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Errand Boy - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: After Frankie and Brick get soaked at the car wash, when they're in the bathroom, the towel around Brick keeps flipping between its dark stripe side and its light stripe side, depending on the angle of the shot.

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Thanksgiving II - S2-E9

Continuity mistake: Sue says that she "matured" aka got her period, on Sept 21, but in the episode "Forced Family Fun", when they go camping and she gets it, they go before school starts, which is well before the end of September.

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Spring Cleaning - S2-E18

Continuity mistake: When Frankie is going crazy lying on the floor because of all of the stuff still in the house, objects move around as the camera shots get closer to her, look at the VHS tape on her left.

The Test - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: When Brick is first shown in the garbage can, there is garbage up to the top of it, but when Brick manages to knock it over while still inside, there is much less garbage in the can.

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The Test - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: When Sue is sitting at the counter waiting for the cheerleaders to call, the phones lying on the counter go from being close together to being spread out like a fan throughout the scene. Every time she is shown the phones are laid out differently.

Last Whiff of Summer: Part 1 - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: When Mike and Frankie come into the house early in the episode, Sue has her feet up on the coffee table. Her legs switch from left over right to right over left, depending on how close the camera is. (00:01:35)

Last Whiff of Summer: Part 1 - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: When her parents come in to the room, Sue has her feet up on the coffee table, with the left foot over the right. In the next shot, they're switched to right over left, then back again. (00:01:45)

The Safe - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: When Frankie pulls up her sleeve to let the teacher test her blood pressure, there are notes on her arm which Axl wrote. After she gives the speech about how she is not going to quit just because her teacher tells her to, she pulls up her sleeve again and the notes are gone. (00:16:40 - 00:18:05)

The Christmas Wall - S6-E9

Continuity mistake: Axl and his friend chase Darren out of the house and into the snow, churning a path in the snow. However, in the overhead shots of all three boys, the churned snow path is not there, just undisturbed snow.

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