Best family TV plot holes of all time

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Tintin and the Picaros: Part 2 - S2-E9

Plot hole: When the helicopter flies over the jungle, Haddock inadvertently walks in view of the helicopter and the pilot of the helicopter notices him, assuming it to be a Picaro. Haddock then trips into the river, but despite being watched by the pilot of the helicopter the entire time, the helicopter pilot doesn't notice him falling into the river and instead assumes he just disappeared. (00:26:20)

Casual Person

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A Perfect Duo - S1-E8

Plot hole: For no reason and without the fact being addressed at all, 2 defenders take the kick off for the second extra time (and naturally lose it instantly, while Tsubasa and Misaki would never have). (00:18:00)

Sammo

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Triumvirate of Terror! - S3-E8

Plot hole: After Superman thwarts Lex's plan and knocks the Kryptonite into the sewers, Lex yells in frustration, splits his power suit off and flies away on a jet pack. Superman just lets him go. Wouldn't Superman chase him and catch him, especially seeing as how weak Lex would be like that? (00:07:35)

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Playing Hookey - S1-E7

Plot hole: Dumb Donald chooses not to play hookey with the rest of the gang. He instead goes to school. The gang is even worried Dumb Donald may, "Rat them out" to the school. Yet throughout the episode, Dumb Donald appears/disappears with the gang as they are skipping school.

Mark English

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Zoey 101 (Pilot) - S1-E1

Plot hole: There is no way that Zoey could've seen those boys hanging Chase's bike from a tree. She was way far from the window to even recognize his bike, and when Chase looks through the window, the bike was just now being lifted from the ground.

JuliaD

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Attack Of The Mutant (1) - S2-E2

Plot hole: Skipper spots the Masked Mutant's headquarters the first time he goes past. He then goes back the next day, and the headquarters have vanished. He then goes back a third time, and the headquarters aren't there yet again. However Skipper says "How can it be. It was right here yesterday," although it wasn't.

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Reunion - S4-E7

Plot hole: Guards at a security checkpoint attack Varrick and Bolin, because a wanted poster identifies them as fugitive traitors. The problem is that poster cannot have been there. Varrick and Bolin escape in the previous episode (Battle of Zaofu) but are captured minutes afterwards. (So, no posters needed.) The next day, they escape again by blowing up their imprisoning train car. Their captor, Bataar, thinks they are dead. Indeed, Varrick intended to die. Later, Bataar is actually shown reporting them dead. One might argue that the poster wasn't a wanted poster, but one that warned people about the empire making an example of the traitors.This argument is too flawed: The empire had many examples already, some very high-profile. And a propaganda poster must be placed in plain sight, not in a security booth corner especially designated to let security guards compare the passing individuals. (00:14:00)

FleetCommand

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Ditch Day Afternoon - S2-E7

Plot hole: Kenan ends up out of the door when trying to persuade the robbers not to give. Surely with all the media attention, a camera would have spotted him, and his family would realise it's Kenan. (00:20:30)

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Night at the Lazerama - S3-E5

Plot hole: When Justin and Juliet were trapped behind the glass and Juliet let herself be captured by the mummy, so she doesn't burn to ashes when the morning comes, why didn't Juliet just escape? The mummy gave her enough time to turn around and share a moment with Justin, she could've used that time to fight him off, break Justin out and escape. The mummy wasn't very strong and Alex would've shown up 20 seconds later anyway, there wasn't any real reason for Juliet to just let herself be taken away.

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To Have and to Hold - S6-E20

Plot hole: In the ending scene, Mike has a probable concussion from her fall, so Sully keeps her awake to prevent her slipping into a coma. They talk all night, reminiscing as Mike experiences periodic pain spasms. Their talk ends with discussion over them having another child, and then they instantly engage in an intimate moment, which would be impossible, considering her condition, and without further checkup from another doctor. Sometime later she is suddenly feeling 'cured', and they return home.

oprlvr33

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Target: Earth - S3-E16

Plot hole: The Jupiter 2 crew is duplicated; however, the aliens had never seen Penny (or Judy I think). How can they be duplicated? The aliens don't have ability to know who were there, or they wouldn't have questioned Smith about the crew. Also, they do not know Smith and Will are hiding. So, they don't arm to have any special power to know beyond what they actually observe.

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A Scooby-Doo Valentine - S3-E3

Plot hole: It's never explained how JC Chasez and the Hollywood extras impersonating the gang gained the super strength they possessed to do things like ripping car roofs open or holding up the Mystery Machine.

Rob245

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The Goat - S11-E19

Plot hole: Rick is taking care of his girlfriend's goat for a few days. He puts a bowl of milk on the floor, but The Goat will not drink. Harriet suggests, "We're probably just using the wrong method." The next scene shows Ozzie at the stove, heating milk in a baby bottle. Rick is 22 years old. Why would Ozzie and Harriet still have a baby bottle in the house?

Steven Lee

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Family Un-Ties - S6-E22

Plot hole: Tim has the mike in his hand and steps repeatedly forwards to talk to Jill, the cord being long enough to allow him to do so. However once Jill leaves and he wants to go after her the mike knocks over the jar of mosquitoes. Up until then, there was no indication that the mike had been changed or moved but he never at the risk of knocking over the jar until then.

luke f

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Books & Birdhouses - S2-E9

Plot hole: The whole episode is based on false facts. Cody was getting an A in woodwork and Zack was failing in all his classes the previous year at school (according to their report cards in Ep "Smarter and Smarter"). So Cody knows a lot more about woodwork than Zack and should be able to make a clock, never mind a birdhouse, and Zack should not be able to make a clock.

Paul Parkin

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The Tale of the Mystical Mirror - S5-E3

Plot hole: It makes no sense that Ms. Valenti gives all of her employees a compact mirror and also invites them to her home. Any of them could open their mirror while standing near a painting of Ms. Valenti and they would discover the secret, as Cindy does.

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Suggested correction: The compact mirror includes a palette of cosmetics. Cindy shows it to Laurel, who says, "She gave one to me, too, like we're ever gonna use it." Presumably, the employees are mostly using the free samples of cosmetics from the shop displays. I myself have owned some compacts that I didn't always want in my purse (if they were too big or awkward in a certain purse).

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Episode #15.19 - S15-E19

Plot hole: Chrissy is pushing her baby Jay in her pram into the school playground. Justine and Luke call out to her from an upstairs window, then come out to meet Chrissy. They come down from an upstairs floor to the playground in five seconds, which is not enough time.

eric 64

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The Muh-Muh-Muh-Murder - S1-E25

Plot hole: Daffy isn't able to escape Porky's house until he gets the keys, but later it is revealed that the reason he couldn't get out was because he was too weak to open the door. If that was the case, the keys shouldn't have been able to help him get out.

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Into the Mouth of Evil - S2-E23

Plot hole: While fleeing the guru's disciples through a narrow side street, Jackie gets cut off by the van driven by Dr. Jamba and associates, stun-sprayed in the face, and then loaded into the van. But with three brutish-looking guys being so close to their quarry, the real crooks can take the time for dragging Jackie around to the back door instead of loading him through the side doors?

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