Batman Returns

Batman Returns (1992)

170 mistakes - chronological order

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Continuity mistake: When the Penguin is controlling Batman's batmobile, when the batmobile hits a police car, the car flies into a '24 Hours' shop. Between shots the amount of hubcaps and tires hanging on the brick wall around the doorway of the '24 Hours' changes. (01:20:15)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: When the Penguin is controlling Batman's batmobile, when the batmobile hits a police car a wire attached to the police car, pulling it back is visible. (01:20:20)

Hamster

Audio problem: On the batmobile screen, the Penguin says "Just relax…" but when Batman plays the Penguin's audio back on the tannoy speakers, it is "Hey, just relax…" (01:20:30 - 01:26:00)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: When the Penguin drives the Batmobile remotely, the cars it smashes are damaged just before it hits them. (01:20:50)

Continuity mistake: In the scene where the Batmobile diagnostics detects a foreign object, it shows it being located approximately to the front-left of the windshield. It is also a 2D plan view. Yet Batman automatically knows it is BELOW the car and punches through the floor directly beneath him, which is nowhere near where the Batmobile detects it. (01:21:35)

Continuity mistake: As the Penguin is walking down the steps toward the podium, before Batman plays the messages the Penguin said, a man and a woman standing to the left of the podium swap places between shots. (01:23:30)

Hamster

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Continuity mistake: The fruit and vegetables (tomatoes, lettuces, eggs etc.) thrown at Oswald at his speech, litter the stage as well. The amount and position of these items laying all over the stage changes between shots. (01:27:10)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Oswald starts shooting bullets out of his umbrella at his failed mayor speech, the crowd ducks down on the stairs, at the edge of the red stage, laying down their campaign signs. In the next shot some of the crowd and signs have vanished from around the stage, then reappear in the next shot. (01:27:15)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When The Penguin starts to shoot at the booing crowd from his umbrella, the same microphone, on the far left, falls from the podium twice in different shots. (01:27:15)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When The Penguin shouts "I am not a human being..." he throws his black coat and shirt to the floor. His coat lays in front of him, but in the next shot it is behind him. His shirt also changes position. (01:28:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When The Penguin is explaining his scheme about stealing the children fron their cribs and sending them to their watery graves, a black line of spit runs down his chin. When he turns around it's gone. (01:29:15)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: While arranging the plan with the clowns, the Penguin throws his clothes on the floor, which change positions between shots. (01:29:23 - 01:31:00)

Sacha

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Revealing mistake: When The Penguin shoots the clown who says "Killing sleeping children...", as the clown falls back to the floor, you can clearly see he falls on a wrinkled, soft mat which has unsuccessfully tried to be disguised. (01:29:30)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When the Penguin shoots the clown henchman for questioning his scheme, the clown's white hair cap flies off. In the next shot, as the Penguin kicks the clown into the water, it is back on his head. (01:29:30)

Hamster

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Continuity mistake: Inside the cage, Max covers his mouth with his hand and then uncovers it and grabs an iron bar. A shot later he is suddenly covering his mouth again. (01:37:16)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the Penguin is talking to his penguin audience about stealing first, second, third and fourth born children, the penguins chair, box and umbrella stand in the background keep changing position. (01:38:25)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: Batman is monitoring the progress of the rocket-laden penguins via radar. At every screen refresh, about one per second, the penguins have moved about half a street, way too fast for the way they waddle. (01:42:25)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: When The Penguin sends his penguin army out into Gotham City, the ripples/waves in the water don't match the position of some of the penguins as they swim towards the exit. (01:43:55)

THGhost

Selina Kyle: Ok, Intimidate me, bully me if it makes you feel big. I mean it's not like you can just kill me...
Max Shreck: Actually, it's a lot like that.

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Answer: It isn't. If you look at when he dies you will see that he has cuts on his face that are bleeding red. The blue liquid is more like a bile, probably similar to saliva.

Chosen answer: It is part of the mutation that caused his peculiar appearance.

MasterOfAll

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