The 40 Year Old Virgin

Continuity mistake: When Jay, Cal and Andy are talking about the date with Trish, Cal and Jay's arms move between shots without enough time for them to have done it naturally. Best example is after the line "She's really sweet," Jay's arms go from crossed to at his sides.

Continuity mistake: There is a shot of Trish's hand on Andy's shoulder and her other one in her lap when they are talking about selling his action figures on eBay. The camera switches to an over-the-shoulder shot of her and both hands are in her lap. The view switches instantly, so there's no time for her to move her hand.

Nick Bylsma

Continuity mistake: When the drunk girl is driving, she sideswipes several parked cars, and the side-view mirror on the passenger side of her car is ripped off. A few shots later, the mirror is back.

wizard_of_gore

Continuity mistake: After the plastic model of the vagina breaks apart, Andy puts one piece of the model under his chin, so he is only holding three parts. In the next shot he's holding all four parts of the model again. (01:34:05)

Hamster

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Continuity mistake: When the waitresses in the chinese restaurant sing happy birthday, a yellow balloon appears on the back of one of the mans seat, tied to the back of his chair, between shots. (01:09:00)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Andy arrives at work the morning after it was revealed that he is a virgin, he pulls open the door to walk into Smart Tec and his bike tire gets caught in the door. In the shot following, the door closes behind him as if he pushed the door open and had not pulled it open.

Continuity mistake: In the scene where David and Jay are talking to Andy, Jay is talking about the babies daddy and how the guys on the outside will find out. During this exchange, Jay's position changes completely.

Movieman123

Continuity mistake: When Andy is riding with the drunk girl, she pulls up to her destination and smashes into a Lincoln, sending it perpendicular to the curb. The shot changes and the angle of the Lincoln is far less and there is less visible damage.

Continuity mistake: After the second or third time the woman pulls the wax off of Andy's chest you see her pull back quickly and stand straight up. It cuts to a shot with Andy's friends in the shot, and she is leaning over Andy again.

Continuity mistake: Just after the scene when it is first discovered that Andy is a virgin, as he walks into the store he is wearing a single strap bag, but as soon as it cuts to inside the store he is no longer wearing a bag at all.

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Andy is being waxed, Jay has a gold cross pendant around his neck - the pendant is visable and exposed over his shirt at the beginning of the scene. However in the last shot the pendant becomes tucked under his shirt.

Continuity mistake: In the opening credits, Andy tucks his pant leg in his sock. The next scene shows him riding his bike to work as the credits continue to roll - his pant leg is now out over the sock like normal. The next scene shows the sock back over the pant leg. (00:05:00)

ckbyers

Continuity mistake: When the drunk girl that Andy picks up at the bar throws up on him in the car, only a little hits his face. When they cut to a close-up, his head and face are drenched in pink vomit.

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Andy: I dated this girl for a while... She was really a... Nasty freak. She just loved to... Get down with... Sex all the time. It was like... Anytime of day... She was like, "Yeah, let's go! I'm so nasty! And I'd be nailing her and she'd be like, "Oh, you're nailing me! Cool!"

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Trivia: For Andy to get rid of the Teen Wolf look, actor Steve Carell's chest hair is really waxed by an actress, who is a non-professional waxer. Because there would only be one take of this disturbingly amusing scene, they set up five cameras - one on his 'friends', one over Andy, one on the waxer, one for wide shots, and one for close-ups of his chest. This scene was not scripted, so when the waxer laughs and Andy's friends are totally cracking up it was for real. Though it was strongly suggested to Steve to first trim his chest hair or to take a pain reliever before the taping, he refused, wanting to have the full cringe-effect caught on tape. In one close-up a bit of blood is actually seen bleeding up to the surface - it is not CGI. It took about seven weeks for his hair to grow back, much to chagrin of his wife, who wasn't crazy about his 'chest smiley'.

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Question: Does anybody know what game the two guys are playing in Andy's apartment, the part where they are saying "you know how i know your gay?" Graphics-wise it looks like X-box, but they are holding N64 trident style pads.

Answer: The video game being played is Mortal Kombat: Deception. It is available for PS2, Gamecube, and XBOX. Based on the controller, I would say they are playing the Nintendo Gamecube version.

Jazetopher

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