Factual error: One of the Spanish soldiers lights a torch with what appears to be a hand-held lighter. Early lighters were converted flintlock pistols (not yet invented during the time of this episode) and the earliest hand-held lighter would not be invented until three hundred years after this episode's timeline.
Scott215
19th Jul 2019
Time Tunnel (1966)
3rd Jun 2019
Time Tunnel (1966)
Visitors From Beyond the Stars - S1-E18
Factual error: Modern power cables are seen near Crawford's homestead, complete with aircraft warning flags draped over them. These cannot be mistaken for 19th century telegraph wires.
22nd May 2019
Time Tunnel (1966)
The Revenge of Robin Hood - S1-E16
Factual error: Little John orders the archers to "Fire" - the correct command for archers would have been either "shoot" or "loose."
14th May 2019
Time Tunnel (1966)
Factual error: Major Hoffman asks the brainwashed Doug what unit he is with. Doug answers, "74th Panzer Division." Neither the German Army nor the SS had a 74th Panzer Division.
13th May 2019
Time Tunnel (1966)
Factual error: The Gestapo major's office has a picture of Rudolf Hess hanging on the wall. Not likely, as Hess parachuted into Scotland in 1941 and was considered a traitor to the Third Reich.
23rd Apr 2019
Time Tunnel (1966)
Factual error: While firing their muskets at the guards as they rescue the Dauphin, Tony and Doug each quickly discharge their weapons twice without reloading. Muskets are one-shot weapons that required immediate reloading after firing.
11th Jan 2019
Common mistakes
Factual error: Military characters who deliver incorrect or inaccurate salutes to each other. Real military personnel know how to deliver a proper salute.
9th Jan 2019
The Longest Day (1962)
Factual error: In one scene of the Omaha beach landing, an American soldier is wearing eyeglasses with heavy black frames, which were issued to U.S. troops during the 1950's and 1960's. Eyeglasses issued to U.S. military personnel in World War 2 had thin metallic silver frames.
1st Dec 2017
The Goldbergs (2013)
The Circle Of Driving Again - S5-E8
Factual error: The show is set sometime in the 1980's, but as Adam drives the family around the neighborhood in his grandfather's car, there are SUV models from the mid-2000's to current passing by them.
16th Nov 2017
The Goldbergs (2013)
A Wall Street Thanksgiving - S5-E7
Factual error: Adam is excited the new Atari video game of "E.T.: The Extraterrestrial" was just released. In the same episode, Uncle Marvin is telling Barry he just saw the movie "Wall Street." Problem is, the "E.T." Video game was released in December, 1982, while "Wall Street" was released in December, 1987.
31st Oct 2017
The Invaders (1967)
The Leeches - S1-E4
Factual error: When David Vincent lands at the airport, a sign there says, "Welcome to San Diego." When Vincent exits the airport, it says, "Maricopa Airport." There is a Maricopa in California, but the episode takes place in Arizona, as indicated by the license plates on the cars and mentioning the city of Tucson close to the town the episode takes place in.
11th Oct 2017
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993)
Factual error: Modern electrical towers are seen on the hilltops in the background as Brisco County, Jr. chases after Falco's bandito.
16th May 2017
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993)
Factual error: A character in the episode has invented denim, but denim was invented in 1873 and was being used widely up to the time period of the series, which is set in 1893.
4th May 2017
The Goldbergs (2013)
The Day After the Day After - S4-E22
Factual error: This episode takes place around Mother's Day, which is in May, but everybody just saw the TV movie "The Day After", which aired November 20, 1983, six months after Mother's Day.
4th May 2017
The Goldbergs (2013)
Factual error: Adam narrates that it is "April 5th, 1980-something" and is going to see the new Michael Keaton "Batman" movie with his Grandpa, but "Batman" was released in June 1989, not in April.
8th Mar 2017
The Wild Wild West (1965)
The Night of the Wolf - S2-E27
Factual error: Several airplane contrails are visible in the sky as West gallops his horse to Stefan's coronation.
6th Jan 2017
The Wild Wild West (1965)
The Night of Fire and Brimstone - S4-E9
Factual error: West fires seven rounds from his six-shooter without reloading to cover Gordon's escape.
2nd Nov 2016
The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
Factual error: Ted Bundy is trying to pick up a potential victim in front of a record store, where a poster of Stevie Nicks' album, Rock a Little, is displayed. This scene took place in the mid-1970's, but Nicks' album was released in 1985.
28th Sep 2016
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Factual error: Oddball tells Kelly their commander had been trying to get them killed ever since they landed at Omaha (beach). Oddball's tanks are part of the U.S. sixth Armored division (the Super Sixth, as the unit shoulder patch on his jacket indicates) which actually landed at Utah beach on July 18, 1944. (00:30:50)
18th Sep 2016
The Wild Wild West (1965)
The Night of the Bubbling Death - S3-E1
Factual error: The skeletons in the dungeon hanging from shackles and standing upright in cages would have been piles of bones on the ground due to cartilage and tendons decaying, which hold bones together.
Suggested correction: The entire series was set in an alternate history of sorts, so most, if not all, historical "inaccuracies" cannot be regarded as mistakes.
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