Continuity mistake: Tintin has a black and red striped tie as he and Snowy are walking. The tie becomes a black and brown striped tie by the time he returns to the apartment. (00:01:40)
Casual Person
18th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: After rescuing Calculus, Haddock then hugs him. He has gloves on in this shot, but the gloves disappear in the next. (00:39:50)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: A guy at a desk tells the Colonel that Calculus will be released. After he goes into his office, the guy at the desk has a phone that is a foot away from him. 2 shots later, the phone is about 6 inches away from the guy. (00:39:30)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: A soldier guarding the hotel picks up a smashed light bulb with 1cm of glass on the edge. Shot cuts and there is now about 4cm of glass on the edge. The smashed glass around the bulb also disappears. (00:35:30)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Tintin and Haddock walk through a corridor with two drunk men, Tintin opens a door. The key hole on the door is blue. For a few frames, the key hole becomes brown, then back to blue again. As he closes the door, the key hole is once again brown for a couple of frames. (00:34:50)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of Hotel Zsnorr, Tintin is shown with a dark blue sweater. After his phone call with Haddock, he now has a light blue sweater. (00:33:40 - 00:34:10)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: The Italian driver's car has a number plate on the left front of his car. In the shot where he drives through the bushes, no numbers are seen on the plate. (00:30:15)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Haddock starts to fall out of the helicopter, he tugs on a seat belt. The wall around the seat belt is red. In the next shot, the wall is blue. Then when Haddock gets back into the helicopter, the wall is brown. (00:28:55)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: As Tintin, Haddock and Snowy are running whilst being shot at, Snowy is holding Calculus's umbrella with his teeth. The handle is facing the right as this happens. However, when they are shown in the helicopter, Snowy is suddenly seen holding the umbrella with the handle facing the left. (00:28:25)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: In the shot where Tintin picks up the cigarette, it is a flipped shot. Note the "M" is at the end of the logo where as all other shots of these cigarettes have the "M" at the start of the logo. (00:26:45)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: Tintin and Haddock see a car sitting outside the post card shop. The villain drops a cigarette out of the window. The cigarette disappears when Tintin and Haddock walk over to the car. (00:26:30)
15th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 2 - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: When Calculus walks to the post card shop, Haddock points at his watch. If you look at his watch, you will see that the minute hand keeps on titling from 8:50 to 9:00 and back. (00:26:00)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When Tintin says to Topolino that the man impersonating Calculus was an impostor, there is a cigarette in an ash tray that doesn't have the logo on the cigarette. The shot cuts and the logo suddenly appears on the cigarette. (00:18:20)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When Professor Topolino talks to Tintin and Haddock at a table, there is a wide shot showing Haddock looking downwards. In the next shot, Haddock is suddenly looking at Topolino. (00:18:00)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When Tintin and Haddock arrive at the hotel, they start talking to the guy at the counter. They ask about Calculus and the guy turns his head to the keys. The next shot shows him looking at the key to 122. If you look in the previous shot, you see the key hook for room 122 are in the far background. (00:12:35)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When the villain runs out of Calculus's lab, he drops a box of cigars. The box is dark red when dropped, light red when Tintin notices it, and dark red again once Tintin picks the box up. (00:11:30)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: Haddock is handed a bottle of wine. His hand covers the label in the first shot, but the label faces away from him in the next. (00:05:40)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When the vase shatters, the remains of the vase falls onto the floor. Yet when a man walks into the house and says "Tiff with the wife, eh?", all of the remains have now ended up above the fireplace. (00:03:55 - 00:05:15)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: After the window shatters, we can see some of the glass still remains. A few minutes later, a man arrives at the house. When he goes to get his coat from Nestor, the glass that remained in the window has vanished. We know it's the same window because the glass is still on the floor. (00:03:50 - 00:06:00)
14th Aug 2013
The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
The Calculus Affair: Part 1 - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When the rain storm starts, the part of Tintin's hair that sticks up flattens down. After Nestor appears with an umbrella and they take off running, Tintin's hair is sticking up again. (00:02:30)
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