Best family movie continuity mistakes of 1947

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Miracle on 34th Street picture

Continuity mistake: When Dr. Sawyer is giving Kris the exam, during the part where Kris is doing the physical coordination test, we see Kris from Sawyer's point of view, and Sawyer is drumming his fingers. When the shot switches to Kris's, he is fingering his eyebrow. When it switches back, fingers drumming. Finally, when it switches back again, his hands are neatly folded in front of him.

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A Bout with a Trout picture A Bout with a Trout mistake picture

Continuity mistake: A full school day passes from when Lulu is first at school to get her fishing pole and to when she returns after awakening from being knocked out. It even looks darker from time passing. But the shadow of the tree is exactly the same, when the moving of the sun would have changed that. (00:01:55 - 00:07:10)

Quantom X

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Part Time Pal picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry opens the door of the refrigerator, there is a piece of corn on the cob on a plate and next to it is a bowl of eggs. In the next shot, the eggs have become fruit.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry first becomes buff after drinking some of the milk and starts approaching Tom to beat him up, Tom sees a book and grabs it then hits Jerry. Before Tom grabs the book, it's yellow. When he grabs it, it's green.

Shaheed Simon

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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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A Mouse in the House picture

Continuity mistake: When Butch points his pistol at Tom, you can see that the handle has nothing written on it, but in the next shot the words "Ajax" have appeared.

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Easter Yeggs picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs Bunny arrives at the "Dead End Kid's" house, you can see there is nothing in the window, but when he comes to the door in the next shot, a grey object suddenly appears.

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Salt Water Tabby picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom realises he is drinking sea water in the bucket Jerry gave him, he drops the bucket on the towel, but when he spits the water in the girl cat's face, the bucket is nowhere to be seen.

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The Gay Anties picture

Continuity mistake: When we see a man and woman sitting by a lake, the plate of pancakes on the picnic blanket moves from the left to the right between shots.

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Fun & Fancy Free picture

Continuity mistake: Bongo the bear, riding in a car of the circus train, looks out the window. There are four vertical bars on the window - but when seen from outside the train, it has six bars.

Steven Lee

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Pluto's Blue Note picture

Continuity mistake: When Pluto is by the radio in the music shop, there is a record player behind him which has three buttons on the side, but in the next shot the buttons have moved a few inches to the right.

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Slap Happy Lion picture

Continuity mistake: When the mouse pulls the lion's tail in the jungle, there is a tree in the background. When the camera closes in on the mouse in the next shot, the tree has gone, and in the shot after that, it is back again.

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The Invisible Mouse picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is about to drop the iron on Jerry, he is holding some cheese on a piece of string in his left hand. When the iron drops on Tom's foot, he is no longer holding the string.

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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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Scent-imental Over You picture

Continuity mistake: When the dogs run away from the Mexican hairless dog after thinking she's a skunk, the Mexican dog's ears are pointing up but in the next shot they are pointing down.

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A Pest in the House picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy is trying to tell the businessman about the joke he heard, you can see that the bed is positioned against the wall. When Elmer comes in and tells Daffy to be quiet, the bed is now in the middle of the room.

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Slick Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs (dressed as Groucho) is on the table with the other Marx brothers, there is nothing on the table, but when Elmer (dressed as Harpo) chops Bugs' cigar, an ashtray has appeared.

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Cat Fishin' picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry swims up underneath the pier where Spike is lying down, you can see there is nothing beside Spike, but in the next shot a basket suddenly appears.

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Tweetie Pie picture

Continuity mistake: Throughout the cartoon, look out for the swing inside Tweety's cage. In some shots, it is in the cage, in others, it isn't.

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