Continuity mistake: When Nate drives his motorcycle out to the cliff overlooking the beach, we see him get off his bike wearing his helmet and glasses. He strides along and then before stopping takes off his helmet and not his glasses. In the very next shot he is squatting down and his glasses are gone, but he made no attempt to take them off and there wasn't enough time in between shots to do so.
Tobin OReilly
18th Jul 2005
Six Feet Under (2001)
14th Jul 2005
Reno 911! (2003)
Fastest Criminal in Reno - S3-E5
Continuity mistake: When Fast Eddie jumps over the road block and comes crashing down you can see from the severity of the landing that the front left side of the vehicle is seriously damaged as is probably the rest of the front of the vehicle. However when the camera shows the shock on the Officers faces of what's taken place and then pans back as Fast Eddie drives away, his car shows no damage whatsoever.
10th Jun 2005
Arrested Development (2003)
Trivia: Amy Poehler who guest stars on a number of episodes as GOB's wife is in fact really married to the actor who plays GOB (Will Arnett) in real life.
10th Jun 2005
Arrested Development (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: On the boat when George Bluth Sr. says something about the SEC if you look in his glasses you can see a camera man in the reflection.
17th Mar 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
The Ziff Who Came to Dinner - S15-E14
Factual error: When the SEC guys break up the poker game they arm their guns in the same manner you would with a shotgun (there is even the shotgun cocking sound effect) yet they are M-16 style weapons and would not need to be armed this way.
1st Mar 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Nelson asks Bart what song he is playing as they wait for the bus, Nelson's vest is orange and his shirt is bluish. However, when the bus arrives and Nelson goes to get on the bus his vest is now bluish and his shirt orange. (00:10:10)
3rd Feb 2005
Eurotrip (2004)
Question: When Scotty gets email, it says "mail muthafu**a." Is this something that they did just for the movie or can you get this somewhere?
17th Jan 2005
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Deliberate mistake: When 11 is dropped into the water and eaten by the piranhas, although the ravenous fish probably ate most of her and what was on her, there should at least be pieces of clothing that would rise to the surface in the flurry of activity. Not to mention that even though the water is a murky green all the blood from her body should have created a temporary, but very noticeable darkening of the water.
11th Jan 2005
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
Trivia: During the scene in the classroom where the teacher is having the students read their poems, if you look on the chalkboard you will see the words "I Don't Know" written on it. This is a nod to "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" where in class Mr. Hand asks Jeff Spicoli a question, he responds with these very words and angrily Mr. Hand writes them on the board before giving the class another pissed off tirade on being stupid.
10th Jan 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Lisa is explaining to the curator of the museum why she didn't tell the crowd of what she learned about Jebediah Springfield, if you look in the background none of the people on the far sidewalk are moving, almost frozen in place with some of them with their arms in the air yet everyone and everything in the parade keeps moving right along.
8th Jan 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
Plot hole: In the scene where Bart has to choose the right Roman numeral door in order to avoid the tigers; right as the Shelbyville kids come bursting through the outer door, Bart picks the right door through humorous deduction and escapes. However, the Shelbyville kids are unable to open the door which doesn't make sense, since there is no lock on the door and there wasn't any mention of Bart blocking or sabotaging the door because only a few seconds later we see him on the street continuing to fret about the lemon tree.
2nd Jan 2005
Bad Santa (2003)
Question: What is a talking walnut? Details please.
Chosen answer: It's just something the kid came up with. He is not quite all there. It's just something that illustrates how odd the kid is.
Answer: My guess is that they are characters of the Christmas story.
2nd Oct 2004
Walking Tall (2004)
Visible crew/equipment: When Knoxville and a bad guy end up fighting hand to hand downstairs (in Chris's house) after trading off shotgun blasts at one point they end up grappling in front of an armoire with a glass front. Just before they struggle off to fight in another part of the room you can see a crew member with a black shirt appear from the left in the reflection of the glass. Since Chris appears in the scene about a few seconds after this it could be him. He was also wearing a black shirt but one things for sure whoever it was was not meant to be seen as they quickly ducked out of sight. (01:06:55)
6th Sep 2004
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is in his room talking to Rupert and himself out loud about Janet we see that Rupert is on the left side of Stewie's pillow. When the camera pans over to Brian who overhears Stewie's musings, after Brian makes fun of Stewie the camera pans back and Rupert is gone. There is also a quick tete-a-tete on the color of Janet's eyes and the final shot is on Stewie and his crib and yet no Rupert to be found. (00:07:20)
29th Aug 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the Simpsons are driving to Cypress Creek the arrangement of luggage on the roof of the car changes depending on their stage in the journey.
16th Aug 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Homer is walking and talking with Hank Scorpio when he first arrives at work there is reversed "J" on Homer's tie that comes and goes between shots.
19th Jul 2004
Coneheads (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: When the alien ship is lifting up the Coneheads in their red car and the two Federal agents with its magnetic gripper, as they get closer to the ship's lights, you can see safety wires, either for the car or the two men.
Suggested correction: What you're seeing is the car's antenna.
9th Jul 2004
Moonraker (1979)
Revealing mistake: When Bond and Goodhead are in the Space Shuttle, when we see Goodhead reach for the pen her hair shows no effects of the lack of gravity.
6th Jul 2004
Moonraker (1979)
Factual error: When Bond and Goodhead's space shuttle enters space, it still has the main fuel tank attached. However, when Bond releases the fuel tank it falls downward. It should maintain its momentum in orbit around the Earth until atmospheric drag (which extends out to high orbit) causes the orbit to decay over many years.
6th Jul 2004
Moonraker (1979)
Revealing mistake: During the laser battle inside the space station, one of the villains on one of the upper circular tiers makes a move as though to signify he was hit with a laser a second or two before the laser actually hits him.
6th Jul 2004
Moonraker (1979)
Continuity mistake: When Drax is jetisened from the Space Station by Bond, he flips end over end but at some point in the last moments we see him his body moves upward as though he hit some turbulence and then it moves downward. This isn't possible in space because unlike skydiving where one can manipulate his body in flight, in space one can't change his momentum without something to counteract the direction one's headed in like jet propulsion or running into an object that would allow them to stop the way they were previously headed. Drax has neither the jet propulsion since he is ejected in just his suit and doesn't run into anything which would change his direction.
5th Jul 2004
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the film we see the large tanker ship exploding at many different areas of its hull including a lot of explosions on the topside. However, there is a point where the camera shows the ship sinking with an underwater shot, sinking with bow first and then progressing towards the stern and there are no holes let alone burn marks that would show where the explosions took place.
5th Jul 2004
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Factual error: At the end of the film Stromberg shoots at Bond under the table with a pneumatic spear gun-type weapon that shoots most likely a spear with an explosive tip through a long tube. This type of spear gun, unlike elastic-operated spear guns, has an actual sort-of gun barrel that's closed at the back. As such, when Bond shoots Stromberg through the tube with his hand gun, he somehow hits him, despite the fact that the bullets would ricochet off the closed barrel.
2nd Jul 2004
Seinfeld (1990)
Continuity mistake: The private jet that The Limo pulls up to on the ground and the one that they show the gang on while flying are two different types of planes.
28th Jun 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the Randall Curtis's Ranch we see Randall Curtis ride off on a Ton-Ton to go to the video store but in a scene only a few minutes later we see Marge and Homer drunk, tossing him around. Unless the video store is on the ranch or very close by this doesn't seem possible for someone so determined to rent movies.
25th Jun 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode in church when the group of parishioners moves forward to forgive Ned there is a woman amongst the group who has light green hair. However, when there is a wide angle shot of the group again she is nowhere to be seen.
25th Jun 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Homer drives his car to work it is lime green instead of the usual purplish color.
21st Jun 2004
The Last American Virgin (1982)
Factual error: When Gary unscrews the top to the nozzle of the front tire of Karen's bike it automatically starts to make a loud hissing sound as if it's losing air rapidly. This wouldn't happen as although the tire would lose air over time it wouldn't make that loud hissing sound unless there was a rip or tear in the rubber. (00:21:35)
21st Jun 2004
The Last American Virgin (1982)
Deliberate mistake: When the girls are done snorting the "coke" and Rick takes the tray away, none of the girls have snorted any of it because the same amount is still there except instead of lines it is now all muddled together. Also if you watch closely when they are snorting the coke, the rolled up bill only gets close to their nostril and not partially inside it. (00:09:45)
21st Jun 2004
Casino (1995)
Continuity mistake: When De Niro catches Stone and Woods in the restaurant, De Niro takes out some money from his coat pocket and lays it on the table. In one shot the money is straight, in another it is diagonal and in the final shot before De Niro picks it up it is straight again.
21st Jun 2004
Spun (2002)
Trivia: Quite a few pop culture icons appear in this film such as Ron Jeremy who plays the bartender, Rob Halford of Judas Priest who plays the porn store clerk, Debbie Harry the lead vocalist of Blondie who plays the neighbor and of course Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins who plays the doctor.
21st Jun 2004
Spun (2002)
Trivia: Billy Corgan who sings most of the movies songs has a cameo playing the doctor.
15th Jun 2004
Top Secret! (1984)
Other mistake: The scene in the bookstore is shot in reverse, which although humorous, isn't a mistake. The mistake is the fact that what the characters say and what the subtitles say don't match up. When speaking the character's dialogue comes out all garbled, and when a name is brought up in the subtitles there is no reference to that person's name in the conversation. (00:47:10 - 00:48:15)
14th Jun 2004
Killing Zoe (1993)
Trivia: Porn star Ron Jeremy has a very brief cameo as the security guard who gets shot when they just start to rob the bank.
10th Jun 2004
Seinfeld (1990)
Trivia: The Green Peace worker in the boat at the end telling Russell that he will write to Elaine is series co-creator Larry David.
24th May 2004
Paycheck (2003)
Continuity mistake: Throughout most of the movie Michael is wearing a white dress shirt that no matter what he does never seems to get any dirt or markings on it whatsoever. (This mistake pertains to after he does the 3 year job).
20th May 2004
Seinfeld (1990)
The Switch - S6-E11
Question: When Jerry and George are discussing how to do The Switch (hence the title of the episode) what is the name of the melody that accompanies their conversation and who composed it?
Answer: I just Shazammed the music. It is a Jazz piece called "West Side Blues" by John Cameron. A search in IMDb corroborated this.
Chosen answer: The composer of nearly all the melodies that are heard in the show is Jonathan Wolff. As far as the name of the the melody; little interludes such as this are rarely named because they are not complete songs, just intro's or outtro's that are written to help move the action of the show along.
12th May 2004
Starship Troopers (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rico gets thrown from the tanker bug and lands on his back on the ground, a piece of the flap covering the mattress pops up.
27th Apr 2004
A View to a Kill (1985)
Revealing mistake: When Bond jumps on top of the elevator in the Eiffel Tower you can see briefly that it is not Roger Moore but his stunt double. (00:18:35)
27th Apr 2004
A View to a Kill (1985)
Audio problem: When Bond steals the cab driver's car after coming down from the Eiffel Tower the words the cab driver yells doesn't match up to the way his lips move. (00:18:45)
19th Apr 2004
Superman II (1980)
Revealing mistake: When Zod says to Ursa to "blow them a kiss my dear" to the helicopter that's firing on them watch as the helicopter is indeed a real military helicopter, then when it loses control it's an obvious model and just before it crashes into the house it's a full size helicopter again but is completely different from the first one that was originally shown.
18th Apr 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Audio problem: At the theatre, when the cook talks to Mark Hamill off-stage he sounds exactly like Moe the bartender.
14th Apr 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Marge Simpson in 'Screaming Yellow Honkers' - S10-E15
Deliberate mistake: When Marge goes offroading to get home there is a grassy field which leads right up into the Simpson driveway. However, in all other episodes there is no grassy field and instead there is a house in the spot where the field would be.
5th Apr 2004
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Question: There is one thing that bothered me at the end of the movie. When the two police investigators are killed and the narrator says that the case is still open why didn't the authorities (police, FBI and so on), descend on that area and try to catch Leatherface? He just killed two police officers among other people and they are just going to leave it as an open case?
Chosen answer: What makes you think they didn't? They obviously just never caught him.
5th Apr 2004
Cheers (1982)
Revealing mistake: When Frasier comes into the chalet after skiing he doesn't show any of the visible effects after a hard day on the slopes. Meaning, his face isn't even flushed from the cold, his hair is perfectly combed after wearing a hat and there is not even a drop of snow on his boots.
24th Mar 2004
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Trivia: The mall the survivors are in is called the Crossroads mall. This seems fitting since humanity is at a crossroads in the film flirting between survival and extinction.
24th Mar 2004
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Question: How did they know which boat to find at the docks? I don't remember the guy whose boat it was telling them which one was his.
Chosen answer: Steve (the guy with the boat) probably either had the name of the boat on the key ring floater or told them at some point during the bus-fixing montage.
24th Mar 2004
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Trivia: During the movie there are parts especially outside where an orangy tint comes over the screen. This is an homage to the 1978 version of Dawn of the Dead, which was shot in this type of hue.
25th Feb 2004
Mr. Wrong (1996)
Revealing mistake: When Martha is in her office and the phone rings, when the camera shows the phone, no line is lighting up, yet when she picks up the phone everything is normal and the phone conversation starts. Having owned one of these phones, first of all since they are multi-line phones when a light is flashing green that means an incoming call and a solid red means a line is being used but none of this stuff shows up in the scene. Second of all, the secretary earlier on in the movie says she has a call on line two, therefore proving she has more than one line on the phone.
17th Feb 2004
Wonderland (2003)
Question: What is the name of the song that plays at the end of the movie just before it goes to credits?
Chosen answer: 'If You Could Read My Mind' by Gordon Lightfoot.
7th Jan 2004
Seinfeld (1990)
The Airport - S4-E12
Trivia: When Elaine is talking to the male flight attendant about her meal that she ordered in advance, The Voice that answers out that he thinks he has her meal is co-creator of the show Larry David.
7th Jan 2004
Seinfeld (1990)
Trivia: In the very beginning of the episode the person wearing the cape is none other than co-creator Larry David.
7th Jan 2004
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Peter enters the cockpit and accidentally kills the pilots the cockpit looks small enough so that it could only fit Peter and the pilots in their seats. However, when he turns around to leave the cockpit looks big enough to fit an entire group of people.
7th Jan 2004
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Peter is on the phone talking to Death the color of the napkin on the table changes from red to a brownish color.
5th Jan 2004
Old School (2003)
23rd Dec 2003
Will & Grace (1998)
Alley Cats - S1-E21
Revealing mistake: When Will goes to pour himself a glass of whiskey, the brown liquid that is chosen to represent the liquor has foam bubbles on the top of it that resemble the ones that soda has.
23rd Dec 2003
Cheers (1982)
Trivia: When they were deciding on what sport the character Sam Malone would play they originally chose football but ultimately decided baseball would work better.
8th Dec 2003
Hope and Glory (1987)
Question: What is the deal with Mac? Why isn't he in the Armed Services like a majority of the other men in England?
Chosen answer: He could have flat feet or a bad back or many other problems which don't really inconvenience him but make him ineligible for service.
29th Nov 2003
Ransom (1996)
Revealing mistake: Towards the end of the film when Gary Sinese shoots the guys in the white van, when he shoots the bald guy, as he falls out the door you can see the squib vest protrude from under his shirt.
29th Nov 2003
Seinfeld (1990)
16th Nov 2003
Trojan War (1997)
Factual error: When Brad is in the Mexican bar and he tries out his one sentence of Spanish that he knows, he uses the word "novia" which can mean either boyfriend or girlfriend depending on the vowel you use at the end of the word. The translation the movie uses is wife, but in spanish wife is "esposa" not "novia."
13th Nov 2003
Family Guy (1999)
13th Nov 2003
Family Guy (1999)
Trivia: A Quahog is another name for a clam, thus all the jokes and places in town (like the drunken clam bar) the show makes reference about.
13th Nov 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the Simpsons are on the raft going down the river in Africa they come to a fork and have a choice of going to the left, towards a sunny and nicer area or to the right where it is rainy and gloomy. As Homer tries to steer the raft to the left as he pulls his left arm out of the water and it is covered in leeches but in the next shot of him when we see the arm again the leeches are gone. No way to remove leeches that fast.
5th Nov 2003
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Revealing mistake: When Neo and Smith are fighting at the end of the film - when Smith knocks Neo into the rafters of the room they are in, you can see Neo's face, and it's obviously Keanu Reeve's stunt double. (01:44:30)
2nd Nov 2003
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When the aftershock hits L.A. and destroys Wilshire Plaza, the camera shows the destruction underground and at some point a brick pillar falls over. Instead of being made of brick it's really made out of wood with brick type wallpaper. You can tell this because if the pillar was really made of brick, when it fell over chunks of brick would at least break off. (01:38:20)
28th Oct 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Treehouse of Horror XIII - S14-E1
Trivia: In the sketch where Homer clones himself, when he leaves the clones out in a cornfield and they learn to clone themselves, the camera pans right and amongst all the clones we see Peter Griffin, a character on the animated show Family Guy.
23rd Oct 2003
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: During the scene at the airport when the tower OK's the plane to land we can see it is a 707 with TWA-like colors of red and white. Then when there is the shot of the plane on the ground it turns into a DC-8 with orange markings. When the plane takes off into the air the camera shows the 707 again.
8th Oct 2003
Seinfeld (1990)
Trivia: The Voice of George Steinbrenner on the show is co-creator Larry David.
27th Sep 2003
M*A*S*H (1972)
Requiem for a Lightweight - S1-E3
Other mistake: At the end of the show Trapper has a steak over his eye covering the black eye he received. Throughout the series the characters constantly complained about the food yet they have the audacity to waste a perfectly good steak.
25th Sep 2003
Family Guy (1999)
Factual error: When Meg and Lois are in the back of a police car they escape by opening the back doors and getting away. The rear doors of a police car can only open from the outside, for obvious reasons and this escape could not be possible.
18th Sep 2003
Confidence (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Ed Burns gets shot at the end of the film you can see the outline of the protective vest he is wearing underneath his shirt to make the shooting look legit.
15th Sep 2003
The Core (2003)
Plot hole: In the scene where they show how the earth's core has stopped moving and at the end of the movie where they show it moving again what instruments are they using to show these momentous events? According to the film, the inside of the earth is filled with various rock formations, huge diamonds and molten lava, not to mention intense heat, so what device(s) could sustain itself long enough to give back accurate readings?
11th Sep 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Trivia: Matt Groening did all his animation in black and white and another animator was in charge of coloring. When she chose yellow, Matt said it worked and liked it (consequently when she chose purple for trees they rejected it.) The idea behind the yellow after that is so when you're flipping through the channels and come across yellow animated characters, you'll know right away it's The Simpsons.
11th Sep 2003
The Simpsons (1989)
Trivia: When Michael Jackson did a guest spot on the show he did his speaking lines himself but when it came to singing, a Michael Jackson sound alike or impersonator stepped in and sung the lyrics to the songs. The reason was based upon his record contract, which since he is so famous probably has a lot of stipulations when he lends out his voice.
27th Aug 2001
The Matrix (1999)
Revealing mistake: During the fight scene between Neo and the agent in the subway station, after Neo incapacitates the agent and flips out of the way of the oncoming train, you can see where the wire harness connected to his back. You can also see one of the wires visible by his wrist. (01:57:38)
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