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Das Bus - S9-E14

Continuity mistake: When everyone discovers the monster is a boar, there is a Chippos packet on its tusk. But when the boar is shown licking the slime, the Chippos packet has disappeared without ever being touched.

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Das Bus - S9-E14

Continuity mistake: Whilst running away from the others, Milhouse runs out of breath and falls over. In the shot where he is lands on the ground he has sweat on his face, but in the previous shot, no sweat was visible.

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Das Bus - S9-E14

Continuity mistake: When Bart says "No talking in the cage", both him and Milhouse are right next to each other. But two shots after Lisa says Milhouse is the only witness, Milhouse is a good 10 foot away from Bart without ever having moved the cage he was in.

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Das Bus - S9-E14

Continuity mistake: When everyone discovers Milhouse has eaten the food, Milhouse then says "You wouldn't dare hurt me. You forget, I have the glasses." After this line, Nelson takes off Milhouse's glasses. At this point, a rip is visible on the left side of Nelson's shirt. Milhouse then walks backwards and Nelson is seen re-entering the shot from behind Milhouse. Only now, the rip in Nelson's shirt is now suddenly on the right side of his shirt.

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Das Bus - S9-E14

Continuity mistake: When everyone sees Milhouse after they find out the food has disappeared, Milhouse's arms are by his head. In the next shot, one of his arms is suddenly on his belly.

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Das Bus - S9-E14

Continuity mistake: When the kids wash up on the island after the bus falls into the ocean, we can see they are totally dry. But they were just in water a minute ago, so they should be soaking wet.

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Das Bus - S9-E14

Continuity mistake: On the bus, Otto rewinds his tape and there is a shot of the kids. In this shot, we can see the kids and nothing else. A couple of shots later, a food box has appeared out of nowhere.

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Lisa the Simpson - S9-E17

Continuity mistake: After Apu & Homer find Jasper in the freezer. Apu removes a note from his hand. Minutes later Dr. Nick walks in the door you see Jasper still holding the note then disappears again when Dr. Nick opens the freezer door.

Lisa the Simpson - S9-E17

Continuity mistake: When Lisa comes down the stairs prior to watching "When Buildings Collapse", the TV screen is near enough in the corner of the living room and can be seen from the stairs. When Lisa enters the living room, the TV has moved further into the room. Subsequent shots of the TV move it so far into the room that it would not have been possible to see it from the stairs at all in the first place.

Neil Jones

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Homer's brain: It's simple, just use reverse psychology.
Homer: Reverse psychology? That sounds too complicated.
Homer's brain: Alright, don't use reverse psychology.
Homer: Alright, I will!

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Trivia: The only voice artists who regularly perform as only one character are Yeardley Smith as Lisa and Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel. Yeardley has also voiced different versions of Lisa (Lisa Jr. and Lisabella) in at least two other episodes.

He's My Brother

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Answer: Willy referred to an encounter he believed he had with actual aliens, while Wiggum thought he was referring to the arcade game.

Answer: The joke is that Willie was so addicted to Space Invaders that he believed it was reality: every time he played, he was actually defending the Earth from dangerous aliens. It's a surprise to him that it was actually a game.

Phoenix

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