David Mercier

$pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) - S5-E10

Revealing mistake: At the dinner table Homer says something like "as you know it's always been my lifelong ambition to be a blackjack dealer." During this line, for some reason they appear to have used a clip from an older episode (Season 3 / Episode 3 - When Flanders Failed) and dubbed the line over. For one thing, the animation is of a much lower standard than the rest of the episode. And perhaps even more telling, when he says it, he is holding a fork with some food on it, but from the earlier shots we know there is no food in front of him.

David Mercier

The Honking - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: When the robot at the start is dying, the doctor opens a panel to see his "heart beat." After a couple of other shots we see the panel again and this time it's closed without anyone touching it. It's also important not to confuse the doctor closing the robots eyes with this panel. (00:00:35)

David Mercier

Roz's Turn - S4-E17

Continuity mistake: When Frasier, Roz and Bebe are arguing, Frasier says something like "she has no reflection." When he says this you can just see Bebe's hands in the shot and they are clasped together. In the next shot they are instantly quite far apart.

David Mercier

Three Dates and a Breakup (1) - S4-E19

Continuity mistake: When Martin and Shelly are having a fight, Frasier puts a small bag down, which is yellow on one side and has a logo on the other. He puts it down with the yellow side facing us, and for a several shots it stays like that. However, when Martin is talking about "things that bugged me," you see the bag has inexplicably rotated so the logo is now facing us.

David Mercier

Bart Sells His Soul - S7-E4

Continuity mistake: After the "sponge incident," Bart is standing in the drive with the sponge packet in his hand. In the next shot he says "everything about me must go," but the packet has vanished from his hand.

David Mercier

Daphne Hates Sherry - S4-E21

Continuity mistake: During breakfast, there is a bowl of scrambled egg next to Martin that moves itself around, and at one point the fork in it just vanishes and then reappears.

David Mercier

Bart the General - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Bart enters the tree house after being beaten up, he puts his hat on a peg behind him. In some later shots at an angle you can just see the hat behind him. In the shots from directly in front of Bart, the hat is not on the peg.

David Mercier

Revealing mistake: When Cage is shooting Travolta with the Uzi type weapon in the room with mirrors, the gun has no muzzle flash in several shots.

David Mercier

Bart the General - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: At the start, when Nelson takes the cupcakes, you can see that after he has started eating them there are 4 left in the box. Just before he shuts the lid to drop it, you can just see the tops of 6 cupcakes.

David Mercier

Revealing mistake: The shark attacks a little wooden platform in the water which 3 men then fall through. You can see this is made from a lightweight wood such as balsa so that it will break apart easily, and it's not the sort of wood such a thing should be made of.

David Mercier

Continuity mistake: When the shark is chasing the water-skiers, you can see its fin is about 3 feet behind them, meaning its head must be underneath, if not in front of them. However, in the shot from under the water its viewpoint is shown as being behind them.

David Mercier

Revealing mistake: When the baby shark smashes into the gate, not only is it a dummy by the way it looks, but the head actually compresses back into the body on impact.

David Mercier

Factual error: Sharks can't roar - they don't have vocal cords.

David Mercier

Ask Me No Questions - S4-E23

Continuity mistake: When Frasier is in his car with the woman, her seatbelt changes several times between shots. At least once it's off then on almost instantly, and sometimes it's under the lapel of her coat and then suddenly on top of it.

David Mercier

The One With The Jam - S3-E3

Continuity mistake: When they are talking about sperm donation, Joey is eating a cracker with jam on it. Between shots it instantly rotates in his hand. You can tell because the jam goes from being on the top to the bottom side, and because of the way he is holding it you can see there is only jam on one side. (00:14:15)

David Mercier

Homer's Enemy - S8-E23

Continuity mistake: In the cafeteria at the power plant, in the wide shot the clock on the wall is on 9.00, but closer up it's showing 10.35.

David Mercier

Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming - S7-E9

Continuity mistake: When Bart and Lisa first enter the Duff Blimp, Bart doesn't have his back-pack on. However, he is suddenly wearing it after the bomb has gone off.

David Mercier

Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming - S7-E9

Continuity mistake: When Maggie (sitting on Marge) appears on "Tyrano-Vision," Homer waves his hand in front of her. However, we can see that he isn't leaning over too far, and in the next shot it is clear that both Bart and Lisa are sitting between Homer and Marge, so there is no way he could have reached over to her in the first place.

David Mercier

Show generally

Visible crew/equipment: In the episode "Head over Heels," twice you can see the cameras mounted on the walls that are used to film this series. The first one is during the cross-examination of Miss Morris and the second time is during the defence summing-up.

David Mercier

Head Game - S4-E5

Continuity mistake: When Martin first finds out how Niles cured the basketball player, Niles is getting a drink, and Martin is in his chair. During the shots between them, the remote control on the table next to Martin instantly rotates between angles at least twice.

David Mercier