Best short movie continuity mistakes of 1953

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Cat-Tails for Two picture

Continuity mistake: When Speedy rushes out to take all the cheese in the trap that George and Benny have put out for him he is seen wearing a sombrero; however, for the rest of cartoon he is hatless, repeat, hatless.

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Forward March Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is standing in front of the General's desk, the General has nothing in his left hand but in the next shot he is now holding a pencil.

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Robot Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer has finished making the robot, you can see there is nothing by the slot in which Elmer feeds pictures. But when the robot goes to the donkey, a dial appears where it remains for the rest of the short.

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Hare Trimmed picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the cartoon, we see Yosemite Sam reading a newspaper on the window at the Center News. The name of the newspaper Sam is reading is "News Highlights", but when we see a close-up of the paper in the next shot, it is now called "Evening Post."

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Ant Pasted picture

Continuity mistake: When the ants go and pick up a box of firecrackers next to Elmer Fudd's tent, the firecrackers in the box are different to those seen in the previous shot.

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Punch Trunk picture

Continuity mistake: When the elephant walks up to the bowl of clothes pegs, the number of pegs in the bowl changes between shots.

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Life with Tom picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom removes the packaging, you can see that it reads "Life with Tom by Jerry Mouse" on the front cover, but when we see Tom reading the book later on in the cartoon, the wording has disappeared.

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Plop Goes the Weasel picture

Continuity mistake: When Foghorn Leghorn lifts the wired fence with his foot to let one of the chicks out, you can see there some chicks by his foot when he lowers the fence down, but in the next shot the chicks have disappeared.

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Much Ado About Nutting picture

Continuity mistake: When the squirrel attempts to cut the coconut with the saw, the saw's teeth break off and fall around the coconut. But when the squirrel returns with an axe, the pieces of teeth have changed position.

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Don't Give Up the Sheep picture

Continuity mistake: When Fred (Ralph Wolf in disguise) says "Hello" to Sam at the end of the short, you can see that there is a card in both the top and bottom holes in the "In" section of the punch clock. But when Sam begins spanking Ralph, the bottom card of the "In" section has moved to the bottom hole of the "Out" section.

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Wild Over You picture

Continuity mistake: When the wild cat is pursued by the animal controller, she spots some black and white paint and you can see there are two brushes in the black paint pot, but when the cat paints herself to look like a skunk, there is now only one brush in the black paint pot.

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