Best TV continuity mistakes of 2004

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Continuity mistake: It is established that having matter from one universe in another causes it to deteriorate, but the parallel universe doorway closed, even though the photo of Ben and Buster is left in the alternate house. There was brief panic that the chaos wasn't over, when they thought Buster had brought a new collar from the alternate reality, but the photo was forgotten about and the worm-hole thing closed, despite the photo being on the wrong side.

Dan Moat

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Kicking And Screaming - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Nikki is riding her bicycle while Cameron walks alongside her, a lock of hair is in front of her shoulder in a long shot, but all of her hair is completely behind her back in the close shots that immediately precede and follow the long shot.

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Busted - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Mr. H. Makes Bloo wash his hands, Mr. H takes off his gloves and washes his hands then dries them. Notice that as soon as he takes his hands out from underneath the towel his gloves are back on.

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Continuity mistake: In two episodes aired consecutively on CBBC on April 7th 2004, The "DON'T WALK/WALK" sign moves from one side of the crossing to the other and changes colour. At the end of the episode where Bernie has a lucky watch, the sign is to the right of the main door to the apartment building and has orange text. At the start of the episode where Bernie finds a cat, the sign is to the left, and red.

Dan Moat

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Cops and Robbers - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: During the scene when Mickey walks into the urinals trying to steal the videotape, he has the phone in his hand calling the switchboard. He then puts it into his hand and turns the taps on. He washes his hands and leaves the urinals without the phone in his hand. Then, in the next shot, he walks through the door with the phone in his hand and puts it into his pocket. (00:11:00)

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Grave Risk: Part 2 - S1-E28

Continuity mistake: At the end of the battle between Jaden Yuki and Gravekeeper's Chief, just as the explosion settles, in one shot you see the Gravekeeper's Spear card to the left of Gravekeeper's Chief on the duel disk. However in the next shot Gravekeeper's Spear is replaced with Magician of Black Chaos, which Chief neither has in his deck or ever played in the match. (00:13:35)

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The Purple Panther: Part 1 - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: During the 'Break it down!' part of 'The World Goes Round', there is usually no microphone in front of Stephanie. However, in the shots where Stingy shows up, there is now a microphone. Up until the 'Break it down!', there was also a microphone, showing that it actually disappeared from most of the shots during it. The guitar also disappears from all 'Break it down!' shots.

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The Starzl Mutation - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: When Top tackles the villain into the water his black jacket has a huge NTSC logo on the back. The show cuts to commercial and when returns the villain and Tom fight in the water however the huge NTSC logo is gone from Tom's jacket. They wrestle under water and the villain floats face down to the surface revealing the back of a black jacket. The show attempts to add tension by tricking the viewer into not knowing if it's Tom or the villain's black jacket. (00:37:05)

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Labia Majora - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: Bette and Tina are with their sex therapist, and when she sits down her glasses are in her hand, from the back view they are on, and when it switches back to the front view, they are off again. (00:17:00)

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Topsy Turvy - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When we see Alfred in the Batcave, he had 4 neat piles of playing cards and turns over an Ace. When Batman arrives, there's a shot of the cards, but the Ace is no longer turned over. When he makes the comment about seeing another playing card, the shot changes and there's now 5 piles but not in a neat pile.

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Teachers & Detention - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Mr. Monroe (Jim J. Bullock) is explaining infant care to his class using a rubber doll when a paper airplane with a sense of direction starts buzzing his head. He swings the baby, hitting the skeleton next to his desk, shattering its head and sending it to the floor. In the next cut, the skeleton is standing up again, and Mr. Monroe whacks it down again.

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