Justin Davis

19th Apr 2017

South Park (1997)

The Passion of the Jew - S8-E3

Continuity mistake: When Kyle slides a $10 bill into the ticket booth, the $10 bill is shown lying left to right. After a couple of cuts to where the ticket taker is saying "But this is such an important film..." the $10 bill has changed positions. (00:03:00)

Justin Davis

30th Mar 2017

Tommy Boy (1995)

Continuity mistake: When Richard and Tommy are trying to sell brake pads and Tommy eventually catches the model car on fire, Tommy eventually sets a blue model car on a pad of paper where a couple of things happen. First, when Tommy says "I CAN'T STOP!" the right front tire on the blue model is all of a sudden bent outward. After Tommy destroys and catches the other model on fire, not only does the tire fix itself, but the car changes positions on the pad of paper numerous times.

Justin Davis

31st Jan 2017

ALF (1986)

Running Scared - S3-E17

Continuity mistake: After Trevor shows Kate and Willie the house for sale sign, Alf is in the kitchen talking into a tape recorder about being blackmailed. There are soda cans to Alf's right next to the recorder and one can of root beer on its side just above the recorder. When it cuts to Kate and Willie walking into the kitchen, the downed can has been moved, and the red can of cola is gone. After Kate says "And it wasn't my mother, either", there's a close up of Alf and the cans are back. (00:04:25 - 00:07:05)

Justin Davis

The War Against Gingivitis - S9-E18

Continuity mistake: At the beginning after Waldon's ex-wife video calls Waldon about Billy, Waldon goes outside to the balcony and screams. When Waldon screams, there's a cut to Alan by the sink where he also screams, breaks a plate and drops a green towel on the floor. The next cut after Alan, is Waldon coming back inside and Alan asking "Are you all right?" Look in the background and the green towel is all of a sudden folded and hanging on the side of the sink.

Justin Davis

19th Oct 2016

ALF (1986)

Suspicious Minds - S3-E15

Continuity mistake: After Raquel leaves the Tanners' house after she asks the Tanners about Elvis being next door, Willie walks into the dining room and Alf is sitting at the table with the Elvis sightings book next to him. Throughout the whole "Kings comparison" between Willie and Alf, the book on the table changes positions after every few cuts from Alf to Willie. (00:03:30 - 00:05:00)

Justin Davis

8th Sep 2016

ALF (1986)

Some Enchanted Evening - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: After Willie takes Alf into the kitchen to talk to him about someone at the Halloween party might realise that he's an alien, notice the zipper on the front of Alf. Out of nowhere, during one cut, a piece of black tape appears at the top of the zipper going across the top of Alf's chest that wasn't there before, then disappears in the next cut.

Justin Davis

I'd Like to Start with the Cat - S6-E15

Continuity mistake: When Chelsea and Charlie are in the coffee shop talking about how they're doing, Charlie is drinking a cappuccino-type drink with caramel or some type of syrup or drizzle on the inside of the glass. Once Charlie says something along the lines of "She's a real ball buster, I can't get away with anything", the camera cuts back and forth between Charlie and Chelsea and with each cut, the amount of caramel on the inside of the glass increases and decreases.

Justin Davis

3rd Jun 2016

Boy Meets World (1993)

Boy Meets World mistake picture

Class Pre-Union - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When Mr. Feeny says "As if you are returning for your 20th high school reunion", there is a red crown on Mr. Feeny's desk with Minkus sitting on a chair at the end. After the camera cuts to a close up of Minkus saying 'More like a pre-union", there is a cut to Mr Feeny who turns to him. Minkus is all of a sudden holding the crown on his lap, then he is seen putting the crown back onto the desk. (00:04:00)

Justin Davis

22nd Mar 2016

South Park (1997)

Casa Bonita - S7-E11

Continuity mistake: When Cartman is trying to convince Butters that a meteor is heading to earth, Cartman jumps on a Terrance and Philip chair when dangling the rock in front of the telescope. The letters T and P on the chair are pretty much across from each other and above Terrance and Philip's head before and after Cartman gets on/gets off the chair. When Cartman is doing his calculations in the next shot, the letters T and P on the chair are now in a different position on the chair and if you look under the letters you can also see that Terrance and Philip's head have also changed positions.

Justin Davis

22nd Mar 2016

ALF (1986)

Pennsylvania 6-5000 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Alf calls Air Force One the second time (after Willie has been arrested) we can see that Mr. De Foe is playing solitaire. After the guy who answers Alf's call says "You might want to try that 4 of Spades on that 5 of Diamonds", Mr De Foe drops a small stack of cards on some of his already played cards and says "Just place the call and trace this one." The camera then cuts to the guy who answered Alf's call but when it cuts back to De Foe, the cards he dropped are now neatly stacked in front of him with out anytime to have replaced them. After the cuts of De Foe talking to Alf, De Foe eventually saying "I'll see what I can do" and the cards are back lying on his other cards like they were when he first dropped them. (00:13:55 - 00:14:30)

Justin Davis

22nd Mar 2016

ALF (1986)

Pennsylvania 6-5000 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: After Willie is arrested, he is talking to Kate while he is in the jail cell. Willie then begins to say "I don't know what happened. All I know is someone used my radio and now I'm a criminal and they're going to hang me" with the camera view being behind Kate with Willie's hands outside the jail cell bars. Then when the camera cuts to inside the cell, Willie's hands are not only inside the cell but Willie is further back away from the bars with his hands inside the cell, with no time to have made the move. (00:10:30)

Justin Davis

19th Mar 2016

ALF (1986)

Mother and Child Reunion - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: After Dorothy tells Alf that her 'mop from the moon" comment was an insult, Alf says "If I had a straw and a napkin, I would fill you so full of spit balls." while Dorothy is looking right at Alf but when the camera cuts to just Dorothy, she is all of a sudden looking upwards as she says "Do you hear how he's talking to me?" (00:16:55)

Justin Davis

19th Mar 2016

ALF (1986)

Mother and Child Reunion - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: After Willie and Alf talk about what's for breakfast, in the far away shot Lynn has a bottle of orange juice and she begins pouring it into a glass, then she starts putting the lid back on the bottle. When the camera cuts to a close up of just Alf and Dorothy, not only is the bottle of orange juice already sat down but Lynn starts to grab her glass of orange juice without anytime to have put the bottle down, let alone to start to pick up her glass. (00:16:30)

Justin Davis

Gumby with a Pokey - S7-E21

Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the episode, Alan and Jake return to their hotel room with a bucket of chicken and sit side by side. Once they start talking about opening a restaurant and naming it, the bucket gets noticeably closer to Alan's left arm between cuts from him to Jake.

Justin Davis

29th Oct 2015

Woodlawn (2015)

Continuity mistake: In the locker room scene after Tony injures his knee, Tony walks outside the room crying and he then throws his helmet against a wall, causing the chin strap to fall off onto the floor in front of the the doors. When the coach walks in through the door, the chin strap has disappeared. When the coach and Tony hug, look just behind the coach's right arm. You can see a quick glimpse of the chin strap back on the floor where it was before.

Justin Davis

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