Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Continuity mistake: When the seven dwarves run scared down the stairs and out of the door, Dopey pulls the handle of the door from the inside until it breaks out and falls away. The next scene when the dwarf opens the door, the handle is there again. (00:33:00)

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Other mistake: When the Dwarfs first leave the mine entrance, the first few animation cells seem to have been omitted, so that at first the entrance is empty and then the Dwarfs appear out of thin air.

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Continuity mistake: After the Queen's transformation into the Witch she heads to the Dwarfs' cottage, and when it cuts to the shot of Doc leaving the cottage there are two steps at the front door, but in the next shot there's only one step. The steps change in other shots as well.

Super Grover

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Continuity mistake: When Snow walks into the bedroom upstairs there is nothing beside Dopey's bed, but when Doc reaches his arm through the open door while holding the lantern, there's a window and dresser beside Dopey's bed.

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: The stick that the hag uses to try to push the rock over the cliff to the dwarfs appears out of nowhere between shots.

Continuity mistake: When Snow White falls asleep on three beds, the rabbits sleep on one more and the deer on another, making 5 beds occupied, but when the dwarves come back three more beds of animals wake up making a total of 8 beds. In a previous scene Snow White looks at the 7 beds with names, not 8!

Continuity mistake: In the dance scene, Dopey stands on top of Sneezy and dances with Snow White. But while he is dancing, there are some shots of him back on the ground, banging on the cymbals and drums again. (00:55:40)

Audio problem: When Grumpy hits his head on the bridge we hear the sound of metal, but the bridge is made of wood. (01:08:00)

Continuity mistake: When Snow White cuts of the dough around the pie container, the container has lines all around it. In the next shot, when the birds are putting their footprints on the pie, the lines are all gone.

Continuity mistake: When Snow White first enters the cottage you can see the organ in the background with the pipes higher on the right. But when Grumpy is playing it during the Silly Song the pipes are longer on the left side. (00:16:10 - 00:52:10)

Continuity mistake: When the dwarves see Snow White for the fist time, a green pot and a towel can be seen over the beds. But later in the film, when Snow White says her prayers after the dance, the pot and towel are on the far right of the beds.

Continuity mistake: When Dopey hangs up the key to the store at the mine, the key changes shape. It starts off with the handle wider than long, then, when it is hung up, it changes to longer than wide.

Revealing mistake: The film contains a few animation glitches which usually only last a frame or two. These could have been fixed during the film's digital restoration, but were left in, presumably because the restorers didn't want to alter a single detail of the original animation. A prime example occurs when Snow White is leading the animals to the Dwarfs' cottage. As she approaches the door, a fawn steps in front of her, and its head completely disappears for one frame.

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Continuity mistake: When Snow White opens the door to the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, there's a latch hook attached to the door handle, but when the Dwarfs return home and Doc opens the door that latch is gone, but it's back again when Dopey slams into the door.

Super Grover

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Continuity mistake: When Snow White is lying in the glass coffin, the Dwarfs remove the glass top and kneel around her, but in the next wideshot Grumpy and Sneezy have switched positions with each other.

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: When the queen is transformed into a hag, there is a big wart on her left hand. This wart later disappears.

Continuity mistake: After the dwarves attack Dopey because they think he is a monster, the items behind Dopey keep changing.

Continuity mistake: When the queen is holding the poisoned apple on a string, the knot on the stem changes between shots.

Continuity mistake: From the beginning to the end of the scene where Snow White is making the pie for Grumpy, the items and animals on the table keep changing.

Doc: Shh! Not so loud. You'll wake her up.
Grumpy: Ah, let her wake up! She don't belong here nohow.

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Trivia: In the Swedish dub (and possibly others too) the text appearing on screen is narrated by the Prince.

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Question: When the animals go to tell the dwarves about the witch trying to kill Snow White, why is Grumpy all of a sudden concerned about her? He's the first one to say that they have to go rescue her and then is leading them back to the cottage, although up to that point he hasn't liked her at all.

Answer: He's oppositional, sure, but that's just who he is. It doesn't mean he doesn't like her.

Phixius

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