Character mistake: The way Henry takes Barry's blood pressure, he will not get any results. Neither the blood pressure cuff nor the stethoscope work reliably through clothing. As a doctor, he should know how to do it right.
Tanngrisnir
11th Aug 2019
The Flash (2014)
29th Oct 2018
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Character mistake: After being asked in class, Max refers to what he does as a "vivisection of a once-living organism", which in itself is a contradiction because vivisections are performed on living organisms. What Max does is called dissection, or more specifically autopsy, because he does it to determine the cause of death.
22nd Sep 2018
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Character mistake: Owing to a common misconception, several people in the episode claim that the consulate is Russian soil. Foreign diplomatic missions are awarded special privileges, but they are not considered sovereign territory of the represented state.
14th Aug 2018
2 Broke Girls (2011)
Character mistake: Winona says that Jason killed a penguin on their trip to the Arctic. This is impossible because penguins only live in the southern hemisphere.
9th Jul 2018
Castle (2009)
Character mistake: Beckett identifies the area given for the Skype call as the whole city of Paris. It's hard to believe that Beckett knows the area of a foreign city by heart, the problem is also that she is wrong. Paris actually has an area of about 105 kmĀ² (41 sq mi).
23rd Mar 2017
Castle (2009)
Character mistake: Castle claims that they are technically standing on Russian soil inside the consulate. Contrary to popular belief foreign diplomatic missions, while being afforded special privileges (ie. Diplomatic immunity), are not considered sovereign territory of the represented state. Because of that Castle and Beckett are in fact on U.S. soil.
21st Feb 2015
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Anchors Aweigh, Men of Stalag 13 - S1-E16
Character mistake: Klink claims that the North Sea is about sixty miles from Stalag 13, in reality however the town of Hammelburg and thus the nearby camp are about three-hundred miles from the North Sea.
3rd Jan 2015
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Justice League Recombination - S4-E11
Character mistake: Even with Penny and Zack the guys are one man short to be the original JLA because they they don't have the Martian Manhunter. If they used the same costumes in the previous year, they would have been three people short of the original line-up.
3rd Nov 2014
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Hookers, Hookers, Hookers - S8-E4
Character mistake: Gordon says that he never had sex with anyone Alan knows, yet in Season 3 he briefly dated Rose and according to Rose also had sex with her.
29th Sep 2014
The King of Queens (1998)
Character mistake: The woman in the store claims that the umlaut on the shoe size indicates a half size in Europe. This is wrong because the European shoe size system (used in Germany among others) is completely different from the US system. Carrie's 6 1/2 shoes would be a size 39 according to the European system.
26th Aug 2014
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Character mistake: Jake's claim that a vomitorium was place for Romans to vomit is wrong and a common misconception. A vomitorium in reality is a passage in a stadium where a large number of people can exit at once.
26th Dec 2013
Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
Character mistake: General Landry says that the Asurans would need to rewrite McKay's macro to gate to any planet in the Milky Way. In fact they wouldn't have to bother with the macro, because they could simply gate directly to the Milky Way from a ZPM-powered Atlantis.
22nd Dec 2013
Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
Character mistake: Rodney says that one hour in real time would give them months inside the field. This is incorrect because if the ratio of time were 1:250 as stated before, one hour would only convert to 250 hours, which is 10 days and 10 hours.
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