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The Greatest - S4-E11

Continuity mistake: In all other episodes of this season, Officer Dan has blonde hair. This one episode, Officer Dan has gray hair and his face looks completely different from other episodes.

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Jobs and Hangouts - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: When the boys are playing at Norman's father's apartment, we see a ball hit a lamp to the left of the sofa, denting the lampshade. We see the lamp fall and hear it shatter. Later we see the intact lamp back on the table.

Leicaman

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The Star Toter - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: While Gene plays guitar and sings "Back In The Saddle Again," a close-up shows the chuck wagon cook waving his ladle back and forth in time with the music. In the following long shot, the cook is leaning over and dipping the ladle into a stew pot.

Steven Lee

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Hawaii Here We Come - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Benny comes to Top Cat's dustbin at the start of the episode, he first pushes a door bell and then uses a handle to knock on the dustbin. In the next shot, both the bell and handle have disappeared.

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Rocket to the Moon/The Birds - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: "The Birds" - Sheep has the egg in a baby buggy next to the basketball court. She and the buggy are at the side lines. One of the others accidentally hits the ball towards the buggy and Sheep blocks it with her face, scoring a goal. Suddenly she and the baby buggy are in the center of the basketball court.

Quantom X

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Kessei! CLAMP gakuen tanteidan - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Nokoru Imonoyama is looking at the dossier about the brother-in-law of their client. The chart showing the sorry state of his business looks different from the close-up when Nokoru puts it down - for instance, it's bi-color grey and white, when it was simply with white background before. (00:13:15)

Sammo

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Haunted Doll - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: In the beginning, Miles is talking about how excited he is for the garage sale. When he takes a picture, Louie complains that ghosts don't show up in photos. But at the end, when they get grounded, and Miles takes the picture of the "first family punishment", then Miles and Louie show up in the photo.

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Vinari - S1-E24

Continuity mistake: In the close-up of putting the lids on the bottles, Mat's hands have 5 fingers (briefly done by a real person instead of the puppets). However, throughout the series, the duo is consistently 4-fingered - and that includes other close-ups that were also created with real hands briefly replacing the animation.

Spiny Norman

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Larry Bird hands Marty the pie, Marty takes it with one hand and then grabs it with his other hand. In the next shot, the pie is no longer in his hands and he's seen grabbing it with both hands at once.

Bishop73

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Ozzie and the Bridge Group - S6-E34

Continuity mistake: Ozzie goes to a boxing match. Stock footage shows two boxers fighting in a ring surrounded on all sides by ten rows of seats. Almost every seat is occupied. The close-ups show Ozzie sitting in the front row and there are only three rows of seats behind him.

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Lightning! - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: Jonathan starts a fire on the front deck of the boat, but later on after the fire has been extinguished there is no fire damage on the deck.

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