Kylantha

10th Jun 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

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Continuity mistake: Emma has a flower tattoo on her left wrist. Throughout the series, there are subtle changes in its design, and its position on her arm. For example, when Emma is sitting at the table with Mary Margaret in "The Thing You Love Most", the tattoo has six petals, and is located about an inch below her hand. When she's on the phone with Ruby in "Red-Handed", the tattoo is much bigger, and the petals are arranged differently; it has also moved further up her arm, and is almost touching her hand. When she's arrested in "Tallahassee", there are five petals instead of six, the petals have a rounder shape (in "Red-Handed", they were rather pointy), and the tip of one of the petals is touching her hand. When she pulls her hair behind her ears at the tavern in "Snow Drifts", said petal is thinner, and is no longer touching her hand. When she touches Hook's face in the diner in "Birth", the tattoo has moved about a centimeter down her wrist, and the petals have a brownish color, but in previous episodes, the petals have no color. When she touches Hook's face in the Middlemist Field in the next scene, the color is gone.

Kylantha

10th Jun 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

10th Jun 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

Kansas - S3-E20

Continuity mistake: After Emma gives Hook mouth-to mouth, her left hand keeps changing position: Most noticeably, as she whispers, "Hook, come back to me", her hand is on his chin. In the next shot, her hand is resting on his chest. (00:11:50)

Kylantha

10th Jun 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

Dreamy - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: In "The Shepherd", Kathryn is showing David their house, and you can see that the street number on the Nolans' house is 244. In this episode, when Emma is looking at Kathryn's phone records in the evening, the phone records list her address as number 4. (00:38:25)

Kylantha

The Thing You Love Most - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When Emma is wearing the red dress in "Pilot", she has a mole on her chest. In this episode, which takes place two days later, when she's in her white tank top, the mole is gone; this is best seen when Graham is taking mug shots of Emma, and she says "He's terrified of her, like everyone else in this town." This is probably due to the fact that in real life, Jennifer Morrison has had several moles removed from her body. However, there was no time for Emma to do the same, and even if there were, she'd have a fresh scar or stitches. (00:20:30)

Kylantha

Snow Drifts - S3-E21

Continuity mistake: When Emma is making out with past Hook while future Hook skulks around the room attempting to stay hidden, in the second shot, Emma's back is facing the stairs/ladder, her hand gripping Hook's coat. In the next shot, her back is facing the table, and her hand is on Hook's shoulder. (00:33:20)

Kylantha

Snow Drifts - S3-E21

Continuity mistake: When Emma changes clothes in the Enchanted Forest, as she puts on gloves, in the wide shot, she begins to put the glove on her left hand. In the following close-up, her left hand is bare, and she's putting the glove on her right hand. (00:18:15)

Kylantha

Snow Drifts - S3-E21

Continuity mistake: While Henry and his family are gathered around the table at Granny's, the amount of juice in the glass sitting on the table keeps rising and falling. (00:06:50)

Kylantha

Kansas - S3-E20

Continuity mistake: When Zelena loses the Dark One's Dagger, it lands on the ground, the patterned side of the blade facing upwards. When Regina picks up the dagger, the patterned side is facing downwards. (00:28:10 - 00:29:20)

Kylantha

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Continuity mistake: The blade on the Dark One's Dagger has one side with the name of the Dark One inscribed, while the other side is decorated with a pattern. Throughout the entire series, the name keeps switching from one side of the blade to the other. In some scenes, the writing is right side up when the dagger is held in the left hand and facing the wielder, with the first letter of the Dark One's name next to the hilt: This happens, for example, when Rumplestiltskin finds the dagger in "Desperate Souls", when Mr. Gold gives the knife to August in "The Return", when Gold summons the wraith in "Broken", when Cora has the dagger in "The Miller's Daughter", when Zelena controls Mr. Gold in "The Tower", when Gold triumphantly shows the dagger to Zelena in "Kansas", when Belle controls Mr. Gold with the dagger in "Heroes and Villains", when Emma summons the first Dark One in "Nimue", when Mr. Gold shows Emma the new version of the dagger in "Swan Song" and when Weaver is holding the dagger at the Hyperion Height police station in "Eloise Gardener." In other scenes, the characters are right side up when the dagger is facing the wielder and held in the right hand, with the first letter near the tip of the blade: For example, when Rumplestiltskin summons Zoso in "Desperate Souls", when Cora steals the knife in "The Queen Is Dead", when Gold uses the dagger in "Going Home", when Regina picks it up in "Kansas", when Gold hides the dagger in "Snow Drifts", when Gold opens the sorcerer's hat box in "A Tale of Two Sisters", when the dagger is lying on the stone in Emma's basement at the end of "Nimue", when the potion is poured onto the blade in "Strange Case" and during the ritual in the cave in "The Guardian."

Kylantha

We Are Both - S2-E2

Revealing mistake: When Regina is trying to escape on horseback, as she says "Come on, Rocinante, go!", you can see that the one who's actually riding the horse is Lana Parrilla's stunt double. The stunt double's face can also be glimpsed when Regina is caught by the tree branches, and when she drops to the ground. (00:05:20)

Kylantha

27th Apr 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Snow is in Emma's nursery room, trying to convince Charming to talk to Rumplestiltskin, the shots have been flipped. The easiest way to spot this is Charming's scar, which is on the wrong side of his face. (00:10:30)

Kylantha

17th Apr 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

It's Not Easy Being Green - S3-E16

Continuity mistake: When Hook is at the beach with Henry, after he says to him, "Fair enough, mate", the pendant on Hook's necklace goes from resting against his chest, to being partially tucked under his waistcoat. In the close-ups, the pendant is completely covered by the waistcoat. (00:26:50)

Kylantha

15th Apr 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: In beginning of the scene where Regina pays a visit to the Sheriff Department, the darts on and around the dartboard change position between the close-up of the dartboard, and the wide shot where Emma bends down to pick up a dart. (00:22:05)

Kylantha

15th Apr 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: When Graham is arguing with Emma at the beginning of the episode, in the very first shot outside Granny's, they are approaching a shop called Worthington's Haberdashery. As the shot ends, they are still a few meters away from it, but in the next shot, they are already in front of it. (00:01:50)

Kylantha

15th Apr 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

Tallahassee - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: Sidney's newspaper article in 1-8 "Desperate Souls" stated that Emma was arrested in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1996. However, this is directly contradicted in this episode, which shows that Emma was actually arrested in Portland, eleven years before the frame story, meaning that the arrest took place in 2001 (since "Selfless, Brave and True" establishes that Emma arrived in Storybrooke in October 2011, and the frame story of "Tallahassee" takes place a few months later, in 2012; the year 2001 is confirmed in 3-22 "There's No Place Like Home"). (00:17:55)

Kylantha

15th Apr 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

Dreamy - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: When Bossy is cutting Dreamy's beard, Dreamy asks "Who was the woman I saw?" and Bossy stops cutting, but a couple of shots later, Dreamy's beard is suddenly much shorter. (00:10:00)

Kylantha

15th Apr 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

Going Home - S3-E11

Revealing mistake: In the convent, when the Shadow knocks Hook off his feet, sending him sprawling onto the ground, the one who actually falls down is Colin O'Donoghue's stunt double. (00:11:10)

Kylantha

15th Apr 2014

Once Upon a Time (2011)

The Price of Gold - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Graham offers Emma the job as a deputy sheriff, when he gives her his card, you can see two women a few meters behind Emma, walking on the pavement, toward the camera. In the next shot of Emma, only a few seconds later, the women are still walking in the same direction, but they are much further away from her than in the previous shot. (00:16:15)

Kylantha

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