Best animated movie continuity mistakes of 2004

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Shrek 2 picture Shrek 2 mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Fairy Godmother is throwing the books behind her, the book "Snow White" lands on the other books. "Snow White" noticeably changes position between two shots. (00:41:15)

Hamster

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The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Mindy is showing Spongebob and Patrick "Planktopolis," it shows a large fully-built statue of Plankton. A few seconds later the right side of the head is shown missing and still being worked on.

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The Polar Express picture

Continuity mistake: During the scene when the Polar Express slides across the ice and the conductor is telling the train controllers to head for the tracks, the distance between the train and the tracks keeps changing.

Paul M Leslie

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The Incredibles picture The Incredibles mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Lucius is putting aftershave on in front of the mirror, he hears the robot outside and runs to the window, leaving the bottle of aftershave on the desk with the lid off. He returns to open the drawer, and the lid is back on. (01:29:00)

Hamster

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The Lion King 1½ picture

Continuity mistake: When Rafiki is telling Timon "It means - Look beyond what you see", there is a glitch in the shading on Rafiki's left arm just before he moves his palm upwards and gestures. It disappears before he raises his hand.

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Shark Tale picture

Continuity mistake: When Oscar is at Sykes' desk he throws a load of documents at Oscar and when he piles the up in the first shot there are very few, but in the second shot there are three times as many. (00:13:10)

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Team America: World Police picture

Continuity mistake: During Gary's speech at the end, in one scene his hair is messy, but as the camera angle changes it is straightened again.

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Mulan II picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene when we find out that Shang is alive, we see a stick floating through the water which gets caught by a tree trunk sticking out. Then when the shot goes into a close up for Shang coming into frame, the stick has suddenly disappeared.

Disney-Freak

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Appleseed picture

Continuity mistake: In the car chase scene with Deunan and Hitomi, the chasing car crashes into a water melon sales stand. The car is splattered with water melon pieces and goo. The camera then cuts to Deunan and Hitomi and back, and the chasing car is clean again.

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Howl's Moving Castle picture

Continuity mistake: When Howl first flies with Young Sophie, he wears a ring on each hand. As they take off, one of the rings momentarily vanishes.

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Pokémon the Movie: Destiny Deoxys picture

Continuity mistake: When May and Max are surprised when they first see violet light, May's right arm is more outstretched than her left, but in the next shot, it is the other way around. (00:31:47)

apikachu68

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