Robocop

Revealing mistake: When Robocop throws the robber through the food machine, just before he hits the glass, it is break away and almost looks as if it is already broken.

manthabeat

Continuity mistake: When Reed is going to Fredrickson's locker, his left hand is going to the handle. In the next shot, as he is taking the nameplate off, you see his fingers of the left hand by the nameplate.

Movie Nut

Continuity mistake: The final fight scene at the ruined industry area starts in darkness, but ends at daylight, switching several times.

Continuity mistake: At the shooting range, the bullet holes on Murphy's cardboard target differ between the front and back shots.

Sacha

Other mistake: Just after Dick is fired, Robocop shoots him. Robocop shoots Dick twice and we see two exit wounds on Dick's back. Robocop fires a third time, and two more exit wounds appear simultaneously lower down. (01:35:50)

Knever

Continuity mistake: The first time Murphy is chasing the criminal van, the headlights on the police Taurus change from double round to single square (stock) repeatedly throughout the scene.

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Lewis is hit by the black guy at the steel mill, her body changes direction when she falls.

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Continuity mistake: The first day together, Murphy and Lewis are in the car exiting the police station. When the angle changes to a back view of the car, Lewis is gone. (00:06:30)

Sacha

Dick Jones: I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake.

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Trivia: Director Paul Verhoven makes a cameo appearance in the film when RoboCop arrests Leon in the disco. After Leon kicks RoboCop in the groin and he falls in agony, we cut to a man laughing madly at the camera and waving his arms. That's Paul. (00:56:00)

Padzter

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Question: Does anybody know why the name of the ED-209 was changed to ED-260 for the RoboCop cartoon (and, I believe, the toy line)?

Answer: According to Wikipedia the ED-260 is an upgradeable version of the ED-209.

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