Other mistake: Throughout this, a running gag is that Fred can't drive stick/clutch. However, in "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" Series 2, Episode 6 "A Scooby-Doo Halloween," he yells at Shaggy that he's riding the clutch too hard at the beginning of the episode. If the Mystery Machine has a clutch mechanism, he would know how to drive stick/clutch.
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25th Jun 2023
Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019)
20th Jun 2023
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
29th May 2023
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Question: If time travel was banned throughout the universe and they imprisoned Obadiah Price as the inventor (time 1), why didn't MIB confiscate the devices and continually make sure his son Jeffrey never has the devices or lets others use them? He has a log book and Boris the Animal's entry is more than a few pages in (time 2). (00:30:21 - 00:32:00)
Answer: They did, but the son had the knowledge in his head, so he did it in secret. The son dealt in black market devices.
29th May 2023
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Question: Why doesn't Boris the Animal kill Jeffrey Price after he gets the Time Jump Device? He doesn't seem to have problems killing anyone else who gets in his way or helps him. (I don't think saying that if he killed Jeffrey, there's no way J can go into the past is sufficient as that's a plot device.) (00:11:25)
Answer: He may not have known about the son when he killed Obadiah in the space prison. He thought no one else had a time device. Besides, he was completely focused on his mission. He thought of nothing else.
7th Apr 2018
Murder By Death (1976)
Question: What does Milo Perrier mouth to Jessica Marbles as Benson-mum spoons out the "soup" during dinner? I can't read their lips.
Answer: I think she is a lady...remember at the end when he said she was the daughter of Lionel Twain.
Answer: According to the script, she is mouthing "I think he's lying."
Answer: "I think he's lying."
Answer: No, he mouths "I think he's blind." It's right after the scene where he tests that. The Marbles character responds "who is?"
28th Oct 2014
Now You See Me (2013)
Continuity mistake: At Pont des Arts in Paris when Dylan reveals his true self to Alma, the right page shown in the newspaper changes layout and stories. An earlier shot does not show a story about 12-year old Dylan while it's there in the second shot. (01:43:40 - 01:44:00)
13th Oct 2014
Now You See Me (2013)
Character mistake: The caption under Shrike's picture in the newspaper that Alma is reading, referring to the circumstances of Shrike's accidental death in a locked safe trick, reads 'Police say famed magician Lionel Shrike vigorously attempting to free himself to no avail.' It should be 'attempted', given he tried and failed, then died, so is unlikely to give it a second go.
13th Oct 2014
Now You See Me (2013)
13th Oct 2014
Now You See Me (2013)
Question: Why is the bill that Cowan grabs crumpled up when all the others are flat?
Chosen answer: Cowan crumpled up the note when he grabbed it.
13th Oct 2014
Now You See Me (2013)
Continuity mistake: There's a space issue with the scenes of the safe in the truck. They show Agent Fuller coming around on the (viewer's) left side of the safe to show the Horsemen video. However, when we first see the safe in the truck, there is absolutely no way a man of Fuller's size can fit in the gap between the safe and truck wall. (01:22:35)
25th Feb 2006
WarGames (1983)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Joshua is going through the possible strikes, the US strike was done first followed by USSR's strike. However, when you see the list of strikes and the results, USSR is listed before US.
28th Jan 2006
Major League (1989)
Deliberate mistake: The film uses Milwaukee County stadium,instead of Cleveland Stadium, as the home of the Indians. (00:26:10)
26th May 2005
Toothless (1997)
Revealing mistake: When Katherine is doing cartwheels, her dress stays down in relation to her feet. It doesn't ride up or flap towards her upper body.
22nd May 2005
Toothless (1997)
Plot hole: Katherine (Kirstie Alley) the tooth fairy is instructed by Rodgers (Lynn Redgrave) that she can only go out at night, otherwise she stays in an apartment in Limbo to get her assignments. She is given names all over the world. There is always a part of the world that is in nighttime. She should always be working and never at Limbo.
14th Mar 2005
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Other mistake: Harry (Jack Nicholson) tells Erica (Diane Keaton) that he only sees her in turtleneck tops. However, when he first meets Erica and Zoe in Erica's kitchen, she is wearing a scoop neck.
7th Feb 2005
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Trivia: It was said that Dick Clark was hosting New Year's Eve. You also heard Dick counting down to a 2005 lighting of the ball. In actuality Dick Clark did not host the New Year's Eve Countdown in 2005 year due to being in the hospital from a stroke. Regis Philbin did. Unfair to count this as a mistake as the film was shot in 2004 (released early 2005), so they weren't to know, but worth noting.
4th Nov 2004
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Revealing mistake: When Dracula goes to grab the cell bars on the window to free Reinfeld, the bars are obviously not metal as they shake and have a slight bend to them.
22nd Jun 2004
All Grown Up (2003)
River Rats - S1-E8
Trivia: In the scene in the tent where Tommy and Chuckie are talking after the ghost story, the lighting in the tent shows the sleeping bags as red, green and blue. Tommy is in the green looking sleeping bag. These colors are the Powerpuff Girls. The PowerPuff Girl in green is Buttercup, who is voiced by Elizabeth Daily, who is credited as E.G. Daily playing the voice of Tommy.
21st Jun 2004
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
14th Jun 2004
Garfield: The Movie (2004)
Continuity mistake: When he is surfing down the stairs, he seemed to have gone further down the building than where he falls out the window.
2nd May 2004
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Continuity mistake: After the song "The Oldest Established", Angie the Ox tells Nathan Detroit that Sky Masterson is in town. Benny Southstreet acts as if he didn't know anything about Sky. In Mindy's after Sky tells Nathan about one of his father's pieces of advice, Benny acts as if he does know Sky.
3rd Apr 2004
The Fairly OddParents (2001)
Boys in the Band / Hex Games - S2-E2
Deliberate mistake: When AJ and Chester show Timmy "The Timmy Tuck", AJ says it has a 1400 degree turn. The diagram shows 140°.
25th Mar 2004
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Continuity mistake: Millie's beads have a mind of their own. They do not stay in place even when she is standing still. Besides the funny scene during the title credits (when it is deliberate), and when Miss Dorothy registers, they also move during a scene when Millie displays her thoughts on Miss Dorothy's beads when the two of them go into the elevator for the first time.
21st Jul 2003
Spider-Man (2002)
Factual error: Why would Columbia University have the "most powerful electron microscope on the eastern seaboard" in the same lab room as it would have the spider lab, which is a biology/genetics study? Electron microscopes are useless for studying DNA. The electron beam turns molecules into sludge. All but the toughest organic samples have to be coated with metal as protection, and you can't do this with DNA. (00:09:05)
Suggested correction: DNA labeled with heavy atoms can be seen in electron microscopes. While DNA sequencing isn't yet viable with electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopy DNA sequencing could be possible. Given the fictitious advancements in science seen in Spider-Man, it's possible they can successfully sequence DNA as well.
5th Jul 2003
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Continuity mistake: The elevator that Millie and Miss Dorothy use changes from an elevator to a small room with the walls of the building missing and the door as well.
5th Jul 2003
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Revealing mistake: In the beginning when Mrs. Meers goes into the elevator, you can see that the elevator floor is a continuation of the room floor, just with a strip across it.
5th Jul 2003
Hello Dolly! (1969)
Trivia: Barneby talks to Cornelius (Michael Crawford) about going to Barnum's museum. Michael Crawford played Barnum in a stage play in the 90's.
5th Jul 2003
Hello Dolly! (1969)
Continuity mistake: When Dolly is purchasing the ticket to Yonkers, she gives the money twice to the cashier.
4th Jul 2003
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Continuity mistake: Leopold tells Kate that by his 30th birthday he had "become a blemish on the family name", meaning he must be at least 30 in 1876, making his birth year at least 1846. When he goes forward in time to 2001, he is said to be at least 148 years old, making his birth year 1853 (2001-148) which would make him 23 years old. (01:11:45)
27th Aug 2001
Hello Dolly! (1969)
Continuity mistake: When Cornelius meets the girl in the red dress and they dance and sing outdoors on the street, her dress is dragging on the pavement and the hem is clearly filthy. The next scene they arrive at the restaurant and her dress is clean and pressed.
27th Aug 2001
Hello Dolly! (1969)
Factual error: In the opening scene of the film, when the sepia toned picture of Old New York turns fluidly into a moving image, you can see a window air conditioner in the top left hand corner of the screen.
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Answer: Dickens used satire, irony, and humor as a means to express social criticism and political commentary. His novels were filled with comical characters and colorful dialogue. He used a humorous writing style to expose the Industrial Revolution's harsh and negative impacts like poor education, worker exploitation, social inequality, and other societal ills such as extreme poverty, domestic violence, alcoholism, and so on. Poirot is obviously responding to that.
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