The Simpsons (1989)
2,047 mistakes
Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk - S3-E11
Continuity mistake: At the Tavern, when Homer slaps the money on the table, the white cloth that Moe was holding has vanished.
Audio problem: When Homer goes to another bar we hear him say "Ah, my new watering hole." His mouth doesn't move.
Tree House of Horror II: A Simpsons Halloween - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: While Bart is in school, Sherri and Terri are making him comfortable. One of the twins vanishes for one shot, and their skin color keeps changing from white to yellow.
Tree House of Horror II: A Simpsons Halloween - S3-E7
Audio problem: Right after Flanders makes his first wish, when Moe chases the alien, Moe is talking, but his mouth doesn't move.
Continuity mistake: On 'Whacking Day,' Homer is seen charging people to park on his lawn. But later when the snakes are lured to the Simpson house, there are no cars there.
Continuity mistake: When Skinner gets trapped under the papers, the jars on the shelves change color between shots.
Continuity mistake: In the beginning, when Bart finds that the dog ate his homework, the poster on Bart's door has disappeared for one shot.
Continuity mistake: When the mobsters enter Skinner's office, the phone on his desk changes position between shots. Also, the name bar on his desk doesn't read anything on it.
Continuity mistake: If you watch carefully, the same footage of Bart and Skinner slamming locker doors is used. The easiest to spot is the shots of the camera at Bart from inside a locker, where a kid's scrapbook is on the left side.
Continuity mistake: At the very end of the episode, when Homer is being carried off by the crowd, you can see that the crowd carrying Homer, the people are small, so you'll have to look closely, but right before the credits, Marge's necklace changes from red to white, back to red and then finishes with white all in one shot.
Continuity mistake: When Wolfcastle says that 'Jay Sherman insulted him, now he will die', for a few shots the shadows are on the floor before they magically disappear. Also, the shadow of the gun does not match the real gun.
Lisa's Sax - S9-E3
Continuity mistake: When Bart is standing on the bench, Jimbo and Milhouse are standing in the front row, on the right side of the screen. But when there's the closeup (a second later), there are children shown in front of Jimbo and Milhouse and the girl with the purple hair is gone.
Three Men and a Comic Book - S2-E21
Continuity mistake: When Bart, Martin and Milhouse start to fight, the Radioactiveman issue 1 that they were protecting has disappeared from the table. Then when Marge brings up some food, they all start eating. The table has disappeared altogether.
Revealing mistake: In the shot of Skinner admiring his tater tots, he is interrupted and lifts up his tray. As he inspects he tilts his tray to at least a 90 degree angle but everything, including the milk, stays in exactly the same spots.
Continuity mistake: When Homer is driving home in a bad mood (just before he gets stopped by Chief Wiggum), you can see that there is a pattern on the side of the car. In a next shot when Wiggum is walking alongside the car there is no pattern.
Continuity mistake: When Homer sees the hotdog that Duffman holds up near the end of the episode, the order of the condiments on the hotdog change in subsequent shots.
Continuity mistake: After Bart attempts to escape by using spray paint cans as rockets, his feet alternate between clean and spray-painted for a few shots.
Continuity mistake: When the Stonecutters are singing "We do", the position of several characters, particularly Number 51 and Chief Wiggum, change randomly as the camera angles change. Number 51 starts at the end of the table on the right side, with Chief Wiggum two seats to the left of him. In later shots, Number 51, then Wiggum are both switched to the same position, midway up the left side. Then, when the song ends, Wiggum has disappeared, and Number 51 remains in this new position.
Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment - S2-E13
Continuity mistake: When Homer and Marge are discussing about unhooking cable, the time on the clock on Homer's bedside table changes between shots.
The Great Louse Detective - S14-E6
Continuity mistake: When Homer and Sideshow Bob are chasing the mechanic on stilts, the mechanic tries to get away, and his cape falls off while he is being chased. In the next shot, we see a close-up of the mechanic, and you can see his red cape is back on again. Then in the next shot, we see Homer and Bob chasing him, and his cape is off.
