The Dark Knight

Continuity mistake: When the three men in the clown masks are in the van at the start of the film the man at the back (who is the joker) is getting ready for the heist the shot cuts to the two men in the front seats and he is just relaxing in the back. (00:02:00)

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Continuity mistake: When the Joker is about to burn his half of the money he walks up to the Chechen and says something and then in the very next shot the Joker walks up to him again.

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where the mob wearing Joker masks are attempting to zip-line from one building to another, one guy shoots a harpoon at the other building. After being shot, the harpoon never makes it beyond a couple of meters, before it begins to fall down due to gravity. And it doesn't even seem to have enough energy to make it to its target. But in the following scene, the zip-line is shown to be well anchored to the other building. (00:01:55)

GIRISHMS

Continuity mistake: When Reese is in the police SUV and Gordon is talking to the cop who's wife is in a hospital, the cop is sitting in the front passenger seat holding his gun away from his body, towards the driver's seat (the barrel goes up and to the right). When the shot changes to Gordon, you see a gun barrel in the foreground going up and to the left as if it was coming from the driver's seat.

Continuity mistake: After the opening robbery, Gordon enters the vault, and we see the nearest cart on the left has nothing on top of it. But a moment later as Gordon is next to that cart, he drops a file on the cart, next to a stack of money that has appeared out of nowhere.

johnrosa

Continuity mistake: When Lucius Fox is showing Bruce Wayne the new Batman gear, Bruce picks up an arm plate, activates it, six blades flip up and shoot out. We can see as it happens that deep 'holes' in the arm plate show where the blades had been. A second later, when he returns the arm plate to the drawer, the bat-shaped blades are back inside the arm plate, as it is nearly smooth again just like the second arm plate next to it. Two additional arm plates are shown futher to our right with their blades standing up.

Continuity mistake: When the joker is explaining to Rachel how he got his scars a piece of confetti is under his nose, then it is gone, then it is back under his nose.

Continuity mistake: In the final fight, Batman shoots the blades out of his gauntlet to knock the detonator out of the Joker's hand. About a half second later, Batman throws Joker over him and off the ledge. If you pay attention, the blades have reappeared on Batman's gauntlet for this one quick shot. They are then appropriately missing for the rest of the scene. (This mistake goes by quickly, so slow motion helps but is NOT required.)

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: One of the batpod arms guards/shields covering the handles falls off when Batman hits the truck when trying to avoid hitting the Joker. It's on the floor after that stunt, but when the Joker walks towards Batman, it's not there and gets reattached. (01:22:17)

Continuity mistake: As the joker loads the second RPG we see the garbage truck back away from the SWAT van by a few feet. Camera changes to the rear of the SWAT van and the garbage truck is touching it again. (01:13:45)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: When Alfred finds a match to the fingerprint we see Bruce pushing the motorbike in the background. Camera cut and Bruce has stopped pushing the bike, got on, and is sorting his helmet out. (00:58:10)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: The bank manager shoots one robber in the back with the shotgun. We then see clown dive behind a counter for cover. In this shot, the manager has left the office and is a fair distance away from it. Camera cuts and he's just outside his office again. (00:04:00)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: During the chase on the Lower Fifth, the lead SWAT van is hit by Peterbilt on the passenger side (with the driver side facing the water). When the van crashes through the barrier wall and goes into the water, it is facing the wrong direction. (01:15:50)

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Continuity mistake: On lower 5th, the SWAT driver yells lock and load. When he does he has 2 cable ties in loops on his left hand side of his jacket that are exactly equal in size, both the loop and the "tail." We see outside the van for a few seconds. When the camera returns to the driver, the loops are now different sizes as evident by one having a longer "tail". (01:14:00)

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Visible crew/equipment: During Batman's interrogation of the Joker, when he picks him up and slams him against the wall, for a very brief moment you can see the camera and the cameraman in the reflection of the mirror on the right. (01:29:10)

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The Joker: Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order and everything becomes chaos. I'm an agent of chaos. Oh, and you know what the thing about chaos is? It's fair.

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Question: In the scene where Batman shows Lucius his giant sonar thing, why is he talking in his big scary voice? Lucius knows who he is, so why does he bother disguising his voice?

Answer: It's habit, and a sensible one at that. When he's in the mask, when he's being Batman, he uses the voice, even if the person he's with knows who he is. If he drops back to his normal voice with some people, it sets the precedent for using it while wearing the cowl, which means that he's more likely to slip up and use it around people who don't know, potentially revealing his true identity. If he sticks rigidly to using the voice when kitted up as Batman, regardless of situation, it minimises that possibility.

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Answer: At the bottom of his cowl Batman has devices designed to keep his voice at that level. The director revealed it, of you look at the right screenshots you can see speakers.

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