Continuity mistake: At bedtime, while we hear Marge singing to Lisa in her bedroom Bart is lying in his bed, and on Bart's nightstand beside the door there's a framed photo of Krusty and an alarm clock, but in the next closeup the photo has vanished and instead there's a Krusty telephone. (00:15:55)
Continuity mistake: When Marge runs after Bart because he's hiding something under his jacket, Homer pulls out a gate to block Bart's entrance to the TV room. Three different gate styles are shown. (00:20:35)
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2) - S7-E1
Factual error: Chief Wiggum visually compares a bullet taken from Homer's gun to the bullet removed from Burns and concludes that they are exactly the same. Excluding the obvious forensic violation, the bullet removed from Burns is still whole and within its casing, meaning that either Maggie took the time to remove the casing and delicately shove it in Mr Burns' bullet wound (which is dumb) or the gun fired the whole casing along with the bullet (which would have blown up the gun).
22 Short Films About Springfield - S7-E21
Continuity mistake: Lisa comes out of the hairdresser's with a new hairstyle which Nelson laughs at. She is walking away to Nelson's right yet when Nelson's being chased by a tall man later and flees around a corner to his left she's suddenly standing there.
Continuity mistake: In the cafeteria scene, the shots from Lisa's perspective show glass protectors with signs where the food is. However, when the shot switches to Lunch lady Doris' perspective, the protectors are gone.
Continuity mistake: At the BBQ, Homer lights the grill on fire with a match. When Lisa walks out with the bowl of gazpacho, the fire instantly disappears. (00:13:05)
Factual error: Bart uses Milhouse's glasses as binoculars, but as Milhouse is near-sighted this wouldn't work.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Homer3", when we hear Homer saying "I don't have much time" you can see Bart has a policeman next to him, but when we see a close-up of Bart in the next shot, the policeman has gone.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores", when Homer puts the chain in the doughnut of the Land Lad Donuts logo, the position of the chain changes between shots.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", when Bart is hit on the head by the Frisbee, you can see the Frisbee is further away from Bart, but a couple of shots later it is now by his feet.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores", Homer enters the Lard Lad Donuts and you can see there is a straw holder on the counter in front of him. In the next shot, the straw holder has gone.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores", when Lisa and Paul Anka perform their duet, you can see behind Anka there is a window and the bottom part of it is broken. But later on it is now completely intact and the two top windows are broken.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores", when the cowboy logo on the Duff billboard comes to life, the position of the people next to the van changes between shots.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores", when Homer answers the door and finds the Lard Lad statue in front of him you can see there is a door knocker on the door and a green doormat on the step. But when he answers the door a second time, the door knocker and doormat have gone.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", when Bart says "You missed a spot" to Willie, the hose next to Bart changes position between shots.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", when Bart and Lisa come into the kitchen to tell their parents about Martin's death, you can see next to Lisa's plate there is only a spoon but in the next shot a fork suddenly appears.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace", when Martin dies in the classroom you can see that in the desk next to Bart there is a boy student, but in the next shot he has changed to a girl.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Homer3", when Marge is eating the seashells with Patty and Selma, you can see the wall near the staircase is red in long shots, but in close-ups it changes to pink.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores", when the policeman shoots the football player who comes out of the Big and Tall Men's Shop, the shops change between shots.
Tree House of Horror VI - S7-E6
Continuity mistake: In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores", when Lisa is speaking the executive at the Ad agency you can see the back of Lisa's chair is large but later on it decreases in size.
Answer: I'm not sure if this is the one you're thinking of, but an episode of "Ray Bradbury Theatre," called "A Sound of Thunder," dealt with a similar matter: a group of hunters travel back in time to hunt dinosaurs, only to find things have changed when they get back because someone stepped on a butterfly.
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