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Nasty Quacks picture

Continuity mistake: When the father is putting pills in Daffy Duck's glass of water, you can see he is holding the bottle with four fingers on the top, but in the next shot he has now has his thumb on the bottom of the bottle.

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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 Last Hungry Cat picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester sees the Daily Bugle newspaper, the front cover headline reads "Police Hunt The Cat." You can see the words THE CAT have nothing around them, but when we see a close-up of the newspaper in the next shot, inverted commas have suddenly appeared.

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Pluto's Christmas Tree picture

Continuity mistake: Mickey Mouse uses an axe to cut down a tree for Christmas. Each chop he makes is horizontal, but when the tree falls over, the lower part of the trunk comes to a point, and the stump remaining in the ground has disappeared.

Steven Lee

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Honey's Money picture

Continuity mistake: When Sam is going to the widow's house, he is carrying a box of chocolates and a bunch of flowers, but when he arrives at the door, the chocolates have disappeared and the flowers are completely different.

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Loose Loot picture

Character mistake: The hand bill identifies the company as Slipp-Skipp and Tripp. The sign on the door says Slipp, Tripp and Skipp.

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Droopy's Double Trouble picture

Continuity mistake: When Mr Theeves is speaking to Droopy while he is packing, there are three suitcases on the floor. In the next shot, the cases have disappeared.

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Hyde and Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs discovers that Mr Hyde fired a hole in the wood that he used to board the door up to stop Mr Hyde from entering the basement, the number of planks change between shots.

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Lickety-Splat picture

Continuity mistake: When the Coyote tests his dart bomb, he lights it with a match in his left hand. But when he throws the dart bomb in the next shot, the match that was in his hand has gone.

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Rabbit Transit picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs Bunny crosses the finish line, you can see there is only grass next to the road. But in the next shot, kerbing appears out of nowhere.

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The Goat picture

Continuity mistake: Buster Keaton drops his coat on the sidewalk in front of a light post. When he returns for it in the next shot, the coat has moved and wrapped itself around the pole.

Jean G

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Twice Two picture

Continuity mistake: When Oliver's wife comes to see him in the dining room, you can see she is wearing frilly sleeves. But when she goes into the kitchen in the next shot, the sleeves have gone.

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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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Knight-Mare Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see the book that Bugs is reading at the beginning of the cartoon, there are words on the front cover and spine. In the next shot, the words have gone.

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Little Runaway picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom (dressed as a seal) performs "Yankee Doodle" on the horns at the circus at the end of the cartoon, the background behind him changes between shots.

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From Hare to Heir picture

Continuity mistake: When Sam says "Salt? Why didn't you say so?" at the dinner table, you can see there is a knife next to his plate, but when he leaves his chair to take the salt shaker to Bugs, the knife has disappeared.

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Big House Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: When Yosemite Sam tells Bugs Bunny to leave the prison at the end of the cartoon, you can see the doors of the prison have bars in them, but when Bugs leaves the prison, look at the door and you can see it is now a different style.

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Come Clean picture

Continuity mistake: When Stan is writing a note on the door of Oliver's apartment, he signs his name on the little door. When Stan opens the little door, the signature has disappeared.

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Tick Tock Tuckered picture

Continuity mistake: Watch the alarm clock during the scene in which Porky has trouble with the roller blind. At the start of the scene, the time on the clock says 8.00. A few shots later, it now reads 8.30, and when the cord pulls out the springs from under Porky's bed, it now reads 1.50.

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