Help Wanted / Reef Blowers / Tea at the Treedome - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: In "Help Wanted" Gary doesn't have eyelashes. In every other episode he does.
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25th Oct 2009
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
18th Nov 2009
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Tenacle-vision/I Heart Dancing - S7-E8
Character mistake: In "I Heart Dancing", the lady at the Krusty Krab tells Spongebob the dancing audition is the next day. Later, Spongebob is practicing at Squidward's house for a whole night, and the next morning Squidward says they have one more day to practice, even though the audition should have been that day.
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Suggested correction: The audition could have been during the afternoon.
18th Nov 2009
The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie (2004)
Revealing mistake: When SpongeBob is telling King Neptune how much of a jerk Mr. Krabs is, when SpongeBob says, "I am 100 percent man," he leans back and you can see his hat is just floating there. (00:22:25)
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Suggested correction: If you mean that it stays on his head, you do realise that they are underwater? It would stay on his head.
Even though they're underwater, everything else stays on the ocean floor level. Therefore, the hat shouldn't stay on Spongebob's head. It should fall off it and hit the floor.
5th Jul 2011
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Help Wanted / Reef Blowers / Tea at the Treedome - S1-E2
Trivia: In the episode "Help Wanted", Spongebob has a pet flying scallop in a cage hanging from the ceiling in his room. It is never seen again in the entire series.
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Suggested correction: Very wrong. SpongeBob's pet scallop, Shelley, can be seen in SpongeBob's room in many episodes throughout the show. Some examples shortly after this episode include "Home Sweet Pineapple," "Opposite Day," and "Suds." You can find all of Shelley's appearances here: https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Shelley/appearances.
16th Aug 2006
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
You Wish ('Shanghaied') / Gary Takes A Bath - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Gary almost goes into the mud and his head is hovering over it, in the far shot, he is just sitting there.
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19th Apr 2006
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
You Wish ('Shanghaied') / Gary Takes A Bath - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Spongebob is talking about treasure to Gary, behind him is a door. If you look closely you can see a TV in the room, but when Spongebob and Gary enter the TV is replaced by a door.
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30th Jun 2010
The Last Airbender (2010)
Audio problem: At the beginning, when Zuko says "Look, Uncle!", his mouth doesn't move.
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Suggested correction: Zuko is facing away from the camera as he says, "Uncle, look!" But you can actually see his chin moving as he says the line, if you look closely.
13th Mar 2020
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
The Ember Island Players - S3-E17
Other mistake: When they are watching the recap play Toph says she can't see it because they are on a balcony, but when her character comes on she describes him as buff.
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Suggested correction: She didn't see him (or technically, feel him), but she heard him. The actor playing her character throws the huge prop rock, and it hits the stage floor. Then, he flexes his muscles. Toph heard all this happening from her seat and then said, "I sound like a guy. A really buff guy."
14th Jun 2010
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
The Boy in the Iceberg - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: In this episode, Katara remarks that "This ship has haunted my tribe since Gran Gran was a little girl. " However, in the episode "The Puppetmaster" it is revealed the ship wasn't beached there until Gran Gran was in her late teens or early twenties.
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Suggested correction: You sure that was the same ship, and what's 5-10 years give or take compared to Gran-Gran's life anyway?
Suggested correction: If Gran Gran was really in her late teens or early twenties during the Southern Water Tribe raids, that can still be considered a "little girl," since she is in her eighties in the show.
16th Jul 2019
Toy Story (1995)
Character mistake: Mr Potato Head gets torn apart by baby Molly after the opening scene. When Andy returns to the room with Buzz everyone resumes their positions, but Mr Potato Head looks for his bits and sits under the shelf with the other toys.
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Suggested correction: I don't get it. When Andy and the boys are going to his room, all the toys scramble to get back into place. Mr. Potato Head is missing his left ear, and he slightly panics. When the boys get to the room, Mr. Potato Head is under the crib with his left ear back in place; he found it off screen. It's appropriate for him to look for any missing pieces of his before rushing back into place.
28th Oct 2007
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
Plot hole: Because Katara lost her mothers necklace, Aang made one for her and she puts it on. But when they reach The Fortunetellers village, Katara is not wearing the necklace, and no one notices, not even Aang.
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30th May 2016
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
Imprisoned - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When the gang meets Haru, Katara teleports from behind a log (shoulder still visible) in one shot to greeting Haru several yards in front of the log a split second later. (00:02:50)
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Suggested correction: That's because the second shot is a jump cut. The trio first sees Haru from behind the log, and after Sokka says, "He looks dangerous, so we better approach cautiously," the scene jumps forward in time to Katara greeting Haru further away from the log. Katara simply got closer to Haru, which was not shown.
18th Feb 2025
Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (2011)
Visible crew/equipment: When Kevin crashes his bike into the trash cans near the end, as he screams, "Figglehorn!", a small part of the camera's shadow can be seen at the bottom of the screen. Then, when the camera tilts downwards as Kevin says, "Mommy," it becomes more visible. (01:19:07)
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Suggested correction: I rewatched this scene, and I'm not quite sure about this one. The shadow doesn't seem to move at all when the camera does, so perhaps I was wrong here. It could be a shadow of some other equipment for all I know, or some other sort of object entirely, but it's unclear what it is to me. Maybe it's not a camera shadow.
18th Feb 2013
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Bummer Vacation/Wigstruck - S4-E14
Deliberate mistake: When SpongeBob is playing with his Krusty Krab action figures, their faces change expressions instantly.
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Suggested correction: This is simply one of the many gags that occur in this show. In the same scene, SpongeBob has a third arm while playing with the action figures. Problematic? No, that's a gag too. Throughout the show, the characters are capable of doing many impossible tasks (drinking water underwater, floating, growing limbs, etc.). The expressions on the action figures changing is another one of the impossible things that can happen in this fantasy world.
26th Feb 2021
Matilda (1996)
Visible crew/equipment: When Matilda makes the pitcher fly up in the air you can see the shadow of the stick that was later deleted and erased.
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Suggested correction: Well, there was a pole attached to the bottom of the pitcher, which was used to make it levitate, and it was edited out in post. But there is no visible shadow of the pole in any of the shots.
13th Apr 2015
Matilda (1996)
Audio problem: When Zinnia combs back Harry's hair with the grey stuff in it, we see her lips moving, but we hear Michael's voice.
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Suggested correction: At 00:34:00, Zinnie combs Harry's hair, and she says to him, "Come here. OK." It is 100% her voice that we hear, and not Michael's.
3rd Aug 2004
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Yzma is smashing the statues of Kuzco, Yzma tells Kronk to move one of the statues "a little to the left", however it was moved to both of their rights.
17th Dec 2019
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Continuity mistake: When Kronk offers Kuzco the poison, he runs out of the room because his spinach puffs are burning. He takes the poison with him. When he returns he is carrying only the spinach puffs and the cups appear back on the table.
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16th Aug 2003
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Pacha and Kuzco are hiding in a little room in the restaurant, the door next to them is closed. In the next shot, it's open.
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27th Aug 2001
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion are marching into the Wicked Witch's castle after taking the guards' uniforms, all three of them are shown holding the same types of spears as the guards, so when they go rescue Dorothy out of the locked room and Tin Man chops through the door with his axe, where did the axe come from? (01:22:50)
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Suggested correction: I'm 63 years old and still watch The Wizard of Oz. If I remember correctly, the axe was taken off a nearby wall.
There is no scene of him taking the axe off the wall, nor is there any axe seen on any of the walls. Plus, it's the same axe he had the whole time. But the 3 also take off their coats/disguises while the camera is on Dorothy and it's possible he had the axe tucked away in the coat.
In the books, the Tin Man always has his axe and he uses it often. Perhaps it is the same in the movie.
Suggested correction: I'm with Bishop73 on this one. The Tin Man has his axe with him when they put on the guards' uniforms, and when they get to the room that Dorothy is in, he uses his axe to break the doors, so it's plausible to believe that he tucked the axe in his uniform, then took it out to rescue Dorothy.
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Suggested correction: So Gary not having eyelashes could count as an early design for him. It's common that characters and environments may undergo changes after a pilot. Not a mistake.
But Gary never had eyelashes.
Suggested correction: Gary never had eyelashes at all.
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