Deliberate mistake: When Napoleon asks the school secretary if he can borrow the phone, she pushes the phone toward him but in the shot of Napoleon you can see the phone never actually moved from before he asks to borrow it to the time he makes the call. This is only seen on the full-screen version of the film. The phone is not visible on the wide-screen version because the bottom portion of the image is cut. (00:07:00)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
1 deliberate mistake
Directed by: Jared Hess
Starring: Diedrich Bader, Jon Heder, Tina Majorino, Jon Gries, Efren Ramirez, Aaron Ruell
Continuity mistake: When Napoleon is asking Pedro if he is going to eat his tater tots the position of the tots keep changing between shots.
Pedro: Do you think people will vote for me?
Napoleon Dynamite: Heck yes! I'd vote for you.
Pedro: Like what are my skills?
Napoleon Dynamite: Well, you have a sweet bike. And you're really good at hooking up with chicks. Plus you're like the only guy at school who has a mustache.
Question: Why does Napoleon, who appears to be a junior or senior in high school, ride the bus with a bunch of little kids?
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Answer: Because it is such a small town that the school system can not afford buses for grade level so they have to share them, plus it has comedic value as well.
pross79
Small town schools are usually K-12. The other older "cooler" students drive to school or get ride with their friends.