Taking Care of Business

Plot hole: When Jimmy and Spencer are being chased by the cops at the stadium, Jimmy uses a credit card to jimmy a door knob latch. However, the knob isn't locked, because it has no key hole. The dead bolt above the door handle is the one locked, and no credit card is going to jimmy a deadbolt.

Plot hole: When Sakamoto prepares to deliver his final serve in the tennis match, he declares, "Triple set point." Later we learn that he lost in three straight sets, so the statement should have been, "Triple match point."

Continuity mistake: At the end of the film, Jim Belushi dresses as his mother to trick the warden and enter the prison. After he enters, he changes clothes and reemerges as himself. The bright red nail polish he had on is now completely removed from all his fingernails, yet at the same time he forgets to wipe his lipstick.

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Spencer Barnes: I've worked hard to work this hard.

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