krabs is in his hands again.

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The Boss Baby picture

Continuity mistake: When Tim and the baby are tugging over the tablecloth, Tim's meal and drink have vanished from the table.

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Despicable Me 3 picture

Continuity mistake: During the dance fight towards the end of the movie between Gru and Balthazar Brat the guitar/piano/laser thing swaps from a right-handed item to a left-handed one when Gru gets it.

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Baby Puss picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry slams the door on the dollhouse after Tom attempted to catch him after his dress slips off, the blind in the top window is pulled right up but in the next shot it's now pulled down halfway.

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Hotel Transylvania: Transformania picture

Continuity mistake: In the beginning of the movie, Mavis stares at the window. When Drac sings to her, the window is closed in the first shot, but in the next shot it's opened. (00:01:00)

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Continuity mistake: When the Powerpuff Girls use their laser eyes to make windows in their room, the windows are oval. Later in the movie, such as when the Powerpuff Girls are sleeping the night before 'The Day', the windows are circular.

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