The Sword in the Stone

Continuity mistake: When the movie begins and Merlin prepares tea for Arthur, the amount and shape of the cookies on the plate changes between shots.

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Continuity mistake: When Merlin enters his place and pours water into the pot, the bookshelf behind has a bottle on the upper right corner. A shot later the bottle has been replaced for a thick book.

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Continuity mistake: When the movie begins a squirrel sits on a tree with dry and broken branches. In the following shot the branches look different, with small branches having suddenly appeared.

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Continuity mistake: The door of Merlin's hut is on the left when Arthur makes to leave, but is on the right after Merlin's packing song.

Continuity mistake: When Kay tells his father that he is now "Sir Kay" at the banquet celebrations in the castle, there is an eaten chicken and bones in front of him on the table that disappear in the very next shot.

Continuity mistake: When Arthur is out hunting in the woods, Arthur is lying on a tree branch. In one shot, his pants leg is coloured brown, whereas, in the next shot, it is skin colour (as if he isn't wearing any pants). In the next shot, the brown pants leg has returned.

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Trivia: In the two scenes where the wolf faces the tumbling rock Wart kicked loose (when he and Merlin depart for the castle), and where he is gnawed on by the squirrel girl, he bears exactly the same expression.

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Answer: Arthur was voiced by three actors. Rickie Sorenson and Richard and Robert Reitherman. Rickie originally voiced Arthur but, during production of the film, Rickie hit puberty causing his voice to change, so Wolfgang Reitherman chose to use his own sons to replace Rickie.

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