Character mistake: Throughout the series, General Ross refers to Gabe Jones as Gabriel. Someone of Ross' military credentials would not address another government agent by their first name. He would call him Agent Jones or simply Jones.
Phaneron
17th Jun 2020
The Incredible Hulk (1996)
4th Jun 2020
Boy Meets World (1993)
Character mistake: When Cory is telling Shawn that he has a lot of questions about The Centre, Shawn invites him to check it out sometime. A couple scenes later when Cory does just that, an incredulous and defensive Shawn asks him why he is there, as if he forgot he invited Cory to check the place out.
28th May 2020
Boy Meets World (1993)
A Long Walk To Pittsburgh (1) - S4-E16
Character mistake: After learning that Topanga will be moving to Pittsburgh, Cory tries to rationalize their desire to be together for the rest of their lives despite still being so young by comparing their relationship to that of Romeo and Juliet, thinking they turned out OK. Shortly thereafter, he is shown reading the book in his backyard and explains the situation to Mr. Feeny, who advises him to skip to the end to find out what happens to their relationship, much to Cory's dismay. The problem is that Cory already learned the fate of Romeo and Juliet in Mr. Feeny's class in the first episode of the series. He was even dismissive over the idea of a man killing himself over a woman.
26th May 2020
King of the Hill (1997)
Character mistake: When Peggy is meeting Lucky's sister at Luanne's baby shower, she mentions that she lives across the street. However, the baby shower is taking place at Peggy's house, as evidenced by the layout of the house and the wallpaper.
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Suggested correction: Peggy does live right across the street from Luanne, which is what she is saying. Myrna knows she was at Peggy's house. Since Myrna never met Luanne, she might not know where Luanne and Lucky live.
26th Apr 2020
Boy Meets World (1993)
Character mistake: After the production assistant walks away from the catering table, he walks into the area where the Matthews are being interviewed. Any production assistant would know better than to just casually walk right into the shot when a live televised interview is going on.
25th Jan 2020
Spider-Man (1994)
Spider Wars, Chapter 1: I Really, Really Hate Clones - S5-E12
Character mistake: When the group of Spider-Men are breaking into the Kingpin's building through the front door, Octo-Spidey uses a laser to cut a circle in the door and then proceeds to tear the door off its hinges with his robotic arms. Since he was just able to simply tear the door off, there was no need for him to cut the hole in the door in the first place. It's not like he needed to reach through the hole with one of the arms to unlock it from the other side.
25th Jan 2020
Spider-Man (1994)
Spider Wars, Chapter 2: Farewell Spider-Man - S5-E13
Character mistake: When Stan Lee is asking Spider-Man what he plans to do after saving all of reality, he responds by saying to find the real Mary Jane. Moments later in the final scene, Madame Web tells Spider-Man that she is taking him to find the real Mary Jane, which elicits an incredulous response from Spider-Man, as if he didn't know that was already the plan.
25th Jan 2020
Liar Liar (1997)
Character mistake: When Dana Appleton objects to Fletcher badgering Kenneth Falk, the judge overrules because Falk is Fletcher's witness. You still aren't allowed to badger your own witness in a trial, which the judge should certainly know.
17th Jan 2020
Spider-Man (1994)
Six Forgotten Warriors Chapter 4: The Six Fight Again - S5-E5
Character mistake: When the Red Skull reemerges from the vortex, he sees Chameleon and acknowledges him as his stepson. However, only moments before this, Kragov explicitly stated that the Chameleon was more like an adopted son to the Red Skull.
8th Jun 2018
Step by Step (1991)
Character mistake: Mark walks into the house and is surprised to see Cody there, and remarks that he heard he was back. However, just before this, when Mark entered the house, Cody's van - which Mark had to walk by to enter the house - was visible through the open door, so that should have confirmed it for Mark before he saw Cody in person.
22nd Jun 2016
Game of Thrones (2011)
The Ghost of Harrenhal - S2-E5
Character mistake: When Renly and Catelyn are negotiating the terms of Renly's alliance with Robb, Renly calls Moat Cailin "Moat Caitlin." As someone who served as Master of Laws on King Robert's Small Council, he should know the correct name of the territory he is referring to.
21st Nov 2015
The X-Files (1993)
16th Nov 2015
X-Men (1992)
One Man's Worth: Part 1 - S4-E1
Character mistake: When the civilians are fleeing the coffee shop, there are two spelling errors on the coffee shop's marquee. Firstly, the name of the coffee shop is Rip Van Winkle, but on the marquee, Winkle is spelled as "Winkile." To the right of that, Coffee House is spelled as "Coffe House." (00:16:55)
9th Nov 2015
The X-Files (1993)
The Sixth Extinction (2) - S7-E1
Character mistake: When Kritschgau is testing Mulder's remote viewing capabilities, he tells Mulder that he is at about 5% accuracy. However, Mulder got at least two right and not enough time had passed for him to have had 40 opportunities, so his percentage of accuracy should be higher than five. (00:27:00 - 00:27:45)
9th Oct 2015
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Character mistake: When Tommy asks Don how he knows his I.D. is fake, Don says it's because he used to date Tommy's sister Sally. Sally, for the purpose of the aliens' mission to study Earth, is supposed to be Tommy's aunt. (00:14:25)
9th Oct 2015
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Character mistake: When Tommy walks into the flower shop, he tells the clerk that his sister is getting married. For the purpose of their mission, Sally, the sister in question, is actually supposed to be Tommy's aunt. (00:05:20)
28th Jul 2015
X-Men (1992)
Mojovision - S2-E11
Character mistake: When the title screen for Beast and Rogue's television program appears, Beast's real name of Hank McCoy is incorrectly spelled as "Hank Macoy."
24th Jun 2015
X-Men (1992)
Character mistake: When Beast is showing Gambit and Rogue the news report about Cannonball, it is shown to be featured in a magazine called Philologist's Quarterly. When Beast leaves the room, he remarks "Ah, there's my 'Philologist's Quarterly'." as if he didn't already see it. (00:04:25)
17th Jun 2015
X-Men (1992)
Character mistake: Arkon asks Storm to rule by his side as Empress. After she agrees, he introduces her to the crowd as Queen. (00:19:10 - 00:19:45)
11th May 2015
X-Men (1992)
Character mistake: The Colonel states that Hilo, Hawaii is about 120 miles from Pearl Harbor. It is actually more than 200 miles. (00:03:25)
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