Corrected entry: In the Christmas Episode (s1e8), we are told Fran's watch meant a lot to her because her grandmother gave it to her on her deathbed. In this episode Fran has two living grandmothers.
Bishop73
21st Sep 2018
The Nanny (1993)
16th Nov 2018
Breaking Bad (2008)
Audio problem: When Jesse rings Jane's phone when it's cut off, Jesse is still pressing buttons but there is no sound, despite there being sound when he pressed buttons before.
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Suggested correction: He only presses 2 buttons. Anything else is just something like his thumb twitching, like he's anxious or nervous. You see him call Jane's phone multiple times by only pushing 2 buttons.
14th Dec 2015
Breaking Bad (2008)
Factual error: Hydrofluoric acid is so dangerous that no high school chemistry lab in the US would have a thimble full of the stuff around, let alone gallons. While it's incredibly toxic it's also a very poor choice for getting rid of bodies, which Walt would know.
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Suggested correction: Walt also has never had to dump a body before. Hydrochloric acid would dissolve enough of the body to make it unrecognizable and easier to move, especially in a proper container where it can be transported. Plus this acid was more readily available to Walt and Jesse at this point in the series.
This isn't a valid correction. First, hydrofluoric acid was used, not hydrochloric acid. Second, just because Walt never had to dissolve a body doesn't mean he thinks it would. He should know as a chemist that it wouldn't. Third, you missed the point that no high school would have hydrofluoric acid on hand. So how can that be more readily available than something common and effective like lye.
19th Jul 2022
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Character mistake: When Herr Falkstein introduces himself to Frederick he tells him he has come 5,000 miles to bring him his great-grandfather's will. The ancestor in question was supposed to be his grandfather, not great-grandfather. (00:11:53)
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Suggested correction: Victor is Fredrick's grandfather, but not the one who died. Baron Beaufort von Frankenstein died, leaving the estate to Fredrick. Beaufort is his great grandfather.
13th Jul 2017
Breaking Bad (2008)
Corrected entry: Just as the camera shows Jessie lighting his crack pipe, there is a TV playing and the screen shows a man with a razor to his hairline. Camera does an instant cut and now said razor is by his cheek. (00:37:20)
Correction: This isn't a mistake for "Breaking Bad." That's how the scene cuts in The Three Stooges short film "Hokus Pokus" (1949). What we see in "Breaking Bad" is a continuous showing of the actual shaving scene.
27th Aug 2001
Billy Madison (1995)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Veronica comes to Billy's house, tosses him in the pool and starts beating him up, watch the people on the side of the pool. First, the chubby guy and Frank are sitting in lounge chairs and you see a third person's legs on one of the chairs. Then the next time they cut to them, the third set of legs is gone, and Frank is lying on the chair where the legs were. When they cut back again, Frank is back in the first chair and there is no third pair of legs.
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Suggested correction: Almost nothing in the entry is true. Jack (the "chubby guy") is never in a lawn chair, he's on the ground. Frank isn't sitting on the lawn chair, he's lying on it. The "third person" is passed out on the ground, his legs aren't on a chair. And the passed out guy remains in the same position, just sometimes he's off camera due to the close shots of Frank and Jack. Frank stays lying on the same chair he was always on.
12th Nov 2008
Billy Madison (1995)
Revealing mistake: When the car is falling off the cliff you can clearly see that there is 1 person in the car, it's not packed with the whole family like before.
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Suggested correction: There's not actually any people in the car when it goes off the cliff. But the car is packed with multiple dummies to simulate the entire family.
27th Aug 2001
Billy Madison (1995)
Corrected entry: Billy Gets a Valentine from the headteacher. It is a card which we see him open to read what's inside, but when they show up the writing in the inside it is clearly a single piece of paper without a front.
Correction: He just turns it over, he doesn't open it, hence why it looks like one bit of paper.
No, he does open it.
Correction: It was a home made card. The heart shape piece of paper with the writing on it is attached to the heart shaped cover. You can see when he's reading it that it's attached to the cover.
17th Jul 2022
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Character mistake: Why didn't Joe, Connie, and the students just run back down to the front entrance of the school? They had plenty of time instead of making the effort of going to the roof.
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Suggested correction: No, they couldn't. They barely made it to the roof on time and that was closer than the front entrance.
10th Jul 2019
Stranger Things (2016)
Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum - S3-E6
Corrected entry: Lucky Charms didn't add rainbows until 1992. (00:37:00)
Correction: The lucky charms box didn't have rainbows, like the marshmallow, it was the background of the box that made her have a flashback.
Correction: To clarify the other correction, there is a rainbow on the box, but not the rainbow marshmallow. In fact, the box seen is from a 1985 limited edition Lucky Charms box where the marshmallow colors were mixed up. In real life, that box did have a rainbow on it. Season 3 is set in 1985.
14th Jul 2022
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Adjournment - S1-E6
Factual error: The song in the car when they were heading to New York was released in 1979, but this scene is set in 1967. (00:01:04)
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Suggested correction: The song playing is "Stop Your Sobbing" by The Kinks, which was released in 1964. What you're talking about is The Pretender's cover version from 1979, but that's not the version heard.
17th Feb 2012
Weird Science (1985)
Corrected entry: When Gary, Wyatt, and Lisa go to the Kandy Bar, Lisa gives them fake ID's so they can get in. Wyatt's license has an address of 1401 Lucile Ave in Shermer, ILL 60007. 60007 is the ZIP code for Elk Grove Village, Illinois which has no Lucile Ave. (00:16:50)
Correction: As you said, they're fake IDs, so a fake address would be expected.
Correction: In addition to the other correction, Shermer is a fictional town and thus could share the Elk Grove zip code.
28th Aug 2003
Weird Science (1985)
Other mistake: Garry and Wyatt are sitting on the side of a 'planter box prop' that was built for the movie, not a bench, when Ian and Max spill the Icee (slush) on them. (00:32:52)
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Suggested correction: This isn't a mistake. Regardless of the fact it might have been built for the film, malls regularly have planter boxes that people can sit on (I've done it myself). Nothing in the film suggests they were sitting on a bench.
10th Jul 2022
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Other mistake: In the first gas station scene, Ellen directs Clark to the gas tank opening which Clark has thus far been unable to locate. Despite being a brand-new car, the inside of the gas tank lid is completely rusted.
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10th Apr 2020
That's So Raven (2002)
Continuity mistake: Cory is trying to get a date with Cindy when in the episode before they already became boyfriend and girlfriend.
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Suggested correction: This series is not meant to be taken in exact chronological order. Most episodes have no dates or time of the year set. Unless we have reference to a date or time period of the year; we have no way of knowing if the continuity is truly off as this series is meant for the episodes to be taken within a generalized time. Not in any specific chronology except for a few where the time period is specific. Neither this episode or the one before it has reference to a date in time.
Suggested correction: While the other correction is wrong, the real reason this isn't a mistake is because the episodes were aired out of order they were produced, which means it's not a mistake within the context of the show. "Bend It Like Baxter" (production code 315) was filmed before the previous episode, "Double Vision" (production code 318).
8th Jul 2022
Army of Darkness (1992)
Trivia: Bafflingly, despite having little sex or profanity, and only minor cartoonish violence, the film was slapped with an NC-17 rating when it was first submitted to the MPAA. Everyone involved with the film was shocked. Turns out, a single 1-second shot of a little black, blood-like goo splashing onto a wall following a decapitation was the reason the MPAA gave the film an NC-17. Once it was cut, the film was reduced to an R.
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Suggested correction: While it's true that it initially got a NC-17 rating, it wasn't because of a 1-second shot of goo. It was mainly for the decapitation scene and ostensible gore. Director Sam Raimi trimmed down the decapitation scene, but refused studio pressure to trim the movie down to a PG-13 rating, so most of the people involved in the actual making of the film weren't expecting a PG-13 rating.
The one-second shot was from the decapitation scene you mentioned. It's the shot the bloody goo splashing on the wall after he slices the hag's head off. As for the second point, upon looking around, I'm finding conflicting reports. I've only really seen one or two sites saying Raimi "refused" to trim the movie down, and many more that imply he tried to appease them for a PG-13 and had no reason to believe it would be rated R/NC-17 due to how cartoonish the film is (several of these sites also cite a book as evidence, but I can't find the book online). But given there are conflicting reports, I'll edit out the last bit.
6th Jul 2022
The Sandlot (1993)
Corrected entry: When Franklin grabs the ball and hurdles the fence, in the next shot we see the dog (a tiny bulldog) also jump the fence and chase him. No dog that small would reasonably or realistically jump a 12 ft fence, even with a very long-running start. It would be physically impossible. This was purely for comical purposes, nothing else.
Correction: Unless you're talking about a deleted scene with a different dog, the "tiny bulldog" is in fact a mastiff. And the 12 foot fence is a 6 foot fence. A mastiff can definitely jump that.
30th Apr 2019
The Highwaymen (2019)
Factual error: A plastic bucket is seen. Plastic buckets were invented in the 60s. (00:50:05)
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Suggested correction: There's no plastic bucket seen. If you're referring to the bucket cops are using at the crime, there's a shot of the bucket on its side and you can tell there's a metal bottom.
28th May 2019
The Highwaymen (2019)
Continuity mistake: When Hamer goes to the gun store and acquires all the guns, his car is parked in a different spot when he leaves. There is no bench to the front left when he enters the gun store. When he is leaving his old partner is sitting on a bench to the left front of the car. The sandbags and vegetable boxes are also positioned differently in relation to the car. (00:27:50)
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Suggested correction: It just seems to be the angle of the shots that make it look different. But you definitely see the bench next to Frank's car when he closes the door to the gun shop, so that part of the mistake is wrong.
20th Jun 2005
Anchorman (2004)
Corrected entry: Towards the beginning of the film when Ron says "Attention, I have urgent news.CANNONBALL" Just as he is about to run he has a drink, as he jumps it completely vanishes.
Correction: As he runs off the diving board he throws the glass away.
I don't see that. The glass just disappears.
Then watch the scene again. Here's a YouTube clip of it. About the 0:16 mark you see he lets go of the glass and about the 0:17 mark you see a small splash in the pool from the glass. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3l3sJHA1lTU.
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Correction: Fran's bubbe (Yiddish for grandmother) Sophie is dead though, this is mostly likely a reference to her.
immortal eskimo
Who is Sophie? Fran's Grandmas are Nettie Fine and Yetta Rosenberg. Both are alive.
Bishop73
Bubbie Sophie is mentioned in S4xE4 The Rosie Show. She's portrayed in the dream cemetery sequence by Fran Drescher. I believe that Bubbie Sophie is meant to be Yetta's mother, so Fran's great-grandmother, and she may have died right before Fran was born, or when Fran was a baby.
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