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9th Apr 2025

Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

Question: Do they ever say what Francis did to get sent to military school?

Answer: Apparently, nothing specific. He was just a difficult, combative, and destructive child.

9th Apr 2025

Continuity mistake: Lois is wearing shoes and socks when Malcolm and Reese go running past her and Hal to the Liquidator. Then, when she, Malcolm, and Reese come flying out of the ride, she’s suddenly barefoot.

Rob245

9th Apr 2025

Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

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Question: Why does Jane Kaczmarek's name come first in the credits instead of Frankie Muniz, who plays the title character?

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Answer: Kaczmarek was an established name actor and therefore given top billing. Muniz was a juvenile, lesser-known talent with mostly minor roles in other film projects.

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27th Oct 2023

Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

Health Scare - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: When Lavernia gets knocked out by Francis during their fight, her head is turned to her left. A shot later, her head is turned to her right.

Rob245

16th May 2022

Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

Lois Strikes Back - S7-E16

Revealing mistake: When Kristen starts taking her helmet off you can see her hair is actually a wig.

Rob245

9th Apr 2021

Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

Rollerskates - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: Hal speaks about having held Malcolm the moment he was born. But in the Season 2 episode "Flashback" not only was he not there for his birth, he didn't hold him immediately, instead he talked to Lois.

Rob245

1st Sep 2020

Malcolm in the Middle (2000)

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Question: Do they ever say from which side of the family Malcolm got his high IQ?

Rob245

Answer: I'm not sure if they ever did but there's an episode with flashbacks and all of Lois' pregnancies. When Lois was pregnant with Malcolm, Hal used to do early stimulation exercises for Reese, it's proven that children who were stimulated early get higher IQ's. There's a line Louis says to Hal in that episode, something like: "He calls your phone. I don't know who is this helping, but not Reese", and then they do a close up to her belly, implying that's how Malcolm got so smart. But turning back to which side, probably Hal's side cause his father is kind of rich and successful as is most of his family which is why they didn't like Hal marring Lois. Ida and Victor were just farmers back in their country.