Factual error: When Nathan goes to Cork to find his brother, he gets out of a black cab with a yellow license plate, both of which are characteristic of ENGLISH taxis, not Irish ones.
SexyIrishLeprechaun
12th Feb 2012
Heroes (2006)
31st Aug 2009
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Colonel Hans Landa is talking to the dairy farmer at the start of the movie, the glass he drinks his milk from changes position from shot to shot.
19th Aug 2009
Orphan (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Danny is playing "Guitar Hero," the difficulty setting is at least hard (all 5 notes are coming down the screen, this only happens in hard or above) yet he is only playing the first three notes and with nowhere near enough speed for a hard song. (00:22:05)
6th May 2009
Scrubs (2001)
Continuity mistake: In the episode where Elliot is missing J.D. and talking to him a lot on her phone, he asks her to drop the phone into Dr. Cox's pocket. She drops it into his left coat pocket, but he later pulls it out of his right coat pocket. He couldn't have changed it in his pocket, because he's surprised to find it.
18th Apr 2009
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Anteaters. They're Just Crazy-lookin - S4-E23
Audio problem: In the episode with Enrique Iglesias, Charlie comes out to the deck to get his girlfriend and asks, "Isn't there something you could sand?" His lips say, "Isn't there something you could saw?"
23rd Mar 2009
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Peter and Brian are drinking all the beers, Peter picks up a beer. In the next shot it is open and he had no time to remove the cap.
13th Mar 2009
Marley & Me (2008)
Continuity mistake: At Obedience School, the breed of dogs changes dramatically between shots. Easiest one to spot is a Husky who keeps disappearing and reappearing.
13th Mar 2009
Dexter (2006)
There's Something About Harry - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: When Angel is drinking with Lila after finishing her apartment, the wine glass changes position throughout the scene.
6th Mar 2009
Dexter (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Dexter wakes up in front of Rita's house, he has a sweat patch on his shirt. When he gets into his car a minute later, it's gone.
4th Mar 2009
Eagle Eye (2008)
Continuity mistake: When the Porsche Cayenne is racing through the junk yard, in one shot the right headlamp is broken. In the next, it is fine again and then it's broken once more.
31st Jan 2009
Carlito's Way (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Carlito first meets Benny Blanco, a cigarette disappears and reappears in Benny's hand throughout the scene.
31st Jan 2009
Carlito's Way (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Carlito and his girlfriend are having coffee early on in the movie, a cigarette appears and reappears in her hand throughout the scene.
15th Aug 2008
The Orphanage (2007)
Question: The game they play near the start (the knock on wood game) seems pretty interesting. Is the point of it not to get caught moving or is there another goal? Also, can someone help me with the Spanish translation? I can't hear what the Spanish for Knock on Wood is. Thanks.
17th Jun 2008
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: In the episode where Gabby kisses Tom Scavo and, in return, Lynette kisses Carlos, Gabby is making a smoothie. When she's drinking it (as Lynette and Carlos are making out), it keeps switching from her left hand to her right hand, depending on which angle the camera is facing her.
11th Apr 2008
The Game Plan (2007)
Continuity mistake: When the Rebels offense are in the huddle at the start of the movie (right before Kingman runs it in for a TD) he calls the cadence as "on one". The snap comes on a two count.
26th Feb 2008
We Are Marshall (2006)
Factual error: When Ruffin and his teammate come out of the movie theater upon hearing the news of the crash, the fire trucks are heading east on the street. The airport was west of Huntington.
18th Feb 2008
Finding Nemo (2003)
18th Feb 2008
Finding Nemo (2003)
Chosen answer: "A mollusk walks up to a sea cucumber and... [Most of the joke itself is missing here, as we only get to hear the beginning and end of it] ...so the sea cucumber turns to the mollusk and says 'With fronds like these, who need anemones?'" It's a pun on the term "with friends like these, who needs enemies", only with words more suited for an aquatic environment.
18th Feb 2008
Jumper (2008)
Continuity mistake: Just before David has the fight in the bar, the drunk guy has his arm around him. The shot changes and suddenly his hands are by his sides.
24th Nov 2007
Heroes (2006)
Factual error: In Season 2, Episode 3, Peter and the Irish family rob the bookmakers and the security guards shoot at them. In Ireland, even the police don't carry weapons. Let alone security guards.
17th Sep 2007
Madden 2007
Bug: When kicking a field goal or extra point, if the defense blocks the snap, the kicker will still go through the kicking motions and the ball will magically appear at his foot at the moment of impact and sail through the up-rights.
13th Sep 2007
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2007)
Continuity mistake: When Gordon and Dennis are fighting towards the end, the steel trash can goes from upright to on its side to upright again without anyone touching it.
7th Sep 2007
Sunshine (2007)
Factual error: Contrary to popular belief, a person won't freeze immediately in outer space, as depicted in the movie. Space may be cold, but it's also a great insulator and the biggest problem for astronauts is dissipating the heat generated in their bodies.
10th May 2007
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Trivia: Director Sam Raimi's daughter makes a cameo appearance as the little girl who sells her camera to J. Jonah Jameson near the end.
5th Dec 2006
My Name Is Earl (2005)
Number One - S1-E24
Continuity mistake: Just after Earl sells the car and he's arguing with Randy, you can see a red fence in the background behind Randy. The shot cuts and then it's behind earl and it cuts back and it's behind Randy again. (00:19:00)
5th Dec 2006
My Name Is Earl (2005)
Number One - S1-E24
Trivia: Show creator Greg Garcia makes a cameo in this episode as Too Tall Maggie's husband, complete with fake moustache and wig. He also appears in the gay bar in the first episode as the man Randy snags into dancing. According to the commentary track, this is the same character leading a double life. (00:16:25)
24th Nov 2006
My Name Is Earl (2005)
Continuity mistake: At the start of the episode, when the cop runs over to Earl, he drops his gun. When it shows the gun again, it's moved about three feet on the ground.
22nd Nov 2006
My Name Is Earl (2005)
Continuity mistake: Just after Earl realises the Mustang he lost was supposed to be his, Joy sits down with a pitcher of some cocktail. It moves around between shots, alternating between being in front of Randy and being in front of Joy.
17th Nov 2006
Casino Royale (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Bond first gets into his Aston Martin outside the Casino Royale, the driver's door is open. Then the shot cuts and the door is closed. (01:02:10)
12th Oct 2006
The Protector (2005)
Visible crew/equipment: During the fight in the warehouse, when the guy is chasing Tony Jaa on the scrambler bike, he performs a back flip from one ledge onto another. You can see the crash mats below him in case he falls.
11th Oct 2006
The Protector (2005)
Audio problem: Just after the long continuous fight scene in the restaurant, one girl pulls out a knife to attack Tony Jaa. The knife makes a sound like it's being pulled from a sheath but it's not touching any other metal.
11th Oct 2006
The Protector (2005)
Audio problem: Right at the end of the fight in the warehouse, when the quad bike covered in metal studs comes out; Tony Jaa tricks it by running up the glass wall and back flipping over it. His left foot touches the glass wall twice between shots and there is the sound of three steps on the glass.
30th Jul 2006
Prison Break (2005)
The Old Head - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: In the episode "The Old Head" when Michael gives the cat back to Westmoreland, from the side, the cats paw is on his shoulder but when the angle changes to the front, it has moved down to his chest. (00:17:45)
20th Jul 2006
Lost (2004)
Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2 - S2-E24
Continuity mistake: Right at the start of the final episode in season two, Sayid is walking with Jack and he is holding a torch in his right hand. The camera angle changes and the torch has jumped into his left hand.
12th Jun 2006
Cell
Other mistake: Just before Ray gives Clay the phone in the forest, it mentions a "death that must be paid to God". This should read "debt".
2nd Jun 2006
Cell
Continuity mistake: When Clay and Tom are threatening to break into the hotel, Tom says "I'm going to grab a kerbstone and smash the glass", but Clay says "A curbstone?" Since they both say it, there should be no spelling error.
31st May 2006
X-Men 3 (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Storm confronts Wolverine when he's leaving, his position changes between shots. From over her shoulder, he's much closer then when the shot is over his shoulder.
2nd Feb 2006
The Longest Yard (2005)
Question: What is the name of the song being played when they are messing about in the muddy field? It's also at the end of one episode of Cold Case: Anyone know the name of that episode?
Chosen answer: It's by Creedence Clearwater Revival and the song's called "Have You Ever Seen The Rain". The episode of Cold Case it's in is called "Look Again".
6th Dec 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Harry falls into the Pensieve and sees Dumbledore, he leans towards him. In the next shot, he is noticeably further away.
20th Aug 2005
The Island (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Tom and Six-Echo are in the car near the end, the chopper shoots down the traffic lights in front of them. When Six Echo drives off again, he drives straight with no problems. (01:37:40)
2nd Jul 2005
South Park (1997)
Are You There God, It's Me Jesus - S3-E16
Factual error: In the episode where Cartman thinks he has had his period, a news report says it was merely a viral infection, simple antibiotics will cure it. Antibiotics are only used on bacteria and have no effect on viruses.
2nd Jul 2005
South Park (1997)
The Red Badge of Gayness (a.k.a. War) - S3-E14
Continuity mistake: In the episode with the new civil war, when Clinton unrolls the scroll, it goes from rolling horizontally to rolling vertically between shots.
2nd Jul 2005
Sideways (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the guys are drinking in the car near the start, Jack's grip on the glass changes from being around the stem to the bowl a few times.
2nd Jul 2005
Sideways (2004)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where they meet Stephanie, Jack's grip on the glass changes from shot to shot.
27th Jun 2005
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Average Joes are playing the Germans in the first round, only 5 Germans are eliminated, but they still win. (00:50:00)
16th May 2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Trivia: Anthony Daniels (C3PO) has the last line in this film and the first line in A New Hope.
16th May 2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
29th Apr 2005
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Trivia: When the Christians fire their first volley at the Muslims, one of the guys screams a Wilhelm as he falls.
27th Apr 2005
24 (2001)
Day 4: 9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. - S4-E15
Factual error: The bad guy uses the thumb to access the Air Force base at the end of the episode. Thumb scanners are activated by the pulse and wouldn't work otherwise.
3rd Feb 2005
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Continuity mistake: After the baby escapes from the crib, Greg walks past it looking for him and the gate to the crib is wide open. Next shot, the gate is closed and there was no time for him to close it.
3rd Feb 2005
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Continuity mistake: Jack's Tom Collins has different amounts of liquid when they are sitting by the lagoon. (00:32:20)
3rd Feb 2005
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Continuity mistake: All the glasses of wine and the bottle change position and amount of liquid during the dinner scene.
3rd Feb 2005
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Greg is talking on the microphone towards the end, it appears in his hand. However, the next time he pops it off the stand, it makes a loud noise that wasn't there the first time.
3rd Feb 2005
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Bernie tackles Jack, the ball drops at his feet, beside Jack. When the camera cuts away, the ball jumps ten feet away from Jack and Bernie moves away from both of them.
3rd Feb 2005
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Continuity mistake: After the baby gets soaked with the toilet water, you see him being brought into a bedroom wearing a towel. Next shot the towel is underneath. The transition of him being undressed is missing, despite the audio being continuous and thus not revealing an ellipsis in the action.
3rd Feb 2005
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Continuity mistake: The time frame doesn't make sense when the kid glues his hand to the glue bottle. He turns on Scarface, which is nearly over. The Fockers and the Byrnes are still in town shopping and Little Jack smears glue all over his hands. By the time they get home from town, the glue bottle is well stuck to the hands. However, Scarface is still on and still on the last fight scene. (01:06:25 - 01:07:30)
1st Dec 2004
8 Mile (2002)
Continuity mistake: When Vanessa is rapping outside New Detroit Stamping, one of her dreads is caught in her ear-ring. it goes from being trapped to not being trapped during the rap. It is trapped again in a later shot.
21st Oct 2004
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
21st Oct 2004
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Continuity mistake: When Andy is in the bank, in the background you can see a man in a "porkpie" hat and a white shirt move forward to talk to the cashier. As Andy stands up to leave, the man can be seen again, standing towards the back of the queue. (01:56:10)
Suggested correction: The man may have made an error to some paperwork (deposit slip or withdraw slip), and had to get another one and fix his mistake...which would have put him at the end of the queue. You don't get to jump back in line, unless offered that convenience.
12th Oct 2004
Collateral (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Foxx and Cruise are in the lift with the cop in the hospital, the door to the lift closes all the way to the right. When they get out, the door closes in such a way that two doors meet in the middle.
23rd Jul 2004
Walking Tall (2004)
Continuity mistake: When The Rock's family is held at gunpoint, one of the guys throws his stocking/face covering at them. In the next shot, he throws it again.
23rd Jul 2004
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
21st Jul 2004
Walking Tall (2004)
21st Jul 2004
Walking Tall (2004)
21st Jul 2004
Walking Tall (2004)
Continuity mistake: Towards the end, when the girl comes into The Rock's office, Rock closes his blinds. They are open in the next shot (you can see them in the background).
8th Jul 2004
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
The Finger - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: When Catherine goes into the diner with a man and Sarah is sitting talking to her date, in one shot they are talking and in the next immediate shot he has a cup to his lips.
6th Jul 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Brake My Wife, Please - S14-E20
Continuity mistake: When Hibbert handcuffs Bart to the radiator, for one brief second, his cast and bandages disappear. They return in the next shot.
22nd Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
Trivia: The version of Baseball in the 31st Century, Blurnsball, came about when, stuck for time, someone put up a schedule for the week with Blurnsday as an eight day.
21st Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
Love's Labors Lost in Space - S1-E4
Trivia: The creatures on the list are: Purple Fruit Snake, Sharktopus, Chilean Space Bass, Parasitic Puppy, Gretchen Mole, WIndy Shrimp, Vampire Slug, Excommunicate, Four-Legged Mimic, Molotov Cockatoo and Hermaphlamingo.
21st Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
21st Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
Trivia: The planet Chapek Nine, where they deliver the goods to, is named after the author who coined the term robot.
21st Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
I, Roommate - S1-E3
Trivia: Bender's apartment number is 00100100 which, on the ASCII chart, is a Dollar sign. (00:05:35)
21st Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
Trivia: When the series first started, the animators placed five Alienese letters in the background. IN one poster, it said "drink slurm" and in another, drink was replaced by the five Alienese letters. Going on that, fans of the show were able to decipher the whole language in a couple of hours to decode what was written in graffiti on the wall behind the grate Bender and fry used to escape into the sewers. It said "Venutians (People from Venus) go home".
21st Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
Trivia: It took approximately one hour per frame at thirty frames per second for the 28 or so second intro to be generated in 3D.
21st Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
Episode Two: The Series Has Landed - S1-E2
Trivia: When Amy is trying to get the keys out of the claw machine the games in the background have names like "Gender-Neutral Pac-Person" and "Mortal Kooperation(sic)"
21st Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Leela is calling for backup outside the head museum (her call sign is 1BDI: One Beady Eye), her arm band switches from her right arm to her left. (00:11:15)
21st Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
21st Jun 2004
Futurama (1999)
Episode Two: The Series Has Landed - S1-E2
Trivia: The creators were well into the late animation stage when they realized that the original moon lander had left the moon. They then added the plaque in the background that says "Returned by the historical sticklers society".
14th Jun 2004
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Factual error: The old Sky News logo is used in the film, as shown in a broadcast.
14th Jun 2004
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Trivia: In 2002, during pre-production, a deadly hailstorm struck central China in July, and in August parts of Europe were ravaged by what became known as the "Floods of the Century."
30th May 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Question: Why is there so much blue symbolism in Kate Winslet's house. I know her hair is blue, but are we to believe she changes the colour of everything in her house when she changes her hair colour (which is often, apparently)?
Chosen answer: Psychologists believe blue is a 'peaceful' color, as opposed to agressive colors like red. Experiments seem to show that people are genuinely effected emotionally by use of colors. Blue would promote a clear, calm - dare I say spotless - mind. Note this is also used in Forrest Gump; almost everything Gump wears is blue, suggesting again his calm, uncluttered thoughts.
27th May 2004
Secretary (2002)
Continuity mistake: Just before he spanks her for the first time, he circles a letter that was misplaced in a word. Later, when he gets her to read the same letter, a whole word is circled.
24th May 2004
Intermission (2003)
Trivia: Colin Farrell recorded a version of The Clash's "I Fought the Law..." for the film.
24th May 2004
Intermission (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Colm Meaney and Colin Farrell have the shoot-out right at the end, the material filmed changes between then and when the director is viewing it at the end. First, Farrell shoots Meaney, then the camera goes to white and two more gun-shots go off. Then, when he is watching it later, Farrell pulls the gun from his pocket and the director shoots him straight away. Then when he rewinds it, it shows Colin Farrell pull his gun, the camera man look to the bonnett of the car where the gun is, then bring it up and shoot him.
24th May 2004
Intermission (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Colin Farrell is in the bar, talking to the driver who lost his job, the amount of beer in the glass changes from one shot to the next.
24th May 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Deliberate mistake: When Bart is in the genius school, the teacher asks him if he knows what happens if he adds an acid to a base. He replies yes, adds them anyway and the lab explodes and a green goo comes out, turning Bart green. If you add an acid to a base, you just get salt and water.
15th May 2004
Futurama (1999)
The Farnsworth Paradox - S5-E10
Continuity mistake: Just as Hermes A is about to shoot the box into the sun, all the crew (A and B) shoot out into the airlock. However, Hermes B doesn't come out of the box and just appears in the pile. This is confirmed in the commentary.
14th May 2004
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Audio problem: In one scene, when Warrick is in the prints lab, Nick claps his hands twice, but the sound track has him clapping three times.
14th May 2004
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Question: Why does Kaitlin have the horrible scar on her face after Evan saves the dog? She didn't have a scar before, even though she got hit quite hard.
Chosen answer: The time that Evan goes back and saves the dog, she gets hit in a different way and her cheek is split open - hence the scar. In the "original" timeline, she got hit in the head, not the cheek.
Are you making an educated guess? How could you possibly know that she got hit in a different way on her cheek if they don't show that in the movie?
They are not making an educated guess at all. In the original timeline, her brother struck her in the side of the head, she bled/was injured but no visible scar. In the altered "blackout" timeline when he goes back and tries to save everything/fix it, somehow it shows Kayleigh getting hit in a different spot. When her brother swung, it smacked her in the side of the face instead of the head, splitting her cheek wide open, leaving a visible injury/scar later on. It was most definitely shown to us.
Answer: They are not making an educated guess at all. In the original timeline, her brother struck her in the side of the head, she still bled and was injured but no visible scar. In the altered "blackout" timeline when he goes back and tries to save everything/fix it, somehow it shows Kayleigh getting hit in a different spot. When her brother swung, it smacked her in the side of the face instead of the head, splitting her cheek wide open, leaving a visible injury/scar later on. It was most definitely, 100% shown to the audience, when her brother struck her differently. Lol.
Answer: First of all you need to remember that this sequence started right after Evan makes that big scene by using some sharp object on those two criminal brothers in prison to get his journals back from them. Now later when Evan is able to save the dog, he wakes up in his bed and starts bleeding as a repercussion from storing all those years of memory of this new reality at once, but the flashes that are shown when he wakes up are actually the flashes about how the reality changed after he saved the dog and Kayleigh's brother dies instead. In one of those scene it is shown that the grown up mentally disturbed Kayleigh asks for a lift and those same two criminal brothers are shown in the car she gets inside. So we can assume that the line of business she is shown in later and those scars she has is actually due to her getting along with the wrong people.
You can actually see in the scene where he saved the dog, Kayleigh's cheek was split open.
13th May 2004
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
13th May 2004
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Evan tries to get his journals back from the bullies in the jail, the object that the guy on the bed is reading alternates from a closed copy of Hustler, to a journal and back several times. (01:18:35 - 01:19:20)
13th May 2004
Futurama (1999)
Easter egg: On the 4th season DVD, when it's on the episode selection on the 4th disk, scroll down to "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings". Push left and it highlights an egg salad sandwich in the fridge, written in alienese. When translated, it says "This DVD includes a specially encoded Easter Egg which you are now meticulously translating from an alien language because you have no life and are a compulsive Nerdlinger(sic). How sad. Its especially sad if you don't speak English and you have to translate the alien language into English and then into your own tongue and you come upon a word like Nerdlinger, which really isn't a word at all, but still aptly describes someone who would actually translate such a word. Twice. And those of you who are reading this translation in a Futurama newsgroup aren't any better. We lurk on those newsgroups and we know what Nerdlingers you guys are, too. Of course you're also our biggest fans, which is sad in its own way. But, since you went to all this trouble to translate an Easter Egg, we do owe you something, so here's a secret about the show. The writers, producers, directors and most of the actors who worked on this show are all Nerdlingers, too."
10th May 2004
Futurama (1999)
Put Your Head on My Shoulder - S2-E10
Trivia: In this episode, when Fry and Amy are on Mercury, the only petrol station is called Hg's Gas. Hg is, of course, the elemental symbol for Mercury on the periodic table. (00:05:00)
Question: I read an interview with Peter Jackson that basically showed him this site and he commented on it. One of the mistakes was the notorious car question and Jackson said "We saw it but we didn't think anyone else could, so we left it in". However, a trivia just posted has stated that in the commentary, he denies knowledge. Did anyone else see that article and/or hear any other reports. I'd hate to think I was losing my mind....
Chosen answer: The article is at http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3540652/. You're not losing your mind.
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Chosen answer: It's a Spanish version of Red Light, Green Light where you'd try not to get caught moving. I haven't watched the film in a while but I believe she says "Uno, dos, tres, toca la pared". Hope that helps!
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