The Goonies

Continuity mistake: When Mouth returns downstairs with Rosalita and Mikey's mom, Chunk already has the statue he broke turned away so no one will see, in the next shot he turns the statue away from everyone's view. (00:12:25)

Continuity mistake: When Chunk and Rosalita are eyeballing each other regarding the statue, there are colored curtains and sheer white curtains hanging from white rods on the two windows behind Chunk (behind the recliner). When Mikey unrolls the map in his kitchen, through the doorway we see that the sheer curtains are gone and now there are shades behind the colored curtains. (00:12:30 - 00:22:25)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: When Mrs. Walsh asks, "What is that?" pointing to the mess on the table, the bowl is filled with chips in the close-up, but when she walks out with Rosalita the bowl is nearly empty. (00:13:00)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: In the shot of the Goonies running to the attic upstairs, you can plainly see that it is not raining or stormy outside. When they enter the attic (barely seconds later), it's already raining outside along with the thunder and lightning. (00:13:40)

Continuity mistake: When the boys reach the attic Brand fixes the flickering lightbulb. Then they show a shot of Mikey and Mouth and you see Brand fixing the flickering lightbulb again in the background. (00:14:04)

Continuity mistake: In the attic scene, right when Mikey scolds Mouth for ruining the painting, you can see Brand standing next to the plasma lamp which is turned off. In the next shot of Brand reading the book, the plasma lamp is on. (00:14:50)

Continuity mistake: When Chunk drops the frame with the map, in the shot looking down at the frame lying on the floor, there are five narrow planks of wood flooring under the frame, but next shot there are three wide planks. (00:16:10)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: The design on the face of the treasure map and its two holes change, from the scene where the Goonies are in the attic to when they are downstairs again (i.e. it has a red stripe across it at first sight that disappears). (00:16:35 - 00:22:25)

Continuity mistake: In the attic, after Mikey finishes his story about One-Eyed Willy, in a close-up Chunk stands up and walks toward the frame which lies sideways between the crate and another frame. When it cuts to another close-up, his foot knocks over the now front facing framed Chester Copperpot news article. Next shot, when Chunk lifts it, the frame and taped back differ and the loose wire is now attached properly. (00:18:45)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: After Brand is given the foreclosure paperwork, when everyone goes inside except Mikey all the hanging plants at the side of the house are gone, but they're back when the kids leave on their bikes. (00:21:05 - 00:23:45)

Super Grover

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Continuity mistake: When Mr. Perkins hands Brand the foreclosure papers and then when the two men walk away, the picket fence door is shut, but when Mikey is alone on the porch as he looks at the two men, that fence door is wide open. (00:21:10)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: In the Walsh kitchen, after Mouth gets wet, Mikey unfolds the map and holds it in front of him. In the next close-up facing Mikey, Chunk, Data and Mouth, take note of their hair, particularly Chunk's and Data's. It is much shorter than previous and following shots. (00:22:30)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: At his house, when Brand is working out with the chest expander, in the close-up the black handles are straight bars attached to the springs, but in the wideshot as Mikey conspires with the others to tie up Brand, the handles are now angled and have notches between the springs. (Likely the close-up is a take from the earlier scene when Mouth first arrives.) (00:22:45)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: After letting the air out of Brand's bike tires, Mouth shuts the picket fence door (the door near the boat) and then Mikey begins to ride away on his bike, but next shot as he rides past, that fence door is wide open. (There are two fence doors - one near the boat and the other one Chunk used earlier.) (00:23:25)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: The gang never take their coats with them after leaving the house, and there wasn't anything for them to put the coats in. Yet they somehow have their coats when they get to the restaurant. (00:23:30 - 00:27:10)

Casual Person

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Mikey, Data, Mouth and Chunk enter the restaurant, when Mama Fratelli asks, "What do ya want?" Jake Fratelli is behind them with his hand on their shoulders. When the angle changes Jake Fratelli is at the back of the restaurant walking away. (00:30:20)

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Continuity mistake: Outside the lighthouse restaurant as the Fratellis drive away, when Andy and Stef surprise Brand, Mikey and the others, Mikey's yellow rain slicker has a tear a few inches long, at the back of his left sleeve, that mends itself in following shots. (00:36:45 - 00:41:15)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: When the Fratellis drive away from the Lighthouse Lounge with the corpse wrapped in the black plastic, the boys duck down behind a rock and a large piece of driftwood. Their positions are completely different between the front and back shots. (00:36:45)

Super Grover

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Continuity mistake: In the scene in the basement, Chunk is about to drink from the water cooler bottle that is mostly empty. When he stands up and tries to catch it, it's more than half full. (00:40:25)

Continuity mistake: During the jail breakout, when Jake tries to open the ORV's door, in the shot facing Francis he is holding the gun in his left hand as he tries to open the door for his brother with his right hand. In the next shot facing Jake just before shouts, "I don't have the handle, open the lock!" Francis's gloved left hand is empty, and next shot, the gun can be seen in his right hand. (00:01:45)

Super Grover

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Trivia: In the end where the kids meet up with their family on the beach, Chunk's sister in the movie is actually his real-life sister.

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Question: How did One Eyed Willie's treasure map, the key and the story get out if Willie had been caved in for all these years?

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Answer: According to Mikey and Mr. Walsh, one of his crewmen must have taken the map and fled when One Eyed Willie was murdering his crew. This is substantiated in the novelization.

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