Mr. Bean

Mr. Bean (1989)

82 mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

(9 votes)

Starring: Rowan Atkinson

Genres: Comedy, Family

Back To School Mr. Bean - S1-E15

Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning of the episode, when Mr. Bean is stealing the parking space of the other mini, he wheels it out and leaves it in the middle of the street so he can drive his car in. Then he walks over to the car to think how to get it to go. As he walks over, a boom mic and a boom operator in a blue jumper can be seen reflected in the mini's windows. He can also be seen when the troops are taking the car away. (00:02:20)

Back To School Mr. Bean - S1-E15

Continuity mistake: In the scene with Bean watches the calligraphist he places his feather on the right side of the paper, in the closeup it's instantly on the left side and when it cuts back to the far shot it's on the right side again. (00:06:00)

Tee Off, Mr. Bean - S1-E17

Visible crew/equipment: Throughout the first sketch when he is loading the washing machine, the reflection of the cameraman can be seen reflected in the side of the silver washing machine. (00:01:15 - 00:07:50)

Tee Off, Mr. Bean - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: When Mr. Bean goes to get some coffee to switch with the rude man's liquid detergent, when he places the coffee down on the washing machine, you can tell it is a coffee which has milk in it. But when the man tips it into his washing machine, you can easily see it is plain black coffee. (00:10:05)

Tee Off, Mr. Bean - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: After Mr. Bean has replaced the detergent with the coffee, he takes the detergent back to his seat and you can see through the plastic cup that it is only half full. But when Mr. Bean goes to take a drink out of it when the other man gets suspicious, you can now see the detergent is almost at the top. (00:10:50)

Tee Off, Mr. Bean - S1-E17

Audio problem: When Mr. Bean is at the Putt-Putt golf course, he watches a little boy trying to hit the ball. As the boy hits the ball with his club, the sound of the club hitting the ball comes three seconds after he hits the ball. (00:14:05)

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Tee Off, Mr. Bean - S1-E17

Visible crew/equipment: When Mr. Bean takes The Bus Stop sign as he drives away with another person, when the camera turns, you can see the cameraman in a yellow jacket ducking down in the bottom of the back window. Also, you can see an old man in a hat watching the filming. He is over by the tree reflected in the window. (00:16:50)

Tee Off, Mr. Bean - S1-E17

Audio problem: When Mr. Bean is on the bus and is trying to retrieve the golf ball, he is hitting the ankles of the passengers. When he hits the ankles of the last two women closest to the camera, they go "Ow" yet their mouths don't move. (00:17:15)

Tee Off, Mr. Bean - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: Mr Bean goes to a launderette - Teddy ends up getting washed then found shrunk to a miniature size. Mr Bean check he's alive and puts him in his pocket. But after this episode we see teddy back to normal size with no explanation.

Dan23

Goodnight, Mr. Bean - S1-E18

Visible crew/equipment: When Mr Bean is waiting for his ticket number to come up, we see a schoolboy and his mother come in with a saucepan stuck on the boy's head. When the shot is framed to show Mr Bean and the boy, if you look closely you can just about make out the (slightly distorted) reflection of a camera tripod on the saucepan. (00:04:40)

Neil Jones

Goodnight, Mr. Bean - S1-E18

Other mistake: When calling their next patient, the nurses look at the small screen to find out what number is next. After Mr. Bean has rotated the device, however, a nurse calls number 92 before the screen displays the 9. (00:06:22)

Goodnight, Mr. Bean - S1-E18

Revealing mistake: When Mr. Bean goes back to the hospital desk clerk, and she asks him to take a number and then he does and throws the ticket in the bin and he gets the bin stuck on his hand. But you can plainly see that he is just holding onto the bin. (00:08:30)

Hair By Mr. Bean of London - S1-E19

Continuity mistake: When Mr Bean talks to his teddy bear before leaving his car, he says he'll be back in about an hour, at around 3. This would mean he's leaving the car at 2. But later, he arrives for the start of the pet show, which the blackboard states was due to start at 1.

Moose

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Hair By Mr. Bean of London - S1-E19

Continuity mistake: In the scene at the country fair, Mr Bean interrupts a boy doing the buzzer game. When Mr Bean is on his second go at this puzzle and stands up after unplugging the device, you can see the same boy come round a table behind Mr Bean. Cut to the next shot, the boy has disappeared from where he should be behind Mr Bean and can now be seen walking across the back of the hall.

Neil Jones

More trivia for Mr. Bean

Answer: In Mr Bean animated there is an episode where you see Mr Bean as a young boy and had the teddy then and he also liked mini cars. There is another Animated episode where Mr Bean discovers a UFO full of people who look just like him and they each have their own individual stuffed toy.

Dan23

Answer: It's never been revealed.

Tailkinker

May be able to find out more on the animated series.

Dan23

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