The Colonization Application - S8-E17
Character mistake: Leonard and Penny were using the body paint the second time, the entire canvas is covered, and they each are covered with paint. But not a bit got into their hair.
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1st Aug 2022
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
14th Jul 2022
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Tenure Turbulence - S6-E20
Question: The episode ends without telling us who got tenure. Did I miss something?
6th Jul 2022
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Gilbert and Amy are unloading the groceries onto the porch, some bags fell over but in the final shot of the scene, all the bags are standing up, even though no-one could've touched them.
28th Jun 2022
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Prestidigitation Approximation - S4-E18
Continuity mistake: It is well-known that Leonard's glasses do not have lenses to avoid catching reflection by the lights. In this episode, Priya takes Leonard's glasses off, and they have lenses.
26th Jun 2022
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Boyfriend Complexity - S4-E9
Character mistake: Penny tells her father that Leonard has to work tomorrow. But then we see Sheldon come up the stairs carrying laundry. Everyone knows Sheldon fits his laundry Saturday night at 8:15. And Leonard works Monday through Friday.
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19th Jun 2022
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Vengeance Formulation - S3-E9
Continuity mistake: Penny and Bernadette are working and Penny write her hair was in two braids with clips on top. But the second time we see her (same work shift), her hair is partially pulled back with bangs.
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Suggested correction: It's not the same work shift. Note that Howard isn't wearing the same clothes.
19th May 2022
Still Alice (2014)
Character mistake: When Alice is making the video with instructions about how to commit suicide, we see her typewritten notes, and she has misspelled "labeled", something a linguistics professor wouldn't do.
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Suggested correction: Both "labeled" and "labelled" are correct spellings of the word. Labeled is chiefly the American spelling whereas labelled is chiefly the British spelling. It should be noted, co-writer Wash Westmoreland is British.
Alice was an English (American) linguistics professor. She would have correctly written the American version.
There is no "correct" American version. Both are acceptable in America.
13th May 2022
Secret Window (2004)
Revealing mistake: When Mort stops at the gas station to talk to Ted, and he gets out of his Jeep, the key is still in the ignition but there's no dinging from the door being opened (which we know it does from an earlier scene).
26th Mar 2022
Premonition (2007)
Question: I'ma pretty smart person but I got so lost watching this film. Is she clairvoyant?
18th Mar 2022
Jaws (1975)
Continuity mistake: When Sheriff Brody is tossing chum to attract the shark, the cigarette between his lips is not lit but when he backs into the bridge of the boat, there is smoke trailing from the cigarette.
14th Mar 2022
Young Sheldon (2017)
A Suitcase Full of Cash and a Yellow Clown Car - S5-E16
Factual error: In the closing shot of this episode, a pile of cash is down close up. The bills are current circa 2000s and the show is set in the late eighties. The bills didn't have the current security markings that we have now.
11th Mar 2022
The Green Mile (1999)
Trivia: The floors in the hallway of the nursing home are the same faded lime green as on the green mile.
11th Mar 2022
Forrest Gump (1994)
Revealing mistake: When Forrest is playing ping pong in the gym and an officer comes to give him his discharge papers, Forrest reaches for his paddle and the ball but when he picks up his hand, there is no ball although he is acting as if there were. The ping pong scenes used CGI to put the balls into the scenes and this was obviously overlooked.
3rd Mar 2022
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
18th Feb 2022
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Isolation Permutation - S5-E8
Factual error: Amy is sitting outside a liquor store that shows a sign indicating it is open 24 hours. However, that's a crime in CA. Any on-sale or off sale licensee, or agent or employee of that licensee, who sells, gives, or delivers to any persons any alcoholic beverage or any person who knowingly purchases any alcoholic beverage between the hours of 2 o'clock a.m. and 6 o'clock a.m. of the same day, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
29th Jan 2022
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Ornithophobia Diffusion - S5-E9
Factual error: Sheldon is fearful of the bird on his windowsill, which he identifies as a blue jay. Blue Jays are not native to CA. The bird is actually a scrub jay. Sheldon would know this because of his lifetime fear of birds.
19th Jan 2022
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Einstein Approximation - S3-E14
Character mistake: Sheldon is an extreme germophobe to the extent he doesn't even shake hands. There is no way he would be climbing around in a ball pit.
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Suggested correction: If he was acting normally (for Sheldon), he wouldn't. However, Sheldon isn't acting as he normally would due to lack of sleep, and his obsession with solving a problem.
The severity of his phobia would not be minimized by lack of sleep.
Sheldon's mind is distracted by the problem he is trying to solve. He grabs other people's food, he allows Raj to touch his food, he handles dirty cutlery at the cheesecake factory, All characteristics that would be present if he was acting normally. The fact that he is in the ball pit is simply an extension.
Severe sleep deprivation could certainly affect how Sheldon reacts to phobias. The brain requires sleep to function and with a severe lack of sleep, the brain is no longer able to send the signals that alert Sheldon to his fear of germs.
9th Nov 2021
NYPD Blue (1993)
Question: Why does Danny Sorensen put office supplies into his shirt pocket?
5th Oct 2021
Secret Window (2004)
Question: Why is there a Barbie doll on Mort's desk in the final scene in the house?
Answer: One possible answer is that this may be an inside joke and a nod to Johnny Depp for being a Barbie Doll collector. He reportedly has a large Barbie collection, mostly of special editions and celebrity versions. He originally bought them for his daughter, but continued collecting even after she became older.
Answer: The Barbie doll is blonde, like Amy. Mort might have found the doll somewhere and handled it roughly because of his urge to hurt Amy.
16th Sep 2021
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Question: What game are Amy and Sheldon playing in the opening scene? It's an app on a phone.
Answer: Heads Up, developed by Ellen DeGeneres. I believe it originally began on her talk show with the use of index cards.
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Answer: No, you didn't miss anything. The writers never say who got tenure. (Although, as a side note, the entire process of getting tenure for the characters is entirely wrong in real life and none of them would have got it).
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