Best short movie continuity mistakes of all time

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The Little Orphan picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry hears the door bell, he puts the magazine he is reading on his chair. But when Nibbles attempts to take the cheese off the mousetrap, the magazine has disappeared.

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The Ducksters picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky emerges after his mauling from the gorilla, his face is covered in scratches, but when he is speaking to the Ajax Broadcasting Company on the telephone, the scratches have disappeared.

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Tom Turk and Daffy picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy says to Porky, "Did you lose something, Fat Stuff?" the number of trees in the background decreases between shots.

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By Word of Mouse picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Hans walking down the rope from the boat, he's carrying plain pink cloth. But when we see Hans the next time, the cloth now has white spots on it.

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The Case of the Stuttering Pig picture

Continuity mistake: When lawyer Goodwill is in the secret laboratory, he picks up a bottle that has "Jekyll and Hyde Juice" written on the label, but when we see him with the bottle in the next shot, the words have disappeared.

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Sleepy-Time Tom picture

Continuity mistake: After Tom says goodbye to his friends, he goes to sleep on the window ledge. At this point, you can see it's night time, but when we see him sleeping from inside the house in the next shot, it is daylight outside.

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The Wacky Wabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer is digging a hole to put a stick of dynamite in to try and find gold, the circle of the hole has earth around it. When he runs for cover after putting the dynamite in the hole, the earth is completely scattered, and when he puts the dynamite back in the hole before zipping it up, the earth is back around the circle.

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Big House Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs gives Sam a fake loaf containing the escape equipment, the loaf has nothing on the side, but when we see a close up of the loaf in the next shot, an "Ajax Escape Kit" label has appeared.

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Pluto's Fledgling picture

Continuity mistake: When the baby bird kicks the straw off when he is lying down, you can see that there is some straw on the nest, but when we see the bird in the next shot, the straw has disappeared.

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Downhearted Duckling picture

Continuity mistake: When Quacker walks off, thinking nobody loves him, you can see there is just grass in front of him but in the next shot he is walking in front of a pond.

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Cracked Quack picture

Continuity mistake: The door to the refrigerator is open during the party sequence at the end of the cartoon, but when we see a male duck and female duck dancing it is now closed, and in the shot after that, the door is open again.

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The Tee Bird picture

Continuity mistake: When the judge gives Woody his money after he won the championship play-off, the notes on the top of the two left piles have nothing written on them, but when we see a close-up of Woody in the next shot, dollar symbols have appeared.

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Wabbit Twouble picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs puts up a "Camp Here" sign near his hole, you can see there is nothing behind the sign, but in the next shot a tree has suddenly appeared.

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Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam picture

Continuity mistake: In the beginning, when Billy is talking to the bum (who later turns out to be Tawny), the bum has a glove on his right hand. When he reaches his right hand out to Billy and Billy gives him a subway token, there is no glove. It's back in the next shot.

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Cock-a-Doodle Dog picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike grabs the bomb (painted as an apple) from the cockerel, he takes a bite out of it. You can see that when Spike is about to eat it, the eaten part of the bomb is facing his mouth, but in the next shot the eaten part is now facing downwards.

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Back Alley Oproar picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Elmer getting himself ready to go to bed at the start of the cartoon, the window he is dressing in front of does not have a frame, yet it does have one when see Elmer winding up the alarm clock in the next shot.

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Ducking the Devil picture

Continuity mistake: When the Tasmanian Devil passes by the hamburger stall, you can see there is nothing next to the radio on the counter, but when we see a close-up of the radio in the next shot, there is now a mustard pot and a bottle next to it.

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Pet Peeve picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is playing with a ball of yellow wool next to Joan, look at the chair next to the table and you can see that George is missing, but in the next shot he is back in the chair.

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Bedevilled Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is trussed like a roast pig, the Tasmanian Devil puts salt and pepper on him and he leaves the salt shaker on the tree stump next to Bugs. But when the Devil unties Bugs later on, the salt shaker has disappeared.

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