Grand Theft Auto V

29 mistakes since 20 Sep '18, 00:00

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Other mistake: Derailed: In Trevor's trailer, Michael sits down and takes out his phone. When the phone is in his hand, the screen on the phone is displaying the menu screen. However, Michael never unlocked the phone or pressed any buttons to display the screen. The menu screen is already displayed when he takes the phone out of his pocket.

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Other mistake: Architect's Plans: Michael receives a call from Franklin where Franklin tells Michael that he is following the architect. It then cuts to Franklin, where he is seen hanging up the call, and pressing the hang up button on his phone, but the screen on his phone is switched off. He just appears to be pressing the screen, but not any actual button on the screen.

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Continuity mistake: The Bureau Raid (Fire Crew Approach): In the FIB building, when Michael walks into the elevator, he presses the button for the floor he wants to go to. The door then closes and he is standing near the front. The shot then cuts to a view from the CCTV and he is suddenly standing towards the back of the elevator.

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Other mistake: The Bureau Raid (Fire Crew Approach): Michael plants two sticky bombs in the FIB building, one in a locker and one on a toilet. Franklin detonates the sticky bombs when Michael is finished in the building, but there are more than two explosions.

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Revealing mistake: The Big Score (Obvious Approach): If Gustavo Mota is selected as the gunman who will accompany Michael, he will get into Michael's car. When Michael asks if he's ready to do something profoundly stupid, Gustavo says "With you, M? I'd do anything." When he is just about to finish the line, part of his neck passes through his shirt collar.

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Revealing mistake: The Big Score (Obvious Approach): When Trevor drops the second container of gold onto the freighter train, the cables that were attached to it fade into the ground once the container has settled on the train.

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Other mistake: Derailed: When Michael is in Trevor's trailer, he takes out his phone to go on it. Just after this happens, the shot cuts to a different angle, where his head is suddenly hunched more downwards.

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Continuity mistake: Hang Ten: When Trevor is in Floyd and Debra's apartment, he puts some water in a mug and sits on the couch, with the mug in his left hand. When the shot cuts, he is holding the mug with both hands.

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Revealing mistake: The Ballad of Rocco: Just after Solomon Richards shows Michael his associate producer credit on his new movie, Solomon pours Michael and himself a drink. Michael drinks from the glass, but the level of liquid remains the same and does not lower.

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Other mistake: Reuniting the Family: Just after Michael walks into his home, he takes out a bottle of whiskey, and goes to pour it into a glass. Just before he goes to pour, there is already a sliver of whiskey in the bottom of the glass, even though it should be empty. It appears as if the sliver of whiskey shown in the glass was used as an animation reference to help the animators during post-production.

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Continuity mistake: Reuniting the Family: Michael pours himself a glass of whiskey. In the shot of him walking over to the couch, the whiskey is filled almost to the top, but when he sits down in the next shot, there is only a small amount left in the glass.

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Audio problem: Marriage Counselling: When Michael goes outside to smoke a cigarette, the sound of him blowing the smoke out of his mouth is heard, but his lips stay closed and no smoke is ever shown leaving his mouth.

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Revealing mistake: In the establishing shots of Los Santos, in the shot of the Del Perro Beach Pier, the railings surrounding it suddenly pop-up onscreen midway through the shot.

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Revealing mistake: Casing the Jewel Store: When Michael and Lester return to the garment factory after taking pictures of the jewellery store, there is a shot from the side of the building that pans from the car around to the building. When the shot is panning around to the building, there are some cardboard boxes and other objects shown next to the building that are suddenly animated partway into the shot. They just appear to pop-up onscreen out of nowhere.

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Continuity mistake: Caida Libre: When Martin Madrazo shows Michael and Trevor the picture of Javier on his tablet, in the front shot Madrazo's right hand is along the side of the tablet, near the bottom and the fingers on his left hand are pressed against the tablet, but in the next shot, his right hand is along the bottom of the tablet, and his left hand fingers are more curled.

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Other mistake: Deep Inside: Franklin and Devin Weston are talking in the garage, and Lamar enters whilst holding his phone in his hand, observing the car. Lamar never uses his phone when talking to Franklin and Devin, but the menu screen on his phone remains on for the entire scene and never changes. There is no reason for the screen to be on since Lamar is not using it, nor does the screen ever goes into auto lock, despite Lamar not touching the screen.

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Continuity mistake: Paleto Score Setup: When Michael, Trevor and Lester return to Trevor's office after surveying the bank, Trevor takes a bowl of stew out from his fridge with his left hand, but when he goes to put the bowl in the microwave, the bowl is in his right hand.

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Continuity mistake: The Paleto Score: Whilst arguing before the heist, in the when Trevor says "I miss Brad", Lester is looking down at his laptop typing away, but in the next shot, he is suddenly looking at Trevor before turning back to his laptop.

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Continuity mistake: Crystal Maze: When Trevor is demanding Cheng's translator to tell him who they are dealing with, he grabs Cheng by the head and starts banging his head against a support column. In one shot, there is no blood on the support beam when Cheng's head is being banged against the column, but when the shot cuts to a different angle, a blood stain has suddenly appeared on the column.

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Continuity mistake: Fame or Shame: When Trevor tells Lazlow to take his pants off, Lazlow lowers his pants to his knees, but in the next shot, his pants are suddenly off completely and on the ground beside him.

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Michael De Santa: Can you stop being an asshole, please?

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Trivia: Right at the very end of the end credits, a patient document will appear from the office of Dr. Isiah Friedlander, Michael's therapist. The document gives an overall summary about what kind of player you have been throughout the game.

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Question: What is the name given to those cart things that can be driven around San Andreas? For a detailed description, the carts being referred to kind of look like a golf cart, but without the roof on it and they are only shown in San Andreas, and not shown in Los Santos.

Chosen answer: It is called a Civillian Caddy. Also the location being referred to is not San Andreas, but in fact Sandy Shores.

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