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King-Size Canary picture

Continuity mistake: When the cat places the tiny canary on to the plate, the salt and pepper pots on the table change positions between shots, and the cabinets in the background disappear. He also has a knife and fork in his hands, but after the canary says he's been sick, we return to the cat and the knife and fork have disappeared.

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Slap Happy Lion picture

Other mistake: After the fade out, the "The End" board shows it as an "MGM Tom and Jerry Cartoon." The two stars were not in this short at all.

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Roman Legion-Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Sam closes the door after escaping the lions, you can see there is nothing under his feet, but in the next shot a doormat has suddenly appeared.

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Bunker Hill Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see the "They" flag on Yosemite Sam's fort, it is completely fine. When Sam says "Ahoy, there!" there is now a hole in the top right hand corner.

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Woody Dines Out picture

Continuity mistake: When Woody reacts to the "Blackout Borscht" that the taxidermist has given him, the bowl is on the counter, but in the shot of Woody's head and neck rising into the air, the bowl has suddenly disappeared.

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Rabbit Seasoning picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy Duck is printing fake rabbit tracks at the beginning of the cartoon, he puts two tracks next to Bugs Bunny's hole. But when Elmer Fudd arrives at the hole, the two tracks have disappeared.

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Love That Pup picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike grabs Tom's whiskers and threatens him, the background behind them changes from a fence to blue sky between shots.

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Come Clean picture

Continuity mistake: When Stan and Oliver are speaking to the ice-cream salesman, the amount on the till reads "05", but after Oliver has given him the money to pay for the ice-cream, the amount is now "10."

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Bosko the Doughboy picture

Continuity mistake: When Bosko is sitting in the trench, he spots a piece of cheese on a mousetrap and eats it. In the next shot, the mousetrap has disappeared.

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Rabbit Every Monday picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs takes out the bubble gum, you can see he is holding the gum between two fingers and a thumb. But in a close-up, he is holding the gum at the bottom of the wrapper.

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The Wabbit Who Came to Supper picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer opens the door and finds Bugs at the dressing table in ladies' underwear, you can see the door is positioned on the left hand side of the frame. But when we see Bugs, the door is now on the right hand side.

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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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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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Caballero Droopy picture

Continuity mistake: When the bandit takes Droopy's wallet, he empties the contents and finds a photo of Droopy's girl. At this point, you can see the bandit is holding the photo with two hands, but when we see a close-up of the photo in the next shot, he is holding it with only his right hand.

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Heir-Conditioned picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer grabs the case of money from Sylvester, Sylvester scratches the side of the case and leaves his claw marks on it. But when Elmer goes to answer the door, the claw marks have disappeared.

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Lickety-Splat picture

Continuity mistake: When the Coyote climbs into the hot-air balloon, there is nothing on the basket, but when we see the Coyote in the next shot, two sand bags have appeared.

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Racketeer Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs drills a hole in the hotel floorboard, he puts on a nightcap and descends into the hole. But when he emerges from the hole a little later on, he is now wearing a nightshirt.

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Hare Force picture

Continuity mistake: The snowman that Sylvester brings into the house is not the one that was seen outside the window a few moments earlier.

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Hare Splitter picture

Continuity mistake: When Casbah looks at the picture of Daisy on his dressing table, there is some writing on the left hand side of the picture which reads "With love - Daisy." When we see a close up of Daisy in the next shot, the picture has changed, the writing has moved to the right hand side and now reads "Love Daisy."

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Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur picture

Continuity mistake: When Casper the Caveman takes off his caveman's outfit to go swimming, he puts his outfit near the edge of the bank. After Daffy says that he can't swim, he reverses back onto the land and goes and collects his suit, but this time the suit is now much further away from the bank.

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