Continuity mistake: When Lister and the Cat are talking to the original Rimmer in the cinema, the new Rimmer enters and argues with the original. The original Rimmer makes hand puppets, while the new Rimmer sits at the front. When Lister does the ippy-dippy, the Rimmers have swapped places. The new Rimmer says that he was there first, without complaint from the original. (00:23:30)
Confidence and Paranoia - S1-E5
Visible crew/equipment: When the skutters try to move Lister in the Medi-bay, you can see the cable which pulls Lister's chair in the bottom right of the screen. (00:12:40)
Audio problem: In Rimmer's future echo he says, "You're space crazy", but in the real conversation with Lister, he actually says, "You are space crazy". (00:15:20 - 00:16:15)
Continuity mistake: When Rimmer and Lister leave their sleeping quarters, there are two pictures on the wall between the door and the window and a canister on the wall beside the beds. When they are next in the room the items are gone, and at The End of the episode they have all returned. (00:09:20 - 00:12:50)
Revealing mistake: When the Cat is pushing the trolly of cigarettes, Rimmer walks past him and bangs his arm against it. (00:09:30)
Revealing mistake: When Holly gives Rimmer a new uniform, during the switch, Holly can be seen to jolt on his screen in the background. (00:03:20)
Continuity mistake: After Rimmer and Lister argue about the pod, Rimmer walks off and Lister steps into the observation room. As Lister steps in, his locks are over his left shoulder, then in the next shot they are over his right shoulder. (00:14:05)
Continuity mistake: When Lister and Rimmer are talking in their bunks, Lister says 'I've always been crazy about her'. He is looking to his right with his arm in the air, yet in the next shot he is looking down at the floor. (00:12:50)
Revealing mistake: When Rimmer wakes Lister up, as he stands up you can see he moves Lister's duvet with his shoulder, which he can't do, being a hologram. (00:15:20)
Confidence and Paranoia - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Lister is in the Medi-bay, he has his duvet on his lap. The angle changes and he has the duvet over his shoulders. (00:12:30)
Continuity mistake: When Lister is fixing his robot goldfish, he picks it up with his right hand, then after the camera cuts, he puts it back into the tank with his left hand. (00:06:00)
Continuity mistake: When Lister sees the future echo in the drive room, Rimmer points when he says 'Shut up.' However when the scene plays out again, Rimmer's arms stay down by his sides. (00:15:00 - 00:16:00)
Continuity mistake: When Lister rides his bike in the first scene, there is a Union Jack just behind his seat. When he stops, a US flag has appeared below it. (00:01:45)
Continuity mistake: When Lister cuts himself shaving he moves his locks behind his back, then in the next shot, they are over his shoulder again. (00:12:55)
Continuity mistake: The cuts on Lister's robot goldfish disappear when he throws it back into the tank after fixing it. (00:06:00)
Chosen answer: In-universe, after leaving Red Dwarf after his first appearance, Kryten managed to crash Lister's space-bike into an asteroid. Lister found his remains and decided to rebuild him, however, due to the high level of damage and Lister's questionable repair skills, he was unable to recreate Kryten exactly, leading to changes in appearance, personality and accent. In reality, the original actor wasn't available, coupled with presumably practical concerns about one-off makeup as opposed to makeup for a regular cast member, so some visual changes were made.
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