Stranger Things ( 2016 )

Factual error: When Dustin's toy collection "comes to life" (thanks to Eleven), one of the robots is the Transformer Ultra Magnus. Though it appears to be modified with a motorized engine that the actual toy didn't have, that's not the mistake, as there no reason Dustin couldn't have modified it. The error is that the season is set in July 1985, but Ultra Magnus wasn't released in the U.S. until 1986. (Yes, the toy was available as a Diaclone in Japan, but in a different color scheme. Dustin's has the coloring of the U.S. version, and even if he somehow ended up with the Diaclone version, it's highly unlikely he would have repainted a Japanese toy to resemble a Transformer he wouldn't know about the existence of yet, as the 'Transformers' animated movie wasn't released until August 1986).

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Chapter Two: The Mall Rats - S3-E2

Continuity mistake: Steve throws his empty banana peel on the table in the back of the ice cream store, then is shown seconds later still holding the empty peel.

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Factual error: When Hopper steals the yellow convertible at the gas station mini mart, the gas pumps have vapor recovery boots on the nozzles. Those weren't in use for another half decade.

Continuity mistake: When Hopper is taking Todd's car at the gas station he hands Todd a Slim Jim he was eating, then they pan away from them to show Joyce Byers and Hop talking. When the scene widens Hop has the Slim Jim back in his hand and hands it to Todd again. (00:24:25)

Continuity mistake: While Hopper lies his way into stealing the car from Todd and claims that Alexei has murdered many children, Hopper pushes the driver seat back into its proper upright position. Then as Hopper introduces Detective Byers to Todd, the driver seat is once again leaning toward the steering wheel before being upright in the next shot. (00:24:30)

Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum - S3-E6

Factual error: When the Russian requests the cherry flavor and refuses to talk, he gets thrown out. At the back is an oil drum from the French energy company "Total." However that logo was introduced only in the mid 2000s. (00:11:55)

Visible crew/equipment: While Bruce chases after Nancy and Jonathan they hide in the OR, then Nancy picks up the red phone and shouts, and in the following closeup of the ceiling mounted domed light, the upside-down reflection of a crew member wearing shorts and sneakers can be seen quickly. A few minutes later, after Jonathan jabs scissors into Tom's throat, when Jonathan leans back out-of-breath there's another closeup of the surgical light, and we can see the upside-down reflection of the cameraman's arm and part of the camera as it moves closer, then it's visible again a few shots later. (00:43:10 - 00:46:40)

Continuity mistake: When Billy crashes his car, it stops and breaks down. He moves to the bonnet and a clear hissing from a damaged is audible. Then all the mess happens and the episode ends with the usual cliffhanger. When the second episode starts, Billy's car battery is still up, even with the headlight turned on, and the car starts at once with no problem whatsoever.

Factual error: When Eleven is handed M&Ms in the hospital she is given green and red. Red M&Ms were not reintroduced until 1987. (00:42:28)

Continuity mistake: In the woods, when Alexei is running with Hopper chasing after him, the individual shots of each of them running are flipped. Note Alexei's shirt pocket and Hopper's bloody head wound. (00:22:30)

Continuity mistake: In Bruce's hamburger the salad is on the bottom and the bacon is on the top, in the next shot the salad is on the top and the bacon has disappeared, replaced with ketchup. (00:23:05 - 00:27:10)

Chapter Four: The Sauna Test - S3-E4

Visible crew/equipment: When Mike and his friends are discussing the Mind Flayer needing a new host, El asks how they'd be able to tell if someone is a host. Then it cuts to Hopper and Joyce pulling up in front of Town Hall, and before Hopper gets out of the car the boom mic is reflected on the squad car's window. (00:14:25)

Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt - S3-E8

Chapter Seven: The Bite - S3-E7

Continuity mistake: At the very beginning the band the camera pans by is totally different from the one standing behind the mayor later on. For one there are no more clarinet players, a cymbal player suddenly appears right behind where the mayor stands and the drummers are 3 totally different boys, with the 3rd from the right missing his glasses suddenly and the second drummer being much shorter. (00:00:40 - 00:01:15)

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Factual error: Because of the way radios work, when Suzie and Dustin are singing their duet they wouldn't be able to hear each other and the rest of the party would only hear a garbled mess. Per frequency only one radio should transmit at each time, so all the others can receive. If multiple radios are transmitting simultaneously, the signals will overlap and result in unintelligible noise. (00:35:53)

Audio problem: When Joyce, Alexi and Hopper go to Murray's, Murray points a double barrel shotgun at them and it makes a sound of a pump action shotgun.

Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: When the librarian picks up the phone he picks up the one in the middle, in the next shot we see he has the one to the left and when he hangs up it's the one in the center again.

Continuity mistake: When Robin takes the chemical container off Erica, in the shot of Erica saying "It could be useful", Robin is holding the container upright. In the next shot, it is being held at a rotated angle, then upright in the following shot. Two shots after that, the container is suddenly rotated again, then back to upright when the shot cuts. (00:17:25)

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Continuity mistake: Eleven and Mike are sitting next to each other at the hospital. Eleven looks to her left in one shot and the camera changes angles. She's now looking straight ahead and immediately looks to the left again.

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