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23rd Jan 2007

Mary Poppins (1964)

Continuity mistake: When Mary Poppins just starts to sing "Feed the Birds", she sings "The little old bird woman comes" but if you look very closely at the end of this shot, you can see that her mouth does not finish the word "comes" (her mouth stops at come).

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19th Jan 2007

The Producers (2005)

Continuity mistake: Near the end of the movie, Max is yelling at Franz Liebkind in his office. Franz sits on the couch and looks very sad, about to cry. It cuts to a wider shot, and Franz is now slightly turned to the side, sobbing quite a lot. [Visible only in the widescreen version].

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Continuity mistake: After "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" a nun is shown walking Maria to Mother Abess's office. She says, "You may go in now, Maria", places her hand on Maria's shoulder, and then walks away. In the next shot that's viewing them from inside the office, the nun is seen repeating the same action.

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10th Jan 2007

Grease (1978)

Trivia: During the dance, Danny is shown dancing with Sandy and singing a portion of the song "Those Magic Changes." Sandy then says he's very good and that he should take singing up professionally. This is a reference to the fact that John Travolta played Doody on Broadway before going on to play Danny in the movie. (Doody sings "Those Magic Changes" in the stage version. The song was used as a dance number in the film).

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Continuity mistake: In 1955, when Doctor Brown is watching the video of himself, he sees himself saying that the Libyans are coming. You can hear a significant pause between "They found me" and "I don't know how but they found me." But in the beginning of the film he says the entire phrase without any pauses. (00:28:45 - 01:08:10)

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12th Dec 2006

Corpse Bride (2005)

Corpse Bride trivia picture

Trivia: A popular film poster shows Emily and Victor reaching their hands toward one another. Emily's bony hand is on her right and Victor's suit and vest are backwards (note its buttons). Some say it was for legal reasons - Johnny Depp's name was supposed to appear on the poster first because of a contract, and they wanted the characters underneath the corresponding star names, hence the issue. Others say it was simply because the picture looked better with the bride on the right side.

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7th Dec 2006

Clueless (1995)

Trivia: There are many clues in this film that foreshadow the revealing of Christian's sexuality. but there is one that less blatant than the others. When Christian is shown entering the classroom, Cher has higher hopes for finding a great guy for herself. However, if you look over his shoulder as the camera pans over to him, you can see a headline cut out of a newspaper. It reads "On The Road To Nowhere", depicting Cher later finding out that she is barking up the wrong tree.

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Trivia: Another time you can see Gene Wilder laughing when he's not supposed to be is after he finds out the project failed (the quiet, dignity, and grace speech). He starts strangling the monster, and you can see that he is stifling laughter. Finally, he can't hold it in any longer and proceeds to partially hide his face behind the monster lying on the table in an attempt to cover up his smirks (but you can still see that he is laughing).

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5th Dec 2006

Guys and Dolls (1955)

Continuity mistake: Right before the "Pet Me Poppa" number, there is a shot showing some sort of smoky substance lurking on the stage. The shot also includes a man walking onto the stage. The shot changes to a close up shot of him making an announcement, and the smoke is gone. When the shot changes to show the entire stage the smoke is there again.

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Continuity mistake: During the "Matchmaker" song, a pile of hay is visible behind the girls at one point, and it is in the shadows. A few shots later, Tzeitel and Hodel sing "Be glad you've got a man" and push Chava into the same pile of hay, which is now in the sunlight.

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5th Oct 2006

Problem Child 2 (1991)

Continuity mistake: While LaWanda and the family are eating the salad with the bugs in it, they start to notice things moving around on their plates. Ben Healey (Grandpa) says, "What in the hell is in this salad?" LaWanda replies, "It's bleu cheese" after taking a bite of a piece of salad leaf with a big bug under it. During this shot, there is nothing on her face. The next shot is very brief, showing a surprised look on the others faces. In the very next shot, a huge bug is suddenly crawling on LaWanda's cheek. There was no way this bug could crawl out of her mouth and onto her cheek in the time allotted, let alone without her noticing.

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19th Sep 2006

Full House (1987)

Our Very First Show - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: At the end, there is a closeup of Michelle in her playpen making a funny face and putting her arms up. It cuts to a shot of the entire family (we can still see Michelle in the play pen) and her arms are suddenly down.

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27th Aug 2006

Full House (1987)

25th Aug 2006

Full House (1987)

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III / Squirrel Jokes - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: During Spongebob's act, he says to the audience, ".I'd like to give a special thanks to my friend Sandy over here" and the spotlight moves from Spongebob to Sandy. A few shots later, when Spongebob is talking to Sandy, the spotlight is suddenly no longer on Sandy. Then when Spongebob yells "Am I right?" to the audience, the spotlight is on him and as he turns to talk to Sandy again, the spotlight is altogether gone; it's not on either one of them.

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2nd Aug 2006

The Pagemaster (1994)

Audio problem: About halfway through the movie, Richard and Fantasy reunite on the island. Richard says, "Fantasy." and Fantasy responds with, "Well, what were you expecting honey? The tooth fairy?" When she says "the tooth fairy" her lips are saying something completely different (and it's even worse, since it's a close-up of her face).

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8th Jul 2006

Peter Pan (1953)

Continuity mistake: When Mr. Darling knocks over the building blocks that Nana just put together, you can see that there are many blocks scattered all over. In the next close-up shot of Nana (when she knocks over the remaining blocks), some blocks have disappeared.

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8th Jul 2006

Peter Pan (1953)

Peter Pan mistake picture

Continuity mistake: During the song "You Can Fly", Michael picks up Tinker Bell because he wants to make Nana fly. When he does so, she is right side up with her head by Michael's thumb. However, in the next shot when he shakes Tinker Bell over Nana, she is upside down with her legs by Michael's thumb.

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8th Jul 2006

Peter Pan (1953)

Continuity mistake: About two shots after Peter Pan says "Second to the right and straight on 'till morning", you can see that Wendy's face is gone. As she flies nearer to the "camera", her face slowly develops an eye, but that's all. (00:19:50)

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29th Jun 2006

Recess (1997)

Randall's Friends - S4-E12

Continuity mistake: When Randall's dad is talking to the gang about what Randall's been telling him about them (when they are outside, in front of the bouncy thing), his moustache disappears mid-sentence (in a close-up of him) and reappears in the next shot.

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